The Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor α Is Destabilized by Geldanamycins in Cancer Cells

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2007-01-05
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The heat shock protein HSP90 serves as a chaperone for receptor protein kinases, steroid receptors, and other intracellular signaling molecules. Targeting HSP90 with ansamycin antibiotics disrupts the normal processing of clients of the HSP90 complex. The platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα) is a tyrosine kinase receptor up-regulated and activated in several malignancies. Here we show that the PDGFRα forms a complex with HSP90 and the co-chaperone cdc37 in ovarian, glioblastoma, and lung cancer cells. Treatment of cancer cell lines expressing the PDGFRα with the HSP90 inhibitor 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) promotes degradation of the receptor. Likewise, phospho-Akt, a downstream target, is degraded after treatment with 17-AAG. In contrast, PDGFRα expression is not affected by 17-AAG in normal human smooth muscle cells or 3T3 fibroblasts. PDGFRα degradation by 17-AAG is inhibited by the proteasome inhibitor MG132. High molecular weight, ubiquitinated forms of the receptor are detected in cells treated with 17-AAG and MG132. Degradation of the receptor is also inhibited by a specific neutralizing antibody to the PDGFRα but not by a neutralizing antibody to PDGF or by imatinib mesylate (Gleevec). Ultimately, PDGFRα-mediated cell proliferation is inhibited by 17-AAG. These results show that 17-AAG promotes PDGFRα degradation selectively in transformed cells. Thus, not only mutated tyrosine kinases but also overexpressed receptors in cancer cells can be targeted by 17-AAG.

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Matei, D., Satpathy, M., Cao, L., Lai, Y.-C., Nakshatri, H., & Donner, D. B. (2007). The Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor α Is Destabilized by Geldanamycins in Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(1), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M607012200
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