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HS, HL- Heme<br />

>_ 40 0<br />

HS I ;:. ======~~ HS<br />

(Inaetlve) co Id (aetlve)<br />

lATP<br />

HLj---"·HL<br />

(inaetlve)<br />

(aetlve)<br />

I I<br />

Trypsin Inhibitor -....ll'-llr--.. ~<br />

+ ~<br />

90K Peptide<br />

I<br />

I<br />

-Heme I<br />

~!<br />

lOOK eIF-2q -.--~ Kinase-P04<br />

Kinase Phosphatase (aetlve)<br />

(inaetlve)<br />

1<br />

elF - 2 _. ------:-1--<br />

(aetlve)<br />

Phosphatase :!"==:::;. Phosphatase<br />

(aetlvl1ted)<br />

t<br />

Activators<br />

Interferon - dsRNA<br />

Interferon<br />

:-..... 56K 2 1 ,5 1 _ oligoA Synthetase<br />

I<br />

(lnaetlvel<br />

tl dsRNA<br />

I<br />

I<br />

! Synthetase<br />

(aetlvel<br />

67K eIF-2q Kinase<br />

dsRNA jr ATP ~ 2'.5 1 -oligoA<br />

I : Phosphatase 1<br />

l<br />

~: endonuclease~endonuclease<br />

PO (lnae'ive) (aetive)<br />

(aetlve) +<br />

K· mase- 4 I<br />

1<br />

mRNA<br />

t RNA<br />

Breakdown<br />

Fig. 3. Comparison of protein synthesis inhibition by HS-HL and by interferon-dsRNA. Dashed lines<br />

indicated unknown or uncertain relationship<br />

and interferon may function by equivalent<br />

biochemical mechanisms to reduce the rate of<br />

peptide initiation. A change in this rate may<br />

not only slow the rate of cell growth but may<br />

also alter the relative proportion of proteins<br />

formed from different competing mRNA speeies<br />

(Kramer et al. 1980), thus alte ring the<br />

basic composition and physiology of the cello<br />

Such a change brought on by activation of HS<br />

during high fever may constitute a basic<br />

defense mechanism for limiting translation of<br />

viral mRNA during viral infections and might<br />

be exploited for the treatment of cancer by<br />

hyperthermia.<br />

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Sheeran BA, Arnstein HRV (1978b) Eur J Biochem<br />

84:601-610 - Conference on Hyperthermia in<br />

Cancer Treatment (1979) Cancer Res<br />

39:2231-2340 - Goldstein ES, Penman S (1973)<br />

J Mol Biol 80: 243-254 - Henderson AB, Hardesty<br />

B (1978) Biochem Biophys Res Commun<br />

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