Heat shock response in photosynthetic organisms: Membrane and lipid connections

Ibolya Horváth, Attila Glatz, Hitoshi Nakamoto, Michael L. Mishkind, Teun Munnik, Yonousse Saidi, Pierre Goloubinoff, John L. Harwood*, László Vigh

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Abstract

The ability of photosynthetic organisms to adapt to increases in environmental temperatures is becoming more important with climate change. Heat stress is known to induce heat-shock proteins (HSPs) many of which act as chaperones. Traditionally, it has been thought that protein denaturation acts as a trigger for HSP induction. However, increasing evidence has shown that many stress events cause HSP induction without commensurate protein denaturation. This has led to the membrane sensor hypothesis where the membrane's physical and structural properties play an initiating role in the heat shock response. In this review, we discuss heat-induced modulation of the membrane's physical state and changes to these properties which can be brought about by interaction with HSPs. Heat stress also leads to changes in lipid-based signaling cascades and alterations in calcium transport and availability. Such observations emphasize the importance of membranes and their lipids in the heat shock response and provide a new perspective for guiding further studies into the mechanisms that mediate cellular and organismal responses to heat stress.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)208-220
Number of pages13
JournalProgress in Lipid Research
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Hungarian Basic Research Fund
MTA-JSPS122
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science21580083
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung140512
Hungarian Scientific Research FundK84257, 82097
Nemzeti Fejlesztési ÜgynökségTAMOP-4.2.2/08/1-2008-0014

    Keywords

    • Heat shock response
    • Membrane fluidizer
    • Membrane sensor hypothesis
    • Molecular chaperones
    • Phosphatidic acid
    • Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
    • Signaling lipids
    • Small heat shock proteins
    • Transient Ca influx

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