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The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 3231-3240 (2002)
Copyright © 2002 The Company of Biologists Limited

Thermal acclimation changes DNA-binding activity of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) in the goby Gillichthys mirabilis: implications for plasticity in the heat-shock response in natural populations

Bradley A. Buckley and Gretchen E. Hofmann^*

Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1501, USA

^* Author for correspondence at Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610, USA (e-mail: hofmann{at}lifesci.ucsb.edu)

Accepted 5 August 2002

The intracellular build-up of thermally damaged proteins following exposure to heat stress results in the synthesis of a family of evolutionarily conserved proteins called heat shock proteins (Hsps) that act as molecular chaperones, protecting the cell against the aggregation of denatured proteins. The transcriptional regulation of heat shock genes by heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) has been extensively studied in model systems, but little research has focused on the role HSF1 plays in Hsp gene expression in eurythermal organisms from broadly fluctuating thermal environments. The threshold temperature for Hsp induction in these organisms shifts with the recent thermal history of the individual but the mechanism by which this plasticity in Hsp induction temperature is achieved is unknown. We examined the effect of thermal acclimation on the heat-activation of HSF1 in the eurythermal teleost Gillichthys mirabilis. After a 5-week acclimation period (at 13, 21 or 28°C) the temperature of HSF1 activation was positively correlated with acclimation temperature. HSF1 activation peaked at 27°C in fish acclimated to 13°C, at 33°C in the 21°C group, and at 36°C in the 28°C group. Concentrations of both HSF1 and Hsp70 in the 28°C group were significantly higher than in the colder acclimated fish. Plasticity in HSF1 activation may be important to the adjustable nature of the heat shock response in eurythermal organisms and the environmental control of Hsp gene expression.

Key words: Thermal acclimation, DNA-binding activity, heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), goby, Gillichthys mirabilis, heat-shock response

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