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SUBMITTER: Zelin E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4357550 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zelin Elena E Freeman Brian C BC
Journal of molecular biology 20150215 7
Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is critical for defending cells from both acute and chronic stresses. In aging cells, the DNA binding activity of HSF1 deteriorates correlating with the onset of pathological events including neurodegeneration and heart disease. We find that DNA binding by HSF1 is controlled by lysine deacetylases with HDAC7, HDAC9, and SIRT1 distinctly increasing the magnitude and length of a heat shock response (HSR). In contrast, HDAC1 inhibits HSF1 in a deacetylase-independent mann ...[more]