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ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
Volume 7, Issue 3-4, Pages 414-424Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2005.7.414
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Small stress proteins [small heat shock proteins (sHsps)] are molecular chaperones that modulate the ability cells to respond to oxidative stress. The current knowledge concerning the protective mechanism generated by the expression of mammalian heat shock protein-27 (Hsp27) that allows cells to increase their resistance to oxidative stress is presented. We describe the effects mediated by Hsp27 expression toward crucial enzymes such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase that uphold glutathione in its reduced form. New data are presented showing that the expression of sHsps correlates with a drastic decrease in the intracellular level of iron, a catalyzer of hydroxyl radical (Off) generation. A decreased ability of sHsps expressing cells to concentrate iron will therefore end up in a decreased level of oxidized proteins. In addition, we propose a role of Hsp27 in the presentation of oxidized proteins to the proteasome degradation machinery. We also present an analysis of several Hsp27 mutants that suggests that the C-terminal part of this stress protein is essential for its protective activity against oxidative stress.
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