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Albumin Coated Copper-Cysteine Nanozyme for Reducing Oxidative Stress Induced During Sperm Cryopreservation Publisher Pubmed



Dashtestani F1 ; Ghourchian H1 ; Najafi A2
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  1. 1. Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 13145-1384, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, Iran

Source: Bioorganic Chemistry Published:2018


Abstract

In the present work, SOD mimetic nanozyme (NACu-Cys) consisting of Cu-Cys complex and nano-albumin (NA) were synthesized. After characterizing the nanozyme, its superoxide dismutase (SOD) behavior was evaluated by inhibition of the pyrogallol autoxidation method. The results revealed that NACu-Cys exhibited SOD mimetic activity with a half inhibition concentration (IC 50 ) value of 7.0 × 10 − 3 µM and a turnover number (k cat ) of 5.4 × 10 7 s − 1 . In the next step, this nanozyme was applied as a protective agent against oxidative stress induced by sperm cryopreservation. Increasing the motility, raising the viability and reducing the apoptosis occurred as a result of NACu-Cys additions to human sperm freezing medium. Comparison between the natural SOD and SOD mimic behavior of NACu-Cys revealed that this nanoparticle has the ability to be used as oxidative stress decrescent during cryopreservation process. © 2018 Elsevier Inc.