Reversible zinc exchange between metallothionein and the estrogen receptor zinc finger

FEBS Letters - Tập 386 Số 1 - Trang 1-4 - 1996
Danielle F. Cano-Gauci1,2, Bibudhendra Sarkar1,2
1Department of Biochemistry Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
2Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada

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We report here the first demonstration that reversible metal exchange occurs between metallothionein (MT) and full‐length estrogen receptor (ER). Specific binding of ER to estrogen response element is inhibited in the presence of 40 μM thionein and restored by 120 μM zinc. Moreover, ER in metal‐depleted nuclear extracts exhibits reduced DNA binding which can be restored by 140 μM native MT. Hence, thionein inhibits DNA binding by abstracting zinc from functional ER while native MT is capable of restoring binding to metal‐depleted extracts by donating metal to ER. This indicates MT may be an important physiological regulator of intracellular zinc and/or other metals.

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