Connecting copper and cancer: from transition metal signalling to metalloplasia

EJ Ge, AI Bush, A Casini, PA Cobine, JR Cross… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Copper is an essential nutrient whose redox properties make it both beneficial and toxic to
the cell. Recent progress in studying transition metal signalling has forged new links …

Bioorthogonal chemistry

SL Scinto, DA Bilodeau, R Hincapie, W Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistry represents a class of high-yielding chemical reactions that proceed
rapidly and selectively in biological environments without side reactions towards …

The bioinorganic chemistry of mammalian metallothioneins

A Krezel, W Maret - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The functions, purposes, and roles of metallothioneins have been the subject of
speculations since the discovery of the protein over 60 years ago. This article guides …

Cuproptosis: Harnessing transition metal for cancer therapy

W Wang, W Mo, Z Hang, Y Huang, H Yi, Z Sun, A Lei - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition metal elements, such as copper, play diverse and pivotal roles in oncology. They
act as constituents of metalloenzymes involved in cellular metabolism, function as signaling …

The role of copper homeostasis in brain disease

Y An, S Li, X Huang, X Chen, H Shan… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the human body, copper is an important trace element and is a cofactor for several
important enzymes involved in energy production, iron metabolism, neuropeptide activation …

The multifaceted roles of copper in cancer: A trace metal element with dysregulated metabolism, but also a target or a bullet for therapy

P Lelièvre, L Sancey, JL Coll, A Deniaud, B Busser - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Copper is an essential element for human life. However, its redox activity
can be detrimental for the cell that developed highly coordinated pathways to chelate and …

Copper bioavailability is a KRAS-specific vulnerability in colorectal cancer

L Aubert, N Nandagopal, Z Steinhart, G Lavoie… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite its importance in human cancers, including colorectal cancers (CRC), oncogenic
KRAS has been extremely challenging to target therapeutically. To identify potential …

[HTML][HTML] Getting out what you put in: Copper in mitochondria and its impacts on human disease

PA Cobine, SA Moore, SC Leary - … Et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondria accumulate copper in their matrix for the eventual maturation of the
cuproenzymes cytochrome c oxidase and superoxide dismutase. Transport into the matrix is …

[HTML][HTML] Copper in cancer: from pathogenesis to therapy

D Guan, L Zhao, X Shi, X Ma, Z Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the basic trace elements for the structure and metabolism of human tissue is copper.
However, as a heavy metal, excessive intake or abnormal accumulation of copper in the …

Recent progress in the two-photon fluorescent probes for metal ions

V Juvekar, SJ Park, J Yoon, HM Kim - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-photon microscopy (TPM) offers improved deep visualization of the target specimen
with reduced phototoxicity, autofluorescence, and minimal light scattering. In combination …