Analogues of oxy-heme Aβ: Reactive intermediates relevant to Alzheimer’s disease

Manas Seal, Soumya Mukherjee, Debajyoti Pramanik, Kaustuv Mittra, Abhishek Dey, Somdatta Ghosh Dey

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Abstract

Redox active metals (Fe and Cu) and cofactors (heme) bind to Aβ peptides and react with O2 in their reduced state leading to oxidative stress in the brain. In this study we cryogenically trap and characterize a Fe-O2 intermediate, using resonance Raman spectroscopy, involved in reactive oxygen species formation by Aβ peptides. This is the first reaction intermediate relevant to Alzheimer's disease to be reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1091-1093
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 10 2013

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