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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 34, 26058-26065, August 25, 2000

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Heat and Chemical Shock Potentiation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Transactivation Requires Heat Shock Factor (HSF) Activity
MODULATION OF HSF BY VANADATE AND WORTMANNIN^*

Da-Pei Li, Sumudra Periyasamy, Thomas J. Jones, and Edwin R. Sánchez

From the Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43614

Heat shock and other forms of stress increase glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity in cells, suggesting cross-talk between the heat shock and GR signal pathways. An unresolved question concerning this cross-talk is whether heat shock factor (HSF1) activity is required for this response. We addressed this issue by modulating HSF1 activity with compounds acting by distinct mechanisms: sodium vanadate (SV), an inhibitor of protein phosphatases; and wortmannin, an inhibitor of DNA-dependent protein kinase. Using HSF1- and GR-responsive CAT reporters, we demonstrate that SV inhibits both HSF1 activity and the stress potentiation of GR, while having no effect on the hormone-free GR or HSF1. Paradoxically, SV increased hormone-induced GR activity in the absence of stress. In contrast, wortmannin increased HSF1 activity in stressed cells and had no effect on HSF1 in the absence of stress. Using the pMMTV-CAT reporter containing the negative regulatory element 1 site for DNA-dependent protein kinase, wortmannin was found to increase the GR response. However, in cells expressing a minimal promoter lacking negative regulatory element 1 sites, wortmannin had no effect on the GR in the absence of stress but increased the stress potentiation of GR. Our results show that the mechanism by which GR activity is increased in stressed cells requires intrinsic HSF1 activity.

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