---------- > From: Sharon & Jim LeBlanc <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The Problem - Ferrochelatase > Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 4:26 PM > > PMID 10582332 Ferrochelatase catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into > protoporphyrin IX during the synthesis of heme. It has a 2Fe-2S cluster. > Tellurium is a sulphur-like metal that can take the place of sulphur. > PMID 7306205 Tellurite, Tellurium that can bind with N-Methyl and is > mutagenic and causes haemolysis. > Dictionary: Haemolysis is the release of haemoglobin which is a four > subunit globular oxygen carrying protein that form chains. The haem or heme > moiety is an iron porphyrin. Hemosiderin or ferritin or ferric iron or Fe3+ > is an iron-rich pigment that is a product of red cell hemolysis or > haemolysis. Tellurite causes haemolysis and the release of O2 and Fe3+. > PMID 7616255 Iron sites in the human neuromelanin are similiar to those of > hemosiderin (or ferritin) Fe3+. > PMID 8781534 In the presence of O2 (released by tellurite) dopamine reacts > spontaneously to form melanine and melanin. Dopamine reacts with iron III > Fe3+ (released by tellurite) yielding and intermediate 1:1 complex, > [?(2Fe-2S)] ,which decomposes releasing Fe (II) or Fe2+, and the > semiquinone. This author puts forth an explaination of Manganenese > toxicity. > PMID 10383398 Only reduced iron is functional in generating heme. Iron > cannot be preloaded in the mitochondrial matrix but rather has to be > transported across the inner membrane simultaneously with the synthesis of > heme, suggesting that ferrochelatase receives iron directly from the inner > membrane. Transport of iron is inhibited by manganese. > PMID 3442391 Manganese inhibition of ferrochelatase. [Manganese Toxicity > gives you Parkinsons-like Disease]. > PMID 3931555 The NAD(P)H-oxidizing system reduces ferric ion to ferrous > ion. This ferrous ion is then utilized for heme synthesis by > ferrochelatase. [NADPH is the part of mitochondrial respiration where a > mutation will give you Parkinsons disease. > It is part of Complex I. Tellurium inhibits Complex I and Complex II. > Without NADPH, ferric iron cannot become ferrous iron. If Fe3+ cannot > become Fe2+, then ferrochelatase can't work. Parkinsons Disease.] > PMID 516000 Complex I is the first step in the electron transport chain of > mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and is located within the > mitochondrial inner membrane. It accepts electrons from NADH and transfers > them, through a series of electron carriers to ubiquinone or (Coenzyme > Q10). The internal electron carriers of complex I include flavin > mononucleotide (FMN) and 6 iron-sulfur clusters. (Tellurium could take the > part of the sulphur of these six iron-sulfur clusters. Tellurium is used to > bind metals.) > PMID 9430979 Dopamine and iron form strong oxidizing complexes and induce > lipid peroxidation. Neuronal cells are destroyed by this lipid > peroxidation. > PMID 1540619 Melanins are able to inhibit lipid peroxidation.[Not change > Fe3+ to Fe2+] > PMID 2022700 An iron chelate ferric salicylaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone > maybe could help. > The University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences is studying > Tellurium, but I didn't see anything on Parkinsons Disease. > PMID 8869917 Tellurium and Alzheimers Disease. > [log in to unmask] > >