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Published on: May 26, 2017
Heat shock protein 90 indirectly regulates ERK activity by affecting Raf protein metabolism
Fei Dou1, Liu-Di Yuan, Jing-Jing Zhu
1Department of Genetics and Development Biology, Southeast University Medical School, Nanjing 210009, China. feidou@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several nerve system diseases. As more and more kinases have been discovered to be the client proteins of the molecular chaperone Hsp90, the use of Hsp90 inhibitors to reduce abnormal kinase activity is a new treatment strategy for nerve system diseases. This study investigated the regulation of the ERK pathway by Hsp90. We showed that Hsp90 inhibitors reduce ERK phosphorylation without affecting the total ERK protein level. Further investigation showed that Raf, the upstream kinase in the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway, forms a complex with Hsp90 and Hsp70. Treating cells with Hsp90 inhibitors facilitates Raf degradation, thereby down-regulating the activity of ERK.
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