The copper coordination chemistry of GHK-Cu enables controlled cellular copper delivery while preventing the formation of reactive oxygen species characteristic of free copper toxicity, with the peptide's binding affinity (log K = 16.1) positioning it perfectly within the physiological copper transport hierarchy to facilitate controlled metal transfer to enzymatic targets including lysyl oxidase (essential for collagen cross-linking) and superoxide dismutase (critical for antioxidant defense)
Despite its relatively short length of 28 amino acids and the requirement for L-type amino acids, it exhibited high selectivity for senescent cells
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In anaesthetized adult male Wistar rats (225-250 g), the right sciatic nerve was exposed, cleared of connective tissue and transected 5 cm distally to the sciatic notch