The intracellular metabolism of selenium in the brain currently remains unknown, although the antioxidant activity of this element is widely acknowledged to be important in maintaining brain functions. In this study, a comprehensive method for identifying the selenium-binding proteins using PenSSeSPen as a model of the selenium metabolite, selenotrisulfide (RSSeSR, STS), was applied to a complex cell lysate generated from the rat brain. Most of the selenium from L-penicillamine selenotrisulfide (PenSSeSPen) was captured by the cytosolic protein thiols in the form of STS through the thiol-exchange reaction (R-SH+PenSSeSPen→R-SSeSPen+PenSH). The cytosolic protein species, which reacted with the PenSSeSPen mainly had a molecular mass of less than 20 kDa. A thiol-containing protein at m/z 15155 in the brain cell lysate was identified as the cystatin-12 precursor (CST12) from a rat protein database search and a tryptic fragmentation experiment. CST12 belongs to the cysteine proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily that are of interest in mechanisms regulating the protein turnover and polypeptide production in the central nervous system and other tissues. Consequently, CST12 is suggested to be one of the cytosolic proteins responsible for the selenium metabolism in the brain.
尽管人们普遍认为
硒元素的抗氧化活性对于维持大脑功能非常重要,但
硒在大脑中的细胞内代谢目前仍不清楚。在本研究中,使用 PenSSe
SPen 作为
硒代谢物三
硫化硒 (RSSeSR、STS) 的模型来鉴定
硒结合蛋白的综合方法,应用于大鼠大脑产生的复杂细胞裂解物。
L-青霉胺硒代三
硫化物 (PenSSe
SPen) 中的大部分
硒通过
硫醇交换反应 (R-SH+PenSSe
SPen→R-SSe
SPen+PenSH) 以 STS 的形式被胞质蛋白
硫醇捕获。与PenSSe
SPen反应的胞质蛋白种类主要具有小于20kDa的分子量。通过大鼠蛋白质数据库搜索和胰
蛋白酶裂解实验,脑细胞裂解物中 m/z 15155 的含
硫醇蛋白质被鉴定为胱
抑素 12 前体 (CST12)。 CST12 属于半胱
氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂超家族的半胱
氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂,其对调节中枢神经系统和其他组织中蛋白质周转和
多肽产生的机制感兴趣。因此,CST12 被认为是负责大脑中
硒代谢的胞质蛋白之一。