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The protective role of HSP27 in ocular diseases. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:5107-5115. [PMID: 35212927 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07222-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are stress-induced proteins that are important constituents of the cell's defense system. The activity of HSPs enhances when the cell undergoes undesirable environmental conditions like stress. The protective roles of HSPs are due to their molecular chaperone and anti-apoptotic functions. HSPs have a central role in the eye, and their malfunction has been associated with the manifestation of ocular diseases. Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27, HSPB1) is present in various ocular tissues, and it has been found to protect the eye from disease states such as retinoblastoma, uveal melanoma, glaucoma, and cataract. But some recent studies have shown the destructive role of HSP27 on retinal ganglionic cells. Thus, this article summarizes the role of heat shock protein 27 in eye and ocular diseases and will focus on the expression, regulation, and function of HSP27 in ocular complications.
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Lycium barbarum Polysaccharides Protect Rat Corneal Epithelial Cells against Ultraviolet B-Induced Apoptosis by Attenuating the Mitochondrial Pathway and Inhibiting JNK Phosphorylation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:5806832. [PMID: 28798932 PMCID: PMC5536140 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5806832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBPs) have been shown to play a key role in protecting the eyes by reducing the apoptosis induced by certain types of damage. However, it is not known whether LBPs can protect damaged corneal cells from apoptosis. Moreover, no reports have focused on the role of LBPs in guarding against ultraviolet B- (UVB-) induced apoptosis. The present study aimed to investigate the protective effect and underlying mechanism of LBPs against UVB-induced apoptosis in rat corneal epithelial (RCE) cells. The results showed that LBPs significantly prevented the loss of cell viability and inhibited cell apoptosis induced by UVB in RCE cells. LBPs also inhibited UVB-induced loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, downregulation of Bcl-2, and upregulation of Bax and caspase-3. Finally, LBPs attenuated the phosphorylation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) triggered by UVB. In summary, LBPs protect RCE cells against UVB-induced damage and apoptosis, and the underlying mechanism involves the attenuation of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway and the inhibition of JNK phosphorylation.
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Yoo A, Park HM, Kang SS, Kim ES, Tchah H, Kim JY. RNA Interference-based Investigation of the Function of Heat Shock Protein 27 during Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27768052 DOI: 10.3791/54280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is among the most widely used RNA interference methods for the short-term silencing of protein-coding genes. siRNA is a synthetic RNA duplex created to specifically target a mRNA transcript to induce its degradation and it has been used to identify novel pathways in various cellular processes. Few reports exist regarding the role of phosphorylated heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) in corneal epithelial wound healing. Herein, cultured human corneal epithelial cells were divided into a scrambled control-siRNA transfected group and a HSP27-specific siRNA-transfected group. Scratch-induced directional wounding assays, and western blotting, and flow cytometry were then performed. We conclude that HSP27 has roles in corneal epithelial wound healing that may involve epithelial cell apoptosis and migration. Here, step-by-step descriptions of sample preparation and the study protocol are provided.
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- Aeri Yoo
- Department of Ophthalmology, Saevit Eye Hospital
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center;
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Kim HJ, Kim MH, Kim JT, Lee WJ, Kim E, Lim KS, Kim JK, Yang YI, Park KD, Kim YH. Intracellular transduction of TAT-Hsp27 fusion protein enhancing cell survival and regeneration capacity of cardiac stem cells in acute myocardial infarction. J Control Release 2015; 215:55-72. [PMID: 26232724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Myocardial infarction (MI) results in the substantial loss of functional cardiomyocytes, which frequently leads to intractable heart disorders. Cardiac stem cells (CSCs) that retain the capacity to replace all cardiac cells might be a promising strategy for providing a source of new functional cardiomyocytes; however, the poor survival and engraftment of transplanted CSCs in the hostile environment of MI critically mitigate their therapeutic benefits. To capitalize their therapeutic potential, an ex vivo strategy in which CSCs were introduced to the recombinant heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) through a TAT protein transduction domain for increasing the viability and engraftment in the infarcted myocardium was designed. A recombinant TAT fused Hsp27 (TAT-Hsp27) was able to enter CSCs in a dose-dependent manner. CSCs transduced with TAT-Hsp27 expressed not only endogenous Hsp27 but externally introduced Hsp27, resulting in substantial increase of their anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic properties via suppressing reactive oxygen species production, the MAPKs signaling pathway, and caspase activation. TAT-Hsp27 enabled CSCs to be protected from apoptotic- and hypoxic-induced cell death during in vitro cardiomyogenic differentiation. In vivo studies demonstrated that CSCs transduced TAT-Hsp27 significantly increased the survival and engraftment in the acutely infarcted myocardium, which is closely related to caspase activity suppression. Finally, CSCs transduced TAT-Hsp27 improved cardiac function and attenuated cardiac remodeling in comparison with non-transduced CSCs. Overall, our approach, which is based on the ex vivo intracellular transduction of TAT-Hsp27 into CSCs before myocardial delivery, might be effective in treating MI.
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- Hye Jung Kim
- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea
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- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea
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- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea
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- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea
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- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, San 5, Woncheon, Yeongtong, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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Song IS, Kang SS, Kim ES, Park HM, Choi CY, Tchah H, Kim JY. Heat shock protein 27 phosphorylation is involved in epithelial cell apoptosis as well as epithelial migration during corneal epithelial wound healing. Exp Eye Res 2014; 118:36-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Tsai MJ, Hsu YL, Wu KY, Yang RC, Chen YJ, Yu HS, Kuo PL. Heat Effect Induces Production of Inflammatory Cytokines Through Heat Shock Protein 90 Pathway in Cornea Cells. Curr Eye Res 2013; 38:464-71. [DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.763103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Zuo Z, Ouyang W, Li J, Costa M, Huang C. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mediates arsenite inhibition of UVB-induced cellular apoptosis in mouse epidermal Cl41 cells. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2012; 12:607-16. [PMID: 22463588 DOI: 10.2174/156800912801784802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Inorganic arsenic is an environmental human carcinogen, and has been shown to act as a co-carcinogen with solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation in mouse skin tumor induction even at low concentrations. However, the precise mechanism of its co-carcinogenic action is largely unknown. Apoptosis plays an essential role as a protective mechanism against neoplastic development in the organism by eliminating genetically damaged cells. Thus, suppression of apoptosis is thought to contribute to carcinogenesis. It is known that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) can promote carcinogenesis by inhibiting cell apoptosis under stress conditions; and our current studies investigated the potential contribution of COX-2 to the inhibitory effect of arsenite in UV-induced cell apoptosis in mouse epidermal Cl41 cells. We found that treatment of cells with low concentration (5 μM) arsenite attenuated cellular apoptosis upon UVB radiation accompanied with a coinductive effect on COX-2 expression and nuclear factor-κB (NFκB) transactivation. Our results also showed that the COX-2 induction by arsenite and UVB depended on an NFκB pathway because COX-2 co-induction could be attenuated in either p65-deficient or p50-deficient cells. Moreover, UVB-induced cell apoptosis could be dramatically reduced by the introduction of exogenous COX-2 expression, whereas the inhibitory effect of arsenite on UVB-induced cell apoptosis could be impaired in COX-2 knockdown C141 cells. Our results indicated that COX-2 mediated the anti-apoptotic effect of arsenite in UVB radiation through an NFκB-dependent pathway. Given the importance of apoptosis evasion during carcinogenesis, we anticipated that COX-2 induction might be at least partially responsible for the co-carcinogenic effect of arsenite on UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis.
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- Z Zuo
- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, 10987, USA
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PURPOSE The 27-kDa heat shock protein (HSP27) has been implicated in wound healing in multiple tissues. We investigated the expression and localization of phosphorylated HSP27 during epithelial wound healing in the murine cornea. METHODS Corneas of 8- to 10-week-old C57BL6 mice were wounded by epithelial debridement (n = 40). Unwounded corneas served as controls (n = 3). After 3, 7, and 14 days, phosphorylated HSP27 localization in wounded corneas was observed by confocal immunohistochemistry and double immunogold labeling transmission immunoelectron microscopy. Western blot analysis was performed to determine expression levels of phosphorylated HSP27 in scraped epithelia. Phosphorylated HSP27 localization was also separately performed with confocal immunohistochemistry 8 hours after epithelial debridement to investigate the early epithelial wound-healing process. RESULTS In unwounded corneas, phosphorylated HSP27 was localized only to the superficial epithelium. In contrast, phosphorylated HSP27 was localized in the basal and superficial epithelia 3 days after corneal epithelial wounding. After 7 and 14 days, HSP27 localization was similar to that in unwounded controls. Expression levels of phosphorylated HSP27 were greater in wounded corneal epithelia on day 3 than in unwounded controls and on day 14. After 8 hours, phosphorylated HSP27 expression was prominent in the leading edge of migrating corneal epithelium. CONCLUSIONS Constitutive expression of phosphorylated HSP27 is limited to the superficial corneal epithelium in unwounded murine corneas. Changes in HSP27 epithelial distribution and expression levels after corneal epithelial wounding suggest that phosphorylated HSP27 plays a role in early phase of corneal epithelial wound healing.
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Reversal of iC3b-inhibited dendritic cell differentiation via inhibition of the extracellular signal-regulated mitogen-activated protein kinase promotes CD4(+) T cell proliferation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2012; 111:50-8. [PMID: 22513093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2012.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the roles of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK cascades in the differentiation of iC3b-combined CD14(+) monocyte into CD1a(+) MDDC, and to study how these cells influence CD4(+) T cell proliferation. METHODS CD14(+) monocyte was co-cultured with iC3b with or without inhibitors specific for ERK1/2 or p38 MAPK pathways for 2days, then the expressions of CD14, CD1a, phophso-ERK1/2, phophso-p38, IL-10 and IL-12 p70 were detected, and CD4(+) T cell proliferation was measured via (3)H-TdR as well. RESULTS Maturation of CD1a(+) DC was inhibited by iC3b along with downregulated expressions of CD1a, phophso-p38 and IL-12p70 and upregulated expressions of phophso-ERK1/2 and IL-10, and the CD4(+) T cell proliferation was restrained accordingly. When pretreated with inhibitor specific for ERK1/2 pathway, the inhibited maturation of imDC was reversed prominently with a higher level expression of CD1a and IL-12p70, whereas expressions of phophso-ERK1/2 and IL-10 were lowered, and accordingly the CD4(+) T cell proliferation restored significantly. CONCLUSIONS iC3b inhibited the differentiation of CD14(+) monocytes into CD1a(+) MDDCs via ERK1/2 pathway, and restoration of CD1a(+) MDDCs maturation occurred with the treatment of inhibitors specific for ERK1/2 pathway. Meanwhile, treatment of the inhibitor for the ERK1/2 cascade reversed the inhibited CD4(+) T cell proliferation, implying a potential possibility for clinical intervention.
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Heat shock proteins in the human eye. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS 2011; 2010:479571. [PMID: 22084677 PMCID: PMC3200129 DOI: 10.1155/2010/479571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Revised: 11/11/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are believed to primarily protect and maintain cell viability under stressful conditions such as those occurring during thermal and oxidative challenges chiefly by refolding and stabilizing proteins. Hsps are found throughout the various tissues of the eye where they are thought to confer protection from disease states such as cataract, glaucoma, and cancer. This minireview summarizes the placement, properties, and roles of Hsps in the eye and aims to provide a better comprehension of their function and involvement in ocular disease pathogenesis.
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Portt L, Norman G, Clapp C, Greenwood M, Greenwood MT. Anti-apoptosis and cell survival: a review. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1813:238-59. [PMID: 20969895 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Type I programmed cell death (PCD) or apoptosis is critical for cellular self-destruction for a variety of processes such as development or the prevention of oncogenic transformation. Alternative forms, including type II (autophagy) and type III (necrotic) represent the other major types of PCD that also serve to trigger cell death. PCD must be tightly controlled since disregulated cell death is involved in the development of a large number of different pathologies. To counter the multitude of processes that are capable of triggering death, cells have devised a large number of cellular processes that serve to prevent inappropriate or premature PCD. These cell survival strategies involve a myriad of coordinated and systematic physiological and genetic changes that serve to ward off death. Here we will discuss the different strategies that are used to prevent cell death and focus on illustrating that although anti-apoptosis and cellular survival serve to counteract PCD, they are nevertheless mechanistically distinct from the processes that regulate cell death.
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- Liam Portt
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College, Ontario, Canada
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Roduit R, Schorderet DF. MAP kinase pathways in UV-induced apoptosis of retinal pigment epithelium ARPE19 cells. Apoptosis 2008; 13:343-53. [PMID: 18253836 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-008-0179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is constantly exposed to external injuries which lead to degeneration, dysfunction or loss of RPE cells. The balance between RPE cells death and proliferation may be responsible for several diseases of the underlying retina, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Signaling pathways able to control cells proliferation or death usually involve the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinases) pathways, which modulate the activity of transcription factors by phosphorylation. UV exposure induces DNA breakdown and causes cellular damage through the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to programmed cell death. In this study, human retinal pigment epithelial cells ARPE19 were exposed to 100 J/m(2) of UV-C and MAPK pathways were studied. We first showed the expression of the three major MAPK pathways. Then we showed that activator protein-1 (AP-1) was activated through phosphorylation of cJun and cFos, induced by JNK and p38, respectively. Specific inhibitors of both kinases decreased their respective activities and phosphorylation of their nuclear targets (cJun and cFos) and reduced UV-induced cell death. The use of specific kinases inhibitors may provide excellent tools to prevent RPE apoptosis specifically in RPE diseases involving ROS and other stress-related compounds such as in AMD.
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- Raphaël Roduit
- IRO, Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie, Gd-Champsec 64, 1950, Sion, Switzerland.
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Bhagat L, Singh VP, Dawra RK, Saluja AK. Sodium arsenite induces heat shock protein 70 expression and protects against secretagogue-induced trypsinogen and NF-kappaB activation. J Cell Physiol 2008; 215:37-46. [PMID: 17941083 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs), induced by a variety of stresses, are known to protect against cellular injury. Recent studies have demonstrated that prior beta-adrenergic stimulation as well as thermal or culture stress induces HSP70 expression and protects against cerulein-induced pancreatitis. The goal of our current studies was to determine whether or not a non-thermal, chemical stressor like sodium arsenite also upregulates HSP70 expression in the pancreas and prevents secretagogue-induced trypsinogen and NF-kappaB activation. We examined the effects of sodium arsenite preadministration on the parameters of cerulein-induced pancreatitis in rats and then monitored the effects of preincubating pancreatic acini with sodium arsenite in vitro. Our results showed that sodium arsenite pretreatment induced HSP70 expression both in vitro and in vivo and significantly ameliorated the severity of cerulein-induced pancreatitis, as evidenced by the markedly reduced degree of hyperamylasemia, pancreatic edema, and acinar cell necrosis. Sodium arsenite pretreatment not only inhibited trypsinogen activation and the subcellular redistribution of cathepsin B, but also prevented NF-kappaB translocation to the nucleus by inhibiting the IkappaBalpha degradation both in vivo and in vitro. We also examined the effect of sodium arsenite pretreatment in a more severe model of pancreatitis induced by L-arginine and found a similarly protective effect. Based on our observations we conclude that, like thermal stress, chemical stressors such as sodium arsenite also induce HSP70 expression in the pancreas and protect against acute pancreatitis. Thus, non-thermal pharmacologically induced stress can help prevent or treat pancreatitis.
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- Lakshmi Bhagat
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Chiou YW, Hwu WL, Lee YM. Hsp27 decreases inclusion body formation from mutated GTP-cyclohydrolase I protein. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2008; 1782:169-79. [PMID: 18241680 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2007.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 12/18/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH), an oligomeric protein composed of 10 identical subunits, is required for the synthesis of neurotransmitters; mutations in GCH are associated with dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) and hyperphenylalaninemia. Mutated GCH proteins are unstable and prone to dominant-negative effect. We show herein that expression of the GCH mutant GCH-201E or the splicing variant GCH-II caused intracellular inclusion bodies. When Hsp27 was expressed together with the GCH mutants, Hsp27 expression decreased the formation of inclusion bodies by GCH (as assessed by immunofluorescence) and decreased the amount of insoluble GCH mutant proteins (as assessed by Western blot). Transfection of pcDNA-Hsp27-S3D, a phosphorylation-mimicry Hsp27 mutant, was more effective at the mutated GCH proteins than transfection with pcDNA-Hsp27, but okadaic acid, a phosphatase inhibitor, enhanced the effect of pcDNA-Hsp27. Hsp27-S3D also abolished the dominant-negative action of GCH-II. The mutated GCH proteins interacted with the wild-type GCH protein; the inclusion bodies were positive for lysosomal marker LAMP1, soluble in 2% SDS, and were not ubiquitinated. Phophorlyated Hsp27 also decreased the inclusion body formation by the huntingtin polyglutamines. Therefore, diseases involving mutated oligomeric proteins would be manageable by chaperone therapies.
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- Yu-Wei Chiou
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shi B, Grahn JC, Reilly DA, Dizon TC, Isseroff RR. Responses of the 27-kDa heat shock protein to UVB irradiation in human epidermal melanocytes. Exp Dermatol 2007; 17:108-14. [PMID: 18031542 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00641.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a major environmental hazard for the skin, and UVB (280-320 nm) has been proposed to be a main factor for melanoma development. In response to sunlight exposure, the skin has adapted a number of innate resistance mechanisms. Among them is the small heat shock protein of 27 kDa (HSP27) known to play a role in the protection of cells from variety of environmental insults including UV irradiation. In this study, we demonstrated that UVB irradiation of cultured normal epidermal melanocytes initiates changes in HSP27 phosphorylation and localization. In unstressed melanocytes, HSP27 was present as the non-phosphorylated isoform. UVB irradiation with a physiological dose (7-25 mJ/cm(2)) resulted in the formation of a mono-phosphorylated isoform and sometimes a bi-phosphorylated isoform. The UVB-induced HSP27 phosphorylation was inhibited when melanocytes were treated with the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine or inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase prior to UVB exposure, suggesting that UVB induced HSP27 phosphorylation through reactive oxygen species/p38 MAP kinase pathway. In response to UBV irradiation, HSP27 in melanocytes translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. The HSP27 responses may provide some protective role against UVB-induced cell damage in the skin.
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- Biao Shi
- Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Ghoghawala SY, Mannis MJ, Murphy CJ, Rosenblatt MI, Isseroff RR. Economical LED based, real-time, in vivo imaging of murine corneal wound healing. Exp Eye Res 2007; 84:1031-8. [PMID: 17445800 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Revised: 01/06/2007] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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An optimal system for monitoring in vivo corneal wound healing is inexpensive, has utility for wounding and imaging, and is able to provide previews before photography. We outline such an imaging system that takes advantage of a consumer digital camera and an LED-based light source for fluorescein excitation. Using FVB/NJ mice, 2mm diameter, circular, axial corneal epithelial defects were created using a crescent blade. The corneal wounds were imaged every four hours until healed using a Nikon Coolpix 5400 camera attached to a Nikon SMZ-10A stereomicroscope, using the illumination from a 16 LED 464nm flashlight. The wound area was calculated, and the linear regressions of the linear phase of wound healing were compared using the F-test. The slopes of the linear regressions for the 6 trials of 4 mice/trial had an average of -52.95microm/h (SEM=0.55microm/h) and were statistically equivalent (p>0.05). The mean of the R(2) values for the linear regressions was 0.9546 (SEM=0.0121). The equivalent linear regressions and R(2)>0.90 suggest that the imaging system could precisely monitor the wound healing of multiple trials and of animals within each trial, respectively. Using a consumer digital camera and LED-based illumination, we have established a system that is economical, is used in both wounding and imaging, is operated by a single person, and is able to provide real-time previews to monitor corneal wound healing precisely.
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- S Y Ghoghawala
- School of Medicine, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, TB 192, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Shi B, Han B, Schwab IR, Isseroff RR. UVB Irradiation-Induced Changes in the 27-kd Heat Shock Protein (HSP27) in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells. Cornea 2006; 25:948-55. [PMID: 17102673 DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000224643.43601.5d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigated the presence of the 27-kd heat shock protein (HSP27) and its responses to ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation in human corneal epithelium and in cultured corneal epithelial cells. METHODS Human corneal epithelial cells including presumed corneal epithelial stem cells were cultured in vitro. HSP27 expression and intracellular localization in normal corneas or cultured corneal cells were examined using immunofluorescence staining. The expression of HSP27 in cultured corneal cells was also detected using western blotting, and the phosphorylated isoforms of HSP27 were identified using isoelectric focusing. RESULTS In normal corneal tissue, HSP27 was present in limbal basal and suprabasilar epithelial cells. In cultured epithelial corneal cells, HSP27 expression was heterogeneous: Some cells expressed virtually no HSP27 and others showed relatively strong expression. HSP27 was localized to the cytoplasm in nonstressed cells and translocated to the perinuclear and nuclear areas after UVB irradiation. UVB irradiation also induced the phosphorylation of HSP27, resulting in the increase in monophosphorylated isoform and formation of biphosphorylated isoform. UV induced the phosphorylation of HSP27 apparently through activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. CONCLUSION HSP27 is present mainly as a nonphosphorylated isoform in corneal epithelium and cultured corneal epithelial cells under nonstressed conditions. The constitutional expression of HSP27 suggests that it plays a physiologic role in the cornea. After UVB irradiation, HSP27 undergoes rapid phosphorylation and translocation. This stress response may be related to a protective role of HSP27 for survival of UVB-exposed corneal cells.
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- Biao Shi
- Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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