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Winter L, Staszewska I, Mihailovska E, Fischer I, Goldmann WH, Schröder R, Wiche G. Chemical chaperone ameliorates pathological protein aggregation in plectin-deficient muscle. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:1144-57. [PMID: 24487589 DOI: 10.1172/jci71919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The ubiquitously expressed multifunctional cytolinker protein plectin is essential for muscle fiber integrity and myofiber cytoarchitecture. Patients suffering from plectinopathy-associated epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) and mice lacking plectin in skeletal muscle display pathological desmin-positive protein aggregation and misalignment of Z-disks, which are hallmarks of myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs). Here, we developed immortalized murine myoblast cell lines to examine the pathogenesis of plectinopathies at the molecular and single cell level. Plectin-deficient myotubes, derived from myoblasts, were fully functional and mirrored the pathological features of EBS-MD myofibers, including the presence of desmin-positive protein aggregates and a concurrent disarrangement of the myofibrillar apparatus. Using this cell model, we demonstrated that plectin deficiency leads to increased intermediate filament network and sarcomere dynamics, marked upregulation of HSPs, and reduced myotube resilience following mechanical stretch. Currently, no specific therapy or treatment is available to improve plectin-related or other forms of MFMs; therefore, we assessed the therapeutic potential of chemical chaperones to relieve plectinopathies. Treatment with 4-phenylbutyrate resulted in remarkable amelioration of the pathological phenotypes in plectin-deficient myotubes as well as in plectin-deficient mice. Together, these data demonstrate the biological relevance of the MFM cell model and suggest that this model has potential use for the development of therapeutic approaches for EBS-MD.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Desmin/metabolism
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics
- Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- Intermediate Filaments/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Strength/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Myoblasts/physiology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/drug therapy
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/metabolism
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/pathology
- Phenylbutyrates/pharmacology
- Phenylbutyrates/therapeutic use
- Plectin/deficiency
- Plectin/genetics
- Protein Stability
- Sarcomeres/metabolism
- Sarcomeres/pathology
- Up-Regulation
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Heat Shock Proteins: Intestinal Gatekeepers that Are Influenced by Dietary Components and the Gut Microbiota. Pathogens 2014; 3:187-210. [PMID: 25437614 PMCID: PMC4235725 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens3010187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Trillions of microorganisms that inhabit the intestinal tract form a diverse and intricate ecosystem with a deeply embedded symbiotic relationship with their hosts. As more detailed information on gut microbiota complexity and functional diversity accumulates, we are learning more about how diet-microbiota interactions can influence the immune system within and outside the gut and host health in general. Heat shock proteins are a set of highly conserved proteins that are present in all types of cells, from microbes to mammals. These proteins carry out crucial intracellular housekeeping functions and unexpected extracellular immuno-regulatory features in order to maintain the mucosal barrier integrity and gut homeostasis. It is becoming evident that the enteric microbiota is one of the major determinants of heat shock protein production in intestinal epithelial cells. This review will focus on the interactions between diet, gut microbiota and their role for regulating heat shock protein production and, furthermore, how these interactions influence the immune system and the integrity of the mucosal barrier.
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Arrigo AP, Gibert B. HspB1, HspB5 and HspB4 in Human Cancers: Potent Oncogenic Role of Some of Their Client Proteins. Cancers (Basel) 2014; 6:333-65. [PMID: 24514166 PMCID: PMC3980596 DOI: 10.3390/cancers6010333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Human small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones that regulate fundamental cellular processes in normal unstressed cells as well as in many cancer cells where they are over-expressed. These proteins are characterized by cell physiology dependent changes in their oligomerization and phosphorylation status. These structural changes allow them to interact with many different client proteins that subsequently display modified activity and/or half-life. Nowdays, the protein interactomes of small Hsps are under intense investigations and will represent, when completed, key parameters to elaborate therapeutic strategies aimed at modulating the functions of these chaperones. Here, we have analyzed the potential pro-cancerous roles of several client proteins that have been described so far to interact with HspB1 (Hsp27) and its close members HspB5 (αB-crystallin) and HspB4 (αA-crystallin).
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- André-Patrick Arrigo
- Apoptosis, Cancer and Development Laboratory, Lyon Cancer Research Center, INSERM U1052-CNRS UMR5286, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon 69008, France.
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- Apoptosis, Cancer and Development Laboratory, Lyon Cancer Research Center, INSERM U1052-CNRS UMR5286, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon 69008, France.
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Tang S, Lv Y, Chen H, Adam A, Cheng Y, Hartung J, Bao E. Comparative analysis of αB-crystallin expression in heat-stressed myocardial cells in vivo and in vitro. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86937. [PMID: 24466295 PMCID: PMC3899361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Relationships between αB-crystallin expression patterns and pathological changes of myocardial cells after heat stress were examined in vitro and in vivo in this study using the H9C2 cell line and Sprague-Dawley rats, respectively. Histopathological lesions, characterized by acute degeneration, karyopyknosis and loss of a defined nucleus, became more severe in rat hearts over the course of heat stress treatment from 20 min to 100 min. The expression of αB-crystallin in rat hearts showed a significant decrease (P<0.05) throughout the heat stress treatment period, except at the 40 min time point. Likewise, decreased αB-crystallin expression was also observed in the H9C2 cell line exposed to a high temperature in vitro, although its expression recovered to normal levels at later time points (80 and 100 min) and the cellular damage was less severe. The results suggest that αB-crystallin is mobilized early after exposure to a high temperature to interact with damaged proteins but that the myocardial cells cannot produce sufficient αB-crystallin for protection against heat stress. Lower αB-crystallin expression levels were accompanied by obvious cell/tissue damage, suggesting that the abundance of this protein is associated with protective effects in myocardial cells in vitro and in vivo. Thus, αB-crystallin is a potential biomarker of heat stress.
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- Shu Tang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Disulfiram/copper causes redox-related proteotoxicity and concomitant heat shock response in ovarian cancer cells that is augmented by auranofin-mediated thioredoxin inhibition. Oncoscience 2013; 1:21-9. [PMID: 25593981 PMCID: PMC4295765 DOI: 10.18632/oncoscience.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A valuable strategy to develop new therapeutic options for a variety of diseases has been the identification of new targets and applications for already approved drugs, the so-called drug repositioning. Recurrent ovarian cancer is a nearly incurable malignancy for which new and effective treatments are urgently needed. The alcohol-deterring drug disulfiram has been shown to cause preferential cell death in a variety of cancer cells. In this study, it is shown that disulfiram mediates effective cell death in ovarian cancer cells by promoting a pro-oxidative intracellular environment in a copper-dependent mechanism. Within few hours of application, disulfiram caused irreversible cell damage associated with pronounced induction of the inducible heat shock proteins HSP70, HSP40, and HSP32. The small heat shock protein HSP27 was found to be covalently dimerized via oxidized disulfide bonds and precipitated in para-nuclear protein aggregates. Simultaneous inhibition of the cellular thioredoxin system by auranofin further enhanced the cytotoxic effect of disulfiram. These data indeed indicate that the combination of two approved drugs, the anti-alcoholic disulfiram and the anti-rheumatic auranofin, may be of interest for the treatment of recurrent and genotoxic drug-resistant ovarian cancer by inducing a proteotoxic cell death mechanism.
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Bouhy D, Timmerman V. Animal models and therapeutic prospects for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Ann Neurol 2013; 74:391-6. [PMID: 23913540 DOI: 10.1002/ana.23987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathies are inherited neuromuscular disorders caused by a length-dependent neurodegeneration of peripheral nerves. More than 900 mutations in 60 different genes are causative of the neuropathy. Despite significant progress in therapeutic strategies, the disease remains incurable. The increasing number of genes linked to the disease, and their considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity render the development of these strategies particularly challenging. In this context, cellular and animals models provide powerful tools. Efficient motor and sensory tests have been developed to assess the behavioral phenotype in transgenic animal models (rodent and fly). When these models reproduce a phenotype comparable to CMT, they allow therapeutic approaches and the discovery of modifiers and biomarkers. In this review, we describe the most convincing transgenic rodent and fly models of CMT and how they can lead to clinical trial. We also discuss the challenges that the research, the clinic, and the pharmaceutical industry will face in developing efficient and accessible treatment for CMT patients.
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- Delphine Bouhy
- Peripheral Neuropathy Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Bouhy D, Timmerman V. Modèles animaux dans la maladie de Charcot-Marie-Tooth et applications de la compréhension de la maladie chez l’homme. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2013; 169:971-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2013.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Distinct patterns of HSP30 and HSP70 degradation in Xenopus laevis A6 cells recovering from thermal stress. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2013; 168:1-10. [PMID: 24231468 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that assist in protein synthesis, folding and degradation and prevent stress-induced protein aggregation. In this study, we examined the pattern of accumulation of HSP30 and HSP70 in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells recovering from heat shock. Immunoblot analysis revealed the presence of elevated levels of HSP30 after 72h of recovery. However, the relative levels of HSP70 declined to near control levels after 24h. The relative levels of both hsp30 and hsp70 mRNA were reduced to low levels after 24h of recovery from heat shock. Pretreatment of cells with cycloheximide, a translational inhibitor, produced a rapid decline in HSP70 but not HSP30. The cycloheximide-associated decline of HSP70 was blocked by the proteasomal inhibitor, MG132, but had little effect on the relative level of HSP30. Also, treatment of cells with the phosphorylation inhibitor, SB203580, in addition to cycloheximide treatment enhanced the stability of HSP30 compared to cycloheximide alone. Immunocytochemical studies detected the presence of HSP30 accumulation in a granular pattern in the cytoplasm of recovering cells and its association with aggresome-like structures, which was enhanced in the presence of SB203580. This study has shown that the relative levels of heat shock-induced HSP30 persist during recovery in contrast to HSP70. While HSP70 is degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, it is likely that the presence of HSP30 multimeric complexes that are known to associate with unfolded protein as well as its association with aggresome-like structures may delay its degradation.
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Nahomi RB, Huang R, Nandi SK, Wang B, Padmanabha S, Santhoshkumar P, Filipek S, Biswas A, Nagaraj RH. Acetylation of lysine 92 improves the chaperone and anti-apoptotic activities of human αB-crystallin. Biochemistry 2013; 52:8126-38. [PMID: 24128140 DOI: 10.1021/bi400638s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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αB-Crystallin is a chaperone and an anti-apoptotic protein that is strongly expressed in many tissues, including the lens, retina, heart, and kidney. In the human lens, several lysine residues in αB-crystallin are acetylated. We have previously shown that such acetylation is predominant at lysine 92 (K92) and lysine 166 (K166). We have investigated the effect of lysine acetylation on the structure and functions of αB-crystallin by the specific introduction of an N(ε)-acetyllysine (AcK) mimic at K92. The introduction of AcK slightly altered the secondary and tertiary structures of the protein. The introduction of AcK also resulted in an increase in the molar mass and hydrodynamic radius of the protein, and the protein became structurally more open and more stable than the native protein. The acetyl protein acquired higher surface hydrophobicity and exhibited 25-55% higher chaperone activity than the native protein. The acetyl protein had more client protein binding per subunit of the protein and higher binding affinity relative to that of the native protein. The acetyl protein was at least 20% more effective in inhibiting chemically induced apoptosis than the native protein. Molecular modeling suggests that acetylation of K92 makes the "α-crystallin domain" more hydrophobic. Together, our results reveal that the acetylation of a single lysine residue in αB-crystallin makes the protein structurally more stable and improves its chaperone and anti-apoptotic activities. Our findings suggest that lysine acetylation of αB-crystallin is an important chemical modification for enhancing αB-crystallin's protective functions in the eye.
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- Rooban B Nahomi
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and ‡Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Small heat shock proteins are necessary for heart migration and laterality determination in zebrafish. Dev Biol 2013; 384:166-80. [PMID: 24140541 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) regulate cellular functions not only under stress, but also during normal development, when they are expressed in organ-specific patterns. Here we demonstrate that two small heat shock proteins expressed in embryonic zebrafish heart, hspb7 and hspb12, have roles in the development of left-right asymmetry. In zebrafish, laterality is determined by the motility of cilia in Kupffer's vesicle (KV), where hspb7 is expressed; knockdown of hspb7 causes laterality defects by disrupting the motility of these cilia. In embryos with reduced hspb7, the axonemes of KV cilia have a 9+0 structure, while control embyros have a predominately 9+2 structure. Reduction of either hspb7 or hspb12 alters the expression pattern of genes that propagate the signals that establish left-right asymmetry: the nodal-related gene southpaw (spaw) in the lateral plate mesoderm, and its downstream targets pitx2, lefty1 and lefty2. Partial depletion of hspb7 causes concordant heart, brain and visceral laterality defects, indicating that loss of KV cilia motility leads to coordinated but randomized laterality. Reducing hspb12 leads to similar alterations in the expression of downstream laterality genes, but at a lower penetrance. Simultaneous reduction of hspb7 and hspb12 randomizes heart, brain and visceral laterality, suggesting that these two genes have partially redundant functions in the establishment of left-right asymmetry. In addition, both hspb7 and hspb12 are expressed in the precardiac mesoderm and in the yolk syncytial layer, which supports the migration and fusion of mesodermal cardiac precursors. In embryos in which the reduction of hspb7 or hspb12 was limited to the yolk, migration defects predominated, suggesting that the yolk expression of these genes rather than heart expression is responsible for the migration defects.
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Fittipaldi S, Dimauro I, Mercatelli N, Caporossi D. Role of exercise-induced reactive oxygen species in the modulation of heat shock protein response. Free Radic Res 2013; 48:52-70. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.835047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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den Engelsman J, van de Schootbrugge C, Yong J, Pruijn GJM, Boelens WC. Pseudophosphorylated αB-crystallin is a nuclear chaperone imported into the nucleus with help of the SMN complex. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73489. [PMID: 24023879 PMCID: PMC3762725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The human small heat shock protein αB-crystallin (HspB5) is a molecular chaperone which is mainly localized in the cytoplasm. A small fraction can also be found in nuclear speckles, of which the localization is mediated by successional phosphorylation at Ser-59 and Ser-45. αB-crystallin does not contain a canonical nuclear localization signal sequence and the mechanism by which αB-crystallin is imported into the nucleus is not known. Here we show that after heat shock pseudophosphorylated αB-crystallin mutant αB-STD, in which all three phosphorylatable serine residues (Ser-19, Ser-45 and Ser-59) were replaced by negatively charged aspartate residues, is released from the nuclear speckles. This allows αB-crystallin to chaperone proteins in the nucleoplasm, as shown by the ability of αB-STD to restore nuclear firefly luciferase activity after a heat shock. With the help of a yeast two-hybrid screen we found that αB-crystallin can interact with the C-terminal part of Gemin3 and confirmed this interaction by co-immunoprecipitation. Gemin3 is a component of the SMN complex, which is involved in the assembly and nuclear import of U-snRNPs. Knockdown of Gemin3 in an in situ nuclear import assay strongly reduced the accumulation of αB-STD in nuclear speckles. Furthermore, depletion of SMN inhibited nuclear import of fluorescently labeled recombinant αB-STD in an in vitro nuclear import assay, which could be restored by the addition of purified SMN complex. These results show that the SMN-complex facilitates the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated αB-crystallin in nuclear speckles, thereby creating a chaperone depot enabling a rapid chaperone function in the nucleus in response to stress.
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- John den Engelsman
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Heat shock proteins in the brain: role of Hsp70, Hsp 27, and HO-1 (Hsp32) and their therapeutic potential. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 4:685-92. [PMID: 24323422 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0271-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are induced by heat shock via heat shock factor proteins binding to heat shock elements in their promoters. Hsp70 is massively induced in response to misfolded proteins following cerebral ischemia in all cell types but is induced mainly in neurons in the ischemic penumbra. Overexpression of Hsp70 via transgenes and viruses or systemic administration of Hsp70 fusion proteins that allow it to cross the blood brain barrier protects the brain against ischemia in most reported studies. Hsp27 can exist as unphosphorylated large oligomers that prevent misfolded protein aggregates and improve cell survival. P-Hsp27 small oligomers bind specific protein targets to improve survival. In the brain, protein kinase D phosphorylates Hsp27 following ischemia which then binds apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 to prevent MKK4/7, c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase, and Jun-induced apoptosis, and decrease infarct volumes following focal cerebral ischemia. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) metabolizes heme to carbon monoxide, ferrous ion, and biliverdin. CO activates cGMP to promote vasodilation, and biliverdin is converted to bilirubin which can serve as an anti-oxidant, both of which may contribute to the reported protective role of HO-1 in cerebral ischemia and subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, ferrous ion can react with hydrogen peroxide to produce pro-oxidant hydroxyl radicals which may explain the harmful role of HO-1 in intracerebral hemorrhage. Heat shock proteins as a class have great potential as treatments for cerebrovascular disease and have yet to be tested in the clinic.
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Tang S, Buriro R, Liu Z, Zhang M, Ali I, Adam A, Hartung J, Bao E. Localization and expression of Hsp27 and αB-crystallin in rat primary myocardial cells during heat stress in vitro. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69066. [PMID: 23894407 PMCID: PMC3716771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Neonatal rat primary myocardial cells were subjected to heat stress in vitro, as a model for investigating the distribution and expression of Hsp27 and αB-crystallin. After exposure to heat stress at 42°C for different durations, the activities of enzymes expressed during cell damage increased in the supernatant of the heat-stressed myocardial cells from 10 min, and the pathological lesions were characterized by karyopyknosis and acute degeneration. Thus, cell damage was induced at the onset of heat stress. Immunofluorescence analysis showed stronger positive signals for both Hsp27 and αB-crystallin from 10 min to 240 min of exposure compared to the control cells. According to the Western blotting results, during the 480 min of heat stress, no significant variation was found in Hsp27 and αB-crystallin expression; however, significant differences were found in the induction of their corresponding mRNAs. The expression of these small heat shock proteins (sHsps) was probably delayed or overtaxed due to the rapid consumption of sHsps in myocardial cells at the onset of heat stress. Our findings indicate that Hsp27 and αB-crystallin do play a role in the response of cardiac cells to heat stress, but the details of their function remain to be investigated.
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- Shu Tang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Clarke JP, Mearow KM. Cell stress promotes the association of phosphorylated HspB1 with F-actin. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68978. [PMID: 23874834 PMCID: PMC3707891 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that the small heat shock protein, HspB1, has a direct influence on the dynamics of cytoskeletal elements, in particular, filamentous actin (F-actin) polymerization. In this study we have assessed the influence of HspB1 phosphorylation on its interaction(s) with F-actin. We first determined the distribution of endogenous non-phosphorylated HspB1, phosphorylated HspB1 and F-actin in neuroendocrine PC12 cells by immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy. We then investigated a potential direct interaction between HspB1 with F-actin by precipitating F-actin directly with biotinylated phalloidin followed by Western analyses; the reverse immunoprecipitation of HspB1 was also carried out. The phosphorylation influence of HspB1 in this interaction was investigated by using pharmacologic inhibition of p38 MAPK. In control cells, HspB1 interacts with F-actin as a predominantly non-phosphorylated protein, but subsequent to stress there is a redistribution of HspB1 to the cytoskeletal fraction and a significantly increased association of pHspB1 with F-actin. Our data demonstrate HspB1 is found in a complex with F-actin both in phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated forms, with an increased association of pHspB1 with F-actin after heat stress. Overall, our study combines both cellular and biochemical approaches to show cellular localization and direct demonstration of an interaction between endogenous HspB1 and F-actin using methodolgy that specifically isolates F-actin.
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- Joseph P Clarke
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences Graduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Almeida-Souza L, Asselbergh B, De Winter V, Goethals S, Timmerman V, Janssens S. HSPB1 facilitates the formation of non-centrosomal microtubules. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66541. [PMID: 23826100 PMCID: PMC3691211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The remodeling capacity of microtubules (MT) is essential for their proper function. In mammals, MTs are predominantly formed at the centrosome, but can also originate from non-centrosomal sites, a process that is still poorly understood. We here show that the small heat shock protein HSPB1 plays a role in the control of non-centrosomal MT formation. The HSPB1 expression level regulates the balance between centrosomal and non-centrosomal MTs. The HSPB1 protein can be detected specifically at sites of de novo forming non-centrosomal MTs, while it is absent from the centrosomes. In addition, we show that HSPB1 binds preferentially to the lattice of newly formed MTs in vitro, suggesting that its function occurs by stabilizing MT seeds. Our findings open new avenues for the understanding of the role of HSPB1 in the development, maintenance and protection of cells with specialized non-centrosomal MT arrays.
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- Leonardo Almeida-Souza
- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- * E-mail: (VT); (SJ)
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB and University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- GROUP-ID Consortium, Laboratory for Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- * E-mail: (VT); (SJ)
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Nefedova VV, Datskevich PN, Sudnitsyna MV, Strelkov SV, Gusev NB. Physico-chemical properties of R140G and K141Q mutants of human small heat shock protein HspB1 associated with hereditary peripheral neuropathies. Biochimie 2013; 95:1582-92. [PMID: 23643870 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Some physico-chemical properties of R140G and K141Q mutants of human small heat shock protein HspB1 associated with hereditary peripheral neuropathy were analyzed. Mutation K141Q did not affect intrinsic Trp fluorescence and interaction with hydrophobic probe bis-ANS, whereas mutation R140G decreased both intrinsic fluorescence and fluorescence of bis-ANS bound to HspB1. Both mutations decreased thermal stability of HspB1. Mutation R140G increased, whereas mutation K141Q decreased the rate of trypsinolysis of the central part (residues 5-188) of HspB1. Both the wild type HspB1 and its K141Q mutant formed large oligomers with apparent molecular weight ∼560 kDa. The R140G mutant formed two types of oligomers, i.e. large oligomers tending to aggregate and small oligomers with apparent molecular weight ∼70 kDa. The wild type HspB1 formed mixed homooligomers with R140G mutant with apparent molecular weight ∼610 kDa. The R140G mutant was unable to form high molecular weight heterooligomers with HspB6, whereas the K141Q mutant formed two types of heterooligomers with HspB6. In vitro measured chaperone-like activity of the wild type HspB1 was comparable with that of K141Q mutant and was much higher than that of R140G mutant. Mutations of homologous hot-spot Arg (R140G of HspB1 and R120G of αB-crystallin) induced similar changes in the properties of two small heat shock proteins, whereas mutations of two neighboring residues (R140 and K141) induced different changes in the properties of HspB1.
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- Victoria V Nefedova
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Materials for Tumor Imaging and Therapy. MATERIALS 2013; 6:483-499. [PMID: 28809320 PMCID: PMC5452096 DOI: 10.3390/ma6020483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The rapidly developing field of quantum dots (QDs) provides researchers with more options for imaging modalities and therapeutic strategies. In recent years, QDs were widely used as multifunctional materials for tumor imaging and therapy due to their characteristic properties such as semiconductive, zero-dimension and strong fluorescence. Nevertheless, there still exist the challenges of employing these properties of QDs for clinical diagnosis and therapy. Herein, we briefly review the development, properties and applications of QDs in tumor imaging and therapy. Future perspectives in these areas are also proposed as well.
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Seit-Nebi AS, Datskevich P, Gusev NB. Commentary on paper: Small heat shock proteins and the cytoskeleton: An essential interplay for cell integrity? (Wettstein et al.). Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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αB-crystallin regulates oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac H9c2 cells via the PI3K/AKT pathway. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:2517-26. [PMID: 23212619 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2332-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The present study was carried out to observe the protective effects of αB-crystallin protein on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced injury in rat myocardial cells (H9c2) and to investigate the mechanisms of these protective effects at the cellular level, which could provide the experimental basis for future applications of αB-crystallin in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Western blotting was used to measure the expression of αB-crystallin in cultured H9c2 cells in vitro. A αB-crystallin recombinant expression vector, pcDNA3.1-Cryab, was constructed to transfect H9c2 cells for the establishment of cells that stably expressed αB-crystallin. A tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay (MTT test) was used to measure changes in the viability of the H9c2 cells at 1, 2, 3 and 4 h after induced by 150 μM H2O2 to establish a model of H2O2 injury to cells. H2O2 was applied to H9c2 cells that were stably transfected with αB-crystallin, and the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the viability of myocardial cells subjected to H2O2-induced injury was measured by the MTT assay. The effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the H2O2-induced injury of H9c2 cells was also analyzed by flow cytometry. The mitochondrial components and cytoplasmic components of H9c2 cells were separated, and western blotting was used to measure the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria. Western blotting was also used to measure the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the expression of the anti-apoptosis protein Bcl-2 and components of the phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway. The αB-crystallin recombinant expression vector pcDNA3.1-Cryab successfully transfected H9c2 cells, and H9c2 cells that were stably transfected with αB-crystallin were established after G418 selection. The measurements carried out by western blotting showed that αB-crystallin proteins are expressed in normal H9c2 cells, but the proteins' expression was much higher in pcDNA3.1-Cryab transfected cells (P < 0.01). The MTT assays showed that 4 h of H2O2 treatment induced significant injury in H9c2 cells (P < 0.01), but αB-crystallin overexpression can effectively antagonize the H2O2-induced injury to H9c2 cells (P < 0.05). The results of flow cytometry analysis showed that αB-crystallin overexpression can significantly reduce apoptosis in H2O2-injured H9c2 cells (P < 0.05). The results of western blotting showed that αB-crystallin overexpression in myocardial cells can reduce the H2O2-induced release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria (P < 0.05), antagonize the H2O2-induced downregulation of Bcl-2 (P < 0.05) and magnify the decrease in phosphorylated AKT levels induced by H2O2 injury (P < 0.05). The overexpression of αB-crystallin has a protective effect on H2O2-injured H9c2 cells, and αB-crystallin can play a protective role by reducing apoptosis, reducing the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria and antagonizing the downregulation of Bcl-2 expression. The protective effects of αB-crystallin may be related to the PI3K/AKT pathway.
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Kampinga HH, Garrido C. HSPBs: small proteins with big implications in human disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 44:1706-10. [PMID: 22721753 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although initially somewhat ignored, recent studies have now clearly established that the diverse members of the human family of small HSPs (HSPB1-HSPB10) play crucial roles in a wide range of cell types to maintain the integrity and function of tissues, in particular that of nervous and muscular tissue. The 10 human HSPBs clearly have overlapping and non-overlapping functional characteristics. Their ability to self- and hetero-oligomerise provides the cells with a large array of potentially different, specific functions. Single HSPB members can have a multitude of functions (moonlighting) and act on different "clients", thus affecting a wide range of different processes or structures that can ultimately affect the rate of aging of tissues and entire organisms. This is underscored by the findings that some inherited diseases involve mutations in several HSPB members that cause premature (mostly muscle and neuronal) tissue degeneration. Inversely, cancer cell resistance to different anticancer therapies is associated with elevated expression of several HSPBs. Still, many unanswered questions exist about the precise functioning of HSPBs, their collaboration with other HSPB members as well as their functions within the entire cellular chaperone network. Also, better insight in the regulation of expression of the various members and how their function is modulated post-translationally is needed. Such may be crucially important to develop means to intervene with their function for therapeutic purposes, which would require functional down-regulation in cancer but up-regulation in, for instance, cardiac or degenerative neuro/neuromuscular diseases. This article is part of a Directed Issue entitled: Small HSPs in physiology and pathology.
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- Harm H Kampinga
- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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