OER - Kỹ thuật hóa học; Công nghệ sinh học - Thực phẩm; Công nghệ môi trường
Duyệt OER - Kỹ thuật hóa học; Công nghệ sinh học - Thực phẩm; Công nghệ môi trường theo Chủ đề "3D cell culture"
- Ấn phẩmPlasma-derived exosome-like vesicles are enriched in lyso-phospholipids and pass the blood-brain barrier(Biochemical Journal, 2020) Jakubec, Martin; Grødem, Jodi Maple; Akbari, SalehaExosomes are vesicles involved in intercellular communication. Their membrane structure and core content is largely dependent on the cell of origin. Exosomes have been investigated both for their biological roles and their possible use as disease biomarkers and drug carriers. These potential technological applications require the rigorous characterization of exosomal blood brain barrier permeability and a description of their lipid bilayer composition. To achieve these goals, we have established a 3D static blood brain barrier system based on existing systems for liposomes and a complementary LC-MS/MS and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance methodology for the analysis of purified human plasma-derived exosome-like vesicles. Results show that the isolated vesicles pass the blood brain barrier and are taken up in endothelial cells. The compositional analysis revealed that the isolated vesicles are enriched in lyso phospholipids and do not contain phosphatidylserine. These findings deviate significantly from the composition of exosomes originating from cell culture, and may reflect active removal by macrophages that respond to exposed phosphahtidylserine.
- Ấn phẩmWater as a reactant in the differential expression of proteins in cancer(Biochemical Journal, 2020) Dick, Jeffrey MHow the abundances of proteins are shaped by tumor microenvironments, such as hypoxic conditions and higher water content compared to normal tissues, is an important question for cancer biochemistry. Compositional analysis of more than 250 datasets for differentially expressed proteins compiled from the literature reveals a higher stoichiometric hydration state in multiple cancer types compared to normal tissue; this trend is also evident in pan-cancer transcriptomic and proteomic datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas and Human Protein Atlas. These findings support the notion of a basic physicochemical link between increased water content in tumors and the patterns of gene and protein expression in cancer. The generally increased hydration state is juxtaposed with a wide spectrum of carbon oxidation states of differentially expressed proteins, which may be associated with different gene ages, host tissue properties and metabolic features of specific cancer types.