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Copper in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 15:61-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0600-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Easter RN, Qilin Chan, Lai B, Ritman EL, Caruso JA, Zhenyu Qin. Vascular metallomics: copper in the vasculature. Vasc Med 2009; 15:61-9. [PMID: 19808712 DOI: 10.1177/1358863x09346656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Owing to recent progress in analytical techniques, metallomics are evolving from detecting distinct trace metals in a defined state to monitor the dynamic changes in the abundance and location of trace metals in vitro and in vivo. Vascular metallomics is an emerging field that studies the role of trace metals in vasculature. This review will introduce common metallomics techniques including atomic absorption spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry with a summary table to compare these techniques. Moreover, we will summarize recent research findings that have applied these techniques to human population studies in cardiovascular diseases, with a particular emphasis on the role of copper in these diseases. In order to address the issue of interdisciplinary studies between metallomics and vascular biology, we will review the progress of efforts to understand the role of copper in neovascularization. This recent advance in the metallomics field may be a powerful tool to elucidate the signaling pathways and specific biological functions of these trace metals. Finally, we summarize the evidence to support the notion that copper is a dynamic signaling molecule. As a future direction, vascular metallomics studies may lead to the identification of targets for diagnosis and therapy in cardiovascular disease.
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- Renee N Easter
- Division of Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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Prion metal interaction: Is prion pathogenesis a cause or a consequence of metal imbalance? Chem Biol Interact 2009; 181:282-91. [PMID: 19660443 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2008] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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McElwee MK, Song MO, Freedman JH. Copper activation of NF-kappaB signaling in HepG2 cells. J Mol Biol 2009; 393:1013-21. [PMID: 19747488 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Copper is a persistent environmental contaminant, and exposure to elevated levels of this transition metal can result in a variety of pathologies. Copper affects the transcription of multiple defense and repair genes to protect against metal-induced pathologies. HepG2 cells were treated with copper under multiple conditions and microarray analyses were previously performed to better understand the mechanisms by which copper affects the transcription of stress-responsive genes. Analysis of the microarray data indicated that copper modulates multiple signal transduction pathways, including those mediated by NF-kappaB. Luciferase assays, quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR, and chemical inhibition in HepG2 cells validated the microarray results and confirmed that NF-kappaB was activated by stress-inducible concentrations of copper. In addition, two novel NF-kappaB-regulated genes, SRXN1 (sulfiredoxin 1 homolog) and ZFAND2A (zinc-finger, AN1-type domain 2A), were identified. Our results indicate that the activation of NF-kappaB may be important for survival under elevated concentrations of copper.
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- Matthew K McElwee
- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Box 12233, MD E1-05, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Hung YH, Robb EL, Volitakis I, Ho M, Evin G, Li QX, Culvenor JG, Masters CL, Cherny RA, Bush AI. Paradoxical condensation of copper with elevated beta-amyloid in lipid rafts under cellular copper deficiency conditions: implications for Alzheimer disease. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:21899-21907. [PMID: 19542222 PMCID: PMC2755914 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.019521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 06/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Redox-active copper is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD), beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) aggregation, and amyloid formation. Abeta.copper complexes have been identified in AD and catalytically oxidize cholesterol and lipid to generate H2O2 and lipid peroxides. The site and mechanism of this abnormality is not known. Growing evidence suggests that amyloidogenic processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) occurs in lipid rafts, membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol. beta- and gamma-secretases, and Abeta have been identified in lipid rafts in cultured cells, human and rodent brains, but the role of copper in lipid raft amyloidogenic processing is presently unknown. In this study, we found that copper modulates flotillin-2 association with cholesterol-rich lipid raft domains, and consequently Abeta synthesis is attenuated via copper-mediated inhibition of APP endocytosis. We also found that total cellular copper is associated inversely with lipid raft copper levels, so that under intracellular copper deficiency conditions, Abeta.copper complexes are more likely to form. This explains the paradoxical hypermetallation of Abeta with copper under tissue copper deficiency conditions in AD.
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- Ya Hui Hung
- From the Oxidation Biology Laboratory
- the Centre for Neuroscience and
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- From the Oxidation Biology Laboratory
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia and
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- the Centre for Neuroscience and
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia and
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- From the Oxidation Biology Laboratory
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Overexpression of amyloid precursor protein increases copper content in HEK293 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 382:740-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.03.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Maynard CJ, Cappai R, Volitakis I, Laughton KM, Masters CL, Bush AI, Li QX. Chronic Exposure to High Levels of Zinc or Copper has Little Effect on Brain Metal Homeostasis or Aβ Accumulation in Transgenic APP-C100 Mice. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:757-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9401-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2008] [Accepted: 03/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Scheckhuber CQ, Grief J, Boilan E, Luce K, Debacq-Chainiaux F, Rittmeyer C, Gredilla R, Kolbesen BO, Toussaint O, Osiewacz HD. Age-related cellular copper dynamics in the fungal ageing model Podospora anserina and in ageing human fibroblasts. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4919. [PMID: 19305496 PMCID: PMC2654708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In previous investigations an impact of cellular copper homeostasis on ageing of the ascomycete Podospora anserina has been demonstrated. Here we provide new data indicating that mitochondria play a major role in this process. Determination of copper in the cytosolic fraction using total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy analysis and eGfp reporter gene studies indicate an age-related increase of cytosolic copper levels. We show that components of the mitochondrial matrix (i.e. eGFP targeted to mitochondria) become released from the organelle during ageing. Decreasing the accessibility of mitochondrial copper in P. anserina via targeting a copper metallothionein to the mitochondrial matrix was found to result in a switch from a copper-dependent cytochrome-c oxidase to a copper-independent alternative oxidase type of respiration and results in lifespan extension. In addition, we demonstrate that increased copper concentrations in the culture medium lead to the appearance of senescence biomarkers in human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs). Significantly, expression of copper-regulated genes is induced during in vitro ageing in medium devoid of excess copper suggesting that cytosolic copper levels also increase during senescence of HDFs. These data suggest that the identified molecular pathway of age-dependent copper dynamics may not be restricted to P. anserina but may be conserved from lower eukaryotes to humans.
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- Christian Q. Scheckhuber
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research Unit on Cellular Biology, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research Unit on Cellular Biology, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Copper egress is induced by PMA in human THP-1 monocytic cell line. Biometals 2009; 22:531-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-009-9210-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 01/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kitazawa M, Cheng D, Laferla FM. Chronic copper exposure exacerbates both amyloid and tau pathology and selectively dysregulates cdk5 in a mouse model of AD. J Neurochem 2009; 108:1550-60. [PMID: 19183260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Excess copper exposure is thought to be linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology. However, the mechanism by which copper affects the CNS remains unclear. To investigate the effect of chronic copper exposure on both beta-amyloid and tau pathologies, we treated young triple transgenic (3xTg-AD) mice with 250 ppm copper-containing water for a period of 3 or 9 months. Copper exposure resulted in altered amyloid precursor protein processing; increased accumulation of the amyloid precursor protein and its proteolytic product, C99 fragment, along with increased generation of amyloid-beta peptides and oligomers. These changes were found to be mediated via up-regulation of BACE1 as significant increases in BACE1 levels and deposits were detected around plaques in mice following copper exposure. Furthermore, tau pathology within hippocampal neurons was exacerbated in copper-exposed 3xTg-AD group. Increased tau phosphorylation was closely correlated with aberrant cdk5/p25 activation, suggesting a role for this kinase in the development of copper-induced tau pathology. Taken together, our data suggest that chronic copper exposure accelerates not only amyloid pathology but also tau pathology in a mouse model of AD.
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- Masashi Kitazawa
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
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Bellingham SA, Coleman LA, Masters CL, Camakaris J, Hill AF. Regulation of prion gene expression by transcription factors SP1 and metal transcription factor-1. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:1291-301. [PMID: 18990686 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804755200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Prion diseases are associated with the conformational conversion of the host-encoded cellular prion protein into an abnormal pathogenic isoform. Reduction in prion protein levels has potential as a therapeutic approach in treating these diseases. Key targets for this goal are factors that affect the regulation of the prion protein gene. Recent in vivo and in vitro studies have suggested a role for prion protein in copper homeostasis. Copper can also induce prion gene expression in rat neurons. However, the mechanism involved in this regulation remains to be determined. We hypothesized that transcription factors SP1 and metal transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) may be involved in copper-mediated regulation of human prion gene. To test the hypothesis, we utilized human fibroblasts that are deleted or overexpressing the Menkes protein (MNK), a major mammalian copper efflux protein. Menkes deletion fibroblasts have high intracellular copper, whereas Menkes overexpressed fibroblasts have severely depleted intracellular copper. We have utilized this system previously to demonstrate copper-dependent regulation of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein. Here we demonstrate that copper depletion in MNK overexpressed fibroblasts decreases cellular prion protein and PRNP gene levels. Conversely, expression of transcription factors SP1 and/or MTF-1 significantly increases prion protein levels and up-regulates prion gene expression in copper-replete MNK deletion cells. Furthermore, siRNA "knockdown" of SP1 or MTF-1 in MNK deletion cells decreases prion protein levels and down-regulates prion gene expression. These data support a novel mechanism whereby SP1 and MTF-1 act as copper-sensing transcriptional activators to regulate human prion gene expression and further support a role for the prion protein to function in copper homeostasis. Expression of the prion protein is a vital component for the propagation of prion diseases; thus SP1 and MTF-1 represent new targets in the development of key therapeutics toward modulating the expression of the cellular prion protein and ultimately the prevention of prion disease.
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- Shayne A Bellingham
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Muller PA, Klomp LW. Novel perspectives in mammalian copper metabolism through the use of genome-wide approaches. Am J Clin Nutr 2008; 88:821S-5S. [PMID: 18779301 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.821s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The transition metal copper plays an essential role in many biological processes but is highly toxic in excess. Recent studies have characterized a highly conserved set of proteins that mediate cellular copper import, distribution, sequestration, utilization, and export. Nevertheless, the pathogenesis of copper overload and copper deficiency disorders is not well understood, and we are only beginning to comprehend the results of mild copper overload or deficiency in relation to nutritional uptake and common diseases at the population level. Technological advances open the possibility to dissect the complete genome for genetic variants predisposing to copper overload or depletion and for variations in gene expression generated by either reduced or excessive copper intake. We discuss the potential of integrated genome-wide applications to advance our knowledge of copper homeostasis and to develop molecular biomarker profiles as indicators of copper status.
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- Patricia Aj Muller
- Laboratory for Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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González M, Reyes-Jara A, Suazo M, Jo WJ, Vulpe C. Expression of copper-related genes in response to copper load. Am J Clin Nutr 2008; 88:830S-4S. [PMID: 18779303 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.830s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Copper is an essential micronutrient for all biological systems. Multiple proteins require one or more atoms of copper for proper structure and function, but excess of copper is toxic. To prevent the consequences of copper deficiency and overload, living organisms have evolved molecular mechanisms that regulate its uptake, intracellular traffic, storage, and efflux. Underlying some of the cellular responses to variations in copper levels are changes in the expression of genes encoding molecular components of copper metabolism. In recent years, genome-scale expression analysis in several eukaryotic models has allowed the identification of copper-responsive genes involved in copper homeostasis. Characterization of the transcriptional changes in response to varying copper levels include both genes directly involved in copper homeostasis and genes involved in different cellular process that, even though they are not directly connected to copper metabolism, change their expression during the cellular adaptation to copper availability. Evaluation of these gene expression patterns could aid in the identification of biologically relevant markers to monitor copper status in humans.
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- Mauricio González
- Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Metals in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2008; 12:222-8. [PMID: 18342639 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 569] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2008] [Revised: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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There has been steadily growing interest in the participation of metal ions (especially, zinc, copper, and iron) in neurobiological processes, such as the regulation of synaptic transmission. Recent descriptions of the release of zinc and copper in the cortical glutamatergic synapse, and influencing the response of the NMDA receptor underscore the relevance of understanding the inorganic milieu of the synapse to neuroscience. Additionally, major neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, are characterized by elevated tissue iron, and miscompartmentalization of copper and zinc (e.g. accumulation in amyloid). Increasingly sophisticated medicinal chemistry approaches, which correct these metal abnormalities without causing systemic disturbance of these essential minerals, are being tested. These small molecules show promise of being disease-modifying.
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Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and it is characterized by elevated brain iron levels and accumulation of copper and zinc in cerebral beta-amyloid deposits (e.g., senile plaques). Both ionic zinc and copper are able to accelerate the aggregation of Abeta, the principle component of beta-amyloid deposits. Copper (and iron) can also promote the neurotoxic redox activity of Abeta and induce oxidative cross-linking of the peptide into stable oligomers. Recent reports have documented the release of Abeta together with ionic zinc and copper in cortical glutamatergic synapses after excitation. This, in turn, leads to the formation of Abeta oligomers, which, in turn, modulates long-term potentiation by controlling synaptic levels of the NMDA receptor. The excessive accumulation of Abeta oligomers in the synaptic cleft would then be predicted to adversely affect synaptic neurotransmission. Based on these findings, we have proposed the "Metal Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease," which stipulates that the neuropathogenic effects of Abeta in Alzheimer's disease are promoted by (and possibly even dependent on) Abeta-metal interactions. Increasingly sophisticated pharmaceutical approaches are now being implemented to attenuate abnormal Abeta-metal interactions without causing systemic disturbance of essential metals. Small molecules targeting Abeta-metal interactions (e.g., PBT2) are currently advancing through clinical trials and show increasing promise as disease-modifying agents for Alzheimer's disease based on the "metal hypothesis."
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- Ashley I. Bush
- grid.415325.40000000115123749The Mental Health Research Institute, 155 Oak Street, 3052 Parkville, Victoria Australia
- grid.1008.9000000012179088XDepartment of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, 3010 Parkville, Victoria Australia
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- grid.32224.350000000403869924Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 02129 Charlestown, Massachusetts
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Linden R, Martins VR, Prado MAM, Cammarota M, Izquierdo I, Brentani RR. Physiology of the prion protein. Physiol Rev 2008; 88:673-728. [PMID: 18391177 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 435] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Prion diseases are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), attributed to conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into an abnormal conformer that accumulates in the brain. Understanding the pathogenesis of TSEs requires the identification of functional properties of PrP(C). Here we examine the physiological functions of PrP(C) at the systemic, cellular, and molecular level. Current data show that both the expression and the engagement of PrP(C) with a variety of ligands modulate the following: 1) functions of the nervous and immune systems, including memory and inflammatory reactions; 2) cell proliferation, differentiation, and sensitivity to programmed cell death both in the nervous and immune systems, as well as in various cell lines; 3) the activity of numerous signal transduction pathways, including cAMP/protein kinase A, mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathways, as well as soluble non-receptor tyrosine kinases; and 4) trafficking of PrP(C) both laterally among distinct plasma membrane domains, and along endocytic pathways, on top of continuous, rapid recycling. A unified view of these functional properties indicates that the prion protein is a dynamic cell surface platform for the assembly of signaling modules, based on which selective interactions with many ligands and transmembrane signaling pathways translate into wide-range consequences upon both physiology and behavior.
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- Rafael Linden
- Instituto de Biofísica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Lin R, Chen X, Li W, Han Y, Liu P, Pi R. Exposure to metal ions regulates mRNA levels of APP and BACE1 in PC12 cells: blockage by curcumin. Neurosci Lett 2008; 440:344-7. [PMID: 18583042 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 05/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta), generated by proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The key step in the generation of Abeta is cleavage of APP by beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1). There is increasing evidence supporting an interaction between APP, Abeta and metal ions. Both APP and Abeta affect ion homeostasis. Conversely, metal ions may interact with several AD-associated pathways involved in neurofibrillary tangle formation, secretase cleavage of APP, proteolytic degradation of Abeta and the generation of reactive oxygen species. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here we first reported the differential effects of AD-related metal ions at subtoxic concentrations on the transcription levels of APP and BACE1 in PC12 cells. Copper (Cu(2+), 50-100 microM) and manganese (Mn(2+), 50-100 microM) potently increased the expression of both APP and BACE1 in a time- and concentration-dependent pattern, while zinc (Zn(2+)), iron (Fe(2+)) and aluminum (Al(3+)) did not. To uncover the mechanism(s) of the increasing expression by these ions, we observed the effects of several antioxidants and some specific inhibitors on the up-expression of APP and BACE1 by metal ions. Curcumin almost completely blocked the effects of these irons, while minocycline and sodium ferulate slightly suppressed the increased BACE1 mRNA level. Signaling pathway specific inhibitors PD98059, SB203580 and CEP11004 modestly blocked the up-transcription of APP induced by copper. These results suggest that these irons cause differential effects on the expression of APP and BACE1 in PC12 cells, and curcumin can significantly reverse their effects.
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- Raozhou Lin
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74 Zhongshan II Road, Guangzhou 510060, PR China
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Du T, La Fontaine SL, Abdo M, Bellingham SA, Greenough M, Volitakis I, Cherny RA, Bush AI, Hudson PJ, Camakaris J, Mercer JF, Crouch PJ, Masters CL, Perreau VM, White AR. Investigating copper-regulated protein expression in Menkes fibroblasts using antibody microarrays. Proteomics 2008; 8:1819-31. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Harrison CF, Barnham KJ, Hill AF. Neurotoxic species in prion disease: a role for PrP isoforms? J Neurochem 2007; 103:1709-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04936.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Crouch PJ, White AR, Bush AI. The modulation of metal bio-availability as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. FEBS J 2007; 274:3775-83. [PMID: 17617225 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The postmortem Alzheimer's disease brain is characterized histochemically by the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Also consistent with the disease is evidence for chronic oxidative damage within the brain. Considerable research data indicates that these three critical aspects of Alzheimer's disease are interdependent, raising the possibility that they share some commonality with respect to the ever elusive initial factor(s) that triggers the development of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we discuss reports that show a loss of metal homeostasis is also an important event in Alzheimer's disease, and we identify how metal dyshomeostasis may contribute to development of the amyloid-beta, tau and oxidative stress biology of Alzheimer's disease. We propose that therapeutic agents designed to modulate metal bio-availability have the potential to ameliorate several of the dysfunctional events characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. Metal-based therapeutics have already provided promising results for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and new generations of pharmaceuticals are being developed. In this review, we focus on copper dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer's disease, but we also discuss zinc and iron.
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- Peter J Crouch
- Department of Pathology and Centre for Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Healy J, Tipton K. Ceruloplasmin and what it might do. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2007; 114:777-81. [PMID: 17406962 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-007-0687-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2006] [Accepted: 11/22/2006] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The blue coloured plasma protein ceruloplasmin binds up to 95% of circulating copper, and has several possible functions. It has been proposed to function in copper transport, oxidation of organic amines, iron(II) oxidation and the regulation of cellular iron levels, and catechols, radical scavenging and other antioxidant processes. This account will consider the relative importance of these multiple functions in terms of the physiological roles of ceruloplasmin.
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- J Healy
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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Huster D, Purnat TD, Burkhead JL, Ralle M, Fiehn O, Stuckert F, Olson NE, Teupser D, Lutsenko S. High Copper Selectively Alters Lipid Metabolism and Cell Cycle Machinery in the Mouse Model of Wilson Disease. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8343-55. [PMID: 17205981 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607496200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Copper is essential for human physiology, but in excess it causes the severe metabolic disorder Wilson disease. Elevated copper is thought to induce pathological changes in tissues by stimulating the production of reactive oxygen species that damage multiple cell targets. To better understand the molecular basis of this disease, we performed genome-wide mRNA profiling as well as protein and metabolite analysis for Atp7b-/- mice, an animal model of Wilson disease. We found that at the presymptomatic stages of the disease, copper-induced changes are inconsistent with widespread radical-mediated damage, which is likely due to the sequestration of cytosolic copper by metallothioneins that are markedly up-regulated in Atp7b-/- livers. Instead, copper selectively up-regulates molecular machinery associated with the cell cycle and chromatin structure and down-regulates lipid metabolism, particularly cholesterol biosynthesis. Specific changes in the transcriptome are accompanied by distinct metabolic changes. Biochemical and mass spectroscopy measurements revealed a 3.6-fold decrease of very low density lipoprotein cholesterol in serum and a 33% decrease of liver cholesterol, indicative of a marked decrease in cholesterol biosynthesis. Consistent with low cholesterol levels, the amount of activated sterol regulatory-binding protein 2 (SREBP-2) is increased in Atp7b-/- nuclei. However, the SREBP-2 target genes are dysregulated suggesting that elevated copper alters SREBP-2 function rather than its processing or re-localization. Thus, in Atp7b-/- mice elevated copper affects specific cellular targets at the transcription and/or translation levels and has distinct effects on liver metabolic function, prior to appearance of histopathological changes. The identification of the network of specific copper-responsive targets facilitates further mechanistic analysis of human disorders of copper misbalance.
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- Dominik Huster
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Poynton HC, Varshavsky JR, Chang B, Cavigiolio G, Chan S, Holman PS, Loguinov AV, Bauer DJ, Komachi K, Theil EC, Perkins EJ, Hughes O, Vulpe CD. Daphnia magna ecotoxicogenomics provides mechanistic insights into metal toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2007; 41:1044-50. [PMID: 17328222 DOI: 10.1021/es0615573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Toxicogenomics has provided innovative approaches to chemical screening, risk assessment, and predictive toxicology. If applied to ecotoxicology, genomics tools could greatly enhance the ability to understand the modes of toxicity in environmentally relevant organisms. Daphnia magna, a small aquatic crustacean, is considered a "keystone" species in ecological food webs and is an indicator species for toxicant exposure. Our objective was to demonstrate the potential utility of gene expression profiling in ecotoxicology by identifying novel biomarkers and uncovering potential modes of action in D. magna. Using a custom D. magna cDNA microarray, we identified distinct expression profiles in response to sublethal copper, cadmium, and zinc exposures and discovered specific biomarkers of exposure including two probable metallothioneins, and a ferritin mRNA with a functional IRE. The gene expression patterns support known mechanisms of metal toxicity and reveal novel modes of action including zinc inhibition of chitinase activity. By integrating gene expression profiling into an environmentally important organism, this study provides experimental support for the utility of ecotoxicogenomics.
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- Helen C Poynton
- Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Norgate M, Southon A, Zou S, Zhan M, Sun Y, Batterham P, Camakaris J. Copper homeostasis gene discovery in Drosophila melanogaster. Biometals 2007; 20:683-97. [PMID: 17216353 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent studies have shown a high level of conservation between Drosophila melanogaster and mammalian copper homeostasis mechanisms. These studies have also demonstrated the efficiency with which this species can be used to characterize novel genes, at both the cellular and whole organism level. As a versatile and inexpensive model organism, Drosophila is also particularly useful for gene discovery applications and thus has the potential to be extremely useful in identifying novel copper homeostasis genes and putative disease genes. In order to assess the suitability of Drosophila for this purpose, three screening approaches have been investigated. These include an analysis of the global transcriptional response to copper in both adult flies and an embryonic cell line using DNA microarray analysis. Two mutagenesis-based screens were also utilized. Several candidate copper homeostasis genes have been identified through this work. In addition, the results of each screen were carefully analyzed to identify any factors influencing efficiency and sensitivity. These are discussed here with the aim of maximizing the efficiency of future screens and the most suitable approaches are outlined. Building on this information, there is great potential for the further use of Drosophila for copper homeostasis gene discovery.
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- Melanie Norgate
- Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Muller P, van Bakel H, van de Sluis B, Holstege F, Wijmenga C, Klomp LWJ. Gene expression profiling of liver cells after copper overload in vivo and in vitro reveals new copper-regulated genes. J Biol Inorg Chem 2007; 12:495-507. [PMID: 17211630 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-006-0201-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Copper toxicity in the liver is mediated by free-radical generation, resulting in oxidative stress. To prevent toxic accumulation of copper, liver cells adapt to high copper levels. Here, we used microarray analysis to compare the adaptive responses on global gene expression in liver cells exposed to high copper levels in vitro and in vivo. In HepG2 cells we identified two clusters of upregulated genes over time, an "early" cluster that comprised metallothionein genes and a "late" cluster, highly enriched in genes involved in proteasomal degradation and in oxidative stress response. Concomitant with the "late" cluster, we detected a significant downregulation of several copper metabolism MURR1 domain (COMMD) genes that were recently implicated in copper metabolism and inhibition of nuclear transcription factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling. As metal-induced oxidative stress increases NF-kappaB activity, our data suggest a role for reduced COMMD protein levels in prolonged activation of NF-kappaB, thus inducing cell survival. Mice exposed to a copper diet that highly exceeded normal daily intake accumulated only twofold more hepatic copper than control mice. Although a moderate, but significant upregulation of a set of 22 genes involved in immunity, iron and cholesterol metabolism was detected, these cannot account for direct mechanisms involved in copper excretion. In conclusion, we identified a novel set of genes that represent a delayed response to copper overload, thus providing insight into the adaptive transcriptional response to copper-induced oxidative stress.
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- Patricia Muller
- Laboratory for Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Huster D, Lutsenko S. Wilson disease: not just a copper disorder. Analysis of a Wilson disease model demonstrates the link between copper and lipid metabolism. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2007; 3:816-24. [DOI: 10.1039/b711118p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Guo L, Lobenhofer EK, Wang C, Shippy R, Harris SC, Zhang L, Mei N, Chen T, Herman D, Goodsaid FM, Hurban P, Phillips KL, Xu J, Deng X, Sun YA, Tong W, Dragan YP, Shi L. Rat toxicogenomic study reveals analytical consistency across microarray platforms. Nat Biotechnol 2006; 24:1162-9. [PMID: 17061323 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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To validate and extend the findings of the MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) project, a biologically relevant toxicogenomics data set was generated using 36 RNA samples from rats treated with three chemicals (aristolochic acid, riddelliine and comfrey) and each sample was hybridized to four microarray platforms. The MAQC project assessed concordance in intersite and cross-platform comparisons and the impact of gene selection methods on the reproducibility of profiling data in terms of differentially expressed genes using distinct reference RNA samples. The real-world toxicogenomic data set reported here showed high concordance in intersite and cross-platform comparisons. Further, gene lists generated by fold-change ranking were more reproducible than those obtained by t-test P value or Significance Analysis of Microarrays. Finally, gene lists generated by fold-change ranking with a nonstringent P-value cutoff showed increased consistency in Gene Ontology terms and pathways, and hence the biological impact of chemical exposure could be reliably deduced from all platforms analyzed.
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- Lei Guo
- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, USA
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The prion protein is a membrane tethered glycoprotein that binds copper. Conversion to an abnormal isoform is associated with neurodegenerative diseases known as prion diseases. Expression of the prion protein has been suggested to prevent cell death caused by oxidative stress. Using cell based models we investigated the potential of the prion protein to protect against copper toxicity. Although prion protein expression effectively protected neurones from copper toxicity, this protection was not necessarily associated with reduction in oxidative damage. We also showed that glycine and the prion protein could both protect neuronal cells from oxidative stress. Only the prion protein could protect these cells from the toxicity of copper. In contrast glycine increased copper toxicity without any apparent oxidative stress or lipid peroxidation. Mutational analysis showed that protection by the prion protein was dependent upon the copper binding octameric repeat region. Our findings demonstrate that copper toxicity can be independent of measured oxidative stress and that prion protein expression primarily protects against copper toxicity independently of the mechanism of cell death.
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- Cathryn L Haigh
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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Treiber C, Simons A, Multhaup G. Effect of copper and manganese on the de novo generation of protease-resistant prion protein in yeast cells. Biochemistry 2006; 45:6674-80. [PMID: 16716078 DOI: 10.1021/bi060244h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The prion protein (PrP) is the key protein implicated in diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. PrP has been shown to bind manganese and copper, the latter being involved in the normal function of the protein. Indeed, upon expression in yeast we noted a major increase in intracellular copper and a decrease in manganese. Interestingly, protease-resistant PrP(Sc)-like protein (PrP(res)) formation was induced when PrP-expressing yeast cells were grown in copper- and/or manganese-supplemented media. The pattern of PrP banding in SDS-PAGE was dominantly determined by manganese. This conformational transition was stable against EDTA treatment but not in the presence of the copper chelators bathocuproinedisulfonic acid or clioquinol. Conclusively, PrP itself influences manganese and copper metabolism, and a replacement of copper in PrP complexes with manganese is highly likely under the condition of copper depletion or if excess amounts of copper and manganese are present. Taken together, our present study demonstrates the involvement of PrP in the regulation of intracellular metal ion homeostasis and uncovers copper and, more severely, manganese ions as in vivo risk factors for the conversion into PrP(Sc).
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- Carina Treiber
- Institut fuer Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Thielallee 63, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Varela-Nallar L, Toledo EM, Larrondo LF, Cabral ALB, Martins VR, Inestrosa NC. Induction of cellular prion protein gene expression by copper in neurons. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 290:C271-81. [PMID: 16148034 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00160.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Prion diseases are caused by the conformational transition of the native alpha-helical cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a beta-sheet pathogenic isoform. However, the normal physiological function of PrPC remains elusive. We report herein that copper induces PrPC expression in primary hippocampal and cortical neurons. PrPC induced by copper has a normal glycosylation pattern, is proteinase K-sensitive and reaches the cell surface attached by a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchor. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed that copper induces PrPC levels in the cell surface and in an intracellular compartment that we identified as the Golgi complex. In addition, copper induced the activity of a reporter vector driven by the rat PrPC gene (Prnp) promoter stably transfected into PC12 cells, whereas no effect was observed in glial C6 clones. Also cadmium, but not zinc or manganese, upregulated Prnp promoter activity in PC12 clones. Progressive deletions of the promoter revealed that the region essential for copper modulation contains a putative metal responsive element. Although electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated nuclear protein binding to this element, supershift analysis showed that this is not a binding site for the metal responsive transcription factor-1 (MTF-1). The MTF-1-independent transcriptional activation of Prnp is supported by the lack of Prnp promoter activation by zinc. These findings demonstrate that Prnp expression is upregulated by copper in neuronal cells by an MTF-1-independent mechanism, and suggest a metal-specific modulation of Prnp in neurons.
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- Lorena Varela-Nallar
- CRCP, Biomedical Center, P. Catholic Univ. of Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2005. [PMCID: PMC2447508 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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