Effects of Heat-shock On the Level of Trehalose and Glycogen, and On the Induction of Thermotolerance in Neurospora-crassa
(1991) FEBS Letters — Vol. 283, n° 1, p. 19-22 (1991)
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- Neurospora crassa conidiospore germlings exposed to a heat shock (30-45-degrees-C) rapidly accumulated trehalose and degraded glycogen, even in the presence of cycloheximide. This phenomenon was also rapidly reversible upon return of the cells at 30-degrees-C. Trehalose accumulation at 45-degrees-C demanded an exogenous source of carbon and either glucose or glycerol fulfilled such requirement. Experiments with the cyclic AMP-deficient cr-l mutant suggested that the effects of temperature shifts on trehalose level were independent of cAMP metabolism. Cells exposed at 45-degrees-C under conditions permissive for trehalose accumulation (i.e. in the presence of an assimilable carbon source) also acquired thermotolerance.
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Neves, MJ., Jorge, JA., Francois, JM., & Terenzi, HF. (1991). Effects of Heat-shock On the Level of Trehalose and Glycogen, and On the Induction of Thermotolerance in Neurospora-crassa. FEBS Letters, 283(1), 19-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(91)80544-D (Original work published 1991)