TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rohn, Isabelle
A1  - Kroepfl, Nina
A1  - Aschner, Michael
A1  - Bornhorst, Julia
A1  - Kuehnelt, Doris
A1  - Schwerdtle, Tanja
T1  - Selenoneine ameliorates peroxide-induced oxidative stress in C. elegans
JF  - Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology
N2  - Scope: Selenoneine (2-selenyl-N-alpha, N-alpha, N-alpha-trimethyl-L-histidine), the selenium (Se) analogue of the ubiquitous thiol compound and putative antioxidant ergothioneine, is the major organic selenium species in several marine fish species. Although its antioxidant efficacy has been proposed, selenoneine has been poorly characterized, preventing conclusions on its possible beneficial health effects. Methods and results: Treatment of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) with selenoneine for 18 h attenuated the induction of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). However, the effect was not immediate, occurring 48 h post-treatment. Total Se and Se speciation analysis revealed that selenoneine was efficiently taken up and present in its original form directly after treatment, with no metabolic transformations observed. 48 h posttreatment, total Se in worms was slightly higher compared to controls and no selenoneine could be detected. Conclusion: The protective effect of selenoneine may not be attributed to the presence of the compound itself, but rather to the activation of molecular mechanisms with consequences at more protracted time points.
KW  - Selenoneine
KW  - Caenorhabditis elegans
KW  - Selenium
KW  - Oxidative stress
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.05.012
SN  - 0946-672X
VL  - 55
SP  - 78
EP  - 81
PB  - Elsevier GMBH
CY  - München
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bornhorst, Julia
A1  - Kipp, Anna P.
A1  - Haase, Hajo
A1  - Meyer, Soeren
A1  - Schwerdtle, Tanja
T1  - The crux of inept biomarkers for risks and benefits of trace elements
JF  - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
N2  - Nowadays, the role of trace elements (TE) is of growing interest because dyshomeostasis of selenium (Se), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) is supposed to be a risk factor for several diseases. Thereby, research focuses on identifying new biomarkers for the TE status to allow for a more reliable description of the individual TE and health status. This review mirrors a lack of well-defined, sensitive, and selective biomarkers and summarizes technical limitations to measure them. Thus, the capacity to assess the relationship between dietary TE intake, homeostasis, and health is restricted, which would otherwise provide the basis to define adequate intake levels of single TE in both healthy and diseased humans. Besides that, our knowledge is even more limited with respect to the real life situation of combined TE intake and putative interactions between single TE.
KW  - Trace elements
KW  - Copper
KW  - Zinc
KW  - Manganese
KW  - Selenium
KW  - Biomarker
KW  - Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
KW  - Hyphenated techniques
KW  - Isotope ratios
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2017.11.007
SN  - 0165-9936
SN  - 1879-3142
VL  - 104
SP  - 183
EP  - 190
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -