Role of molecular chaperones in steroid receptor action

2004 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 41-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B Pratt ◽  
Mario D Galigniana ◽  
Yoshihiro Morishima ◽  
Patrick J M Murphy

Unliganded steroid receptors are assembled into heterocomplexes with heat-shock protein (hsp) 90 by a multiprotein chaperone machinery. In addition to binding the receptors at the chaperone site, hsp90 binds cofactors at other sites that are part of the assembly machinery, as well as immunophilins that connect the assembled receptor-hsp90 heterocomplexes to a protein trafficking pathway. The hsp90-/hsp70-based chaperone machinery interacts with the unliganded glucocorticoid receptor to open the steroid-binding cleft to access by a steroid, and the machinery interacts in very dynamic fashion with the liganded, transformed receptor to facilitate its translocation along microtubular highways to the nucleus. In the nucleus, the chaperone machinery interacts with the receptor in transcriptional regulatory complexes after hormone dissociation to release the receptor and terminate transcriptional activation. By forming heterocomplexes with hsp90, the chaperone machinery stabilizes the receptor to degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway of proteolysis.

Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 2653-2653
Author(s):  
Yutaka Shima ◽  
Takito Shima ◽  
Tomoki Chiba ◽  
Tatsuro Irimura ◽  
Issay Kitabayashi

Abstract The Pml gene is the target of t(15;17) chromosome translocation in acute promyelocytic leukemia. PML protein is known to localize in discrete nuclear speckles, named PML nuclear bodies (NBs). In NBs, PML interacts with several transcription factors, such as p53 and AML1, and their co-activators, such as HIPK2 and p300. PML activates transcription of their target genes. PML is thought to stabilize transcription factor complex and function as a mediator in transcription activation, but little is known about the molecular mechanism by which PML activates transcription. To clarify the role of PML in transcription regulation, we purified the PML complex and identified a novel F-box protein (FBP), Skp1, and Cullin1 (Cul1) in the PML complex by LC/MS/MS analysis. FBPs form SCF ubiquitin ligase complexes with Skp1, Cul1 and ROC1 and mediate recognition of specific substrates for ubiquitination. We found that the FBP that we identified here also forms a SCF complex with Skp1, Cul1 and ROC1. To identify substrates for the SCF complex, we tested several proteins that could bind to PML, and found that the FBP promotes degradation of HIPK2 and p300. These degradations were inhibited in the presence of a proteasome inhibitor, MG132. The FBP stimulated ubiquitination of HIPK2. These results suggest that the SCF promotes degradation of these proteins by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The fact that the SCF is a part of the PML complex suggests that PML plays a role in the SCF-mediated degradation of HIPK2 and p300 by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. In order to clarify the role of PML in degradation of HIPK2 and p300, we tested effects of PML on the degradation and found that PML inhibited the SCF-mediated degradation of HIPK2 and p300 without inhibition of ubiquitination. To clarify roles of HIPK2, PML IV and the FBP in p53-dependent transcription, we performed reporter analysis using the MDM2 promoter in H1299 cells. Since the FBP promotes degradation of HIPK2, we initially thought that the FBP might inhibit activation of p53-dependent transcription by HIPK2 and PML IV. However, the FBP, HIPK2 and PML synergistically stimulated the p53-dependent transcriptional activation. Taken together our data suggest that the SCF-induced ubiquitination of transcription co-activators HIPK2 and p300 plays a critical role in transcriptional regulation, and that PML stimulates transcription by protecting HIPK2 and p300 from ubiquitin-dependent degradation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xaioyun Guo ◽  
Haifeng Yin ◽  
Yi Chen ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
...  

Necroptosis has emerged as a new form of programmed cell death implicated in a number of pathological conditions such as ischemic injury, neurodegenerative disease, and viral infection. Recent studies indicate that TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is nodal regulator of necroptotic cell death, but the underlying molecular regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. Here we reported that TAK1 regulates necroptotic signaling as well as caspase 8 activation through both NFκB-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Inhibition of TAK1 promoted TNFα-induced necroptosis through the induction of RIP1 phosphorylation/activation and necrosome formation, in the presence of ongoing caspase activation. Further, inhibition of TAK1 triggered two caspase 8 activation pathways through the induction of RIP1-FADD-caspase 8 complex as well as FLIP cleavage/degradation. Mechanistically, our data uncovered an essential role of the adaptor protein TRADD in caspase 8 activation and necrosome formation triggered by TAK1 inhibition. Moreover, ablation of the deubiqutinase CYLD prevented both apoptotic and necroptotic signaling induced by TAK1 inhibition, whereas deletion of the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRAF2 had the opposite effect. Finally, blocking the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway prevented the degradation of key necroptotic signaling proteins and necrosome formation. Thus we identified novel regulatory mechanisms underling the critical role of TAK1 in necroptotic signaling through regulation of multiple cell death checkpoints. Targeting key components of the necroptotic pathway (e.g., TRADD and CYLD) and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway may represent novel therapeutic strategies for pathological conditions driven by necroptosis.


Zygote ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Tan ◽  
An Peng ◽  
Yong-Chao Wang ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Qing-Yuan Sun

The role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) in mitosis is well known. However, its role in meiotic division is still poorly documented, especially in the activation of mammalian oocytes. In this study, the role of proteasome in the spontaneous and parthenogenetic activation of rat oocytes was investigated. We found that ALLN, an inhibitor of proteasome, when applied to metaphase II oocytes, inhibited spontaneous activation, blocked extrusion of the second polar body (PB) and caused the withdrawal of the partially extruded second PB. ALLN also inhibited the parthenogenetic activation induced by cycloheximide, but had no effect on the formation of pronuclei in activated eggs. In metaphase and anaphase, ubiquitin and proteasome localized to the meiotic spindle, concentrating on both sides of the oocyte–second PB boundary during PB extrusion. This pattern of cellular distribution suggests that UPP may have a role in regulating nuclear division and cytokinesis. Ubiquitin was seen to form a ring around the pronucleus, whereas proteasome was evenly distributed in the pronuclear region. Taken together, our results indicate that (1) UPP is required for the transitions of oocytes from metaphase II to anaphase II and from anaphase II to the end of meiosis; and (2) the UPP plays a role in cytokinesis of the second meiotic division.


2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsukasa Okiyoneda ◽  
Kazutsune Harada ◽  
Motohiro Takeya ◽  
Kaori Yamahira ◽  
Ikuo Wada ◽  
...  

The most common cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutant in cystic fibrosis patients, ΔF508 CFTR, is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is consequently degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway known as ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Because the prolonged interaction of ΔF508 CFTR with calnexin, an ER chaperone, results in the ERAD of ΔF508 CFTR, calnexin seems to lead it to the ERAD pathway. However, the role of calnexin in the ERAD is controversial. In this study, we found that calnexin overexpression partially attenuated the ERAD of ΔF508 CFTR. We observed the formation of concentric membranous bodies in the ER upon calnexin overexpression and that the ΔF508 CFTR but not the wild-type CFTR was retained in the concentric membranous bodies. Furthermore, we observed that calnexin overexpression moderately inhibited the formation of aggresomes accumulating the ubiquitinated ΔF508 CFTR. These findings suggest that the overexpression of calnexin may be able to create a pool of ΔF508 CFTR in the ER.


2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (23) ◽  
pp. 7126-7138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Shima ◽  
Takito Shima ◽  
Tomoki Chiba ◽  
Tatsuro Irimura ◽  
Pier Paolo Pandolfi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT PML, a nuclear protein, interacts with several transcription factors and their coactivators, such as HIPK2 and p300, resulting in the activation of transcription. Although PML is thought to achieve transcription activation by stabilizing the transcription factor complex, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism. To clarify the role of PML in transcription regulation, we purified the PML complex and identified Fbxo3 (Fbx3), Skp1, and Cullin1 as novel components of this complex. Fbx3 formed SCFFbx3 ubiquitin ligase and promoted the degradation of HIPK2 and p300 by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. PML inhibited this degradation through a mechanism that unexpectedly did not involve inhibition of the ubiquitination of HIPK2. PML, Fbx3, and HIPK2 synergistically activated p53-induced transcription. Our findings suggest that PML stabilizes the transcription factor complex by protecting HIPK2 and p300 from SCFFbx3-induced degradation until transcription is completed. In contrast, the leukemia-associated fusion PML-RARα induced the degradation of HIPK2. We discuss the roles of PML and PML-retinoic acid receptor α, as well as those of HIPK2 and p300 ubiquitination, in transcriptional regulation and leukemogenesis.


2014 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inès Karmous ◽  
Abdelilah Chaoui ◽  
Khadija Jaouani ◽  
David Sheehan ◽  
Ezzedine El Ferjani ◽  
...  

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