• BMB Reports
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.554-561
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• 2007

Shen and colleagues (Lin et al., 2004) have recently shown that overexpression of the Drosophila DNA methyltransferase 2 isoform C, dDnmt2c, extended life span of fruit flies, probably due to increased expression of small heat shock proteins such as Hsp22 or Hsp26. Here, I demonstrate with immunoprecipitations that overexpressed dDnmt2c interacts with endogenous Hsp70 protein in vivo in S2 cells. However, its C-terminal half, dDnmt2c(178-345) forms approximately 10-fold more Hsp70-containing protein complexe than wild-type dDnmt2c. Overexpressed dDnmt2c(178-345) but not the full length dDnmt2c is able to increase endogenous mRNA levels of the small heat shock proteins, Hsp26 and Hsp22. I provide evidence that dDnmt2c(178-345) increases Hsp26 promoter activity via two heat shock elements, HSE6 and HSE7. Simultaneously overexpressed Hsp40 or a dominant negative form of heat shock factor abrogates the dDnmt2c(178-345)-dependent increase in Hsp26 transcription. The data support a model in which the activation of heat shock factor normally found as an inactive monomer bound to chaperones is linked to the overexpressed C-terminus of dDnmt2c. Despite the differences observed in flies and S2 cells, these findings provide a possible explanation for the extended lifespan in dDnmt2c-overexpressing flies with increased levels of small heat shock proteins.

• Mycobiology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2015

To screen molecular chaperones similar to small heat shock proteins (sHsps), but without ${\alpha}$-crystalline domain, heat-stable proteins from Schizosaccharomyces pombe were analyzed by 2-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Sixteen proteins were identified, and four recombinant proteins, including cofilin, NTF2, pyridoxin biosynthesis protein (Snz1) and Wos2 that has an ${\alpha}$-crystalline domain, were purified. Among these proteins, only Snz1 showed the anti-aggregation activity against thermal denaturation of citrate synthase. However, pre-heating of NTF2 and Wos2 at $70^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, efficiently prevented thermal aggregation of citrate synthase. These results indicate that Snz1 and NTF2 possess molecular chaperone activity similar to sHsps, even though there is no ${\alpha}$-crystalline domain in their sequences.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2009

Heat shock proteins are a class of molecular chaperones that can be found in nearly all organisms from Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya domains. Heat shock proteins experience increased transcription during periods of heat induced osmotic stress and are involved in protein disaggregation and refolding as part of a cell's danger signaling cascade. Heat shock protein, Hsp20 is a small molecular chaperone that is approximately 20kDa in weight and is hypothesized to prevent aggregation and denaturation. Hsp20 can be found in several strains of Proteobacteria, which comprises the largest phyla of the Bacteria domain and also contains several medically significant bacterial strains. Genomic analyses were performed to determine a common evolutionary pattern among Hsp20 sequences in Proteobacteria. It was found that Hsp20 shared a common ancestor within and among the five subclasses of Proteobacteria. This is readily apparent from the amount of sequence similarities within and between Hsp20 protein sequences as well as phylogenetic analysis of sequences from proteobacterial and non-proteobacterial species.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.328-333
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• 2005

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are widely distributed, and their function and diversity of structure have been much studied in the field of molecular chaperones. In plants, which frequently have to cope with hostile environments, sHSPs are much more abundant and diverse than in other forms of life. In response to high temperature stress, sHSPs of more than twenty kinds can make up more than 1% of soluble plant proteins. We isolated a genomic clone, NtHSP18.3, from Nicotiana tabacum that encodes the complete open reading frame of a cytosolic class I small heat shock protein. To investigate the function of NtHSP18.3 in vitro, it was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified. The purified NtHSP18.3 had typical molecular chaperone activity as it protected citrate synthase and luciferase from high temperature-induced aggregation. When E. coli celluar proteins were incubated with NtHSP18.3, a large proportion of the proteins remained soluble at temperatures as high as $70^{\circ}C$. Native gel analysis suggested that NtHSP18.3 is a dodecameric oligomer as the form present and showing molecular chaperone activity at the condition tested. Binding of bis-ANS to the oligomers of NtHSP18.3 indicated that exposure of their hydrophobic surfaces increased as the temperature was raised. Taken together, our data suggested that NtHSP18.3 is a molecular chaperone that functions as a dodecameric complex and possibly in a temperature-induced manner.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.460-469
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• 2017

열충격 단백질(heat shock proteins, HSPs)은 다양한 종양에서 과발현 되고, 종양이 형성되는 과정이나 그 예후에 영향을 주며, 분자량에 따라 HSP27, HSP60, HSP90, HSP100 등으로 구분한다. Heat shock protein90은 세포 내 불안정한 단백질을 보호하는 역할을 통해 질병의 유지에 기여하는데, 정상 조직에 비해 종양 세포에서 높은 수준으로 발현된다고 보고되었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 우리나라 사망원인 1위인 폐암 중 비소세포 폐암에서 Heat shock protein90 family 발현과 비소세포 폐암환자의 임상적 특징과의 상관관계를 분석하여 종양의 생물학적 표지자로서의 가능성을 조사하였다. HSP90 family의 발현과 임상병리학적 특성 및 생존율과의 상관관계를 분석한 결과 $HSP90{\alpha}$는 림프혈관강 침윤이 되지 않은 환자에서 높은 발현을 보였고(p=0.014), $HSP90{\beta}$ 은 조직학적 형태에서 편평상피세포 암종에서 높은 발현을 보였으며(p=0.003), GRP94 은 분화도가 낮을수록 높은 발현을 나타내었다(p=0.048). 생존율은 $HSP90{\alpha}$, $HSP90{\beta}$, GRP94 모두 발현 차이에 대한 유의성이 없었다. 본 연구를 통해 miRNA-126, miRNA-155, miRNA-200c의 발현은 비소세포 폐암의 진단을 위한 생물학적 표지자 및 예후 인자로서 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 그리고 비소세포 폐암의 치료용으로 HSP90 family가 고려되어야 할 것이며, GRP94가 종양의 예후예측을 위한 중요한 인자라 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.1118-1122
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• 2014

The present study shows that DR1114 (Hsp20), a small heat shock protein of the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans, enhances tolerance to hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) stress when expressed in Escherichia coli. A protein profile comparison showed that E. coli cells overexpressing D. radiodurans Hsp20 (EC-pHsp20) activated the redox state proteins, thus maintaining redox homeostasis. The cells also showed increased expression of pseudouridine (psi) synthases, which are important to the stability and proper functioning of structural RNA molecules. We found that the D. radiodurans mutant strain, which lacks a psi synthase (DR0896), was more sensitive to $H_2O_2$ stress than wild type. These suggest that an increased expression of proteins involved in the control of redox state homeostasis along with more stable ribosomal function may explain the improved tolerance of EC-pHsp20 to $H_2O_2$ stress.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.411-413
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• 2000

The ability of microspores or young pollen grains (male gametophytes) to undergo developmetal switch to embryogenic (sporophytic) pathway exemplifies the concept of totipotency as applied to haploid posmeiotic cells. As a first step pollen is devoid of positional information provided in situ by the intact anther - by isolation and cultivation in vitro in artificial media. This is inevitably accompanied by some degree of stress response in microspore/pollen. It has been shown in both monocots and dicots that intentional stress treatment (mostly starvation or heat shock) greatly stimulates embryo induction rate. Using transgenic sHSP antisense Nicotiana tabacum we show that expression of small heat shock proteins is an integral part of successful embryo and later haploid plant production from pollen grains. Our recently published data show that sHSP chaperone function is optimal in the absence of ATP.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1628-1634
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• 2009

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) function as molecular chaperones that protect cells against environmental stresses. In the present study, the genes of hsp17.6 and hsp17.7, cytosolic class I sHSPs, were cloned from a tropical plant, Ageratina adenophorum. Their C-terminal domains were highly conserved with those of sHSPs from other plants, indicating the importance of the C-terminal domains for the structure and activity of sHSPs. The recombinant HSP17.6 and HSP17.7 were applied to determine their chaperone function. In vitro, HSP17.6 and HSP17.7 actively participated in the refolding of the model substrate citrate synthase (CS) and effectively prevented the thermal aggregation of CS at $45^{\circ}C$ and the irreversible inactivation of CS at $38^{\circ}C$ at stoichiometric levels. The prior presence of HSP17.7 was assumed to suppress the thermal aggregation of the model substrate CS. Therefore, this report confirms the chaperone activity of HSP17.6 and HSP17.7 and their potential as a protectant for active proteins.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.712-716
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• 2008

Salmonella로부터 식품 안전성을 높이기 위한 보존법의 병용처리에 의한 효과를 평가하고자 S. Typhimurium을 열과 산, 산화제 등으로 연속 처리한 후 생균수를 측정하여 효과를 분석하였다. 그리고 열충격에 의하여 S. Typhimurium 내에 발현되거나 억제되는 단백질을 이차원 전기영동과 MALDI-TOF 질량분석기로 분석하였다. 열처리된 S. Typhimurium은 초산과 염산의 pH 4에서의 생균수가 1.3-1.8 log CFU/mL가 줄었고 비열처리 S. Typhimurium은 생균수가 약 5 log CFU/mL가 감소하였다. 열처리 S. Typhimurium은 butyl hydrogen peroxide와 과산화수소에서 생균수가 1.1-1.7 log CFU/mL가 줄었으나 비열처리 S. Typhimurium은 5.4-5.6 log CFU/mL 감소하였다. 충분하지 않은 사멸 열처리는 S. Typhimurium의 생존력을 증가시키고 산과 산화제 등의 보존제에서 저항성이 커지는 것을 알 수가 있었다. 이차원 전기영동과 MALDI-TOF 질량분석에 의한 발현 단백질 분석 결과 비열처리 S. Typhimurium은 17개의 단백질이 검출되었고 열처리 S. Typhimurium에는 13개의 단백질만 검출되었다. 이들 중에 열충격 단백질로 알려진 DnaK, small heat shock protein 등이 검출되었고 이들이 산과 산화제에서의 생존 저항성 증가와 관련이 있을 것으로 보인다. 그러므로 열처리를 포함하는 hurdle technology를 적용하여 식품을 보존처리할 때 다른 보존제에 대한 교차보호성이 증가되는 사실을 고려하여 적절한 열처리가 고려되어야 된다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2011

프로테오믹스 기법을 이용하여 벼 고온 스트레스 관련 단백질을 분리 동정하기 위하여 $42^{\circ}C$에서 고온처리한 벼의 줄기로부터 단백질을 분리하였다. 분리한 단백질로부터 Rubisco 단백질을 제거하기 위해 15% PEG fractionation을 실시한 후 상등액 분획의 단백질을 이차원전기 영동한 후, CBB 염색을 통해 차별적 발현을 보이는 단백질을 분석하였다. 총 46개의 단백질 spot이 발현양에 변화를 보였으며, 그 중 24개의 단백질이 고온 스트레스에 의해 발현이 증가되었으며, 22개의 단백질이 감소하는 발현 양상을 나타내었다. 이들 단백질을 MALDI-TOF MS와 database를 통해 동정한 결과 에너지 대사관련 단백질, 산화 환원 관련 단백질 및 저분자량 small HSP 등, 10개의 단백질이 동정되었다. 이들 동정된 단백질들은 식물의 고온 스트레스에 대한 적응기작을 이해하는데 중요한 단서를 제공할 것이며, 특히 미토콘드리아 small HSP는 프로테옴 분석법에 의해 최초로 동정되었으며, 금후 내하고성 목초 분자육종에 활용될 수 있는 좋은 유전자로 판단된다.