Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Hsp70 and Hsp40 inhibit an inter-domain interaction necessary for transcriptional activity in the androgen receptor

  • Bahareh Eftekharzadeh,
  • Varuna C. Banduseela,
  • Giulio Chiesa,
  • Paula Martínez-Cristóbal,
  • Jennifer N. Rauch,
  • Samir R. Nath,
  • Daniel M. C. Schwarz,
  • Hao Shao,
  • Marta Marin-Argany,
  • Claudio Di Sanza,
  • Elisa Giorgetti,
  • Zhigang Yu,
  • Roberta Pierattelli,
  • Isabella C. Felli,
  • Isabelle Brun-Heath,
  • Jesús García,
  • Ángel R. Nebreda,
  • Jason E. Gestwicki,
  • Andrew P. Lieberman,
  • Xavier Salvatella

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11594-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Hsp chaperones stabilize the inactive conformation of androgen receptor (AR) and are released upon hormone-induced AR activation. Here, the authors locate the Hsp binding region on AR, and show that Hsp70 reduces AR aggregation and promotes AR degradation in cellular and mouse models of a neuromuscular disorder.