Like all other animal species, terrestrial pulmonate snails require Cu as an essential trace element. On the other hand, elevated amounts of Cu can exert toxic effects on snails. The homeostatic regulation of Cu must therefore be a pivotal goal of terrestrial pulmonates to survive. Upon administration of Cu, snails accumulate the metal nearly equally in most of their organs. Quantitative studie...

The complexation of Cu(II) with previously synthesized thrombolytic peptides, Pro-Ala-Lys (6), Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys (7), Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys (8), Gly-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys (9) and Gln-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys (10), resulted in the formation of complexes, Cu(II)-(Pro-Ala-Lys) (6-Cu), Cu(II)-(Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys) (7-Cu), Cu(II)-(Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys) (8-Cu), Cu(II)-(Gly-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys) (9-Cu) and Cu(II)-(Gln-Arg-Pro-Ala...

Thrombosis disease has been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the discovery of antithrombotic agents, three complexes of Cu(2+) and repetitive arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) sequences, Cu(II)-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (Cu[II]-4a), Cu(II)-Arg-Gly-Asp-Val-Arg-Gly-Asp-Val (Cu[II]-4b), and Cu(II)-Arg-Gly-Asp-Phe-Arg-Gly-Asp-Phe (Cu[II]-4c), were previously repor...

One hundred twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats, averaging 108.6 g initial body weight, were used in two feeding experiments to evaluate the utilization of Cu in Cu proteinate, Cu lysine, and cupric sulfate. In Exp. 1, 60 rats were randomly assigned to 12 treatments in a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments, with Zn supplementation at 0 or 1000 mg/kg diet, Cu supplementation at 5 or 15 mg/...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary Cu on performance, carcass characteristics, and muscle fatty acid composition in meat goats. Thirty five Jianyang Big-ear goat (JYB) kids (average BW 20.3 ± 0.6 kg and age 3 to 4 mo) were stratified by weight and randomly assigned to 1 of 7 experimental treatments (n = 5 goats per treatment). Treatments consisted of: 1) control (no...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of Cu supplementation on performance, subcutaneous adipose tissue mRNA expression of acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC), stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD), uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2), and leptin in growing and finishing steers. Forty-eight purebred Angus steers were allotted to one of five treatments: 1) control (no supplemental Cu); 2) 10 mg Cu/kg DM...

Reagents for recognition and efficient cleavage of mismatched DNA without photoactivation were designed. They contain a combination of a mismatch-directing metalloinsertor, [Rh(bpy)2(chrysi)]3+ (bpy=2,2'-bipyridyl, chrysi=5,6-chrysenequinone diimine), and an oxidative cleavage functionality, [Cu(phen)2]+ (Cu). Both unconjugated (Rh+Cu) and conjugated (Rh-Cu) frameworks of the Rh insertor and Cu...

Cu+l(Si02/A1203), Cu+/A1203 and Cu+/Si02 catalysts were prepared by a combination of the ion-exchange method and thermovacuum treatment. In-situ XANES and EXAFS investigations of the catalysts have revealed that Cu+ ions are anchored onto Alz03 or SiO2 as planar 3-coordinate Cu+, while being anchored onto SiOz/A1203 as linear 2-coordinate Cu+. Photoluminescence measurements of the catalysts and...

An attempt was made to unravel further the mechanism by which high dietary concentrations of ascorbic acid influence copper metabolism. The addition of ascorbic acid to the diet of rats caused about a twofold increase in plasma ascorbate concentrations and reduced group mean plasma and tissue concentrations of Cu. The effect of 10 g ascorbic acid/kg diet was greater than that of 1 g/kg. Ascorbi...

Fertilization of crops with livestock manure (LM) is a common waste disposal option, but repeated application of LM containing high concentrations of heavy metals such as Cu could lead to crop toxicity and environmental risk. To examine the Cu availability and uptake by wheat in a Mollisol affected by Cu-enriched LM, pot experiments were conducted. LM (376 mg kg⁻¹ Cu originally) was spiked with...