Abstract
Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is present in the nucleus, the cytosol and in mitochondria. The rat ERα ligand binding domain was employed as bait in a bacterial two-hybrid screening of a human heart cDNA library to detect novel protein-protein interaction partners of ERα in the heart. 17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 10 (17β-HSD10), which converts potent (17β-estradiol) to less potent estrogens (estrone), co-localized with 17β-HSD10 in the mitochondria of rat cardiac myocytes. GST pull-down experiments confirmed the interaction of ERα and 17β-HSD10. These findings suggest that the ERα estrogen receptor might be involved in regulating intracellular estrogen levels by modulating 17β-HSD10 activity. © 2009 Elsevier Inc.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 450-454 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 384 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- 17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 10
- Estrogen receptor alpha
- Heart
- Mitochondria