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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
Complex formation between D-penicillamine (Pen) and copper(II) ions has been studied under simulated physiological conditions in both the presence and absence of the blood plasma constituents albumin, alanine, histidine, and zinc(II). Chromatographic and uv/vis and electron spin resonance (esr) spectroscopic methods were used. The major species formed, at neutral pH and 0.15 mol dm-3 NaCl, is the violet species which is shown to have the same stoichiometry as the recently reported solid-state complex, i.e., [Cu8I Cu6II (Pen)12 Cl] 5-. The rate of formation of this species (MVC) is shown to be dependent on the Cu concentration, Cu:Pen ratio, relative Cl- ion concentration, pH, and temperature. Formation is inhibited by the presence of O2 and biological chelates. At the concentration levels found in blood plasma it is unlikely that the MVC ion has any significance in the therapeutic action of penicillamine in the treatment of Wilson's disease. Reexamination of the aqueous Cu-albumin-pen system reinforces earlier findings that pen is unable to mobilize Cu that is bound to albumin. Significant binding of pen to the protein is observed is not related to any protein-bound copper ions. Evidence that ternary complexes of the type amino acid-Cu-Pen can form in blood plasma is presented. These are unlikely, however, to be physiologically significant and the copper depletion induced by Pen in Wilson's disease cases must be elsewhere than in the blood plasma compartment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0162-0134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-39
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
The formation and nature of the mixed valence copper-D-penicillamine-chloride cluster in aqueous solution and its relevance to the treatment of Wilson's disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article