Biomarker for environmental stress induced aestivation

V  N  S  Malleswar  and S  Krupanidhi

doi:10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i3.37

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Biomarker for environmental stress induced aestivation

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i3.37

Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 336-338

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Biomarker for environmental stress induced aestivation

V. N. S. Malleswar^* and S. Krupanidhi

Dept. of Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, Anantapur Dist., AP-515134
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Factors leading to aestivation (summer sleep) invariably display features of stress and hence it is of interest to understand and elucidate the role of heat shock proteins (HSP`s) during cellular stress response in an aestivating amphibious Indian apple snail Pila globosa. Expression of Inducible HSP40 was documented in the hepatopancreatic tissue after 60 days of aestivation. The identification of Inducible HSP40 in snails exposed to long term aestivational stress could be used as a potential biomarker/bio-indicator.
Keywords: Aestivation, immunoblot, Pila globosa, HSP 40, chemiluminiscence, bio-marker.