Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cell Stress Chaperones. 2011 Sep;16(5):565-72. doi: 10.1007/s12192-011-0267-5. Epub 2011 May 8.
Heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones linked to a myriad of physiological functions in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In this study, we show that the Aspergillus nidulans hsp30 (ANID_03555.1), hsp70 (ANID_05129.1), and hsp90 (ANID_08269.1) genes are preferentially expressed in an acidic milieu, whose expression is dependent on the palA (+) background under optimal temperature for fungal growth. Heat shock induction of these three hsp genes showed different patterns in response to extracellular pH changes in the palA(+) background. However, their accumulation upon heating for 2 h was almost unaffected by ambient pH changes in the palA (-) background. The PalA protein is a member of a conserved signaling cascade that is involved in the pH-mediated regulation of gene expression. Moreover, we identified several genes whose expression at pH 5.0 is also dependent on the palA (+) background. These results reveal novel aspects of the heat- and pH-sensing networks of A. nidulans.
热休克蛋白是分子伴侣,与原核生物和真核生物的许多生理功能有关。在这项研究中,我们表明,构巢曲霉 hsp30(ANID_03555.1)、hsp70(ANID_05129.1)和 hsp90(ANID_08269.1)基因在酸性环境中优先表达,其表达依赖于真菌生长最佳温度下的 palA(+)背景。在 palA(+)背景下,这三个 hsp 基因的热休克诱导表现出不同的对外界 pH 值变化的响应模式。然而,在 palA(-)背景下,它们在加热 2 小时后的积累几乎不受环境 pH 值变化的影响。PalA 蛋白是参与 pH 介导的基因表达调控的保守信号级联反应的成员。此外,我们还鉴定了几个在 pH 5.0 时表达也依赖于 palA(+)背景的基因。这些结果揭示了构巢曲霉热和 pH 感应网络的新方面。