Estudos estruturais e funcionais da Hsp90 de Leishmania braziliensis e suas co-chaperonas p23 / Structural and functional studies of Leishmania braziliensis Hsp90 and its p23 co-chaperones

AUTOR(ES)

Kelly Pereira da Silva

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

15/06/2012

RESUMO

Molecular chaperones are proteins involved in proper folding of other proteins, and others important cellular functions, why they have been targeted for combating various diseases. The Hsp90 (82-96 kDa) are ubiquitous chaperones that interact with a wide range of client proteins. They are formed by three domains: N-terminal, central or middle (M), and C-terminal, which is responsible by its dimerization. The Hsp90 activity is related to its ATPase activity. During the Hsp90 functional cycle, diverse co-chaperones. One of them is the p23 (18 kDa), that interacts with one Hsp90 dimer, and some p23 functions are the inhibition of Hsp90 ATPase activity and chaperone activity. The aim of this work was obtain the Hsp90 recombinant Leishmania braziliensis Hsp90, the N and N+M domains, to determine the important factors related to conformational changes and Hsp90 function, and the molecular basis of GA inhibition. Also, to obtain the Lbp23A and Lbp23B co-chaperones in order to establish relevant aspects for LbHsp90 interaction and its co-chaperones functions. The recombinant proteins were produced, purified and characterized by biophysics techniques. The LbHsp90 was identified as an asymmetric dimer for whereas the others were identified as asymmetric monomers. The interactions between LbHsp90 and domains with nucleotides were determined by fluorescence and the dissociation constants were about 150 µM. The GA-affinity was greater than ATP one, in increasing order for LbHsp90, LbHsp90_NM, and LbHsp90_N. The LbHsp90 showed large chaperone activity related to citrate synthase independently of ATP. The LbHsp90 presented low ATPase activity, which was inhibited by GA with a IC50 of 0,7. The Lbp23A and Lbp23B inhibited the ATPase activity with different values, the Lbp23A inhibition was closed to 100% whereas the Lbp23B one was 30%. The in vitro interaction between the LbHsp90 and Lbp23B was observed by pull-down, in the absence or presence of nucleotides, and for Lbp23A this technique was not appropriated. The pioneering work with Hsp90/p23 from L. braziliensis offers an important contribution to future studies aimed at understanding the functional relationships between these proteins and the context of Hsp90 in the development of leishmaniasis.

ASSUNTO(S)

leishmania braziliensis leishmania braziliensis chaperonas moleculares hsp90 hsp90 molecular chaperones

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