The regulation and function of small heat-shock protein synthesis

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Berger
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e0003661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandip Kumar Nandi ◽  
Ayon Chakraborty ◽  
Alok Kumar Panda ◽  
Sougata Sinha Ray ◽  
Rajiv Kumar Kar ◽  
...  

HortScience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeh-Jin Ahn ◽  
Na-Hyun Song

The expression and function of DcHsp17.7, a small heat shock protein expressed in carrot (Daucus carota L.), was examined under oxidative and osmotic stress conditions. Comparative analysis revealed that DcHsp17.7 is a cytosolic Class I protein. Sequence alignment showed that DcHsp17.7 has the characteristic α-crystalline domain-containing consensus regions I and II. Under oxidative [hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)] and osmotic (polyethylene glycol) stress conditions, DcHsp17.7 accumulated in carrot leaf tissue. To examine its function under these abiotic stress conditions, the coding sequence of DcHsp17.7 was introduced into Escherichia coli and expressed by isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside treatment. Under both oxidative and osmotic stress conditions, heterologously expressed DcHsp17.7 enhanced bacterial cell viability. The expression level of soluble proteins was higher in transgenic cells expressing DcHsp17.7 when compared with controls under these stress conditions. These results suggest that DcHsp17.7 confers tolerance to both oxidative and osmotic stresses and thereby functions as a molecular chaperone during the stresses examined.


Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1550
Author(s):  
Wenqian Wu ◽  
Xiaonan Sun ◽  
Xiaomeng Shi ◽  
Lo Lai ◽  
Charles Wang ◽  
...  

Heat shock protein 22 (Hsp22) is a small heat shock protein predominantly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Previous studies indicate that Hsp22 plays a vital role in protecting the heart against cardiac stress. However, the essential role of Hsp22 in the heart under physiological conditions remains largely unknown. In this study, we used an Hsp22 knockout (KO) mouse model to determine whether loss of Hsp22 impairs cardiac growth and function with increasing age under physiological conditions. Cardiac structural and functional alterations at baseline were measured using echocardiography and invasive catheterization in Hsp22 KO mice during aging transition compared to their age-matched wild-type (WT) littermates. Our results showed that Hsp22 deletion induced progressive cardiac dilation along with declined function during the aging transition. Mechanistically, the loss of Hsp22 impaired BCL-2–associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) expression and its associated cardiac autophagy, undermined cardiac energy metabolism homeostasis and increased oxidative damage. This study showed that Hsp22 played an essential role in the non-stressed heart during the early stage of aging, which may bring new insight into understanding the pathogenesis of age-related dilated cardiomyopathy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Ai-Qing SUN ◽  
Shu-Juan GE ◽  
Wei DONG ◽  
Xiao-Di SHAN ◽  
Shu-Ting DONG ◽  
...  

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