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El ciclo redox del cobre en la proteína priónica depende críticamente del modo de unión
Lin Liu1, Dianlu Jiang, Alex McDonald
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 29, 2011
Resumen
La proteína priónica es la proteína priónica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- La biofísica es la biofísica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La proteína priónica (PrP) se une al cobre en su dominio N-terminal.
- La absorción de cobre por PrP está relacionada con la neuroprotección y la regulación del estrés celular.
- Una hipótesis sugiere que la alta ocupación de cobre apaga el ciclo redox de PrP, evitando la producción de especies reactivas de oxígeno.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para probar directamente la hipótesis de que la alta ocupación de cobre en PrP apaga el ciclo redox.
- Para investigar el papel de los modos de unión del cobre en la actividad redox del PrP.
- Para aclarar el mecanismo de la interacción de PrP con el cobre y sus implicaciones para la función celular.
Principales métodos:
- Medidas electroquímicas detalladas dependientes del pH en los modos de unión de cobre de baja y alta ocupación.
- Mediciones cinéticas independientes que evalúan el uso de ascorbato y la producción de peróxido.
- Análisis de la unión de cobre tanto en regiones octarepetadas (OR) como en regiones no OR de PrP.
Principales resultados:
- La baja ocupación de cobre apaga por completo el ciclo redox.
- La alta ocupación de cobre conduce a la producción regulada de peróxido de hidrógeno a través de la reducción catalítica de oxígeno.
- La producción de peróxido de hidrógeno se observa tanto en los segmentos OR como en los no OR de PrP.
Conclusiones:
- La hipótesis actual de que una alta ocupación de cobre apaga el ciclo redox de PrP se invierte.
- El ciclo de redox del cobre unido al PrP en el modo de alta ocupación está regulado, no apagado.
- La producción de peróxido de hidrógeno sugiere un papel para la PrP en las vías de señalización celular.
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