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High-Content Image-Based Screening for Small-Molecule Chaperone Amplifiers in Heat Shock

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	Abstract

Heat shock proteins represent the major elements of the cellular stress response that protects cells from diseases caused by protein misfolding. Small-molecule amplifiers of heat shock proteins have shown promising results in several animal models, demonstrating the potential importance of such compounds for therapeutics. The expression of many heat shock proteins is controlled by HSF1, which forms stress granules in the nucleus when transcriptionally activated. Activation of the cellular stress also correlates with the translocation of HSP70 into nucleoli. The authors have developed an image-based, multiparametric assay to simultaneously monitor the effects of compounds on HSF1/HSP70 stress granule formation in heat-shocked Hela cells. High-content screening of the compound library was performed with a Z' of 0.62, demonstrating a highly robust assay for large-scale screening. The resulting hits showed prolonged amplification of HSP70 induction in heat-stressed cells but no effects in cells without stress. Treatment of cells with selected hits exhibited significant cytoprotection from both oxygen glucose deprivation and rotenone-induced stresses. Thus, high-content screening of HSF1/HSP70 amplifiers provides a practical opportunity for clinical therapeutics targeting protein misfolding diseases. (Journal of Biomolecular Screening XXXX:xx-xx)

First published on November 17, 2008, doi:10.1177/1087057108326538

Journal of Biomolecular Screening 2008;13:953.

A more recent version of this article appeared on December 1, 2008


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