title: Characterization of alternatively spliced transcripts encoding heat shock transcription factor in cultured cells of the cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae.
abstract: A gene encoding heat shock transcription factor (HSF) was cloned and sequenced from cultured cells of the cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae. The cDNA potentially encoded a 699-aa protein, with a calculated molecular weight of 77.8 kDa. Deduced amino acid identities to HSFs from Aedes aegypti and Drosophila melanogaster were 36 and 34%, respectively. Analysis of the genomic DNA revealed eight exons and three optional exons: a, b, and c. Exon a contained a premature in-frame stop codon that would generate a truncated protein. When the cells were exposed to high temperature or cadmium, no particular alternative transcripts showed significant up- or down-regulated expression relative to the total amount of the transcripts. These results suggest that alternative splicing may not be a principal mechanism for regulation of M. brassicae HSF gene expression in response to heat shock and cadmium.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. sonodas@rib.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Hisaaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsumuki
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D017344:Genes, Insect; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; C053134:Hsf protein, Drosophila; D014157:Transcription Factors; D002104:Cadmium