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Heat Shock Protein 90 Is an Essential Molecular Chaperone for Nuclear Transport of Glucocorticoid Receptor ß

¹From the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas ; and ²Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas.

PURPOSE. Glucocorticoid sensitivity in glaucoma has been attributed to differences in the expression of the two glucocorticoid receptors, GR and GRß. GR undergoes steroid-dependent nuclear translocation by associating with a heat shock protein (Hsp)90 multiprotein heterocomplex. The nuclear transport of the non–ligand-binding GRß is still unknown. In this study, the roles of Hsp90 in the nuclear transport of GRß were investigated.

METHODS. Immunocytochemistry and Western blot analysis were performed to detect the subcellular expression of GRß and Hsp90 in normal and glaucomatous trabecular meshwork (TM) cells, as well as in TM cells overexpressing GRß. The role of Hsp90 in GRß transport and stability were determined with the Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-AAG and the proteasome inhibitor lactacystin. Coimmunoprecipitation was performed to study GRß-Hsp90 complexes.

RESULTS. In normal and glaucomatous TM cells, the nuclear concentration of Hsp90 correlates with the nuclear expression of GRß. Transfection with a GRß expression construct produces an overexpression and accumulation of GRß in the nucleus with a corresponding increase in nuclear Hsp90 amount. 17-AAG, a specific Hsp90 inhibitor, completely blocks the nuclear accumulation of GRß and consequently leads to the degradation of GRß in proteasomes. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments verify that GRß complexes with Hsp90 and the microtubule motor protein dynein.

CONCLUSIONS. These data provide strong evidence that Hsp90 is an essential molecular chaperone for the nuclear transport of GRß. This transport appears to occur along micotubular tracks. Because nuclear GRß is important in regulating the glucocorticoid responsiveness, changes in GRß nuclear transport could influence subsequent responses that are often seen clinically, such as glucocorticoid resistance in some inflammatory and autoimmune diseases or enhanced glucocorticoid sensitivity in glaucoma.

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