HSP_Harpagifer 1 The HSP70 heat shock response in the Antarctic fish Harpagifer antarcticus

Members of the HSP70 gene family comprising the constitutive (HSC70) and inducible (HSP70) genes, plus GRP78 (Glucose-regulated protein 78kDa) were surveyed for expression levels via Q-PCR after both an acute two-hour heat shock experiment and a time course assay in the Antarctic plunderfish Harpagi...

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Main Authors: Melody S. Clark, Keiron P. P. Fraser, Gavin Burns, Lloyd S. Peck
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Climate change
stenothermal
heat shock protein
marine HSP_Harpagifer 3
The Antarctic
Antarc*
antarcticus
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.318.2443
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/3961/1/Harpy_HSP.pdf
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Summary:Members of the HSP70 gene family comprising the constitutive (HSC70) and inducible (HSP70) genes, plus GRP78 (Glucose-regulated protein 78kDa) were surveyed for expression levels via Q-PCR after both an acute two-hour heat shock experiment and a time course assay in the Antarctic plunderfish Harpagifer antarcticus. In general, down regulation of all genes was observed during the course of the heat shock experiments. This thermally induced down regulation was particularly acute for the GRP78 gene, which at one time point was more than 100 fold down regulated. These results demonstrate the loss of the heat shock response in H. antarcticus, a basal member of the Notothenioidei. This finding is discussed with reference to the survival of Notothenioids during observed ocean warming and also the reorganisation of cellular protein mechanisms of species living in extreme environments.

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