title: Importance of the ATP-binding domain and nucleolar localization domain of HSP72 in the protection of nuclear proteins against heat-induced aggregation.
abstract: Heat treatment of cells results in an increased protein content of nuclei when isolated after the heat treatment (intranuclear protein aggregation). In a previous study, the role of HSP72 was investigated using Rat-1 fibroblasts stably transfected with the human HSP72 gene. It was observed that the expression of human HSP72 in Rat-1 cells (HR cells) confers heat resistance. The initial heat-induced increase in the nuclear protein content was lower in HR cells as compared to the parent Rat-1 cells. In the present communication, the effects of overexpression of intact or mutant human HSP72 in Rat-1 cells on heat-induced increase in intranuclear protein aggregation and their relationship to cells' thermal sensitivity were examined. Four closely related cell lines were used for this study: Rat-1 cells which constitutively expressed the intact human HSP72, or mutant human HSP72 either missing its ATP-binding domain or nucleolar localization domain, and wild type Rat-1 cells. Our results show that expression of the intact human HSP72 or mutant human HSP72 missing its ATP-binding domain confers heat resistance and protects cells against heat-induced intranuclear protein aggregation. On the other hand, cells expressing mutant human HSP72 missing its nucleolar localization domain demonstrated heat shock responses similar to control Rat-1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Stege
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kampinga
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Konings
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002460:Cell Line; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000502:physiology; D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate