HSF1 and Molecular Chaperones in Biology and Cancer

Author:   Marc Laurence Mendillo ,  David Pincus ,  Ruth Scherz-Shouval
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Volume:   1243
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9783030402068


Pages:   182
Publication Date:   16 April 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Protein homeostasis, or “Proteostasis”, lies at the heart of human health and disease. From the folding of single polypeptide chains into functional proteins, to the regulation of intracellular signaling pathways, to the secreted signals that coordinate cells in tissues and throughout the body, the proteostasis network operates to support cell health and physiological fitness. However, cancer cells also hijack the proteostasis network and many of these same processes to sustain the growth and spread of tumors. The chapters in this book are written by world experts in the many facets of the proteostasis network. They describe cutting-edge insights into the structure and function of the major chaperone and degradation systems in healthy cells and how these systems are co-opted in cancer cells and the cells of the tumor microenvironment. The chapters also cover therapeutic interventions such as the FDA-approved proteasome inhibitors Velcade and Krypolis as well as other therapies currently under clinical investigation to disarm the ability of the proteostasis network to support malignancy. This compendium is the first of its kind and aims to serve as a reference manual for active investigators and a primer for newcomers to the field. This book is dedicated to the memory of Susan Lindquist, a pioneer of the proteostasis field and a champion of the power of basic scientific inquiry to unlock the mechanisms of human disease. The chapter “Reflections and Outlook on Targeting HSP90, HSP70 and HSF1 in Cancer: A Personal Perspective” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

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Author:   Marc Laurence Mendillo ,  David Pincus ,  Ruth Scherz-Shouval
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Volume:   1243
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030402068


ISBN 10:   3030402061
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   16 April 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: Dedication to Susan Lindquist.- Part I: Structure.- Structural and Biochemical properties of Hsp40/Hsp70 chaperone system.- The TRiC/CCT chaperonin and its role in uncontrolled proliferation.- Regulation of Hsf1 and the heat shock response.- Part II: Function.- Challenging proteostasis: Role of the chaperone network to control aggregation-prone proteins in human disease.- The multifaceted role of HSF1 in tumorigenesis.- Chaperome networks – redundancy and implications for cancer treatment.- Chaperones in the tumor microenvironment.- The impact of the ER unfolded protein response on cancer initiation and progression: Therapeutic implications.- Part III: Therapies.- The right tool for the job: an overview of Hsp90 inhibitors.- Lessons learned from proteasome inhibitors, the paradigm for targeting protein homeostasis in cancer.- Reflections and outlook on targeting HSP90, HSP70 and HSF1 in cancer: A personal perspective.

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Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval professional and educational honors include an Aharon Katzir Center travel fellowship and the Feinberg Graduate School Dean's prize for PhD students in 2007, and a Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral fellowship in 2008. In 2010, Dr. Scherz-Shouval won a Weizmann Institute of Science National Postdoctoral Award for Advancing Woman in Science, a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a Human Frontiers Scientific Program Long-Term Fellowship. She was awarded a Stuart fellowship for cancer research in 2011, and the AACR Scholar-in-Training Award supported by Susan G. Komen in 2014


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Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval is the daughter of Prof. Avigdor Scherz, a pioneer in the field of photo-dynamic therapy in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Weizmann Institute. She earned a BSc in the life sciences with honors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2002 and a PhD in biological chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2008 (with Prof. Zvulun Elazar). She conducted postdoctoral research in Prof. Moshe Oren’s laboratory at the Weizmann Institute and at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and will join the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Biological Chemistry in October 2015. Dr. Marc Mendillo is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Northwestern University. His PhD was obtained from the University Of California-San Diego in Biomedical Sciences followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in San Diego and another at the Whitehead Institute. Currently, he runs a lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. David Pincus is a fellow at the Whitehead Institute where he tries to reveal the underlying mechanisms cells employ to maintain homeostasis in inherently fluctuating environments. 

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