Project description:Heat shock induces rapid modification of proteins with SUMO2/3. This study concentrated in charaterizing how these changes are reflected on SUMOylation of chromatin bound proteins, trancsription, and chromatin binding of SUMO ligase PIAS1.
Project description:Heat shock induces rapid modification of proteins with SUMO2/3. This study concentrated in charaterizing how these changes are reflected on SUMOylation of chromatin bound proteins, trancsription, and chromatin binding of SUMO ligase PIAS1. Comparison of chromatin SUMO2/3 modification pattern in non-stressed and heat shocked K562 and VCaP cells. All samples were done as biological replicates. In K562 cells, SUMO2/3 ChIP-seq was done in non-stressed (37C) and heat shocked (30min at 43C) cells. The effect of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) to chromatin SUMOylation in HS was studied in HSF1 silenced (shHSF1) K562 cells (non-stressed vs. heat shocked) using scramble shRNA transfected cells as control (shSCR). SUMO2/3, SUMO ligase PIAS1,and RNA polymerase II binding in HS (30 min at 43C) and recovery from HS (1h at 37C after HS) was studied using ChIP-seq. Effect of PIAS1 for chromatin SUMOylation was studied in PIAS1 silenced (siRNA for PIAS1, siPIAS1) cells (non-stressed or heat shocked) using non-targeting siRNA transfected cells as a control (siNON). Effect of SUMOylation to chromatin binding of RNA polymerase II was studied in UBE2I silenced (siRNA for UBE2I) and control (non-targeting siRNA transfected, siNON) VCaP cells (non-stressed or heat shocked). Effect of transtription inhibition for chromatin SUMOylation was studied in TRP (triptolide; 1 micromolar, 3h) and DRB (5,6-Dichlorobenzimidazole 1-beta-D-ribofuranosidase; 100 micromolar, 3h) treated VCaP cells. GRO-seq was used to determine HS-induced changes in nascent transcription in K562 cells.
Project description:The role of stress-induced increases in SUMO2/3 conjugation during the Heat Shock Response (HSR) has remained enigmatic. We investigated SUMO signal transduction at the proteomic and functional level during the HSR in the context of cells depleted of proteostasis network components via chronic Heat Shock Factor 1 inhibition versus cells with normal pro-teostasis networks. In the recovery phase post-heat shock, SUMO2/3 conjugation remained high for a prolonged time in cells lacking sufficient chaperones. Similar results were obtained upon inhibiting HSP90, indicating that increased chaperone activity during the HSR is critical for the recovery of SUMO2/3 levels post-heat shock. Proteasome inhibition during the re-covery phase likewise prolonged SUMO2/3 conjugation, indicating that stress-induced SU-MO2/3 targets are subsequently degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Functionally, we show that SUMOylation profoundly enhances solubility of target proteins upon heat shock in vitro. Collectively, our results implicate SUMO2/3 as a rapid response factor protecting the proteome from aggregation upon proteotoxic stress.
Project description:Proctor2005 - Actions of chaperones and their
role in ageing
This model is described in the article:
Modelling the actions of
chaperones and their role in ageing.
Proctor CJ, Soti C, Boys RJ,
Gillespie CS, Shanley DP, Wilkinson DJ, Kirkwood TB.
Mech. Ageing Dev. 2005 Jan; 126(1):
119-131
Abstract:
Many molecular chaperones are also known as heat shock
proteins because they are synthesised in increased amounts
after brief exposure of cells to elevated temperatures. They
have many cellular functions and are involved in the folding of
nascent proteins, the re-folding of denatured proteins, the
prevention of protein aggregation, and assisting the targeting
of proteins for degradation by the proteasome and lysosomes.
They also have a role in apoptosis and are involved in
modulating signals for immune and inflammatory responses.
Stress-induced transcription of heat shock proteins requires
the activation of heat shock factor (HSF). Under normal
conditions, HSF is bound to heat shock proteins resulting in
feedback repression. During stress, cellular proteins undergo
denaturation and sequester heat shock proteins bound to HSF,
which is then able to become transcriptionally active. The
induction of heat shock proteins is impaired with age and there
is also a decline in chaperone function. Aberrant/damaged
proteins accumulate with age and are implicated in several
important age-related conditions (e.g. Alzheimer's disease,
Parkinson's disease, and cataract). Therefore, the balance
between damaged proteins and available free chaperones may be
greatly disturbed during ageing. We have developed a
mathematical model to describe the heat shock system. The aim
of the model is two-fold: to explore the heat shock system and
its implications in ageing; and to demonstrate how to build a
model of a biological system using our simulation system
(biology of ageing e-science integration and simulation
(BASIS)).
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Project description:We profiled SUMO1 and SUMO2 modified proteins in cortical collecting duct (mpkCCD) as a precursor to targeted approaches to assess SUMO function. SUMO levels in cells following heat shock and treatment with deSUMOylation inhibitors were assessed.
Project description:We profiled SUMO1 and SUMO2 modified proteins in distal convoluted tubule (mpkDCT) as a precursor to targeted approaches to assess SUMO function. SUMO levels in cells following heat shock and treatment with deSUMOylation inhibitors were assessed.
Project description:Environmental stress, such as oxidative or heat stress, induces the activation of the heat shock response
(HSR) and leads to an increase in the heat shock proteins (HSPs) level. These HSPs act as molecular
chaperones to maintain cellular proteostasis. Controlled by highly intricate regulatory mechanisms,
having stress-induced activation and feedback regulations with multiple partners, the HSR is still
incompletely understood. In this context, we propose a minimal molecular model for the gene
regulatory network of the HSR that reproduces quantitatively different heat shock experiments both
on heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) and HSPs activities. This model, which is based on chemical kinetics
laws, is kept with a low dimensionality without altering the biological interpretation of the model
dynamics. This simplistic model highlights the titration of HSF1 by chaperones as the guiding line of
the network. Moreover, by a steady states analysis of the network, three different temperature stress
regimes appear: normal, acute, and chronic, where normal stress corresponds to pseudo thermal
adaption. The protein triage that governs the fate of damaged proteins or the different stress regimes
are consequences of the titration mechanism. The simplicity of the present model is of interest in
order to study detailed modelling of cross regulation between the HSR and other major genetic
networks like the cell cycle or the circadian clock.
Sivéry, A., Courtade, E., Thommen, Q. (2016). A minimal titration model of the mammalian dynamical heat shock response. Physical biology, 13(6), 066008.
Project description:Sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) are critical for specifying patterns and levels of gene expression, but the DNA elements to which they can bind are not always sufficient to specify their binding in vivo. In eukaryotes, the binding of a TF is in competition with a constellation of other proteins, including histones which package DNA into nucleosomes. Here, we examine using the ChIP-seq assay, the genome-wide distribution of Drosophila Heat Shock Factor (HSF), a TF whose binding activity is mediated by heat shock-induced trimerization. We detect HSF binding to 464 sites, the vast majority of which contain HSF Sequence-binding Elements (HSEs) in Drosophila S2 cells, but these HSF-bound sites represent only a small fraction of HSEs present in the genome. We find a strong correlation of bound HSEs to active chromatin marks present prior to HSF binding, indicating an HSE’s residence in open chromatin is a primary determinant of whether HSF can bind following heat shock.
Project description:We utilized chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) to analyze the binding of HSF1 and HSF2 to chromatin under oxidative stress and heat shock. ChIP-seq was performed in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) that were exposed to heat shock (HS) or oxidative stress induced by menadione (MD). Antibodies against HSF1 and HSF2 were used for immunoprecipitation.