title: Geldanamycin induces heat shock proteins in brain and protects against focal cerebral ischemia.
abstract: Geldanamycin (GA), a benzoquinone ansamycin, binds Hsp90 in vitro, releases heat shock factor (HSF1) and induces heat shock proteins (Hsps). Because viral and transgenic overexpression of Hsps protects cells against ischemia in vitro, we hypothesized that GA would protect brain from focal ischemia by inducing Hsps in vivo. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 2-hour middle cerebral artery occlusions (MCAO) using the suture technique followed by 22-h reperfusions. GA or vehicle was injected into the lateral cerebral ventricles (i.c.v) 24 h before ischemia. Geldanamycin at 1 microg/kg decreased infarct volumes by 55.7% (p < 0.01) and TUNEL-positive cells by 30% in cerebral cortex. GA also improved behavioral outcomes (p < 0.01) and reduced brain edema (p < 0.05). Western blots showed that the 1 microg/kg GA dose induced Hsp70 and Hsp25 protein 8.2-fold and 2.7-fold, respectively, by 48 h following administration. Immunocytochemistry showed that GA induced Hsp70 in neurons and Hsp25 in glia and arteries in cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and other brain regions. GA reduced co-immunoprecipitation of HSF1 with Hsp90 in brain tissue homogenates, promoted HSE-binding of HSF in brain nuclear extracts using gel shift assays, and increased luciferase reporter gene transcription for the Hsp70 promoter in PC12 cells. The data show that geldanamycin protects brain from focal ischemia and that this may be due, at least in part, to geldanamycin stimulation of heat shock gene transcription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0536, USA.
authors.forename: Aigang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ruiqiong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parmentier-Batteur
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nee
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C000619709:Hsf1 protein, rat; C486114:Hspb1 protein, rat; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011809:Quinones; D014157:Transcription Factors; C001277:geldanamycin