Common control of the heat shock gene and early adenovirus genes: evidence for a cellular E1A-like activity.
AUTOR(ES)
Imperiale, M J
RESUMO
We have employed an antiserum specific to the 70-kilodalton human heat shock protein and a cDNA clone specific to the mRNA for this protein to analyze the expression of the gene under noninducing conditions. Expression of the heat shock gene can be detected in the absence of heat induction, and this uninduced level of expression depends greatly on the particular cell type. For instance, the basal expression of the heat shock gene is at least 50 times higher in HeLa cells than in WI38 cells at both the mRNA and protein levels. We have previously shown that the inducer of transcription of the early adenovirus genes, the E1A gene product, also induces the heat shock gene, suggesting that these genes may be subject to the same regulation. We have, therefore, investigated the control of the adenovirus genes in relation to the cellular control of the heat shock gene. We find that human cells that allow a high level of uninduced expression of the heat shock gene (i.e., HeLa cells) also allow expression of the early adenovirus genes in the absence of the E1A inducer. The same is also true for the mouse F9 teratocarcinoma cell line. F9 stem cells, which constitutively express the heat shock protein, allow early adenovirus gene expression in the absence of E1A; upon differentiation induced by retinoic acid and cyclic AMP, the cells become restrictive and early viral gene expression requires the E1A gene product. Coordinately, upon differentiation there is also a loss of heat shock protein expression.
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