An HSF1–JMJD6–HSP feedback circuit promotes cell adaptation to proteotoxic stress

Milad J. Alasady, Martina Koeva, Seesha R. Takagishi, Dmitri Segal, David R. Amici, Roger S. Smith, Daniel J. Ansel, Susan Lindquist, Luke Whitesell, Elizabeth T. Bartom, Mikko Taipale, Marc L. Mendillo*

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Abstract

Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) is best known as the master transcriptional regulator of the heat-shock response (HSR), a conserved adaptive mechanism critical for protein homeostasis (proteostasis). Combining a genome-wide RNAi library with an HSR reporter, we identified Jumonji domain-containing protein 6 (JMJD6) as an essential mediator of HSF1 activity. In follow-up studies, we found that JMJD6 is itself a noncanonical transcriptional target of HSF1 which acts as a critical regulator of proteostasis. In a positive feedback circuit, HSF1 binds and promotes JMJD6 expression, which in turn reduces heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) R469 monomethylation to disrupt HSP70–HSF1 repressive complexes resulting in enhanced HSF1 activation. Thus, JMJD6 is intricately wired into the proteostasis network where it plays a critical role in cellular adaptation to proteotoxic stress.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere2313370121
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume121
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 16 2024

Keywords

  • HSF1
  • JMJD6
  • proteostasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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