RDJ2 (DNAJA2) chaperones neural G protein signaling pathways

Cell Stress Chaperones. 2009 Jan;14(1):71-82. doi: 10.1007/s12192-008-0056-y. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

Abstract

A number of structurally divergent proteins with J domains, called J proteins, interact with and activate the ATPase of Hsp70s, thereby harnessing the ATPase activity for conformational work on target proteins. The precise role of most mammalian J proteins remains undefined. In this paper, we demonstrate that transient expression of the J protein, Rdj2, in HEK 293 cells increased cellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels in the presence of the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol. In CNS-derived catecholaminergic neuronal cell line (CAD) neuroblastoma cells, expression of Rdj2 increased isoproterenol-stimulated phosphorylation of cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). Moreover, we have characterized the binding properties of Rdj2 and observed a direct interaction between Rdj2 and receptor-coupled trimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins). We further show that the composition of the Rdj2-chaperone complex and the cysteine string protein (CSPalpha)-chaperone complex, another J protein, is distinct. Our data demonstrate that Rdj2 modulates G protein signaling and further suggest that chaperoning G proteins is an emerging theme of the J protein network.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Cyclic AMP / metabolism
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Estrogens / pharmacology
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • HSP110 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / chemistry
  • HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Chaperones / chemistry
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nervous System / drug effects
  • Nervous System / metabolism*
  • Neuroblastoma / metabolism
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Signal Transduction* / drug effects

Substances

  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
  • Estrogens
  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSP110 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Cyclic AMP
  • GTP-Binding Proteins