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  • Title: Polymorphism of the glutathione transferase subunit 3 in Sprague-Dawley rats involves a reactive cysteine residue.
    Author: Kumano T, Kimura J, Hayakari M, Yamazaki T, Sawamura D, Tsuchida S.
    Journal: Biochem J; 2000 Sep 01; 350 Pt 2(Pt 2):405-12. PubMed ID: 10947954.
    Abstract:
    Comparison of Hirosaki hairless rat (HHR) and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat liver glutathione transferase (GST) subunits by HPLC revealed differences in subunit 3; a new peak was detected in HHR GSTs and this was tentatively named X. By chromatofocusing, the HHR GST form composed of peak X and SD rat GST 3-3 were eluted at pH 8.8 and 9.1 respectively. The former was more sensitive to the SH reagent N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) than the latter. GSSG treatment of peak X resulted in a shift of retention time (peak Y) by HPLC analysis. However, such conversion was not observed for the SD rat GST 3-3 following GSSG or dithiothreitol (DTT) treatment. Peak Y exhibited m/z values of 26091.9 and 26125.4 by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization-time-of-flight MS, higher than those of peak X by 304-307, equivalent to the molecular-mass value of GSH. On treatment with DTT, peak Y was converted into peak X, with release of a substance with HPLC-characteristics of GSH. This substance was confirmed to be GSH by liquid chromatography/MS. These results thus indicated peak Y to be a glutathionylated form of peak X. Quantification revealed the release of 4 nmol of GSH from 0.12 mg of the peak Y protein, corresponding to 4.8 nmol (M(r) 25000). The nucleotide sequence of HHR GST subunit 3 cDNA proved identical to that reported for pGTA/C44, possessing asparagine and cysteine as the 198th and 199th amino acid residues, respectively, corresponding to lysine and serine in subunit 3 of the SD rat. Thus peak X appeared to be the product of HHR GST subunit 3 cDNA. Treatment with N-(4-dimethylamino-3,5-dinitrophenyl)maleimide, a coloured analogue of NEM, followed by trypsin-treatment and sequencing of labelled peptides, identified the reactive cysteine residue of HHR GST subunit 3 to be located at position 199. Unlike SD rat GST 3-3, HHR GST 3-3 was not activated by treatment with xanthine and xanthine oxidase. These results suggest polymorphism of the rat GST subunit 3 gene with individual gene product variation in sensitivity to oxidative stress.
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