Gaucher disease is caused by mutations in the glucosidase, beta, acid gene that encodes glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Glucosidase, beta, acid mutations often cause protein misfolding and quantitative loss of GCase. In the present study, we found that celastrol, an herb derivative with known anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activity, significantly increased the quantity and catalytic...

An interaction between auxilin and heat shock protein 70kDa (Hsc70) was initially discovered in 1995. There exists a large amount of data supporting the basis for their interaction in vitro and their function in clathrin uncoating in vivo. This review examines the key experiments in elucidating this interaction and introduces a third protein that may connect constriction or fission with hsc70/a...

BACKGROUND Cysteine string protein (CSPalpha) is a synaptic vesicle protein that displays unique anti-neurodegenerative properties. CSPalpha is a member of the conserved J protein family, also called the Hsp40 (heat shock protein of 40 kDa) protein family, whose importance in protein folding has been recognized for many years. Deletion of the CSPalpha in mice results in knockout mice that are n...

background: the aim of this study is to create an ex vivo model to examine the expression of two heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) family members, heat shock protein 72 (hsp72) and heat shock constitute protein 70 (hsc70), at the mrna and protein levels in differentiating corneal cells from air exposed limbal stem cells. materials and methods: limbal biopsies were cultured as explants on a cellular...

By Pilar Heredia-Middleton Washington State University December 2005 Chair: Gary Thorgaard Several review articles have been published on the role of heat shock proteins, and their link to temperature in fish and other organisms. Heat shock protein 70 (70KDa) is the most commonly-expressed protein in response to thermal stress, and its expression has been associated with differences in thermal ...