Calmodulin Is Involved in Heat Shock Signal Transduction in Wheat

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Abstract

The involvement of calcium and calcium-activated calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) in heat shock (HS) signal transduction in wheat (Triticum aestivum) was investigated. Using Fluo-3/acetoxymethyl esters and laser scanning confocal microscopy, it was found that the increase of intracellular free calcium ion concentration started within 1 min after a 37 degrees C HS. The levels of CaM mRNA and protein increased during HS at 37 degrees C in the presence of Ca(2+). The expression of hsp26 and hsp70 genes was up-regulated by the addition of CaCl(2) and down-regulated by the calcium ion chelator EGTA, the calcium ion channel blockers LaCl(3) and verapamil, or the CaM antagonists N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide and chlorpromazine. Treatment with Ca(2+) also increased, and with EGTA, verapamil, chlorpromazine, or trifluoperazine decreased, synthesis of HS proteins. The temporal expression of the CaM1-2 gene and the hsp26 and hsp70 genes demonstrated that up-regulation of the CaM1-2 gene occurred at 10 min after HS at 37 degrees C, whereas that of hsp26 and hsp70 appeared at 20 min after HS. A 5-min HS induced expression of hsp26 after a period of recovery at 22 degrees C after HS at 37 degrees C. Taken together, these results indicate that Ca(2+)-CaM is directly involved in the HS signal transduction pathway. A working hypothesis about the relationship between upstream and downstream of HS signal transduction is presented.

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