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HSP90 protein stabilizes unloaded argonaute complexes and microscopic P-bodies in human cells.

ABSTRACT: Key components of the miRNA-mediated gene regulation pathway are localized in cytoplasmic processing bodies (P-bodies). Mounting evidence suggests that the presence of microscopic P-bodies are not always required for miRNA-mediated gene regulation. Here we have shown that geldanamycin, a well-characterized HSP90 inhibitor, abolishes P-bodies and significantly reduces Argonaute and GW182 protein levels but does not affect the miRNA level and the efficiency of miRNA-mediated gene repression; however, it significantly impairs siRNA loading and the efficacy of exogenous siRNA. Our data suggests that HSP90 protein chaperones Argonautes before binding RNA and may facilitate efficient loading of small RNA.

SUBMITTER: Johnston M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2861606 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HSP90 protein stabilizes unloaded argonaute complexes and microscopic P-bodies in human cells.

Johnston Michael M Geoffroy Marie-Claude MC Sobala Andrew A Hay Ron R Hutvagner Gyorgy G

Molecular biology of the cell 20100317 9

Key components of the miRNA-mediated gene regulation pathway are localized in cytoplasmic processing bodies (P-bodies). Mounting evidence suggests that the presence of microscopic P-bodies are not always required for miRNA-mediated gene regulation. Here we have shown that geldanamycin, a well-characterized HSP90 inhibitor, abolishes P-bodies and significantly reduces Argonaute and GW182 protein levels but does not affect the miRNA level and the efficiency of miRNA-mediated gene repression; howev ...[more]

PMID: 20237157

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