ISSN:
1573-0778
Keywords:
anoxia
;
hyperthermia
;
insect cells
;
stress proteins
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Abstract In this study, we compare stress protein induction in anoxic and hyperthermicSpodoptera frugiperda cells. Anoxia transiently induces a cluster of heat shock proteins at 71 and 72 kDa. This is a subset of a larger group of stress proteins induced by heat shock. Several heat shock proteins reported in this study were previously undetected inS. frugiperda. With these additional proteins, the stress response of hyperthermicS. frugiperda closely resembles that ofDrosophila melanogaster. Prior investigations of stress protein induction during oxygen deprivation focused on mammalian cells. In sharp contrast to these cells, anoxicS. frugiperda cells neither induce glucose-regulated proteins nor suppress the heat shock family of 71/72 kDa proteins. These findings provide insight into the virtually unexplored area of stress protein induction in anoxic insect cells. In addition, they help to explain the effects of oxygen deprivation on heterologous protein yield from virally infected insect cells and to develop an oxygenregulated promoter for stably transformed insect cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00749396
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