title: Activation of LEDGF gene by thermal-and oxidative-stresses.
abstract: LEDGF promotes survival of many cell types against a wide range of environmental stresses, and cells responding to those stresses expressed higher levels of heat shock proteins (Hsps). LEDGF/p75 is a weak coactivator of general transcription. We speculated that a stress signal may activate expression of the LEDGF gene, resulting in elevated levels of LEDGF which may activate expression of stress-related proteins to protect cells from stresses. Lens epithelial cells (LECs) and cos7 cells were cultured under heat- or oxidative-stress. After cells were cultured for defined time, we quantified LEDGF mRNA and LEDGF protein with RT-PCR, Northern blot, and protein blot analysis. Our results showed that higher levels of LEDGF were found in both cell types under heat- and oxidative-stress than that in cells cultured at nonstress condition. Thus, one of the primary events in the stress-related protective events is the activation of LEDGF, a regulatory protein.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ophthalmic Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fatma
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Chylack
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinohara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019556:COS Cells; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D051379:Mice; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C119380:lens epithelium-derived growth factor; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide