Hsp70 and Hsp40 chaperones can inhibit self-assembly of polyglutamine proteins into amyloid-like fibrils

AUTOR(ES)

Muchowski, Paul J.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The deposition of protein aggregates in neurons is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases caused by polyglutamine (polyQ) proteins. We analyzed the effects of the heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 chaperone system on the aggregation of fragments of huntingtin (htt) with expanded polyQ tracts. In vitro, Hsp70 and its cochaperone Hsp40 suppressed the assembly of htt into detergent-insoluble amyloid-like fibrils in an ATP-dependent manner and caused the formation of amorphous, detergent-soluble aggregates. The chaperones were most active in preventing fibrillization when added during the lag phase of the polymerization reaction. Similarly, coexpression of Hsp70 or Hsp40 with htt in yeast inhibited the formation of large, detergent-insoluble polyQ aggregates, resulting in the accumulation of detergent-soluble inclusions. Thus, the recently established potency of Hsp70 and Hsp40 to repress polyQ-induced neurodegeneration may be based on the ability of these chaperones to shield toxic forms of polyQ proteins and to direct them into nontoxic aggregates.

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