Effect of pH and Cell Cycle Progression on Development and Decay of Thermotolerance

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Abstract
Synchronous Chinese hamster ovary cells were heated in G1 and incubated at 37.degree. C at pH 6.75 or pH 7.4 before they were heated a second time. The magnitude and rate of development and decay of thermotolerance were greatly reduced at pH 6.75. This was also observed for asynchronous cells. Furthermore, the heat-induced delay in cell cycle progression was greatly enhanced at low pH and correlated with the reduced rate for development and decay of thermotolerance. However, studies with [3H]TdR to kill cells entering S phase showed that the decay of thermotolerance is relatively independent of the cell cycle. Therefore, low pH apparently show many cell processes, including those associated with heat-induced cell cycle delay and the rate of development and decay of thermotolerance.

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