S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function

S-Glutathionylation of cysteine residues within target proteins is a posttranslational modification that alters structure and function. We have shown that S-glutathionylation of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) disrupts protein folding and leads to the activation of the unfolded protein response (U...

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Main Authors: Ying Xiong, Yefim Manevich, Kenneth D. Tew, Danyelle M. Townsend
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Cell Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/273549
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Yefim Manevich
Kenneth D. Tew
Danyelle M. Townsend
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description S-Glutathionylation of cysteine residues within target proteins is a posttranslational modification that alters structure and function. We have shown that S-glutathionylation of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) disrupts protein folding and leads to the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). PDI is a molecular chaperone for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Our present data show in breast cancer cells that S-glutathionylation of PDI interferes with its chaperone activity and abolishes its capacity to form a complex with ERα. Such drug treatment also reverses estradiol-induced upregulation of c-Myc, cyclinD1, and P21Cip, gene products involved in cell proliferation. Expression of an S-glutathionylation refractory PDI mutant diminishes the toxic effects of PABA/NO. Thus, redox regulation of PDI causes its S-glutathionylation, thereby mediating cell death through activation of the UPR and abrogation of ERα stability and signaling.
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spelling doaj-art-f65469732f0f4f74a95c8c1ad9ed547f2025-02-03T06:04:58ZengWileyInternational Journal of Cell Biology1687-88761687-88842012-01-01201210.1155/2012/273549273549S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and FunctionYing Xiong0Yefim Manevich1Kenneth D. Tew2Danyelle M. Townsend3Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USADepartment of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USADepartment of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USADepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USAS-Glutathionylation of cysteine residues within target proteins is a posttranslational modification that alters structure and function. We have shown that S-glutathionylation of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) disrupts protein folding and leads to the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). PDI is a molecular chaperone for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Our present data show in breast cancer cells that S-glutathionylation of PDI interferes with its chaperone activity and abolishes its capacity to form a complex with ERα. Such drug treatment also reverses estradiol-induced upregulation of c-Myc, cyclinD1, and P21Cip, gene products involved in cell proliferation. Expression of an S-glutathionylation refractory PDI mutant diminishes the toxic effects of PABA/NO. Thus, redox regulation of PDI causes its S-glutathionylation, thereby mediating cell death through activation of the UPR and abrogation of ERα stability and signaling.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/273549
spellingShingle Ying Xiong
Yefim Manevich
Kenneth D. Tew
Danyelle M. Townsend
S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
International Journal of Cell Biology
title S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
title_full S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
title_fullStr S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
title_full_unstemmed S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
title_short S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function
title_sort s glutathionylation of protein disulfide isomerase regulates estrogen receptor α stability and function
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/273549
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