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Ghosh S, Jett KA, Baker ZN, Boulet A, Hossain A, Moore SA, Ralle M, Ling B, Cobine PA, Leary SC. Heart is the most susceptible organ in an isogenic background to loss of function mutations in the mitochondrial metallochaperone SCO1. Hum Mol Genet.2025 Sep 19;34(19):1599-1609. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaf123. PMID: 40679281; PMCID: PMC12449214.
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Snoozy J, Bhattacharya S, Johnson B, Fettig RR, Van Asma A, Brede C, *Miller SG, Ralle M, Warnhoff K. XDH-1 inactivation causes xanthine stone formation in C. elegans which is inhibited by SULP-4-mediated anion exchange in the excretory cell. PLOS Biology 2025 23(9): e3003410. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003410 PMID: 39975063; PMCID: PMC11838210.
Sudhahar V, Xiao Z, Das A, Ash D, Yadav S, Matier CD, Pezacki AT, Chatterjee B, Antipova OA, Vogt S, McMenamin M, Kelley S, Csanyi G, Lee J, Jo H, Chang CJ, Rao J, Kaplan JH, Ushio-Fukai M, Fukai T. Endothelial Cu Uptake Transporter CTR1 Senses Disturbed Flow to Promote Atherosclerosis through Cuproptosis. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 28:2025.01.27.634587. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.27.634587. PMID: 39975331; PMCID: PMC11838200.
Warrick JE, Attili D, van Eeuwen T, Hoffmann-Weitsman SE, Forsyth NC, Barmada SJ, Kearse MG. An autism spectrum disorder mutation in Topoisomerase 3β causes accumulation of covalent mRNA intermediates by disrupting metal binding within the zinc finger domain. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Apr 11:2025.04.11.647616. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.11.647616. PMID: 40370956; PMCID: PMC12077875
Chaudhry KA, Rajanayake KK, Carroll RT, Isailovic D, Funk MO Jr. Iron-sulfur cluster redox chemistry and dimer dissociation in the outer mitochondrial membrane protein, mitoNEET. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2025 Feb;30(1):3-11. doi: 10.1007/s00775-024-02093-7. Epub 2024 Dec 28. PMID: 39733200; PMCID: PMC11914260.
Messina MS, Torrente L, Pezacki AT, Humpel HI, Li EL, Miller SG, Verdejo-Torres O, Padilla-Benavides T, Brady DC, Killilea DW, Killilea AN, Ralle M, Ward NP, Ohata J, DeNicola GM, Chang CJ. A histochemical approach to activity-based copper sensing reveals cuproplasia-dependent vulnerabilities in cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 21;122(3):e2412816122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2412816122. Epub 2025 Jan 15. PMID: 39813247; PMCID: PMC11761388.
Craven GB, Chu H, Sun JD, Carelli JD, Coyne B, Chen H, Chen Y, Ma X, Das S, Kong W, Zajdlik AD, Yang KS, Reisberg SH, Thompson PA, Lipford JR, Taunton J. Mutant-selective AKT inhibition through lysine targeting and neo-zinc chelation. Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8044):205-214. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08176-4. Epub 2024 Nov 6. PMID: 39506119.
Hossain MS, Das A, Rafiq AM, Deák F, Bagi Z, Outlaw R, Sudhahar V, Yamamoto M, Kaplan JH, Ushio-Fukai M, Fukai T. Altered copper transport in oxidative stress-dependent brain endothelial barrier dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease. Vascul Pharmacol. 2024 Dec;157:107433. doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2024.107433. Epub 2024 Sep 22. PMID: 39317307; PMCID: PMC11624991.
Jiang Y, El Khoury E, Pezacki AT, Qian N, Oi M, Torrente L, Miller SG, Ralle M, DeNicola GM, Min W, Chang CJ. An Activity-Based Sensing Approach to Multiplex Mapping of Labile Copper Pools by Stimulated Raman Scattering. J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Dec 11;146(49):33324-33337. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c06296. Epub 2024 Nov 25. PMID: 39586074; PMCID: PMC11844218.
Krishnaraj A, Nair SJ. Quantifying Intracellular Platinum Accumulation Using Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometry. Curr Protoc.2024 Sep;4(9):e70012. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.70012. PMID: 39240240; PMCID: PMC12012822.
Srivastava DK, Navratna V, Tosh DK, Chinn A, Sk MF, Tajkhorshid E, Jacobson KA, Gouaux E. Structure of the human dopamine transporter and mechanisms of inhibition. Nature. 2024 Aug;632(8025):672-677. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07739-9. Epub 2024 Aug 7. PMID: 39112705; PMCID: PMC11324517.
Scott, C., Miller, S., Moënne-Loccoz, P. et al. Water soluble azide functionalized cobalt oxide nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 26, 230 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-024-06134-9
Pezacki AT, Gonciarz RL, Okamura T, Matier CD, Torrente L, Cheng K, Miller SG, Ralle M, Ward NP, DeNicola GM, Renslo AR, Chang CJ. A tandem activity-based sensing and labeling strategy reveals antioxidant response element regulation of labile iron pools. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jul 9;121(28):e2401579121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401579121. Epub 2024 Jul 5. PMID: 38968123; PMCID: PMC11252945.
Anderson DEJ, Le HH, Vu H, Johnson J, Aslan JE, Goldman J, Hinds MT. Thrombogenicity of biodegradable metals. Bioact Mater.2024 May 12;38:411-421. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.05.002. PMID: 38774458; PMCID: PMC11107095.
Peng ED, Lyman LR, Schmitt MP. Identification and characterization of zinc importers in Corynebacterium diphtheriae. J Bacteriol.2024 Jun 20;206(6):e0012424. doi: 10.1128/jb.00124-24. Epub 2024 May 29. PMID: 38809016; PMCID: PMC11332173.
Verbout NG, Lorentz CU, Markway BD, Wallisch M, Marbury TC, Di Cera E, Shatzel JJ, Gruber A, Tucker EI. Safety and tolerability of the protein C activator AB002 in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis: a randomized phase 2 trial. Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Jul 26;4(1):153. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00575-y. PMID: 39060370; PMCID: PMC11282208.
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Dolgova N, Uhlemann EE, Boniecki MT, Vizeacoumar FS, Ara A, Nouri P, Ralle M, Tonelli M, Abbas SA, Patry J, Elhasasna H, Freywald A, Vizeacoumar FJ, Dmitriev OY. MEMO1 binds iron and modulates iron homeostasis in cancer cells. Elife. 2024 Apr 19;13:e86354. doi:
Soini SA, Feliciano SM, Duersch BG, Merk VM. Nanocrystalline iron hydroxide lignocellulose filters for arsenate remediation. RSC Sustain.2024 Jan 15;2(3):626-634. doi: 10.1039/d3su00326d. PMID: 38455867; PMCID: PMC10916386.0
Harper BJ, Engstrom AM, Harper SL, Mackiewicz MR. Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2024 Apr 9;14(8):654. doi: 10.3390/nano14080654. PMID: 38668148; PMCID: PMC11054431.
Kabin, E., Dong, Y., Roy, S., Smirnova, J., Smith, J.W., Ralle, M., Summers, K., Yang, H., Dev, S., Wang, Y., Devenney, B., Cole, R.N., Palumaa, P., Lutsenko, S. (2023) α-lipoic acid ameliorates consequences of copper overload by up-regulating selenoproteins and decreasing redox misbalance. PNAS120, e2305961120
Y. Park, A. A. Demessie, A. Luo, O. R. Taratula, A. S. Moses, P. Do, L. Campos, Y. Jahangiri, C. R. Wyatt, H. A. Albarqi, K. Farsad, O. D. Slayden, Taratula, O. (2022) Targeted Nanoparticles with High Heating Efficiency for the Treatment of Endometriosis with Systemically Delivered Magnetic Hyperthermia. Small, 18, 2107808
Probst, C., Garcia-Santamarina, S., Brooks, J.T., Kloet, I.V.D., Baars, O., Ralle, M., Thiele, D.J., Alspaugh, J.A. (2022) Interactions between copper homeostasis and the fungal cell wall affect copper stress resistance. PLOS Pathogens18, e1010195
Li, Z., Ferguson, L., Deol, K.K., Roberts, M.A., Magtanong, L., Hendricks, J.M., Mousa, G.A., Kilinc, S., Schaefer, K., Wells, J.A., Bassik, M.C., Goga, A., Dixon, S.J., Ingolia, N.T., Olzmann, J.A. (2022) Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability. Nat Chem Biol18, 751–761
Liu, Z., Huang, J., Gu, Y., Clark, D.S., Mukhopadhyay, A., Keasling, J.D., Hartwig, J.F. (2022) Assembly and Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes within E. coli Nissle 1917 for Enantioselective and Site-Selective Functionalization of C─H and C═C Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc.144, 883–890.
Huang, J., Liu, Z., Bloomer, B.J., Clark, D.S., Mukhopadhyay, A., Keasling, J.D., Hartwig, J.F. (2021) Unnatural biosynthesis by an engineered microorganism with heterologously expressed natural enzymes and an artificial metalloenzyme. Nat. Chem. 13, 1186–1191
Cunningham, B., Engstrom, A.M., Harper, B.J., Harper, S.L., Mackiewicz, M.R. (2021) Silver Nanoparticles Stable to Oxidation and Silver Ion Release Show Size-Dependent Toxicity In Vivo. Nanomaterials (Basel)11, 1516
Hunsaker, E.W., Yu, C.-H.A., Franz, K.J. (2021) Copper Availability Influences the Transcriptomic Response of Candida albicans to Fluconazole Stress. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics11, jkab065
Salcedo-Sora, J.E., Robison, A.T.R., Zaengle-Barone, J., Franz, K.J., Kell, D.B., (2021) Membrane Transporters Involved in the Antimicrobial Activities of Pyrithione in Escherichia coli. Molecules26, 582
Smith, A. D., Garcia-Santamarina, S., Ralle, M., Loiselle, D. R., Haystead, T. A., and Thiele, D. J. (2021) Transcription factor-driven alternative localization of Cryptococcus neoformans superoxide dismutase. J Biol Chem, 100391
Paul, J. S., and Small, B. C. (2021) Chronic exposure to environmental cadmium affects growth and survival, cellular stress, and glucose metabolism in juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquat Toxicol230, 105705
Victor, T. W., O'Toole, K. H., Easthon, L. M., Ge, M., Smith, R. J., Huang, X., Yan, H., Chu, Y. S., Chen, S., Gursoy, D., Ralle, M., Imperiali, B., Allen, K. N., and Miller, L. M. (2020) Lanthanide-Binding Tags for 3D X-ray Imaging of Proteins in Cells at Nanoscale Resolution. J Am Chem Soc142, 2145-2149
Roy, S., McCann, C. J., Ralle, M., Ray, K., Ray, J., Lutsenko, S., and Jayakanthan, S. (2020) Analysis of Wilson disease mutations revealed that interactions between different ATP7B mutants modify their properties. Scientific Reports10, 13487
Morrell, A., Tripet, B. P., Eilers, B. J., Tegman, M., Thompson, D., Copié, V., and Burkhead, J. L. (2020) Copper modulates sex-specific fructose hepatoxicity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) Wistar rat models. The Journal of nutritional biochemistry78, 108316
Miesen, T. J., Engstrom, A. M., Frost, D. C., Ajjarapu, R., Ajjarapu, R., Lira, C. N., and Mackiewicz, M. R. (2020) A hybrid lipid membrane coating “shape-locks” silver nanoparticles to prevent surface oxidation and silver ion dissolution. RSC Advances10, 15677-15693
Hartmann, A. K., Gudipati, S., Pettenuzzo, A., Ronconi, L., and Rouge, J. L. (2020) Chimeric siRNA-DNA Surfactants for the Enhanced Delivery and Sustained Cytotoxicity of a Gold(III) Metallodrug. Bioconjug Chem31, 1063-1069
Harris, C. J., Gray, N. E., Caruso, M., Hunter, M., Ralle, M., and Quinn, J. F. (2020) Copper Modulation and Memory Impairment due to Hippocampal Tau Pathology. Journal of Alzheimer's DiseasePreprint, 1-12
Gudekar, N., Shanbhag, V., Wang, Y., Ralle, M., Weisman, G. A., and Petris, M. J. (2020) Metallothioneins regulate ATP7A trafficking and control cell viability during copper deficiency and excess. Scientific Reports10, 7856
Edwards, S., Zhao, G., Tran, J., Patten, K. T., Valenzuela, A., Wallis, C., Bein, K. J., Wexler, A. S., Lein, P. J., and Rao, X. (2020) Pathological Cardiopulmonary Evaluation of Rats Chronically Exposed to Traffic-Related Air Pollution. Environ Health Perspect128, 127003
Yantasee, W., Fryxell, G. E., Pattamakomsan, K., Sangvanich, T., Wiacek, R. J., Busche, B., Addleman, R. S., Timchalk, C., Ngamcherdtrakul, W., and Siriwon, N. (2019) Selective capture of radionuclides (U, Pu, Th, Am and Co) using functional nanoporous sorbents. Journal of Hazardous Materials366, 677-683
Yang, H., Liu, C.-N., Wolf, R. M., Ralle, M., Dev, S., Pierson, H., Askin, F., Steele, K. E., Magnuson, T. H., Schweitzer, M. A., Wong, G. W., and Lutsenko, S. (2019) Obesity is associated with copper elevation in serum and tissues. Metallomics : integrated biometal science11, 1363-1371
Ngamcherdtrakul, W., Sangvanich, T., Goodyear, S., Reda, M., Gu, S., Castro, D. J., Punnakitikashem, P., and Yantasee, W. (2019) Lanthanide-Loaded Nanoparticles as Potential Fluorescent and Mass Probes for High-Content Protein Analysis. Bioengineering (Basel)6
Ngamcherdtrakul, W., Morry, J., Sangvanich, T., Reda, M., Bejan, D. S., Fryxell, G. E., and Yantasee, W. (2019) Removal of a gadolinium based contrast agent by a novel sorbent hemoperfusion in a chronic kidney disease (CKD) rodent model. Scientific reports9, 709-709
Jeong, S. Y., Hogarth, P., Placzek, A., Gregory, A. M., Fox, R., Zhen, D., Hamada, J., van der Zwaag, M., Lambrechts, R., Jin, H., Nilsen, A., Cobb, J., Pham, T., Gray, N., Ralle, M., Duffy, M., Schwanemann, L., Rai, P., Freed, A., Wakeman, K., Woltjer, R. L., Sibon, O. C., and Hayflick, S. J. (2019) 4'-Phosphopantetheine corrects CoA, iron, and dopamine metabolic defects in mammalian models of PKAN. EMBO Mol Med11, e10489
Hunsaker, E. W., and Franz, K. J. (2019) Candida albicans reprioritizes metal handling during fluconazole stress. Metallomics11, 2020-2032
Albarqi, H. A., Wong, L. H., Schumann, C., Sabei, F. Y., Korzun, T., Li, X., Hansen, M. N., Dhagat, P., Moses, A. S., Taratula, O., and Taratula, O. (2019) Biocompatible Nanoclusters with High Heating Efficiency for Systemically Delivered Magnetic Hyperthermia. ACS nano13, 6383-6395
Yadav, R., and Scott, E. E. (2018) Endogenous insertion of non-native metalloporphyrins into human membrane cytochrome P450 enzymes. The Journal of biological chemistry293, 16623-16634
Toro, T. B., Edenfield, S. A., Hylton, B. J., and Watt, T. J. (2018) Chelatable trace zinc causes low, irreproducible KDAC8 activity. Analytical biochemistry540-541, 9-14
Prola-Netto, J., Woods, M., Roberts, V. H. J., Sullivan, E. L., Miller, C. A., Frias, A. E., and Oh, K. Y. (2018) Gadolinium Chelate Safety in Pregnancy: Barely Detectable Gadolinium Levels in the Juvenile Nonhuman Primate after in Utero Exposure. Radiology286, 122-128
Meacham, K. A., Cortés, M. P., Wiggins, E. M., Maass, A., Latorre, M., Ralle, M., and Burkhead, J. L. (2018) Altered zinc balance in the Atp7b(-/-) mouse reveals a mechanism of copper toxicity in Wilson disease. Metallomics : integrated biometal science10, 1595-1606
Jalali-Yazdi, F., Chowdhury, S., Yoshioka, C., and Gouaux, E. (2018) Mechanisms for Zinc and Proton Inhibition of the GluN1/GluN2A NMDA Receptor. Cell175, 1520-1532.e1515
Brown, A. L., Kai, M. P., DuRoss, A. N., Sahay, G., and Sun, C. (2018) Biodistribution and Toxicity of Micellar Platinum Nanoparticles in Mice via Intravenous Administration. Nanomaterials (Basel)8
Rupp, J. C., Locatelli, M., Grieser, A., Ramos, A., Campbell, P. J., Yi, H., Steel, J., Burkhead, J. L., and Bortz, E. (2017) Host Cell Copper Transporters CTR1 and ATP7A are important for Influenza A virus replication. Virology journal14, 11-11
Torti, S. V., Lemler, E., Mueller, B. K., Popp, A., and Torti, F. M. (2016) Effects of Anti-repulsive Guidance Molecule C (RGMc/Hemojuvelin) Antibody on Hepcidin and Iron in Mouse Liver and Tumor Xenografts. Clin Exp Pharmacol6, 223
Krey, J. F., Drummond, M., Foster, S., Porsov, E., Vijayakumar, S., Choi, D., Friderici, K., Jones, S. M., Nuttall, A. L., and Barr-Gillespie, P. G. (2016) Annexin A5 is the Most Abundant Membrane-Associated Protein in Stereocilia but is Dispensable for Hair-Bundle Development and Function. Scientific reports6, 27221-27221
Chu, Y. H., Sibrian-Vazquez, M., Escobedo, J. O., Phillips, A. R., Dickey, D. T., Wang, Q., Ralle, M., Steyger, P. S., and Strongin, R. M. (2016) Systemic Delivery and Biodistribution of Cisplatin in Vivo. Mol Pharm13, 2677-2682
Bhattacharjee, A., Yang, H., Duffy, M., Robinson, E., Conrad-Antoville, A., Lu, Y. W., Capps, T., Braiterman, L., Wolfgang, M., Murphy, M. P., Yi, L., Kaler, S. G., Lutsenko, S., and Ralle, M. (2016) The Activity of Menkes Disease Protein ATP7A Is Essential for Redox Balance in Mitochondria. J Biol Chem291, 16644-16658
Tallino, S., Duffy, M., Ralle, M., Cortes, M. P., Latorre, M., and Burkhead, J. L. (2015) Nutrigenomics analysis reveals that copper deficiency and dietary sucrose up-regulate inflammation, fibrosis and lipogenic pathways in a mature rat model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The Journal of nutritional biochemistry
Oh, K. Y., Roberts, V. H. J., Schabel, M. C., Grove, K. L., Woods, M., and Frias, A. E. (2015) Gadolinium Chelate Contrast Material in Pregnancy: Fetal Biodistribution in the Nonhuman Primate. Radiology276, 110-118
Bonnemaison, M. L., Back, N., Duffy, M. E., Ralle, M., Mains, R. E., and Eipper, B. A. (2015) Adaptor Protein-1 Complex Affects the Endocytic Trafficking and Function of Peptidylglycine alpha-Amidating Monooxygenase, a Luminal Cuproenzyme. J Biol Chem290, 21264-21279
Voss, K., Harris, C., Ralle, M., Duffy, M., Murchison, C., and Quinn, J. F. (2014) Modulation of tau phosphorylation by environmental copper. Translational neurodegeneration3, 24
Gaier, E. D., Kleppinger, A., Ralle, M., Covault, J., Mains, R. E., Kenny, A. M., and Eipper, B. A. (2014) Genetic determinants of amidating enzyme activity and its relationship with metal cofactors in human serum. BMC endocrine disorders14, 58
Gaier, E. D., Miller, M. B., Ralle, M., Aryal, D., Wetsel, W. C., Mains, R. E., and Eipper, B. A. (2013) Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase heterozygosity alters brain copper handling with region specificity. J Neurochem127, 605-619
Yeh, S., Ralle, M., Phan, I. T., Francis, P. J., Rosenbaum, J. T., and Flaxel, C. J. (2012) Occult intraocular foreign body masquerading as panuveitis: inductively coupled mass spectrometry and electrophysiologic analysis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect2, 99-103
Vyleta, M. L., Wong, J., and Magun, B. E. (2012) Suppression of ribosomal function triggers innate immune signaling through activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. PloS one7, e36044-e36044
Gray, L. W., Peng, F., Molloy, S. A., Pendyala, V. S., Muchenditsi, A., Muzik, O., Lee, J., Kaplan, J. H., and Lutsenko, S. (2012) Urinary copper elevation in a mouse model of Wilson's disease is a regulated process to specifically decrease the hepatic copper load. PloS one7, e38327-e38327
Gaier, E. D., Kleppinger, A., Ralle, M., Mains, R. E., Kenny, A. M., and Eipper, B. A. (2012) High serum Cu and Cu/Zn ratios correlate with impairments in bone density, physical performance and overall health in a population of elderly men with frailty characteristics. Exp Gerontol47, 491-496
Quinn, J. F., Harris, C., Kaye, J. A., Lind, B., Carter, R., Anekonda, T., and Ralle, M. (2011) Gender effects on plasma and brain copper. Int J Alzheimers Dis2011, 150916
Burkhead, J. L., Ralle, M., Wilmarth, P., David, L., and Lutsenko, S. (2011) Elevated copper remodels hepatic RNA processing machinery in the mouse model of Wilson's disease. J Mol Biol406, 44-58
Anekonda, T. S., Wadsworth, T. L., Sabin, R., Frahler, K., Harris, C., Petriko, B., Ralle, M., Woltjer, R., and Quinn, J. F. (2011) Phytic acid as a potential treatment for alzheimer's pathology: evidence from animal and in vitro models. J Alzheimers Dis23, 21-35
Quinn, J. F., Harris, C. J., Cobb, K. E., Domes, C., Ralle, M., Brewer, G., and Wadsworth, T. L. (2010) A copper-lowering strategy attenuates amyloid pathology in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis21, 903-914