title: Platinum binding to metallothionein. Analysis of circular dichroism spectra of complexes formed between metallothionein and platinum from cis- and trans-diamminedichloroplatinum.
abstract: The first observation of the circular dichroism (CD) spectral features of platinum-saturated metallothionein, Pt7MT, is presented. It is characterized by two intensive bands with maxima at 235 nm (-) and 255 nm (+). Properties of the reactions of cis- and trans-diamminedichloroplatinum (DDP) with rabbit liver MT have been studied by monitoring the CD spectral changes. The overall rate of the reaction between trans-DDP and MT is determined to be significantly faster than that for cis-DDP and MT. The stepwise incorporation of Pt into Zn7MT resulted in a nonsystemic changes in the CD spectral envelope. These data argue that Pt(II) replaces Zn(II) in ZnMT in a nonspecific, "distributed" manner across both domains, because the onset of clustering was observed after 5 mol equiv of Pt was bound. A dynamic mechanism has been proposed in which the reaction proceeds via the formation of an intermediate, RS-Pt (NH3)2-SR. As it is converted to the product, the ammine ligands are lost very slowly, especially in the case of cis-DDP, because of the strong requirement of Pt for square planar coordination, which comprises the rate-limiting step.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000737:chemistry*; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010984:Platinum / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C034697:transplatin; D010984:Platinum; D008668:Metallothionein; D002945:Cisplatin