title: Identification and characterization of two novel cytosolic sulfotransferases, SULT1 ST7 and SULT1 ST8, from zebrafish.
abstract: Cytosolic sulfotransferases (SULTs) constitute a family of Phase II detoxification enzymes that are involved in the protection against potentially harmful xenobiotics as well as the regulation and homeostasis of endogenous compounds. Compared with humans and rodents, the zebrafish serves as an excellent model for studying the role of SULTs in the detoxification of environmental pollutants including environmental estrogens. By searching the expressed sequence tag database, two zebrafish cDNAs encoding putative SULTs were identified. Sequence analysis indicated that these two putative zebrafish SULTs belong to the SULT1 gene family. The recombinant form of these two novel zebrafish SULTs, designated SULT1 ST7 and SULT1 ST8, were expressed using the pGEX-2TK glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene fusion system and purified from transformed BL21 (DE3) cells. Purified GST-fusion protein form of SULT1 ST7 and SULT1 ST8 exhibited strong sulfating activities toward environmental estrogens, particularly hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), among various endogenous and xenobiotic compounds tested as substrates. pH-dependence experiments showed that SULT1 ST7 and SULT1 ST8 displayed pH optima at 6.5 and 8.0, respectively. Kinetic parameters of the two enzymes in catalyzing the sulfation of catechin and chlorogenic acid as well as 3-chloro-4-biphenylol were determined. Developmental expression experiments revealed distinct patterns of expression of SULT1 ST7 and SULT1 ST8 during embryonic development and throughout the larval stage onto maturity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
authors.forename: Tzu-An
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shakhawat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhuiyan
authors.forename: Rhodora
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Yuh-Shyong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Frederick E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Ming-Yih
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suiko
authors.forename: Glendora
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Ming-Cheh
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015239:Arylsulfotransferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007814:Larva; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000235:genetics; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015262:Xenobiotics; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D015239:Arylsulfotransferase; C501250:sult1st4 protein, zebrafish