The cytoplasmic pH, ATP content and total protein synthesis rate during heat-shock protein inducing treatments in yeast

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Abstract

In S. cerevisiae the induction of heat-shock protein (HSP) synthesis is accompanied by a decrease in the cytoplasmic and vacuolar pH as determined by means of [31P]NMR spectroscopy. The relationship of HSP synthesis and acidification of the cytoplasmic pH is dose-dependent under a variety of treatments (temperature increases (23–32 °C), addition of 2,4-dinitrophenol (>1 mM), sodium arsenite (>3.75 × 10−5 M) or sodium cyanide (>10 mM)). Changes in the intracellular pH occur within 5 min after treatment, attain a maximum within 30 min and are subsequently stable. HSPs 98, 85 and 70 show maximum synthesis rates 1–2 h after a 40 °C heat shock. The synthesis rates then decline. HSPs 56, 44 and 33 reveal a smaller and slower increase and almost no decrease in the synthesis rate within 4 h at 40 °C. The similar dose dependencies of HSP synthesis and cytoplasmic pH, as well as the immediate response of the pH, can also be demonstrated in the mitochondrial mutant of S. cerevisiae (ρ0). This result indicates that the heat-shock response is mainly independent of intact oxidative phosphorylation. No correlation was observed between HSP synthesis rate and total intracellular ATP content.

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