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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 264, Issue 1, 231-237, 01, 1989

Phosphorylation of glucocorticoid receptor-associated and free forms of the approximately 90-kDa heat shock protein before and after receptor activation

E Orti, DB Mendel and A Munck
Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756.

Several lines of evidence have suggested that glucocorticoid receptor function may be regulated by phosphorylation-dephosphorylation reactions, and it has been proposed that dephosphorylation accompanies activation to the DNA-binding form. The phosphate content of the approximately 100-kDa steroid-binding protein has been determined directly and was found not to change during activation in intact cells (Mendel, D.B., Bodwell, J.E., and Munck, A. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 5644-5648). We have now determined the effect of interaction with the receptor and of activation on the phosphate content of the approximately 90-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp 90), which is thought to be a non-steroid-binding subunit of nonactivated glucocorticoid receptors that dissociates on activation. Monoclonal antibodies AC88 and BuGR2 were used to purify free Hsp 90 and cytosolic nonactivated glucocorticoid-receptor complexes, respectively, from WEHI-7 cells grown in the presence of 32Pi and [35S] methionine. Cell-free activation of the nonactivated receptor-antibody complexes immobilized on protein A-Sepharose minicolumns allowed the recovery of the Hsp 90 dissociated from the complexes during activation. Proteins were separated by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the 32P/35S ratio, which was used as a measure of the phosphate content relative to protein, was determined for the free, receptor-associated, and dissociated forms of the Hsp 90, as well as for the approximately 100-kDa steroid-binding protein of non-activated and activated receptors. The three forms of the Hsp 90 had the same phosphate contents, as did the approximately 100-kDa steroid-binding protein before and after activation. Based upon these results, we conclude that no net change in the phosphorylation occurs when the Hsp 90 associates with the approximately 100-kDa steroid-binding protein to form nonactivated receptors and that neither protein component of nonactivated complexes is dephosphorylated when they dissociate during thermal activation under cell-free conditions.
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