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Mol Cell Biol. 1988 February; 8(2): 828-832

A novel hsp70-like protein (P70) is present in mouse spermatogenic cells.

Gamete Biology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

ABSTRACT

Mouse spermatogenic cells contain relatively large amounts of a 70-kilodalton protein (P70) that is closely related to hsp70, the major inducible heat shock protein. When hsp70 from spermatogenic cells is heat induced, it migrates to the same location as does P70 on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels, indicating that it has an apparently identical mass and isoelectric point. P70 reacts strongly and specifically with an anti-Drosophila hsp70 monoclonal antibody that is specific for products of the hsp70 gene family. Both P70 and hsp70 are also ATP-binding proteins and are purified by using ATP-affinity chromatography. However, P70 and hsp70 are unique proteins on the basis of peptide map analysis and are regulated differently in germ cells. P70 appears to be a novel heat shock protein of spermatogenic cells which is synthesized in association with germ cell differentiation.

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