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- Burla, Bo, et al.
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MS-based lipidomics of human blood plasma : a community-initiated position paper to develop accepted guidelines
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Lipid Research. - : American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. - 0022-2275 .- 1539-7262. ; 59:10, s. 2001-2017
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Human blood is a self-regenerating lipid-rich biological fluid that is routinely collected in hospital settings. The inventory of lipid molecules found in blood plasma (plasma lipidome) offers insights into individual metabolism and physiology in health and disease. Disturbances in the plasma lipidome also occur in conditions that are not directly linked to lipid metabolism; therefore, plasma lipidomics based on MS is an emerging tool in an array of clinical diagnostics and disease management. However, challenges exist in the translation of such lipidomic data to clinical applications. These relate to the reproducibility, accuracy, and precision of lipid quantitation, study design, sample handling, and data sharing. This position paper emerged from a workshop that initiated a community-led process to elaborate and define a set of generally accepted guidelines for quantitative MS-based lipidomics of blood plasma or serum, with harmonization of data acquired on different instrumentation platforms across independent laboratories as an ultimate goal. We hope that other fields may benefit from and follow such a precedent.
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- Ho, James C.S., et al.
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Lipid bilayer composition as a determinant of cancer cell sensitivity to tumoricidal protein-lipid complexes
- 2022
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Ingår i: BioFactors. - : Wiley. - 0951-6433 .- 1872-8081. ; 48:5, s. 1145-1159
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Complexes formed by the alpha1 N-terminal peptide of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid (alpha1-oleate) interact with lipid bilayers. Plasma membrane perturbations trigger tumor cell death but normal differentiated cells are more resistant, and their plasma membranes are less strongly affected. This study examined membrane lipid composition as a determinant of tumor cell reactivity. Bladder cancer tissue showed a higher abundance of unsaturated lipids enriched in phosphatidylcholine, PC (36:4) and PC (38:4), and sphingomyelin, SM (36:1) than healthy bladder tissue, where saturated lipids predominated and the lipid extracts from bladder cancer tissue inhibited the tumoricidal effect of the complex more effectively than healthy tissue extracts. Furthermore, unsaturated PC in solution inhibited tumor cell death, and the complex interacted with giant unilamellar vesicles formed by PC, confirming the affinity of alpha1-oleate for fluid membranes enriched in PC. Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) detected a preference of the complex for the liquid-disordered phase, suggesting that the insertion into PC-based membranes and the resulting membrane perturbations are influenced by membrane lipid saturation. The results suggest that the membrane lipid composition is functionally important and that specific unsaturated membrane lipids may serve as “recognition motifs” for broad-spectrum tumoricidal molecules such as alpha1-oleate.
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- Shinde, Sudhirkumar, et al.
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Mesoporous polymeric microspheres with high affinity for phosphorylated biomolecules
- 2018
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Ingår i: New Journal of Chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 1144-0546 .- 1369-9261. ; 42:11, s. 8603-8608
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Phosphate plays a central role in the environment and in biology. This has led to the demand for a specific phosphate receptor that can be used to sense, enrich or separate phosphate and phosphorylated molecules from complex mixtures. Here, we report an approach for the production of phospho-affinity porous beads with controllable size and pore structure leading to significantly improved chromatographic properties. The beads were prepared by polymerization of bis-imidazolium based host monomer and crosslinker inside the pores of macroporous silica beads that post-etching resulted in mesoporous polymer replicas. The silica precursor, silica-polymer composite and porous polymer replica were characterized by using SEM, IR spectroscopy, optical microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Bis-imidazolium functionalized materials were capable of binding and enriching the signaling lipid sphingosine-1-phosphate from plasma samples. Moreover, these engineered materials combined with artificial receptors can recognize phosphorylated amino acids/peptides and are applicable to selective recognition of a broad class of phosphorylated biomolecules.
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