PMID- 10383393 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990727 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 27 DP - 1999 Jul 2 TI - Regulation of Hsp27 oligomerization, chaperone function, and protective activity against oxidative stress/tumor necrosis factor alpha by phosphorylation. PG - 18947-56 AB - The small heat shock proteins (sHsps) from human (Hsp27) and mouse (Hsp25) form large oligomers which can act as molecular chaperones in vitro and protect cells from heat shock and oxidative stress when overexpressed. In addition, mammalian sHsps are rapidly phosphorylated by MAPKAP kinase 2/3 at two or three serine residues in response to various extracellular stresses. Here we analyze the effect of sHsp phosphorylation on its quaternary structure, chaperone function, and protection against oxidative stress. We show that in vitro phosphorylation of recombinant sHsp as well as molecular mimicry of Hsp27 phosphorylation lead to a significant decrease of the oligomeric size. We demonstrate that both phosphorylated sHsps and the triple mutant Hsp27-S15D,S78D,S82D show significantly decreased abilities to act as molecular chaperones suppressing thermal denaturation and facilitating refolding of citrate synthase in vitro. In parallel, Hsp27 and its mutants were analyzed for their ability to confer resistance against oxidative stress when overexpressed in L929 and 13.S.1.24 cells. While wild type Hsp27 confers resistance, the triple mutant S15D,S78D,S82D cannot protect against oxidative stress effectively. These data indicate that large oligomers of sHsps are necessary for chaperone action and resistance against oxidative stress whereas phosphorylation down-regulates these activities by dissociation of sHsp complexes to tetramers. FAU - Rogalla, T AU - Rogalla T AD - Max-Delbruck-Centrum fur Molecule Medizin, Robert-Rossle-Str. 10, D-13122 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Ehrnsperger, M AU - Ehrnsperger M FAU - Preville, X AU - Preville X FAU - Kotlyarov, A AU - Kotlyarov A FAU - Lutsch, G AU - Lutsch G FAU - Ducasse, C AU - Ducasse C FAU - Paul, C AU - Paul C FAU - Wieske, M AU - Wieske M FAU - Arrigo, A P AU - Arrigo AP FAU - Buchner, J AU - Buchner J FAU - Gaestel, M AU - Gaestel M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (HSPB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Hsbp1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hspb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 12001-79-5 (Vitamin K) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (MAP-kinase-activated kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Circular Dichroism MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism MH - HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Mice MH - Molecular Chaperones MH - Molecular Mimicry MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Neoplasm Proteins/genetics/*physiology MH - *Oxidative Stress MH - Phosphorylation MH - Polymers/metabolism MH - Protein Conformation MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism MH - Vitamin K/pharmacology EDAT- 1999/06/26 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/26 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/26 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.27.18947 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)74105-2 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 2;274(27):18947-56. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.27.18947.