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ArticleScientific reports2017

Fibronectin is a stress responsive gene regulated by HSF1 in response to geldanamycin.

Karim Colin Hassan Dhanani, William John Samson, Adrienne Lesley Edkins

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karim Colin Hassan DhananiBiomedical Biotechnology Research Unit (BioBRU), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.
William John SamsonBiomedical Biotechnology Research Unit (BioBRU), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.
Adrienne Lesley EdkinsBiomedical Biotechnology Research Unit (BioBRU), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa. a.edkins@ru.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-3615-6651
Rhodes University · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibronectin is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein with key roles in cell adhesion and migration. Hsp90 binds directly to fibronectin and Hsp90 depletion regulates fibronectin matrix stability. Where inhibition of Hsp90 with a C-terminal inhibitor, novobiocin, reduced the fibronectin matrix, treatment with an N-terminal inhibitor, geldanamycin, increased fibronectin levels. Geldanamycin treatment induced a stress response and a strong dose and time dependent increase in fibronectin mRNA via activation of the fibronectin promoter. Three putative heat shock elements (HSEs) were identified in the fibronectin promoter. Loss of two of these HSEs reduced both basal and geldanamycin-induced promoter activity, as did inhibition of the stress-responsive transcription factor HSF1. Binding of HSF1 to one of the putative HSE was confirmed by ChIP under basal conditions, and occupancy shown to increase with geldanamycin treatment. These data support the hypothesis that fibronectin is stress-responsive and a functional HSF1 target gene. COLA42 and LAMB3 mRNA levels were also increased with geldanamycin indicating that regulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) genes by HSF1 may be a wider phenomenon. Taken together, these data have implications for our understanding of ECM dynamics in stress-related diseases in which HSF1 is activated, and where the clinical application of N-terminal Hsp90 inhibitors is intended.

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Antibiotics, AntineoplasticBenzoquinonesCell AdhesionCell Adhesion MoleculesCell Line, TumorCell MovementFibronectinsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHEK293 CellsHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansKalininLactams, MacrocyclicNovobiocinPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, MessengerAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBenzoquinonesCell Adhesion MoleculesFibronectinsgeldanamycinHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHSF1 protein, humanHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsKalininLactams, MacrocyclicNovobiocinRNA, Messenger

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PMID29247221
PMCPMC5732156
OpenAlexW2773213006

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