La amiloide-β y la α-sinucleína disminuyen el nivel de especies reactivas de oxígeno catalizadas por metales mediante

Jeppe T Pedersen, Serene W Chen1, Christian B Borg2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.

Resumen

La formación de especies reactivas de oxígeno (ROS) se reduce mediante la unión de beta-amiloide (Aβ) y alfa-sinucleína (αS) al cobre. Esto sugiere que los péptidos agregados no aumentan directamente los ROS, pero pueden concentrar iones metálicos, impactando las vías de enfermedades neurodegenerativas.

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