Estrogen receptor alpha interacts with 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 10 in mitochondria

Virginija Jazbutyte, Franz Kehl, Ludwig Neyses, Theo Pelzer

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)450-454
    Number of pages4
    JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
    Volume384
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Jul 2009

    Keywords

    • 17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 10
    • Estrogen receptor alpha
    • Heart
    • Mitochondria

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