title: What we know about ST13, a co-factor of heat shock protein, or a tumor suppressor?
abstract: This article is to summarize the molecular and functional analysis of the gene "suppression of tumorigenicity 13" (ST13). ST13 is in fact the gene encoding Hsp70 interacting protein (Hip), a co-factor (co-chaperone) of the 70-kDa heat shock proteins (Hsc/Hsp70). By collaborating with other positive co-factors such as Hsp40 and the Hsp70-Hsp90 organizing protein (Hop), or competing with negative co-factors such as Bcl2-associated athanogen 1 (Bag1), Hip facilitates may facilitate the chaperone function of Hsc/Hsp70 in protein folding and repair, and in controlling the activity of regulatory proteins such as steroid receptors and regulators of proliferation or apoptosis. Although the nomenclature of ST13 implies a role in the suppression of tumorigenicity (ST), to date available experimental data are not sufficient to support its role in cancer development, except for the possible down-regulation of ST13 in gastric and colorectal cancers. Further investigation of this gene at the physiological level would benefit our understanding of diseases such as endocrinological disorders, cancer, and neurodegeneration commonly associated with protein misfolding.
authors.affiliation: The Second Affiliated Hospital, Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-zheng
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Jia-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D017510:Protein Folding; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C101119:ST13 protein, human; D018832:Molecular Chaperones