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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 27, 16039-16042, Sep, 1990

Structurally based, selective interaction of arsenite with steroid receptors

S Lopez, Y Miyashita and SS Simons Jr
Steroid Hormones Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Steroid binding to cognate receptors is of high affinity. However, due to the appreciable homologies in the steroid-binding domains of receptors, this binding is hardly ever totally specific. We have recently obtained evidence that a vicinal dithiol group is involved in steroid binding to glucocorticoid receptors and that these vicinal dithiols are two of the three cysteines in the 16-kDa steroid-binding core. We now report that a comparison of the placement of cysteines in the comparable region of other receptors revealed a lack of similarly closely spaced thiols, which led to the prediction that arsenite would be totally selective in its interaction with glucocorticoid receptors. In fact, 100 microM arsenite inhibited all steroid binding to glucocorticoid receptors while having no effect on the binding of androgen, estrogen, mineralocorticoid, or progesterone receptors. Such total selectivity is not seen for selenite, which is another very potent inhibitor of glucocorticoid binding. This is the first report of absolute selectivity among steroid receptors that is based upon a known structural feature of the receptor protein. This selectivity of arsenite provides the easiest method to date for distinguishing between glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors and for selectively blocking steroid binding to glucocorticoid receptors in the assays of other receptors.
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