title: A drastic reduction in the basal level of heat-shock protein 90 in the brain of goldfish (Carassius auratus) after administration of geldanamycin.
abstract: Geldanamycin (GA), a specific inhibitor of the chaperoning function of heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90), has been shown to mimic heat shock (HS) in inducing expression of Hsp90, Hsp72 and other Hsps in unstressed mammalian cells. In the present study, intra-cerebral treatment of goldfish with GA (at a dose of 0.1 microg/g-body weight) diminished basal Hsp90 level to a 30-40% level in the brain, without affecting the basal Hsp72 level, as assayed 28-48 h after treatment. Whole-body exposure to HS significantly increased Hsp90 level in GA-untreated fish but not in GA-treated fish, while it significantly increased Hsp72 level in both GA-untreated and -treated fish. In both GA-untreated and -treated fish, plasma cortisol (PC) levels increased considerably 4 h after HS and then decreased in a time-dependent manner to the control levels 24 h after HS, showing no evidence of a GA effect on the time course of PC level. These results suggest that in the brain of goldfish, Hsp90 may not be involved as a key factor either in regulating Hsp72 expression both before and after HS or in the feedback regulation of HS-increased PC level, and support the idea that GA can be used in fish brain as a tool in elucidating the role of Hsp90 in complicated, Hsp-mediated biological processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. kagawa@life.kindai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D006054:Goldfish / Q000378:metabolism*; D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011809:Quinones; D006854:Hydrocortisone; C001277:geldanamycin