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Carneiro T, Batista de Carvalho ALM, Vojtek M, Laginha RC, Marques MPM, Diniz C, Gil AM. Pd 2Spermine as an Alternative Therapeutics for Cisplatin-Resistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. J Med Chem 2024; 67:6839-6853. [PMID: 38590144 PMCID: PMC11056979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Cisplatin (cDDP) resistance is a matter of concern in triple-negative breast cancer therapeutics. We measured the metabolic response of cDDP-sensitive (S) and -resistant (R) MDA-MB-231 cells to Pd2Spermine(Spm) (a possible alternative to cDDP) compared to cDDP to investigate (i) intrinsic response/resistance mechanisms and (ii) the potential cytotoxic role of Pd2Spm. Cell extracts were analyzed by untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics, and cell media were analyzed for particular metabolites. CDDP-exposed S cells experienced enhanced antioxidant protection and small deviations in the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA), pyrimidine metabolism, and lipid oxidation (proposed cytotoxicity signature). R cells responded more strongly to cDDP, suggesting a resistance signature of activated TCA cycle, altered AMP/ADP/ATP and adenine/uracil fingerprints, and phospholipid biosynthesis (without significant antioxidant protection). Pd2Spm impacted more markedly on R/S cell metabolisms, inducing similarities to cDDP/S cells (probably reflecting high cytotoxicity) and strong additional effects indicative of amino acid depletion, membrane degradation, energy/nucleotide adaptations, and a possible beneficial intracellular γ-aminobutyrate/glutathione-mediated antioxidant mechanism.
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- Tatiana
J. Carneiro
- Department
of Chemistry and CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Molecular
Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- LAQV/REQUIMTE,
Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE,
Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular
Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Molecular
Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department
of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE,
Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry and CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Ferreira H, Vasconcelos M, Gil AM, Silveira J, Alves P, Martins S, Assunção M, Guimarães JT, Pinto E. Impact of a daily legume-based meal on blood and anthropometric parameters in a group of omnivorous adults: A pilot study. NUTR BULL 2024. [PMID: 38655577 DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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This pilot study aimed to assess the impact of substituting a traditional lunch for a vegetarian legume-based meal on blood and anthropometric parameters in a group of omnivorous adults. A one-group comparison, quasi-experimental dietary intervention was designed. A vegetarian legume-based meal was offered for 8 consecutive weeks (weekdays) to non-vegetarian individuals (n = 26), (28 years [P25 = 20.0, P75 = 35.5]; 21.9 kg/m2 [P25 = 21.3, P75 = 24.8]). Sociodemographic data, health status and lifestyle-related information were recorded. Three-day food records were used to collect food intake at baseline and at the end of the intervention. Anthropometric parameters were recorded and fasting blood analyses were performed following standard procedures. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for statistical comparisons. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Participants showed a median intake of 79.8 g of cooked legumes per meal, meaning 13 (50.0%) subjects met the Portuguese daily legume intake recommendations during the intervention days. There were no statistically significant differences in anthropometric parameters. Transferrin concentration increased after 8 weeks (+12.5 mg/dL; p = 0.001). Total cholesterol concentration reduced after 8 weeks (-6 mg/dL; p = 0.041), as well as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (-7 mg/dL; p = 0.003). Triglycerides (+9 mg/dL; p = 0.046), fasting glucose (+2 mg/dL; p = 0.037) and HbA1c (+0.1 mg/dL; p = 0.010) concentration increased after the 2-month legume-based trial. Results suggest a cholesterol-lowering potential of legume-rich diets. However, unfavourable results regarding the impact on glucose metabolism-related biomarkers and triglyceride levels were observed. The study's limitations in design and sample size emphasise the importance of conducting further research with larger cohorts to attain more conclusive findings.
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- Helena Ferreira
- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIS - Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde, Escola Enfermagem (Porto), Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
- Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Rodrigues JA, Ferro E, Araújo R, Henriques AV, Gomes AM, Vasconcelos MW, Gil AM. Metabolic Evaluation of Lupin-Enriched Yogurt by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:894-903. [PMID: 38112332 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics was used to evaluate compositional changes during yogurt fermentation upon lupin enrichment compared to traditional conditions. Lupin significantly changed the sample metabolic profile and its time course dynamics, seemingly delaying microbial action. The levels of organic and amino acids were significantly altered, along with those of some sugars, nucleotides, and choline compounds. Lupin seemed to favor acetate and formate synthesis, compared to that of citrate and fumarate; a higher formate levels may suggest increased levels of Streptococcus thermophilus action, compared toLactobacillus bulgaricus. Lupin-yogurt was poorer in hippurate, lactose (and hence lactate), galactose, glucose-1-phosphate, and galactose-1-phosphate, containing higher orotate levels (possibly related to increased uridine derivatives), among other differences. Trigonelline was confirmed as a lupin marker, possibly together with glutamate and histidine. Other metabolite trajectories remained unchanged upon lupin addition, unveiling unaffected underlying processes. These results demonstrate the usefulness of untargeted NMR metabolomics to understand/develop new foodstuffs and their production processes, highlighting the identity of a variety of bioactive metabolites with importance for human health.
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- João A Rodrigues
- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF─Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, Porto 4169-005, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF─Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, Porto 4169-005, Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF─Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, Porto 4169-005, Portugal
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF─Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, Porto 4169-005, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Bispo DSC, Correia M, Carneiro TJ, Martins AS, Reis AAN, de Carvalho ALMB, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Impact of Conventional and Potential New Metal-Based Drugs on Lipid Metabolism in Osteosarcoma MG-63 Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17556. [PMID: 38139388 PMCID: PMC10743680 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
This work investigated the mechanisms of action of conventional drugs, cisplatin and oxaliplatin, and the potentially less deleterious drug Pd2Spermine (Spm) and its Pt(II) analog, against osteosarcoma MG-63 cells, using nuclear-magnetic-resonance metabolomics of the cellular lipidome. The Pt(II) chelates induced different responses, namely regarding polyunsaturated-fatty-acids (increased upon cisplatin), suggesting that cisplatin-treated cells have higher membrane fluidity/permeability, thus facilitating cell entry and justifying higher cytotoxicity. Both conventional drugs significantly increased triglyceride levels, while Pt2Spm maintained control levels; this may reflect enhanced apoptotic behavior for conventional drugs, but not for Pt2Spm. Compared to Pt2Spm, the more cytotoxic Pd2Spm (IC50 comparable to cisplatin) induced a distinct phospholipids profile, possibly reflecting enhanced de novo biosynthesis to modulate membrane fluidity and drug-accessibility to cells, similarly to cisplatin. However, Pd2Spm differed from cisplatin in that cells had equivalent (low) levels of triglycerides as Pt2Spm, suggesting the absence/low extent of apoptosis. Our results suggest that Pd2Spm acts on MG-63 cells mainly through adaptation of cell membrane fluidity, whereas cisplatin seems to couple a similar effect with typical signs of apoptosis. These results were discussed in articulation with reported polar metabolome adaptations, building on the insight of these drugs' mechanisms, and particularly of Pd2Spm as a possible cisplatin substitute.
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- Daniela S. C. Bispo
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 300-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 300-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
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- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 300-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
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- Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 300-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.S.C.B.); (M.C.); (T.J.C.); (A.S.M.); (A.A.N.R.)
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Carneiro TJ, Carvalho ALMB, Vojtek M, Carmo IF, Marques MPM, Diniz C, Gil AM. Disclosing a metabolic signature of cisplatin resistance in MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer cells by NMR metabolomics. Cancer Cell Int 2023; 23:310. [PMID: 38057765 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-023-03124-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
Abstract
This work compared the metabolic profile of a parental MDA-MB-231 cisplatin-sensitive triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell line with that of a derived cisplatin-resistant line, to characterize inherent metabolic adaptations to resistance, as a means for marker and new TNBC therapies discovery. Supported by cytotoxic, microscopic and biochemical characterization of both lines, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) metabolomics was employed to characterize cell polar extracts for the two cell lines, as a function of time (0, 24 and 48 h), and identify statistically relevant differences both between sensitive and resistant cells and their time course behavior. Biochemical results revealed a slight increase in activation of the NF-κB pathway and a marked decrease of the ERK signaling pathway in resistant cells. This was accompanied by lower glycolytic and glutaminolytic activities, possibly linked to glutamine being required to increase stemness capacity and, hence, higher survival to cisplatin. The TCA cycle dynamics seemed to be time-dependent, with an apparent activation at 48 h preferentially supported by anaplerotic aromatic amino acids, leucine and lysine. A distinct behavior of leucine, compared to the other branched-chain-amino-acids, suggested the importance of the recognized relationship between leucine and in mTOR-mediated autophagy to increase resistance. Suggested markers of MDA-MB-231 TNBC cisplatin-resistance included higher phosphocreatine/creatine ratios, hypotaurine/taurine-mediated antioxidant protective mechanisms, a generalized marked depletion in nucleotides/nucleosides, and a distinctive pattern of choline compounds. Although the putative hypotheses generated here require biological demonstration, they pave the way to the use of metabolites as markers of cisplatin-resistance in TNBC and as guidance to develop therapies.
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- Tatiana J Carneiro
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO -Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
- Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal
- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755, Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO -Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO -Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Araújo R, Fabris V, Lamb CA, Elía A, Lanari C, Helguero LA, Gil AM. Tumor Lipid Signatures Are Descriptive of Acquisition of Therapy Resistance in an Endocrine-Related Breast Cancer Mouse Model. J Proteome Res 2023. [PMID: 37497607 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
Abstract
The lipid metabolism adaptations of estrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer tumors from a mouse syngeneic model are investigated in relation to differences across the transition from hormone-dependent (HD) to hormone-independent (HI) tumor growth and the acquisition of endocrine therapy (ET) resistance (HIR tumors). Results are articulated with reported polar metabolome results to complete a metabolic picture of the above transitions and suggest markers of tumor progression and aggressiveness. Untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics was used to analyze tumor and mammary tissue lipid extracts. Tumor progression (HD-HI-HIR) was accompanied by increased nonesterified cholesterol forms and phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingomyelins, and plasmalogens) and decreased relative contents of triglycerides and fatty acids. Predominating fatty acids became shorter and more saturated on average. These results were consistent with gradually more activated cholesterol synthesis, β-oxidation, and phospholipid biosynthesis to sustain tumor growth, as well as an increase in cholesterol (possibly oxysterol) forms. Particular compound levels and ratios were identified as potential endocrine tumor HD-HI-HIR progression markers, supporting new hypotheses to explain acquired ET resistance.
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- Rita Araújo
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- IByME - Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428 ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IByME - Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428 ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IByME - Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428 ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IByME - Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428 ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- iBIMED - Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Aveiro, Agra do Crasto, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Rodrigues JA, Silva M, Araújo R, Madureira L, Soares AMVM, Freitas R, Gil AM. The influence of temperature rise on the metabolic response of Ruditapes philippinarum clams to 17-α-ethinylestradiol. Sci Total Environ 2023; 877:162898. [PMID: 36934939 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance metabolomics was employed to study the effects of warming conditions (17-21 °C) and exposure to 17-α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) on the polar metabolome of Ruditapes philippinarum clams, to identify metabolic markers for monitoring/prediction of deviant environmental conditions. Warming alone triggered changes in alanine/aspartate/glutamate, aromatic amino acids, taurine/hypotaurine and homarine/trigonelline pathways, as well as in energy metabolism, suggesting osmoregulatory adaptations and glycolytic/tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle activation, possibly accompanied to some extent by gluconeogenesis to preserve glycogen reserves. At 17 °C, the lowest EE2 concentration (5 ng/L) specifically engaged branched-chain and aromatic amino acids to activate the glycolysis/TCA cycle. Notably, a partial metabolic recovery was observed at 25 ng/L, whereas higher EE2 concentrations (125 and 625 ng/L) again induced significant metabolic disturbances. These included enhanced glycogen biosynthesis and increased lipid reserves, sustained by low-level glutathione-based antioxidative mechanisms that seemed active. At 21 °C, response to EE2 was notably weak at low/intermediate concentrations, becoming particularly significant at the highest EE2 concentration (625 ng/L), suggesting higher protection capacity of Ruditapes philippinarum clams under warming conditions. At 625 ng/L, disturbances in alanine/aspartate/glutamate and taurine/hypotaurine metabolisms were observed, with no evidence of enhanced carbohydrate/protein catabolism. This low energy function profile was accompanied by marked antioxidative mechanisms and choline compounds modulation for cell membrane protection/repair. These results help monitor clams´ response to temperature rise and EE2 exposure, paving the way for future effective guidance and prediction of environmental damaging effects.
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- João A Rodrigues
- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Rodrigues JA, Bispo DSC, Silva MG, Araújo R, Soares AMVM, Freitas R, Gil AM. Impact of Sea Warming and 17-α-Ethinylestradiol Exposure on the Lipid Metabolism of Ruditapes philippinarum Clams. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119485. [PMID: 37298436 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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This paper reports on an NMR metabolomics study of lipophilic extracts of Ruditapes philippinarum clams exposed to the hormonal contaminant 17-α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), at 17 °C and 21 °C. The results reveal that exposure at 17 °C triggers a weak response at low EE2 concentrations, suggestive of a slight increase in membrane rigidity, followed by lipid metabolic stability at higher EE2 concentrations. On the other hand, at 21 °C, lipid metabolism begins to respond at 125 ng/L EE2, with antioxidant docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) helping to tackle high-oxidative-stress conditions, in tandem with enhanced storage of triglycerides. Exposure to 625 ng/L EE2 (highest concentration) enhances phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels, their direct intercorrelation suggesting PUFA incorporation in new membrane phospholipids. This should lead to increased membrane fluidity, probably aided by a decrease in cholesterol. PUFA levels, considered a measure of membrane fluidity, were strongly (and positively) correlated to intracellular glycine levels, thus identifying glycine as the main osmolyte entering the cells under high stress. Membrane fluidity also seems to elicit the loss of taurine. This work contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms of response of R. philippinarum clams to EE2 in tandem with warming while unveiling novel potential markers of stress mitigation, namely high levels of PtdCho, PUFAs (or PtdCho/glycerophosphocholine and PtdCho/acetylcholine ratios) and linoleic acid and low PUFA/glycine ratios.
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- João A Rodrigues
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Ferreira H, Vasconcelos M, Gil AM, Oliveira B, Varandas E, Vilela E, Say K, Silveira J, Pinto E. Impact of a daily legume-based meal on dietary and nutritional intake in a group of omnivorous adults. NUTR BULL 2023; 48:190-202. [PMID: 37070278 DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
Abstract
Adopting eco-friendly diets will demand the consumption of more plant-based protein food sources such as legumes. However, assessing the impact of such a dietary shift on the dietary and nutritional intake of traditionally omnivorous populations is needed. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of substituting a traditional omnivorous-based lunch for a vegetarian, legume-based meal on the daily dietary and nutritional intake in a group of omnivorous adults in the city of Porto, Portugal. Nineteen, non-vegetarian, healthy young adults consumed a vegetarian, legume-based meal from Monday to Friday, for 8 consecutive weeks. Socio-demographic data, health status, lifestyle-related information and anthropometric parameters were recorded. Three-day food records were used to collect food intake at baseline and week 8. European Food Safety Authority and World Health Organization reference values were used to assess nutritional inadequacies. Variables were described as medians (P25 and P75 ). Wilcoxon signed-rank and Mann-Whitney tests were used for statistical comparisons. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Participants consumed 38.0 (P25 = 35.0; P75 = 40.0) meals, resulting in an intake of 84.5 g (P25 = 74.9; P75 = 98.4) of cooked legumes per meal, meaning 11 subjects (57.9%) met the Portuguese guidelines for legume consumption (≥80 g/day of legumes). The current dietary intervention did not seem to aggravate the prevalence of nutritional inadequacies for the macro- and micronutrients tested, except for the case of vitamin B12 (52.6% [95% CI: 28.9-75.6] vs. 78.9% [95% CI: 54.4-94.0]). This could be linked to the reduction of dietary sources of this vitamin which is an expected consequence of vegetarian meals. Dietary changes towards grain legume-based diets are desirable yet need to be carefully implemented to prevent exacerbating potential nutrient inadequacies, especially of vitamin B12 .
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- Helena Ferreira
- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Bispo DSC, Jesus CSH, Romek K, Marques IMC, Oliveira MB, Mano JF, Gil AM. An Intracellular Metabolic Signature as a Potential Donor-Independent Marker of the Osteogenic Differentiation of Adipose Tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Cells 2022; 11:cells11233745. [PMID: 36497004 PMCID: PMC9739047 DOI: 10.3390/cells11233745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This paper describes an untargeted NMR metabolomics study to identify potential intracellular donor-dependent and donor-independent metabolic markers of proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of human adipose mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs). The hAMSCs of two donors with distinct proliferating/osteogenic characteristics were fully characterized regarding their polar endometabolome during proliferation and osteogenesis. An 18-metabolites signature (including changes in alanine, aspartate, proline, tyrosine, ATP, and ADP, among others) was suggested to be potentially descriptive of cell proliferation, independently of the donor. In addition, a set of 11 metabolites was proposed to compose a possible donor-independent signature of osteogenesis, mostly involving changes in taurine, glutathione, methylguanidine, adenosine, inosine, uridine, and creatine/phosphocreatine, choline/phosphocholine and ethanolamine/phosphocholine ratios. The proposed signatures were validated for a third donor, although they require further validation in a larger donor cohort. We believe that this proof of concept paves the way to exploit metabolic markers to monitor (and potentially predict) cell proliferation and the osteogenic ability of different donors.
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Carneiro TJ, Vojtek M, Gonçalves-Monteiro S, Batista de Carvalho ALM, Marques MPM, Diniz C, Gil AM. Effect of Pd 2Spermine on Mice Brain-Liver Axis Metabolism Assessed by NMR Metabolomics. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232213773. [PMID: 36430252 PMCID: PMC9693583 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cisplatin (cDDP)-based chemotherapy is often limited by severe deleterious effects (nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity). The polynuclear palladium(II) compound Pd2Spermine (Pd2Spm) has emerged as a potential alternative drug, with favorable pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties. This paper reports on a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance metabolomics study to (i) characterize the response of mice brain and liver to Pd2Spm, compared to cDDP, and (ii) correlate brain-liver metabolic variations. Multivariate and correlation analysis of the spectra of polar and lipophilic brain and liver extracts from an MDA-MB-231 cell-derived mouse model revealed a stronger impact of Pd2Spm on brain metabolome, compared to cDDP. This was expressed by changes in amino acids, inosine, cholate, pantothenate, fatty acids, phospholipids, among other compounds. Liver was less affected than brain, with cDDP inducing more metabolite changes. Results suggest that neither drug induces neuronal damage or inflammation, and that Pd2Spm seems to lead to enhanced brain anti-inflammatory and antioxidant mechanisms, regulation of brain bioactive metabolite pools and adaptability of cell membrane characteristics. The cDDP appears to induce higher extension of liver damage and an enhanced need for liver regeneration processes. This work demonstrates the usefulness of untargeted metabolomics in evaluating drug impact on multiple organs, while confirming Pd2Spm as a promising replacement of cDDP.
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- Tatiana J. Carneiro
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE—Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry of the Network of Chemistry and Technology, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE—Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry of the Network of Chemistry and Technology, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular Physical-Chemistry R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE—Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry of the Network of Chemistry and Technology, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-234-370-707
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Carneiro TJ, Pinto J, Serrao EM, Barros AS, Brindle KM, Gil AM. Metabolic profiling of induced acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer progression in a mutant Kras mouse model. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:937865. [PMID: 36090050 PMCID: PMC9452780 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.937865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) metabolomics of polar extracts from the pancreata of a caerulin-induced mouse model of pancreatitis (Pt) and of a transgenic mouse model of pancreatic cancer (PCa) were used to find metabolic markers of Pt and to characterize the metabolic changes accompanying PCa progression. Using multivariate analysis a 10-metabolite metabolic signature specific to Pt tissue was found to distinguish the benign condition from both normal tissue and precancerous tissue (low grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia, PanIN, lesions). The mice pancreata showed significant changes in the progression from normal tissue, through low-grade and high-grade PanIN lesions to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). These included increased lactate production, amino acid changes consistent with enhanced anaplerosis, decreased concentrations of intermediates in membrane biosynthesis (phosphocholine and phosphoethanolamine) and decreased glycosylated uridine phosphates, reflecting activation of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway and protein glycosylation.
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- Tatiana J. Carneiro
- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Ana M. Gil,
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Pérez-Madrigal MM, Gil AM, Casanovas J, Jiménez AI, Macor LP, Alemán C. Self-assembly pathways in a triphenylalanine peptide capped with aromatic groups. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 216:112522. [PMID: 35561635 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Peptide derivatives and, most specifically, their self-assembled supramolecular structures are being considered in the design of novel biofunctional materials. Although the self-assembly of triphenylalanine homopeptides has been found to be more versatile than that of homopeptides containing an even number of residues (i.e. diphenylalanine and tetraphenylalanine), only uncapped triphenylalanine (FFF) and a highly aromatic analog blocked at both the N- and C-termini with fluorenyl-containing groups (Fmoc-FFF-OFm), have been deeply studied before. In this work, we have examined the self-assembly of a triphenylalanine derivative bearing 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl and benzyl ester end-capping groups at the N- and C-termini, respectively (Fmoc-FFF-OBzl). The antiparallel arrangement clearly dominates in β-sheets formed by Fmoc-FFF-OBzl, whereas the parallel and antiparallel dispositions are almost isoenergetic in Fmoc-FFF-OFm β-sheets and the parallel one is slightly favored for FFF. The effects of both the peptide concentration and the medium on the self-assembly process have been examined considering Fmoc-FFF-OBzl solutions in a wide variety of solvent:co-solvent mixtures. In addition, Fmoc-FFF-OBzl supramolecular structures have been compared to those obtained for FFF and Fmoc-FFF-OFm under identical experimental conditions. The strength of π-π stacking interactions involving the end-capping groups plays a crucial role in the nucleation and growth of supramolecular structures, which determines the resulting morphology. Finally, the influence of a non-invasive external stimulus, ultrasounds, on the nucleation and growth of supramolecular structures has been examined. Overall, FFF-based peptides provide a wide range of supramolecular structures that can be of interest in the biotechnological field.
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- Maria M Pérez-Madrigal
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química (DEQ) and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat de Lleida, Escola Politècnica Superior, C/ Jaume II no. 69, 25001 Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química (DEQ) and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain; IITEMA-CONICET, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Agencia Postal Nro. 3, X5804BYA Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química (DEQ) and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain; Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Araújo R, Fabris V, Lamb CA, Lanari C, Helguero LA, Gil AM. Metabolic Adaptations in an Endocrine-Related Breast Cancer Mouse Model Unveil Potential Markers of Tumor Response to Hormonal Therapy. Front Oncol 2022; 12:786931. [PMID: 35299741 PMCID: PMC8921989 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.786931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common type of cancer in women and, in most cases, it is hormone-dependent (HD), thus relying on ovarian hormone activation of intracellular receptors to stimulate tumor growth. Endocrine therapy (ET) aimed at preventing hormone receptor activation is the primary treatment strategy, however, about half of the patients, develop resistance in time. This involves the development of hormone independent tumors that initially are ET-responsive (HI), which may subsequently become resistant (HIR). The mechanisms that promote the conversion of HI to HIR tumors are varied and not completely understood. The aim of this work was to characterize the metabolic adaptations accompanying this conversion through the analysis of the polar metabolomes of tumor tissue and non-compromised mammary gland from mice implanted subcutaneously with HD, HI and HIR tumors from a medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA)-induced BC mouse model. This was carried out by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of tissue polar extracts and data mining through multivariate and univariate statistical analysis. Initial results unveiled marked changes between global tumor profiles and non-compromised mammary gland tissues, as expected. More importantly, specific metabolic signatures were found to accompany progression from HD, through HI and to HIR tumors, impacting on amino acids, nucleotides, membrane percursors and metabolites related to oxidative stress protection mechanisms. For each transition, sets of polar metabolites are advanced as potential markers of progression, including acquisition of resistance to ET. Putative biochemical interpretation of such signatures are proposed and discussed.
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- Rita Araújo
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IByME), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IByME), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IByME), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Biomedicine (iBIMED), Department of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Bispo DC, Jesus CSH, Correia M, Ferreira F, Bonifazio G, Goodfellow BJ, Oliveira MB, Mano JF, Gil AM. NMR Metabolomics Assessment of Osteogenic Differentiation of Adipose-Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. J Proteome Res 2022; 21:654-670. [PMID: 35061379 PMCID: PMC9776527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
This Article presents, for the first time to our knowledge, an untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomic characterization of the polar intracellular metabolic adaptations of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells during osteogenic differentiation. The use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for bone regeneration is a promising alternative to conventional bone grafts, and untargeted metabolomics may unveil novel metabolic information on the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs, allowing their behavior to be understood and monitored/guided toward effective therapies. Our results unveiled statistically relevant changes in the levels of just over 30 identified metabolites, illustrating a highly dynamic process with significant variations throughout the whole 21-day period of osteogenic differentiation, mainly involving amino acid metabolism and protein synthesis; energy metabolism and the roles of glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation; cell membrane metabolism; nucleotide metabolism (including the specific involvement of O-glycosylation intermediates and NAD+); and metabolic players in protective antioxidative mechanisms (such as glutathione and specific amino acids). Different metabolic stages are proposed and are supported by putative biochemical explanations for the metabolite changes observed. This work lays the groundwork for the use of untargeted NMR metabolomics to find potential metabolic markers of osteogenic differentiation efficacy.
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- Daniela
S. C. Bispo
- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal,Department
of Biotechnology Lazzaro Spallanzani, University
of Pavia, Corso Str.
Nuova, 65, 27100 Pavia PV, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal,
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Bispo DSC, Jesus CSH, Marques IMC, Romek KM, Oliveira MB, Mano JF, Gil AM. Metabolomic Applications in Stem Cell Research: a Review. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2021; 17:2003-2024. [PMID: 34131883 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-021-10193-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
This review describes the use of metabolomics to study stem cell (SC) characteristics and function, excluding SCs in cancer research, suited to a fully dedicated text. The interest in employing metabolomics in SC research has consistently grown and emphasis is, here, given to developments reported in the past five years. This text informs on the existing methodologies and their complementarity regarding the information provided, comprising untargeted/targeted approaches, which couple mass spectrometry or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with multivariate analysis (and, in some cases, pathway analysis and integration with other omics), and more specific analytical approaches, namely isotope tracing to highlight particular metabolic pathways, or in tandem microscopic strategies to pinpoint characteristics within a single cell. The bulk of this review covers the existing applications in various aspects of mesenchymal SC behavior, followed by pluripotent and neural SCs, with a few reports addressing other SC types. Some of the central ideas investigated comprise the metabolic/biological impacts of different tissue/donor sources and differentiation conditions, including the importance of considering 3D culture environments, mechanical cues and/or media enrichment to guide differentiation into specific lineages. Metabolomic analysis has considered cell endometabolomes and exometabolomes (fingerprinting and footprinting, respectively), having measured both lipid species and polar metabolites involved in a variety of metabolic pathways. This review clearly demonstrates the current enticing promise of metabolomics in significantly contributing towards a deeper knowledge on SC behavior, and the discovery of new biomarkers of SC function with potential translation to in vivo clinical practice.
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- Daniela S C Bispo
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Carneiro TJ, Araújo R, Vojtek M, Gonçalves-Monteiro S, Diniz C, Batista de Carvalho ALM, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Novel Insights into Mice Multi-Organ Metabolism upon Exposure to a Potential Anticancer Pd(II)-Agent. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11020114. [PMID: 33671194 PMCID: PMC7922283 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11020114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Pd(II)-compounds are presently regarded as promising anticancer drugs, as an alternative to Pt(II)-based drugs (e.g., cisplatin), which typically trigger severe side-effects and acquired resistance. Dinuclear Pd(II) complexes with biogenic polyamines such as spermine (Pd2Spm) have exhibited particularly beneficial cytotoxic properties, hence unveiling the importance of understanding their impact on organism metabolism. The present study reports the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics study to assess the in vivo impact of Pd2Spm on the metabolism of healthy mice, to identify metabolic markers with possible relation to biotoxicity/side-effects and their dynamics. The changes in the metabolic profiles of both aqueous and lipophilic extracts of mice kidney, liver, and breast tissues were evaluated, as a function of drug-exposure time, using cisplatin as a reference drug. A putative interpretation was advanced for the metabolic deviations specifically triggered by Pd2Spm, this compound generally inducing faster metabolic response and recovery to control levels for all organs tested, compared to cisplatin (except for kidney lipid metabolism). These results constitute encouraging preliminary metabolic data suggestive of potential lower negative effects of Pd2Spm administration.
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- Tatiana J. Carneiro
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- R&D Unit “Molecular-Physical Chemistry”, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
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- R&D Unit “Molecular-Physical Chemistry”, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.L.M.B.d.C.); (M.P.M.M.)
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-234370707
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Duarte D, Castro B, Pereira JL, Marques JF, Costa AL, Gil AM. Evaluation of Saliva Stability for NMR Metabolomics: Collection and Handling Protocols. Metabolites 2020; 10:E515. [PMID: 33352779 PMCID: PMC7766053 DOI: 10.3390/metabo10120515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Maintaining a salivary metabolic profile upon sample collection and preparation is determinant in metabolomics. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to identify metabolite changes during short-term storage, at room temperature (RT)/4 °C/-20 °C, and after sample preparation, at RT/4 °C (mimicking typical clinical/laboratory settings). Interestingly, significant metabolic inter-individual and inter-day variability were noted, probably determining sample stability to some extent. After collection, no changes were noted at -20 °C (at least for 4 weeks). RT storage induced decreases in methylated macromolecules (6 h); lactate (8 h); alanine (12 h); galactose, hypoxanthine, pyruvate (24 h); sarcosine, betaine, choline, N-acetyl-glycoproteins (48 h), while acetate increased (48 h). Less, but different, changes were observed at 4 °C, suggesting different oral and microbial status at different temperatures (with a possible contribution from inter-individual and inter-day variability), and identifying galactose, hypoxanthine, and possibly, choline esters, as potential general stability indicators. After preparation, addition of NaN3 did not impact significantly on saliva stabilization, neither at RT nor at 4 °C, although its absence was accompanied by slight increases in fucose (6.5 h) and proline (8 h) at RT, and in xylose (24 h) at 4 °C. The putative metabolic origins of the above variations are discussed, with basis on the salivary microbiome. In summary, after collection, saliva can be stored at RT/4 °C for up to 6 h and at -20 °C for at least 4 weeks. Upon preparation for NMR analysis, samples are highly stable at 25 °C up to 8 h and at 4 °C up to 48 h, with NaN3 addition preventing possible early changes in fucose, proline (6-8 h), and xylose (24 h) levels.
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- Daniela Duarte
- CICECO—Department of Chemistry, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.D.); (B.C.)
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- CICECO—Department of Chemistry, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.D.); (B.C.)
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- Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, University of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal; (J.L.P.); (A.L.C.)
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- GIBBO-Oral Biology and Biochemistry Research Group, CEMBDE-COCHRANE Portugal—Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, University of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal; (J.L.P.); (A.L.C.)
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- CICECO—Department of Chemistry, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (D.D.); (B.C.)
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Carneiro TJ, Martins AS, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Metabolic Aspects of Palladium(II) Potential Anti-Cancer Drugs. Front Oncol 2020; 10:590970. [PMID: 33154950 PMCID: PMC7586886 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.590970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This mini-review reports on the existing knowledge of the metabolic effects of palladium [Pd(II)] complexes with potential anticancer activity, on cell lines and murine models. Most studies have addressed mononuclear Pd(II) complexes, although increasing interest has been noted in bidentate complexes, as polynuclear structures. In addition, the majority of records have reported in vitro studies on cancer cell lines, some including the impact on healthy cells, as potentially informative in relation to side effects. Generally, these studies address metabolic effects related to the mechanisms of induced cell death and antioxidant defense, often involving the measurement of gene and protein expression patterns, and evaluation of the levels of reactive oxygen species or specific metabolites, such as ATP and glutathione, in relation to mitochondrial respiration and antioxidant mechanisms. An important tendency is noted toward the use of more untargeted approaches, such as the use of omic sciences e.g., proteomics and metabolomics. In the discussion section of this mini-review, the developments carried out so far are summarized and suggestions of possible future developments are advanced, aiming at recognizing that metabolites and metabolic pathways make up an important part of cell response and adaptation to therapeutic agents, their further study potentially contributing valuably for a more complete understanding of processes such as biotoxicity or development of drug resistance.
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- Tatiana J Carneiro
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Research in Ceramic and Composite Materials (CICECO)-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal.,"Molecular Physical Chemistry" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Research in Ceramic and Composite Materials (CICECO)-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal.,"Molecular Physical Chemistry" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- "Molecular Physical Chemistry" R&D Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Research in Ceramic and Composite Materials (CICECO)-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Bispo D, Fabris V, Lamb CA, Lanari C, Helguero LA, Gil AM. Hormone-Independent Mouse Mammary Adenocarcinomas with Different Metastatic Potential Exhibit Different Metabolic Signatures. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1242. [PMID: 32867141 PMCID: PMC7563858 DOI: 10.3390/biom10091242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The metabolic characteristics of metastatic and non-metastatic breast carcinomas remain poorly studied. In this work, untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) metabolomics was used to compare two medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA)-induced mammary carcinomas lines with different metastatic abilities. Different metabolic signatures distinguished the non-metastatic (59-2-HI) and the metastatic (C7-2-HI) lines, with glucose, amino acid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism and lipid metabolism as the major affected pathways. Non-metastatic tumours appeared to be characterised by: (a) reduced glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) activities, possibly resulting in slower NADH biosynthesis and reduced mitochondrial transport chain activity and ATP synthesis; (b) glutamate accumulation possibly related to reduced glutathione activity and reduced mTORC1 activity; and (c) a clear shift to lower phosphoscholine/glycerophosphocholine ratios and sphingomyelin levels. Within each tumour line, metabolic profiles also differed significantly between tumours (i.e., mice). Metastatic tumours exhibited marked inter-tumour changes in polar compounds, some suggesting different glycolytic capacities. Such tumours also showed larger intra-tumour variations in metabolites involved in nucleotide and cholesterol/fatty acid metabolism, in tandem with less changes in TCA and phospholipid metabolism, compared to non-metastatic tumours. This study shows the valuable contribution of untargeted NMR metabolomics to characterise tumour metabolism, thus opening enticing opportunities to find metabolic markers related to metastatic ability in endocrine breast cancer.
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- Daniela Bispo
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;
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- IByME—Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, Buenos Aires C1428ADN, Argentina; (V.F.); (C.A.L.); (C.L.)
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- IByME—Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, Buenos Aires C1428ADN, Argentina; (V.F.); (C.A.L.); (C.L.)
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- IByME—Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, Buenos Aires C1428ADN, Argentina; (V.F.); (C.A.L.); (C.L.)
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- iBIMED—Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Aveiro, Agra do Crasto, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;
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Gil AM, Casanovas J, Mayans E, Jiménez AI, Puiggalí J, Alemán C. Heterochirality Restricts the Self-Assembly of Phenylalanine Dipeptides Capped with Highly Aromatic Groups. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:5913-5918. [PMID: 32559085 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The influence of stereochemistry on the self-assembly of phenylalanine (Phe) dipeptides bearing aromatic fluorenyl groups at both the N- and C-termini (Fmoc, OFm) has been investigated. For this purpose, Fmoc-d-Phe-l-Phe-OFm and Fmoc-l-Phe-l-Phe-OFm have been examined considering a wide variety of solvents, which differ in dielectric constant and volatility. Results reveal that replacement of l-Phe by d-Phe has a major impact on the self-assembly propensities, restricting drastically the structural diversity and polymorphism shown by the homochiral dipeptide. Thus, the analogous heterochiral dipeptide shows a great propensity to form micro/nanofibers, independently of the environmental conditions. Theoretical calculations revealed that the stability of antiparallel disposition is much higher (a factor of ca. 15) for Fmoc-d-Phe-l-Phe-OFm than that for Fmoc-l-Phe-l-Phe-OFm, which has been attributed to the hydrophobic core formed in the former. Overall, results suggest that control of the backbone chirality is a potent and versatile strategy to drive and finely tune the self-assembly propensities of highly aromatic peptides.
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- Ana M Gil
- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat de Lleida, Escola Politècnica Superior, C/ Jaume II n° 69, E-25001 Lleida, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, C/ Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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Martins AS, Batista de Carvalho AL, Lamego I, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Cytotoxicity of Platinum and Palladium Chelates against Osteosarcoma. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202001361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ana S. Martins
- University of Coimbra Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, Rua Larga 3004-535 Coimbra Portugal
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro Portugal
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- University of Coimbra Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, Rua Larga 3004-535 Coimbra Portugal
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- University of Coimbra Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, Rua Larga 3004-535 Coimbra Portugal
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro Portugal
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- University of Coimbra Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular, Department of Chemistry, Rua Larga 3004-535 Coimbra Portugal
- University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences Faculty of Science and Technology, Calçada Martim de Freitas 3000-456 Coimbra Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro Portugal
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Carrola J, Bastos V, Daniel‐da‐Silva AL, Gil AM, Santos C, Oliveira H, Duarte IF. Macrophage Metabolomics Reveals Differential Metabolic Responses to Subtoxic Levels of Silver Nanoparticles and Ionic Silver. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Joana Carrola
- CICECO Aveiro Institute of Materials Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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- CESAM & Department of Biology University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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- CICECO Aveiro Institute of Materials Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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- CICECO Aveiro Institute of Materials Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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- CESAM & Department of Biology University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
- Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Porto 4169‐007 Porto Portugal
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- CESAM & Department of Biology University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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- CICECO Aveiro Institute of Materials Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro 3810‐193 Aveiro Portugal
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Urbanek A, Popovic M, Elena-Real CA, Morató A, Estaña A, Fournet A, Allemand F, Gil AM, Cativiela C, Cortés J, Jiménez AI, Sibille N, Bernadó P. Evidence of the Reduced Abundance of Proline cis Conformation in Protein Poly Proline Tracts. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7976-7986. [PMID: 32266815 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Proline is found in a cis conformation in proteins more often than other proteinogenic amino acids, where it influences structure and modulates function, being the focus of several high-resolution structural studies. However, until now, technical and methodological limitations have hampered the site-specific investigation of the conformational preferences of prolines present in poly proline (poly-P) homorepeats in their protein context. Here, we apply site-specific isotopic labeling to obtain high-resolution NMR data on the cis/trans equilibrium of prolines within the poly-P repeats of huntingtin exon 1, the causative agent of Huntington's disease. Screening prolines in different positions in long (poly-P11) and short (poly-P3) poly-P tracts, we found that, while the first proline of poly-P tracts adopts similar levels of cis conformation as isolated prolines, a length-dependent reduced abundance of cis conformers is observed for terminal prolines. Interestingly, the cis isomer could not be detected in inner prolines, in line with percentages derived from a large database of proline-centered tripeptides extracted from crystallographic structures. These results suggest a strong cooperative effect within poly-Ps that enhances their stiffness by diminishing the stability of the cis conformation. This rigidity is key to rationalizing the protection toward aggregation that the poly-P tract confers to huntingtin. Furthermore, the study provides new avenues to probe the structural properties of poly-P tracts in protein design as scaffolds or nanoscale rulers.
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- Annika Urbanek
- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France.,LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Instituto de Sı́ntesis Quı́mica y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Instituto de Sı́ntesis Quı́mica y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Orgánica, Instituto de Sı́ntesis Quı́mica y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier. 29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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Musio B, Ragone R, Todisco S, Rizzuti A, Latronico M, Mastrorilli P, Pontrelli S, Intini N, Scapicchio P, Triggiani M, Di Noia T, Acquotti D, Airoldi C, Assfalg M, Barge A, Bateman L, Benevelli F, Bertelli D, Bertocchi F, Bieliauskas A, Borioni A, Caligiani A, Callone E, Čamra A, Cesare Marincola F, Chalasani D, Consonni R, Dambruoso P, Davalli S, David T, Diehl B, Donarski J, Gil AM, Gobetto R, Goldoni L, Hamon E, Harwood JS, Kobrlová A, Longobardi F, Luisi R, Mallamace D, Mammi S, Martin-Biran M, Mazzei P, Mele A, Milone S, Molero Vilchez D, Mulder RJ, Napoli C, Ragno D, Randazzo A, Rossi MC, Rotondo A, Šačkus A, Sáez Barajas E, Schievano E, Sitaram B, Stevanato L, Takis PG, Teipel J, Thomas F, Torregiani E, Valensin D, Veronesi M, Warren J, Wist J, Zailer-Hafer E, Zuccaccia C, Gallo V. A community-built calibration system: The case study of quantification of metabolites in grape juice by qNMR spectroscopy. Talanta 2020; 214:120855. [PMID: 32278434 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is an analytical technique extensively used in almost every chemical laboratory for structural identification. This technique provides statistically equivalent signals in spite of using spectrometer with different hardware features and is successfully used for the traceability and quantification of analytes in food samples. Nevertheless, to date only a few internationally agreed guidelines have been reported on the use of NMR for quantitative analysis. The main goal of the present study is to provide a methodological pipeline to assess the reproducibility of NMR data produced for a given matrix by spectrometers from different manufacturers, with different magnetic field strengths, age and hardware configurations. The results have been analyzed through a sequence of chemometric tests to generate a community-built calibration system which was used to verify the performance of the spectrometers and the reproducibility of the predicted sample concentrations.
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- Biagia Musio
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy
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- Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy; Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e la Protezione dell'Ambiente, ARPA Puglia, Corso Trieste 127, I-70126, Bari, Italy
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- SAMER (Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari), Via E. Mola 19, I-70121, Bari, Italy; RETELAB (Italian Network of the laboratories of the Chambers of Commerce) and LACHIMER (Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Foggia), Via Manfredonia Km 2,200, I-71121, Foggia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy
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- Centro Inter-dipartimentale Misure (CIM), Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, I-43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 2, I-20126, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Verona, Cà Vignal 1, Strada le Grazie 15, I-37134, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Università di Torino, Via Verdi 8, 10124, Torino, Italy
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- School of Chemistry and School of Pharmacy, Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre, University College Cork, T12 K8AF, Ireland
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- Bruker Italia S.r.l., Viale V. Lancetti 43, I-20158, Milano, Italy; 7C-Consortium for NMR Research in Biotechnology and Material Science, Via Colombo 81, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via campi 103, 41125, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Synthetic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Baršausko Str. 59, LT-51423, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, Italy
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- "K. Müller" Magnetic Resonance Lab., Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123, Trento (TN), Italy
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- General Directorate of Customs, Budějovická 7, 140 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato SS 554, I-09012 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, 20852-1790, USA
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- Istituto per lo Studio delle Macromolecole del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, (ISMAC-CNR), Laboratorio NMR, Via Bassini 15, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISOF-CNR), Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Aptuit (Verona) S.r.l., Via Fleming 4, I-37135, Verona, Italy
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- The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, 20852-1790, USA
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- Spectral Service AG, Emil-Hoffmann-Straße 33, 50996, Köln, Germany
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- Fera Science Ltd, National Agri-Food Innovation Campus, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, Campus Universitario de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-093, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- D3-PharmaChemistry, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Aérial, 250 Rue Laurent Fries - CS40443, 67412, Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Purdue Interdepartmental NMR Facility, Weatherill Laboratory Room 365B 560, Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, Indiana, USA
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- General Directorate of Customs, Budějovická 7, 140 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari "A. Moro", Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", FLAME-Lab - Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology Laboratory, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, I-98166, Messina, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, I-35100, Padova, Italy
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- Ctre Recherche Valorisation Application (CEREVAA), 12 Allée ISAAC NEWTON, 33650, Martillac, France
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- Università di Napoli Federico II, Centro Interdipartimentale di Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare (CERMANU), Via Università 100, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Campo Boario, I-64100, Teramo, Italy
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n Aulario Facultad de Quimicas, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Bruker Italia S.r.l., Viale V. Lancetti 43, I-20158, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, I-44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Napoli, Via D. Montesano, 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale Grandi Strumenti (CIGS), Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via G. Campi 213/A, 41125, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali (BIOMORF), Università di Messina, Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122, Messina, Italy; Science4life s.r.l., Via Leonardo Sciascia Coop. Fede Pal.B, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Synthetic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Baršausko Str. 59, LT-51423, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n Aulario Facultad de Quimicas, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, I-35100, Padova, Italy
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- The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, 20852-1790, USA
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Università di Torino, Via Verdi 8, 10124, Torino, Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine - CERM/CIRMMP, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency of East-Westphalia-Lippe, Westerfeldstraße 1, 32758, Detmold, Germany
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- Eurofins Analytics France, 9 Rue P. A. Bobierre, BP42301, 44323, Nantes, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032, Camerino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- D3-PharmaChemistry, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- LGC Limited, Queen's Road, TW11 0LY, Teddington, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Quimica, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13 No 100-00, Cali, Colombia
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125, Bari, Italy; Innovative Solutions S.r.l, Spin Off del Politecnico di Bari, Zona H 150/B, I-70015, Noci (BA), Italy; SAMER (Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari), Via E. Mola 19, I-70121, Bari, Italy.
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Ferreira H, Vasconcelos M, Gil AM, Pinto E. Benefits of pulse consumption on metabolism and health: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 61:85-96. [PMID: 31983216 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1716680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Pulses are nutrient-dense foods that have for a long time been empirically known to have beneficial effects in human health. In the last decade, several studies have gathered evidence of the metabolic benefits of pulse intake. However, it remains unclear at what amounts these effects may be attained. This study aimed to systematically review the scientific outputs of the last two decades regarding health benefits of pulse consumption and the amounts necessary for positive outcomes to be achieved. A PubMed search including keywords [("dietary pulses", "pulses", "legumes", "grain legumes", "bean", "chickpea", "pea", "lentil", "cowpea", "faba bean", "lupin") and ("inflammation", "inflammatory markers", "C-reactive protein", "blood lipids", "cholesterol", "cardiometabolic health", "cardiovascular disease", "diabetes", "glycaemia", "insulin", "HOMA-IR", "body weight", "body fat", "obesity", "overweight", "metabolome", "metabolic profile", "metabolomics", "biomarkers", "microbiome", "microbiota", "gut")] was performed. Only English written papers referring to human dietary interventions, longer than one day, focusing on whole pulses intake, were included. Most of the twenty eligible publications reported improvements in blood lipid profile, blood pressure, inflammation biomarkers, as well as, in body composition, resulting from pulse daily amounts of 150 g (minimum-maximum: 54-360 g/day; cooked). Concerns regarding methodological approaches are evident and the biochemical mechanisms underlying such effects require further investigation.
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- Helena Ferreira
- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
- EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Carneiro TJ, Araújo R, Vojtek M, Gonçalves-Monteiro S, Diniz C, Batista de Carvalho AL, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Multi-Organ NMR Metabolomics to Assess In Vivo Overall Metabolic Impact of Cisplatin in Mice. Metabolites 2019; 9:E279. [PMID: 31766161 PMCID: PMC6918135 DOI: 10.3390/metabo9110279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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This work describes, to our knowledge, the first NMR metabolomics analysis of mice kidney, liver, and breast tissue in response to cisplatin exposure, in search of early metabolic signatures of cisplatin biotoxicity. Balb/c mice were exposed to a single 3.5 mg/kg dose of cisplatin and then euthanized; organs (kidney, liver, breast tissue) were collected at 1, 12, and 48 h. Polar tissue extracts were analyzed by NMR spectroscopy, and the resulting spectra were studied by multivariate and univariate analyses. The results enabled the identification of the most significant deviant metabolite levels at each time point, and for each tissue type, and showed that the largest metabolic impact occurs for kidney, as early as 1 h post-injection. Kidney tissue showed a marked depletion in several amino acids, comprised in an overall 13-metabolites signature. The highest number of changes in all tissues was noted at 12 h, although many of those recovered to control levels at 48 h, with the exception of some persistently deviant tissue-specific metabolites, thus enabling the identification of relatively longer-term effects of cDDP. This work reports, for the first time, early (1-48 h) concomitant effects of cDDP in kidney, liver, and breast tissue metabolism, thus contributing to the understanding of multi-organ cDDP biotoxicity.
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- Tatiana J. Carneiro
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Drug Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Drug Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Drug Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4150-755 Porto, Portugal; (M.V.); (S.G.-M.); (C.D.)
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- “Química-Física Molecular”, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal (M.P.M.M.)
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.J.C.); (R.A.)
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Araújo R, Carneiro TJ, Marinho P, da Costa MM, Roque A, da Cruz E Silva OAB, Fernandes MH, Vilarinho PM, Gil AM. NMR metabolomics to study the metabolic response of human osteoblasts to non-poled and poled poly (L-lactic) acid. Magn Reson Chem 2019; 57:919-933. [PMID: 31058384 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics was employed, for the first time to our knowledge, to characterize the metabolome of human osteoblast (HOb) cells and extracts in the presence of non-poled or negatively poled poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA). The metabolic response of these cells to this polymer, extensively used in bone regeneration strategies, may potentially translate into useful markers indicative of in vivo biomaterial performance. We present preliminary results of multivariate and univariate analysis of NMR spectra, which have shown the complementarity of lysed cells and extracts in terms of information on cell metabolome, and unveil that, irrespective of poling state, PLLA-grown cells seem to experience enhanced oxidative stress and activated energy metabolism, at the cost of storage lipids and glucose. Possible changes in protein and nucleic acid metabolisms were also suggested, as well as enhanced membrane biosynthesis. Therefore, the presence of PLLA seems to trigger cell catabolism and anti-oxidative protective mechanisms in HOb cells, while directing them towards cellular growth. This was not sufficient, however, to lead to a visible cell proliferation enhancement in the presence of PLLA, although a qualitative tendency for negatively poled PLLA to be more effective in sustaining cell growth than non-poled PLLA was suggested. These preliminary results indicate the potential of NMR metabolomics in enlightening cell metabolism in response to biomaterials and their properties, justifying further studies of the fine effects of poled PLLA on these and other cells of significance in tissue regeneration strategies.
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- Rita Araújo
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, iBIMED-Institute for Biomedicine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, iBIMED-Institute for Biomedicine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Pereira JL, Duarte D, Carneiro TJ, Ferreira S, Cunha B, Soares D, Costa AL, Gil AM. Saliva NMR metabolomics: Analytical issues in pediatric oral health research. Oral Dis 2019; 25:1545-1554. [PMID: 31077633 DOI: 10.1111/odi.13117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Saliva metabolome is a promising diagnostic tool concerning oral and systemic diseases. We aimed at establishing a suitable protocol for saliva collection and gauging the relative impacts of gender, dentition stage, and caries on the saliva metabolome of a small children cohort. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics cross-sectional study of children saliva (n = 38) compared the effects of: (a) stimulation and unstimulation conditions, and (b) collection through passive drool and using an absorbing device. Multivariate and univariate statistical analyses were applied to evaluate such effects and those related to gender, dentition stage and caries. RESULTS No significant differences were found between unstimulated and stimulated saliva, and the former was used for subsequent studies. Swab collection induced significant changes in sample composition, indicating passive drool as preferential. The impacts of gender and dentition stage were not significant compared to that of caries, which induced variations in the levels of 21 metabolites. These comprised amino acids and monosaccharides observed for the first time to our knowledge regarding children caries, suggesting protein hydrolysis and deglycosylation. CONCLUSIONS Unstimulated passive drool saliva metabolome may carry a caries signature.
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- Joana L Pereira
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.,Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dentistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Laíns I, Duarte D, Barros AS, Martins AS, Carneiro TJ, Gil JQ, Miller JB, Marques M, Mesquita TS, Barreto P, Kim IK, da Luz Cachulo M, Vavvas DG, Carreira IM, Murta JN, Silva R, Miller JW, Husain D, Gil AM. Urine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabolomics in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:1278-1288. [PMID: 30672297 PMCID: PMC7838731 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Biofluid biomarkers of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are still lacking, and their identification is challenging. Metabolomics is well-suited to address this need, and urine is a valuable accessible biofluid. This study aimed to characterize the urinary metabolomic signatures of patients with different stages of AMD and a control group (>50 years). It was a prospective, cross-sectional study, where subjects from two cohorts were included: 305 from Coimbra, Portugal (AMD patients n = 252; controls n = 53) and 194 from Boston, United States (AMD patients n = 147; controls n = 47). For all participants, we obtained color fundus photographs (for AMD staging) and fasting urine samples, which were analyzed using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Our results revealed that in both cohorts, urinary metabolomic profiles differed mostly between controls and late AMD patients, but important differences were also found between controls and subjects with early AMD. Analysis of the metabolites responsible for these separations revealed that, even though distinct features were observed for each cohort, AMD was in general associated with depletion of excreted citrate and selected amino acids at some stage of the disease, suggesting enhanced energy requirements. In conclusion, NMR metabolomics enabled the identification of urinary signals of AMD and its severity stages, which might represent potential metabolomic biomarkers of the disease.
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- Inês Laíns
- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3075 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Casanovas J, Mayans E, Díaz A, Gil AM, Jiménez AI, Cativiela C, Puiggalí J, Alemán C. Amyloid fibrils from organic solutions of an amphiphilic dipeptide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:8556-8559. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04139g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A diphenylalanine amphiphile blocked at the C-terminus with a fluorenylmethyl ester and stabilized at the N-terminus with a trifluoroacetate forms amyloid fibril networks in organic solvents.
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- Jordi Casanovas
- Departament de Química
- Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Lleida
- Lleida E-25001
- Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering
- EEBE
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08019 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering
- EEBE
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08019 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica
- Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH)
- CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza
- 50009 Zaragoza
- Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica
- Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH)
- CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza
- 50009 Zaragoza
- Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica
- Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH)
- CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza
- 50009 Zaragoza
- Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering
- EEBE
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08019 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Química and Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering
- EEBE
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08019 Barcelona
- Spain
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Martí D, Mayans E, Gil AM, Díaz A, Jiménez AI, Yousef I, Keridou I, Cativiela C, Puiggalí J, Alemán C. Amyloid-like Fibrils from a Diphenylalanine Capped with an Aromatic Fluorenyl. Langmuir 2018; 34:15551-15559. [PMID: 30453736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The self-assembly behavior of a diphenylalanine amphiphile blocked at the C-terminus with a 9-fluorenylmethyl ester and stabilized at the N-terminus with a trifluoroacetate (TFA) anion, TFA·FF-OFm, has been examined. At low peptide concentration (0.5 mg/mL), long amyloid-like fibrils, which come from the fusion of two or more helical ribbons and/or thinner fibrils, organized in bundles or as individual entities are detected. Microbeam synchrotron radiation infrared spectroscopy has shown that TFA·FF-OFm molecules in amyloid-like fibrils arrange, forming antiparallel β-sheets. Alteration of the experimental conditions to prioritize the thermodynamic contribution with respect to the kinetic one in the self-assembly process inhibits the organization of amyloid-like structures in favor of the formation of conventional fibrous structures. On the basis of experimental observations, a structural model where the individual antiparallel β-sheets are oriented in parallel has been proposed for TFA·FF-OFm amyloid-like fibrils.
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- Didac Martí
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Eduard Maristany, 10-14 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH) , CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza , 50009 Zaragoza , Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Eduard Maristany, 10-14 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH) , CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza , 50009 Zaragoza , Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility , C/de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Valles , 08290 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Eduard Maristany, 10-14 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Instituto de Sintesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH) , CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza , 50009 Zaragoza , Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Eduard Maristany, 10-14 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, Ed. I2 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Eduard Maristany, 10-14 , 08019 Barcelona , Spain
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Muñoz R, Calvo FJ, Sádaba S, Gil AM, Rodríguez J, Vallory J, Zmitko M, Poitevin Y. Analysis of test blanket module attachments under electromagnetic loads by using a dynamic amplification factor envelope. Fusion Engineering and Design 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.04.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jarak I, Carrola J, Barros AS, Gil AM, Pereira MDL, Corvo ML, Duarte IF. From the Cover: Metabolism Modulation in Different Organs by Silver Nanoparticles: An NMR Metabolomics Study of a Mouse Model. Toxicol Sci 2018; 159:422-435. [PMID: 28962526 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfx142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely disseminated and show great potential in the biomedical field, there is a recognized need to better understand their action at the metabolic and functional levels. In this work, we have used NMR metabolomics, together with conventional clinical chemistry and histological examination, to characterize multi-organ and systemic metabolic responses to AgNPs intravenously administered to mice at 8 mg/kg body weight (a dose not eliciting overt toxicity). The major target organs of AgNPs accumulation, liver and spleen, showed the greatest metabolic changes, in a clear 2-stage response. In particular, the liver of dosed mice was found to switch from glycogenolysis and lipid storage, at 6 h postinjection, to glycogenesis and lipolysis, at subsequent times up to 48 h. Moreover, metabolites related to antioxidative defense, immunoregulation and detoxification seemed to play a crucial role in avoiding major hepatic damage. The spleen showed several early changes, including depletion of several amino acids, possibly reflecting impairment of hemoglobin recycling, while only a few differences remained at 48 h postinjection. In the heart, the metabolic shift towards TCA cycle intensification and increased ATP production possibly reflected a beneficial adaptation to the presence of AgNPs. On the other hand, the TCA cycle appeared to be down regulated in the lungs of injected mice, which showed signs of inflammation. Thekidneys showed the mildest metabolic response to AgNPs. Overall, this study has shown that NMR metabolomics is a powerful tool to monitor invivo metabolic responses to nanoparticles, revealing unforeseen effects.
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- Department of Biology, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1649-003, Portugal
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Silva JCP, Mota M, Martins FO, Nogueira C, Gonçalves T, Carneiro T, Pinto J, Duarte D, Barros AS, Jones JG, Gil AM. Intestinal Microbial and Metabolic Profiling of Mice Fed with High-Glucose and High-Fructose Diets. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2880-2891. [PMID: 29923728 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Increased sugar intake is implicated in Type-2 diabetes and fatty liver disease; however, the mechanisms through which glucose and fructose promote these conditions are unclear. We hypothesize that alterations in intestinal metabolite and microbiota profiles specific to each monosaccharide are involved. Two groups of six adult C57BL/6 mice were fed for 10-weeks with diets with glucose (G) or fructose (F) as sole carbohydrates, and a third group was fed with a normal chow carbohydrate mixture (N). Fecal metabolites were profiled by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and microbial composition by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Although N, G and F mice exhibited similar weight gains (with slight slower gains for F) and glucose tolerance, multivariate analysis of NMR data indicated that F mice were separated from N and G, with decreased butyrate and glutamate and increased fructose, succinate, taurine, tyrosine, and xylose. The different sugar diets also resulted in distinct intestinal microbiota profiles. That associated with fructose seemed to hold more potential to induce host metabolic disturbances compared to glucose, mainly by promoting bile acid deconjugation and taurine release and compromising intestinal barrier integrity. This may reflect the noted nonquantitative intestinal fructose absorption hence increasing its availability for microbial metabolism, a subject for further investigation.
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- João C P Silva
- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal
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- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.,Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal
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- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.,CEDOC, NOVA Medical School , Universidade NOVA de Lisboa , Rua Câmara Pestana, n°6, 6A, edifício II, piso 3 , 1150-082 Lisbon , Portugal
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- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.,Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal
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- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.,Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Campus de Santiago , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Campus de Santiago , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal.,UCIBIO@REQUIMTE/Toxicological Laboratory, Biological Science Department, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Porto , 4050-313 Porto , Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Campus de Santiago , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Campus de Santiago , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Porto , 4200-319 , Porto , Portugal
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- CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.,CEDOC, NOVA Medical School , Universidade NOVA de Lisboa , Rua Câmara Pestana, n°6, 6A, edifício II, piso 3 , 1150-082 Lisbon , Portugal.,APDP - Portuguese Diabetes Association , Lisbon , Portugal
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Campus de Santiago , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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Carrola J, Pinto RJB, Nasirpour M, Freire CSR, Gil AM, Santos C, Oliveira H, Duarte IF. NMR Metabolomics Reveals Metabolism-Mediated Protective Effects in Liver (HepG2) Cells Exposed to Subtoxic Levels of Silver Nanoparticles. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1636-1646. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Joana Carrola
- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- CESAM & Laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytomics, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO − Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Mahfoudh N, Marín-Ramos NI, Gil AM, Jiménez AI, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Kawano DF, Campos JM, Cativiela C. Cysteine-based 3-substituted 1,5-benzoxathiepin derivatives: Two new classes of anti-proliferative agents. ARAB J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gil AM, Duarte D, Pinto J, Barros AS. Assessing Exposome Effects on Pregnancy through Urine Metabolomics of a Portuguese (Estarreja) Cohort. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1278-1289. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ana M. Gil
- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE/Laboratório
de Toxicologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas,
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department
of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Porto 4200-319, Portugal
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This article presents an account of the research carried out so far in the use of metabolomics to find biomarkers of preterm birth (PTB) in fetal, maternal, and newborn biofluids. Metabolomic studies have employed mainly nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy or mass spectrometry-based methodologies to analyze, on one hand, prenatal biofluids (amniotic fluid, maternal urine/maternal blood, cervicovaginal fluid) to identify predictive biomarkers of PTB, and on the other hand, biofluids collected at or after birth (amniotic fluid, umbilical cord blood, newborn urine, and newborn blood, maternal blood, or breast milk) to assess and follow up the health status of PTB babies. Besides advancing on the biochemical knowledge of PTB metabolism mainly during the in utero period and at birth, the work carried out has also helped to identify important requirements related to experimental design and analytical protocol that need to be addressed, if translation of these biomarkers to the clinic is to be envisaged. An outlook of possible future developments for the translation of laboratory results to the clinic is presented.
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- Ana M Gil
- 1 Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- 1 Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Laíns I, Duarte D, Barros AS, Martins AS, Gil J, Miller JB, Marques M, Mesquita T, Kim IK, Cachulo MDL, Vavvas D, Carreira IM, Murta JN, Silva R, Miller JW, Husain D, Gil AM. Human plasma metabolomics in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177749. [PMID: 28542375 PMCID: PMC5436712 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To differentiate the plasma metabolomic profile of patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD) from that of controls, by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. METHODS Two cohorts (total of 396 subjects) representative of central Portugal and Boston, USA phenotypes were studied. For each cohort, subjects were grouped according to AMD stage (early, intermediate and late). Multivariate analysis of plasma NMR spectra was performed, followed by signal integration and univariate analysis. RESULTS Small changes were detected in the levels of some amino acids, organic acids, dimethyl sulfone and specific lipid moieties, thus providing some biochemical information on the disease. The possible confounding effects of gender, smoking history and age were assessed in each cohort and found to be minimal when compared to that of the disease. A similar observation was noted in relation to age-related comorbidities. Furthermore, partially distinct putative AMD metabolite fingerprints were noted for the two cohorts studied, reflecting the importance of nutritional and other lifestyle habits in determining AMD metabolic response and potential biomarker fingerprints. Notably, some of the metabolite changes detected were noted as potentially differentiating controls from patients diagnosed with early AMD. CONCLUSION For the first time, this study showed metabolite changes in the plasma of patients with AMD as compared to controls, using NMR. Geographical origins were seen to affect AMD patients´ metabolic profile and some metabolites were found to be valuable in potentially differentiating controls from early stage AMD patients. Metabolomics has the potential of identifying biomarkers for AMD, and further work in this area is warranted.
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- Inês Laíns
- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), Coimbra, Portugal
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI), Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- CICECO- Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Mayans E, Casanovas J, Gil AM, Jiménez AI, Cativiela C, Puiggalí J, Alemán C. Diversity and Hierarchy in Supramolecular Assemblies of Triphenylalanine: From Laminated Helical Ribbons to Toroids. Langmuir 2017; 33:4036-4048. [PMID: 28374591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Microstructures from small phenylalanine-based peptides have attracted great attention lately because these compounds are considered to be a new class of tunable materials. In spite of the extensive studies on uncapped diphenylalanine and tetraphenylalanine peptides, studies on the self-assembly of uncapped triphenylananine (FFF) are very scarce and nonsystematic. In this work, we demonstrate that FFF assemblies can organize in a wide number of well-defined supramolecular structures, which include laminated helical-ribbons, leaflike dendrimers, doughnut-, needle-, and flower-shapes. These organizations are produced by the attractive or repulsive interactions between already formed assemblies and therefore can be controlled through the choice of solvents used as the incubation medium. Thus, the formation of the desired supramolecular structures is regulated through the protonation/deprotonation of the terminal groups, the polarity of the incubation medium, which affects both peptide···solvent interactions and the cavity solvation energy (i.e., solvent···solvent interactions), and the steric interactions between own assemblies that act as building blocks. Finally, the β-sheet disposition in the latter structural motifs has been examined using both theoretical calculations and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Results indicate that FFF molecules can adopt both parallel and antiparallel β-sheets. However, the former one is the most energetically favored because of the formation of π-π stacking interactions between the aromatic rings of hydrogen-bonded strands.
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- Enric Mayans
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Edifici I.2, C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
- Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Lleida , c/Jaume II no. 69, Lleida E-25001, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Instituto de Síntesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Instituto de Síntesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Instituto de Síntesis Quimica y Catalisis Homogenea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC , 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Edifici I.2, C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
- Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Edifici I.2, C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
- Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , C/Eduard Maristany, 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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Monteiro M, Moreira N, Pinto J, Pires-Luís AS, Henrique R, Jerónimo C, Bastos MDL, Gil AM, Carvalho M, Guedes de Pinho P. GC-MS metabolomics-based approach for the identification of a potential VOC-biomarker panel in the urine of renal cell carcinoma patients. J Cell Mol Med 2017; 21:2092-2105. [PMID: 28378454 PMCID: PMC5571542 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from biological samples appears as one of the most promising approaches in metabolomics for the study of diseases, namely cancer. In fact, it offers advantages, such as non‐invasiveness and robustness for high‐throughput applications. The purpose of this work was to study the urinary volatile metabolic profile of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (n = 30) and controls (n = 37) with the aim of identifying a potential specific urinary volatile pattern as a non‐invasive strategy to detect RCC. Moreover, the effect of some confounding factors such as age, gender, smoking habits and body mass index was evaluated as well as the ability of urinary VOCs to discriminate RCC subtypes and stages. A headspace solid‐phase microextraction/gas chromatography–mass spectrometry‐based method was performed, followed by multivariate data analysis. A variable selection method was applied to reduce the impact of potential redundant and noisy chromatographic variables, and all models were validated by Monte Carlo cross‐validation and permutation tests. Regarding the effect of RCC on the urine VOCs composition, a panel of 21 VOCs descriptive of RCC was defined, capable of discriminating RCC patients from controls in principal component analysis. Discriminant VOCs were further individually validated in two independent samples sets (nine RCC patients and 12 controls, seven RCC patients with diabetes mellitus type 2) by univariate statistical analysis. Two VOCs were found consistently and significantly altered between RCC and controls (2‐oxopropanal and, according to identification using NIST14, 2,5,8‐trimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydronaphthalene‐1‐ol), strongly suggesting enhanced potential as RCC biomarkers. Gender, smoking habits and body mass index showed negligible and age‐only minimal effects on the urinary VOCs, compared to the deviations resultant from the disease. Moreover, in this cohort, the urinary volatilome did not show ability to discriminate RCC stages and histological subtypes. The results validated the value of urinary volatilome for the detection of RCC and advanced with the identification of potential RCC urinary biomarkers.
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- Márcia Monteiro
- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Cancer Biology & Epigenetics Group, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPOPorto), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPOPorto), Porto, Portugal
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- Cancer Biology & Epigenetics Group, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPOPorto), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPOPorto), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology-Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Cancer Biology & Epigenetics Group, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPOPorto), Porto, Portugal.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology-Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro (CICECO/UA), Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBIO@REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Lamego I, Marques MPM, Duarte IF, Martins AS, Oliveira H, Gil AM. Impact of the Pd 2Spermine Chelate on Osteosarcoma Metabolism: An NMR Metabolomics Study. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:1773-1783. [PMID: 28244322 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
A metabolomics study of Pd2Spermine(Spm) on osteosarcoma MG-63 and osteoblastic HOb cells is presented to assess the impact of the potential palladium drug on cell metabolism compared with cisplatin (cDDP). Despite its higher cytotoxicity, Pd2Spm induced lower (and reversible) metabolic impact on MG-63 cells and the absence of apoptosis; conversely, it induced significant deviations in osteoblastic amino acid metabolism. However, when in combination with doxorubicin and methotrexate, Pd2Spm induced strong metabolic deviations on lipids, choline compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and compounds related to antioxidative mechanisms (e.g., glutathione, inositol, hypoxanthine), similarly to the cDDP cocktail. Synergetic effects included triggering of lipid biosynthesis by Pd2Spm in the presence of doxorubicin (and reinforced by methotrexate) and changes in the glycosylation substrate uridine diphosphate acetylgalactosamine and methionine and serine metabolisms. This work provides promising results related to the impact of Pd2Spm on osteosarcoma cellular metabolism, particularly in drug combination protocols. Lipid metabolism, glycosylation, and amino acid metabolisms emerge as relevant features for targeted studies to further understand a potential anticancer mechanism of combined Pd2Spm.
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- Inês Lamego
- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro , 3810 Aveiro, Portugal.,R&D Unit "Molecular Physical-Chemistry", University of Coimbra , 3000-213 Coimbra, Portugal
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- R&D Unit "Molecular Physical-Chemistry", University of Coimbra , 3000-213 Coimbra, Portugal.,Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra , 3000-213 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro , 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro , 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro , 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, (CICECO/UA), University of Aveiro , 3810 Aveiro, Portugal
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Vasconcelos DM, Gonçalves RM, Almeida CR, Pereira IO, Oliveira MI, Neves N, Silva AM, Ribeiro AC, Cunha C, Almeida AR, Ribeiro CC, Gil AM, Seebach E, Kynast KL, Richter W, Lamghari M, Santos SG, Barbosa MA. Fibrinogen scaffolds with immunomodulatory properties promote in vivo bone regeneration. Biomaterials 2016; 111:163-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Carrola J, Bastos V, Jarak I, Oliveira-Silva R, Malheiro E, Daniel-da-Silva AL, Oliveira H, Santos C, Gil AM, Duarte IF. Metabolomics of silver nanoparticles toxicity in HaCaT cells: structure-activity relationships and role of ionic silver and oxidative stress. Nanotoxicology 2016; 10:1105-17. [PMID: 27144425 DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2016.1177744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is accompanied by a growing concern regarding their potential risks to human health, thus calling for an increased understanding of their biological effects. The aim of this work was to systematically study the extent to which changes in cellular metabolism were dependent on the properties of AgNPs, using NMR metabolomics. Human skin keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) were exposed to citrate-coated AgNPs of 10, 30 or 60 nm diameter and to 30 nm AgNPs coated either with citrate (CIT), polyethylene glycol (PEG) or bovine serum albumin (BSA), to assess the influence of NP size and surface chemistry. Overall, CIT-coated 60 nm and PEG-coated 30 nm AgNPs had the least impact on cell viability and metabolism. The role of ionic silver and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated effects was also studied, in comparison to CIT-coated 30 nm particles. At concentrations causing an equivalent decrease in cell viability, Ag(+ )ions produced a change in the metabolic profile that was remarkably similar to that seen for AgNPs, the main difference being the lesser impact on the Krebs cycle and energy metabolism. Finally, this study newly reported that while down-regulated glycolysis and disruption of energy production were common to AgNPs and H2O2, the impact on some metabolic pathways (GSH synthesis, glutaminolysis and the Krebs cycle) was independent of ROS-mediated mechanisms. In conclusion, this study shows the ability of NMR metabolomics to define subtle biochemical changes induced by AgNPs and demonstrates the potential of this approach for rapid, untargeted screening of pre-clinical toxicity of nanomaterials in general.
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- Joana Carrola
- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- b CESAM & Laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytomics, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal , and
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- b CESAM & Laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytomics, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal , and
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- b CESAM & Laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytomics, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal , and.,c Department of Biology , Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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- a CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal
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Diaz SO, Pinto J, Barros AS, Morais E, Duarte D, Negrão F, Pita C, Almeida MDC, Carreira IM, Spraul M, Gil AM. Newborn Urinary Metabolic Signatures of Prematurity and Other Disorders: A Case Control Study. J Proteome Res 2015; 15:311-25. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sílvia O. Diaz
- CICECO,
Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO,
Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA
Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO,
Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO,
Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Maternidade Bissaya
Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Maternidade Bissaya
Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Maternidade Bissaya
Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cytogenetics and
Genomics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
and CIMAGO Center for Research in Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology, 3000, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Bruker BioSpin, Silberstreifen, D-76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- CICECO,
Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Pinto J, Almeida LM, Martins AS, Duarte D, Barros AS, Galhano E, Pita C, Almeida MDC, Carreira IM, Gil AM. Prediction of Gestational Diabetes through NMR Metabolomics of Maternal Blood. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2696-706. [PMID: 25925942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Metabolic biomarkers of pre- and postdiagnosis gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were sought, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics of maternal plasma and corresponding lipid extracts. Metabolite differences between controls and disease were identified through multivariate analysis of variable selected (1)H NMR spectra. For postdiagnosis GDM, partial least squares regression identified metabolites with higher dependence on normal gestational age evolution. Variable selection of NMR spectra produced good classification models for both pre- and postdiagnostic GDM. Prediagnosis GDM was accompanied by cholesterol increase and minor increases in lipoproteins (plasma), fatty acids, and triglycerides (extracts). Small metabolite changes comprised variations in glucose (up regulated), amino acids, betaine, urea, creatine, and metabolites related to gut microflora. Most changes were enhanced upon GDM diagnosis, in addition to newly observed changes in low-Mw compounds. GDM prediction seems possible exploiting multivariate profile changes rather than a set of univariate changes. Postdiagnosis GDM is successfully classified using a 26-resonance plasma biomarker. Plasma and extracts display comparable classification performance, the former enabling direct and more rapid analysis. Results and putative biochemical hypotheses require further confirmation in larger cohorts of distinct ethnicities.
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- Joana Pinto
- †CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- †CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- †CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- †CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- ‡QOPNA Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- §Maternidade Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra - CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- §Maternidade Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra - CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- §Maternidade Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra - CHUC, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- ∥Cytogenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, and CNC.IBILI, University of Coimbra, Portugal and CIMAGO Center for Research in Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- †CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Pinto J, Barros AS, Domingues MRM, Goodfellow BJ, Galhano E, Pita C, Almeida MDC, Carreira IM, Gil AM. Following Healthy Pregnancy by NMR Metabolomics of Plasma and Correlation to Urine. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:1263-74. [DOI: 10.1021/pr5011982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Joana Pinto
- CICECO−Department
of Chemistry, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA
Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Campus Universitário
de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA
Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Campus Universitário
de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO−Department
of Chemistry, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Institute
for Research in Biomedicine−iBiMED, Health Sciences Program, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Maternidade
Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Maternidade
Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Maternidade
Bissaya Barreto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Cytogenetics
and Genomics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal and CIMAGO Center for Research in Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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- CICECO−Department
of Chemistry, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Maione S, Gil AM, Fabregat G, del Valle LJ, Triguero J, Laurent A, Jacquemin D, Estrany F, Jiménez AI, Zanuy D, Cativiela C, Alemán C. Electroactive polymer–peptide conjugates for adhesive biointerfaces. Biomater Sci 2015; 3:1395-405. [DOI: 10.1039/c5bm00160a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Conducting-polymer–peptide conjugates with controlled properties have been used as soft bioelectroactive supports for cell attachment.
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Lamego I, Duarte IF, Marques MPM, Gil AM. Metabolic markers of MG-63 osteosarcoma cell line response to doxorubicin and methotrexate treatment: comparison to cisplatin. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:6033-45. [PMID: 25382592 DOI: 10.1021/pr500907d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A high resolution magic angle spinning NMR metabolomics study of the effects of doxorubicin (DOX), methotrexate (MTX) and cisplatin (cDDP) on MG-63 cells is presented and unveils the cellular metabolic adaptations to these drugs, often used together in clinical protocols. Although cDDP-treated cells were confirmed to undergo extensive membrane degradation accompanied by increased neutral lipids, DOX- and MTX-treated cells showed no lipids increase and different phospholipid signatures, which suggests that (i) DOX induces significant membrane degradation, decreased membrane synthesis, and apparent inhibition of de novo lipid synthesis, and (ii) MTX induces decreased membrane synthesis, while no membrane disruption or de novo lipid synthesis seem to occur. Nucleotide signatures were in apparent agreement with the different drug action mechanisms, a link having been found between UDP-GlcNAc and the active pathways of membrane degradation and energy metabolism, for cDDP and DOX, with a relation to oxidative state and DNA degradation, for cDDP. Correlation studies unveiled drug-specific antioxidative signatures, which pinpointed m- and s-inositols, taurine, glutamate/glutamine, and possibly creatine as important in glutathione metabolism. These results illustrate the ability of NMR metabolomics to measure cellular responses to different drugs, a first step toward understanding drug synergism and the definition of new biomarkers of drug efficacy.
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- Inês Lamego
- CICECO-Departmento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro , Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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