CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, CAS High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
Metallomics. 2018 Nov 14;10(11):1564-1569. doi: 10.1039/c8mt00202a.
Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is used in the clinic for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia by targeting the protein PML. However, many zinc-finger proteins could also be reactive to arsenic in cells. Here we found that ATO preferentially binds to the ring-finger domain of PML in a protein mixture with zinc-finger domains. These results provide the molecular basis of the target selection of ATO in cells.
三氧化二砷(ATO)通过靶向蛋白 PML 用于治疗急性早幼粒细胞白血病。然而,许多锌指蛋白在细胞中也可能对砷有反应。在这里,我们发现 ATO 在含有锌指结构域的蛋白质混合物中优先与 PML 的环指结构域结合。这些结果为 ATO 在细胞中的靶标选择提供了分子基础。