Copper (Cu) is the active center of some enzymes because of its redox-active property, although that property could have harmful effects. Because of this, cells have strict regulation/detoxification systems for this metal. In this study, multi-disciplinary approaches, such as speciation and elemental imaging of Cu, were applied to reveal the detoxification mechanisms for Cu in cells bearing a d...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study is to reveal characteristics of (64)Cu-labeled diacetyl-bis(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone) ([(64)Cu]Cu-ATSM) during cell proliferation and hypoxia by autoradiography imaging and immunohistochemical staining. METHODS The intratumoral distributions of [(64)Cu]Cu-ATSM and [(18)F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([(18)F]FDG) in mice implanted with Lewis lung carcino...

An Mn for Cu substitution on cellular prion proteins (PrP(c)) in the brain that results in biochemical changes to PrP(c) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Recent research in the mature bovine does not support this theory. The present study tested this hypothesis by using progeny from gestating cows receiving Cu-deficient diets or Cu-deficient ...

The acidity and stability constants of M(Trp) M: Cu, Cu(Bpy)2+, and Cu(Phen)2+ complexes, were determined by potentiometric pH titration. It is shown that the stability of the binary Cu(Trp) complex is determined by the basicity of the carboxylate group on one side and amino group on the other side. It is demonstrated that the equilibrium, Cu(Har)2+ + Cu(Trp) Cu(Har)(Trp) + Cu, is displacement ...

There is a lack of agreement on index of Cu status and reliable and sensitive biomarkers are still required. The purpose of this present work was to assess in rats the sensitivity of diamine oxidase (DAO) activity, a recently proposed biomarker, to modifications in dietary Cu intake in comparison with other plasma biomarkers of Cu status. We also evaluated the effect of Cu dietary level on Cu a...

Two experiments were conducted to study the role of feed intake and feed efficiency in Cu-stimulated growth of weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 42 pigs were randomly assigned into three treatments: 1) control: ad libitum access to a corn-soybean meal-dried whey basal diet; 2) ad libitum/Cu: ad libitum access to the basal diet supplemented with 215 ppm of Cu; or 3) pair-fed/Cu: pair-fed the Cu-suppleme...

Layton Baker,† Brian Holsclaw,† Ashleigh E. Baber,‡ Heather L. Tierney,‡ E. Charles H. Sykes,‡ and Andrew J. Gellman*,†,§ Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon UniVersity, Pittsburgh, PennsylVania 15213, United States, Department of Chemistry, Tufts UniVersity, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States, and National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. B...

A reliable Cu-Cu bonding joint was achieved by using the highly sinterable Cu nanoparticle paste. Pure copper nanoparticles used in the preparation of nanoparticle paste were synthesized through simple routes, with an average size of 60.5 nm. Under an Ar-H2 gas mixture atmosphere, the Cu nanoparticle paste exhibited large areas of fusion after sintering at 300 °C and reached a low electrical re...

Standard enthalpies of formation of ternary phases in the Cu-Ni-Sn system were determined along sections at 25, 41 and 45.5 at.% Sn applying tin solution drop calorimetry. Generally, the interaction of Ni with Sn is much stronger than that of Cu with Sn. Along all sections the enthalpy of formation changes almost linearly with the mutual substitution of Cu and Ni within the respective homogenei...