RNA metabolism: strategies for regulation in the heat shock response.
RNA metabolism: strategies for regulation in the heat shock response.
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10.1016/0168-9525(90)90183-7
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1990
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H.Joseph Yost;Robert B. Petersen;Susan Linquist
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H.Joseph Yost;Robert B. Petersen;Susan Linquist
OF P~'NS~ ZmNM, PmL~ PHUl, PA 19104, USA. l cells respond to temperatures above their normal growth temperatures by inducing the synthesis of a small group of evolutionarily conserved polypeptides known as the heat shock proteins (hsps). Some hsps are required to help cells grow at the upper el,, d of their normal temperature range, others help cells to withstand the toxic effects of more extreme temperatures. Many of the proteins are also produced at normal temperatures, or have close relatives that are produced at normal temperatures. The hsps and their relatives participate in an extraordinary variety of cellular processes, including DNA synthesis, protein secretion, the response to steroid hormones, and the assembly ('chaperoning') of newly synthesized proteins. The variety and complexity of these interactions are only beginning to be unraveled. What defines the hsps as a group, however, is the immediate and very dramatic increase in their synthesis when cells are exposed to higher temperaturesV4.(See Ref. 1 for a general review, Ref. 2 for details of post-transcriptional regulation and Refs 3 and 4 for details of hsp function.) In all organisms investigated, heat shock results in the immediate transcriptional activation of heat shock genes and, in many, the preferential translation of heat shock messages. Heat shock also affects other aspects of RNA metabolism, including RNA processing and mRNA degradation. Within the conte:.. t of these effects, additional regulatory strategies have evolved to promote hsp synthesis. In turn, the accumulation of hsps influences RNA metabolism. The interacting effects of heat shock and of hsps on RNA metabolism are the focus of this review. We have concentrated on the work in Drosophila because more is known about post-transcriptional regulation in this organism than in any other. Recent information suggests, however, that