title: FANCC interacts with Hsp70 to protect hematopoietic cells from IFN-gamma/TNF-alpha-mediated cytotoxicity.
abstract: The Fanconi anemia (FA) complementation group C gene product (FANCC) functions to protect hematopoietic cells from cytotoxicity induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Because apoptotic responses of mutant FA-C cells involve activation of interferon-inducible, dsRNA-dependent protein kinase PKR, we sought to identify FANCC-binding cofactors that may modulate PKR activation. We identified the molecular chaperone Hsp70 as an interacting partner of FANCC in lymphoblasts and HeLa cells using 'pull-down' and co-immunoprecipitation experiments. In vitro binding assays showed that the association of FANCC and Hsp70 involves the ATPase domain of Hsp70 and the central 320 residues of FANCC, and that both Hsp40 and ATP/ADP are required. In whole cells, Hsp70-FANCC binding and protection from IFN-gamma/TNF-alpha-induced cytotoxicity were blocked by alanine mutations located in a conserved motif within the Hsp70-interacting domain of FANCC. We therefore conclude that FANCC acts in concert with Hsp70 to prevent apoptosis in hematopoietic cells exposed to IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Cancer Center, Department of Medicine (Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology), Oregon Health Sciences University and Molecular Hematopoiesis Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keeble
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Christianson
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Faulkner
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bagby
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis; D001665:Binding Sites; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D052218:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein; D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494647:DNAJB1 protein, human; C497651:FANCC protein, human; D052218:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein; D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases