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Mishima Y, Tomoshige S, Sato S, Ishikawa M. Allosteric Hsp70 Modulator YM-1 Induces Degradation of BRD4. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2024; 72:161-165. [PMID: 38296558 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c23-00543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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YM-1, an allosteric modulator of heat-shock 70 kDa protein (Hsp70), inhibits cancer cell growth, but the mechanism is not yet fully understood. Here, we show that YM-1 induces the degradation of bromodomain containing 4 (BRD4), which mediates oncogene expression. Overall, our results indicate that YM-1 promotes the binding of HSP70 to BRD4, and this in turn promotes the ubiquitination of BRD4 by C-terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP), an E3 ubiquitin ligase working in concert with Hsp70, leading to proteasomal degradation of BRD4. This YM-1-induced decrease of BRD4 would contribute at least in part to the inhibition of cancer cell growth.
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- Yugo Mishima
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
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Shen Z, Wang Y, Wang G, Gu W, Zhao S, Hu X, Liu W, Cai Y, Ma Z, Gautam RK, Jia J, Wan CC, Yan T. Research progress of small-molecule drugs in targeting telomerase in human cancer and aging. Chem Biol Interact 2023; 382:110631. [PMID: 37451664 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Telomeres are unique structures located at the ends of linear chromosomes, responsible for stabilizing chromosomal structures. They are synthesized by telomerase, a reverse transcriptase ribonucleoprotein complex. Telomerase activity is generally absent in human somatic cells, except in stem cells and germ cells. Every time a cell divides, the telomere sequence is shortened, eventually leading to replicative senescence and cell apoptosis when the telomeres reach a critical limit. However, most human cancer cells exhibit increased telomerase activity, allowing them to divide continuously. The importance of telomerase in cancer and aging has made developing drugs targeting telomerase a focus of research. Such drugs can inhibit cancer cell growth and delay aging by enhancing telomerase activity in telomere-related syndromes or diseases. This review provides an overview of telomeres, telomerase, and their regulation in cancer and aging, and highlights small-molecule drugs targeting telomerase in these fields.
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- Ziyi Shen
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China; University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yining, 835000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China; University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yining, 835000, China
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- University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yining, 835000, China; Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, 313000, China
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- University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yining, 835000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology and the State & NMPA Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China
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- Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, 313000, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Indore Institute of Pharmacy, Indore, 453331, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China; Translational Medicine Center, Zhejiang Xinda hospital, School of Medicine&Nursing, Huzhou University, Huzhou, 313099, China.
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Postharvest Technology and Nondestructive Testing of Fruits and Vegetables, College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, China; Translational Medicine Center, Zhejiang Xinda hospital, School of Medicine&Nursing, Huzhou University, Huzhou, 313099, China.
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Sha G, Jiang Z, Zhang W, Jiang C, Wang D, Tang D. The multifunction of HSP70 in cancer: Guardian or traitor to the survival of tumor cells and the next potential therapeutic target. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 122:110492. [PMID: 37390645 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is a highly conserved protein composed of nucleotide-binding domains (NBD) and C-terminal substrate binding domain (SBD) that can function as a "molecular chaperone". HSP70 was discovered to directly or indirectly play a regulatory role in both internal and external apoptosis pathways. Studies have shown that HSP70 can not only promote tumor progression, enhance tumor cell resistance and inhibit anticancer effects but also induce an anticancer response by activating immune cells. In addition, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer may be affected by HSP70, which has shown promising potential as an anticancer drug. In this review, we summarized the molecular structure and mechanism of HSP70 and discussed the dual effects of HSP70 on tumor cells and the possibility and potential methods of using HSP70 as a target to treat cancer.
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- Gengyu Sha
- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province 225000, China.
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province 225000, China.
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province 225000, China.
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province 225000, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou 225000, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou 225000, China.
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Hill SE, Beaulieu-Abdelahad D, Lemus A, Webster JM, Ospina SR, Darling AL, Martin MD, Patel S, Bridenstine L, Swonger R, Paul S, Blackburn R, Calcul L, Dickey CA, Leahy JW, Blair LJ. Benzothiazole Substitution Analogs of Rhodacyanine Hsp70 Inhibitors Modulate Tau Accumulation. ACS Chem Biol 2023; 18:1124-1135. [PMID: 37144894 PMCID: PMC10443619 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The accumulation and aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau (tau) into intracellular neuronal tangles are a hallmark of a range of progressive neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia, Pick's disease, and progressive supranuclear palsy. The aberrant phosphorylation of tau is associated with tau aggregates in AD. Members of the heat shock protein 70 kDa (Hsp70) family of chaperones bind directly to tau and modulate tau clearance and aggregation. Small molecules that inhibit the Hsp70 family of chaperones have been shown to reduce the accumulation of tau, including phosphorylated tau. Here, eight analogs of the rhodacyanine inhibitor, JG-98, were synthesized and evaluated. Like JG-98, many of the compounds inhibited ATPase activity of the cytosolic heat shock cognate 70 protein (Hsc70) and reduced total, aggregated, and phosphorylated tau accumulation in cultured cells. Three compounds, representing divergent clogP values, were evaluated for in vivo blood-brain barrier penetration and tau reduction in an ex vivo brain slice model. AL69, the compound with the lowest clogP and the lowest membrane retention in a parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA), reduced phosphorylated tau accumulation. Our results suggest that benzothiazole substitutions of JG-98 that increase hydrophilicity may increase the efficacy of these Hsp70 inhibitors to reduce phosphorylated tau.
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- Shannon E. Hill
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- Research Service, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
- Center for Drug Discovery and Innovation, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 303, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
- Research Service, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Leong W, Huang G, Liao W, Xia W, Li X, Su Z, Liu L, Wu Q, Wong VKW, Law BYK, Xia C, Guo X, Khan I, Wendy Hsiao WL. Traditional Patchouli Essential Oil modulates the host's immune responses and gut microbiota and exhibits potent anti-cancer effects in Apc Min/+ mice. Pharmacol Res 2022; 176:106082. [PMID: 35032662 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Patchouli Essential Oil (PEO) has been used as a scent for various healing purposes since the ancient Egyptian period. The primary source of the oil is Pogostemon cablin (PC), a medicinal plant for treating gastrointestinal symptoms. However, the pharmacological function has not been addressed. Here, we report the cancer prevention and gut microbiota (GM) modulating property of PEO and its derivatives patchouli alcohol (PA) and pogostone (PO) in the ApcMin/+ colorectal cancer mice model. We found that PEO, PA, and PO significantly reduced the tumor burden. At the same time, it strengthened the epithelial barrier, evidenced by substantially increasing the number of the goblet and Paneth cells and upregulation of tight junction and adhesion molecules. In addition, PEO, PA, and PO shifted M1 to M2 macrophage phenotypes and remodeled the inflammatory milieu of ApcMin/+ mice. We also found suppression of CD4+CD25+ and stimulation CD4+ CD8+ cells in the spleen, blood, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), and Peyer's patches (PPs) of the treated mice. The composition of the gut microbiome of the drug-treated mice was distinct from the control mice. The drugs stimulated the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)-producers and the key SCFA-sensing receptors (GPR41, GPR43, and GPR109a). The activation of SCFAs/GPSs also triggered the alterations of PPAR-γ, PYY, and HSDCs signaling mediators in the treated mice. Our work showed that PEO and its derivatives exert potent anti-cancer effects by modulating gut microbiota and improving the intestinal microenvironment of the Apcmin/+ mice. DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: The gut microbiota data discussed in this manuscript have been deposited in SRA NCBI and are accessible via project no. PRJNA559033.
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- Waikit Leong
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- Affiliated Foshan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
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- Affiliated Foshan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China; Affiliated Foshan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
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Albakova Z, Armeev GA, Kanevskiy LM, Kovalenko EI, Sapozhnikov AM. HSP70 Multi-Functionality in Cancer. Cells 2020; 9:cells9030587. [PMID: 32121660 PMCID: PMC7140411 DOI: 10.3390/cells9030587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The 70-kDa heat shock proteins (HSP70s) are abundantly present in cancer, providing malignant cells selective advantage by suppressing multiple apoptotic pathways, regulating necrosis, bypassing cellular senescence program, interfering with tumor immunity, promoting angiogenesis and supporting metastasis. This direct involvement of HSP70 in most of the cancer hallmarks explains the phenomenon of cancer "addiction" to HSP70, tightly linking tumor survival and growth to the HSP70 expression. HSP70 operates in different states through its catalytic cycle, suggesting that it can multi-function in malignant cells in any of these states. Clinically, tumor cells intensively release HSP70 in extracellular microenvironment, resulting in diverse outcomes for patient survival. Given its clinical significance, small molecule inhibitors were developed to target different sites of the HSP70 machinery. Furthermore, several HSP70-based immunotherapy approaches were assessed in clinical trials. This review will explore different roles of HSP70 on cancer progression and emphasize the importance of understanding the flexibility of HSP70 nature for future development of anti-cancer therapies.
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- Zarema Albakova
- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia; (G.A.A.); (A.M.S.)
- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (L.M.K.); (E.I.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia; (G.A.A.); (A.M.S.)
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (L.M.K.); (E.I.K.)
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (L.M.K.); (E.I.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119192 Moscow, Russia; (G.A.A.); (A.M.S.)
- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (L.M.K.); (E.I.K.)
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Davis AK, Pratt WB, Lieberman AP, Osawa Y. Targeting Hsp70 facilitated protein quality control for treatment of polyglutamine diseases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:977-996. [PMID: 31552448 PMCID: PMC7137528 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03302-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a group of nine fatal, adult-onset neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the misfolding and aggregation of mutant proteins containing toxic expansions of CAG/polyQ tracts. The heat shock protein 90 and 70 (Hsp90/Hsp70) chaperone machinery is a key component of cellular protein quality control, playing a role in the regulation of folding, aggregation, and degradation of polyQ proteins. The ability of Hsp70 to facilitate disaggregation and degradation of misfolded proteins makes it an attractive therapeutic target in polyQ diseases. Genetic studies have demonstrated that manipulation of Hsp70 and related co-chaperones can enhance the disaggregation and/or degradation of misfolded proteins in models of polyQ disease. Therefore, the development of small molecules that enhance Hsp70 activity is of great interest. However, it is still unclear if currently available Hsp70 modulators can selectively enhance disaggregation or degradation of misfolded proteins without perturbing other Hsp70 functions essential for cellular homeostasis. This review discusses the multifaceted role of Hsp70 in protein quality control and the opportunities and challenges Hsp70 poses as a potential therapeutic target in polyQ disease.
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- Amanda K Davis
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Moradi-Marjaneh R, Paseban M, Moradi Marjaneh M. Hsp70 inhibitors: Implications for the treatment of colorectal cancer. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1834-1845. [PMID: 31441584 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Despite intensive advances in diagnosis and treatment of CRC, it is yet one of the leading cause of cancer related morbidity and mortality. Therefore, there is an urgent medical need for alternative therapeutic approaches to treat CRC. The 70 kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) are a family of evolutionary conserved heat shock proteins, which play an important role in cell homeostasis and survival. They overexpress in various types of malignancy including CRC and are typically accompanied with poor prognosis. Hence, inhibition of Hsp70 may be considered as a striking chemotherapeutic avenue. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the progress made so far to discover compounds, which target the Hsp70 family, with particular emphasis on their efficacy in treatment of CRC. We also briefly explain the induction of Hsp70 as a strategy to prevent CRC.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Cancer Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Ouimet CM, D'Amico CI, Kennedy RT. Droplet sample introduction to microchip gel and zone electrophoresis for rapid analysis of protein-protein complexes and enzymatic reactions. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:6155-6163. [PMID: 31300857 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-02006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Electrophoresis has demonstrated utility as tool for screening of small molecule modulators of protein-protein interactions and enzyme targets. Screening of large chemical libraries requires high-throughput separations. Such fast separation can be accessed by microchip electrophoresis. Here, microchip gel electrophoresis separations of proteins are achieved in 2.6 s with 1200 V/cm and 3-mm separation lengths. However, such fast separations can still suffer from limited overall throughput from sample introduction constraints. Automated introduction of microfluidic droplets has been demonstrated to overcome this limitation. Most devices for coupling microfluidic droplets to microchip electrophoresis are only compatible with free-solution separations. Here, we present a device that is compatible with coupling droplets to gel and free-solution electrophoresis. In this device, automated sample introduction is based on a novel mechanism of carrier phase separation using the difference in density of the carrier phase and the running buffer. This device is demonstrated for microchip gel electrophoresis and free-solution electrophoresis separations of protein-protein interaction and enzyme samples, respectively. Throughputs of about 10 s per sample are achieved and over 1000 separations are demonstrated without reconditioning of the device. Graphical abstract.
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- Claire M Ouimet
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5632, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5632, USA.
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Cancer cell responses to Hsp70 inhibitor JG-98: Comparison with Hsp90 inhibitors and finding synergistic drug combinations. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3010. [PMID: 29445088 PMCID: PMC5813176 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14900-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hsp70 is a promising anti-cancer target. Our JG-98 series of Hsp70 inhibitors show anti-cancer activities affecting both cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophages. They disrupt Hsp70 interaction with a co-chaperone Bag3 and affect signaling pathways important for cancer development. Due to a prior report that depletion of Hsp70 causes similar responses as depletion of Hsp90, interest to Hsp70 inhibitors as drug prototypes is hampered by potential similarity of their effects to effects of Hsp90 inhibitors. Here, using the Connectivity Map platform we demonstrate that physiological effects of JG-98 are dissimilar from effects of Hsp90 inhibitors, thus justifying development of these compounds. Using gene expression and ActivSignal IPAD platform, we identified pathways modulated by JG-98. Some of these pathways were affected by JG-98 in Bag3-dependent (e.g. ERK) and some in Bag3-independent manner (e.g. Akt or c-myc), indicating multiple effects of Hsp70 inhibition. Further, we identified genes that modulate cellular responses to JG-98, developed approaches to predict potent combinations of JG-98 with known drugs, and demonstrated that inhibitors of proteasome, RNApol, Akt and RTK synergize with JG-98. Overall, here we established unique effects of novel Hsp70 inhibitors on cancer cell physiology, and predicted potential drug combinations for pre-clinical development.
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Sangeetha K, Sasikala R, Meena K. Pharmacophore modeling, virtual screening and molecular docking of ATPase inhibitors of HSP70. Comput Biol Chem 2017; 70:164-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Srinivasan SR, Cesa LC, Li X, Julien O, Zhuang M, Shao H, Chung J, Maillard I, Wells JA, Duckett CS, Gestwicki JE. Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Suppresses RIP1-Dependent Apoptotic and Necroptotic Cascades. Mol Cancer Res 2017; 16:58-68. [PMID: 28970360 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-17-0408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hsp70 is a molecular chaperone that binds to "client" proteins and protects them from protein degradation. Hsp70 is essential for the survival of many cancer cells, but it is not yet clear which of its clients are involved. Using structurally distinct chemical inhibitors, we found that many of the well-known clients of the related chaperone, Hsp90, are not strikingly responsive to Hsp70 inhibition. Rather, Hsp70 appeared to be important for the stability of the RIP1 (RIPK1) regulators: cIAP1/2 (BIRC1 and BIRC3), XIAP, and cFLIPS/L (CFLAR). These results suggest that Hsp70 limits apoptosis and necroptosis pathways downstream of RIP1. Consistent with this model, MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells treated with Hsp70 inhibitors underwent apoptosis, while cotreatment with z-VAD.fmk switched the cell death pathway to necroptosis. In addition, cell death in response to Hsp70 inhibitors was strongly suppressed by RIP1 knockdown or inhibitors. Thus, these data indicate that Hsp70 plays a previously unrecognized and important role in suppressing RIP1 activity.Implications: These findings clarify the role of Hsp70 in prosurvival signaling and suggest IAPs as potential new biomarkers for Hsp70 inhibition. Mol Cancer Res; 16(1); 58-68. ©2017 AACR.
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- Program in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- The Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- The Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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CLEC14a-HSP70-1A interaction regulates HSP70-1A-induced angiogenesis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10666. [PMID: 28878328 PMCID: PMC5587741 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11118-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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CLEC14a (C-type lectin domain family 14 member) is a tumor endothelial cell marker protein that is known to play an important role in tumor angiogenesis, but the basic molecular mechanisms underlying this function have not yet been clearly elucidated. In this study, using various proteomic tools, we isolated a 70-kDa protein that interacts with the C-type lectin-like domain of CLEC14a (CLEC14a-CTLD) and identified it as heat shock protein 70-1A (HSP70-1A). Co-immunoprecipitation showed that HSP70-1A and CLEC14a interact on endothelial cells. In vitro binding analyses identified that HSP70-1A specifically associates with the region between amino acids 43 and 69 of CLEC14a-CTLD. Competitive blocking experiments indicated that this interacting region of CLEC14a-CTLD significantly inhibits HSP70-1A-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation and endothelial tube formation by directly inhibiting CLEC14a-CTLD-mediated endothelial cell-cell contacts. Our data suggest that the specific interaction of HSP70-1A with CLEC14a may play a critical role in HSP70-1A-induced angiogenesis and that the HSP70-1A-interacting region of CLEC14a-CTLD may be a useful tool for inhibiting HSP70-1A-induced angiogenesis.
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Modulation of Molecular Chaperones in Huntington’s Disease and Other Polyglutamine Disorders. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:5829-5854. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0120-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Radons J. The human HSP70 family of chaperones: where do we stand? Cell Stress Chaperones 2016; 21:379-404. [PMID: 26865365 PMCID: PMC4837186 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-016-0676-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) family of molecular chaperones represents one of the most ubiquitous classes of chaperones and is highly conserved in all organisms. Members of the HSP70 family control all aspects of cellular proteostasis such as nascent protein chain folding, protein import into organelles, recovering of proteins from aggregation, and assembly of multi-protein complexes. These chaperones augment organismal survival and longevity in the face of proteotoxic stress by enhancing cell viability and facilitating protein damage repair. Extracellular HSP70s have a number of cytoprotective and immunomodulatory functions, the latter either in the context of facilitating the cross-presentation of immunogenic peptides via major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens or in the context of acting as "chaperokines" or stimulators of innate immune responses. Studies have linked the expression of HSP70s to several types of carcinoma, with Hsp70 expression being associated with therapeutic resistance, metastasis, and poor clinical outcome. In malignantly transformed cells, HSP70s protect cells from the proteotoxic stress associated with abnormally rapid proliferation, suppress cellular senescence, and confer resistance to stress-induced apoptosis including protection against cytostatic drugs and radiation therapy. All of the cellular activities of HSP70s depend on their adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP)-regulated ability to interact with exposed hydrophobic surfaces of proteins. ATP hydrolysis and adenosine diphosphate (ADP)/ATP exchange are key events for substrate binding and Hsp70 release during folding of nascent polypeptides. Several proteins that bind to distinct subdomains of Hsp70 and consequently modulate the activity of the chaperone have been identified as HSP70 co-chaperones. This review focuses on the regulation, function, and relevance of the molecular Hsp70 chaperone machinery to disease and its potential as a therapeutic target.
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- Jürgen Radons
- Scientific Consulting International, Mühldorfer Str. 64, 84503, Altötting, Germany.
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Sherman MY, Gabai VL. Hsp70 in cancer: back to the future. Oncogene 2015; 34:4153-61. [PMID: 25347739 PMCID: PMC4411196 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mechanistic studies from cell culture and animal models have revealed critical roles for the heat shock protein Hsp70 in cancer initiation and progression. Surprisingly, many effects of Hsp70 on cancer have not been related to its chaperone activity, but rather to its role(s) in regulating cell signaling. A major factor that directs Hsp70 signaling activity appears to be the co-chaperone Bag3. Here, we review these recent breakthroughs, and how these discoveries drive drug development efforts.
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- Michael Y. Sherman
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, Tel 617-638-5971, Fax 617-638-5339
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, Tel 617-638-5971, Fax 617-638-5339
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Brandvold KR, Morimoto RI. The Chemical Biology of Molecular Chaperones--Implications for Modulation of Proteostasis. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:2931-47. [PMID: 26003923 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is inextricably tied to cellular health and organismal lifespan. Aging, exposure to physiological and environmental stress, and expression of mutant and metastable proteins can cause an imbalance in the protein-folding landscape, which results in the formation of non-native protein aggregates that challenge the capacity of the proteostasis network (PN), increasing the risk for diseases associated with misfolding, aggregation, and aberrant regulation of cell stress responses. Molecular chaperones have central roles in each of the arms of the PN (protein synthesis, folding, disaggregation, and degradation), leading to the proposal that modulation of chaperone function could have therapeutic benefits for the large and growing family of diseases of protein conformation including neurodegeneration, metabolic diseases, and cancer. In this review, we will discuss the current strategies used to tune the PN through targeting molecular chaperones and assess the potential of the chemical biology of proteostasis.
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- Kristoffer R Brandvold
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Fontaine SN, Martin MD, Akoury E, Assimon VA, Borysov S, Nordhues BA, Sabbagh JJ, Cockman M, Gestwicki JE, Zweckstetter M, Dickey CA. The active Hsc70/tau complex can be exploited to enhance tau turnover without damaging microtubule dynamics. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:3971-81. [PMID: 25882706 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The pathological accumulation of abnormally hyperphosphorylated and aggregated tau, a neuronal microtubule (MT)-associated protein that functions to maintain MT stability, is implicated in a number of hereditary and sporadic neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Targeting tau for the treatment of these diseases is an area of intense interest and toward that end, modulation of cellular molecular chaperones is a potential therapeutic target. In particular, the constitutive Hsp70 isoform, Hsc70, seems highly interconnected with tau, preserving tau protein levels and synergizing with it to assemble MTs. But the relationship between tau and Hsc70, as well as the impact of this interaction in neurons and its therapeutic implications remain unknown. Using a human dominant negative Hsc70 that resembles isoform selective inhibition of this important chaperone, we found for the first time that Hsc70 activity is required to stimulate MT assembly in cells and brain. However, surprisingly, active Hsc70 also requires active tau to regulate MT assembly in vivo, suggesting that tau acts in some ways as a co-chaperone for Hsc70 to coordinate MT assembly. This was despite tau binding to Hsc70 as substrate, as determined biochemically. Moreover, we show that while chronic Hsc70 inhibition damaged MT dynamics, intermittent treatment with a small molecule Hsp70 inhibitor lowered tau in brain tissue without disrupting MT integrity. Thus, in tauopathies, where MT injury would be detrimental to neurons, the unique relationship of tau with the Hsc70 machinery can be exploited to deplete tau levels without damaging MT networks.
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- Sarah N Fontaine
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
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- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen 37077, Germany, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen 37077, Germany, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB), University Medical Center, Göttingen 37073, Germany and
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen 37077, Germany, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen 37077, Germany, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB), University Medical Center, Göttingen 37073, Germany and
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33613, USA, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, USA,
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Kumar BNP, Puvvada N, Rajput S, Sarkar S, Das SK, Emdad L, Sarkar D, Venkatesan P, Pal I, Dey G, Konar S, Brunt KR, Rao RR, Mazumdar A, Kundu SC, Pathak A, Fisher PB, Mandal M. Sequential release of drugs from hollow manganese ferrite nanocarriers for breast cancer therapy. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:90-101. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01098a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Single drug therapies for cancer are often ineffective and may not provide long term clinical benefits.
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Papasergi MM, Patel BR, Tall GG. The G protein α chaperone Ric-8 as a potential therapeutic target. Mol Pharmacol 2014; 87:52-63. [PMID: 25319541 DOI: 10.1124/mol.114.094664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase (Ric-8)A and Ric-8B are essential genes that encode positive regulators of heterotrimeric G protein α subunits. Controversy persists surrounding the precise way(s) that Ric-8 proteins affect G protein biology and signaling. Ric-8 proteins chaperone nucleotide-free Gα-subunit states during biosynthetic protein folding prior to G protein heterotrimer assembly. In organisms spanning the evolutionary window of Ric-8 expression, experimental perturbation of Ric-8 genes results in reduced functional abundances of G proteins because G protein α subunits are misfolded and degraded rapidly. Ric-8 proteins also act as Gα-subunit guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) in vitro. However, Ric-8 GEF activity could strictly be an in vitro phenomenon stemming from the ability of Ric-8 to induce partial Gα unfolding, thereby enhancing GDP release. Ric-8 GEF activity clearly differs from the GEF activity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). G protein βγ is inhibitory to Ric-8 action but obligate for receptors. It remains an open question whether Ric-8 has dual functions in cells and regulates G proteins as both a molecular chaperone and GEF. Clearly, Ric-8 has a profound influence on heterotrimeric G protein function. For this reason, we propose that Ric-8 proteins are as yet untested therapeutic targets in which pharmacological inhibition of the Ric-8/Gα protein-protein interface could serve to attenuate the effects of disease-causing G proteins (constitutively active mutants) and/or GPCR signaling. This minireview will chronicle the understanding of Ric-8 function, provide a comparative discussion of the Ric-8 molecular chaperoning and GEF activities, and support the case for why Ric-8 proteins should be considered potential targets for development of new therapies.
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- Makaía M Papasergi
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Pratt WB, Morishima Y, Gestwicki JE, Lieberman AP, Osawa Y. A model in which heat shock protein 90 targets protein-folding clefts: rationale for a new approach to neuroprotective treatment of protein folding diseases. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2014; 239:1405-13. [PMID: 24990484 DOI: 10.1177/1535370214539444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In an EBM Minireview published in 2010, we proposed that the heat shock protein (Hsp)90/Hsp70-based chaperone machinery played a major role in determining the selection of proteins that have undergone oxidative or other toxic damage for ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. The proposal was based on a model in which the Hsp90 chaperone machinery regulates signaling by modulating ligand-binding clefts. The model provides a framework for thinking about the development of neuroprotective therapies for protein-folding diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and the polyglutamine expansion disorders, such as Huntington's disease (HD) and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). Major aberrant proteins that misfold and accumulate in these diseases are "client" proteins of the abundant and ubiquitous stress chaperone Hsp90. These Hsp90 client proteins include tau (AD), α-synuclein (PD), huntingtin (HD), and the expanded glutamine androgen receptor (polyQ AR) (SBMA). In this Minireview, we update our model in which Hsp90 acts on protein-folding clefts and show how it forms a rational basis for developing drugs that promote the targeted elimination of these aberrant proteins.
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- William B Pratt
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Reikvam H, Brenner AK, Nepstad I, Sulen A, Bruserud Ø. Heat shock protein 70 – the next chaperone to target in the treatment of human acute myelogenous leukemia? Expert Opin Ther Targets 2014; 18:929-44. [DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2014.924925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Development of new estrogen receptor-targeting therapeutic agents for tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer. Future Med Chem 2013; 5:1023-35. [PMID: 23734685 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.13.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Despite our deepening understanding of the mechanisms of resistance and intensive efforts to develop therapeutic solutions to combat resistance, de novo and acquired tamoxifen resistance remains a clinical challenge, and few effective regimens exist to treat tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer. The complexity of tamoxifen resistance calls for diverse therapeutic approaches. This review presents several therapeutic strategies and lead compounds targeting the estrogen receptor signaling pathways for treatment of tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer, with a critical assessment of challenges and potentials regarding clinical outcome. Medicinal chemistry holds the key to effective, personalized combination therapy for tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer by making available a diverse arsenal of small-molecule drugs that specifically target signaling pathways modulating hormone resistance. These combination therapy candidates should have the desired specificity, selectivity and low toxicity to resensitize tumor response to tamoxifen and/or inhibit the growth and proliferation of resistant breast cancer cells.
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Li X, Srinivasan SR, Connarn J, Ahmad A, Young ZT, Kabza AM, Zuiderweg ERP, Sun D, Gestwicki JE. Analogs of the Allosteric Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Inhibitor, MKT-077, as Anti-Cancer Agents. ACS Med Chem Lett 2013; 4. [PMID: 24312699 DOI: 10.1021/ml400204n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The rhodacyanine, MKT-077, has anti-proliferative activity against cancer cell lines through its ability to inhibit members of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family of molecular chaperones. However, MKT-077 is rapidly metabolized, which limits its use as either a chemical probe or potential therapeutic. We report the synthesis and characterization of MKT-077 analogs designed for greater stability. The most potent molecules, such as 30 (JG-98), were at least 3-fold more active than MKT-077 against the breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 (EC50 values of 0.4 ± 0.03 μM and 0.7 ± 0.2 μM, respectively). The analogs modestly destabilized the chaperone "clients", Akt1 and Raf1, and induced apoptosis in these cells. Further, the microsomal half-life of JG-98 was improved at least 7-fold (t1/2 = 37 min) compared to MKT-077 (t1/2 < 5 min). Finally, NMR titration experiments suggested that these analogs bind an allosteric site that is known to accommodate MKT-077. These studies advance MKT-077 analogs as chemical probes for studying Hsp70's roles in cancer.
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- Xiaokai Li
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Budina-Kolomets A, Balaburski GM, Bondar A, Beeharry N, Yen T, Murphy ME. Comparison of the activity of three different HSP70 inhibitors on apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, autophagy inhibition, and HSP90 inhibition. Cancer Biol Ther 2013; 15:194-9. [PMID: 24100579 DOI: 10.4161/cbt.26720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The chaperone HSP70 promotes the survival of cells exposed to many different types of stresses, and is also potently anti-apoptotic. The major stress-induced form of this protein, HSP70-1, is overexpressed in a number of human cancers, yet is negligibly expressed in normal cells. Silencing of the gene encoding HSP70-1 (HSPA1A) is cytotoxic to transformed but not normal cells. Therefore, HSP70 is considered to be a promising cancer drug target, and there has been active interest in the identification and characterization of HSP70 inhibitors for cancer therapy. Because HSP70 behaves in a relatively non-specific manner in the control of protein folding, to date there are no reliably-identified "clients" of this protein, nor is there consensus as to what the phenotypic effects of HSP70 inhibitors are on a cancer cell. Here for the first time we compare three recently-identified HSP70 inhibitors, PES-Cl, MKT-077, and Ver-155008, for their ability to impact some of the known and reported functions of this chaperone; specifically, the ability to inhibit autophagy, to influence the level of HSP90 client proteins, to induce cell cycle arrest, and to inhibit the enzymatic activity of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). We report that all three of these compounds can inhibit autophagy and cause reduced levels of HSP90 client proteins; however, only PES-Cl can inhibit the APC/C and induce G 2/M arrest. Possible reasons for these differences, and the implications for the further development of these prototype compounds as anti-cancer agents, are discussed.
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- Anna Budina-Kolomets
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis; The Wistar Institute; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis; The Wistar Institute; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis; The Wistar Institute; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Institute for Cancer Research; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Institute for Cancer Research; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis; The Wistar Institute; Philadelphia PA USA
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Potential synergy between tau aggregation inhibitors and tau chaperone modulators. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY 2013; 5:41. [PMID: 24041111 PMCID: PMC3979086 DOI: 10.1186/alzrt207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Tau is a soluble, microtubule-associated protein known to aberrantly form
amyloid-positive aggregates. This pathology is characteristic for more than 15
neuropathies, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease. Finding
therapeutics to reverse or remove this non-native tau state is of great
interest; however, at this time only one drug is entering phase III clinical
trials for treating tauopathies. Generally, tau manipulation by therapeutics can
either directly or indirectly alter tau aggregation and stability. Drugs that
bind and change the conformation of tau itself are largely classified as
aggregation inhibitors, while drugs that alter the activity of a tau-effector
protein fall into several categories, such as kinase inhibitors, microtubule
stabilizers, or chaperone modulators. Chaperone inhibitors that have proven
effective in tau models include heat shock protein 90 inhibitors, heat shock
protein 70 inhibitors and activators, as well as inducers of heat shock
proteins. While many of these compounds can alter tau levels and/or aggregation
states, it is possible that combining these approaches may produce the most
optimal outcome. However, because many of these compounds have multiple
off-target effects or poor blood–brain barrier permeability, the
development of this synergistic therapeutic strategy presents significant
challenges. This review will summarize many of the drugs that have been
identified to alter tau biology, with special focus on therapeutics that prevent
tau aggregation and regulate chaperone-mediated clearance of tau.
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Abisambra J, Jinwal UK, Miyata Y, Rogers J, Blair L, Li X, Seguin SP, Wang L, Jin Y, Bacon J, Brady S, Cockman M, Guidi C, Zhang J, Koren J, Young ZT, Atkins CA, Zhang B, Lawson LY, Weeber EJ, Brodsky JL, Gestwicki JE, Dickey CA. Allosteric heat shock protein 70 inhibitors rapidly rescue synaptic plasticity deficits by reducing aberrant tau. Biol Psychiatry 2013; 74:367-74. [PMID: 23607970 PMCID: PMC3740016 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The microtubule-associated protein tau accumulates in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, the most common being Alzheimer's disease. One way to treat these disorders may be to reduce abnormal tau levels through chaperone manipulation, thus subverting synaptic plasticity defects caused by tau's toxic accretion. METHODS Tauopathy models were used to study the impact of YM-01 on tau. YM-01 is an allosteric promoter of triage functions of the most abundant variant of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family in the brain, heat shock cognate 70 protein (Hsc70). The mechanisms by which YM-01 modified Hsc70 activity and tau stability were evaluated with biochemical methods, cell cultures, and primary neuronal cultures from tau transgenic mice. YM-01 was also administered to acute brain slices of tau mice; changes in tau stability and electrophysiological correlates of learning and memory were measured. RESULTS Tau levels were rapidly and potently reduced in vitro and ex vivo upon treatment with nanomolar concentrations of YM-01. Consistent with Hsc70 having a key role in this process, overexpression of heat shock protein 40 (DNAJB2), an Hsp70 co-chaperone, suppressed YM-01 activity. In contrast to its effects in pathogenic tauopathy models, YM-01 had little activity in ex vivo brain slices from normal, wild-type mice unless microtubules were disrupted, suggesting that Hsc70 acts preferentially on abnormal pools of free tau. Finally, treatment with YM-01 increased long-term potentiation in tau transgenic brain slices. CONCLUSIONS Therapeutics that exploit the ability of chaperones to selectively target abnormal tau can rapidly and potently rescue the synaptic dysfunction that occurs in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies.
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- Jose Abisambra
- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute and Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute and Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute and Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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- Life Sciences Institute and Departments of Pathology and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL, 33613, USA
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Miyata Y, Li X, Lee HF, Jinwal UK, Srinivasan SR, Seguin SP, Young ZT, Brodsky JL, Dickey CA, Sun D, Gestwicki JE. Synthesis and initial evaluation of YM-08, a blood-brain barrier permeable derivative of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) inhibitor MKT-077, which reduces tau levels. ACS Chem Neurosci 2013; 4:930-9. [PMID: 23472668 DOI: 10.1021/cn300210g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The molecular chaperone, heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), is an emerging drug target for treating neurodegenerative tauopathies. We recently found that one promising Hsp70 inhibitor, MKT-077, reduces tau levels in cellular models. However, MKT-077 does not penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB), limiting its use as either a clinical candidate or probe for exploring Hsp70 as a drug target in the central nervous system (CNS). We hypothesized that replacing the cationic pyridinium moiety in MKT-077 with a neutral pyridine might improve its clogP and enhance its BBB penetrance. To test this idea, we designed and synthesized YM-08, a neutral analogue of MKT-077. Like the parent compound, YM-08 bound to Hsp70 in vitro and reduced phosphorylated tau levels in cultured brain slices. Pharmacokinetic evaluation in CD1 mice showed that YM-08 crossed the BBB and maintained a brain/plasma (B/P) value of ∼0.25 for at least 18 h. Together, these studies suggest that YM-08 is a promising scaffold for the development of Hsp70 inhibitors suitable for use in the CNS.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United
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- Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
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- Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania,
United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United
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Rajput S, Kumar BNP, Sarkar S, Das S, Azab B, Santhekadur PK, Das SK, Emdad L, Sarkar D, Fisher PB, Mandal M. Targeted apoptotic effects of thymoquinone and tamoxifen on XIAP mediated Akt regulation in breast cancer. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61342. [PMID: 23613836 PMCID: PMC3629226 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) is constitutively expressed endogenous inhibitor of apoptosis, exhibit its antiapoptotic effect by inactivating key caspases such as caspase-3, caspase-7 and caspase-9 and also play pivotal role in rendering cancer chemoresistance. Our studies showed the coadministration of TQ and TAM resulting in a substantial increase in breast cancer cell apoptosis and marked inhibition of cell growth both in vitro and in vivo. Anti-angiogenic and anti-invasive potential of TQ and TAM was assessed through in vitro studies. This novel combinatorial regimen leads to regulation of multiple cell signaling targets including inactivation of Akt and XIAP degradation. At molecular level, TQ and TAM synergistically lowers XIAP expression resulting in binding and activation of caspase-9 in apoptotic cascade, and interfere with cell survival through PI3-K/Akt pathway by inhibiting Akt phosphorylation. Cleaved caspase-9 further processes other intracellular death substrates such as PARP thereby shifting the balance from survival to apoptosis, indicated by rise in the sub-G1 cell population. This combination also downregulates the expression of Akt-regulated downstream effectors such as Bcl-xL, Bcl-2 and induce expression of Bax, AIF, cytochrome C and p-27. Consistent with these results, overexpression studies further confirmed the involvement of XIAP and its regulatory action on Akt phosphorylation along with procaspase-9 and PARP cleavage in TQ-TAM coadministrated induced apoptosis. The ability of TQ and TAM in inhibiting XIAP was confirmed through siRNA-XIAP cotransfection studies. This novel modality may be a promising tool in breast cancer treatment.
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- Shashi Rajput
- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (VCU) Institute of Molecular Genetics, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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Abstract
The HSP70 family of heat shock proteins consists of molecular chaperones of approximately 70kDa in size that serve critical roles in protein homeostasis. These adenosine triphosphatases unfold misfolded or denatured proteins and can keep these proteins in an unfolded, folding-competent state. They also protect nascently translating proteins, promote the cellular or organellar transport of proteins, reduce proteotoxic protein aggregates and serve general housekeeping roles in maintaining protein homeostasis. The HSP70 family is the most conserved in evolution, and all eukaryotes contain multiple members. Some members of this family serve specific organellar- or tissue-specific functions; however, in many cases, these members can function redundantly. Overall, the HSP70 family of proteins can be thought of as a potent buffering system for cellular stress, either from extrinsic (physiological, viral and environmental) or intrinsic (replicative or oncogenic) stimuli. As such, this family serves a critical survival function in the cell. Not surprisingly, cancer cells rely heavily on this buffering system for survival. The overwhelming majority of human tumors overexpress HSP70 family members, and expression of these proteins is typically a marker for poor prognosis. With the proof of principle that inhibitors of the HSP90 chaperone have emerged as important anticancer agents, intense focus has now been placed on the potential for HSP70 inhibitors to assume a role as a significant chemotherapeutic avenue. In this review, the history, regulation, mechanism of action and role in cancer of the HSP70 family are reviewed. Additionally, the promise of pharmacologically targeting this protein for cancer therapy is addressed.
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- Maureen E Murphy
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Balaburski GM, Leu JIJ, Beeharry N, Hayik S, Andrake MD, Zhang G, Herlyn M, Villanueva J, Dunbrack RL, Yen T, George DL, Murphy ME. A modified HSP70 inhibitor shows broad activity as an anticancer agent. Mol Cancer Res 2013; 11:219-29. [PMID: 23303345 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-12-0547-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The stress-induced HSP70 is an ATP-dependent molecular chaperone that plays a key role in refolding misfolded proteins and promoting cell survival following stress. HSP70 is marginally expressed in nontransformed cells, but is greatly overexpressed in tumor cells. Silencing HSP70 is uniformly cytotoxic to tumor but not normal cells; therefore, there has been great interest in the development of HSP70 inhibitors for cancer therapy. Here, we report that the HSP70 inhibitor 2-phenylethynesulfonamide (PES) binds to the substrate-binding domain of HSP70 and requires the C-terminal helical "lid" of this protein (amino acids 573-616) to bind. Using molecular modeling and in silico docking, we have identified a candidate binding site for PES in this region of HSP70, and we identify point mutants that fail to interact with PES. A preliminary structure-activity relationship analysis has revealed a derivative of PES, 2-(3-chlorophenyl) ethynesulfonamide (PES-Cl), which shows increased cytotoxicity and ability to inhibit autophagy, along with significantly improved ability to extend the life of mice with pre-B-cell lymphoma, compared with the parent compound (P = 0.015). Interestingly, we also show that these HSP70 inhibitors impair the activity of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) in cell-free extracts, and induce G2-M arrest and genomic instability in cancer cells. PES-Cl is thus a promising new anticancer compound with several notable mechanisms of action.
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- Gregor M Balaburski
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Carman A, Kishinevsky S, Koren J, Lou W, Chiosis G. Chaperone-dependent Neurodegeneration: A Molecular Perspective on Therapeutic Intervention. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 2013. [PMID: 25258700 PMCID: PMC4172285 DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.s10-007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Maintenance of cellular homeostasis is regulated by the molecular chaperones. Under pathogenic conditions, aberrant proteins are triaged by the chaperone network. These aberrant proteins, known as "clients," have major roles in the pathogenesis of numerous neurological disorders, including tau in Alzheimer's disease, α-synuclein and LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease, SOD-1, TDP-43 and FUS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and polyQ-expanded proteins such as huntingtin in Huntington's disease. Recent work has demonstrated that the use of chemical compounds which inhibit the activity of molecular chaperones subsequently alter the fate of aberrant clients. Inhibition of Hsp90 and Hsc70, two major molecular chaperones, has led to a greater understanding of how chaperone triage decisions are made and how perturbing the chaperone system can promote clearance of these pathogenic clients. Described here are major pathways and components of several prominent neurological disorders. Also discussed is how treatment with chaperone inhibitors, predominately Hsp90 inhibitors which are selective for a diseased state, can relieve the burden of aberrant client signaling in these neurological disorders.
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- Aaron Carman
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, NY, USA
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Jinwal UK, Akoury E, Abisambra JF, O'Leary JC, Thompson AD, Blair LJ, Jin Y, Bacon J, Nordhues BA, Cockman M, Zhang J, Li P, Zhang B, Borysov S, Uversky VN, Biernat J, Mandelkow E, Gestwicki JE, Zweckstetter M, Dickey CA. Imbalance of Hsp70 family variants fosters tau accumulation. FASEB J 2012; 27:1450-9. [PMID: 23271055 DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-220889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Dysfunctional tau accumulation is a major contributing factor in tauopathies, and the heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) seems to play an important role in this accumulation. Several reports suggest that Hsp70 proteins can cause tau degradation to be accelerated or slowed, but how these opposing activities are controlled is unclear. Here we demonstrate that highly homologous variants in the Hsp70 family can have opposing effects on tau clearance kinetics. When overexpressed in a tetracycline (Tet)-based protein chase model, constitutive heat shock cognate 70 (Hsc70) and inducible Hsp72 slowed or accelerated tau clearance, respectively. Tau synergized with Hsc70, but not Hsp72, to promote microtubule assembly at nearly twice the rate of either Hsp70 homologue in reconstituted, ATP-regenerating Xenopus extracts supplemented with rhodamine-labeled tubulin and human recombinant Hsp72 and Hsc70. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with human recombinant protein revealed that Hsp72 had greater affinity for tau than Hsc70 (I/I0 ratio difference of 0.3), but Hsc70 was 30 times more abundant than Hsp72 in human and mouse brain tissue. This indicates that the predominant Hsp70 variant in the brain is Hsc70, suggesting that the brain environment primarily supports slower tau clearance. Despite its capacity to clear tau, Hsp72 was not induced in the Alzheimer's disease brain, suggesting a mechanism for age-associated onset of the disease. Through the use of chimeras that blended the domains of Hsp72 and Hsc70, we determined that the reason for these differences between Hsc70 and Hsp72 with regard to tau clearance kinetics lies within their C-terminal domains, which are essential for their interactions with substrates and cochaperones. Hsp72 but not Hsc70 in the presence of tau was able to recruit the cochaperone ubiquitin ligase CHIP, which is known to facilitate the ubiquitination of tau, describing a possible mechanism of how the C-termini of these homologous Hsp70 variants can differentially regulate tau triage. Thus, efforts to promote Hsp72 expression and inhibit Hsc70 could be therapeutically relevant for tauopathies.
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- Umesh K Jinwal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of South Florida Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33613, USA
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