Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 20, Pages 3459-3469Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.225
Keywords
heat shock; HSF; NFAT; polyglutamine; protein homeostasis
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
- Yamaguchi University
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Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) is an important regulator of protein homeostasis (proteostasis) by controlling the expression of major heat shock proteins (Hsps) that facilitate protein folding. However, it is unclear whether other proteostasis pathways are mediated by HSF1. Here, we identified novel targets of HSF1 in mammalian cells, which suppress the aggregation of polyglutamine (polyQ) protein. Among them, we show that one of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) proteins, NFATc2, significantly inhibits polyQ aggregation in cells and is required for HSF1-mediated suppression of polyQ aggregation. NFAT deficiency accelerated disease progression including aggregation of a mutant polyQ-huntingtin protein and shortening of lifespan in R6/2 Huntington's disease mice. Furthermore, we found that HSF1 and NFAT cooperatively induce the expression of the scaffold protein PDZK3 and alpha B-crystallin, which facilitate the degradation of polyQ protein. These results show the first mechanistic basis for the observation that HSF1 has a much more profound effect on proteostasis than individual Hsp or combination of different Hsps, and suggest a new pathway for ameliorating protein-misfolding diseases. The EMBO Journal (2010) 29, 3459-3469. doi:10.1038/emboj.2010.225; Published online 10 September 2010 Subject Categories: signal transduction; chromatin & transcription; proteins
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