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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 259, Issue 1-2, Pages 57-64Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.08.006
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teleost; stress protein; cytoprotection; hormones; glucocorticoid
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Cortisol, and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) are known to perform key roles as part of the fish stress response. In the present study, two in vitro systems were used to investigate a possible cortisol-HSP70-apoptosis regulatory relationship. Using a developed silver sea bream fibroblast cell line (SSF), cortisol was found to induce HSP70 synthesis with a concomitant protection against camptothecin induced apoptosis. The induction of HSP70 synthesis using azetidine was also found to protect SSF against apoptosis. A primary culture of silver sea bream macrophages (SSM) displayed reduced HSP70, underwent apoptosis and displayed reduced phagocytic activity upon exposure to cortisol. The effect of cortisol on HSP70 expression in both SSF and SSM were blocked by the glucocorticoid antagonist, RU486. Treatment of SSM with azetidine protected against apoptosis and also enhanced phagocytic activity. The data from this study demonstrates for the first time that cortisol can be either anti-apoptotic or pro-apoptotic in different fish cells and such actions can be mediated via HSP70 induction or suppression respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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