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Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is a zinc finger-containing transcription factor with diverse regulatory functions in cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation. But little is known about the regulation of KLF4 on the expression of HSP90 (HSP84 and HSP86). In the current study, overexpression of KLF4 was firstly identified to promote the basal expression of HSP90 (HSP84 and HSP86) but not the inducible expression in the C2C12 cells and RAW264.7 cells. Conversely, KLF4 inhibition by antisense oligonucleotides markedly decreased the constitutive expression of HSP90 (HSP84 and HSP86). Here, we also presented data that overexpression of KLF4 resulted in enhanced promoter activities of HSP84. Consistently, KLF4 bind to the KLF4 binding sites in the promoter regions of HSP84 directly. Together, these findings support a role for KLF4 as a novel regulator of the constitutive expression of HSP90.
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This work was supported by funding from the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB512000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30571746 and 30571846).
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Ying Liu and Meidong Liu contributed equally to this work.
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Liu, Y., Liu, M., Liu, J. et al. KLF4 is a novel regulator of the constitutively expressed HSP90. Cell Stress and Chaperones 15, 211–217 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-009-0135-8
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