• 한국동물학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.373-379
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• 1993

초파리에서 정상 발생동안 HSP23의 합성과 생리적 기능이 20-hydroxyecdysone과 어떤 연관을 가지는지를 조사하였다. HSP23 유전자의 발현을 Northern blotting과 Western blotting으로 조사하였고, 20HE의 분비 양상은 radioimmunoassay 법으로 조사하였다. HSP23은 3령기 초기부터 발현이 시작되어 pupariation 시기에 급격한 증가를 보인 후 감소하였다. HSP23과 20HE의 합성을 비교하였을 때, 3령기-초기 pupa 시기에 두 분자가 모두 합성의 최고치를 보이며 유사한 합성 양상을 보였지만 그 외 시기는 일치하지 않았다. 따라서 20HE는 larva에서 pupa로의 변태 시기에 HSP23 유전자의 발현을 조절하며, 또 HSP23을 이용하여 변태과정의 일부를 조절하는 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 1997

Spermatogenesis is known to be regulated by a number of genes and several factors such as hormones, growth factors, cytokines and others. This study was done to evaluate the relationship between HSPs and DAZ genes in human spermatogenesis; we observed the expression pattern of HSP gene in azoospermia men with DAZ gene that regulated the gene expression related with human spermatogenesis. RT-PCR method was used to detect DAZ, HSP70A, and HSP70B transcripts in all RNA samples. Total RNA was extracted from 21 testis tissues using TRIZOL reagent. cDNAs were synthesized with reverse transcriptase, AMV. All PCR reaction were performed on a PCR themocycler with DAZ, HSP70A, and HSP70B-specific primers. Semen analysis, karyotyping and testis histology were performed. DAZ gene, known as a candidate gene of azoospermia factor(AZF), was deleted in 2 of 21 patients. To evaluate the only effects of HSPs in this patients, 2 DAZ deleted cases were removed. We observed the mRNA of HSP70B in 5 whereas none could be seen with regard to HSP70A. Furthermore, the sperm of these 5 men were discovered to be immature. In conclusion, HSP70B as well ad DAZ gene seem to be involved causing spermatogenic failure. We suggest that HSP70B plays an important role in spermatogenesis and it is one of factors induced sperm maturation in human.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제29권
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• pp.2.1-2.7
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• 2014

Objectives Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a highly conserved molecular chaperone important in the maturation of a broad spectrum of protein. In this study, an HSP90 gene was isolated from Asian paddle crab, Charybdis japonica, as a bio-indicator to monitor the marine ecosystem. Methods This work reports the responses of C. japonica HSP90 mRNA expression to cellular stress by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as bisphenol A (BPA) and 4-nonylphenol (NP) using real-time. reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Results The deduced amino acid sequence of HSP90 from C. japonica shared a high degree of homology with their homologues in other species. In a phylogenetic analysis, C. japonica HSP90 is evolutionally related with an ortholog of the other crustacean species. The expression of HSP90 gene was almost distributed in all the examined tissues of the C. japonica crab but expression levels varied among the different body parts of the crabs. We examined HSP90 mRNA expression pattern in C. japonica crabs exposed to EDCs for various exposure times. The expression of HSP90 transcripts was significantly increased in C. japonica crabs exposed to BPA and NP at different concentrations for 12, 24, 48 and 96 hours. The mRNA expression of HSP90 gene was significantly induced in a concentration- and time-dependent manner after BPA or NP exposures for 96 hours. Conclusions Taken together, expression analysis of Asian paddle crab HSP90 gene provided useful molecular information about crab responses in stress conditions and potential ways to monitor the EDCs stressors in marine environments.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 1999

Objective: Heat shock protein 70-2 (Hsp70-2) gene knockout mice are found to have premeiotic arrest at the primary spermatocyte stage with a complete absence of spermatids and spermatozoa. This observation led to the hypothesis that hspA2 may be disrupted in human testes with abnormal spermatogenesis. To test this hypothesis, we studied the mRNA expression of hspA2 in infertile men with azoospermia. Design: The mRNA expression were analyzed by competitive RT-PCR among testes with normal spermatogenesis, pachytene spermatocyte arrest, and sertoli-cell only syndrome. Materials and methods: Testicular biopsy was performed in men with azoospermia (n=15). Specimens were subdivided into three groups: (group 1) normal spermatogenesis (n=5), (group 2) spermatocyte arrest (n=5), (group 3) Sertoli-cell only syndrome (n=5). Total RNA was extracted by Trizol reagent. Total extracted RNA was reverse transcribed into cDNA and amplified by PCR using specific primers for hspA2 target cDNAs. A competitive cDNA fragment was constructed by deleting a defined fragment from the target cDNA sequence, and then coamplified with the target cDNA for competitive PCR. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) gene was used as an internal control. Results: On Competitive RT-PCR analyses for hspA2 mRNA, significant amount of hspA2 expression was observed in group 1, whereas a constitutively low level of hspA2 was expressed in groups 2 and 3. Conclusion(s): The study demonstrates that the hspA2 gene expression is down-regulated in human testes with abnormal spermatogenesis, which in turn suggests that hspA2 gene may play a specific role during meiosis in human testes.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2001

This study was conducted to obtain the transformed birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) plants with BcHSP17.6 gene using Agrobacterium turnefaciens LBA4404 and we confirmed transformed gene from the regenerated birdsfoot trefoil plants. The expression vector, pBKH4 vector, harboring BcHSP17.6 gene was used for production of transgenic birdsfoot trefoil plants. The callus of birdsfoot trefoil was cocultivated with Agrobacteriurn turnefaciens and transformed calli were selected on kanamycin-containing SH-kc medium to regenerate into plants. The transformed birdsfoot trefoil plants were produced 4 momths after cultivation on BOi2Y medium. The transgenic birdsfoot trefoil plants were analyzed by isolation of genomic DNA and genomic Southern hybridization using a -32P labelled BcHSPl7.6 fragments. (Key words : Birdsfoot trefoil, Transgenic plant. BcHSP17.6 gene, Callus induction, Plant regeneration)

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2005

Overexpression of HSP25 delayed cell growth, increased the level of $p21^{waf}$, reduced the levels of cyclin D1, cylcin A and cdc2, and induced radioresistance in L929 cells. We demonstrated that extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) and MAP kinase/ERK kinase (MEK) expressions as well as their activation (phospho-forms) were inhibited by hsp25 overexpression. To confirm the relationship between ERK1/2 and hsp25-mediated radioresistance, ERK1 or ERK2 cDNA was transiently transfected into the hsp25 overexpressed cells and their radioresistance was examined. HSP25-mediated radioresistance was abolished by overexpression of ERK2, but not by overexpression of ERK1. Alteration of cell cycle distribution and cell cycle related protein expressions (cyclin D, cyclin A and cdc2) by hsp25 overexpression were also recovered by ERK2 cDNA transfection. Increase in Bc1-2 protein by hsp25 gene transfection was also reduced by subsequent ERK2 cDNA-transfection. In addition, HSP25 overexpression reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased expression of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene. Increased activation of NF-kB (IkB degradation) was also found in hsp25-overexpressed cells. Moreover, transfection of hsp25 antisense gene abrogated all the HSP25-mediated phenomena. To further elucidate the exact relationship between MnSOD induction and NF-kB activation, dominant negative $I-kB\alpha(I-kB\alpha-DN)$ construction was transfected to HSP25 overexpressed cells. $I-kB\alpha-DN$ inhibited HSP25 mediated MnSOD gene expression. In addition, HSP25 mediated radioresistance was blocked by $I-kB\alpha-DN$ transfection. Blockage of MnSOD with antisense oligonucleotides in HSP25 overexpressed cells, prevented apoptosis and returned the ERK1/2 activation to the control level. From the above results, we suggest for the first time that reduced oxidative damage by HSP25 was due to MnSOD-mediated down regulation of ERK1/2.

• 생태와환경
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2016

연안의 다양한 환경변화는 서식 생물에 영향을 미치고, 양식장의 생산량 감소와 연결되고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 가막만의 대표적인 양식종인 패류 C. gigas와 M. galloprovincialis의 서식환경에 따른 스트레스 정도를 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 각 종의 체중량, 각장과 각고, 양식장 사육기간을 조사하고, 각 종의 계통학적 HSP 70 sequence를 비교한 후, 각 종의 HSP 70 유전자 발현을 분석하였다. 그 결과, C. gigas의 체중량, 각장과 각고는 C2 양식장이 높게 나타났으나, 양식장 환경 사육기간과 HSP 70 유전자 발현은 C3 양식장이 가장 높았다. M. galloprovincialis는 M1 양식장의 체중량이 높게 나타났으며 각장과 각고, 사육기간은 M2와 유사하였으나, HSP 70 유전자 발현은 M2 양식장이 통계적으로 유의한 수준으로 높게 나타났다. 그리고 C. gigas와 M. galloprovincialis의 HSP 70 sequence 분석을 통해서 다른 해양 종들과 높은 유사성이 있음을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 서식환경에 따라 생물의 외부적 형질뿐만 아니라 내부적 스트레스를 HSP 70 유전자 발현을 통하여 파악할 수 있으며 HSP 70은 외부환경 스트레스를 평가하는 지표 유전자로서 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.297-306
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• 2004

열 충격단백질(Heat shock protein : HSP)은 온도 스트레스에 대하여 세포 내에서 발현되는 단백질이다. HSP의 중요 분류군의 하나가 HSP90 family 이다. 여러 종류의 포유동물과 조류에서 HSP 유전자 특성에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되었다. 본 연구에서는 넙치(Paralichthys olivaceus)로부터 제조한 넙치 뇌 cDNA 유전자 은행을 이용하여 넙치 HSP90 cDNA 유전자를 분리하여 구성 염기서열의 특성을 밝혀 내었다. 염기서열의 분석결과 넙치의 hsp90$\beta$ 유전자는 2,791 개의 뉴클레오타이드로 구성되어 있고, 726개의 아미노산 잔기가 암호화되어 있었다. 넙치 hsp90$\beta$ 유전자는 European sea bass와 96.6% zebrafish와 92.9%, Atlantic salmon와 92.0%, 그리고 사람과는 89.5%의 염기서열 상동성을 지니고 있었다. 또한 HSP90 아미노산 서열을 바탕으로 척추동물 종들과의 진화계통수를 구축하였다. 넙치 hsp90$\beta$ 유전자의 mRNA의 분포 정도를 RT-PCR를 이용하여 조사하였다. hsp90$\beta$ 유전자는 조사한 모든 조직(뇌, 간, 신장, 근육, 비장)에서 높은 수준으로 발현이 되고 있었다. 또한, 넙치 hsp90$\beta$ 단백질을 대량발현하기 위하여 대장균에서 발현을 유도하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.657-662
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• 2008

To develop transgenic orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) resistant to high temperature, the recombinant DgHSP17.2 gene was introduced into orchardgrass plants using the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method and expressed constitutively under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. The results of genomic DNA PCR and Southern analysis showed a DNA band and hybridization signal on agarose gel and X-ray film in transgenic orchardgrass plants harboring the recombinant DgHSP17.2 gene, but a DNA band and hybridization signal were not observed in the wild type and empty vector control plants. The same result was also obtained in RT-PCR and Southern blot analysis, and these transgenic orchardgrass plants did not show any morphological aberration both in the culture bottle and soil mixture. When leaf discs cut from transgenic orchardgrass plants with recombinant DgHsp17.2 gene were exposed to lethal temperature (heat treatment at $60^{\circ}C$ for 50 min), 60-80% of the leaf discs showed only damage symptoms, but non-transgenic leaf discs showed a lethal condition. These results indicate that the DgHsp17.2 gene may act as a protector from heat stress in plants.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2008

The expression of heat shock protein genes (Hsp 70, Hsp 40, Hsp 20.8 and Hsp 20.4) against thermal stress in silkworm Bombyx mori was performed through semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Upon exposure of silkworm to two temperature regimes ($38^{\circ}C$ and $42^{\circ}C$), significant change in the expression of Hsp gene was observed as compared to the control. Hsp 70 and Hsp 40 showed increased expression than the small heat shock protein genes Hsp 20.8 and Hsp 20.4. The Hsp 70 showed increased expression during the recovery period as compared to 1 hr thermal treatments ($38^{\circ}C$/1 hr and $42^{\circ}C$/1 hr). Whereas, Hsp 40, Hsp 20.8 and Hsp 20.4 genes showed higher expression level at initial stages that later gradually decrease during recovery period. Tissue specific expression of Hsp 70 showed variation in the level of expression amongst the tissues. The mid gut and fat body tissues showed higher expression than the cuticle and silk gland tissue. The Hsp 70, Hsp 40 gene expression was analyzed in thermotolerant (Nistari) and thermo susceptible silk worm strain (NB4D2) and results showed significant variation in their expression level. The Nistari showed higher expression of Hsp 70 and Hsp 40 genes than the NB4D2. These findings provide a better understanding of cellular protection mechanisms against environmental stress such as heat shock, as these Hsps are involved in an organism thermotolerance.