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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 127, 期 11, 页码 3751-3759出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja0464544
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R15HL66009-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [1 R01 GM 58183-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
GATA proteins are transcription factors that bind GATA DNA elements through Cys(4) structural zinc-binding domains and play critical regulatory roles in neurological and urogenital development and the development of cardiac disease. To evaluate GATA proteins as potential targets for lead, spectroscopically monitored metal-binding titrations were used to measure the affinity of Pb2+ for the C-terminal zinc-binding domain from chicken GATA-1 (CF) and the double-finger domain from human GATA-1 (DF). Using this method, Pb2+ coordinating to CF and DF was directly observed through the appearance of intense bands in the near-ultraviolet region of the spectrum (250-380 nm). Absorption data collected from these experiments were best fit to a 1:1 Pb2+-CF model and a 2:1 Pb2+-DF model. Competition experiments using Zn2+ were used to determine the absolute affinities of Pb2+ for these proteins. These studies reveal that Pb2+ forms tight complexes with cysteine residues in the zinc-binding sites in GATA proteins, beta(Pb)(1) = 6.4 (+/- 2.0) x 10(9) M-1 for CF and beta(2) = 6.3 (+/- 6.3) x 10(19) M-2 for Pb-2(2+)-DF, and within an order of magnitude of the affinity of Zn2+ for these proteins. Furthermore, Pb2+ was able to displace bound Zn2+ from CF and DF. Upon addition of Pb2+, GATA shows a decreased ability to bind to DNA and subsequently activate transcription. Therefore, the DNA binding and transcriptional activity of GATA proteins are most likely to be targeted by Pb2+ in cells and tissues that sequester Pb2+ in vivo, which include the brain and the heart.
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