Much of the effect of heat stress on establishment and maintenance of pregnancy involves changes in ovarian function and embryonic development that reduce the competence of the oocyte to be fertilized and the resultant embryo to develop. There are three possible therapeutic approaches to manipulate the connection between hyperthermia and cellular responses to elevated temperature to improve fer...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: APP: Acute Phase Proteins; CAT: Catalase; EVHL: Evaporative Heat Loss; FAO: Food and Agricultural Organisation; GDP: Gross Domestic Product; GPX: Glutathione peroxidise; Hp: Haptoglobin; HS: Heat Stress; HSE: Heat Shock Element; HSF: Heat Shock Factor; HSP: Heat Shock Protein; IFN: Interferon; IL: Interleukin; MDA: Malondialdehyde; NO...

It is now recognized that membranes are not simple physical barriers but represent a complex and dynamic environment that affects membrane protein structures and their functions. Recent data emphasize the role of membranes in sensing temperature changes, and it has been shown that the physical state of the plasma membrane influences the expression of a variety of genes such as heat shock genes....

In recent years, it has become clear that, in addition to the regulation of the expression of specific genes, there are global regulatory systems that control the simultaneous expression of a large number of genes in response to a variety of environmental stresses. The first of these global control systems, and of substantial importance, is the heat-shock response. The heat-shock response is ch...

Elevated temperature induces a rapid heat shock transcription factor (HSFs)-mediated expression of heat shock (hsp) genes. The effect of cold exposure on hsp gene expression has hardly been investigated, although ectothermic animals experience both cold and heat stress. We have previously shown in zebrafish that the expression of hsf1a and a unique isoform hsf1b vary in a tissue-specific manner...

OBJECTIVE Since insulin stimulates nitric oxide (NO) production and an increase in NO following heat shock is required for myocardial heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) synthesis, we hypothesized that insulin would enhance myocardial Hsp70 synthesis by augmenting NO signaling. We examined whether a physiologic dose of insulin increased myocardial Hsp70 in unstressed and heat shock treated rats. ME...

A small heat shock protein (sHSP) gene from sunflower, Ha hsp17.6 G1, showed expression patterns that differ from what is known for members of this gene family. The mRNAs of this gene accumulated in seeds during late desiccation stages of zygotic embryogenesis but not in response to heat shock in vegetative tissues. The failure to respond to heat shock was independent of the developmental stage...

Survival and molting incidence were studied after heat (40 degrees C) and cold (0 degree C) shocks in specimens of Panstrongylus megistus with the aim of establishing its response to temperature stress under laboratory rearing conditions and to understand occasional changes in the biological characteristics of specimens captured in nature. The response to the thermal shocks was found to vary as...

Previously we reported that expression of GSH1 (gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase) and GSH2 (glutathione synthetase) of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was increased by heat-shock stress in a Yap1p-dependent fashion and consequently intracellular glutathione content was increased [Sugiyama, Izawa and Inoue (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 15535-15540]. In the present study, we discuss the physiolo...

Environmental stress, such as oxidative or heat stress, induces the activation of the Heat Shock Response (HSR) which leads to an increase in the heat shock proteins (HSPs) level. These HSPs act as molecular chaperones to maintain proteostasis. Even if the main heat shock response partners are well known, a detailed description of the dynamical properties of the HSR network is still missing. In...