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Sailer J, Nagel J, Akdogan B, Jauch AT, Engler J, Knolle PA, Zischka H. Deadly excess copper. Redox Biol 2024; 75:103256. [PMID: 38959622 PMCID: PMC11269798 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024] Open
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Higher eukaryotes' life is impossible without copper redox activity and, literally, every breath we take biochemically demonstrates this. However, this dependence comes at a considerable price to ensure target-oriented copper action. Thereto its uptake, distribution but also excretion are executed by specialized proteins with high affinity for the transition metal. Consequently, malfunction of copper enzymes/transporters, as is the case in hereditary Wilson disease that affects the intracellular copper transporter ATP7B, comes with serious cellular damage. One hallmark of this disease is the progressive copper accumulation, primarily in liver but also brain that becomes deadly if left untreated. Such excess copper toxicity may also result from accidental ingestion or attempted suicide. Recent research has shed new light into the cell-toxic mechanisms and primarily affected intracellular targets and processes of such excess copper that may even be exploited with respect to cancer therapy. Moreover, new therapies are currently under development to fight against deadly toxic copper.
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- Judith Sailer
- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Immunology and Experimental Oncology, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany; Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Crnich E, Sanchez E, Havens MA, Kissel DS. Sulfur-bridging the gap: investigating the electrochemistry of novel copper chelating agents for Alzheimer's disease applications. J Biol Inorg Chem 2023; 28:643-653. [PMID: 37594567 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-023-02013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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There is currently an unmet demand for multi-functional precision treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) after several failed attempts at designing drugs based on the amyloid hypothesis. The focus of this work is to investigate sulfur-bridged quinoline ligands that could potentially be used in chelation therapies for a subpopulation of AD patients presenting with an overload of labile copper ions, which are known to catalyze the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and exacerbate other markers of AD progression. The ligands 1-(2'-thiopyridyl)isoquinoline (1TPIQ) and 2-(2'-thiopyridyl)quinoline (2TPQ) were synthesized and characterized before being electrochemically investigated in the presence of different oxidizing and reducing agents in solution with a physiological pH relevant to the brain. The electrochemical response of each compound with copper was studied by employing both hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an oxidizing agent and ascorbic acid (AA) as an antioxidant during analysis using cyclic voltammetry (CV). The cyclic voltammograms of each quinoline were compared with similar ligands that contained aromatic N-donor groups but no sulfur groups to provide relative electrochemical properties of each complex in solution. In a dose-dependent manner, it was observed that AA exerted dual-efficacy when combined with these chelating ligands: promoting synergistic metal binding while also scavenging harmful ROS, suggesting AA is an effective adjuvant therapeutic agent. Overall, this study shows how coordination by sulfur-bridged quinoline ligands can alter copper electrochemistry in the presence of AA to limit ROS production in solution.
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- Emma Crnich
- Department of Biology, Lewis University, One University Pkwy, Romeoville, IL, 60446, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lewis University, One University Pkwy, Romeoville, IL, 60446, USA
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- Department of Biology, Lewis University, One University Pkwy, Romeoville, IL, 60446, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lewis University, One University Pkwy, Romeoville, IL, 60446, USA.
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Feng J, Tang Y, Liu J, Zhang P, Liu C, Wang L. Bio-high entropy alloys: Progress, challenges, and opportunities. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:977282. [PMID: 36159673 PMCID: PMC9492866 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.977282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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With the continuous progress and development in biomedicine, metallic biomedical materials have attracted significant attention from researchers. Due to the low compatibility of traditional metal implant materials with the human body, it is urgent to develop new biomaterials with excellent mechanical properties and appropriate biocompatibility to solve the adverse reactions caused by long-term implantation. High entropy alloys (HEAs) are nearly equimolar alloys of five or more elements, with huge compositional design space and excellent mechanical properties. In contrast, biological high-entropy alloys (Bio-HEAs) are expected to be a new bio-alloy for biomedicine due to their excellent biocompatibility and tunable mechanical properties. This review summarizes the composition system of Bio-HEAs in recent years, introduces their biocompatibility and mechanical properties of human bone adaptation, and finally puts forward the following suggestions for the development direction of Bio-HEAs: to improve the theory and simulation studies of Bio-HEAs composition design, to quantify the influence of composition, process, post-treatment on the performance of Bio-HEAs, to focus on the loss of Bio-HEAs under actual service conditions, and it is hoped that the clinical application of the new medical alloy Bio-HEAs can be realized as soon as possible.
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- Junyi Feng
- School of Materials Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China
- *Correspondence: Yujin Tang, ; Jia Liu, ; Peilei Zhang,
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- Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China
- *Correspondence: Yujin Tang, ; Jia Liu, ; Peilei Zhang,
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- School of Materials Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Yujin Tang, ; Jia Liu, ; Peilei Zhang,
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Zhang E, Zhao X, Hu J, Wang R, Fu S, Qin G. Antibacterial metals and alloys for potential biomedical implants. Bioact Mater 2021; 6:2569-2612. [PMID: 33615045 PMCID: PMC7876544 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Metals and alloys, including stainless steel, titanium and its alloys, cobalt alloys, and other metals and alloys have been widely used clinically as implant materials, but implant-related infection or inflammation is still one of the main causes of implantation failure. The bacterial infection or inflammation that seriously threatens human health has already become a worldwide complaint. Antibacterial metals and alloys recently have attracted wide attention for their long-term stable antibacterial ability, good mechanical properties and good biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo. In this review, common antibacterial alloying elements, antibacterial standards and testing methods were introduced. Recent developments in the design and manufacturing of antibacterial metal alloys containing various antibacterial agents were described in detail, including antibacterial stainless steel, antibacterial titanium alloy, antibacterial zinc and alloy, antibacterial magnesium and alloy, antibacterial cobalt alloy, and other antibacterial metals and alloys. Researches on the antibacterial properties, mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of antibacterial metals and alloys have been summarized in detail for the first time. It is hoped that this review could help researchers understand the development of antibacterial alloys in a timely manner, thereby could promote the development of antibacterial metal alloys and the clinical application.
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- Erlin Zhang
- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
- Research Center for Metallic Wires, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China
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- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
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- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
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- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
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- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
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- Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Education Ministry of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 150819, China
- Research Center for Metallic Wires, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China
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Coelho FC, Squitti R, Ventriglia M, Cerchiaro G, Daher JP, Rocha JG, Rongioletti MCA, Moonen AC. Agricultural Use of Copper and Its Link to Alzheimer's Disease. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E897. [PMID: 32545484 PMCID: PMC7356523 DOI: 10.3390/biom10060897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Copper is an essential nutrient for plants, animals, and humans because it is an indispensable component of several essential proteins and either lack or excess are harmful to human health. Recent studies revealed that the breakdown of the regulation of copper homeostasis could be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia. Copper accumulation occurs in human aging and is thought to increase the risk of AD for individuals with a susceptibility to copper exposure. This review reports that one of the leading causes of copper accumulation in the environment and the human food chain is its use in agriculture as a plant protection product against numerous diseases, especially in organic production. In the past two decades, some countries and the EU have invested in research to reduce the reliance on copper. However, no single alternative able to replace copper has been identified. We suggest that agroecological approaches are urgently needed to design crop protection strategies based on the complementary actions of the wide variety of crop protection tools for disease control.
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- Fábio C. Coelho
- Phytotechnics Laboratory, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro—UENF; Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602, Brazil;
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Instituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefrate lli, 25125 Brescia, Italy
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, 00186 Rome, Italy;
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- Center for Natural Science and Humanities, Federal University of ABC—UFABC, Santo André, SP 09210-580, Brazil;
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- Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ 24210-350, Brazil;
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- Phytotechnics Laboratory, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro—UENF; Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602, Brazil;
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research and Development Division, San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, 00186 Rome, Italy;
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- Land Lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy;
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Kepp KP, Squitti R. Copper imbalance in Alzheimer’s disease: Convergence of the chemistry and the clinic. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Siotto M, Simonelli I, Pasqualetti P, Mariani S, Caprara D, Bucossi S, Ventriglia M, Molinario R, Antenucci M, Rongioletti M, Rossini PM, Squitti R. Association Between Serum Ceruloplasmin Specific Activity and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 50:1181-9. [PMID: 26836154 DOI: 10.3233/jad-150611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Meta-analyses demonstrate copper involvement in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the systemic ceruloplasmin status in relation to copper is an emerging issue. To deepen this matter, we evaluated levels of ceruloplasmin concentration, ceruloplasmin activity, ceruloplasmin specific activity (eCp/iCp), copper, non-ceruloplasmin copper iron, transferrin, the ceruloplasmin/transferrin ratio, and the APOE genotype in a sample of 84 AD patients and 58 healthy volunteers. From the univariate logistic analyses we found that ceruloplasmin concentration, eCp/iCp, copper, transferrin, the ceruloplasmin/transferrin ratio, and the APOE genotype were significantly associated with the probability of AD. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, we selected the best subset of biological predictors by the forward stepwise procedure. The analysis showed a decrease of the risk of having AD for eCp/iCp (p = 0.001) and an increase of this risk for non-ceruloplasmin copper (p = 0.008), age (p = 0.001), and APOE-ɛ4 allele (p < 0.001). The estimated model showed a good power in discriminating AD patients from healthy controls (area under curve: 88% ; sensitivity: 66% ; specificity 93%). These data strength the breakdown of copper homeostasis and propose eCp/iCp as a reliable marker of ceruloplasmin status.
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy
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- Service of Medical Statistics and Information Technology, Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Catholic University, Policlinic A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione (ISTC) - CNR, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Catholic University, Policlinic A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Catholic University, Policlinic A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Molecular Biology Unit, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Catholic University, Policlinic A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.,Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, IRCSS "San Raffaele Pisana", Rome, Italy
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- Fatebenefratelli Foundation for Health Research and Education, AFaR Division, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione (ISTC) - CNR, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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