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NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 112-118出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.1140
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资金
- McKnight Foundation
- US National Institutes of Health [NS055746, NS055746-04S1, NS059690, GM077430, NS069844, NS32214, NS076189]
- Muscular Dystrophy Association [MDA238924]
- US National Science Foundation [IOS-0842701]
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0842701] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We sought new strategies to reduce amounts of the polyglutamine androgen receptor (polyQ AR) and achieve benefits in models of spinobulbar muscular atrophy, a protein aggregation neurodegenerative disorder. Proteostasis of the polyQ AR is controlled by the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)- and Hsp70-based chaperone machinery, but mechanisms regulating the protein's turnover are incompletely understood. We demonstrate that overexpression of Hsp70 interacting protein (Hip), a co-chaperone that enhances binding of Hsp70 to its substrates, promotes client protein ubiquitination and polyQ AR clearance. Furthermore, we identify a small molecule that acts similarly to Hip by allosterically promoting Hsp70 binding to unfolded substrates. Like Hip, this synthetic co-chaperone enhances client protein ubiquitination and polyQ AR degradation. Both genetic and pharmacologic approaches targeting Hsp70 alleviate toxicity in a Drosophila model of spinobulbar muscular atrophy. These findings highlight the therapeutic potential of allosteric regulators of Hsp70 and provide new insights into the role of the chaperone machinery in protein quality control.
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