Effect of Cycloheximide on the Development of Thermotolerance and the Synthesis of 68-kilodalton Heat Shock Protein in Chinese Hamster V79 and Mouse L Cells In Vitro

• Published in: JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 291 - 299
• Main Authors: OHTSUKA, KENZO, FURUYA, MASAYO, NITTA, KAZUMI, KANO, EIICHI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England THE JAPAN RADIATION RESEARCH SOCIETY 1986; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - drug effects; Animals; Cell Line; Cricetinae; Cricetulus; Cycloheximide - pharmacology; Heat-Shock Proteins - biosynthesis; Hot Temperature; In Vitro Techniques; L Cells (Cell Line); Mice
• ISSN: 0449-3060; 1349-9157
• DOI: 10.1269/jrr.27.291

The relation of heat shock protein (HSP) synthesis and development of thermotolerance was compared in Chinese hamster V79 cells of low, and mouse L cells of high, thermosensitivities. Thermotolerance was induced by step-up heating (42℃, 2 hr and 44℃). Cycloheximide did not inhibit the development of thermotolerance in V79 cells. In contrast, no apparent thermotolerance was induced by step-up heating (42℃, 1 hr and 44℃) in L cells. In V79 cells, as shown by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, two 68-kilodalton heat shock proteins (68-kDa HSPs) were synthesized constitutively and increased markedly when cells were heated at 42℃ for 2 hr. Cycloheximide inhibited more than 90% of the total protein synthesis including the 68-kDa HSPs. In contrast, no 68-kDa HSP was detected in L cells at 3℃. When L cells were heated at 42℃ for 1 hr, 68-kDa HSP was detected by fluorography but not by Coomassie blue staining. These results suggest 1) that cells constitutively synthesizing 68-kDa HSP had low thermosensitivity and could be thermotolerant without de novo synthesis of the protein, and 2) that cells not synthesizing 68-kDa HSP had high thermosensitivity and could not be thermotolerant because the cellular 68-kDa HSP content was low even when the protein was newly synthesized.