Boutet Isabelle, Tanguy Arnaud, Rousseau Sabrina, Auffret Michel, Moraga Dario
Laboratoire de Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, UMR-CNRS 6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280, Plouzané, France.
Cell Stress Chaperones. 2003 Spring;8(1):76-85. doi: 10.1379/1466-1268(2003)8<76:miaeoh>2.0.co;2.
The 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp) family is composed of both environmentally inducible (Hsp) and constitutively expressed (Hsc) family members. We sequenced 2 genes encoding an Hsp70 and an Hsc70 in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. The Cghsc70 gene contained introns, whereas the Cghsp70 gene did not. Moreover, the corresponding amino acid sequences of the 2 genes presented all the characteristic motifs of the Hsp70 family. We also investigated the expression of Hsp70 in tissues of oysters experimentally exposed to metal. A recombinant Hsc72 was used as an antigen to produce a polyclonal antibody to quantify soluble Hsp70 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in protein samples extracted from oysters. Our results showed that metals (copper and cadmium) induced a decrease in cytosolic Hsp70 level in gills and digestive gland of oysters experimentally exposed to metal. These data suggest that metals may inhibit stress protein synthesis.
70千道尔顿热休克蛋白(Hsp)家族由环境诱导型(Hsp)和组成型表达型(Hsc)家族成员组成。我们对太平洋牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)中编码一种Hsp70和一种Hsc70的两个基因进行了测序。Cghsc70基因含有内含子,而Cghsp70基因没有。此外,这两个基因的相应氨基酸序列呈现出Hsp70家族的所有特征基序。我们还研究了实验性暴露于金属的牡蛎组织中Hsp70的表达。使用重组Hsc72作为抗原制备多克隆抗体,通过酶联免疫吸附测定法对从牡蛎中提取的蛋白质样品中的可溶性Hsp70进行定量。我们的结果表明,金属(铜和镉)会导致实验性暴露于金属的牡蛎鳃和消化腺中胞质Hsp70水平降低。这些数据表明,金属可能会抑制应激蛋白的合成。