title: Regulation of heat shock protein synthesis in rat astrocytes.
abstract: Rat forebrain astrocytes synthesize heat shock proteins with molecular weights 97, 89, 70, 68, and 30-34 kilodaltons. The stress inducible 68-kDa heat shock protein (HSP-68) was vigorously expressed by astrocytes in culture after a 45 degrees C, 20 min heat shock. HSP-68 synthesis was poorly inducible by a second heat shock given 16 hr after the initial heat shock. Decreased [35S]methionine incorporation into HSP-68 correlated with low levels of HSP-68 mRNA present after the second heat shock. The data suggest that control of HSP-68 mRNA levels by transcriptional/posttranscriptional mechanisms is a major site for regulation of HSP-68 synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, California 91343.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Vellis
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Clegg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003513:Cycloheximide