FEBS Letters
Volume 581, Issue 19 , Pages 3665-3674, 31 July 2007

Hsp27 (HspB1) and αB-crystallin (HspB5) as therapeutic targets

Edited by Robert Barouki

  • André-Patrick Arrigo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax : +33 4 72432685.
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  • Stéphanie Simon

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
    • EA 300 Stress et Pathologies du Cytosquelette, UFR de Biochimie, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
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  • Benjamin Gibert

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Carole Kretz-Remy

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Mathieu Nivon

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Anna Czekalla

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Dominique Guillet

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Maryline Moulin

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Chantal Diaz-Latoud

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Stress, Chaperons et Mort Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon 1, Bat. Gregor Mendel, 16 Rue Dubois, F-69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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  • Patrick Vicart

      Affiliations

    • EA 300 Stress et Pathologies du Cytosquelette, UFR de Biochimie, Université Paris 7, Paris, France

Received 16 February 2007; received in revised form 11 April 2007; accepted 15 April 2007. published online 24 April 2007.

Abstract 

Hsp27 and αB-crystallin are molecular chaperones that are constitutively expressed in several mammalian cells, particularly in pathological conditions. These proteins share functions as diverse as protection against toxicity mediated by aberrantly folded proteins or oxidative-inflammation conditions. In addition, these proteins share anti-apoptotic properties and are tumorigenic when expressed in cancer cells. This review summarizes the current knowledge about Hsp27 and αB-crystallin and the implications, either positive or deleterious, of these proteins in pathologies such as neurodegenerative diseases, myopathies, asthma, cataracts and cancers. Approaches towards therapeutic strategies aimed at modulating the expression and/or the activities of Hsp27 and αB-crystallin are presented.

Keywords: Hsp27, αB-crystallin, Neurodegenerative diseases, Myopathies, Cancers

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PII: S0014-5793(07)00416-4

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2007.04.033

FEBS Letters
Volume 581, Issue 19 , Pages 3665-3674, 31 July 2007