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Developmental regulation of the heat shock response by nuclear transport factor karyopherin-3

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

Author for corresondence (e-mail: csp{at}csp.caltech.edu)

Accepted June 15, 2001

During early stages of Drosophila development the heat-shock response cannot be induced. It is reasoned that the adverse effects on cell cycle and cell growth brought about by Hsp70 induction must outweigh the beneficial aspects of Hsp70 induction in the early embryo. Although the Drosophila heat shock transcription factor (dHSF) is abundant in the early embryo it does not enter the nucleus in response to heat shock. In older embryos and in cultured cells the factor is localized within the nucleus in an apparent trimeric structure that binds DNA with high affinity. The domain responsible for nuclear localization upon stress resides between residues 390 and 420 of the dHSF. Using that domain as bait in a yeast two-hybrid system we now report the identification and cloning of a Drosophila nuclear transport protein karyopherin-3 (dKap-3). Biochemical methods demonstrate that the dKap-3 protein binds specifically to the dHSF’s nuclear localization sequence (NLS). Furthermore, the dKap-3 protein does not associate with NLSs that contain point mutations, which are not transported in vivo. Nuclear docking studies also demonstrate specific nuclear targeting of the NLS substrate by dKap-3. Consistant with previous studies demonstrating that early Drosophila embryos are refractory to heat shock as a result of dHSF nuclear exclusion, we demonstrate that the early embryo is deficient in dKap-3 protein through cycle 12. From cycle 13 onward the transport factor is present and the dHSF is localized within the nucleus thus allowing the embryo to respond to heat shock.

Key words: Drosophila melanogaster, dKap-3, Heat shock factor, Nuclear transport

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