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- Title
Biochemical insights into the mechanisms central to the response of mammalian cells to cold stress and subsequent rewarming.
- Authors
Roobol, Anne; Carden, Martin J.; Newsam, Ray J.; Smales, C. Mark
- Abstract
Mammalian cells cultured in vitro are able to recover from cold stress. However, the mechanisms activated during cold stress and recovery are still being determined. We here report the effects of hypothermia on cellular architecture, cell cycle progression, mRNA stability, protein synthesis and degradation in three mammalian cell lines. The cellular structures examined were, in general, well maintained during mild hypothermia (27–32 °C) but became increasingly disrupted at low temperatures (4–10 °C). The degradation rates of all mRNAs and proteins examined were much reduced at 27 °C, and overall protein synthesis rates were gradually reduced with temperature down to 20 °C. Proteins involved in a range of cellular activities were either upregulated or downregulated at 32 and 27 °C during cold stress and recovery. Many of these proteins were molecular chaperones, but they did not include the inducible heat shock protein Hsp72. Further detailed investigation of specific proteins revealed that the responses to cold stress and recovery are at least partially controlled by modulation of p53, Grp75 and eIF3i levels. Furthermore, under conditions of severe cold stress (4 °C), lipid-containing structures were observed that appeared to be in the process of being secreted from the cell that were not observed at less severe cold stress temperatures. Our findings shed light on the mechanisms involved and activated in mammalian cells upon cold stress and recovery.
- Subjects
MAMMALS; VERTEBRATES; NUCLEIC acids; CATALYTIC RNA; PROTEINS
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2009, Vol 276, Issue 1, p286
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06781.x