title: A transcription cofactor required for the heat-shock response.
abstract: The Stress-responsive activator of p300 (Strap) is a transcription cofactor that has an important role in the control of DNA damage response through its ability to regulate p53 activity. Here, we report that Strap is inducible by heat shock and stimulates the transcription of heat-shock genes. A chromatin-associated complex involving heat-shock factor 1 (HSF1), Strap and the p300 coactivator assembles on the heat-shock protein 70 (hsp70) promoter, and Strap augments HSF1 binding and chromatin acetylation in Hsp genes, most probably through the p300 histone acetyltransferase. Cells depleted of Strap do not survive under heat-shock conditions. These results indicate that Strap is an essential cofactor that acts at the level of chromatin control to regulate heat-shock-responsive transcription.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Medical Sciences Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
authors.forename: Danmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L Panagiotis
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Zalmas
authors.forename: Nicholas B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: La Thangue
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D006801:Humans; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C000619706:HSF1 protein, human; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D000076249:Heat Shock Transcription Factors; C434146:Strap protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors