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17-AAG, an Hsp90 inhibitor, ameliorates polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration.
Nature medicine - 1 Oct 2005
Waza Masahiro, Adachi Hiroaki, Katsuno Masahisa, Minamiyama Makoto, Sang Chen, Tanaka Fumiaki, Inukai Akira, Doyu Manabu, Sobue Gen
Abstract excerpt
Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) functions as part of a multichaperone complex that folds, activates and assembles its client proteins. Androgen receptor (AR), a pathogenic gene product in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), is one of the Hsp90 client proteins. We examined the therapeutic effects of 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG), a potent Hsp90 inhibitor, and its ability to degrade...
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