Heat shock response of Neurospora crassa: protein synthesis and induced thermotolerance.
AUTOR(ES)
Plesofsky-Vig, N
RESUMO
At elevated temperatures, germinating conidiospores of Neurospora crassa discontinue synthesis of most proteins and initiate synthesis of three dominant heat shock proteins of 98,000, 83,000, and 67,000 Mr and one minor heat shock protein of 30,000 Mr. Postemergent spores produce, in addition to these, a fourth major heat shock protein of 38,000 Mr and a minor heat shock protein of 34,000 Mr. The three heat shock proteins of lower molecular weight are associated with mitochondria. This exclusive synthesis of heat shock proteins is transient, and after 60 min of exposure to high temperatures, restoration of the normal pattern of protein synthesis is initiated. Despite the transiency of the heat shock response, spores incubated continuously at 45 degrees C germinate very slowly and do not grow beyond the formation of a germ tube. The temperature optimum for heat shock protein synthesis is 45 degrees C, but spores incubated at other temperatures from 40 through 47 degrees C synthesize heat shock proteins at lower rates. Survival was high for germinating spores exposed to temperatures up to 47 degrees C, but viability declined markedly at higher temperatures. Germinating spores survived exposure to the lethal temperature of 50 degrees C when they had been preexposed to 45 degrees C; this thermal protection depends on the synthesis of heat shock proteins, since protection was abolished by cycloheximide. During the heat shock response mitochondria also discontinue normal protein synthesis; synthesis of the mitochondria-encoded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase was as depressed as that of the nucleus-encoded subunits.
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