锌诱导对香菇菌丝生长速度及金属硫蛋白含量影响

金属硫蛋白(Metallothionein)对镉、铜和锌等多种元素有高度亲和性,具有重金属解毒的功能。选取食用菌中的香菇(Mushrooms)作为代表菌种,在固体培养基中添加了不同浓度梯度的元素锌盐溶液,每天测定不同锌浓度作用下香菇的生长速度;培养结束,测定菌丝体内锌含量和金属硫蛋白含量。结果表明,培养环境中锌浓度越高,菌丝体内富锌量越多。通过一系列元素吸附和金属硫蛋白含量相关性分析,发现元素锌含量与香菇中金属硫蛋白含量呈正相关性,锌含量越高,金属硫蛋白含量也越高。实验结果为香菇及其他食用菌富集元素锌机理提供参考,还为食用菌安全问题的解决提供一定参考依据。     

金属硫蛋白异构体及亚型异构体的液相色谱分离与质谱鉴别

建立了金属硫蛋白(MT)异构体及亚型异构体的色谱分离与质谱鉴别方法。将金属硫蛋白混合物通过弱阴离子DEAE Sephadex A-25离子交换柱,结合离线电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)对锌诱导金属硫蛋白的两个异构体MT-1和MT-2进行分离和检测;利用Sephadex G-25凝胶排阻色谱柱对得到的两个金属硫蛋白异构体进行脱盐;探索脱盐后的金属硫蛋白异构体在不同色谱条件下的C18反相色谱柱上的保留行为,进而实现各个亚型异构体的分离;通过在线电喷雾质谱检测实现了对金属硫蛋白各个亚型异构体的鉴别。结果表明,通过优化色谱条件,由离子交换色谱及凝胶排阻色谱得到的金属硫蛋白各亚型异构体在酸性条件下均得到了良好的分离,质谱检测结果与前人的文献报道结果一致。该方法可使金属硫蛋白各异构体均达到最佳的分离效果。     

金属硫蛋白溶液聚合状态的研究

通过动态光散射实验首次证明了兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型 和 在不同的缓冲体系中不仅仅是以二聚体的形式 ,而且是以多种聚合形式存在[1] .深入考察金属硫蛋白在溶液中的聚合形式对于研究金属硫蛋白的结构和功能都具有非常重要的意义 .我们通过计算机模拟 [1] 比较系统地研究了各种因素对金属硫蛋白聚合的影响 .结果表明 ,在溶液聚合的分子识别过程中可由多种因素共同调控金属硫蛋白 ,这些因素主要包括静电相互作用、疏水性相互作用和溶液中阴阳离子等 .通过这些因素的综合分析 ,首次对兔肝金属硫蛋白在溶液中多种聚合形式的形成机制及相应的分子…     

三种金属硫蛋白动力学稳定性的理论研究

对三类金属硫蛋白（大鼠金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅱ,兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅰ和兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅱ）的单体和二聚体进行了水溶液条件下的分子动力学模拟。其中大鼠金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅱ的结构直接来自于晶体数据,兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅰ和Ⅱ的结构则通过同源蛋白模型搭建。动力学模拟的结果显示,这三种单体在水溶液中都具有相当大的柔性,柔性主要来源于柔性区的氨基酸残基。三类金属硫蛋白单体的动力学模拟均表明α结构域的动力学稳定性都要优于     

小球藻类金属硫蛋白的结构表征研究

金属硫蛋白(metallothioneins,MTs)是一类低分子量、高巯基含量,且能大量结合金属离子的蛋白质,通常由61个氨基酸残基组成,分子量为6～7 ku.MTs具有两个重要特征即金属亲和性和金属诱导性.因此,MTs对多种重金属如Hg、Pb、Zn、Cd等具有螯合作用,且在重金属诱导作用下,MTs可在生物体内诱导合成.近年来小球藻被广泛应用于污水净化,能够去除水体中的多种重金属,其机制是小球藻细胞壁带有负电荷的官能团能吸附金属阳离子,或在细胞内通过诱导生成金属结合蛋白把有毒的金属离子转化为无害的蛋白结合形式.本实验选取分布广泛,易培养的小球藻,经锌诱导后分离、纯化产生的类金属硫蛋白,并对小球藻类金属蛋白进行初步的结构表征.     

猴金属硫蛋白MT1 α-结构域中Cys33和Cys34的突变对蛋白质稳定性的影响

重组猴金属硫蛋白MT1及其C33M,C34S和C33M/C34S突变体蛋白的蛋白质快速液相色谱(FPLC)分析表明,突变体蛋白C34S和C33M/C34S存在着两个稳定的流分f1和f2.CD光谱和重金属离子分析表明,突变体蛋白多流分不仅与半胱氨酸和Cd2+离子结合方式和构型有关,还与金属结合量有关.突变体蛋白多流分的结果表明,在把猴金属硫蛋白α-结构域中的Cys33和Cys34突变为非半胱氨酸残基以建立β-β结构域的金属硫蛋白时,可导致蛋白形成多种结构形式.这表明α-结构域在稳定金属硫蛋白的结构中起着重要的作用,半胱氨酸残基在肽链上的分布对金属硫蛋白的三级结构和金属硫簇的形成有重大的影响.     

三种金属硫蛋白聚合物静电效应的研究

考察了三种金属硫蛋白(大鼠金属硫蛋白亚型II,兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型I和兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型II)的单体、二聚体和三聚体在pH为5.6-8.5和10.6两种缓冲条件下的静电势分布。其中大鼠金属硫蛋白亚型II的结构直接来自于晶体数据,兔肝金属硫蛋白亚型I和II的结构则通过同源蛋白模型搭建。三种金属硫蛋白的静电势通过有限差分方法求解Poisson-Boltzmann方程得到。对于三种金属硫蛋白的二聚体,pH为5.6-8.5时,单体和单体之间的静电势分布具有明显的互补性;但pH≥10.6时,这种互补性会大大削弱。对于三种金属硫蛋白的三聚体,单体和二聚体之间主要表现为静电排斥,而且pH在10.6下的静电排斥力明显强于pH为5.6-8.5时的静电排斥。     

生物体中的金属硫簇合物——生物无机化学的一个重要方面

金属簇合物研究是生物无机化学的新兴领域,其中尤以金属硫簇最引人注目。有几类蛋白质中存在金属硫簇,如铁硫蛋白钼铁硫蛋白和金属硫蛋白(metallothioneins,简写     

金属硫蛋白家族内的结构域拼接

金属硫蛋白(Metallothioneins,MTs)由结构独立且功能明显区别的β,α两个结构域组成。神经生长抑制因子(NeuronalGrowthInhibitoryFactor,GIF)双名金属硫蛋白-Ⅲ(MT-Ⅲ),是神经系统中第一个被鉴定的具有神经元生长抑制功能的蛋白,而β－结构域为其功能结构域。为深入系统地研究MTs,尤其是GIF及其结构域的结构与功能,我们构建了金属硫蛋白家族内结构域拼接体βGIF-αMT-1(βⅢ-αⅠ)和βMT-1-αGIF(βⅠ-αⅢ):PCR扩增得各个结构域的cDNA序列,酶切后克隆入原核表达载体pGEX-4T-1,经发酵、诱导表达、亲和层析、凝血酶切和进一步纯化,得率约为80mg蛋白/L菌液。测其电泳行为、氨基酸组成、质谱、金属巯基含量等,证明得到了目的蛋白。紫外吸收图谱和圆二色性图谱显示,结构域拼接体拥有金属硫蛋白家族成员的特征金属巯基簇结构域,初步功能实验表明,βⅢ－αⅠ也具有抑制神经元生长的功能。     

大鼠肝脏金属硫蛋白的分离纯化和金属硫蛋白亚型-Ⅱα结构域片段的制备及其核磁共振鉴定

Wistar雄性大鼠经腹腔注射CdCl_2诱导其肝脏合成金属硫蛋白。取鼠肝,先经匀浆、热变性、乙醇-氯仿萃取、丙酮沉淀等步骤,后由Sephadex G-75、DEAE-52柱层析,得金属硫蛋白的两亚型Ⅰ和Ⅱ。经原子吸收光谱测定每蛋白分子含有5个镉和2个锌。用枯草杆菌酶割法制备并分离了金属硫蛋白亚型Ⅱ的α结构域片段。还用NMR研究了金属硫蛋白的两个亚型及所得的α结构域片段。     

Separation and characterization of rabbit liver apothioneins by capillary electrophoresis coupled to electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

The present study establishes a method for the separation and characterization of rabbit liver metallothionein (MT) subisoforms by capillary electrophoresis coupled to electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-TOF-MS) via a sheath-flow interface. Directly coupled-CE-MS enables the extraction of specific molecular weight information and thereby facilitates the identification of peaks when no reference materials are available, as in the case of MT subisoforms. The analysis described here revealed the presence of the apothioneins MT-1a, MT-2d, and MT-2e, belonging to MT-I sample, and MT-2a, MT-2b, and MT-2c, belonging to MT-II. Several non-N-acetylated forms were also detected as traces appearing with their respective acetylated forms in both samples. Similar results were found when MALDI-TOF experiments were performed, identifying all the sequenced rabbit liver MTs as apo-MT-forms, as in the CE-ESI-MS coupling.     

Comparison of capillary electrophoretic techniques for analysis and characterization of metallothioneins

To explore and understand the significance of individual metallothionein isoforms, the methods of their identification are needed. Separation of these isoforms requires a high resolution technique which can exploit very small differences in mass, charge, and hydrophobicity. In this report, three different techniques of CE were analyzed and used for metallothionein separation: detection using capillary gel electrophoresis, capillary zone electrophoresis, and capillary isoelectric focusing. Also, three different metallothionein samples were used from horse kidney, rabbit liver, and human liver. We identified metallothionein isoforms based on the determination of their relative molecular masses, on the charge differences in different pH buffers, and based on the pI value. Methods used in this report allow metallothionein identification, permit to quantify the purity and content of its isoforms, and allow studying its polymerization. This report supports and endorses the increased application of CE methodology in proteomics.     

微量元素锌在防护自由基损伤中的作用

锌在防护自由基损伤中的作用主要有：抑制自由基的生成;增加GSH－Px的活性;稳定生物膜;参与构成铜锌－超氧化物歧化酶（CuZn-SOD）;诱导体内硫蛋白的产生而抵制自由基的损害;锌与抗氧化剂螯合,其抗氧化作用增强。     

Identification of a metallothionein in Synechococcus by capillary electrophoresis hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

A home-made system hyphenating capillary electrophoresis with an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (CE-ICP-MS) for cadmium speciation of protein-binding and free cadmium ions in solution is presented. The CE-ICP-MS interface consisted of an acrylic block with an internal volume ca. 20 microL in which a platinum electrode, a capillary column, and a connection to an ICP nebulizer were inserted. A make-up electrolyte solution containing 50 mmol L(-1) Tris-HCl buffer solution (pH 9.0) was continuously flowed through the interface to the ICP nebulizer. The separation of free Cd ions, Cd-cysteine, and Cd bounded to metallothionein (MT) isoforms from rabbit liver was carried out by capillary electrophoresis, and the analytes were detected by ICP-MS. The feasibility to isolate metallothionein compounds extracted from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942 was demonstrated. The Cd binding proteins were induced in Synechococcus PCC7942 and further analyzed by CE ICP-MS.     

Rapid analysis for cadmium metallothionein complexes by HPLC using microparticulate stationary phases

Different columns with microparticulate (1.5 and 2 μm) stationary phases were investigated for the analysis of the polymorphism of mammalian metallothionein (MT) by reversed-phase HPLC. When a non-porous 1.5 μm stationary phase was used, the duration of the chromatographic run was reduced 10-fold (in comparison with the conventional 5 μm packing) without any loss in resolution. The method was applied to the analysis of MT-1 and MT-2 preparations from rabbit liver.     

XAFS spectral analysis of the cadmium coordination geometry in cadmium thiolate clusters in metallothionein

We report the combination of measurement and prediction of X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) data, where the term XAFS refers to the overall spectrum that encompasses both the X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) region as well as the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) region, to evaluate the cadmium thiolate cluster structures in the metalloprotein metallothionein. XAFS spectra were simulated using coordinates from molecular models of the protein calculated by molecular mechanics/molecular dynamics (MM3/MD), from NMR analyses, and from analysis of X-ray diffraction data. XAFS spectra were also simulated using the coordinates from X-ray crystallographic data for [Cd(SPh)4]2-, CdS, [Cd2(mu-SPh)2(SPh)4]2-, and [Cd4(mu-SPh)6(SPh)4]2-. The simulated XAFS data that were calculated using the FEFF8 program closely resemble the experimental data reported for [Cd(SPh)4]2-, CdS, [Cd2(mu-SPh)2(SPh)4]2-, [Cd4(mu-SPh)6(SPh)4]2-, rabbit liver metallothionein cadmium alpha-domain (Cd4-alpha MT), and cadmium rabbit liver betaalpha metallothionein (Cd7-betaalpha MT). MM3 force field parameters were modified to include cadmium-sulfur bonding and were initially set to values derived from published X-ray diffraction and EXAFS experimental data. The force field was further calibrated and adjusted through comparison between experimental spectra taken from the literature and simulated XAFS spectra calculated using the FEFF8 program in combination with atomic coordinates from MM3/MD energy minimization. MM3/MD techniques were used with the calibrated force field to predict the high-resolution structure of the metal clusters in rabbit liver Cd7-MT. Structures for Cd3S9 (beta) MT and Cd4S11 (alpha) MT domains from MM3/MD calculations and those previously reported for Cd7-MT on the basis of 1H and 113Cd NMR data were compared. Structural differences between the different models for these cadmium thiolate clusters were evident. Combining the measurement and simulation of XAFS data provides an excellent method of assessing, modeling, and predicting metal-binding sites in metalloproteins when X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data are available.     

An evaluation of the HPLC-Gel chromatographic method for analyzing metallothioneins in aquatic organisms

The use of high-performance liquid chromatography to determine the concentrations of metal-binding proteins (MBP) in freshwater mussels has been evaluated. Initial use of dilute buffers (e.g., 1OmM TRIS, pH 7 or 8), to minimize competition between the buffer and the metal-cytosolic ligand complexes, proved unacceptable; high losses of low molecular weight marker proteins occurred during chromatographic separation, presumably as a result of adsorption to the gel-permeation column packing. Losses were more dependent on salt than pH; satisfactory recoveries were obtained in the pH range 6-8 with 1OmM buffer solutions and 100mM added electrolyte (NACl; KCl). Competition experiments performed with commercial metallothionein (pre-labelled with (109)Cd) and fresh mussel cytosol extract demonstrated that no appreciable metal exchange occurred during the 20-min pre-equilibration or the subsequent chromatographic separation step. With (203)Hg-labelled metallothionein occasional losses were noted, however, appreciable loss of the radioisotope ranging from 50 to 58% did occur with (65)Zn-labelled metallothionein during the chromatographic separation step. These results, particularly for Zn indicate that the recovery of metals after separation using this chromatographic method may vary, even for metals sharing similar chemical properties.     

Catalytic signal of rabbit liver metallothionein on a mercury electrode: a combination of derivative chronopotentiometry with adsorptive transfer stripping

Constant current chronopotentiometric stripping analysis (CPSA) in combination with adsorptive transfer stripping (AdTS) technique was used to study the rabbit liver metallothionein (MT) on a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). Metallothionein yielded a distinct, sharp chronopotentiometric signal at very negative potentials (about -1.7 V), also known as the "peak H". The height and potential of this peak were dependent on experimental conditions, such as buffer composition, pH, and the presence oxygen in solutions. The peak H was highest in borate buffer with pH close to the isoelectric point (pI) of MT. The chronopotentiometric results contribute to a deeper understanding of the nature of catalytic hydrogen evolution and demonstrate the usefulness of the peak H in peptide and protein research.