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Karapanagiotou EM, Syrigos K, Saif MW. Heat shock protein inhibitors and vaccines as new agents in cancer treatment. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2009; 18:161-74. [DOI: 10.1517/13543780802715792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hsp90 is expressed and represents a therapeutic target in human oesophageal cancer using the inhibitor 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin. Br J Cancer 2009; 100:334-43. [PMID: 19142186 PMCID: PMC2634703 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) has been demonstrated to protect oncogenic variants of signalling molecules from degradation and may consequently serve as a therapeutic target for the treatment of oesophageal cancer for which adequate therapy is often lacking. We studied the expression of Hsp90 in tumour tissues of human oesophageal cancer and the impact of Hsp90 inhibition on oesophageal cancer cell lines using the drug 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG). Quantitative immunohistochemistry was performed on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from patients with oesophageal cancer. In squamous cell carcinoma, a marked upregulation of Hsp90 could be noted in dysplastic epithelium and invasive cancer compared with normal epithelium. In adenocarcinoma, Hsp90 was expressed in neoplastic epithelium and also in normal non-neoplastic glands weakly. The inhibition of Hsp90 using 17-AAG led to a significant decrease in cell proliferation and viability in human oesophageal cancer cell lines. Using a clonogenic cell survival assay, Hsp90 inhibition significantly sensitised the cells for γ-photon irradiation. Heat shock protein 90 was found to be critical for proper signalling induced by both epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor-1, in which the inhibition of signalling by 17-AAG correlated with the observed reduction in cell proliferation and viability. These results showed that Hsp90 was selectively expressed in oesophageal cancer tissue compared with the corresponding normal tissue, and the inhibition of Hsp90 resulted in decreased proliferation and viability as well as radiosensitisation of oesophageal cancer cells. Heat shock protein 90 represents a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of patients with oesophageal cancer, alone or in combination with radiotherapy.
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Augustin M, Salmenperä P, Harjula A, Kankuri E. Heat shock enhances troponin expression and decreases differentiation-associated caspase-3 dependence in myoblasts under hypoxia. J Surg Res 2009; 161:62-8. [PMID: 19345378 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myoblast transplantation can functionally restore muscle tissues damaged by ischemic or other insults. Despite promising results in clinical trials, however, myoblast transplantation still presents several challenges, with effective differentiation under harsh conditions of the host tissue being one of the most demanding. In keeping with a straightforward clinical application, heat shock (HS) pretreatment as a nonviral method can be utilized with promising results in cell therapy. The aim of this study was to demonstrate whether HS-pretreated cells would receive a differentiation benefit under hypoxic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied HS preconditioning of C2C12 myoblasts in relation to their differentiation- and apoptosis-associated responses under normoxia or 1% hypoxia. RESULTS HS induced long-lasting expression of Hsp70/72 and Hsp90. Although myoblast differentiation proceeded in HS-pretreated and control cells under both normoxia and hypoxia, expression of differentiation-associated troponin was enhanced in HS-preconditioned cells under hypoxia. This effect persisted when differentiation was inhibited by Z-DEVD-FMK, a caspase-3 inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS HS preconditioning enhances expression of myoblast differentiation-associated troponin and may reduce dependence of differentiation on caspase-3.
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- Mona Augustin
- 3rd Department of Surgery, Cell Therapy Research Consortium, HUS and Institute of Biomedicine, Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Surova OV, Nagibin VS, Tumanovskaya LV, Dosenko VE, Moibenko AA. Effect of a low dose of proteasome inhibitor on cell death and gene expression in neonatal rat cardiomyocyte cultures exposed to anoxia-reoxygenation. Exp Clin Cardiol 2009; 14:e57-e61. [PMID: 19675822 PMCID: PMC2722462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that low concentrations of proteasome inhibitors (PIs) are cytoprotective in models of ischemia-reperfusion injury, but the underlying mechanisms of this effect still remain unclear. AIM To investigate the effect of 100 nM of clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone on cell death and gene expression in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes exposed to anoxia-reoxygenation. METHODS Fluorescent microscopy and real-time polymerase chain reaction were used to detect different types of cell death and gene expression, respectively, in neonatal rat cardiomyocyte cultures exposed to anoxia-reoxygenation. RESULTS It was shown that a low dose of clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone protected the cells against anoxia-reoxygenation injury by a reduction in the number of necrotic and apoptotic cells. The number of autophagic cells was greatly increased by proteasomal inhibition. The PI increased the heat shock protein 70 messenger RNA expression twofold and slightly reduced the expression of heat shock protein 90 gene. The expression of the FK506 binding protein 12-rapamycin associated protein gene was increased 1.57-fold on PI application. The B-cell lymphoma 2 gene expression was unaffected by the use of clasto-lactacystin beta-lactone in low dose. CONCLUSION Although PIs are injurious, they may be cardioprotective in low doses; ie, they do not result in cell death. Moreover, PIs initiate the protective mechanisms that prevent cell damage by changing the expression of several genes.
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- Olga V Surova
- Correspondence: Ms Olga V Surova, Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Bogomoletz street 4, Kiev, 01024, Ukraine. Telephone 380-44-256-2481, fax 380-44-256-2073, e-mail
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Azuma H, Yoshida Y, Paul D, Shinoda S, Tsukube H, Nagasaki T. Cytochrome c-binding “proteo-dendrimers” as new types of apoptosis inhibitors working in HeLa cell systems. Org Biomol Chem 2009; 7:1700-4. [DOI: 10.1039/b900154a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bettaieb A, Averill-Bates DA. Thermotolerance induced at a fever temperature of 40 °C protects cells against hyperthermia-induced apoptosis mediated by death receptor signalling. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 86:521-38. [DOI: 10.1139/o08-136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mild temperatures such as 40 °C are physiological and occur during fevers. This study determines whether mild thermotolerance induced at 40 °C can protect HeLa cells against activation of the death receptor pathway of apoptosis by lethal hyperthermia (42–45 °C). Protein expression of heat shock proteins (Hsps) 27, 32, 60, 72, 90, and 110 was increased in thermotolerant cells (3 h, 40°C). Lethal hyperthermia (42–43 °C) caused cell death by apoptosis, but at 45 °C there was a switch to necrosis. Mild thermotolerance protected cells against heat-induced apoptosis (Annexin V labelling). Hyperthermia induced apoptosis through generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and death receptor signalling. The antioxidant polyethylene glycol-catalase abrogated increased expression of Fas death ligand and caspase-8 activation in response to lethal hyperthermia (42–43 °C). Mild thermotolerance attenuated the heat induction of ROS and FasL, which were initiating events in death receptor activation and signalling. Mild thermotolerance inhibited early events in hyperthermia-induced death receptor apoptosis such as Fas-associated death domain (FADD) translocation to membranes, caspase-8 activation, and tBid translocation to mitochondria. Downstream events in apoptosis such as caspase-3 activation, cleavage of PARP and ICAD, and chromatin condensation were also diminished in thermotolerant cells. It is important to improve knowledge about adaptive responses induced by exposure to mild stresses, such as fever temperatures, which can protect cells against subsequent exposure to lethal stress.
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- Ahmed Bettaieb
- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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Chaiyarit P, Jintakanon D, Klanrit P, Siritapetawee M, Thongprasom K. Immunohistochemical analyses of survivin and heat shock protein 90 expression in patients with oral lichen planus. J Oral Pathol Med 2008; 38:55-62. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liao PC, Lin HY, Yuh CH, Yu LK, Wang HD. The effect of neuronal expression of heat shock proteins 26 and 27 on lifespan, neurodegeneration, and apoptosis in Drosophila. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 376:637-41. [PMID: 18796296 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 08/31/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are chaperones thought to increase lifespan, enhance stress resistance, and prevent apoptosis and neurodegenerative diseases. Our previous study reported that ubiquitous expression of hsp26 or hsp27 extended Drosophila lifespan. The effect of neuronal expression of hsp26 and hsp27 in Drosophila on the above-mentioned functions has not yet been investigated. Here, we show that neuronal expression of hsp26 or hsp27 improved lifespan and increased resistance to oxidative stress. However, only neuronal expression of hsp27 ameliorated Parkinsonism climbing disorder and attenuated mild polyglutamine-induced toxicity. Additionally, neuronal expression of hsp27 specifically partially rescued hid-induced lethality, but was not able to rescue reaper/grim-induced lethality. However, unlike hsp27, neuronal expression of hsp26 did not rescue hid-induced or reaper/grim-induced lethality. In summary, we demonstrate the functional similarities and differences of neuronal expression of hsp26 and hsp27 in adult Drosophila.
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- Pin-Chao Liao
- Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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Sanchez-Olea R, Ortiz S, Barreto O, Yang Q, Xu CJ, Zhu H, Yuan J. Parcs is a dual regulator of cell proliferation and apaf-1 function. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:24400-5. [PMID: 18562310 PMCID: PMC2528988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804664200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here we identify a novel protein, named Parcs for pro-apoptotic protein required for cell survival, that is involved in both cell cycle progression and apoptosis. Parcs interacted with Apaf-1 by binding to the oligomerization domain of Apaf-1. Apaf-1-mediated activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3 was markedly decreased in a cytosolic fraction isolated from HeLa cells with reduced parcs expression. Interestingly, parcs deficiency blocked cell proliferation in non-tumorigenic cells but not in multiple tumor cell lines. In MCF-10A cells, parcs deficiency led to early G1 arrest. Conditional inactivation of parcs in genetically modified primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts using the Cre-LoxP system also resulted in the inhibition of cell proliferation. We conclude that Parcs may define a molecular checkpoint in the control of cell proliferation for normal cells that is lost in tumor cells.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Hou J, Wang D, Zhang R, Wang H. Experimental Therapy of Hepatoma with Artemisinin and Its Derivatives: In vitro and In vivo Activity, Chemosensitization, and Mechanisms of Action. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5519-30. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Taleb M, Brandon CS, Lee FS, Lomax MI, Dillmann WH, Cunningham LL. Hsp70 inhibits aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death and is necessary for the protective effect of heat shock. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2008; 9:277-89. [PMID: 18512096 PMCID: PMC2538150 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0122-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Sensory hair cells of the inner ear are sensitive to death from aging, noise trauma, and ototoxic drugs. Ototoxic drugs include the aminoglycoside antibiotics and the antineoplastic agent cisplatin. Exposure to aminoglycosides results in hair cell death that is mediated by specific apoptotic proteins, including c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and caspases. Induction of heat shock proteins (Hsps) is a highly conserved stress response that can inhibit JNK- and caspase-dependent apoptosis in a variety of systems. We have previously shown that heat shock results in a robust upregulation of Hsps in the hair cells of the adult mouse utricle in vitro. In addition, heat shock results in significant inhibition of both cisplatin- and aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death. In our system, Hsp70 is the most strongly induced Hsp, which is upregulated over 250-fold at the level of mRNA 2 h after heat shock. Therefore, we have begun to examine the role of Hsp70 in mediating the protective effect of heat shock. To determine whether Hsp70 is necessary for the protective effect of heat shock against aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death, we utilized utricles from Hsp70.1/3 (-/-) mice. While heat shock inhibited gentamicin-induced hair cell death in wild-type utricles, utricles from Hsp70.1/3 (-/-) mice were not protected. In addition, we have examined the role of the major heat shock transcription factor, Hsf1, in mediating the protective effect of heat shock. Utricles from Hsf1 (-/-) mice and wild-type littermates were exposed to heat shock followed by gentamicin. The protective effect of heat shock on aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death was only observed in wild-type mice and not in Hsf1 (-/-) mice. To determine whether Hsp70 is sufficient to protect hair cells, we have utilized transgenic mice that constitutively overexpress Hsp70. Utricles from Hsp70-overexpressing mice and wild-type littermates were cultured in the presence of varying neomycin concentrations for 24 h. The Hsp70-overexpressing utricles were significantly protected against neomycin-induced hair cell death at moderate to high doses of neomycin. This protective effect was achieved without a heat shock. Taken together, these data indicate that Hsp70 and Hsf1 are each necessary for the protective effect of heat shock against aminoglycoside-induced death. Furthermore, overexpression of Hsp70 alone significantly inhibits aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death.
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- Mona Taleb
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403 USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403 USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403 USA
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Geraldine J, Mala S, Takeuchi S. Heat Shock Proteins in Cardiovascular Stress. Clin Med Cardiol 2008. [DOI: 10.4137/cmc.s876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- John Geraldine
- Factory of Takeuchi Nenshi, TAKENEN, 85 NE, Takamatsu, Kahoku, Ishikawa-929-1215, Japan
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- Factory of Takeuchi Nenshi, TAKENEN, 85 NE, Takamatsu, Kahoku, Ishikawa-929-1215, Japan
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- Factory of Takeuchi Nenshi, TAKENEN, 85 NE, Takamatsu, Kahoku, Ishikawa-929-1215, Japan
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Stice JP, Knowlton AA. Estrogen, NFkappaB, and the heat shock response. Mol Med 2008; 14:517-27. [PMID: 18431462 PMCID: PMC2323333 DOI: 10.2119/2008-00026.stice] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Estrogen has pleiotropic actions, among which are its anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and vasodilatory effects. Recently, an interaction between 17beta-estradiol (E2) and the transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) has been identified. NFkappaB has a central role in the control of genes involved in inflammation, proliferation, and apoptosis. Prolonged activation of NFkappaB is associated with numerous inflammatory pathological conditions. An important facet of E2 is its ability to modulate activity of NFkappaB via both genomic and nongenomic actions. E2 can activate NFkappaB rapidly via nongenomic pathways, increase cellular resistance to injury, and induce expression of the protective class of proteins, heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs can bind to many of the pro-apoptotic and pro-inflammatory targets of NFkappaB and, thus, indirectly inhibit many of its deleterious effects. In addition, HSPs can block NFkappaB activation and binding directly. Similarly, genomic E2 signaling can inhibit NFkappaB, but does so through alternative mechanisms. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cross-talk between E2, NFkappaB, and HSPs, and the biological relevance of this cross-talk.
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- James P Stice
- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, and the Department of Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- The VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California, United States of America
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Inhibition of apoptosome formation by suppression of Hsp90beta phosphorylation in tyrosine kinase-induced leukemias. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:5494-506. [PMID: 18591256 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00265-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Constitutively active tyrosine kinases promote leukemogenesis by increasing cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis. However, mechanisms underlying apoptotic inhibition have not been fully elucidated. In many settings, apoptosis occurs by mitochondrial cytochrome c release, which nucleates the Apaf-1/caspase-9 apoptosome. Here we report that the leukemogenic kinases, Bcr-Abl, FLT3/D835Y, and Tel-PDGFRbeta, all can inhibit apoptosome function. In cells expressing these kinases, the previously reported apoptosome inhibitor, Hsp90beta, bound strongly to Apaf-1, preventing cytochrome c-induced Apaf-1 oligomerization and caspase-9 recruitment. Hsp90beta interacted weakly with the apoptosome in untransformed cells. While Hsp90beta was phosphorylated at Ser 226/Ser 255 in untransformed cells, phosphorylation was absent in leukemic cells. Expression of mutant Hsp90beta (S226A/S255A), which mimics the hypophosphorylated form in leukemic cells, conferred resistance to cytochrome c-induced apoptosome activation in normal cells, reflecting enhanced binding of nonphosphorylatable Hsp90beta to Apaf-1. In Bcr-Abl-positive mouse bone marrow cells, nonphosphorylatable Hsp90beta expression conferred imatinib (Gleevec) resistance. These data provide an explanation for apoptosome inhibition by activated leukemogenic tyrosine kinases and suggest that alterations in Hsp90beta-apoptosome interactions may contribute to chemoresistance in leukemias.
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Faingold D, Marshall JC, Antecka E, Di Cesare S, Odashiro AN, Bakalian S, Fernandes BF, Burnier MN. Immune expression and inhibition of heat shock protein 90 in uveal melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:847-55. [PMID: 18245548 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the immunohistochemical profile of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in uveal melanoma and the cytotoxicity of an Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG), in uveal melanoma cell lines. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Hsp90 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry in 44 paraffin-embedded sections of primary human uveal melanoma and in five uveal melanoma cell lines (92.1, OCM-1, MKT-BR, SP6.5, and UW-1). Sulforhodamine B-based proliferation assay was used to compare uveal melanoma cell growth with a range of concentrations of 17-AAG. Changes in cell migration, invasion, cell cycle fractions, and apoptotic activity were also evaluated. Expression of intracellular proteins was determined by Western blot analysis after 17-AAG exposure. RESULTS Immunohistochemical expression of Hsp90 was identified in 68% of the paraffin-embedded sections and significantly associated with largest tumor dimension (P = 0.03). 17-AAG significantly reduced the proliferation rates of uveal melanoma cell lines, with concentrations of 100 to 0.1 micromol/L. 17-AAG also significantly reduced the migratory and invasive capabilities of uveal melanoma cell lines. Cell cycle analysis showed that 17-AAG induced accumulations of cells in G(1). Caspase-3 protease activity analysis, a marker for apoptosis, showed a significant increase after drug exposure. The cytotoxic effect of 17-AAG was associated with decreased levels of phosphorylated Akt and cyclin-dependent kinase 4. CONCLUSIONS The immunohistochemical expression of Hsp90 in uveal melanoma indicates worse prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing the inhibitory effect on uveal melanoma cells using 17-AAG to target Hsp90. Therefore, Hsp90 may be used as a potential target for treatment of patients with uveal melanoma.
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- Dana Faingold
- Department of Ophthalmology and Pathology, The McGill University Health Center and Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Mori E, Takahashi A, Kitagawa K, Kakei S, Tsujinaka D, Unno M, Nishikawa S, Ohnishi K, Hatoko M, Murata N, Watanabe M, Furusawa Y, Ohnishi T. Time course and spacial distribution of UV effects on human skin in organ culture. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2008; 49:269-277. [PMID: 18311036 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.07106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Apoptosis plays an important role in eliminating cells from populations when cells have been exposed to UV irradiation and damaged. Studies of cells in culture have provided some details of the mechanisms involved when stress response genes act after exposure to UV irradiation and other environmental stresses. However, little is known about the responses of intact sections of human skin growing in organ culture to UV irradiation. In the work reported here, it was found that the response of organ-cultured human skin after exposure to UV irradiation is different than the response of cultured cells. At wavelengths below 300 nm, the action spectrum obtained from organ-cultured skin samples showed a lower sensitivity than that observed at 300 nm, indicating that the overlying stratum corneum and upper epidermal cell layers had probably caused a selective absorption of incident UV radiation at some wavelengths. At 3 hours after UV irradiation, p53 was phosphorylated at Ser 15 and Ser 46, and accumulated in the cell nuclei, notably after exposure to 280-320 nm wavelengths. Accumulations of Bax, active Caspase-3 and cleaved PARP were detected in apoptotic cells at 24 hours post-exposure, along with a reduction of Bcl-2 levels, notably after exposure to 300-365 nm light. This difference in apoptotic responses may result from the characteristics of the different irradiation wavelengths used, and from details in the skin's structure. The data obtained in this study using an organ-culture system utilized direct measurements of the biological effects of different wavelengths of UV lights.
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- Eiichiro Mori
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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Hemdan S, Almazan G. Dopamine-induced toxicity is synergistically potentiated by simultaneous HSP-90 and Akt inhibition in oligodendrocyte progenitors. J Neurochem 2008; 105:1223-34. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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D’Amelio M, Tino E, Cecconi F. The apoptosome: emerging insights and new potential targets for drug design. Pharm Res 2008; 25:740-51. [PMID: 17674158 PMCID: PMC2279152 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9396-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Apoptosis plays a crucial role in tissue homeostasis, development and many diseases. The relevance of Apaf1, the molecular core of apoptosome, has been underlined in mitochondria-dependent apoptosis, which according to a growing body of evidence, is involved in various pathologies where the equilibrium of life-and-death is dysregulated, such as heart attack, stroke, liver failure, cancer and autoimmune diseases. Consequently, great interest has emerged in devising therapeutic strategies for regulating the key molecules involved in the life-and-death decision. Here we review recent progress in apoptosis-based pharmacological therapies and, in particular, we point out a possible role of the apoptosome as an emerging and promising pharmacological target.
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- Marcello D’Amelio
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroembryology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Department of Biology, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroembryology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Department of Biology, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroembryology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Department of Biology, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Venkatakrishnan CD, Dunsmore K, Wong H, Roy S, Sen CK, Wani A, Zweier JL, Ilangovan G. HSP27 regulates p53 transcriptional activity in doxorubicin-treated fibroblasts and cardiac H9c2 cells: p21 upregulation and G2/M phase cell cycle arrest. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H1736-44. [PMID: 18263706 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.91507.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Treatment of cancer patients with anthracyclin-based chemotherapeutic drugs induces congestive heart failure by a mechanism involving p53. However, it is not known how p53 aggravates doxorubicin (Dox)-induced toxicity in the heart. On the basis of in vitro acute toxicity assay using heat shock factor-1 (HSF-1) wild-type (HSF-1(+/+)) and HSF-1-knockout (HSF-1(-/-)) mouse embryonic fibroblasts and neonatal rat cardiomyocyte-derived H9c2 cells, we demonstrate a novel mechanism whereby heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) regulates transcriptional activity of p53 in Dox-treated cells. Inhibition of p53 by pifithrin-alpha (PFT-alpha) provided different levels of protection from Dox that correlate with HSP27 levels in these cells. In HSF-1(+/+) cells, PFT-alpha attenuated Dox-induced toxicity. However, in HSF-1(-/-) cells (which express a very low level of HSP27 compared with HSF-1(+/+) cells), there was no such attenuation, indicating an important role of HSP27 in p53-dependent cell death. On the other hand, immunoprecipitation of p53 was found to coimmunoprecipitate HSP27 and vice versa (confirmed by Western blotting and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight), demonstrating HSP27 binding to p53 in Dox-treated cells. Moreover, upregulation of p21 was observed in HSF-1(+/+) and H9c2 cells, indicating that HSP27 binding transactivates p53 and enhances transcription of p21 in response to Dox treatment. Further analysis with flow cytometry showed that increased expression of p21 results in G(2)/M phase cell cycle arrest in Dox-treated cells. Overall, HSP27 binding to p53 attenuated the cellular toxicity by upregulating p21 and prevented cell death.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/toxicity
- Benzothiazoles/pharmacology
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/genetics
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Doxorubicin/toxicity
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/pathology
- Flow Cytometry
- G2 Phase
- HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
- Heat Shock Transcription Factors
- Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- Immunoprecipitation
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Rats
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Toluene/analogs & derivatives
- Toluene/pharmacology
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
- Up-Regulation
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Lanneau D, Brunet M, Frisan E, Solary E, Fontenay M, Garrido C. Heat shock proteins: essential proteins for apoptosis regulation. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 12:743-61. [PMID: 18266962 PMCID: PMC4401125 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Many different external and intrinsic apoptotic stimuli induce the accumulation in the cells of a set of proteins known as stress or heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs are conserved proteins present in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. These proteins play an essential role as molecular chaperones by assisting the correct folding of nascent and stress-accumulated misfolded proteins, and by preventing their aggregation. HSPs have a protective function, that is they allow the cells to survive to otherwise lethal conditions. Various mechanisms have been proposed to account for the cytoprotective functions of HSPs. Several of these proteins have demonstrated to directly interact with components of the cell signalling pathways, for example those of the tightly regulated caspasedependent programmed cell death machinery, upstream, downstream and at the mitochondrial level. HSPs can also affect caspase-independent apoptosis-like process by interacting with apoptogenic factors such as apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) or by acting at the lysosome level. This review will describe the different key apoptotic proteins interacting with HSPs and the consequences of these interactions in cell survival, proliferation and apoptotic processes. Our purpose will be illustrated by emerging strategies in targeting these protective proteins to treat haematological malignancies.
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Neckers L, Kern A, Tsutsumi S. Hsp90 inhibitors disrupt mitochondrial homeostasis in cancer cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 14:1204-6. [PMID: 18022558 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hsp90 is a cytosolic molecular chaperone whose paralog in mitochondria, TRAP1, protects cells from oxidative stress. The recent study in Cell by Kang et al. now identifies the molecular components of the proapoptotic network regulated by TRAP1, that includes Hsp90. Targeting Hsp90/TRAP1 inhibitors to mitochondria induces rapid tumor cell-specific apoptosis.
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- Len Neckers
- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 10/CRC, Room 1-5940, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Salminen A, Paimela T, Suuronen T, Kaarniranta K. Innate immunity meets with cellular stress at the IKK complex: regulation of the IKK complex by HSP70 and HSP90. Immunol Lett 2008; 117:9-15. [PMID: 18282612 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Revised: 12/19/2007] [Accepted: 12/22/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Several research models have shown that if cellular stress induces the heat shock response then this will suppress the NF-kappaB-mediated inflammatory response. The NF-kappaB signaling pathway mediates both stress signals and innate immunity signals. Heat shock proteins HSP70 and HSP90 regulate several signaling cascades to maintain cellular homeostasis. Recent studies have revealed that HSP70 and HSP90 proteins regulate the function of the IKK complex which is the major activator of the NF-kappaB complex. The heat shock response can cause the dissociation of the IKK complex, composed of protein kinase subunits IKKalpha and IKKbeta and the regulatory unit NEMO, and inhibit the activation of NF-kappaB signaling. Suppression of immune signaling during cellular stress may be a useful feedback response for helping cells to survive tissue injury. Furthermore, IKKalpha and IKKbeta kinases are important activators of tumorigenesis and hence the inhibition of long-term activation of the IKK complex by HSP70 and HSP90 proteins may prevent cancer development during chronic inflammation.
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- Antero Salminen
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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HSP90 regulates cell survival via inositol hexakisphosphate kinase-2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:1134-9. [PMID: 18195352 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711168105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) are abundant, inducible proteins best known for their ability to maintain the conformation of proteins and to refold damaged proteins. Some HSPs, especially HSP90, can be antiapoptotic and the targets of anticancer drugs. Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase-2 (IP6K2), one of a family of enzymes generating the inositol pyrophosphate IP7 [diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (5-PP-IP5)], mediates apoptosis. Increased IP6K2 activity sensitizes cancer cells to stressors, whereas its depletion blocks cell death. We now show that HSP90 physiologically binds IP6K2 and inhibits its catalytic activity. Drugs and selective mutations that abolish HSP90-IP6K2 binding elicit activation of IP6K2, leading to cell death. Thus, the prosurvival actions of HSP90 reflect the inhibition of IP6K2, suggesting that selectively blocking this interaction could provide effective and safer modes of chemotherapy.
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Apoptosis and Cell Death: Relevance to Lung. MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY LIBRARY 2008. [PMCID: PMC7147438 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72430-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In multicellular organisms, cell death plays an important role in development, morphogenesis, control of cell numbers, and removal of infected, mutated, or damaged cells. The term apoptosis was first coined in 1972 by Kerr et al.1 to describe the morphologic features of a type of cell death that is distinct from necrosis and is today considered to represent programmed cell death. In fact, the evidence that a genetic program existed for physiologic cell death came from the developmental studies of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.2 As time has progressed, however, apoptotic cell death has been shown to occur in many cell types under a variety of physiologic and pathologic conditions. Cells dying by apoptosis exhibit several characteristic morphologic features that include cell shrinkage, nuclear condensation, membrane blebbing, nuclear and cellular fragmentation into membrane-bound apoptotic bodies, and eventual phagocytosis of the fragmented cell (Figure 4.1).
Morphologic features of cell death. Necrosis: Cells die by necrosis, and their organelles are characteristically swollen. There is early membrane damage with eventual loss of plasma membrane integrity and leakage of cytosol into extra-cellular space. Despite early clumping, the nuclear chromatin undergoes lysis (karyolysis). Apoptosis: Cells die by type I programmed cell death (also called apoptosis); they are shrunken and develop blebs containing dense cytoplasm. Membrane integrity is not lost until after cell death. Nuclear chromatin undergoes striking condensation and fragmentation. The cytoplasm becomes divided to form apoptotic bodies containing organelles and/or nuclear debris. Terminally, apoptotic cells and fragments are engulfed by phagocytes or surrounding cells. Autophagy: Cells die by type II programmed cell death, which is characterized by the accumulation of autophagic vesicles (autophagosomes and autophagolysosomes). One feature that distinguishes apoptosis from autophagic cell death is the source of the lysosomal enzymes used for most of the dying-cell degradation. Apoptotic cells use phagocytic cell lysosomes for this process, whereas cells with autophagic morphology use the endogenous lysosomal machinery of dying cells. Paraptosis: Cells die by type III programmed cell death, which is characterized by extensive cytoplasmic vacuolization and swelling and clumping of mitochondria, along with absence of nuclear fragmentation, membrane blebbing, or apoptotic body formation. Autoschizis: In this form of cell death, the cell membrane forms cuts or schisms that allow the cytoplasm to leak out. The cell shrinks to about one-third of its original size, and the nucleus and organelles remain surrounded by a tiny ribbon of cytoplasm. After further excisions of cytoplasm, the nuclei exhibit nucleolar segregation and chromatin decondensation followed by nuclear karyorrhexis and karyolysis. ![]()
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Apoptotic cell death is initiated by a morphologically homogenous entity that was considered to be non-immunogenic and non-inflammatory in nature. However, recent advances suggest that apoptosis, under certain circumstances, can be immunogenic. In particular, some characteristics of the plasma membrane, acquired at preapoptotic stage, can cause immune effectors to recognize and attack preapoptotic tumor cells. The signals that mediate the immunogenicity of tumor cells involve elements of the DNA damage response (such as ataxia telangiectasia mutated and p53 activation), elements of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response (such as eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha phosphorylation), as well as elements of the apoptotic response (such as caspase activation). Depending on the signal-transduction pathway, tumor cells responding to chemotherapy or radiotherapy can express 'danger' and 'eat me' signals on the cell surface (such as NKG2D ligands, heat-shock proteins and calreticulin) or can secrete/release immunostimulatory factors (such as cytokines and high-mobility group box 1) to stimulate innate immune effectors. Likewise, the precise sequence of such events influences the 'decision' of the immune system to mount a cognate response or not. We therefore anticipate that the comprehension of the mechanisms governing the immunogenicity of cell death will have a profound impact on the design of anticancer therapies.
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Heat shock induced gene expression and other cellular responses help limit the damage caused by stress and thus facilitate cellular recovery. Cellular damage also triggers apoptotic cell death through several pathways. This paper briefly reviews interactions of the major heat shock proteins with components of the apoptotic pathways. Hsp90, which acts as a chaperone for unstable signal transducers to keep them poised for activation, interacts with RIP and Akt and promotes NF-kappa B mediated inhibition of apoptosis; in addition it also blocks some steps in the apoptotic pathways. Hsp70 is mostly anti-apoptotic and acts at several levels like inhibition of translocation of Bax into mitochondria, release of cytochrome c from mitochondria,formation of apoptosome and inhibition of activation of initiator caspases. Hsp70 also modulates JNK,NF-kappa B and Akt signaling pathways in the apoptotic cascade. In contrast, Hsp60 has both anti-and pro-apoptotic roles. Cytosolic Hsp60 prevents translocation of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax into mitochondria and thus promotes cell survival but it also promotes maturation of procaspase-3,essential for caspase mediated cell death. Our recent in vivo studies show that RNAi for the Hsp60D in Drosophila melanogaster prevents induced apoptosis. Hsp27 exerts its anti-apoptotic influence by inhibiting cytochrome c and TNF-mediated cell death. alpha beta crystallin suppresses caspase-8 and cytochrome c mediated activation of caspase-3. Studies in our laboratory also reveal that absence or reduced levels of the developmentally active as well as stress induced non-coding hsr omega transcripts, which are known to sequester diverse hnRNPs and related nuclear RNA-binding proteins,block induced apoptosis in Drosophila. Modulation of the apoptotic pathways by Hsps reflects their roles as "weak links" between various "hubs" in cellular networks. On the other hand, non-coding RNAs, by virtue of their potential to bind with multiple proteins,can act as "hubs" in these networks. In view of the integrative nature of living systems, it is not surprising that stress-induced genes,generally believed to primarily function in cell survival pathways, inhibit or even promote cell death pathways at multiple levels to ensure homeostasis at cell and/or organism level. The heat shock genes obviously do much more than merely help cells survive stress.
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- Richa Arya
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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Big wheel keeps on turning: apoptosome regulation and its role in chemoresistance. Cell Death Differ 2007; 15:443-52. [PMID: 17975549 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, enables organisms to maintain tissue homeostasis through deletion of extraneous cells and also serves as a means to eliminate potentially harmful cells. Numerous stress signals have been shown to engage the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis, with the release from mitochondria of proapoptotic factors such as cytochrome c and the subsequent formation of a cytosolic complex between apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) and procaspase-9, known as the apoptosome. Recent studies have led to the identification of an array of factors that control the formation and activation of the apoptosome under physiological conditions. Moreover, deregulation of apoptosome function has been documented in various forms of human cancer, and may play a role in both carcinogenesis and chemoresistance. We discuss how the apoptosome is regulated in normal and disease states, and how targeting of apoptosome-dependent, post-mitochondrial stages of apoptosis may serve as a rational approach to cancer treatment.
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Jacobs AT, Marnett LJ. Heat Shock Factor 1 Attenuates 4-Hydroxynonenal-mediated Apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:33412-33420. [PMID: 17873279 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706799200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lipid peroxidation is a consequence of both normal physiology and oxidative stress that generates various reactive metabolites, a principal end product being 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE). As a diffusible electrophile, HNE reacts extensively with cellular nucleophiles. Consequently, HNE alters cellular signaling and activates the intrinsic apoptotic cascade. We have previously demonstrated that in addition to promoting apoptosis, HNE activates stress response pathways, including the antioxidant, endoplasmic reticulum stress, DNA damage, and heat shock responses. Here we demonstrate that activation of the heat shock response by HNE is dependent on the expression and nuclear translocation of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), which promotes the expression of heat shock protein 40 (Hsp40) and Hsp70-1. Ectopic expression and immunoprecipitation of c-Myc-tagged Hsp70-1 indicates that HNE disrupts the inhibitory interaction between Hsp70-1 and HSF1, leading to the activation heat shock gene expression. Using siRNA to silence HSF1 expression, we observe that HSF1 is necessary for the induction of Hsp40 and Hsp70-1 by HNE, and the lack of Hsp expression is correlated with an increase in apoptosis. Nrf2, the transcription factor that mediates the antioxidant response, was also silenced using siRNA. Silencing Nrf2 also enhanced the cytotoxicity of HNE, but not as effectively as HSF1. Silencing HSF1 expression facilitates the activation of JNK pro-apoptotic signaling and selectively decreases expression of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bcl-X(L). Overexpression of Bcl-X(L) attenuates HNE-mediated apoptosis in HSF1-silenced cells. Overall, activation of HSF1 and stabilization of Bcl-X(L) mediate a protective response that may contribute significantly to the cellular biology of lipid peroxidation.
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- Aaron T Jacobs
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146.
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Kang BH, Plescia J, Dohi T, Rosa J, Doxsey SJ, Altieri DC. Regulation of tumor cell mitochondrial homeostasis by an organelle-specific Hsp90 chaperone network. Cell 2007; 131:257-70. [PMID: 17956728 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Revised: 06/14/2007] [Accepted: 08/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Molecular chaperones, especially members of the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) family, are thought to promote tumor cell survival, but this function is not well understood. Here, we show that mitochondria of tumor cells, but not most normal tissues, contain Hsp90 and its related molecule, TRAP-1. These chaperones interact with Cyclophilin D, an immunophilin that induces mitochondrial cell death, and antagonize its function via protein folding/refolding mechanisms. Disabling this pathway using novel Hsp90 ATPase antagonists directed to mitochondria causes sudden collapse of mitochondrial function and selective tumor cell death. Therefore, Hsp90-directed chaperones are regulators of mitochondrial integrity, and their organelle-specific antagonists may provide a previously undescribed class of potent anticancer agents.
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- Byoung Heon Kang
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Rutherford S, Knapp JR, Csermely P. Hsp90 and Developmental Networks. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 594:190-7. [PMID: 17205685 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-39975-1_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The most abundant cytoplasmic chaperone of eukaryotic cells, Hsp90 is a hub in developmental regulatory networks and the first example described of the phenomenon of molecular buffering. As a chaperone for many different signaling proteins, Hsp90 maintains the clarity and strength of communication within and between cells, concealing developmental and stochastic variations that otherwise cause abrupt morphological changes in a large variety of organisms, including Drosophila and Arabidopsis. The chapter provides a framework for understanding how Hsp90 controls the sudden appearance of novel morphologies. We start with a discussion of the longstanding problem of hidden polygenic variation and then introduce the idea of signal transduction thresholds in mediating the effect of Hsp90 on the expression of phenotypic variation. This leads to a discussion of the role of nonlinearity in creating thresholds for sudden changes in cellular responses to developmental signals. We end with speculation on the potentially pivotal role of Hsp90 in controlling the developmental networks that determine morphological stasis and change in evolution.
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- Suzannah Rutherford
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Mailstop A2-168, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Xu XH, Hua YN, Zhang HL, Wu JC, Miao YZ, Han R, Gu ZL, Qin ZH. Greater stress protein expression enhanced by combined prostaglandin A1 and lithium in a rat model of focal ischemia. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:1097-104. [PMID: 17640469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00624.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate the effects of lithium (Li) and prostaglandin A1 (PGA1) on the expression of heat shock factor 1 (HSF-1), heat shock proteins (HSP), and apoptosis protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) induced by permanent focal ischemia in rats. METHODS The rats were pretreated with a subcutaneous (sc) injection of Li for 2 d or a single intracerebral ventricle (icv) administration of PGA1 for 15 min before ischemic insult, or a combination of Li (sc, 1 mEq/kg, 2 d) and PGA1 (icv, 15 min prior to ischemic insult). Brain ischemia was induced by the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). Twenty-four hours after the occlusion, the expression of HSF-1, HSP, and Apaf-1 in the ischemic striatum were examined with Western blot analysis. RESULTS The expression of HSF-1, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), HSP90alpha, and Apaf-1 were significantly increased, but the expression of HSP90beta was significantly decreased 24 h after the pMCAO. PGA1 and Li and their combination significantly enhanced the ischemia-induced elevation in the levels of HSF-1, HO-1, and HSP90alpha, and recovered HSP90beta expression, but decreased Apaf-1 levels in the ischemic striatum. CONCLUSION The present study demonstrates that PGA1 and Li have synergistic effects on the enhancement of the expression of HSP, suggesting that the synergistic effects of PGA1 and Li in the rat model of permanent focal cerebral ischemia may be mediated by the enhancement expression of HSP expression and the downregulation of Apaf-1. Our studies suggest that combined PGA1 and Li may have potential clinical value for the treatment of stroke.
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- Xi-hui Xu
- Laboratory of Aging and Nervous Disease, Soochow University School of Medicine, Suzhou, China
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Burkitt M, Magee C, O'Connor D, Campbell F, Cornford P, Greenhalf W. Potentiation of chemotherapeutics by the Hsp90 antagonist geldanamycin requires a steady serum condition. Mol Carcinog 2007; 46:466-75. [PMID: 17219417 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Inhibition of Hsp90 potentiates diverse chemotherapeutics, but it is not clear if this applies only to specific agents, tumor types or conditions. The aim of this report is to determine the effect of serum starvation (SS) on potentiation. SUIT2 cells were cultured with and without the presence of serum and 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays were carried out at time intervals. Cytotoxic agents were added individually or in combination. Immunohistochemistry of tumor samples and immunofluorescence of cultured cells were used to examine Hsp90 localization. In the presence of serum an at least additive effect of combining the Hsp90 inhibitor geldanamycin (GA) with 5-fluorouracil (5FU) was demonstrated. Following pretreatment with GA, 5FU and GA were synergistic. However, during SS GA was protective against 5FU. Geldanamycin also protected cells from 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) during SS. Protection of cells is transitory, as after 24 h of SS GA again has an at least additive negative effect on vitality with 5FU or TPA. Serum starvation of pancreatic cancer cell lines causes normally largely cytoplasmic Hsp90 to become predominantly nuclear localized. Hsp90 nuclear localization was observed in pancreatic and prostate tumors. Hsp90 binding to a pro-apoptotic client could explain the transitory protection of cells by Hsp90 inhibition during SS. Although potentiation of chemotherapeutics by Hsp90 inhibition is probably a general phenomenon, design of clinical trials should take into account that continuous co-administration may be ineffective because of a balance of synergy of the drugs in some cells and mutual inhibition of the two drug activities in other cells.
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- Michael Burkitt
- Division of Gastroenterology, Liverpool University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Rodina A, Vilenchik M, Moulick K, Aguirre J, Kim J, Chiang A, Litz J, Clement CC, Kang Y, She Y, Wu N, Felts S, Wipf P, Massague J, Jiang X, Brodsky JL, Krystal GW, Chiosis G. Selective compounds define Hsp90 as a major inhibitor of apoptosis in small-cell lung cancer. Nat Chem Biol 2007; 3:498-507. [PMID: 17603540 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2007.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 06/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) has a critical role in malignant transformation. Whereas its ability to maintain the functional conformations of mutant and aberrant oncoproteins is established, a transformation-specific regulation of the antiapoptotic phenotype by Hsp90 is poorly understood. By using selective compounds, we have discovered that small-cell lung carcinoma is a distinctive cellular system in which apoptosis is mainly regulated by Hsp90. Unlike the well-characterized antiapoptotic chaperone Hsp70, Hsp90 is not a general inhibitor of apoptosis, but it assumes this role in systems such as small-cell lung carcinoma, in which apoptosis is uniquely dependent on and effected through the intrinsic pathway, without involvement of caspase elements upstream of mitochondria or alternate pathways that are not apoptosome-channeled. These results provide important evidence for a transformation-specific interplay between chaperones in regulating apoptosis in malignant cells.
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- Anna Rodina
- Program in Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Cui Q, Yu JH, Wu JN, Tashiro SI, Onodera S, Minami M, Ikejima T. P53-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through a caspase-3- independent, but caspase-9-dependent pathway in oridonin-treated MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:1057-66. [PMID: 17588343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00588.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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AIM To study the caspase-3-independent mechanisms in oridonin-induced MCF-7 human breast cancer cell apoptosis in vitro. METHODS The viability of oridonin-treated MCF-7 cells was measured by MTT (thiazole blue) assay. Apoptotic cells with condensed nuclei were visualized by phase contrast microscopy. Nucleosomal DNA fragmentation was assayed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The apoptotic ratio was determined by lactate dehydrogenase assay. Cell cycle alternation and mitochondrial membrane potential were measured by flow cytometric analysis. Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3, caspase-9, heat shock protein (Hsp)90, p53, p-p53, p21, Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and the inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase (ICAD) protein expressions were detected by Western blot analysis. RESULTS Oridonin inhibited cell growth in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Cell cycle was altered through the upregulation of p53 and p21 protein expressions. Pancaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk and calpain inhibitor II both decreased cell death ratio. Nucleosomal DNA fragmentation and the downregulation of DeltaPhimit were detected in oridonin-induced MCF-7 cell apoptosis, which was involved in a postmitochondrial caspase-9-dependent pathway. Decreased Bcl-2 and Hsp90 expression levels and increased Bax and p21 expression levels were positively correlated with elevated levels of phosphorylated p53 phosphorylation. Moreover, PARP was partially cleaved by calpain rather than by caspase-3. CONCLUSION DNA damage provoked alternations in the mitochondrial and caspase-9 pathways as well as p53-mediated cell cycle arrest, but was not related to caspase-3 activity in oridonin-induced MCF-7 cells.
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- Qiao Cui
- China-Japan Research Institute of Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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Togo S, Chen H, Takahashi T, Kubota T, Matsuo K, Morioka D, Watanabe K, Yamamoto H, Nagashima Y, Shimada H. Prostaglandin E1 improves survival rate after 95% hepatectomy in rats. J Surg Res 2007; 146:66-72. [PMID: 17599359 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) has a wide-ranging effect on cytoprotection. Overproduction of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in the liver protects hepatocytes under various pathologic conditions. In this study, we examined the effect of a nontoxic HSP-inducer, PGE1, on acute liver failure after 95% hepatectomy in rats. METHODS PGE1 or vehicle was intravenously administered to rats 30 min before and during hepatectomy. RESULTS Nine of 30 rats pretreated with PGE1 survived, whereas all 20 rats pretreated with vehicle died within 96 h after operation. During the 24-h postoperative period, PGE1 significantly suppressed the release of alanine aminotransferase and elevation of hyaluronic acid. Histological examination showed that the vacuolized hepatocytes and round hepatocytes with pyknotic nuclei are frequently seen in rats pretreated with vehicle, whereas active regeneration is seen in rats pretreated with PGE1. During the first 24 h after surgery, HSP70 induction was absent in the residual livers of vehicle-treated rats. In contrast, PGE1 stimulated the HSP accumulation within 24 h, and viable hepatocytes contained abundant HSP70 in their nuclei. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that PGE1 may prevent acute liver failure after massive hepatectomy, at least in part, by enhancing HSP70 production in the residual liver.
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- Shinji Togo
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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Hua G, Zhang Q, Fan Z. Heat shock protein 75 (TRAP1) antagonizes reactive oxygen species generation and protects cells from granzyme M-mediated apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20553-60. [PMID: 17513296 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703196200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in innate immunity against virally infected or transformed cells as the first defense line. Granzyme M (GzmM) is an orphan granzyme that is constitutively highly expressed in NK cells and is consistent with NK cell-mediated cytolysis. We recently demonstrated that GzmM induces caspase-dependent apoptosis with DNA fragmentation through direct cleavage of inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase (ICAD). However, the molecular mechanisms for GzmM-induced apoptosis are unclear. We found GzmM causes mitochondrial swelling and loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential. Moreover, GzmM initiates reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and cytochrome c release. Heat shock protein 75 (HSP75, also known as TRAP1) acts as an antagonist of ROS and protects cells from GzmM-mediated apoptosis. GzmM cleaves TRAP1 and abolishes its antagonistic function to ROS, resulting in ROS accumulation. Silencing TRAP1 through RNA interference increases ROS accumulation, whereas TRAP1 overexpression attenuates ROS production. ROS accumulation is in accordance with the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and enhances GzmM-mediated apoptosis.
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- Guoqiang Hua
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules and Center for Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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Wu R, Kausar H, Johnson P, Montoya-Durango DE, Merchant M, Rane MJ. Hsp27 regulates Akt activation and polymorphonuclear leukocyte apoptosis by scaffolding MK2 to Akt signal complex. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:21598-608. [PMID: 17510053 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611316200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have shown previously that Akt exists in a signal complex with p38 MAPK, MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 (MK2), and heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) and MK2 phosphorylates Akt on Ser-473. Additionally, dissociation of Hsp27 from Akt, prior to Akt activation, induced polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) apoptosis. However, the role of Hsp27 in regulating Akt activation was not examined. This study tested the hypothesis that Hsp27 regulates Akt activation and promotes cell survival by scaffolding MK2 to the Akt signal complex. Here we show that loss of Akt/Hsp27 interaction by anti-Hsp27 antibody treatment resulted in loss of Akt/MK2 interaction, loss of Akt-Ser-473 phosphorylation, and induced PMN apoptosis. Transfection of myristoylated Akt (AktCA) in HK-11 cells induced Akt-Ser-473 phosphorylation, activation, and Hsp27-Ser-82 phosphorylation. Cotransfection of AktCA with Hsp27 short interfering RNA, but not scrambled short interfering RNA, silenced Hsp27 expression, without altering Akt expression in HK-11 cells. Silencing Hsp27 expression inhibited Akt/MK2 interaction, inhibited Akt phosphorylation and Akt activation, and induced HK-11 cell death. Deletion mutagenesis studies identified acidic linker region (amino acids 117-128) on Akt as an Hsp27 binding region. Deletion of amino acids 117-128 on Akt resulted in loss of its interaction with Hsp27 and MK2 but not with Hsp90 as demonstrated by immunoprecipitation and glutathione S-transferase pulldown studies. Co-transfection studies demonstrated that constitutively active MK2 (MK2EE) phosphorylated Aktwt (wild type) on Ser-473 but failed to phosphorylate Akt(Delta117-128) mutant in transfixed cells. These studies collectively define a novel role of Hsp27 in regulating Akt activation and cellular apoptosis by mediating interaction between Akt and its upstream activator MK2.
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- Rui Wu
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Tran TH, Andreka P, Rodrigues CO, Webster KA, Bishopric NH. Jun kinase delays caspase-9 activation by interaction with the apoptosome. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20340-50. [PMID: 17483091 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702210200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1/2 (JNK) can delay oxidant-induced cell death, but the mechanism is unknown. We found that oxidant stress of cardiac myocytes activated both JNK and mitochondria-dependent apoptosis and that expression of JNK inhibitory mutants accelerated multiple steps in this pathway, including the cleavage and activation of caspases-3 and -9 and DNA internucleosomal cleavage, without affecting the rate of cytochrome c release; JNK inhibition also increased caspase-3 and -9 cleavage in a cell-free system. On activation by GSNO or H(2)O(2), JNK formed a stable association with oligomeric Apaf-1 in a approximately 1.4-2.0 mDa pre-apoptosome complex. Formation of this complex could be triggered by addition of cytochrome c and ATP to the cell-free cytosol. JNK inhibition abrogated JNK-Apaf-1 association and accelerated the association of procaspase-9 and Apaf-1 in both intact cells and cell-free extracts. We conclude that oxidant-activated JNK associates with Apaf-1 and cytochrome c in a catalytically inactive complex. We propose that this interaction delays formation of the active apoptosome, promoting cell survival during short bursts of oxidative stress.
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- Thanh H Tran
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Yoo J, Kim HRC, Lee YJ. Hyperthermia enhances tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis in human cancer cells. Int J Hyperthermia 2007; 22:713-28. [PMID: 17391000 DOI: 10.1080/02656730601074052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study investigated whether hyperthermia can enhance TRAIL-induced apoptotic death. METHODS Human prostate adenocarcinoma DU-145, human pancreatic carcinoma MIA PaCa-2 and BxPC-3, human colon fibroblast CCD-33Co and rat prostate endothelial YPEN-1 cells were treated with various concentrations of TRAIL (0-200 ngml(-1)) with hyperthermia (40-42 degrees C). RESULTS It was observed in human cancer cells, but not in normal cells, that TRAIL induced apoptotic death and also that hyperthermia (40-42 degrees C) promoted TRAIL-induced apoptotic death. Enhancement of TRAIL-mediated apoptosis by hyperthermia was detected by an increase in PARP cleavage, the hallmark feature of apoptosis, as well as by activation of caspases. There were no significant changes in the intra-cellular levels of death receptors (DRs), decoy receptors (DcRs) and anti-apoptotic proteins. Interestingly, data from in vitro enzyme kinetics assay demonstrated that hyperthermia promoted caspase enzyme activity. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that cancer cells are more susceptible to TRAIL in the condition of hyperthermia (40-42 degrees C). The promotion of caspase enzyme activity by hyperthermia may be responsible for enhancement of TRAIL-induced apoptotic death.
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- Jinsang Yoo
- Department of Surgery and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Maloney A, Clarke PA, Naaby-Hansen S, Stein R, Koopman JO, Akpan A, Yang A, Zvelebil M, Cramer R, Stimson L, Aherne W, Banerji U, Judson I, Sharp S, Powers M, deBilly E, Salmons J, Walton M, Burlingame A, Waterfield M, Workman P. Gene and Protein Expression Profiling of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells Treated with the Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor 17-Allylamino-17-Demethoxygeldanamycin. Cancer Res 2007; 67:3239-53. [PMID: 17409432 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-2968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The promising antitumor activity of 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17AAG) results from inhibition of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and subsequent degradation of multiple oncogenic client proteins. Gene expression microarray and proteomic analysis were used to profile molecular changes in the A2780 human ovarian cancer cell line treated with 17AAG. Comparison of results with an inactive analogue and an alternative HSP90 inhibitor radicicol indicated that increased expression of HSP72, HSC70, HSP27, HSP47, and HSP90beta at the mRNA level were on-target effects of 17AAG. HSP27 protein levels were increased in tumor biopsies following treatment of patients with 17AAG. A group of MYC-regulated mRNAs was decreased by 17AAG. Of particular interest and novelty were changes in expression of chromatin-associated proteins. Expression of the heterochromatin protein 1 was increased, and expression of the histone acetyltransferase 1 and the histone arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 was decreased by 17AAG. PRMT5 was shown to be a novel HSP90-binding partner and potential client protein. Cellular protein acetylation was reduced by 17AAG, which was shown to have an antagonistic interaction on cell proliferation with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A. This mRNA and protein expression analysis has provided new insights into the complex molecular pharmacology of 17AAG and suggested new genes and proteins that may be involved in response to the drug or be potential biomarkers of drug action.
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- Alison Maloney
- Haddow Laboratories, Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Heat shock protein 27 is associated with irinotecan resistance in human colorectal cancer cells. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:1649-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2006] [Revised: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Dey A, Cederbaum AI. Geldanamycin, an inhibitor of Hsp90 increases cytochrome P450 2E1 mediated toxicity in HepG2 cells through sustained activation of the p38MAPK pathway. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 461:275-86. [PMID: 17382893 PMCID: PMC1942044 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) can mediate reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced cell death through its catalytic processes. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an important molecular chaperone which is essential for cellular integrity. We previously showed that inhibition of Hsp90 with Geldanamycin (GA), an inhibitor of Hsp90 increased CYP2E1 mediated toxicity in CYP2E1 over-expressing HepG2 cells (E47 cells) but not in C34-HepG2 cells devoid of CYP2E1 expression. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that the potentiation of CYP2E1 toxicity in E47 cells with GA may involve changes in mitogen activated protein kinase signal transduction pathways. GA was toxic to E47 cells and SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAPK prevented this decrease in viability. The protective effects of SB203580 were effective only when SB203580 was added before GA treatment. GA activated p38 MAPK in E47 cells and this activation was an early and a sustained event. GA elevated ROS levels and lipid peroxidation and lowered GSH levels in E47 cells and these changes were blunted or prevented by treatment with SB203580. Apoptosis was increased by GA and prevented by pre-treatment with SB203580. The loss in mitochondrial membrane potential in E47 cells after GA treatment was also decreased significantly with SB203580 treatment. The activity and expression of CYP2E1 and Hsp90 levels were not altered by SB203580. In conclusion, the inhibition of Hsp90 with GA increases the toxicity of CYP2E1 in HepG2 cells through an early and sustained activation of the p38 MAPK pathway.
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- Aparajita Dey
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Ye Y, Quijano C, Robinson KM, Ricart KC, Strayer AL, Sahawneh MA, Shacka JJ, Kirk M, Barnes S, Accavitti-Loper MA, Radi R, Beckman JS, Estévez AG. Prevention of peroxynitrite-induced apoptosis of motor neurons and PC12 cells by tyrosine-containing peptides. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:6324-37. [PMID: 17200124 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610800200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Although peroxynitrite stimulates apoptosis in many cell types, whether peroxynitrite acts directly as an oxidant or the induction of apoptosis is because of the radicals derived from peroxynitrite decomposition remains unknown. Before undergoing apoptosis because of trophic factor deprivation, primary motor neuron cultures become immunoreactive for nitrotyrosine. We show here using tyrosine-containing peptides that free radical processes mediated by peroxynitrite decomposition products were required for triggering apoptosis in primary motor neurons and in PC12 cells cultures. The same concentrations of tyrosine-containing peptides required to prevent the nitration and apoptosis of motor neurons induced by trophic factor deprivation and of PC12 cells induced by peroxynitrite also prevented peroxynitrite-mediated nitration of motor neurons, brain homogenates, and PC12 cells. The heat shock protein 90 chaperone was nitrated in both trophic factor-deprived motor neurons and PC12 cells incubated with peroxynitrite. Tyrosine-containing peptides did not affect the induction of PC12 cell death by hydrogen peroxide. Tyrosine-containing peptides should protect by scavenging peroxynitrite-derived radicals and not by direct reactions with peroxynitrite as they neither increase the rate of peroxynitrite decomposition nor decrease the bimolecular peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation of thiols. These results reveal an important role for free radical-mediated nitration of tyrosine residues, in apoptosis induced by endogenously produced and exogenously added peroxynitrite; moreover, tyrosine-containing peptides may offer a novel strategy to neutralize the toxic effects of peroxynitrite.
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- Yaozu Ye
- Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, New York 10605, USA
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Sisco M, Liu WR, Kryger ZB, Mustoe TA. Reduced up-regulation of cytoprotective genes in rat cutaneous tissue during the second cycle of ischemia?reperfusion. Wound Repair Regen 2007; 15:203-12. [PMID: 17352752 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475x.2007.00206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chronic wounds are major health problems that affect millions of people in the United States every year. Management of these wounds costs billions of dollars annually in the United States. Despite their clinical importance, the molecular mechanisms underlying these clinical conditions remain elusive. Repetitive ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) may play a pivotal role in chronic wound formation. The development of therapies for these wounds is hindered by the lack of animal models that allow identification of the molecular mechanisms underlying chronic wound formation. In the first study of its kind, we adapted our rat pressure sore model by imposing two cycles of ischemia (2 hours) and two cycles of reperfusion (24 hours), and we examined gene expression to better understand the molecular events that occur at the very early stages of cutaneous I-R injury with a goal of devising preventing strategies. We successfully tested our hypothesis and demonstrated that while cytoprotective genes, such as heat shock protein 70, heat shock protein 90, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, vascular endothelial growth factor, and heme oxygenase-1, were initially up-regulated during the first cycle of I-R, their up-regulation was subsequently reduced or completely abolished during the second cycle of I-R. These findings raise the possibility that reduced up-regulation of these cytoprotective genes may be causally linked to cutaneous I-R injury.
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- Mark Sisco
- Wound Healing Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Sinn DI, Kim SJ, Chu K, Jung KH, Lee ST, Song EC, Kim JM, Park DK, Kun Lee S, Kim M, Roh JK. Valproic acid-mediated neuroprotection in intracerebral hemorrhage via histone deacetylase inhibition and transcriptional activation. Neurobiol Dis 2007; 26:464-72. [PMID: 17398106 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The modification of histone N-terminal tails by acetylation or deacetylation can alter the interaction between histones and DNA, and thus regulate gene expression. Recent experiments have demonstrated that valproic acid (VPA), a well-known anti-epileptic drug, can directly inhibit histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity and cause the hyperacetylation of histones. Moreover, VPA has been shown to mediate neuronal protection by activating signal transduction pathways and by inhibiting proapoptotic factors. In this study, we attempted to determine whether VPA alleviates cerebral inflammation and perihematomal cell death after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Adult male rats received intraperitoneal injections of 300 mg/kg VPA or PBS twice a day after ICH induction. VPA treatment inhibited hematoma expansion, perihematomal cell death, caspase activities, and inflammatory cell infiltration. In addition, VPA treatment had the following expressional effects; it activated the translations of acetylated histone H3, pERK, pAKT, pCREB, and HSP70; up-regulated bcl-2 and bcl-xl but down-regulated bax; and down-regulated the mRNAs of Fas-L, IL-6, MMP-9, MIP-1, MCP-1, and tPA. VPA-treated rats also showed better functional recovery from 1 day to 4 weeks after ICH. Here we show that VPA induces neuroprotection in a murine ICH model and that its neuroprotective effects are mediated by transcriptional activation following HDAC inhibition.
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- Dong-In Sinn
- Stroke and Neural Stem Cell Laboratory in Clinical Research Institute, Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Neuroscience Research Institute of SNUMRC, Seoul, South Korea
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Lanneau D, de Thonel A, Maurel S, Didelot C, Garrido C. Apoptosis versus cell differentiation: role of heat shock proteins HSP90, HSP70 and HSP27. Prion 2007; 1:53-60. [PMID: 19164900 DOI: 10.4161/pri.1.1.4059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Heat shock proteins HSP27, HSP70 and HSP90 are molecular chaperones whose expression is increased after many different types of stress. They have a protective function helping the cell to cope with lethal conditions. The cytoprotective function of HSPs is largely explained by their anti-apoptotic function. HSPs have been shown to interact with different key apoptotic proteins. As a result, HSPs can block essentially all apoptotic pathways, most of them involving the activation of cystein proteases called caspases. Apoptosis and differentiation are physiological processes that share many common features, for instance, chromatin condensation and the activation of caspases are frequently observed. It is, therefore, not surprising that many recent reports imply HSPs in the differentiation process. This review will comment on the role of HSP90, HSP70 and HSP27 in apoptosis and cell differentiation. HSPs may determine de fate of the cells by orchestrating the decision of apoptosis versus differentiation.
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Ohta K, Okoshi R, Wakabayashi M, Ishikawa A, Sato Y, Kizaki H. Geldanamycin, a heat-shock protein 90-binding agent, induces thymocyte apoptosis through destabilization of Lck in presence of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. Biomed Res 2007; 28:33-42. [PMID: 17379955 DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.28.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Geldanamycin, a heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding agent, modulates various cellular activities. The present study found that, although geldanamycin by itself had no effect on thymocyte viability, it induced apoptosis in thymocytes with a reduction of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsim) in the presence of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C (PKC). This apoptosis depended on transcription and translation, and on activation of caspase-8 and -3. Geldanamycin treatment in the presence of TPA also enhanced destabilization of Lck. This destabilization was independent of transcription and translation. It was inhibited, however, by conventional PKC inhibitors, preventing apoptosis. Proteasome inhibitor affected neither the degradation of Lck nor DNA fragmentation, although they inhibited reduction of DeltaPsim. These results suggest that the ubiquitin-proteasome system is not involved in Lck destabilization, and that DeltaPsim reduction is not directly related to the progression of apoptosis. Furthermore, inhibition of Lck in the presence of TPA induced apoptosis in thymocytes. Our findings suggest that Hsp90 modulates thymocyte apoptosis in concert with PKC through the destabilization of Lck and in a caspase-8- and -3-dependent manner.
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- Kazumasa Ohta
- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
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Ohnishi K, Ohnishi T. Hyperthermic sensitizers targeting heat-induced signal transductions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.4993/acrt.15.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Ken Ohnishi
- Department of Biology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine
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- Department of Biology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine
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