Brain delivery of therapeutic proteins using an Fc fragment blood-brain barrier transport vehicle in mice and monkeys

…, C Bedard, KR Henne, T Giese, VA Assimon… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Effective delivery of protein therapeutics to the central nervous system (CNS) has been
greatly restricted by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We describe the development of a BBB …

Mapping interactions with the chaperone network reveals factors that protect against tau aggregation

…, J Oroz, H Kadavath, O Julien, VA Assimon… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
A network of molecular chaperones is known to bind proteins (‘clients’) and balance their
folding, function and turnover. However, it is often unclear which chaperones are critical for …

Specific binding of tetratricopeptide repeat proteins to heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is regulated by affinity and phosphorylation

VA Assimon, DR Southworth, JE Gestwicki - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) require the help of
tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain-containing cochaperones for many of their functions. Each …

Specificity for latent C termini links the E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP to caspases

…, K Basu, KA Opoku-Nsiah, VA Assimon… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein–protein interactions between E3 ubiquitin ligases and protein termini help shape
the proteome. These interactions are sensitive to proteolysis, which alters the ensemble of …

[PDF][PDF] Stabilizing the Hsp70-Tau complex promotes turnover in models of tauopathy

ZT Young, JN Rauch, VA Assimon, UK Jinwal… - Cell chemical …, 2016 - cell.com
Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is a chaperone that normally scans the proteome and initiates
the turnover of some proteins (termed clients) by linking them to the degradation pathways. …

CB-6644 is a selective inhibitor of the RUVBL1/2 complex with anticancer activity

VA Assimon, Y Tang, JD Vargas, GJ Lee… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
RUVBL1 and RUVBL2 are ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities (AAAs) that form
a complex involved in a variety of cellular processes, including chromatin remodeling and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic inhibition of APOL1 pore-forming function prevents APOL1-mediated kidney disease

AM Hung, VA Assimon, HC Chen, Z Yu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
… Affairs (VA) MVP. Electronic health record data were obtained from the VA Corporate Data
… ancestry, and who regularly received care at the VA for the 2 years before enrollment. All …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting protein targets for drug-like compounds using transcriptomics

…, E Süß, RM Biondi, VA Assimon… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
An expanded chemical space is essential for improved identification of small molecules for
emerging therapeutic targets. However, the identification of targets for novel compounds is …

The E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP and the molecular chaperone Hsc70 form a dynamic, tethered complex

MC Smith, KM Scaglione, VA Assimon, S Patury… - Biochemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
The E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP (C-terminus of Hsc70 Interacting Protein, a 70 kDa homodimer)
binds to the molecular chaperone Hsc70 (a 70 kDa monomer), and this complex is …

[HTML][HTML] Isoform-selective genetic inhibition of constitutive cytosolic Hsp70 activity promotes client tau degradation using an altered co-chaperone complement

…, JN Rauch, BA Nordhues, VA Assimon… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The constitutively expressed heat shock protein 70 kDa (Hsc70) is a major chaperone protein
responsible for maintaining proteostasis, yet how its structure translates into functional …