title: Diamide stress induces a metallothionein BmtA through a repressor BxmR and is modulated by Zn-inducible BmtA in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis.
abstract: A cysteine-rich metal binding protein MT (metallothionein) (named BmtA) is induced upon exposure to multiple heavy metal ions in the freshwater cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. The SmtB/ArsR family repressor BxmR from O. brevis represses the expression of an operon encoding bmtA and bxmR. In the present study, the expression of bmtA was induced in vivo by diamide, a specific thiol oxidant, in O. brevis cells. In vitro electrophoretic gel mobility shift experiments revealed that the incubation with diamide induces disassembly of the BxmR-bxmR/bmtA operator (O)/promoter (P) complex [multiple resolvable complexes of BxmR with oligonucleotide (named P5) containing a single 12-2-12 inverted repeat derived from the O/P region of bxmR/bmtA]. Thus, the exposure to diamide induces MT mRNA in O. brevis, and this induction is associated with diamide-mediated inhibition of BxmR-P5 complex. BxmR is more sensitive to diamide than to H(2)O(2). Furthermore, pretreatment of O. brevis with Zn decreased intracellular peroxidation products caused by diamide. Thus, these results imply that MT induced by Zn-pretreatment functions to protect O. brevis cells against diamide stress.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Bunichi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003958:Diamide / Q000633:toxicity*; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D003958:Diamide; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D008668:Metallothionein; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D015032:Zinc