Heat Shock Transcription Factor (Hsf)-4b Recruits Brg1 During the G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle and Regulates the Expression of Heat Shock Proteins.
From: Molecular Chaperone Biology/Radiobiology Program, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
Journal of cellular biochemistry
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0730-2312
- Volume: 98
- Issue: 6
- Pages: 1528-42
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Tu Naxin, Hu Yanzhong, Mivechi Nahid F, et al. Heat Shock Transcription Factor (Hsf)-4b Recruits Brg1 During the G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle and Regulates the Expression of Heat Shock Proteins.. J. Cell. Biochem. Aug 2006;98:1528-42
Abstract
Human brahma-related gene 1(Brg1) is a subunit of the switching/sucrose non-fermenting (SWI/SNF) chromatin-remodeling complex and regulates transcription during cell growth and differentiation and has been found to be mutated in many types of human cancers. Mammalian heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1), which binds conserved sequences on the promoter of the hsp70 gene when cells are exposed to various stress stimuli, utilizes Brg1-SWI/SNF complexes and stimulates transcription in vitro at the level of initiation and elongation. In contrast to the stress-inducibility of Hsf1, in vitro transcribed/translated Hsf4b binds to the heat shock element (HSE) constitutively and loses its ability to bind HSEs following stress. The regulation of Hsf4b transcriptional activity in vivo remains unclear. Here, we present evidence that Hsf4b recruits Brg1 complexes to the promoters of heat shock proteins (HSPs) under physiological growth conditions. Furthermore, in an asynchronous cell population, the association of Hsf4b with Brg1 complexes is regulated in response to activation/inactivation of the extracellular signal regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) signaling pathway. Since Brg1 is also the target of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases and other protein kinases and it is hyperphosphorylated and inactivated during the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, we tested whether the association of Hsf4b with Brg1 complexes is altered during the cell cycle. The results indicate that association of Hsf4b with Brg1 complexes is undetectable during G2/M; however, an Hsf4b interaction with Brg1 complexes is evident at 1-3 h after progression of cells into G1, where chromatin structure is presumed to be more accessible to transcriptional regulatory proteins. At this time, Hsf4b exhibits increased DNA-binding activity and is detectable on promoters of multiple Hsps. To determine the unique role of Hsf4b in stimulating the expression of Hsps during the cell cycle, experiments were conducted with mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) deficient in individual Hsfs. The results indicate that in the absence of Hsf1 and Hsf2, Hsf4b expression in cells leads to increased ability of Hsf4b to bind HSE during G1, leading to enhanced synthesis of inducible Hsp70.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cell Cycle, Cells, Cultured, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, DNA Helicases, DNA-Binding Proteins, G1 Phase, Heat-Shock Proteins, Hela Cells, Humans, MAP Kinase Signaling System, Mice, Nuclear Proteins, Promoter Regions (Genetics), Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors, Transfection
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