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Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 368 (6491) ◽  
pp. 620-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam M. Guthrie ◽  
Shivatheja Soma ◽  
Sai Yuan ◽  
Andres Silva ◽  
Mohammad Zulkifli ◽  
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Loss-of-function mutations in the copper (Cu) transporter ATP7A cause Menkes disease. Menkes is an infantile, fatal, hereditary copper-deficiency disorder that is characterized by progressive neurological injury culminating in death, typically by 3 years of age. Severe copper deficiency leads to multiple pathologies, including impaired energy generation caused by cytochrome c oxidase dysfunction in the mitochondria. Here we report that the small molecule elesclomol escorted copper to the mitochondria and increased cytochrome c oxidase levels in the brain. Through this mechanism, elesclomol prevented detrimental neurodegenerative changes and improved the survival of the mottled-brindled mouse—a murine model of severe Menkes disease. Thus, elesclomol holds promise for the treatment of Menkes and associated disorders of hereditary copper deficiency.


1991 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Satoh ◽  
Mika Irino ◽  
Parthena M. Martin ◽  
Richard B. Mailman ◽  
Kinuko Suzuki

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parthena M. Martin ◽  
Mika Irino ◽  
Kinuko Suzuki ◽  
Mark H. Lewis ◽  
Richard B. Mailman

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 885-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Fujii ◽  
Masatoshi Ito ◽  
Hideo Tsuda ◽  
Haruki Mikawa

1990 ◽  
Vol 268 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
F A Palida ◽  
A Mas ◽  
L Arola ◽  
K Bethin ◽  
P A Lonergan ◽  
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The proteins that bind copper when it first enters cells are likely to play roles in its intracellular distribution and utilization. When hepatocytes were incubated with 64Cu(II), the time-dependence of the subcellular distribution of 64Cu was consistent with one or more cytosolic proteins distributing copper to the mitochondrial and nuclear fractions. Cytosolic copper was reproducibly distributed among four protein fractions from Sephadex G-150 columns at the earliest time (1 min) and at the lowest concentration used [2 microM-64Cu(II)] with both rat and mouse hepatocytes. Copper binding to proteins in these functions was sensitive to copper metabolic status. Hepatocytes from nutritionally copper-deficient rats or neonatal (9-30 days old) developing rats showed an inverse correlation between copper binding to metallothionein and copper binding to proteins in fraction I (approximately 88 kDa apparent) and fraction II (approximately 38 kDa apparent). The distribution of cytosolic 64Cu from the brindled-mouse model of Menkes disease indicated decreased binding by a protein in fraction I. Brindled-mouse hepatocytes also contain decreased levels of a approximately 55 kDa protein or subunit, which most likely represents a liver-specific secondary response to the primary defect. The results are consistent with one or more copper-binding proteins in fractions I and II having significant functions in intracellular copper metabolism.


1990 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 383-390
Author(s):  
Noriaki Yoshimura ◽  
Mamoru Asada ◽  
Kazuyuki Kida ◽  
Saburo Usutani ◽  
Masahiko Nishimura

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