title: Post-transcriptional control of hsp70 mRNA in Trypanosoma brucei.
abstract: The control of hsp70 mRNA levels was investigated using transgenic bloodstream and procyclic trypanosomes. Heat shock of procyclic and bloodstream trypanosomes caused no significant change in overall protein synthesis, but led to a 2-3-fold increase in the relative hsp70 mRNA level in bloodstream trypanosomes. Incubation of procyclic trypanosomes at 35 degrees C for up to 18 h increased the level of hsp70 mRNA only marginally. The expression of actin and hsp70 mRNAs was markedly reduced in late log phase procyclic trypanosomes but PARP mRNA levels remained constant. Measurements of phleomycin-binding-protein RNAs bearing 3'- and 5'-untranslated regions from the actin, PARP or hsp70 loci indicated that both the heat-shock and cell-density effects were mediated by the untranslated regions. No significant promoter activity was detected in the different hsp70 locus intergenic regions in transient assays.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Häusler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clayton
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000469:parasitology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000378:metabolism*; D019076:Transgenes; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; C053277:procyclic acidic repetitive protein, Trypanosoma