ArticleMetallomics : integrated biometal science2018
Altered zinc balance in the Atp7b
Article in Metallomics : integrated biometal science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metallothionein and neurodegenerative diseases.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Systematic and Quantitative Investigation of Newly Synthesized Proteins Reveals Distinct Ion Homeostasis and Mitochondrial Changes between Cuproptosis and Ferroptosis in Human Cells.Analytical chemistry · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of multi-organ damage in Wilson disease from the gut-liver-brain axis perspective: copper metabolism, gut microbiota, and metabolite communication.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Genome-wide association studies and functional annotation of pre-weaning calf mortality and reproductive traits in Nellore cattle from experimental selection lines.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in Wilson's Disease: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- α-lipoic acid ameliorates consequences of copper overload by up-regulating selenoproteins and decreasing redox misbalance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Wilson disease and the differential diagnosis of its hepatic manifestations: a narrative review of clinical, laboratory, and liver histological features.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Review
- Copper Toxicity Is Not Just Oxidative Damage: Zinc Systems and Insight from Wilson Disease.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Systemic deletion of Atp7b modifies the hepatocytes' response to copper overload in the mouse models of Wilson disease.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 6 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutation in the ATP7B gene that affects copper transport in the body. ATP7B mutation damages copper transporter function, ultimately resulting in excessive copper accumulation and subsequent toxicity in both the liver and brain. Mechanisms of copper toxicity, however, are not well defined. The Atp7b-/- mouse model is well-characterized and presents a hepatic phenotype consistent with WD. In this study, we found that the untreated Atp7b-/- mice accumulate approximately 2-fold excess hepatic zinc compared to the wild type. We used targeted transcriptomics and proteomics to analyze the molecular events associated with zinc and copper accumulation in the Atp7b-/- mouse liver. Altered gene expression of Zip5 and ZnT1 zinc transporters indicated a transcriptional homeostatic response, while increased copper/zinc ratios associated with high levels of metallothioneins 1 and 2, indicated altered Zn availability in cells. These data suggest that copper toxicity in Wilson disease includes effects on zinc-dependent proteins. Transcriptional network analysis of RNA-seq data reveals an interconnected network of transcriptional activators with over-representation of zinc-dependent and zinc-responsive transcription factors. In the context of previous research, these observations support the hypothesis that mechanisms of copper toxicity include disruption of intracellular zinc distribution in liver cells. The translational significance of this work lies in oral zinc supplementation in treatment for WD, which is thought to mediate protective effects through the induction of metallothionein synthesis in the intestine. This work indicates broader impacts of altered zinc-copper balance in WD, including global transcriptional responses and altered zinc balance in the liver.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.