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Noradrenaline and -adrenergic signaling induce the hsp70 gene promoter in mollusc immune cells

Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS – Université Paris VI – INSU, Place Georges Teissier, BP 74, F-29682 Roscoff Cedex, France

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Accepted June 18, 2001

Expression of heat shock proteins (hsp) is a homeostatic mechanism induced in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in response to metabolic and environmental insults. A growing body of evidence suggests that in mammals, the hsp response is integrated with physiological responses through neuroendocrine signaling. In the present study, we have examined the effect of noradrenaline (NA) on the hsp70 response in mollusc immune cells. Oyster and abalone hemocytes transfected with a gene construct containing a gastropod hsp70 gene promoter linked to the luciferase reporter-gene were exposed to physiological concentrations of NA, or to various - and ß-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists. Results show that NA and -adrenergic stimulations induced the expression of luciferase in transfected mollusc immunocytes. Furthermore, exposure of hemocytes to NA or to the -adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine (PE) resulted in the expression of the inducible isoform of the hsp70 protein. Pertussis toxin (PTX), the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122, the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor calphostin C, the Ca²⁺-dependent PKC inhibitor Gö 6976 and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) inhibitor LY294002 blocked the PE-mediated induction of the hsp70 gene promoter. These results suggest that -adrenergic signaling induces the transcriptionnal upregulation of hsp70 in mollusc hemocytes through a PTX-sensitive G-protein, PLC, Ca²⁺-dependent PKC and PI 3-kinase. Thus, a functional link exists between neuroendocrine signaling and the hsp70 response in mollusc immune cells.

Key words: Mollusc, Immune cell, Noradrenaline, Heat shock protein, -adrenergic signaling, Thermotolerance

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