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  • Title: The natural osmolyte trehalose is a positive regulator of the heat-induced activity of yeast heat shock transcription factor.
    Author: Conlin LK, Nelson HC.
    Journal: Mol Cell Biol; 2007 Feb; 27(4):1505-15. PubMed ID: 17145780.
    Abstract:
    In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the intracellular concentration of trehalose increases rapidly in response to many environmental stresses, including heat shock. These high trehalose levels have been correlated with tolerance to adverse conditions and led to the model that trehalose functions as a chemical cochaperone. Here, we show that the transcriptional activity of Hsf1 during the heat shock response depends on trehalose. Strains with low levels of trehalose have a diminished transcriptional response to heat shock, while strains with high levels of trehalose have an enhanced transcriptional response to heat shock. The enhanced transcriptional response does not require the other heat-responsive transcription factors Msn2/4 but is dependent upon heat and Hsf1. In addition, the phosphorylation levels of Hsf1 correlate with both transcriptional activity and the presence of trehalose. These in vivo results support a new role for trehalose, where trehalose directly modifies the dynamic range of Hsf1 activity and therefore influences heat shock protein mRNA levels in response to stress.
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