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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 57(1): 139-148, 2023.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36976749

ABSTRACT

The enzymes involved in the transsulfuration pathway and hydrogen sulfide production-cystathionine-ß-synthase (CBS), cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST) - play an important cytoprotective role in the functioning of the organism. Using CRISPER/Cas9 technology, we obtained Drosophila strains with deleted cbs, cse, and mst genes as well as with double deletion of cbs and cse genes. We analyzed the effect of these mutations on the pattern of protein synthesis in the salivary glands of third instar larvae and in the ovaries of mature flies. In the salivary glands of strains with cbs and cse deletions, a decrease was found in the accumulation of the FBP2 storage protein containing 20% methionine amino acid residues. In the ovaries, changes were detected in the level of expression and isofocusing points of proteins involved in cell protection against oxidative stress, hypoxia, and protein degradation. It was shown that in the strains with deletions of transsulfuration enzymes the proteins have a similar degree of oxidation to that of the control strain. A decrease in the total number of proteasomes and their activity was found in the strains with deletions of the cbs and cse genes.


Subject(s)
Drosophila melanogaster , Hydrogen Sulfide , Animals , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism , Cystathionine/metabolism , Sulfides , Oxidative Stress
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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 55(5): 734-747, 2021.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34671002

ABSTRACT

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that inevitably results in dementia and death. Currently, there are no pathogenetically grounded methods for the prevention and treatment of AD, and all current treatment regimens are symptomatic and unable to significantly delay the development of dementia. The accumulation of ß-amyloid peptide (Aß), which is a spontaneous, aggregation-prone, and neurotoxic product of the processing of signaling protein APP (Amyloid Precursor Protein), in brain tissues, primarily in the hippocampus and the frontal cortex, was for a long time considered the main cause of neurodegenerative changes in AD. However, attempts to treat AD based on decreasing Aß production and aggregation did not bring significant clinical results. More and more arguments are arising in favor of the fact that the overproduction of Aß in most cases of AD is not the initial cause, but a concomitant event of pathological processes in the course of the development of sporadic AD. The concept of neuroinflammation has come to the fore, suggesting that inflammatory responses play the leading role in the initiation and development of AD, both in brain tissue and in the periphery. The hypothesis about the key role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of AD opens up new opportunities in the search for ways to treat and prevent this socially significant disease.


Subject(s)
Alzheimer Disease , Neurodegenerative Diseases , Alzheimer Disease/genetics , Amyloid beta-Peptides , Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor , Humans , tau Proteins
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Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii ; 25(5): 472-485, 2021 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34595370

ABSTRACT

Prognosis of neuropsychiatric disorders in progeny requires consideration of individual (1) parent-of-origin effects (POEs) relying on (2) the nerve cell nuclear 3D chromatin architecture and (3) impact of parent-specific miRNAs. Additionally, the shaping of cognitive phenotypes in parents depends on both learning acquisition and forgetting, or memory erasure. These processes are independent and controlled by different signal cascades: the first is cAMPdependent, the second relies on actin remodeling by small GTPase Rac1 - LIMK1 (LIM-kinase 1). Simple experimental model systems such as Drosophila help probe the causes and consequences leading to human neurocognitive pathologies. Recently, we have developed a Drosophila model for Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS): a mutant agnts3 of the agnostic locus (X:11AB) harboring the dlimk1 gene. The agnts3 mutation drastically increases the frequency of ectopic contacts (FEC) in specific regions of intercalary heterochromatin, suppresses learning/memory and affects locomotion. As is shown in this study, the polytene X chromosome bands in reciprocal hybrids between agnts3 and the wild type strain Berlin are heterogeneous in modes of FEC regulation depending either on maternal or paternal gene origin. Bioinformatic analysis reveals that FEC between X:11AB and the other X chromosome bands correlates with the occurrence of short (~30 bp) identical DNA fragments partly homologous to Drosophila 372-bp satellite DNA repeat. Although learning acquisition in a conditioned courtship suppression paradigm is similar in hybrids, the middle-term memory formation shows patroclinic inheritance. Seemingly, this depends on changes in miR-974 expression. Several parameters of locomotion demonstrate heterosis. Our data indicate that the agnts3 locus is capable of trans-regulating gene activity via POEs on the chromatin nuclear organization, thereby affecting behavior.

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Cell Stress Chaperones ; 26(3): 575-594, 2021 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33829398

ABSTRACT

Heat shock proteins, in particular Hsp70, play a central role in proteostasis in eukaryotic cells. Due to its chaperone properties, Hsp70 is involved in various processes after stress and under normal physiological conditions. In contrast to mammals and many Diptera species, inducible members of the Hsp70 family in Drosophila are constitutively synthesized at a low level and undergo dramatic induction after temperature elevation or other forms of stress. In the courtship suppression paradigm used in this study, Drosophila males that have been repeatedly rejected by mated females during courtship are less likely than naive males to court other females. Although numerous genes with known function were identified to play important roles in long-term memory, there is, to the best of our knowledge, no direct evidence implicating Hsp70 in this process. To elucidate a possible role of Hsp70 in memory formation, we used D. melanogaster strains containing different hsp70 copy numbers, including strains carrying a deletion of all six hsp70 genes. Our investigations exploring the memory of courtship rejection paradigm demonstrated that a low constitutive level of Hsp70 is apparently required for learning and the formation of short and long-term memories in males. The performed transcriptomic studies demonstrate that males with different hsp70 copy numbers differ significantly in the expression of a few definite groups of genes involved in mating, reproduction, and immunity in response to rejection. Specifically, our analysis reveals several major pathways that depend on the presence of hsp70 in the genome and participate in memory formation and consolidation, including the cAMP signaling cascade.


Subject(s)
Behavior, Animal/physiology , Gene Expression/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Memory/physiology , Transcriptome/physiology , Animals , Drosophila , Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism , Male
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Inflamm Res ; 69(5): 481-495, 2020 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32157318

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Hydrogen sulfide donors reduce inflammatory signaling in vitro and in vivo. The biological effect mediated by H2S donors depends on the kinetics of the gas release from the donor molecule. However, the molecular mechanisms of H2S-induced immunomodulation were poorly addressed. Here, we studied the effect of two different hydrogen sulfide (H2S)-producing agents on the generation of the LPS-induced inflammatory mediators. Importantly, we investigated the transcriptomic changes that take place in human cells after the LPS challenge, combined with the pretreatment with a slow-releasing H2S donor-GYY4137. METHODS: We investigated the effects of GYY4137 and sodium hydrosulfide on the release of proinflammatory molecules such as ROS, NO and TNF-α from LPS-treated human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and the THP-1 promonocytic cell lines. Transcriptomic and RT-qPCR studies using THP-1 cells were performed to monitor the effects of the GYY4137 on multiple signaling pathways, including various immune-related and proinflammatory genes after combined action of LPS and GYY4137. RESULTS: The GYY4137 and sodium hydrosulfide differed in the ability to reduce the production of the LPS-evoked proinflammatory mediators. The pre-treatment with GYY4137 resulted in a drastic down-regulation of many TNF-α effectors that are induced by LPS treatment in THP-1 cells. Furthermore, GYY4137 pretreatment of LPS-exposed cells ameliorates the LPS-mediated induction of multiple pro-inflammatory genes and decreases expression of immunoproteasome genes. Besides, in these experiments we detected the up-regulation of several important pathways that are inhibited by LPS. CONCLUSION: Based on the obtained results we believe that our transcriptomic analysis significantly contributes to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective activity of hydrogen sulfide donors, and highlights their potential against LPS challenges and other forms of inflammation.


Subject(s)
Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology , Hydrogen Sulfide/metabolism , Inflammation/metabolism , Morpholines/pharmacology , Organothiophosphorus Compounds/pharmacology , Sulfides/pharmacology , Cell Line , Cytokines/metabolism , Humans , Inflammation/chemically induced , Inflammation/genetics , Lipopolysaccharides , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism , Signal Transduction/drug effects , Transcriptome/drug effects
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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 53(2): 200-217, 2019.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31099771

ABSTRACT

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are important factors of protein homeostasis and possess chaperone properties, providing for a folding and intracellular transport of proteins and facilitating the recovery or utilization of proteins partly denatured on exposure to various stress factors. Proteins of the Hsp70 family are the most universal molecular chaperones and interact with the greatest number of protein substrates. Several proteins of the Hsp70 family are released into the extracellular space, where they play an important role in intercellular communications and act as alarmins, or "danger signals," to modulate the immune response. The secreted Hsp70 can additionally act as an effective neuroprotector, increasing the survival of neurons in various proteinopathies, as has been demonstrated in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease models. In this regard, recombinant Hsp70 and inducers of endogenous Hsp70 synthesis may be considered as candidate therapeutics with immune-modulating and neuroprotective properties.Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are important factors of protein homeostasis and possess chaperone properties, providing for a folding and intracellular transport of proteins and facilitating the recovery or utilization of proteins partly denatured on exposure to various stress factors. Proteins of the Hsp70 family are the most universal molecular chaperones and interact with the greatest number of protein substrates. Several proteins of the Hsp70 family are released into the extracellular space, where they play an important role in intercellular communications and act as alarmins, or "danger signals," to modulate the immune response. The secreted Hsp70 can additionally act as an effective neuroprotector, increasing the survival of neurons in various proteinopathies, as has been demonstrated in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease models. In this regard, recombinant Hsp70 and inducers of endogenous Hsp70 synthesis may be considered as candidate therapeutics with immune-modulating and neuroprotective properties.


Subject(s)
Cytokines/metabolism , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Homeostasis , Proteostasis , Cytokines/immunology , Cytokines/pharmacology , Cytokines/therapeutic use , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/immunology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/pharmacology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/therapeutic use , Homeostasis/drug effects , Humans , Proteostasis/drug effects
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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 3518, 2018 02 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29476081

ABSTRACT

Neuronal dysfunction and loss associated with the accumulation of amyloid-ß (Aß) in the form of extracellular amyloid plaques and hyperphosphorylated tau in the form of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles represent key features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid plaques found in the brains of AD patients are predominantly composed of Aß42 and its multiple chemically or structurally modified isoforms. Recently, we demonstrated that Aß42 with isomerised Asp7 (isoAß42) which is one of the most abundant Aß isoform in plaques, exhibited high neurotoxicity in human neuronal cells. Here, we show that, in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, the administration of synthetic isoAß42 rather than intact Aß42 resulted in a significantly higher level of protein phosphorylation, especially the phosphorylation of tau, tubulins, and matrin 3. IsoAß42 induced a drastic reduction of tau protein levels. Our data demonstrate, for the first time, that isoAß42, being to date the only known synthetic Aß species to cause AD-like amyloidogenesis in an animal AD model, induced cell death by disabling structural proteins in a manner characteristic of that observed in the neurons of AD patients. The data emphasize an important role of isoAß42 in AD progression and provide possible neurotoxicity paths for this particular isoform.


Subject(s)
Amyloid beta-Peptides/toxicity , Aspartic Acid/metabolism , Neurons/drug effects , Peptide Fragments/toxicity , Phosphoserine/metabolism , Protein Processing, Post-Translational , tau Proteins/metabolism , Alzheimer Disease/genetics , Alzheimer Disease/metabolism , Alzheimer Disease/pathology , Apoptosis/drug effects , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/drug effects , Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional , Humans , Models, Biological , Neurons/metabolism , Neurons/pathology , Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins/genetics , Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins/metabolism , Phosphorylation , Protein Isoforms/toxicity , RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Tubulin/genetics , Tubulin/metabolism , tau Proteins/genetics
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Insect Mol Biol ; 27(1): 61-72, 2018 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28796386

ABSTRACT

Heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) from two Diptera species that drastically differ in their heat shock response and longevity were investigated. Drosophila melanogaster is characterized by the absence of Hsp70 and other hsps under normal conditions and the dramatic induction of hsp synthesis after temperature elevation. The other Diptera species examined belongs to the Stratiomyidae family (Stratiomys singularior) and exhibits high levels of inducible Hsp70 under normal conditions coupled with a thermotolerant phenotype and much longer lifespan. To evaluate the impact of hsp70 genes on thermotolerance and longevity, we made use of a D. melanogaster strain that lacks all hsp70 genes. We introduced single copies of either S. singularior or D. melanogaster hsp70 into this strain and monitored the obtained transgenic flies in terms of thermotolerance and longevity. We developed transgenic strains containing the S. singularior hsp70 gene under control of a D. melanogaster hsp70 promoter. Although these adult flies did synthesize the corresponding mRNA after heat shock, they were not superior to the flies containing a single copy of D. melanogaster hsp70 in thermotolerance and longevity. By contrast, Stratiomyidae Hsp70 provided significantly higher thermotolerance at the larval stage in comparison with endogenous Hsp70.


Subject(s)
Diptera/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Response , Insect Proteins/genetics , Thermotolerance , Animals , Diptera/genetics , Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development , Drosophila melanogaster/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Insect Proteins/metabolism , Larva/genetics , Larva/growth & development , Larva/physiology , Longevity , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Species Specificity
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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 52(6): 1082-1092, 2018.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30633251

ABSTRACT

The accumulation and aggregation of ß-amyloids are major molecular events underlying the progression of Alzheimer's disease. In neural cells, recombinant HSP70 reduces the toxic effect of Aß and its isomeric forms. Here we describe the proteome of the neuroblastoma cell line after incubation with amyloid peptides Aß42 and isomerized Asp7 (isoAß42) without and with human recombinant heat shock protein 70 (HSP70). Incubation of SH-SY5Y cell culture with the synthetic Aß-peptides leads to a decrease in the levels of several cytoskeleton proteins (e.g., ACTN1, VIME, TPM3) and several chaperonines involved in the folding of actin and tubulin (TCPQ, TCPG, TCPE, TCPB). These changes are accompanied by an increase in the expression of calmodulin and the proteins involved in folding in the endoplasmic reticulum and endoplasmic cell stress response. The presence of exogenous HSP70 has led to an increase in expression of several chaperones and a few other proteins including endogenous HSP70. A combined effect of recombinant HSP70 with Aß peptides reduced cell apoptosis and significantly decreased the level of tubulin phosphorylation caused by the addition of Aß peptides.


Subject(s)
Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Neuroblastoma/metabolism , Proteome , Cell Line, Tumor , Humans , Peptide Fragments
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Open Biol ; 6(10)2016 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27805906

ABSTRACT

The genome expression pattern is strongly modified during the heat shock response (HSR) to form an adaptive state. This may be partly achieved by modulating microRNA levels that control the expression of a great number of genes that are embedded within the gene circuitry. Here, we investigated the cross-talk between two highly conserved and universal house-keeping systems, the HSR and microRNA machinery, in Drosophila melanogaster We demonstrated that pronounced interstrain differences in the microRNA levels are alleviated after heat shock (HS) to form a uniform microRNA pattern. However, individual strains exhibit different patterns of microRNA expression during the course of recovery. Importantly, HS-regulated microRNAs may target functionally similar HS-responsive genes involved in the HSR. Despite the observed general downregulation of primary microRNA precursor expression as well as core microRNA pathway genes after HS, the levels of many mature microRNAs are upregulated. This indicates that the regulation of miRNA expression after HS occurs at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. It was also shown that deletion of all hsp70 genes had no significant effect on microRNA biogenesis but might influence the dynamics of microRNA expression during the HSR.


Subject(s)
Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Heat-Shock Response , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods , MicroRNAs/genetics , Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods , Animals , Drosophila Proteins , Drosophila melanogaster/classification , Gene Deletion , Gene Expression Regulation , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , RNA Interference
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Insect Mol Biol ; 25(4): 431-49, 2016 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27089053

ABSTRACT

Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is the major player that underlies adaptive response to hyperthermia in all organisms studied to date. We investigated patterns of Hsp70 expression in larvae of dipteran species collected from natural populations of species belonging to four families from different evolutionary lineages of the order Diptera: Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae. All investigated species showed a Hsp70 expression pattern that was different from the pattern in Drosophila. In contrast to Drosophila, all of the species in the families studied were characterized by high constitutive levels of Hsp70, which was more stable than that in Drosophila. When Stratiomyidae Hsp70 proteins were expressed in Drosophila cells, they became as short-lived as the endogenous Hsp70. Interestingly, three species of Ceratopogonidae and a cold-water species of Chironomidae exhibited high constitutive levels of Hsp70 mRNA and high basal levels of Hsp70. Furthermore, two species of Tabanidae were characterized by significant constitutive levels of Hsp70 and highly stable Hsp70 mRNA. In most cases, heat-resistant species were characterized by a higher basal level of Hsp70 than more thermosensitive species. These data suggest that different trends were realized during the evolution of the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of the responses of Hsp70 genes to temperature fluctuations in the studied families.


Subject(s)
Diptera/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Response , Animals , Biological Evolution , Diptera/genetics , Diptera/growth & development , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development , Drosophila melanogaster/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Larva/genetics , Larva/growth & development , Larva/physiology , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Species Specificity
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Cell Stress Chaperones ; 21(4): 727-33, 2016 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27091568

ABSTRACT

Heat shock proteins including the major stress protein HSP70 support intracellular homeostasis and prevent protein damage after a temperature increase and other stressful environmental stimuli, as well as during aging. We have shown earlier that prolonged administration of recombinant human HSP70 to mice exhibiting Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration as well as during sepsis reduces the clinical manifestations of these pathologies. Herein, we studied the action of recombinant human HSP70 on young and aged mouse mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in culture. The results obtained indicate that HSP70 at concentrations of 2 µg/ml and higher significantly stimulates growth of aged but not young MSCs. A similar effect is produced by application of a mild heat shock (42 °C 5 min) to the cells. Importantly, responses of young and aged MSCs to heat shock treatment of various durations differed drastically, and aged MSCs were significantly more sensitive to higher heat stress exposures than the young cells. Western blotting and protein labeling experiments demonstrated that neither mild heat shock nor exogenous HSP70 administration resulted in significant endogenous HSP70 induction in young and aged MSCs, whereas mild heat shock increased HSC70 levels in aged MSCs. The results of this study suggest that the administration of exogenous HSP70 and the application of mild heat stress may produce a certain "rejuvenating" effect on MSCs and possibly other cell types in vivo, and these interventions may potentially be used for life extension by delaying various manifestations of aging at the molecular and cellular level.


Subject(s)
Cellular Senescence/drug effects , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/pharmacology , Heat-Shock Response/drug effects , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology , Animals , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Female , Humans , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/drug effects , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism , Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Dokl Biol Sci ; 465(1): 299-302, 2015 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26725241

ABSTRACT

Microencapsulated heat shock proteins HSP 70 were studied in terms of their effects on neutrophil apoptosis, production of reactive oxygen species, and secretion of TNF-α by human neurtrophils and monocytes. Encapsulated HSP70 inhibited neutrophil apoptosis by 65% as compared to the effect of nonencapsulated HSP70; TNF-α production by the promonocytic THP-1 cells was similarly inhibited by the non-encapsulated and encapsulated HSP70. Thus, the polyelectrolyte micromolecules can be used as containers for effective delivery of HSP70 up to neutrophils and monocytes to correct the innate immunity functions.


Subject(s)
Drug Delivery Systems , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/administration & dosage , Phagocytes/drug effects , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism , Apoptosis/drug effects , Cell Line , Drug Compounding , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry , Humans , Immunity, Innate/drug effects , Monocytes/drug effects , Neutrophils/drug effects , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
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Mob Genet Elements ; 5(5): 72-80, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26904377

ABSTRACT

Different types of stress including heat shock may induce genomic instability, due to the derepression and amplification of mobile elements (MEs). It remains unclear, however, whether piRNA-machinery regulating ME expression functions normally under stressful conditions. The aim of this study was to explore the features of piRNA expression after heat shock (HS) exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. We also evaluated functioning of piRNA-machinery in the absence of major stress protein Hsp70 in this species. We analyzed the deep sequence data of piRNA expression after HS treatment and demonstrated that it modulates the expression of certain double-stranded germinal piRNA-clusters. Notable, we demonstrated significant changes in piRNA levels targeting a group of MEs after HS only in the strain containing normal set of hsp70 genes. Surprisingly, we failed to detect any correlation between the levels of piRNAs and the transcription of complementary MEs in the studied strains. We propose that modulation of certain piRNA-clusters expression upon HS exposure in D. melanogaster occurs due to HS-induced altering of chromatin state at certain chromosome regions.

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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 48(3): 436-43, 2014.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25831893

ABSTRACT

Heat shock proteins (Hsp) provide cellular and whole body adaptation of animals to various adverse environmental conditions. Hsp70 is apparently the major player underlying biological adaptation in all organisms studied so far. In all animals the regulatory regions of studied heat shock genes include several conservative promoter elements HSEs (heat shock elements) that are necessary for binding of heat shock transcription factor (HSF). The promoter regions of hsp70 genes are extremely conserved and, hence, it was generally accepted that they are universal and can operate in species belonging to different phyla. In the present work we performed the comparative analysis which revealed characteristic differences in the hsp 70 promoters of two Diptera species: Drosophila melanogaster and highly thermotolerance soldier fly Stratiomys singularior. We measured promoters activity in D. melanogaster cell culture exploring in vitro luciferase reporter assay. The analysis demonstrated significantly higher strength ofD. melanogaster promoters in spite of the fact that comparable numbers of HSEs are present in both species. These drastic differences in the promoter strength are probably due to absence of GAF-binding sites, which are necessary for efficient functioning of D. melanogaster hsp70 promoters. In contrast, comparison of hsp83 promoters isolated from these two species does not show significant differences. Our results demonstrate existence of different evolutionary trends in the regulation of the hsp70 expression even within the same order (Diptera).


Subject(s)
Drosophila Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Animals , Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Species Specificity , Transcription, Genetic
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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 48(2): 306-13, 2014.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25850300

ABSTRACT

The heat shock transcription factor (HSF) is a universal activator of hsp gene expression in eukaryotes. A temperature sensitive Drosophila melanogaster strain (hsf4) with a mutation in the hsfgene was originally described as a strain lacking the transcription of hsp genes in response to heat shock. Our results demonstrated that physiological function of HSF4 is not fully abrogated after heat exposure and is able to recover even after severe heat stress, causing the induction of hsp gene expression. We have studied the kinetics of accumulation and degradation of hsp gene products at transcriptional and translational levels and shown that induction of hsp genes, particularly hsp68, in mutant strain is weaker than that in the wild type. Thus, despite the fact that the HSF4 causes a delayed ac- tivation of hsp, response to heat shock in hsf4 strain remains defective.


Subject(s)
DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Response/genetics , Transcription Factors/genetics , Transcription, Genetic , Animals , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat Shock Transcription Factors , Hot Temperature , Mutation , Protein Biosynthesis , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , Time Factors , Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Insect Mol Biol ; 22(3): 284-96, 2013 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23521688

ABSTRACT

The heat shock proteins belonging to the Hsp90 family (Hsp83 in Diptera) play a crucial role in the protection of cells due to their chaperoning functions. We sequenced hsp90 genes from three species of the family Stratiomyidae (Diptera) living in thermally different habitats and characterized by extraordinarily high thermotolerance. The sequence variation and structure of the hsp90 family genes were compared with previously described features of hsp70 copies isolated from the same species. Two functional hsp83 genes were found in the species studied, that are arranged in tandem orientation at least in one of them. This organization was not previously described. Stratiomyidae hsp83 genes share a high level of identity with hsp83 of Drosophila, and the deduced protein possesses five conserved amino acid sequence motifs characteristic of the Hsp90 family as well as the C-terminus MEEVD sequence characteristic of the cytosolic isoform. A comparison of the hsp83 promoters of two Stratiomyidae species from thermally contrasting habitats demonstrated that while both species contain canonical heat shock elements in the same position, only one of the species contains functional GAF-binding elements. Our data indicate that in the same species, hsp83 family genes show a higher evolution rate than the hsp70 family.


Subject(s)
Diptera/genetics , HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Insect Proteins/genetics , Animals , Diptera/growth & development , Diptera/metabolism , Ecosystem , HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Heat-Shock Response , Insect Proteins/metabolism , Larva/genetics , Larva/growth & development , Larva/metabolism , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , Polymorphism, Genetic , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Species Specificity
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Mol Ecol ; 22(5): 1416-30, 2013 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23331571

ABSTRACT

We studied various aspects of heat-shock response with special emphasis on the expression of heat-shock protein 70 (hsp70) genes at various levels in two congener species of littoral endemic amphipods (Eulimnogammarus cyaneus and E. verrucosus) from Lake Baikal which show striking differences in their vertical distribution and thermal tolerance. Although both the species studied demonstrate high constitutive levels of Hsp70, the thermotolerant E. cyaneus exhibited a 5-fold higher basal level of Hsp70 proteins under normal physiological conditions (7 °C) and significantly lower induction of Hsp70 after temperature elevation compared with the more thermosensitive E. verrucosus. We isolated the hsp70 genes from both species and analysed their sequences. Two isoforms of the cytosolic Hsp70/Hsc70 proteins were detected in both species under normal physiological conditions and encoded by two distinct hsp/hsc70 family members. While both Hsp70 isoforms were synthesized without heat shock, only one of them was induced by temperature elevation. The observed differences in the Hsp70 expression patterns, including the dynamics of Hsp70 synthesis and threshold of induction, suggest that the increased thermotolerance in E. cyaneus (compared with E. verrucosus) is associated with a complex structural and functional rearrangement of the hsp70 gene family and favoured the involvement of Hsp70 in adaptation to fluctuating thermal conditions. This study provides insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the thermal adaptation of Baikal amphipods and represents the first report describing the structure and function of the hsp70 genes of endemic Baikal species dwelling in thermally contrasting habitats.


Subject(s)
Amphipoda/genetics , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Response/genetics , Adaptation, Physiological , Animals , Cloning, Molecular , DNA Copy Number Variations , Ecosystem , Gene Expression Regulation , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Lakes , Molecular Sequence Data , RNA/genetics , RNA/isolation & purification , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Siberia , Species Specificity , Temperature
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Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol ; (2): 228-36, 2012.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22679773

ABSTRACT

Hypomorphic mutations have been investigated of the genes spineless (ss), Distal-less (Dll), leg-arista-wing complex/TBP-related factor 2(lawc/Trf2), CG5017, and hsp 70 in order to explore the effects of their expression level on the formation of distal structures of antenna and legs of Drosophila melanogaster. We demonstrated the effect of the CG5017, hsp 70, Dll, and lawc gene transcription level on phenotypic manifestation of the ss gene mutation and the involvement of these genes into morphogenesis regulation of Drosophila melanogaster limbs. The total decrease in the level of the CG5017, hsp 70, Dll, and laws gene expression level was shown to promote a loss of the segmented pattern of distal structures of legs and antennae and a reversion of Drosophila limb morphogenesis to the evolutionarily earlier progenitors of insects. A hypothesis is proposed considering limb morphogenesis of insects as an evolutionary ancient process of formation of amorphous-crystal chitin structures with catalytically modifying participation of gene expression products.


Subject(s)
Adaptation, Biological/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Extremities/growth & development , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Morphogenesis/genetics , Animals , Arthropod Antennae/growth & development , Biological Evolution , Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Extremities/anatomy & histology , HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Mutation , Phenotype , Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/genetics , Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2/genetics , Transcription Factors/genetics
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Mol Biol (Mosk) ; 45(2): 386-90, 2011.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21634127

ABSTRACT

The protein pattern of mouse macrophage strain (J774) has been investigated using 2D electrophoresis after combined action of bacterial endotoxins (LPS), heat shock treatment (HS) and administration of recombinant human Hsp70. The investigation demonstrated significant protective effect of HS and recombinant Hsp70 treatment applied before LPS introduction. This effect is apparently realized by means of several signal transduction systems. In the course of the investigation, we have identified eight proteins, which exhibited pronounced changes in their synthesis due to combined treatment. The data accumulated may shed light on molecular mechanisms underlying protective antiseptic action of HS and/or recombinant Hsp70 applied before LPS administration.


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Endotoxemia/prevention & control , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/administration & dosage , Macrophage Activation/drug effects , Macrophages/drug effects , Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage , Animals , Cell Line , Extracellular Space , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Humans , Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology , Macrophages/immunology , Metabolic Networks and Pathways/drug effects , Mice , Recombinant Proteins/genetics
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