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Adrain C, Cavadas M. The complex life of rhomboid pseudoproteases. FEBS J 2020; 287:4261-4283. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.15548] [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] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Colin Adrain
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) Oeiras Portugal
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology Queen's University Belfast UK
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Badenes M, Amin A, González-García I, Félix I, Burbridge E, Cavadas M, Ortega FJ, de Carvalho É, Faísca P, Carobbio S, Seixas E, Pedroso D, Neves-Costa A, Moita LF, Fernández-Real JM, Vidal-Puig A, Domingos A, López M, Adrain C. Deletion of iRhom2 protects against diet-induced obesity by increasing thermogenesis. Mol Metab 2019; 31:67-84. [PMID: 31918923 PMCID: PMC6909339 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Objective Obesity is the result of positive energy balance. It can be caused by excessive energy consumption but also by decreased energy dissipation, which occurs under several conditions including when the development or activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) is impaired. Here we evaluated whether iRhom2, the essential cofactor for the Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) sheddase ADAM17/TACE, plays a role in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome. Methods We challenged WT versus iRhom2 KO mice to positive energy balance by chronic exposure to a high fat diet and then compared their metabolic phenotypes. We also carried out ex vivo assays with primary and immortalized mouse brown adipocytes to establish the autonomy of the effect of loss of iRhom2 on thermogenesis and respiration. Results Deletion of iRhom2 protected mice from weight gain, dyslipidemia, adipose tissue inflammation, and hepatic steatosis and improved insulin sensitivity when challenged by a high fat diet. Crucially, the loss of iRhom2 promotes thermogenesis via BAT activation and beige adipocyte recruitment, enabling iRhom2 KO mice to dissipate excess energy more efficiently than WT animals. This effect on enhanced thermogenesis is cell-autonomous in brown adipocytes as iRhom2 KOs exhibit elevated UCP1 levels and increased mitochondrial proton leak. Conclusion Our data suggest that iRhom2 is a negative regulator of thermogenesis and plays a role in the control of adipose tissue homeostasis during metabolic disease. Deletion of iRhom2 protects mice from metabolic syndrome. In obesity, iRhom2 deletion increases energy expenditure, thermogenesis and white adipose tissue beiging. iRhom2 deletion enhances thermogenesis in naïve brown adipocytes.
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
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- NeurObesity Group, Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal; Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20520, Finland; Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal; Instituto de Histologia e Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal; Obesity Lab, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
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- NeurObesity Group, Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal; Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, UK.
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Oikonomidi I, Burbridge E, Cavadas M, Sullivan G, Collis B, Naegele H, Clancy D, Brezinova J, Hu T, Bileck A, Gerner C, Bolado A, von Kriegsheim A, Martin SJ, Steinberg F, Strisovsky K, Adrain C. iTAP, a novel iRhom interactor, controls TNF secretion by policing the stability of iRhom/TACE. eLife 2018; 7:35032. [PMID: 29897333 PMCID: PMC6042963 DOI: 10.7554/elife.35032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [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: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The apical inflammatory cytokine TNF regulates numerous important biological processes including inflammation and cell death, and drives inflammatory diseases. TNF secretion requires TACE (also called ADAM17), which cleaves TNF from its transmembrane tether. The trafficking of TACE to the cell surface, and stimulation of its proteolytic activity, depends on membrane proteins, called iRhoms. To delineate how the TNF/TACE/iRhom axis is regulated, we performed an immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry screen to identify iRhom-binding proteins. This identified a novel protein, that we name iTAP (iRhom Tail-Associated Protein) that binds to iRhoms, enhancing the cell surface stability of iRhoms and TACE, preventing their degradation in lysosomes. Depleting iTAP in primary human macrophages profoundly impaired TNF production and tissues from iTAP KO mice exhibit a pronounced depletion in active TACE levels. Our work identifies iTAP as a physiological regulator of TNF signalling and a novel target for the control of inflammation. Inflammation forms part of the body's defense system against pathogens, but if the system becomes faulty, it can cause problems linked to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Immune cells coordinate their activity using specific signaling molecules called cytokines. For example, the cytokine TNF is an important trigger of inflammation and is produced at the surface of immune cells. A specific enzyme called TACE is needed to release TNF, as well as other signaling molecules, including proteins that trigger healing. Previous work revealed that TACE works with proteins called iRhoms, which regulate its activity and help TACE to reach the surface of the cell to release TNF. To find out how, Oikonomidi et al. screened human cells to see what other proteins interact with iRhoms. The results revealed a new protein named iTAP, which is required to release TNF from the surface of cells. It also protects the TACE-iRhom complex from being destroyed by the cell’s waste disposal system. When iTAP was experimentally removed in human immune cells, the cells were unable to release TNF. Instead, iRhom and TACE travelled to the cell's garbage system, the lysosome, where the proteins were destroyed. Removing the iTAP gene in mice had the same effect, and the TACE-iRhom complex was no longer found on the surface of the cell, but instead degraded in lysosomes. This suggests that in healthy cells, the iTAP protein prevents the cell from destroying this protein complex. TNF controls many beneficial processes, including fighting infection and cancer. However, when the immune system releases too many cytokines, it can lead to inflammatory diseases or even cause cancer. Specific drugs that target TNF are not always effective administered on their own, and sometimes, patients stop responding to the drugs. Since the new protein iTAP works as a switch to turn TNF release on or off, it could provide a target for the development of new treatments.
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- Ioanna Oikonomidi
- Membrane Traffic Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Membrane Traffic Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Membrane Traffic Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetics, The Smurfit Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetics, The Smurfit Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Membrane Traffic Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Institut für Analytische Chemie, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetics, The Smurfit Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Center for Biological Systems Analysis, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Membrane Traffic Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Silva V, Campos C, Sá A, Cavadas M, Pinto J, Simões P, Machado S, Murillo-Rodríguez E, Barbosa-Rocha N. Wii-based exercise program to improve physical fitness, motor proficiency and functional mobility in adults with Down syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res 2017; 61:755-765. [PMID: 28585394 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND People with Down syndrome (DS) usually display reduced physical fitness (aerobic capacity, muscle strength and abnormal body composition), motor proficiency impairments (balance and postural control) and physical functional limitations. Exergames can be an appealing alternative to enhance exercise engagement and compliance, whilst improving physical fitness and motor function. This study aims to analyse the effects of a Wii-based exercise program on physical fitness, functional mobility and motor proficiency of adults with DS. METHODS Twenty-seven adults with DS were randomly allocated to an experimental group (Wii; n = 14) or control group (n = 13). Participants in the experimental group completed a 2-month Wii-based exercise program, with three 1-h sessions per week that included training games for aerobic endurance, balance and isometric strength. Participants completed assessments regarding anthropometric measures, physical fitness, functional mobility and motor proficiency. RESULTS Mixed ANOVA analysis showed a significant group by time interaction for aerobic endurance, explosive leg power and flexibility. Independent samples t-test for change scores indicated significant between-group differences favouring the experimental group regarding speed of limb movement, trunk strength and functional mobility, as well as a trend towards significance on body weight. Mann-Whitney's U test for change scores demonstrated between-group differences favouring the experimental group for visceral fat as well as running speed and agility. Large within-group effect sizes were observed for explosive leg power (d = 1.691), body weight (d = 1.281), functional mobility (d = 1.218), aerobic endurance (d = 1.020), speed of limb movement (d = 0.867) and flexibility (d = 0.818) in the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that Wii-based exercise can be an effective tool to improve physical fitness, functional mobility and motor proficiency of adults with DS, including crucial measures such as aerobic capacity and lower limb strength. Exergames using Wii Fit or other equipment can be appealing alternatives for adults with DS to engage in regular physical activity, preventing sedentary behaviour and decreasing the risk to develop cardiovascular diseases.
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- V Silva
- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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- Panic and Respiration Laboratory, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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- Panic and Respiration Laboratory, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- División Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Anahuac Mayab Laboratorio de Neurociencias Moleculares e Integrativas, Merida, Mexico
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- Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Health School, Porto, Portugal
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Sharma V, Young L, Cavadas M, Owen K. Registered Report: COT drives resistance to RAF inhibition through MAP kinase pathway reactivation. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 26999821 PMCID: PMC4811761 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of selected experiments from a number of high-profile papers in the field of cancer biology. The papers, which were published between 2010 and 2012, were selected on the basis of citations and Altmetric scores (Errington et al., 2014). This Registered Report describes the proposed replication plan of key experiments from “COT drives resistance to RAF inhibition through MAPK pathway reactivation” by Johannessen and colleagues, published in Nature in 2010 (Johannessen et al., 2010). The key experiments to be replicated are those reported in Figures 3B, 3D-E, 3I, and 4E-F. In Figures 3B, D-E, RPMI-7951 and OUMS023 cells were reported to exhibit robust ERK/MEK activity concomitant with reduced growth sensitivity in the presence of the BRAF inhibitor PLX4720. MAP3K8 (COT/TPL2) directly regulated MEK/ERK phosphorylation, as the treatment of RPMI-7951 cells with a MAP3K8 kinase inhibitor resulted in a dose-dependent suppression of MEK/ERK activity (Figure 3I). In contrast, MAP3K8-deficient A375 cells remained sensitive to BRAF inhibition, exhibiting reduced growth and MEK/ERK activity during inhibitor treatment. To determine if RAF and MEK inhibitors together can overcome single-agent resistance, MAP3K8-expressing A375 cells treated with PLX4720 along with MEK inhibitors significantly inhibited both cell viability and ERK activation compared to treatment with PLX4720 alone, as reported in Figures 4E-F. The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology is collaboration between the Center for Open Science and Science Exchange and the results of the replications will be published in eLife. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11414.001
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- Applied Biological Materials, Richmond, Canada
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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C Manresa M, Tambuwala M, Cavadas M, Cheong A, Cummins E, Taylor C. The Impact of Hydroxylase Inhibition on TGF‐β1 Induced Fibrosis Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. FASEB J 2015. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.lb689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- SMMS University College DublinDublinIreland
- SBI University College DublinDublinIreland
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Cabrero Manresa M, Tambuwala M, Cavadas M, Cummins E, Cheong A, Taylor C. Impact of Hydroxylase inhibitors on fibrosis associated with IBD (LB789). FASEB J 2014. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University CollegeDublinDublinIreland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University CollegeDublinDublinIreland
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- Systems Biology IrelandDublinIreland
- School of Medicine and Medical Science University CollegeDublinDublinIreland
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Cavadas M, González-Fernández A, Franco R. Pathogen-mimetic stealth nanocarriers for drug delivery: a future possibility. Nanomedicine 2011; 7:730-43. [PMID: 21658473 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Revised: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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UNLABELLED The Mononuclear Phagocyte System (MPS) is a major constraint to nanocarrier-based drug-delivery systems (DDS) by exerting a negative impact on blood circulation times and biodistribution. Current approaches rely on the protein- and cell-repelling properties of inert hydrophilic polymers, to enable escape from the MPS. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) has been particularly useful in this regard, and it also exerts positive effects in other blood compatibility parameters, being correlated with decreased hemolysis, thrombogenicity, complement activation and protein adsorption, due to its uncharged and hydrophilic nature. However, PEGylated nanocarriers are commonly found in the liver and spleen, the major MPS organs. In fact, a hydrophilic and cell-repelling delivery system is not always beneficial, as it might decrease the interaction with the target cell and hinder drug release. Here, a full scope of the immunological and biochemical barriers is presented along with some selected examples of alternatives to PEGylation. We present a novel conceptual approach that includes virulence factors for the engineering of bioactive, immune system-evasive stealth nanocarriers. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR The efficacy of nanocarrier-based drug-delivery systems is often dampened by the Mononuclear Phagocyte System (MPS). Current approaches to circumvent MPS rely on protein- and cell-repelling properties of inert hydrophilic polymers, including PEG. This paper discusses the full scope of the immunological and biochemical barriers along with selected examples of alternatives to PEGylation.
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- Miguel Cavadas
- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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Baptista PV, Doria G, Quaresma P, Cavadas M, Neves CS, Gomes I, Eaton P, Pereira E, Franco R. Nanoparticles in molecular diagnostics. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci 2011; 104:427-88. [PMID: 22093226 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-416020-0.00011-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [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: 01/03/2023]
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The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the available and emerging molecular diagnostic methods that take advantage of the unique nanoscale properties of nanoparticles (NPs) to increase the sensitivity, detection capabilities, ease of operation, and portability of the biodetection assemblies. The focus will be on noble metal NPs, especially gold NPs, fluorescent NPs, especially quantum dots, and magnetic NPs, the three main players in the development of probes for biological sensing. The chapter is divided into four sections: a first section covering the unique physicochemical properties of NPs of relevance for their utilization in molecular diagnostics; the second section dedicated to applications of NPs in molecular diagnostics by nucleic acid detection; and the third section with major applications of NPs in the area of immunoassays. Finally, a concluding section highlights the most promising advances in the area and presents future perspectives.
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- Pedro V Baptista
- Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Centro de Investigação em Genética Molecular Humana (CIGMH), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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