Hsp70–RAP46 interaction in downregulation of DNA binding by glucocorticoid receptor

AUTOR(ES)

Schneikert, Jean

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

Receptor-associating protein 46 (RAP46) is a cochaperone that regulates the transactivation function of several steroid receptors. It is transported into the nucleus by a liganded glucocorticoid receptor where it downregulates DNA binding and transactivation by this receptor. The N- and C-termini of RAP46 are both implicated in its negative regulatory function. In metabolic labelling experiments, we have shown that the N-terminus of RAP46 is modified by phosphorylation, but this does not contribute to the downregulation of glucocorticoid receptor activity. However, deletion of a sequence that binds 70 kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) and the constitutive isoform of Hsp70 (Hsc70) at the C-terminus of RAP46 abrogated its negative regulatory action. Surface plasmon resonance studies showed that RAP46 binds the glucocorticoid receptor only when it has interacted with Hsp70/Hsc70, and confocal immunofluorescence analyses revealed a nuclear transport of Hsp70/Hsc70 by the liganded receptor. Together these findings demonstrate an important contribution of Hsp70/Hsc70 in the binding of RAP46 to the glucocorticoid receptor and suggest a role for this molecular chaperone in the RAP46-mediated downregulation of glucocorticoid receptor activity.

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