Characterization and interaction of the C-terminal domain of the human chaperone Hsp90 and co-chaperones Tom 70 and Hop

Author(s)

Lisandra Marques Gava

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia
• Defense date: 2011-08-15

Examining board members

Carlos Henrique Inacio Ramos; Sergio Marangoni; Arlos Alberto Montanari; Yraima Moura Lopes Cordeiro; Marcelo Matos Santoro

• Advisor: Carlos Henrique Inacio Ramos

Abstract

The biological function of proteins is related to its three dimensional structure acquired via protein folding process. In this context, the molecular chaperones play a key role acting as auxiliary protein on protein folding, refolding and dissociation of protein aggregates. Hsp90 is one of the most important molecular chaperones, is essential for cell viability in eukaryotes and is usually associated with proteins involved in cell cycling and cell signaling, which makes these chaperone a very interesting targeting for therapeutic approaches for several diseases. The chaperone activity of Hsp90 can be modulated by other proteins, called co-chaperones. In this work, we characterized the protein C-Hsp90 (Cterminal domain of human Hsp90) and the co-chaperones Hop and Tom70, and also the interaction between C-Hsp90 and Tom70. Circular dichroism and fluorescence emission of tryptophan was first applied for initial characterization of the proteins, followed by analytical ultracentrifugation, analytical gel filtration, dynamic light scattering, size exclusion chromatography - multi angle light scattering (SEC-MALS) and native gel. The interaction between C-Hsp90 and Tom70 were measured by techniques like pull-down, SEC-MALS and isothermal titration calorimetry. The proteins were produced pure and soluble and their oligomeric state were determined as dimer for C-Hsp90, and monomer for Hop and Tom70, these two co-chaperones were also found as dimeric species. The stoichiometry of interaction between C-Hsp90 and Tom70 was determined by SEC-MALS and ITC as been 1 dimer of C-Hsp90 to 1 monomer of Tom70, with a KD of 360 ± 30 nM, ?Happ = -2.6 ± 0.1 kcal/mol and ?S = 21 ± 1 cal/mol.K, suggesting that these interaction is driven by both, enthalpy and entropy. The results contribute to a better understanding of the important Hsp90 machinery, which is involved in many essential cellular and pathological processes, such as neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, infection and cancer (AU)