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Original Article

Chemically Induced Resistance to Heat Treatment and Stress Protein Synthesis in Cultured Mammalian Cells

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Pages 51-64 | Received 09 Aug 1985, Accepted 01 Dec 1985, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Summary

Short exposure (1–2h) of cultured cells, derived from a transplantable murine mammary carcinoma, to sodium arsenite, 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), carbonylcyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCP) or disulfiram, induced resistance to a subsequent heat treatment, similar to heat-induced thermotolerance.

Optimum resistance to a test heat treatment of 45 min at 45°C after sodium arsenite exposure was obtained at a concentration of 300 µm, after DNP exposure at 3mm, after CCP at 300 µm and after disulfiram exposure in the range 1–30 µm.

Exposure of cells to CCP, sodium arsenite or disulfiram led to enhanced synthesis of some proteins with the same molecular weight as ‘heat shock’ proteins. The pattern of enhanced synthesis of these proteins was agent specific. We could not detect significantly enhanced synthesis of the proteins after DNP using one-dimensional gel electrophoresis. These results suggest that enhanced stress protein synthesis is not a prerequisite for the development of thermal resistance.

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