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Housing temperature influences the pattern of heat shock protein induction in mice following mild whole body hyperthermia.

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Purpose

Researchers studying the murine response to stress generally use mice housed under standard, nationally mandated conditions as controls. Few investigators are concerned whether basic physical aspects of mouse housing could be an additional source of stress, capable of influencing the subsequent impact of an experimentally applied stressor. We have recently become aware of the potential for housing conditions to impact important physiological and immunological properties in mice.

Materials and methods

Here we sought to determine whether housing mice at standard temperature (ST; 22 °C) vs. thermoneutral temperature (TT; 30 °C) influences baseline expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) and their typical induction following a whole body heating.

Results

There were no significant differences in baseline expression of HSPs at ST and TT. However, in several cases, the induction of Hsp70, Hsp110 and Hsp90 in tissues of mice maintained at ST was greater than at TT following 6 h of heating (which elevated core body temperature to 39.5 °C). This loss of HSP induction was also seen when mice housed at ST were treated with propranolol, a β-adrenergic receptor antagonist, used clinically to treat hypertension and stress.

Conclusions

Taken together, these data show that housing temperature significantly influences the expression of HSPs in mice after whole body heating and thus should be considered when stress responses are studied in mice.

SUBMITTER: Eng JW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340593 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Housing temperature influences the pattern of heat shock protein induction in mice following mild whole body hyperthermia.

Eng Jason W-L JW Reed Chelsey B CB Kokolus Kathleen M KM Repasky Elizabeth A EA

International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 20141201 8

<h4>Purpose</h4>Researchers studying the murine response to stress generally use mice housed under standard, nationally mandated conditions as controls. Few investigators are concerned whether basic physical aspects of mouse housing could be an additional source of stress, capable of influencing the subsequent impact of an experimentally applied stressor. We have recently become aware of the potential for housing conditions to impact important physiological and immunological properties in mice.< ...[more]

PMID: 25430986

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Housing temperature influences the pattern of heat shock protein induction in mice following mild whole body hyperthermia.

Purpose

Materials and methods

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Housing temperature influences the pattern of heat shock protein induction in mice following mild whole body hyperthermia.

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