Harnessing the properties of cobalt coordination complexes for biological application

AK Renfrew, ES O'Neill, TW Hambley… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cobalt is an essential metal that is found in very low abundance in the body and the
environment. Cobalt coordination complexes exhibit interesting redox and magnetic …

Vitamin B12 for the treatment of vasoplegia in cardiac surgery and liver transplantation: a narrative review of cases and potential biochemical mechanisms

C Fritz-Gerald, LJ Murray, C Giordano… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - search.proquest.com
Purpose Hydroxocobalamin, or vitamin B12 (V-B12), is frequently used to treat smoke
inhalation and cyanide poisoning. Recent reports have also described its use to treat …

Nitric oxide inhibits methionine synthase activity in vivo and disrupts carbon flow through the folate pathway

IO Danishpajooh, T Gudi, Y Chen… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Many of nitric oxide's biological effects are mediated via NO binding to the iron in heme-
containing proteins. Cobalamin (vitamin B 12) is structurally similar to heme and is a cofactor …

Immunohistochemical quantification of the vitamin B12 transport protein (TCII), cell surface receptor (TCII-R) and Ki-67 in human tumor xenografts

AM Sysel, VE Valli, RB Nagle, JA Bauer - Anticancer research, 2013 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Cancer cells have an essential demand for vitamin B12 (cobalamin) to
enable cellular replication. The present pilot study quantified the immunohistochemical …

Light-triggered eradication of acinetobacter baumannii by means of NO delivery from a porous material with an entrapped metal nitrosyl

BJ Heilman, J St. John, SRJ Oliver… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A photoactive manganese nitrosyl, namely [Mn (PaPy3)(NO)](ClO4)({Mn-NO}), has been
loaded into the columnar pores of an MCM-41 host. Strong interaction between the polar …

Targeting the Cubilin Receptor through the Vitamin B12 Uptake Pathway: Cytotoxicity and Mechanistic Insight through Fluorescent Re(I) Delivery

N Viola-Villegas, AE Rabideau… - Journal of medicinal …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The intrinsic factor (IF) vitamin B12 ileum anchored receptor, cubilin, mediates endocytotic
uptake of the IF complex of vitamin B12 to the blood serum. This receptor was targeted for …

Nitrosylcobalamin promotes cell death via S nitrosylation of Apo2L/TRAIL receptor DR4

Z Tang, JA Bauer, B Morrison… - Molecular and cellular …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have previously demonstrated that nitrosylcobalamin (NO-Cbl), an analogue of vitamin B
12 that delivers nitric oxide (NO), had potent antiproliferative activity against several human …

Suppression of NF-κB survival signaling by nitrosylcobalamin sensitizes neoplasms to the anti-tumor effects of Apo2L/TRAIL

M Chawla-Sarkar, JA Bauer, JA Lupica… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
We have previously demonstrated the anti-tumor activity of nitrosylcobalamin (NO-Cbl), an
analog of vitamin B12 that delivers nitric oxide (NO) and increases the expression of tumor …

Aquacobalamin (Vitamin B12a) Does Not Bind NO in Aqueous Solution. Nitrite Impurities Account for Observed Reaction

M Wolak, G Stochel, M Hamza, R van Eldik - Inorganic Chemistry, 2000 - ACS Publications
Numerous reports in recent literature claim that NO binds to aquacobalamine (vitamin B12a)
to produce a nitrosyl complex, and that this reaction plays an important role in various …

The human B12 trafficking protein CblC processes nitrocobalamin

R Mascarenhas, Z Li, C Gherasim, M Ruetz… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
In humans, cobalamin or vitamin B 12 is delivered to two target enzymes via a complex
intracellular trafficking pathway comprising transporters and chaperones. CblC (or …