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Ban XX, Wan H, Wan XX, Tan YT, Hu XM, Ban HX, Chen XY, Huang K, Zhang Q, Xiong K. Copper Metabolism and Cuproptosis: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Curr Med Sci 2024; 44:28-50. [PMID: 38336987 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-024-2832-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Copper is an essential trace element, and plays a vital role in numerous physiological processes within the human body. During normal metabolism, the human body maintains copper homeostasis. Copper deficiency or excess can adversely affect cellular function. Therefore, copper homeostasis is stringently regulated. Recent studies suggest that copper can trigger a specific form of cell death, namely, cuproptosis, which is triggered by excessive levels of intracellular copper. Cuproptosis induces the aggregation of mitochondrial lipoylated proteins, and the loss of iron-sulfur cluster proteins. In neurodegenerative diseases, the pathogenesis and progression of neurological disorders are linked to copper homeostasis. This review summarizes the advances in copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in the nervous system and neurodegenerative diseases. This offers research perspectives that provide new insights into the targeted treatment of neurodegenerative diseases based on cuproptosis.
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- Xiao-Xia Ban
- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010050, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China.
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China.
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 430013, China.
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Changsha, 430013, China.
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Guha L, Singh N, Kumar H. Different Ways to Die: Cell Death Pathways and Their Association With Spinal Cord Injury. Neurospine 2023; 20:430-448. [PMID: 37401061 PMCID: PMC10323345 DOI: 10.14245/ns.2244976.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Cell death is a systematic/nonsystematic process of cessation of normal morphology and functional properties of the cell to replace and recycle old cells with new also promoting inflammation in some cases. It is a complicated process comprising multiple pathways. Some are well-explored, and others have just begun to be. The research on appropriate control of cell death pathways after acute and chronic damage of neuronal cells is being widely researched today due to the lack of regeneration and recovering potential of a neuronal cell after sustaining damage and the inability to control the direction of neuronal growth. In the progression and onset of various neurological diseases, impairments in programmed cell death signaling processes, like necroptosis, apoptosis, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and pathways directly or indirectly linked, like autophagy as in nonprogrammed necrosis, are observed. Spinal cord injury (SCI) involves the temporary or permanent disruption of motor activities due to the death of a neuronal and glial cell in the spinal cord accompanied by axonal degeneration. Recent years have seen a significant increase in research on the intricate biochemical interactions that occur after a SCI. Different cell death pathways may significantly impact the subsequent damage processes that lead to the eventual neurological deficiency after an injury to the spinal cord. A better knowledge of the molecular basis of the involved cell death pathways might help enhance neuronal and glial survival and neurological deficits, promoting a curative path for SCI.
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- Lahanya Guha
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)- Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Chen L, Min J, Wang F. Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in health and disease. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:378. [PMID: 36414625 PMCID: PMC9681860 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01229-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 166.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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As an essential micronutrient, copper is required for a wide range of physiological processes in virtually all cell types. Because the accumulation of intracellular copper can induce oxidative stress and perturbing cellular function, copper homeostasis is tightly regulated. Recent studies identified a novel copper-dependent form of cell death called cuproptosis, which is distinct from all other known pathways underlying cell death. Cuproptosis occurs via copper binding to lipoylated enzymes in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, which leads to subsequent protein aggregation, proteotoxic stress, and ultimately cell death. Here, we summarize our current knowledge regarding copper metabolism, copper-related disease, the characteristics of cuproptosis, and the mechanisms that regulate cuproptosis. In addition, we discuss the implications of cuproptosis in the pathogenesis of various disease conditions, including Wilson's disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, and we discuss the therapeutic potential of targeting cuproptosis.
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- Liyun Chen
- grid.13402.340000 0004 1759 700XThe Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China ,grid.412017.10000 0001 0266 8918The First Affiliated Hospital, Basic Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. .,The First Affiliated Hospital, Basic Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
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Hobin K, Costas-Rodríguez M, Van Wonterghem E, Vandenbroucke RE, Vanhaecke F. High-Precision Isotopic Analysis of Cu and Fe via Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Reveals Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Effects in Blood Plasma and Brain Tissues. Front Chem 2022; 10:896279. [PMID: 35783204 PMCID: PMC9241339 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.896279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The concentration and the isotopic composition of the redox-active essential elements Cu and Fe were investigated in blood plasma and specific brain regions (hippocampus, cortex, brain stem and cerebellum) of mice to assess potential alterations associated with sepsis-associated encephalopathy induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration. Samples were collected from young (16-22 weeks) and aged (44-65 weeks) mice after intraperitoneal injection of the LPS, an endotoxin inducing neuroinflammation, and from age- and sex-matched controls, injected with phosphate-buffered saline solution. Sector-field single-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry was relied upon for elemental analysis and multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for isotopic analysis. Significant variations were observed for the Cu concentration and for the Cu and Fe isotope ratios in the blood plasma. Concentrations and isotope ratios of Cu and Fe also varied across the brain tissues. An age- and an inflammatory-related effect was found affecting the isotopic compositions of blood plasma Cu and cerebellum Fe, whereas a regional Cu isotopic redistribution was found within the brain tissues. These findings demonstrate that isotopic analysis of essential mineral elements picks up metabolic changes not revealed by element quantification, making the two approaches complementary.
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- Kasper Hobin
- Atomic and Mass Spectrometry - A&MS Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Atomic and Mass Spectrometry - A&MS Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Barriers in Inflammation Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Barriers in Inflammation Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Atomic and Mass Spectrometry - A&MS Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Su Y, Zhang X, Li S, Xie W, Guo J. Emerging roles of the copper-CTR1 axis in tumorigenesis. Mol Cancer Res 2022; 20:1339-1353. [PMID: 35604085 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-22-0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Physiological roles of copper in metabolic homeostasis have been well established, however, whether and how copper is dysregulated in tumors and contributes to tumorigenesis are not recapitulated. Here, we comprehensively summarize the potential origins of copper accumulation in diseases especially in cancers by dysregulating copper transporter 1 (CTR1) or ATPase copper transporting alpha/beta (ATP7A/B) and further demonstrate the underlying mechanism of copper contributing to tumorigenesis. Specifically, in addition to modulating reactive oxygen species (ROS), angiogenesis, immune response, and metabolic homeostasis, copper recently has drawn more attention by directly binding to oncoproteins such as MEK, ULK, Memo, and PDK1 to activate distinct oncogenic signals and account for tumorigenesis. In the end, we disclose the emerging applications of copper in cancer diagnosis and highlight the promising strategies to target the copper-CTR1 axis for cancer therapies.
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- Yaqing Su
- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, guangdong, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- The First Affiliatd Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, guangdong, China
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Lamboux A, Couchonnal-Bedoya E, Guillaud O, Laurencin C, Lion-François L, Belmalih A, Mintz E, Brun V, Bost M, Lachaux A, Balter V. The blood copper isotopic composition is a prognostic indicator of the hepatic injury in Wilson disease. Metallomics 2020; 12:1781-1790. [PMID: 33057522 DOI: 10.1039/d0mt00167h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper (Cu) metabolism. The gene responsible for WD, ATP7B, is involved in the cellular transport of Cu, and mutations in the ATP7B gene induce accumulation of Cu in the liver and ultimately in the brain. In a pilot study, the natural variations of copper stable isotope ratios (65Cu/63Cu) in the serum of WD patients have been shown to differ from that of healthy controls. In the present study, we challenged these first results by measuring the 65Cu/63Cu ratios in the blood of treated (n = 25), naïve patients (n = 11) and age matched healthy controls (n = 75). The results show that naïve patients and healthy controls exhibit undistinguishable 65Cu/63Cu ratios, implying that the Cu isotopic ratio cannot serve as a reliable diagnostic biomarker. The type of treatment (d-penicillamine vs. triethylenetetramine) does not affect the 65Cu/63Cu ratios in WD patients, which remain constant regardless of the type and duration of the treatment. In addition, the 65Cu/63Cu ratios do not vary in naïve patients after the onset of the treatment. However, the 65Cu/63Cu ratios decrease with the degree of liver fibrosis and the gradient of the phenotypic presentation, i.e. presymptomatic, hepatic and neurologic. To get insights into the mechanisms at work, we study the effects of the progress of the WD on the organism by measuring the Cu concentrations and the 65Cu/63Cu ratios in the liver, feces and plasma of 12 and 45 week old Atp7b-/- mice. The evolution of the 65Cu/63Cu ratios is marked by a decrease in all tissues. The results show that 63Cu accumulates in the liver preferentially to 65Cu due to the preferential cellular entry of 63Cu and the impairment of the 63Cu exit by ceruloplasmin. The hepatic accumulation of monovalent 63Cu+ is likely to fuel the production of free radicals, which is potentially an explanation of the pathogenicity of WD. Altogether, the results suggest that the blood 65Cu/63Cu ratio recapitulates WD progression and is a potential prognostic biomarker of WD.
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- Aline Lamboux
- Univ Lyon, ENSL, Univ Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5276, LGL-TPE, F-69007, Lyon, France.
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Sauzéat L, Costas-Rodríguez M, Albalat E, Mattielli N, Vanhaecke F, Balter V. Inter-comparison of stable iron, copper and zinc isotopic compositions in six reference materials of biological origin. Talanta 2020; 221:121576. [PMID: 33076122 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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There is a lack of certified reference materials with an organic matrix for which metal isotope ratios have been certified. Here, we have determined the iron, copper and zinc stable isotopic compositions for six reference materials of biological origin with diverse matrices, i.e. BCR-380R (whole milk), BCR-383 (beans), ERM-CE464 (tuna fish), SRM-1577c (bovine liver), DORM-4 (fish protein) and TORT-3 (lobster hepatopancreas) in three different labs. The concentrations for six major and sixteen trace elements, spanning almost four orders of magnitude, were also measured and the results obtained show an excellent agreement with certified values, demonstrating that the dissolution step was quantitative for all the standards. By taking literature data into account, 39 possible pair-wise comparisons of mean iron, copper and zinc isotopic values (δ values) could be made. Results of Tukey multiple comparisons of means yielded 11 significantly different pairs. Most of these differences are of the same order of magnitude as the estimated mean expanded uncertainties (U, k = 2) (±0.10‰, ±0.05‰, and ±0.05‰ for the δ56Fe, δ65Cu and δ66Zn values, respectively). The present inter-comparison study finally proposes nineteen new preferred values for the Cu, Zn and Fe isotopic compositions of six reference materials of biological origin.
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- Lucie Sauzéat
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, OPGC, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inserm, Génétique, Reproduction et Développement, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Atomic & Mass Spectrometry - A&MS Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratoire G-Time, DGES, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. Roosevelt 50, CP 160/02, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Atomic & Mass Spectrometry - A&MS Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Univ Lyon, ENSL, Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, LGL-TPE, F-69007, Lyon, France.
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Kysenius K, Hilton JB, Paul B, Hare DJ, Crouch PJ. Anatomical redistribution of endogenous copper in embryonic mice overexpressing SOD1. Metallomics 2020; 11:141-150. [PMID: 30255176 DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00242h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Mutations in the copper (Cu)- and zinc (Zn)-binding metalloenzyme Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) cause familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). Transgenic over-expression of mutant SOD1 produces a robust ALS-like phenotype in mice. Despite being ubiquitously expressed from the moment of conception, the mechanisms underlying the CNS-selective phenotype of mutant SOD1 expression remain poorly understood. We have previously shown that the physiological requirement for copper in SOD1 is unsatiated in the CNS of adult mice overexpressing mutant SOD1 and that suboptimal delivery of Cu to SOD1 in these mice progressively worsens with age. An age-related impediment to Cu availability may therefore contribute to the adult onset of disease in cases of ALS caused by mutant SOD1. Here, we have extended the age-related investigation of Cu in SOD1 overexpressing transgenic mice to the embryonic stage of development. We used the quantitative in situ elemental imaging method, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), to assess the endogenous distribution of Cu, Zn and other endogenous elements (carbon, phosphorus, sulphur, magnesium, manganese and iron) in the embryonic day 14 (E14) embryos of transgenic mice overexpressing wild-type human SOD1 (hSOD1Wt) or mutant human SOD1 (hSOD1G37R). We show that in contrast to adult mice, SOD1 overexpression (both wild-type and mutant) is associated with an overt redistribution of Cu from the liver to the CNS during embryonic development. Also in contrast to adult mice, Zn redistribution to the CNS in response to SOD1 over-expression is relatively modest in embryonic mice, being limited to the brainstem. No other elemental changes between genotypes were observed. Our application of quantitative LA-ICP-MS in situ imaging details the first anatomical mapping of endogenous elements in embryonic mice. The observed redistribution of Cu from the liver to the CNS in response to SOD1 overexpression during embryogenesis indicates that the impediment of Cu delivery to SOD1, which is evident in adult mutant SOD1 overexpressing mice, only occurs at a later stage in life.
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- K Kysenius
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the University of Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Farrawell NE, Yerbury MR, Plotkin SS, McAlary L, Yerbury JJ. CuATSM Protects Against the In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Wild-Type-Like Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Mutants but not Mutants That Disrupt Metal Binding. ACS Chem Neurosci 2019; 10:1555-1564. [PMID: 30462490 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mutations in the SOD1 gene are associated with some forms of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS). There are more than 150 different mutations in the SOD1 gene that have various effects on the copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) enzyme structure, including the loss of metal binding and a decrease in dimer affinity. The copper-based therapeutic CuATSM has been proven to be effective at rescuing neuronal cells from SOD1 mutant toxicity and has also increased the life expectancy of mice expressing the human transgenes SOD1G93A and SOD1G37R. Furthermore, CuATSM is currently the subject of a phase I/II clinical trial in Australia as a treatment for ALS. To determine if CuATSM protects against a broad variety of SOD1 mutations, we used a well-established cell culture model of SOD1-fALS. NSC-34 cells expressing SOD1-EGFP constructs were treated with CuATSM and examined by time-lapse microscopy. Our results show a concentration-dependent protection of cells expressing mutant SOD1A4V over the experimental time period. We tested the efficacy of CuATSM on 10 SOD1-fALS mutants and found that while protection was observed in cells expressing pathogenic wild-type-like mutants, cells expressing a truncation mutant or metal binding region mutants were not. We also show that CuATSM rescue is associated with an increase in human SOD1 activity and a decrease in the level of SOD1 aggregation in vitro. In conclusion, CuATSM has shown to be a promising therapeutic for SOD1-associated ALS; however, our in vitro results suggest that the protection afforded varies depending on the SOD1 variant, including negligible protection to mutants with deficient copper binding.
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- Natalie E. Farrawell
- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Centre of Medicine and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Centre of Medicine and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Genome Sciences and Technology Program, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Centre of Medicine and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Sauzéat L, Bernard E, Perret-Liaudet A, Quadrio I, Vighetto A, Krolak-Salmon P, Broussolle E, Leblanc P, Balter V. Isotopic Evidence for Disrupted Copper Metabolism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. iScience 2018; 6:264-271. [PMID: 30240616 PMCID: PMC6137708 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Redox-active metals are thought to be implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To address this point, we measured the concentrations of 12 elements and, for the first time, the stable isotope compositions of copper (redox-active) and zinc (redox-inactive) in human cerebrospinal fluids of 31 patients with ALS, 11 age-matched controls (CTRL), and 14 patients with Alzheimer disease. We first show that metal concentrations weakly discriminate patients with ALS from the two other groups. We then report that zinc isotopic compositions are similar in the three groups, but that patients with ALS have significantly 65copper-enriched isotopic compositions relative to CTRL and patients with AD. This result unambiguously demonstrates that copper is implicated in ALS. We suggest that this copper isotopic signature may result from abnormal protein aggregation in the brain parenchyma, and propose that isotopic analysis is a potential tool that may help unraveling the molecular mechanisms at work in ALS. Redox-active metals are implicated in ALS through oxidative stress Concentrations of these metals in CSFs of patients with ALS are non-specific Copper stable isotope composition in CSFs of patients with ALS are specific Isotopic balance between CSFs and brain is probably the mechanism
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- Lucie Sauzéat
- Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Centre de Ressources et de Compétence SLA de Lyon, Service de Neurologie C, Bron, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, BioRan, Lyon, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Neurobiology Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, BioRan, Lyon, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Neurobiology Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Lyon, France
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- Service Neurocognition et Neuroophtalmologie, Hôpital Neurologique, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France; Centre Mémoire Ressources Recherche de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital des Charpennes, Villeurbanne, France; Université Lyon 1, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, équipe IMPACT, Lyon, France
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- Centre Mémoire Ressources Recherche de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital des Charpennes, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Sud Charles Mérieux, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR5310, INSERM U1217, Faculté de Médecine Rockefeller, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 69007 Lyon, France.
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Enge TG, Ecroyd H, Jolley DF, Yerbury JJ, Kalmar B, Dosseto A. Assessment of metal concentrations in the SOD1 G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its potential role in muscular denervation, with particular focus on muscle tissue. Mol Cell Neurosci 2018. [PMID: 29524628 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is among the most common of the motor neuron diseases, and arguably the most devastating. During the course of this fatal neurodegenerative disorder, motor neurons undergo progressive degeneration. The currently best-understood animal models of ALS are based on the over-expression of mutant isoforms of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1); these indicate that there is a perturbation in metal homeostasis with disease progression. Copper metabolism in particular is affected in the central nervous system (CNS) and muscle tissue. METHODS This present study assessed previously published and newly gathered concentrations of transition metals (Cu, Zn, Fe and Se) in CNS (brain and spinal cord) and non-CNS (liver, intestine, heart and muscle) tissues from transgenic mice over-expressing the G93A mutant SOD1 isoform (SOD1G93A), transgenic mice over-expressing wildtype SOD1 (SOD1WT) and non-transgenic controls. RESULTS Cu accumulates in non-CNS tissues at pre-symptomatic stages in SOD1G93A tissues. This accumulation represents a potentially pathological feature that cannot solely be explained by the over-expression of mSOD1. As a result of the lack of Cu uptake into the CNS there may be a deficiency of Cu for the over-expressed mutant SOD1 in these tissues. Elevated Cu concentrations in muscle tissue also preceded the onset of symptoms and were found to be pathological and not be the result of SOD1 over-expression. CONCLUSIONS It is hypothesized that the observed Cu accumulations may represent a pathologic feature of ALS, which may actively contribute to axonal retraction leading to muscular denervation, and possibly significantly contributing to disease pathology. Therefore, it is proposed that the toxic-gain-of-function and dying-back hypotheses to explain the molecular drivers of ALS may not be separate, individual processes; rather our data suggests that they are parallel processes.
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- T Gabriel Enge
- Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
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- Center for Medical and Molecular Bioscience and School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Australia
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- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
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- Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Insights into the mechanisms of copper dyshomeostasis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Expert Rev Mol Med 2017; 19:e7. [PMID: 28597807 DOI: 10.1017/erm.2017.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neuromuscular disease characterised by a progressive loss of motor neurons that usually results in paralysis and death within 2 to 5 years after disease onset. The pathophysiological mechanisms involved in ALS remain largely unknown and to date there is no effective treatment for this disease. Here, we review clinical and experimental evidence suggesting that dysregulation of copper homeostasis in the central nervous system is a crucial underlying event in motor neuron degeneration and ALS pathophysiology. We also review and discuss novel approaches seeking to target copper delivery to treat ALS. These novel approaches may be clinically relevant not only for ALS but also for other neurological disorders with abnormal copper homeostasis, such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and Prion diseases.
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