Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1933561 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2009 | 5 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Virginija Jazbutyte, Franz Kehl, Ludwig Neyses, Theo Pelzer,