title: Increased monomerization of mutant HSPB1 leads to protein hyperactivity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.
abstract: Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones capable of maintaining denatured proteins in a folding-competent state. We have previously shown that missense mutations in the small heat shock protein HSPB1 (HSP27) cause distal hereditary motor neuropathy and axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Here we investigated the biochemical consequences of HSPB1 mutations that are known to cause peripheral neuropathy. In contrast to other chaperonopathies, our results revealed that particular HSPB1 mutations presented higher chaperone activity compared with wild type. Hyperactivation of HSPB1 was accompanied by a change from its wild-type dimeric state to a monomer without dissociation of the 24-meric state. Purification of protein complexes from wild-type and HSPB1 mutants showed that the hyperactive isoforms also presented enhanced binding to client proteins. Furthermore, we show that the wild-type HSPB1 protein undergoes monomerization during heat-shock activation, strongly suggesting that the monomer is the active form of the HSPB1 protein.
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Neuropathy Group, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics and University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almeida-Souza
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Winter
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dierick
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Durme
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irobi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gettemans
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schymkowitz
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Timmerman
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janssens
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009154:Mutation; D055503:Protein Multimerization
chemical_list: D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; C057725:HSPB1 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones