HSPA8
Available structures PDB Ortholog search:PDBeRCSB List of PDB id codes 3AGY,3AGZ,3ESK,3FZF,3FZH,3FZK,3FZL,3FZM,4HWI,3LDQ,3M3Z,4H5N,4H5R,4H5T,4H5V,4H5W,4KBQ
Identifiers
Aliases	HSPA8, HEL-33, HEL-S-72p, HSC54, HSC70, HSC71, HSP71, HSP73, HSPA10, LAP-1, LAP1, NIP71, heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 8
External IDs	OMIM:600816;MGI:105384;HomoloGene:68524;GeneCards:HSPA8;OMA:HSPA8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q24.1 Start 123,057,489bp[1] End 123,063,230bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 9 (mouse)[2] Band 9 A5.1|9 21.55 cM Start 40,712,280bp[2] End 40,721,383bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in corpus callosum superior frontal gyrus right hemisphere of cerebellum prefrontal cortex right frontal lobe ventricular zone gonad ganglionic eminence right testis primary visual cortex Top expressed in tail of embryo genital tubercle ventricular zone ganglionic eminence ovary mesencephalon neural tube right kidney hippocampus proper proximal tubule More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function nucleotide binding heat shock protein binding unfolded protein binding phosphatidylserine binding C3HC4-type RING finger domain binding protein binding MHC class II protein complex binding enzyme binding G protein-coupled receptor binding ATP binding ubiquitin protein ligase binding ATPase activity RNA binding cadherin binding protein-macromolecule adaptor activity protein folding chaperone activity chaperone binding misfolded protein binding clathrin-uncoating ATPase activity Cellular component cytoplasm cytosol late endosome blood microparticle membrane focal adhesion ubiquitin ligase complex melanosome myelin sheath plasma membrane clathrin-sculpted gamma-aminobutyric acid transport vesicle membrane intracellular anatomical structure Prp19 complex nucleoplasm lysosomal membrane lysosomal lumen nucleolus spliceosomal complex lumenal side of lysosomal membrane extracellular exosome nucleus presynapse extracellular matrix extracellular region extracellular space secretory granule lumen ficolin-1-rich granule lumen lysosome autophagosome axon dendrite terminal bouton presynaptic cytosol postsynaptic cytosol chaperone complex ribonucleoprotein complex Biological process chaperone-mediated autophagy mRNA splicing, via spliceosome late endosomal microautophagy regulation of transcription, DNA-templated regulation of protein stability regulation of mRNA stability positive regulation of mRNA splicing, via spliceosome cellular response to starvation mRNA processing chaperone-mediated autophagy translocation complex disassembly transcription, DNA-templated chaperone cofactor-dependent protein refolding regulation of cell cycle regulation of protein complex stability ATP metabolic process response to unfolded protein clathrin coat disassembly protein folding protein refolding regulation of cellular response to heat viral process negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated neurotransmitter secretion regulation of protein-containing complex assembly negative regulation of supramolecular fiber organization regulation of protein import RNA splicing protein methylation neutrophil degranulation modulation by host of viral process positive regulation by host of viral genome replication membrane organization protein targeting to lysosome involved in chaperone-mediated autophagy axo-dendritic transport vesicle-mediated transport cytokine-mediated signaling pathway cellular response to heat Unfolded Protein Response slow axonal transport Sources:Amigo /QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 3312 15481 Ensembl ENSG00000109971 ENSMUSG00000015656 UniProt P11142 P63017 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006597 NM_153201 NM_031165 NM_001364480 RefSeq (protein) NP_006588 NP_694881 NP_112442 NP_001351409 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 123.06 – 123.06 Mb Chr 9: 40.71 – 40.72 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Heat shock 70 kDa protein 8 also known asheat shock cognate 71 kDa protein orHsc70 orHsp73 is aheat shock protein that in humans is encoded by theHSPA8gene on chromosome 11.^[5] As a member of the heat shock protein 70 family and a chaperone protein, it facilitates the proper folding of newly translated and misfolded proteins, as well as stabilize or degrade mutant proteins.^[5][6] Its functions contribute to biological processes includingsignal transduction,apoptosis,autophagy, protein homeostasis, andcell growth anddifferentiation.^[6][7][8] It has been associated with an extensive number ofcancers,neurodegenerative diseases, cellsenescence, and aging.^[6][7]

This gene encodes a 70kDa heat shock protein which is a member of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family.^[5] As a Hsp70 protein, it has aC-terminal protein substrate-binding domain and anN-terminalATP-binding domain.^[9][10][11] The substrate-binding domain consists of two subdomains, a two-layered β-sandwich subdomain (SBDβ) and an α-helical subdomain (SBDα), which are connected by the loop Lα,β. SBDβ contains the peptide binding pocket while SBDα serves as a lid to cover the substrate binding cleft. The ATP binding domain consists of four subdomains split into two lobes by a central ATP/ADP binding pocket. The two terminal domains are linked together by a conserved region referred to as loop LL,1, which is critical forallosteric regulation. The unstructured region at the very end of the C-terminal is believed to be the docking site forco-chaperones.^[11]

The heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family contains both heat-inducible and constitutively expressed members. The latter are called heat-shock cognate (Hsc) proteins. The heat shock 70 kDa protein 8 also known as Hsc70 belongs to the heat-shock cognate subgroup. This protein binds to nascent polypeptides to facilitate correctprotein folding.^[5] In order to properly fold non-native proteins, Hsp70 chaperones interact with the hydrophobic peptide segments of proteins in an ATP-controlled fashion. Though the exact mechanism still remains unclear, there are at least two alternative modes of action: kinetic partitioning and local unfolding. In kinetic partitioning, Hsp70s repetitively bind and release substrates in cycles that maintain low concentrations of free substrate. This effectively prevents aggregation while allowing free molecules to fold to the native state. In local unfolding, the binding and release cycles induce localized unfolding in the substrate, which helps to overcome kinetic barriers for folding to the native state. Ultimately, its role in protein folding contributes to its function in signal transduction, apoptosis, protein homeostasis, and cell growth and differentiation.^[6][7] Hsc70 is known to localize to thecytoplasm andlysosome, where it participates in chaperone-mediatedautophagy by aiding the unfolding and translocation of substrate proteins across the membrane into the lysosomallumen.^[12][13] Through this pathway, Hsc70 also contributes to the degradation of the proapoptoticBBC3/PUMA under normal conditions, thus conferring cytoprotection.^[13]

Hsc70 additionally serves as a positive regulator of cell cycle transition and carcinogenesis. For example, Hsc70 regulates the nuclear accumulation of cyclin D1, which is a key player in G1 to S phase cell cycle transition.^[14][15]

Another function of Hsc70 is as anATPase in the disassembly ofclathrin-coated vesicles during transport of membrane components through the cell.^[5][16] It works withauxilin to removeclathrin from coated vesicles. In neurons,synaptojanin is also an important protein involved in vesicle uncoating.^[5] Hsc70 is a key component ofchaperone-mediated autophagy wherein it imparts selectivity to the proteins being degraded by this lysosomal pathway.^[5][16]

Human Hsc70 has 85% identity with human Hsp70 (SDSC workbench, blosom26 default analysis). The scientific community has long assumed that Hsp70 and Hsc70 have similar cellular roles, but this assumption proved incomplete. While Hsc70 also performed chaperone functions under normal conditions, unlike canonical heat shock proteins, Hsc70 is constitutively expressed and performs functions related to normal cellular processes, such as proteinubiquitylation and degradation.^[16][17]

The Hsp70 member proteins are important apoptotic constituents. During a normalembryologic processes, or during cell injury (such as ischemia-reperfusion injury duringheart attacks andstrokes) or during developments and processes incancer, an apoptotic cell undergoes structural changes including cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, nuclear condensation, and fragmentation of theDNA andnucleus. This is followed by fragmentation into apoptotic bodies that are quickly removed byphagocytes, thereby preventing aninflammatory response.^[18] It is a mode of cell death defined by characteristic morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. It was first described as a "shrinkage necrosis", and then this term was replaced by apoptosis to emphasize its role oppositemitosis in tissue kinetics. In later stages of apoptosis the entire cell becomes fragmented, forming a number of plasma membrane-bounded apoptotic bodies which contain nuclear and or cytoplasmic elements. The ultrastructural appearance ofnecrosis is quite different, the main features being mitochondrial swelling, plasma membrane breakdown and cellular disintegration. Apoptosis occurs in manyphysiological andpathological processes. It plays an important role duringembryonal development as programmed cell death and accompanies a variety of normal involutional processes in which it serves as a mechanism to remove "unwanted" cells.

Hsp70 member proteins, including Hsp72, inhibit apoptosis by acting on the caspase-dependent pathway and against apoptosis-inducing agents such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα),staurosporine, anddoxorubicin. This role leads to its involvement in many pathological processes, such as oncogenesis, neurodegeneration, and senescence. In particular, overexpression of HSP72 has been linked to the development some cancers, such ashepatocellular carcinoma,gastric cancers,colon cancers,breast cancers, andlung cancers, which led to its use as aprognosticmarker for these cancers.^[7] Elevated Hsp70 levels in tumor cells may increasemalignancy andresistance to therapy by complexing, and hence, stabilizing, oncofetal proteins and products and transporting them into intracellular sites, thereby promoting tumor cell proliferation.^[19][7] As a result, tumorvaccine strategies for Hsp70s have been highly successful in animal models and progressed to clinical trials.^[7] One treatment, a Hsp72/AFP recombined vaccine, elicited robust protective immunity against AFP-expressing tumors in mice experiments. Therefore, the vaccine holds promise for treating hepatocellular carcinoma.^[7] Alternatively, overexpression of Hsp70 can mitigate damage fromischemia-reperfusion in cardiac muscle, as well damage from neurodegenerative diseases, such asAlzheimer's disease,Parkinson's disease,Huntington's disease, andspinocerebellar ataxias, and aging and cell senescence, as observed in centenarians subjected to heat shock challenge.^[19][20] In particular, Hsc70 plays a protective role in the aforementioned diseases, as well as in other neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.^[21] Its protective role was further highlighted in a study that identified HSPA8 alongside other HSP70 proteins in a core sub-network of the wider chaperome interactome that functions as a proteostasis safeguard and that is repressed in aging brains and in the brains of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease patients.^[22]

Hsc70 forms a chaperone complex by interacting with the heat shock protein of 40 kDa (Hsp40), the heat shock protein of 90 kDa (Hsp90), the hsc70-interacting protein (HIP), the hsc70-hsp90 organizing protein (HOP), and the Bcl2-associated athanogene 1 protein (BAG1).^[12]

HSPA8 has also been shown tointeract with:

• Hsc70+Protein at the U.S. National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein

• Genes on human chromosome 11
• Heat shock proteins
• Molecular chaperones

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