The heat shock transcription factor HSF-1 protects Caenorhabditis elegans from peroxide stress

Abstract Cells induce conserved defense mechanisms that protect them from oxidative stress. How these defenses are regulated in multicellular organisms is incompletely understood. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we show that the heat shock transcription factor HSF-1 protects the nematode from the oxidative stress induced by environmental peroxide. In response to a heat shock or a mild temperature increase, HSF-1 protects the nematodes from subsequent oxidative stress in a manner that depends on HSF-1’s transactivation domain. At constant temperature, HSF-1 protects the nematodes from oxidative stress independently of its transactivation domain, likely by inducing the expression of asp-4/cathepsin D and dapk-1/dapk. Thus, two distinct HSF-1-dependent processes protect C. elegans from oxidative stress..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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bioRxiv.org - (2020) vom: 08. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Servello, Francesco A. [VerfasserIn]
Apfeld, Javier [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2020.07.13.200634

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XBI01834156X