Folding of Toll-like receptors by the HSP90 paralogue gp96 requires a substrate-specific cochaperone

Nat Commun. 2010 Sep 21;1(6):79. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1070.

Abstract

Cytosolic HSP90 requires multiple cochaperones in folding client proteins. However, the function of gp96 (HSP90b1, grp94), an HSP90 paralogue in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is believed to be independent of cochaperones. Here, we demonstrate that gp96 chaperones multiple Toll-like receptors (TLRs), but not TLR3, in a manner that is dependent on another ER luminal protein, CNPY3. gp96 directly interacts with CNPY3, and the complex dissociates in the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Genetic disruption of gp96-CNPY3 interaction completely abolishes their TLR chaperone function. Moreover, we demonstrate that TLR9 forms a multimolecular complex with gp96 and CNPY3, and the binding of TLR9 to either molecule requires the presence of the other. We suggest that CNPY3 interacts with the ATP-sensitive conformation of gp96 to promote substrate loading. Our study has thus established CNPY3 as a TLR-specific cochaperone for gp96.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Chaperones / genetics
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Protein Binding / genetics
  • Protein Binding / physiology
  • Protein Folding
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Toll-Like Receptor 9 / genetics
  • Toll-Like Receptor 9 / metabolism
  • Toll-Like Receptors / chemistry
  • Toll-Like Receptors / genetics
  • Toll-Like Receptors / metabolism*
  • Transduction, Genetic
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Tlr9 protein, mouse
  • Toll-Like Receptor 9
  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • endoplasmin