Abstract
Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) are widely known as master regulators of the heat shock response. In invertebrates, a single heat shock factor, HSF1, is responsible for the maintenance of protein homeostasis. In vertebrates, seven members of the HSF family have been identified, namely HSF1, HSF2, HSF3, HSF4, HSF5, HSFX, and HSFY, of which HSF1 and HSF2 are clearly associated with heat shock response, while HSF4 is involved in development. Other members of the family have not yet been studied as extensively. Besides their role in cellular proteostasis, HSFs influence a plethora of biological processes such as aging, development, cell proliferation, and cell differentiation, and they are implicated in several pathologies such as neurodegeneration and cancer. This is achieved by regulating the expression of a great variety of genes including chaperones. Here, we review our current knowledge on the function of HSF family members and important aspects that made possible the functional diversification of HSFs.
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Introduction
Living organisms are often faced with proteotoxic stresses such as heat, and the consequent denaturation of cellular proteins. Imbalance in protein homeostasis is detrimental to cellular functions and may even cause cell death. Several stress response pathways evolved to protect cells against such insults. The heat shock response (HSR) is one of the most ancient and evolutionarily conserved pathways that has been identified in all kingdoms of life ranging from prokaryotes to humans. The most characteristic feature of HSR is the prompt induction of a transcriptional program by special transcription factors leading to the activation of genes encoding molecular chaperones that protect proteins from denaturation and help to restore proteostasis. The structure of most molecular chaperones is highly conserved during evolution (Yura et al. 1993). For example, the prokaryotic DnaK shares about 60% sequence homology with the eukaryotic Hsp70 proteins, making Hsp70 one of the most highly conserved molecular chaperones (Richter et al. 2010). The transcription factors that control HSR however differ significantly in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
In Eubacteria, the expression of molecular chaperones is regulated by specific transcription factors (Schumann 2016). In Escherichia coli, this role is fulfilled by the regulatory protein σ32 (Grossman et al. 1984). σ32 is an alternative subunit of the bacterial RNA polymerase. Under normal conditions, the Hsp70 protein DnaK and its cofactor DnaJ keep σ32 in a complex and prime it for degradation, thus reducing its level and as a result preventing the transcription of Hsp encoding genes (Rodriguez et al. 2008). Upon heat shock, these chaperones bind to the increasing numbers of unfolded proteins present in the cell and release σ32 from this complex. A similar model is suggested for the eukaryotic transcription factor HSF1 (see later) (Richter et al. 2010), although HSF1 regulation is more complex than that of σ32, as posttranslational modifications and oligomerization are also involved in the regulation of HSF1 activity (Prahlad and Morimoto 2009).
The Archaea domain includes organisms that inhabit inhospitable environments and therefore have evolved stress responses to survive the extreme heat, pH, and salinity that they encounter. The archaeal heat shock response is in some ways similar to that of other organisms, although it possesses unique features (Conway de Macario and Macario 1994). In Archaea thus far, only two transcriptional regulators of the HSR have been characterized. Phr in Pyrococcus furiosus and HSR1 in Archaeoglobus fulgidus (Kanai et al. 2010; Rohlin et al. 2005; Vierke et al. 2003). So far, no archaeal heat shock factor homologues have been identified, and it is hypothesized that the known regulators are not the sole heat shock regulators in Archaea (Kanai et al. 2010).
In eukaryotes, the evolutionarily conserved heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) are responsible for coordinating the HSR. In yeast and invertebrates, there is only a single HSF called HSF1. In baker yeast S. cerevisiae, fruit fly D. melanogaster and the nematode C. elegans, HSF1 is essential for survival (Jedlicka et al. 1997; Morton and Lamitina 2013; Sorger and Pelham 1988). Recently, it has been shown that depletion of ScHSF1 can be rescued by the simultaneous and constitutive expression of 2 key chaperones, HSP70 and HSP90, and the majority of heat shock induced gene expression is independent of HSF1 function (Solís et al. 2016). These findings suggest that ScHSF1 is required for the basal expression of molecular chaperones. In invertebrates, no such experiment has been published yet, but several studies suggest that basal expression of heat shock proteins is independent of heat shock transcription factor, while heat stress-induced gene expression is mainly controlled by HSF1 (Birch-Machin et al. 2005; Brunquell et al. 2016; Jedlicka et al. 1997; Morton and Lamitina 2013).
In vertebrates, there are at least seven functional HSF paralogues: HSF1, HSF2, HSF3, HSF4, HSF5, HSFX, and HSFY (Joutsen and Sistonen 2019; Roos-Mattjus and Sistonen 2021). These constitute a structurally and functionally diverse gene family (Fig. 1) with members playing role in several physiological and pathological processes. The murine HSF1 is clearly not an essential gene, and it is not required for the basal expression of molecular chaperones (Xiao et al. 1999), which is mediated by other transcription factors such as STAT1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 1), STAT3, and NF-IL6 (Stephanou and Latchman 2011). In mammals, the primary coordinator of heat shock response is HSF1, however, HSF2 also takes part in activating heat shock gene expression (Pirkkala et al. 2001). HSF3 is a pseudogene in human, but a functional HSF3 protein is present in mouse and chicken. The mHSF3 activates transcription of non-classical heat shock genes such as PDZD2 (PDZ domain-containing protein 2) and PROM2 (Prominin-2), thus protecting cells against proteotoxic stress (Fujimoto et al. 2010). HSF4 plays an important role during eye lens terminal differentiation by activating DNASE2B transcription (Cui et al. 2013). In the lens fiber cell, HSF4 also up-regulates p53/TP53 protein (Gao et al. 2017). Besides the processes mentioned before, HSF4 is also involved in DNA repair through the transcriptional regulation of RAD51 (Cui et al. 2012). Relatively little information is available on the role of HSF5 protein. In zebrafish (Danio rerio), Saju et al. showed that HSF5 is predominantly expressed in testis and the loss of function mutation of the hsf5 gene leads to low sperm counts and several morphological abnormalities in spermatozoa, causing infertility (Saju et al. 2018). Several studies support that HSF5 has a role in testis in mammalian species (Chalmel et al. 2012; Kogo et al. 2010). Altogether these suggests that HSF5 is essential for the progression of meiotic prophase 1 during spermatogenesis. The functions of the sex-chromosomal HSFX and HSFY are not well-understood. It is known that they have transcription factor activity (Gaudet et al. 2011), and are suggested to regulate gametogenesis (Tessari et al. 2004; Widlak and Vydra 2017).
HSF1 regulates the heat shock response
The most extensively studied member of the HSF family is HSF1. HSF1 has a characteristic domain structure consisting of four essential domains (Akerfelt et al. 2010) (Fig. 2a). The winged-turn-helix DNA binding domain (DBD) is required for DNA binding. The hydrophobic heptad repeat domain (HR-A/B) mediates trimerization. The hydrophobic carboxy-terminal heptad repeat (HR-C) inhibits trimerization by interacting with HR-A/B. The C-terminal transactivation domain (TAD) activates transcription of target genes. These domains are present in nearly all HSF family proteins, however in some HSFs certain domains are lacking or additional domains are also present (for details see Fig. 3 and Sect. 4.2). In mammals for example, a regulatory domain (RD) has been also identified in HSF1 that serves as a platform for several posttranslational modifications (Joutsen and Sistonen 2019). In some cases, it is not clear whether a given HSF does not have a certain domain or it has not been identified yet.
Although there are species- and tissue-specific features of HSF1 regulation, the chaperone titration model describes the common mechanism of HSF1 induction in all organisms (Voellmy and Boellmann 2007). In a stress-free environment, HSF1 resides in the cytoplasm in a monomeric form (Fig. 2b). In this state, the two hydrophobic heptad repeats interact with each other and trimerization is inhibited. This interaction is stabilized by several proteins forming a so-called repressive complex. Key components of this complex are the molecular chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp90, but other proteins such as histone deacetylase HDAC6 and TRiC/CCT, a central ATP-dependent chaperonin complex have also been identified to participate (Guo et al. 2001; Neef et al. 2014; Pernet et al. 2014). Upon proteotoxic stress, these components bind to unfolded proteins with high affinity, therefore they are titrated away from HSF1. This permits the trimerization and the activation of HSF1 (Hentze et al. 2016). HSF1 then translocates into the nucleus and induces the expression of molecular chaperons. During HSR heat shock proteins accumulate in the cell. Some of these proteins including HSP70, HSP40, and HSP90 bind to HSF1 and thereby inhibit its transcriptional activation and enable the reformation and stabilization of the repression complex on HSF1 monomers (Akerfelt et al. 2010). Attenuation of HSF1 activity is also facilitated by the ubiquitination and the subsequent proteosomal degradation of trimerized HSF1 (Kourtis et al. 2015). Activity of HSFs is also regulated by several posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, SUMOylation and acetylation of specific amino acid residues (Joutsen and Sistonen 2019).
In the nucleus, HSF1 binds to a significantly conserved upstream regulating sequence called heat shock responsive element (HSE). HSE consist of three triplets of inverted repeats of a pentameric nGAAn consensus sequence identified by each DNA binding domains of the active, homotrimerized HSF1 (Amin et al. 1988). Interestingly, it has been shown recently that DB domains of HSF1 and HSF2 differ slightly structurally and functionally giving an explanation how HSFs can regulate the expression of different target genes (Jaeger et al. 2014).
Roles of HSF1 in invertebrates
In invertebrates, HSF1 is the only heat shock transcription factor, and it is required for the induction of heat shock proteins upon proteotoxic stress. Biological roles of HSF1 identified in invertebrates so far are mostly connected with its function in proteostasis. In C. elegans, the role of HSF-1 in aging is also well-established (Hajdu-Cronin et al. 2004; Hsu et al. 2003; Morley and Morimoto 2004; Walker et al. 2003). It seems obvious that CeHSF1 activity influences aging and proteostasis by regulating heat shock proteins; however, there are clues that CeHSF-1 affects aging via HSR independent pathways (Baird et al. 2014; Barna et al. 2012; Kumsta et al. 2017). For example, overexpressing a truncated form of HSF-1 which lacks the putative transactivation domain (TAD) in C. elegans results in increased thermotolerance and longer lifespan (Baird et al. 2014).
Accumulating evidence indicates that HSF1 has an essential function in development (Barna et al. 2018; Kovács et al. 2019; Li et al. 2017). In D. melanogaster, HSF1 is required for larval development as DmHSF1 depleted animals arrest at early larval stages (Jedlicka et al. 1997). However, larvae developed into adults if HSF1 was depleted right after the second larval stage, suggesting that HSF1 plays a critical role in a narrow time window. Moreover, at physiological temperatures, the expression level of heat shock proteins was similar in both wild type and HSF1 mutants during larval development, implying that the developmental role of HSF1 is independent of heat shock proteins. This study also highlighted that DmHSF1 functions in oogenesis, since depleting HSF1 leads to maternal effect sterility (Jedlicka et al. 1997). In worms, the hsf-1(sy441) mutant strain that expresses a truncated form of CeHSF1, lacking the TAD domain, is unable to activate Hsps, but is viable (Hajdu-Cronin et al. 2004). At the same time, the null mutant hsf-1(ok600) animals arrest in L2 larval stage (Morton and Lamitina 2013). CeHSF1 was also shown to regulate the formation of stress resistant dauer larvae (Barna et al. 2012; Walker et al. 2003). A fascinating study from the Morimoto laboratory showed that CeHSF1 cooperates with E2F and DP (dimerization partner) transcription factors to drive a specific transcriptional program during C. elegans larval development (Li et al. 2016).
Functional diversification of HSFs in vertebrates
In vertebrates, there are at least six paralogues of HSFs (Fig. 3). HSFs have undergone significant functional diversification. A plethora of biological functions have been assigned to vertebrate HSFs, especially to the most extensively studied HSF1 and HSF2. These include aging, development, cell proliferation, and metabolism. HSFs were also associated with several pathologies involving neurodegeneration and cancer. These functions were thoroughly discussed in recent reviews (Barna et al. 2018; Joutsen and Sistonen 2019; Puustinen and Sistonen 2020; Syafruddin et al. 2021). Here, we concentrate on the question of how functional specialization of HSFs is achieved.
The family of HSFs was formed most probably by gene duplications. Gene duplications can supply raw material for evolution by creating opportunities for functional divergence of proteins (Innan and Kondrashov 2010). Either one of the duplicates retains its original function, while the other can evolve freely by accumulating changes or both copies evolve through the partitioning of the functions of the original protein. Mechanisms through which HSFs can acquire functional diversification include acquisition of specific spatiotemporal expression patterns, obtaining novel domain structure, being regulated by different posttranslational modifications, interacting functionally with each other or cofactors, and gaining ability to regulate different sets of target genes.
Diverse expression profiles of HSFs
Both HSF1 and HSF2 are ubiquitously expressed in most tissues, but while HSF1 is evenly expressed across tissues during development, HSF2 shows a dynamic spatiotemporal expression (Duchateau et al. 2020; Fiorenza et al. 1995). In contrast to this, increased expression of HSF4 is restricted to some tissues such as muscle tissues, cerebral cortex, midbrain, retina, and pancreas (Nakai et al. 1997; Syafruddin et al. 2021; Tanabe et al. 1999). A good example of how functional diversification is reflected in the expression profile of HSFs comes from studies describing HSF functions in the developing central nervous system (CNS) of mice. mHSF1, mHSF2, and mHSF4 are all expressed in the developing brain; however, while mHSF4 mRNA starts to accumulate only in the postnatal CNS, mHSF1 and mHSF2 exhibit dynamic and distinct expression pattern in both the prenatal and the postnatal brain (Yunhua Chang et al. 2006a, b; Kallio et al. 2002; Rallu et al. 1997).
In line with this, both HSF1 and HSF2 play roles in the developing CNS. Mice lacking HSF1 activity are prone to depression and aggression along with impaired hippocampal spinogenesis and neurogenesis (Uchida et al. 2011). Observations that HSF1 regulates two polysialyltransferase genes, St8siaII and St8siaIV in hippocampus (Homma et al. 2007) and activates Dp71 gene encoding dystrophin (Tan et al. 2015) also support the view that HSF1 activity is required for normal development of CNS. HSF2 null mutant mice exhibit several brain development abnormalities, involving enlarged ventricles, small hippocampus, and mispositioning of neurons (Yunhua Chang et al. 2006a, b; Takaki et al. 2006). These abnormalities may arise from defects in neuronal migration as activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)—which is required for cortical lamination—is altered by HSF2 via regulating p35 and p39 (Yunhua Chang et al. 2006a, b; Tsai et al. 1994). In contrast to this, no roles for HSF4 were identified during the prenatal brain development; however it is clear now that HSF4 influences the development of the lens and the olfactory neuroepithelium in the postnatal brain (Chae et al. 1997; Fujimoto et al. 2004; Takaki et al. 2006). Function of HSF4 in lens development is also supported by reports showing that mutations of HSF4 in humans are linked to severe juvenile cataracts (Anand et al. 2018; Bu et al. 2002).
Different domain structure of HSFs can lead to divergence in regulation and function
Functional domains of the HSF family are highly conserved, though domain structures of HSFs can differ (Fig. 3) (Akerfelt et al. 2010; Gomez-Pastor et al. n.d.; Joutsen and Sistonen 2019). All HSFs have conserved DNA binding domains and N-terminal oligomerization domain (HR-A/B). HR-A/B is required for homo- or heterotrimerization to give rise to the active form of HSFs. Hydrophobic heptad repeats domain (HR-C) is present in all vertebrate HSFs but HSF4. Since this domain inhibits oligomerization and thereby DNA binding of HSFs, HSF4 has the potential to constitutively bind to the promoter of its target genes (Hentze et al. 2016; Nakai et al. 1997). Transcription activation domain (TAD) recruits transcription factors, co-factors, and chromatin-modifying factors to induce transcription of HSF target genes. Importantly, expression of target genes is not necessarily induced by the DNA binding of HSF trimers as PTMs and protein interactors can inhibit transcriptional activity of HSFs (Hensold et al. 1990). Interestingly, HSF4 bears two C-terminal transactivation domains encompassing the regulatory domain (RD) (Syafruddin et al. 2021). TAD can be inhibited or activated by the RD which serves as a platform for posttranslational modifications (PTMs) that fine-tune the transactivation activity of HSFs (Joutsen and Sistonen 2019). It is worth noting that two isoforms of HSF4 have been described having opposing effects on transcription: HSF4a represses, while HSF4b activates transcription of its target genes (Frejtag et al. 2001; Syafruddin et al. 2021; Tanabe et al. 1999). In summary, different domain structure of the HSF family of proteins can lead to significant differences in regulation and function.
Posttranslational regulation of HSF activity
Several amino acid residues of HSFs are subjected to posttranslational modifications that affect the activity of the transcription factor. These include phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitination and SUMOylation (Gomez-Pastor et al. 2018; Joutsen and Sistonen 2019; Roos-Mattjus and Sistonen 2021). The different PTMs can contribute to the functional diversification of HSFs, since these can provide an additional level of regulation leading to spatiotemporal differences in activity during stress and development. PTMs were best characterized in case of human and murine HSF1, HSF2, and HSF4 (Fig. 4).
Hyperphosphorylation of HSF1 at serine and threonine residues happens upon proteotoxic stress, suggesting that phosphorylation enhances HSF1 activity (Cotto et al. 1996; Dayalan Naidu et al. 2016), but HSF1 can be also activated in case of the complete loss of phosphorylation (Budzyński et al. 2015; Zheng et al. 2016). Intriguingly, no phosphorylated residues have been identified in HSF2 (Joutsen and Sistonen 2019; Roos-Mattjus and Sistonen 2021) and only two such residues were identified in HSF4 (Fig. 4). However, it is plausible that phosphorylated residues will be identified also in HSF2 and HSF4 as there are phosphorylated residues in HSF1 (e.g., S13) that are highly conserved in both human and murine HSFs (Online Resource 1).
Acetylation of HSF1 can affect the activity of the protein in several ways. In non-stressed cells, stability of HSF1 is mediated by the acetylation of K208 and K298, while upon chronic stress DNA binding of HSF1 is inhibited by acetylation of K residues in the DB domain (Raychaudhuri et al. 2014; Westerheide et al. 2009). Interestingly, to date, no acetylation has been observed at residues of HSF2 and HSF4; however, there are several conserved K residues such as K62, K80, and K118 in the DBD of HSF2 and HSF4 (Online Resource 1). These conserved lysines however can be also targeted by ubiquitination and SUMOylation. Proteosomal degradation plays an important role in regulating HSF-mediated transcription (Ahlskog et al. 2010; Kourtis et al. 2015; Liao et al. 2015; Raychaudhuri et al. 2014), and several lysine residues of HSF1, HSF2 and HSF4 have been identified at which these proteins can be ubiquitinylated (Akimov et al. 2018; Kim et al. 2007; Wagner et al. 2011). SUMOylation also has been shown to regulate HSF trimerization and DNA binding activity (Hietakangas et al. 2006, 2003), and several lysine residues have been proposed to be SUMOylated in all human HSFs.
Interactions between distinct HSFs contribute to functional diversity
Several studies have reported that distinct HSFs are simultaneously active in the same cells; moreover, it was also showed that HSFs can interact with each other functionally or even physically. These observations provide insight into the complexity of HSF-dependent regulation of gene expression during stress and development.
Binding sites of all HSFs are similar, so it is a plausible scenario that two distinct HSFs present in the same cell can recognize a given HSE. Indeed, such a phenomenon was reported in the case of HSF1 and HSF2 in mitotic cells (Elsing et al. 2014). Here, they showed that HSF2 and HSF1 compete for the same HSE to regulate HSP70 and HSF2 functions as a repressor of HSF1-dependent transcription during mitosis. Cooperative regulation of the same target genes by HSF1 and HSF2 has been also described in mouse testis (Korfanty et al. 2014).
It has been documented that HSF4a is able to repress HSF1 and HSF2 activated gene transcription during the HSR (Kim et al. 2012; Zhang et al. 2001). Moreover, HSF4a has been reported to compete with HSF1 for the promoter of fibroblast growth factor 7 (Fgf-7) during development of lens epithelium (Fujimoto et al. 2004). While HSF1 activates Fgf-7, HSF4a acts as a repressor. Similarly, HSF1 and HSF4 were shown to play antagonistic roles during olfactory neurogenesis in mice (Takaki et al. 2006).
Intramolecular interaction between HSFs has also been described. Several studies showed that HSF1 and HSF2 are able to interact with each other via their HR-A/B domains to form heterotrimers (El Fatimy et al. 2014; Jaeger et al. 2016; Sandqvist et al. 2009; Trinklein et al. 2004). HSF1/2 heterotrimers were shown to be localized to nuclear stress bodies, where they control the stress induced transcription of the noncoding satellite III DNA. Interestingly, overexpression of HSF2 alone induced HSF1-dependent transcription in the absence of stress (Sandqvist et al. 2009). Of note, HSF1/2 heterotrimer was recently reported to govern a specific transcriptional program required for malignancy in diverse types of cancer (Smith et al. 2022). These finding suggest that HSF1/HSF2 heterotrimers are transcriptionally competent and play pivotal role in development and disease by modifying HSF1-mediated transcription.
Cofactors and interactors influence target gene selection of HSFs
Although HSFs recognize similar HSEs in the genome, there are HSF-specific preferences in promoter architecture that make it possible for each HSF to regulate different sets of target genes. These include the number, the length and the orientation of inverted repeats of nGAAn motifs and also the position of HSEs (intergenic or intronic) (Bonner et al. 1994; Jaeger et al. 2014; Somasundaram and Bhat 2000). Interactions of HSFs with other transcription factors can also modulate target gene selection. In C. elegans, adjacent to HSEs a GC-rich motive was identified in the promoters of genes regulated by CeHSF1 during larval development (Li et al. 2016). These GC-rich motives are bound by E2F and DP which function as coactivators for HSF-1 to orchestrate specific transcriptional program required for development.
Similarly, it was reported in human K562 erythroleukemia cells that HSF1 binds to promoters which are primed to be transcribed by transcription factors such as SP2 and GATA, as well as to non-transcribed chromatin bound by CCCTC-binding factor CTCF (Vihervaara et al. 2017). Of note, HSF1 and CTCF have been recently reported to interact in vivo and in vitro, suggesting that CTCF could affect HSF1-mediated transcription (Burchfiel et al. 2021). HSF1 drives a cancer-specific transcriptional program involving many noncanonical target genes that support malignancy and thereby supports the survival of highly malignant human tumors (Mendillo et al. 2012). Interestingly, in human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells, oncogenic NOTCH1 and HSF1 were reported to occupy the same promoters to induce HSF1-mediated transcription (Kourtis et al. 2018). In summary, accumulating evidence suggests that the target gene selection of HSFs is context-dependent; promoter architecture and cooperation with other transcription factors can shape the transcriptional program of HSFs.
Conclusions and perspectives
Originally, research of HSFs focused on the role of heat shock factors in stress response. During the last 20 years hundreds of studies revealed that the biological functions of HSFs are broader than previously thought. Now, it is clear that HSFs are crucial factors in regulating development, aging, and age-related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer (Fig. 5). The wide range of HSF-related functions raises the question how a single HSF1 in invertebrates or distinct HSFs in vertebrates play role in diverse physiological and pathological processes. In this review, we highlighted five mechanisms that made possible the functional diversification of the HSF family. The most fascinating of these is the finding that cofactors and interactors of HSFs can determine the transcriptional repertoire of HSFs. Identification of general and tissue- or developmental-stage specific interactors of HSFs may elucidate how switching between distinct transcriptional programs of HSFs is achieved.
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Kovács, D., Kovács, M., Ahmed, S. et al. Functional diversification of heat shock factors. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 73, 427–439 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42977-022-00138-z
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