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标题：Molecular Mechanisms of Zinc-mediated Induction and Chromium(VI)-mediated Inhibition of Mouse Metallothionein-I Gene Transcription
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作者：Tomoki Kimura
期刊名称：Journal of Health Science
印刷版ISSN：1344-9702
电子版ISSN：1347-5207
出版年度：2010
卷号：56
期号：2
页码：161-166
DOI：10.1248/jhs.56.161
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：The expression of metallothionein (MT), a heavy-metal-binding protein, is induced by heavy metals such as zinc, copper, cadmium, and mercury. This induction of MT maintains zinc homeostasis and defends against toxic heavy metals by sequestering these metals and lowering their concentrations at critical intracellular sites. However, MT cannot bind chromium(VI), a heavy metal that has been known for over 100 years to be a human carcinogen. Chromium(VI) enters cells via the sulfate anion transporter system and is reduced to intermediate oxidation states, such as chromium(V) and chromium(IV), in the process of forming stable chromium(III) forms. Chromium(VI) is known to inhibit MT gene transcription, and recently my colleagues and I reported that chromium(VI) inhibits zinc-induced MT gene transcription by modifying the transactivation potential of metal response element-binding transcription factor-1 (MTF-1), a zinc-finger transcription factor. Inhibition of MT gene transcription may therefore be involved in the carcinogenicity of chromium(VI). In this review, I briefly summarize the molecular mechanisms of heavy metal-induced MT gene transcription and discuss the current status of research on chromium(VI) toxicity and chromium(VI)-mediated inhibition of MT gene transcription.
关键词：metal response element-binding transcription factor-1;metallothionein;zinc;chromium(VI);heavy metal