Chelators for investigating zinc metalloneurochemistry.

Chelators for investigating zinc metalloneurochemistry.
Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2013 Apr;17(2):129-36
Authors: Radford RJ, Lippard SJ
Abstract
The physiology and pathology of mobile zinc signaling has become an important topic in metalloneurochemistry. To study the action of mobile zinc effectively, specialized tools are required that probe the temporal and positional changes of zinc ions within live tissue and cells. In the present article we describe the design and implementation of selective zinc chelators as antagonists to interrogate the function of mobile zinc, with an emphasis on the pools of vesicular zinc in the terminals of hippocampal mossy fiber buttons.
PMID: 23478014 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Current Opinion in Chemical Biology - April 1, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Radford RJ, Lippard SJ Tags: Curr Opin Chem Biol Source Type: research