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ECB-ART-37528
Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 2000 May 01;35:306-11. doi: 10.1006/mcbr.2000.0230.
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EGTA treatment causes the synthesis of heat shock proteins in sea urchin embryos.

Roccheri MC , Onorato K , Tipa C , Casano C .


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Paracentrotus lividus embryos, at post-blastular stage, when subjected to a rise in temperature from physiologic (20 degrees C) to 31 degrees C, synthesize a large group of heat shock proteins (hsps), and show a severe inhibition of bulk protein synthesis. We show, by mono- and two-dimensional electrophoresis, that also EGTA (ethylene glycol-bis[beta-aminoethyl ether] tetraacetic acid) treatment induces in sea urchin embryos both marked inhibition of bulk protein synthesis and the synthesis of the entire set of hsps. Furthermore, EGTA-treated sea urchin embryos are able to survive at a temperature otherwise lethal (35 degrees C) becoming thermotolerant. Because incubation with a different calcium-chelator, EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), or in calcium-free medium did not induce hsps synthesis we conclude that the stress response caused by EGTA is not related to its calcium chelator function.

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Genes referenced: hikeshi LOC100887844 LOC115925415 LOC583082