A biosensor of protein foldedness identifies increased “holdase” activity of chaperones in the nucleus following increased cytosolic protein aggregation

Chaperones and other quality control machinery guard proteins from inappropriate aggregation, which is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. However, how the systems that regulate the “foldedness” of the proteome remain buffered under stress conditions and in different cellular compartments remains incompletely understood. In this study, we applied a FRET-based strategy to explore how well quality control machinery protects against the misfolding and aggregation of “bait” biosensor proteins, made from the prokaryotic ribonuclease barnase, in the nucleus and cytosol of human embryonic kidney 293T cells. We found that those barnase biosensors were prone to misfolding, were less engaged by quality control machinery, and more prone to inappropriate aggregation in the nucleus as compared with the cytosol, and that these effects could be regulated by chaperone Hsp70-related machinery. Furthermore, aggregation of mutant huntingtin exon 1 protein (Httex1) in the cytosol appeared to outcompete and thus prevented the engagement of quality control machinery with the biosensor in the cytosol. This effect correlated with reduced levels of DNAJB1 and HSPA1A chaperones in the cell outside those sequestered to the aggregates, particularly in the nucleus. Unexpectedly, we found Httex1 aggregation also increased the apparent engagement of the barnase biosensor with quality control machinery in the nucleus suggesting an independent implementation of “holdase” activity of chaperones other than DNAJB1 and HSPA1A. Collectively, these results suggest that proteostasis stress can trigger a rebalancing of chaperone abundance in different subcellular compartments through a dynamic network involving different chaperone–client interactions.     

hsp70-DnaJ chaperone pairs prevent nitric oxide-mediated apoptosis in RAW 264.7 macrophages

Excess nitric oxide (NO) induces apoptosis in some cell types, including macrophages. Heat shock protein of 70 kDa (hsp70) has been reported to protect cells from various stresses, including apoptosis-inducing stimuli. Several mammalian cytosolic DnaJ homologs, partner chaperones of hsp70 family members, have been identified. We asked if a DnaJ homolog is required to prevent NO-mediated apoptosis. When mouse macrophage-like RAW 264.7 cells were treated with an NO donor, SNAP, apoptosis occurred. This apoptosis could be prevented by pretreatment of the cells with heat or a low dose of SNAP. Under these conditions, levels of hsc70 (an hsp70 member) remained unchanged, whereas hsp70 was markedly induced. Of the DnaJ homologs dj1 (hsp40/hdj-1) was strongly induced and dj2 (HSDJ/hdj-2) was moderately induced. In transfection experiments, hsp70, hsc70, dj1 or dj2 alone was ineffective in preventing NO-mediated apoptosis. In contrast, both dj1 and dj2, in combination with hsc70 or hsp70, prevented the cells from apoptosis. The hsp70-DnaJ chaperone pairs exerted their anti-apoptotic effects upstream of caspase 3 activation, and apparently upstream of cytochrome c release from mitochondria.     

Overexpression of a cytosolic chaperone to improve solubility and secretion of a recombinant IgG protein in insect cells

The secretion of heterologous IgG proteins in the baculovirus-insect cell expression system is accompanied by substantial insoluble immunoglobulin in the infected cells. The accumulation of these insoluble forms suggests a limitation in the processing and secretory pathway of the infected cells. As a result, cytosolic hsp70 chaperones, which are known to associate and prevent aggregation of polypeptides in vitro, have been coexpressed in the infected cells. The hsp70 protein coprecipitated with the immunoglobulin to indicate the formation of a specific hsp70-immunoglobulin complex in vivo. Immunoblot and pulse chase studies indicated that coexpression of hsp70 increased intracellular immunoglobulin solubility. Metabolic labeling experiments revealed that hsp70 increased secreted immunoglobulin levels after several days infection as compared to infection with control baculoviruses. Pulse chase studies indicated that hsp70 increases the solubility of immunoglobulin precursors that are then processed and assembled into the complete antibody oligomer. A comparison of the action of cytosolic hsp70 chaperone to the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP suggests sequential action in which hsp70 increases the solubility of preprocessed immunoglobulin, while BiP enhances the solubility of processed immunoglobulin chains.     

Hormone-free mouse glucocorticoid receptors overexpressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells are localized to the nucleus and are associated with both hsp70 and hsp90

In this work, we examine the cellular localization and protein interactions of mouse glucocorticoid receptors that have been overexpressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells (Hirst, M. A., Northrop, J. P., Danielsen, M., and Ringold, G. M. (1990) Mol. Endocrinol. 4, 162-170). We demonstrate that wild-type unliganded mouse glucocorticoid receptor, which is expressed in CHO cells to a level approximately 10 times that of L cells, is localized entirely to the nucleus by indirect immunofluorescence with the BuGR antireceptor monoclonal antibody. Overexpressed receptors that have either no hormone binding activity or no DNA binding activity because of point mutations also localize to the nucleus, providing genetic proof that the nuclear localization cannot reflect a steroid-mediated shift of the receptor from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and that DNA binding activity is not required for nuclear localization. Like unliganded progesterone receptors, which also associate in a loosely bound "docking" complex with the nucleus, the mouse glucocorticoid receptor overexpressed in CHO cells is associated with both hsp90 and hsp70. This is in contrast to the untransformed mouse glucocorticoid receptor in L cell cytosol, which is associated with hsp90 but not hsp70. The difference in hsp70 association between cell types could reflect overexpression of the receptor in CHO cells. However, like receptors in CHO cells selected for very high levels of overexpression, receptors in CHO cells selected for an intermediate level of receptor expression that is comparable to that of L cells are also bound to hsp70. This observation argues against an explanation of hsp70 association based purely on receptor overexpression, and we speculate that association of the unliganded glucocorticoid receptor with hsp70 might be a consequence of its nuclear localization in the CHO cells. Although there are differences between the mouse receptor in CHO cells and L cells, the nuclear localization signal of the untransformed mouse receptor reacts equivalently with the AP64 antibody against NL1 in cytosols prepared from both cell types.     

Effect of ATP on the Release of hsp 70 and hsp 40 from the Nucleus in Heat-Shocked HeLa Cells

We have recently found a novel 40-kDa heat-shock protein (hsp 40) in mammalian and avian cells and reported that the N-terminal amino acid sequence of mammalian hsp 40 has homology with the bacterial DnaJ heat-shock protein. Also, hsp 40 has been shown to be translocated from the cytoplasm into the nuclei/nucleoli by heat shock and colocalized with hsc 70 (p73) in the nucleoli of exactly the same cells. We here investigated the effect of ATP on the release of hsp 70 (both constitutive p73 and inducible p72) and hsp 40 from the nuclei/nucleoli of heat-shocked HeLa cells which were permeabilized with Nonidet-P40 using immunoflourescence and immunoblotting. Hsp 70 in the nucleoli was released by the addition of ATP but not by ADP, GTP, nonhydrolyzable ATP, nor high salt buffer. In contrast, hsp 40 was not released from the nucleoli with any of these treatments or any combination of these treatments. Thus, hsp 40 might dissociate spontaneously from the nucleoli after hsp 70 has been released in an ATP-dependent manner. Using cell fractionation methods, we showed that while the majority of hsp 40 is localized in the cytoplasm, a small portion of it is located in the microsome fraction in non-heat-shocked control cells and in cells which recovered from heat shock.     

Nucleotide binding states of hsp70 and hsp90 during sequential steps in the process of glucocorticoid receptor.hsp90 heterocomplex assembly

A minimal system of five purified proteins, hsp90, hsp70, Hop, hsp40, and p23, assembles glucocorticoid receptor (GR).hsp90 heterocomplexes and causes the simultaneous opening of the steroid binding cleft to access by steroid. The first step in assembly is the ATP-dependent and hsp40 (YDJ-1)-dependent binding of hsp70 to the GR, which primes the receptor for subsequent ATP-dependent activation by hsp90, Hop, and p23 (Morishima, Y., Murphy, P. J. M., Li, D. P., Sanchez, E. R., and Pratt, W. B. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 18054-18060). Here we have examined the nucleotide-bound states of the two essential chaperones in each step. We show that it is the ATP-bound state of hsp70 that interacts initially with the GR. After rapid priming and washing, the primed GR.hsp70 complex rapidly binds hsp90 in the second step reaction in a nucleotide-independent manner. The rate-limiting step is the ATP-dependent opening of the steroid binding cleft after hsp90 binding. This activating step requires the N-terminal ATP-binding site of hsp90, but we cannot establish any role for a C-terminal ATP-binding site in steroid binding cleft opening. The reported specific inhibitors of the C-terminal ATP site on hsp90 inhibit the generation of steroid binding, but they have other effects in this multiprotein system that could explain the inhibition.     

Stoichiometry, abundance, and functional significance of the hsp90/hsp70-based multiprotein chaperone machinery in reticulocyte lysate

Rabbit reticulocyte lysate contains a multiprotein chaperone system that assembles the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) into a complex with hsp90 and converts the hormone binding domain of the receptor to its high affinity steroid binding state. This system has been resolved into five proteins, with hsp90 and hsp70 being essential and Hop, hsp40, and p23 acting as co-chaperones that optimize assembly. Hop binds independently to hsp70 and hsp90 to form an hsp90.Hop.hsp70 complex that acts as a machinery to open up the GR steroid binding site. Because purified hsp90 and hsp70 are sufficient for some activation of GR steroid binding activity, some investigators have rejected any role for Hop in GR.hsp90 heterocomplex assembly. Here, we counter that impression by showing that all of the Hop in reticulocyte lysate is present in an hsp90.Hop.hsp70 complex with a stoichiometry of 2:1:1. The complex accounts for approximately 30% of the hsp90 and approximately 9% of the hsp70 in lysate, and upon Sephacryl S-300 chromatography the GR.hsp90 assembly activity resides in the peak containing Hop-bound hsp90. Consistent with the notion that the two essential chaperones cooperate with each other to open up the steroid binding site, we also show that purified hsp90 and hsp70 interact directly with each other to form weak hsp90.hsp70 complexes with a stoichiometry of 2:1.     

The constitutive and stress inducible forms of hsp 70 exhibit functional similarities and interact with one another in an ATP- dependent fashion

Mammalian cells constitutively express a cytosolic and nuclear form of heat shock protein (hsp) 70, referred to here as hsp 73. In response to heat shock or other metabolic insults, increased expression of another cytosolic and nuclear form of hsp 70, hsp 72, is observed. The constitutively expressed hsp 73, and stress-inducible hsp 72, are highly related proteins. Still unclear, however, is exactly why most eukaryotic cells, in contrast to prokaryotic cells, express a novel form of hsp 70 (i.e., hsp 72) after experiencing stress. To address this question, we prepared antibodies specific to either hsp 72 or hsp 73 and have compared a number of biological properties of the two proteins, both in vivo and in vitro. Using metabolic pulse-chase labeling and immunoprecipitation analysis, both the hsp 72 and hsp 73 specific antibodies were found to coprecipitate a significant number of newly synthesized proteins. Such interactions appeared transient and sensitive to ATP. Consequently, we suspect that both hsp 72 and hsp 73 function as molecular chaperones, interacting transiently with nascent polypeptides. During the course of these studies, we routinely observed that antibodies specific to hsp 73 resulted in the coprecipitation of hsp 72. Similarly, antibodies specific to hsp 72 were capable of coprecipitating hsp 73. Using a number of different approaches, we show that the constitutively expressed, pre-existing hsp 73 rapidly forms a stable complex with the newly synthesized stress inducible hsp 72. As is demonstrated by double-label indirect immunofluorescence, both proteins exhibit a coincident locale within the cell. Moreover, injection of antibodies specific to hsp 73 into living cells effectively blocks the ability of both hsp 73 and hsp 72 to redistribute from the cytoplasm into the nucleus and nucleolus after heat shock. These results are discussed as they relate to the possible structure and function of the constitutive (hsp 73) and highly stress inducible (hsp 72) forms of hsp 70, both within the normal cell as well as in the cell experiencing stress.     

A Two-Step Path to Inclusion Formation of Huntingtin Peptides Revealed by Number and Brightness Analysis

Protein aggregation is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease. We describe the use of the recently developed number and brightness method (N&B) that uses confocal images to monitor aggregation of Huntingtin exon 1 protein (Httex1p) directly in living cells. N&B measures the molecular brightness of protein aggregates in the entire cell noninvasively based on intensity fluctuations at each pixel in an image. N&B applied to mutant Httex1p in living cells showed a two-step pathway leading to inclusion formation that is polyQ length dependent and involves four phases. An initial phase of monomer accumulation is followed by formation of small oligomers (5-15 proteins); as protein concentration increases, an inclusion is seeded and forms in the cytoplasm; the growing inclusion recruits most of the Httex1p and depletes the cell leaving only a low concentration of monomers. The behavior of Httex1p in COS-7 and ST14A cells is compared.     

Xenopus hsp 70 genes are constitutively expressed in injected oocytes.

Xenopus heat-shock genes are transiently heat-inducible in somatic cells, but they are also subject to a long-term developmental control in oogenesis and early embryogenesis. In order to understand whether different genes or different promoter elements are involved in the two types of control, several genomic clones coding for Xenopus heat-shock proteins, hsp 70 and hsp 30, were isolated, characterised and tested for expression in oocytes and COS cells. Three isolated hsp 70 genes are nearly identical in their promoter and mRNA leader sequences, indicating that there is only one type of hsp 70 gene. These promoters contain a consensus sequence element (CT-GAA--TTC-AG) upstream of the TATA-box, which is presumably required for their transient heat-inducibility. The two isolated hsp 30 genes show 5'-flanking sequences similar to each other, except that one of them shows a homology disruption precisely around the consensus sequence element. The same gene contains a frameshift mutation in the protein coding part and, since it cannot be expressed after introduction into oocytes or COS cells, it is probably a pseudogene. The other hsp 30 gene is strongly heat-inducible in injected oocytes or transfected COS cells. In contrast, the hsp 70 genes are strongly heat-inducible in COS cells, but their expression is highly efficient in injected oocytes at the normal temperature and is not increased during heat shock. This represents correct cell type-specific regulation of a cloned reintroduced gene, since the endogenous hsp 70 genes are constitutively activated during oogenesis, leading to the accumulation of stored hsp 70 mRNA in oocytes.     

Molecular chaperone function of the Rana catesbeiana small heat shock protein, hsp30

Eukaryotic small heat shock proteins (shps) act as molecular chaperones by binding to denaturing proteins, preventing their heat-induced aggregation and maintaining their solubility until they can be refolded back to their normal state by other chaperones. In this study we report on the functional characterization of a developmentally regulated shsp, hsp30, from the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. An expression vector containing the open reading frame of the hsp30 gene was expressed in Escherichia coli. Purified recombinant hsp30 was recovered as multimeric complexes and was composed of a mixture of alpha-helical and beta-sheet-like structures as determined by circular dichroism analysis. Hsp30 displayed chaperone activity since it inhibited heat-induced aggregation of citrate synthase. Furthermore hsp30 maintained heat-treated luciferase in a folding competent state. For example, heat denatured luciferase when microinjected into Xenopus oocytes did not regain enzyme activity whereas luciferase heat denatured with hsp30 regained 100% enzyme activity. Finally, hsp30 protected the DNA restriction endonuclease, PstI, from heat inactivation. PstI incubated alone at 42 degrees C lost its enzymatic function after 1 h whereas PstI supplemented with hsp30 accurately digested plasmid DNA after 4 h at the elevated temperature. These results clearly indicate a molecular chaperone role for R. catesbeiana hsp30.     

The assembly and intermolecular properties of the hsp70-Hop-hsp90 molecular chaperone complex

The highly coordinated interactions of several molecular chaperones, including hsp70 and hsp90, are required for the folding and conformational regulation of a variety of proteins in eukaryotic cells, such as steroid hormone receptors and many other signal transduction regulators. The protein called Hop serves as an adaptor protein for hsp70 and hsp90 and is thought to optimize their functional cooperation. Here we characterize the assembly of the hsp70-Hop-hsp90 complex and reveal interactions that cause conformational changes between the proteins in the complex. We found that hsp40 plays an integral role in the assembly by enhancing the binding of hsp70 to the Hop complex. This is accomplished by stimulating the conversion of hsp70-ATP to hsp70-ADP, the hsp70 conformation favored for Hop binding. The hsp70-Hop-hsp90 complex is highly dynamic, as has been observed previously for hsp90 in its interaction with client proteins. Nonetheless, hsp90 binds with high affinity to Hop (K(d) = 90 nm), and this binding is not affected by hsp70. hsp70 binds with lower affinity to Hop (K(d) = 1.3 microm) on its own, but this affinity is increased (K(d) = 250 nm) in the presence of hsp90. hsp90 also reduces the number of hsp70 binding sites on the Hop dimer from two sites in the absence of hsp90 to one site in its presence. Hop can inhibit the ATP binding and p23 binding activity of hsp90, yet this can be reversed if hsp70 is present in the complex. Taken together, our results suggest that the assembly of hsp70-Hop-hsp90 complexes is selective and influences the conformational state of each protein.     

Differential effects of the hsp70-binding protein BAG-1 on glucocorticoid receptor folding by the hsp90-based chaperone machinery

The heat shock protein hsp70/hsc70 is a required component of a five-protein (hsp90, hsp70, Hop, hsp40, and p23) minimal chaperone system reconstituted from reticulocyte lysate that forms glucocorticoid receptor (GR).hsp90 heterocomplexes. BAG-1 is a cofactor that binds to the ATPase domain of hsp70/hsc70 and that modulates its chaperone activity. Inasmuch as BAG-1 has been found in association with several members of the steroid receptor family, we have examined the effect of BAG-1 on GR folding and GR.hsp90 heterocomplex assembly. BAG-1 was present in reticulocyte lysate at a BAG-1:hsp70/hsc70 molar ratio of approximately 0.03, and its elimination by immunoadsorption did not affect GR folding and GR. hsp90 heterocomplex assembly. At low BAG-1:hsp70/hsc70 ratios, BAG-1 promoted the release of Hop from the hsp90-based chaperone system without inhibiting GR.hsp90 heterocomplex assembly. However, at molar ratios approaching stoichiometry with hsp70, BAG-1 produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of GR folding to the steroid-binding form with corresponding inhibition of GR.hsp90 heterocomplex assembly by the minimal five-protein chaperone system. Also, there was decreased steroid-binding activity in cells that were transiently or stably transfected with BAG-1. These observations suggest that, at physiological concentrations, BAG-1 modulates assembly by promoting Hop release from the assembly complex; but, at concentrations closer to those in transfected cells and some transformed cell lines, hsp70 is continuously bound by BAG-1, and heterocomplex assembly is blocked.     

Echinococcus granulosus: in vitro effects of ivermectin and praziquantel on hsp60 and hsp70 levels.

Martinez, J., Perez-Serrano, J., Bernadina, W. E., Rodriguez-Caabeiro, F. 1999 Echinococcus granulosus: In vitro effects of ivermectin and praziquantel on hsp60 and hsp70 levels. Experimental Parasitology93, 171-180. Organisms or cells exposed to injurious stresses such as heat shock or chemicals respond by increased (or altered) expression of heat-shock proteins (HSPs). Conversely, an earlier exposure to stress can prepare cells to cope with a subsequent more severe stress. In the present study, protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus were subjected to several anthelmintic treatments, involving storage of the protoscolices for 18, 30, and 50 h with 0.1 mg/ml of ivermectin (IV), praziquantel (PZ), and a combination of each with albendazole (ALB). The organisms were analyzed for the effects of drug treatment on cell integrity and on levels of hsp60 and hsp70 production. Drug efficacy was evaluated by microscopy and by protein content measurement. Hsp60 and hsp70 were detected by Western blotting and incubation with anti-hsp60 and anti-hsp70 antibody, respectively, and quantitation of these proteins was obtained using image analysis. Incubation with IV alone produced the most damage to the protoscolices as indicated by viability loss, decreased protein content, and altered hsp60 and hsp70 levels; incubation with IV + ALB produced less damage as manifested by fewer changes in the aforementioned damage parameters but PZ and PZ + ALB, in this context, were poor anthelmintics. Exposure of protoscolices to thermal stress prior to anthelmintic treatment, in most cases, increased drug efficacy. It is concluded that in the E. granulosus model system drug efficacy is associated with decreased levels of hsp70 expression and increased levels of hsp60 expression.     

Distinct hsp70 domains mediate apoptosis-inducing factor release and nuclear accumulation

Although hsp70 antagonizes apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF)-mediated cell death, the relative importance of preventing its release from mitochondria versus sequestering leaked AIF in the cytosol remains controversial. To dissect these two protective mechanisms, hsp70 deletion mutants lacking either the chaperone function (hsp70-deltaEEVD) or ATPase function (hsp70-deltaATPase) were selectively overexpressed before exposing cells to a metabolic inhibitor, an insult sufficient to cause mitochondrial AIF release, nuclear AIF accumulation, and apoptosis. Compared with empty vector, overexpression of wild type human hsp70 inhibited bax activation and reduced mitochondrial AIF release after injury. In contrast, mutants lacking either the chaperone function (hsp70-deltaEEVD) or the ATP hydrolytic domain (hsp70-deltaATPase) failed to prevent mitochondrial AIF release. Although hsp70-deltaEEVD did not inhibit bax activation or mitochondrial membrane injury after cell stress, this hsp70 mutant co-immunoprecipitated with leaked AIF in injured cells and decreased nuclear AIF accumulation. In contrast, hsp70-deltaATPase did not interact with AIF either in intact cells or in a cell-free system and furthermore, failed to prevent nuclear AIF accumulation. These results demonstrate that mitochondrial protection against bax-mediated injury requires both intact chaperone and ATPase functions, whereas the ATPase domain is critical for sequestering AIF in the cytosol.     

Expression analysis of heat shock genes in the skin, spleen and blood of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) after cadmium exposure and hypothermia

Heat shock proteins are chaperones that play a pivotal role in controling multiple regulatory pathways such as stress defense, hormone signaling, cell cycle control, cell proliferation and differentiation, and apoptosis. In this study, the expression patterns of four well-known heat shock genes (hsp70, hsc70-1, hsc70-2 and hsp90α) were characterized in the skin, spleen and blood cells of the common carp, under unstressed conditions and after Cd2+ treatment or hypothermia. The examined genes were expressed in a tissue-specific manner: hsc70-2 was expressed constitutively, and was at best only slightly inducible; hsp90α exhibited a high basic expression in all three tissues, whereas hsc70-1 did so only in the blood cells, the expression of hsp70 proved to be below the level of detection in unstressed fish. Cold shock induced the expression of hsp genes in the spleen (hsp90α) and blood cells (hsp70, hsc70-1 and hsp90α), while Cd2+ treatment has no effect on the expression pattern. The highest inducibilities were detected in the skin: for hsp70 an induction of at least 20-fold after cadmium exposure, for hsc70-1 of at least 30-fold and for hsp90α of 3-fold after hypothermia.     

hsp70-Dependent Antiviral Immunity against Cytopathic Neuronal Infection by Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

The major inducible 70-kDa heat shock protein (hsp70) protects against measles virus (MeV) neurovirulence in the mouse that is caused by a cell-associated noncytolytic neuronal infection. Protection is type I interferon (IFN) dependent, and we have established a novel axis of antiviral immunity in which hsp70 is released from virus-infected neurons to induce IFN-β in macrophages. The present work used vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) to establish the relevance of hsp70-dependent antiviral immunity to fulminant cytopathic neuronal infections. In vitro, hsp70 that was constitutively expressed in mouse neuronal cells caused a modest increase in VSV replication. Infection induced an early extracellular release of hsp70 from viable cells, and the release was progressive, increasing with virus-induced apoptosis and cell lysis. The impact of this VSV-hsp70 interaction on neurovirulence was established in weanling male hsp70 transgenic and nontransgenic mice. Constitutive expression of hsp70 in neurons of transgenic mice enhanced viral clearance from brain and reduced mortality, and it was correlated with enhanced expression of type I IFN mRNA. Nontransgenic mice were also protected against neurovirulence and expressed increased type I IFN mRNA in brain when hsp70 was expressed by a recombinant VSV (rVSV-hsp70), indicating that hsp70 in the virus-infected cell is sufficient for host protection. In vitro data confirmed extracellular release of hsp70 from cells infected with rVSV-hsp70 and also showed that viral replication is not enhanced when hsp70 is expressed in this manner, suggesting that hsp70-mediated protection in vivo is not dependent on stimulatory effects of hsp70 on virus gene expression.