Methylmercury, mercury (II), and mercury (I) chlorides were found to react with vasopressin, a nonapeptide hormone cyclized by two cysteine residues, and its mono- and diselenium analogues to form several mercury-peptide adducts. The replacement of Cys by SeCys in vasopressin increased the reactivity toward methylmercury, with the predominant formation of -Se/S-Hg-Se-bridged structures and the consequent demethylation of methylmercury. In competitive experiments, CHHgCl reacted preferentially with the diselenium analogue rather than with vasopressin. The diselenium peptide also showed the capability to displace the CHHg moiety bound to S in vasopressin. These results open a promising perspective for the use of selenopeptides for methylmercury chelation and detoxification strategies.
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