Reversible zinc exchange between metallothionein and the estrogen receptor zinc finger
- 13 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 386 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(96)00356-0
Abstract
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 microM thionein and restored by 120 microM zinc. Moreover, ER in metal-depleted nuclear extracts exhibits reduced DNA binding which can be restored by 140 microM 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.Keywords
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