Metallothionein-3 (also known as Growth Inhibitory Factor) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT3gene.[1][2][3]
It is a 68-amino acid peptide (20 of which are cysteine) that is abnormally under-expressed in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[4]
Metallothionein-3 is a member of the metallothionein family of proteins.
↑Felizola SJ, Nakamura Y, Arata Y, Ise K, Satoh F, Rainey WE, Midorikawa S, Suzuki S, Sasano H (Sep 2014). "Metallothionein-3 (MT-3) in the human adrenal cortex and its disorders". Endocrine Pathology. 25 (3): 229–235. doi:10.1007/s12022-013-9280-9. PMID24242700.
↑Uchida, Y; Takio, K; Titani, K; Ihara, Y; Tomonaga, M (August 1991). "The growth inhibitory factor that is deficient in the Alzheimer's disease brain is a 68 amino acid metallothionein-like protein". Neuron. 7 (2): 337–347. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(91)90272-2. PMID1873033.
Further reading
Aschner M (Aug 1996). "The functional significance of brain metallothioneins". FASEB Journal. 10 (10): 1129–36. PMID8751715.
Hewitt JE, Gordon MM, Taggart RT, Mohandas TK, Alpers DH (Jun 1991). "Human gastric intrinsic factor: characterization of cDNA and genomic clones and localization to human chromosome 11". Genomics. 10 (2): 432–40. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90329-D. PMID2071148.
Amoureux MC, Wurch T, Pauwels PJ (Sep 1995). "Modulation of metallothionein-III mRNA content and growth rate of rat C6-glial cells by transfection with human 5-HT1D receptor genes". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 214 (2): 639–45. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.2334. PMID7677777.
Naruse S, Igarashi S, Furuya T, Kobayashi H, Miyatake T, Tsuji S (Jul 1994). "Structures of the human and mouse growth inhibitory factor-encoding genes". Gene. 144 (2): 283–7. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90391-3. PMID8039715.
Moffatt P, Séguin C (Jun 1998). "Expression of the gene encoding metallothionein-3 in organs of the reproductive system". DNA and Cell Biology. 17 (6): 501–10. doi:10.1089/dna.1998.17.501. PMID9655243.
Kim D, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Somji S, Sens DA (Feb 2002). "Metallothionein isoform 3 and proximal tubule vectorial active transport". Kidney International. 61 (2): 464–72. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00153.x. PMID11849386.
Palumaa P, Eriste E, Njunkova O, Pokras L, Jörnvall H, Sillard R (May 2002). "Brain-specific metallothionein-3 has higher metal-binding capacity than ubiquitous metallothioneins and binds metals noncooperatively". Biochemistry. 41 (19): 6158–63. doi:10.1021/bi025664v. PMID11994011.
Uchida Y, Gomi F, Masumizu T, Miura Y (Aug 2002). "Growth inhibitory factor prevents neurite extension and the death of cortical neurons caused by high oxygen exposure through hydroxyl radical scavenging". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (35): 32353–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111263200. PMID12058024.
You HJ, Lee KJ, Jeong HG (Jun 2002). "Overexpression of human metallothionein-III prevents hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in human fibroblasts". FEBS Letters. 521 (1–3): 175–9. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02870-3. PMID12067712.
Roschitzki B, Vasák M (Jun 2002). "A distinct Cu(4)-thiolate cluster of human metallothionein-3 is located in the N-terminal domain". Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 7 (6): 611–6. doi:10.1007/s00775-002-0339-1. PMID12072966.
Dutta R, Sens DA, Somji S, Sens MA, Garrett SH (Jul 2002). "Metallothionein isoform 3 expression inhibits cell growth and increases drug resistance of PC-3 prostate cancer cells". The Prostate. 52 (2): 89–97. doi:10.1002/pros.10097. PMID12111700.
Tate DJ, Miceli MV, Newsome DA (Jan 2002). "Expression of metallothionein isoforms in human chorioretinal complex". Current Eye Research. 24 (1): 12–25. doi:10.1076/ceyr.24.1.12.5426. PMID12187490.
You HJ, Oh DH, Choi CY, Lee DG, Hahm KS, Moon AR, Jeong HG (Oct 2002). "Protective effect of metallothionein-III on DNA damage in response to reactive oxygen species". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1573 (1): 33–8. doi:10.1016/s0304-4165(02)00325-2. PMID12383939.