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COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY

Comparison of Hsc70 orthologs from polar and temperate notothenioid fishes: differences in prevention of aggregation and refolding of denatured proteins

¹Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, ²Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

Submitted 27 September 2004 ; accepted in final form 5 January 2005

Although a great deal is known about the cellular function of molecular chaperones in general, very little is known about the effect of temperature selection on the function of molecular chaperones in nonmodel organisms. One major unanswered question is whether orthologous variants of a molecular chaperone from differential thermally adapted species vary in their thermal responses. To address this issue, we utilized a comparative approach to examine the temperature interactions of a major cytosolic molecular chaperone, Hsc70, from differently thermally adapted notothenioids. Using in vitro assays, we measured the ability of Hsc70 to prevent thermal aggregation of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). We further compared the capacity of Hsc70 to refold chemically denatured LDH over the temperature range of –2 to +45°C. Hsc70 purified from the temperate species exhibited greater ability to prevent the thermal denaturation of LDH at 55°C compared with Hsc70 from the cold-adapted species. Furthermore, Hsc70 from the Antarctic species lost the ability to competently refold chemically denatured LDH at a lower temperature compared with Hsc70 from the temperate species. These data indicate the function of Hsc70 in notothenioid fishes maps onto their thermal history and that temperature selection has acted on these molecular chaperones.

Antarctica; molecular chaperones; cold adaptation; notothenioids; protein refolding