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Menkes disease: Oral administration of glyoxal-bis(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazonato)-copper(II) rescues the macular mouse.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2018
Munakata Mitsutoshi, Kodama Hiroko, Tani Norihiko, Kimura Kazuhiko, Takahashi Hideyo, Maruyama Kazuo, Sakamoto Yoshimasa, Kure Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Menkes disease is a copper metabolism disorder caused by mutations in ATP7A, a copper-transporting P-type ATPase. In this study, oral copper supplementation via glyoxal-bis(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazonato)-copper(II) (CuGTSM), a lipophilic copper complex, was investigated in male hemizygous macular (MoMl/y) mice, a mouse model of Menkes disease. METHODS: CuGTSM was administered by oral gavage on...
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