The ability of an organism to sense cellular, extracellular, or environmentally derived signals, to integrate that information, and to respond appropriately is broadly termed signal transduction and is fundamental to the survival of that organism. In our first biochemistry course, most of us were exposed to specific metabolites, but likely only in terms of being intermediates or cofactors of a ...

Deep-coverage metabolomic profiling has revealed a well-defined development of metabolic decay in human red blood cells (RBCs) under cold storage conditions. A set of extracellular biomarkers has been recently identified that reliably defines the qualitative state of the metabolic network throughout this metabolic decay process. Here, we extend the utility of these biomarkers by using them to q...

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes cancer-related death in women. Currently, treatment breast limited by lack effectively targeted therapy and patients often suffer from higher severity, metastasis, resistance. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) consist lipid bilayers that encapsulate a complex cargo, including proteins, nucleic acids, metabolites. These bioactive cargoes have been found to p...

The hepatic clearance of mitoxantrone was evaluated in rabbits using both bile-duct cannulated animals and freshly isolated hepatocytes in suspension or in primary culture. Mitoxantrone metabolic behavior was assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography using a method which specifically resolved mitoxantrone from its monoand dicarboxylic acid derivatives. Excretion of mitoxantrone in bile...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 4-Methyl-N-methylcathinone (mephedrone) is a synthetic stimulant that acts as a substrate-type releaser at transporters for dopamine (DAT), noradrenaline (NET) and 5-HT (SERT). Upon systemic administration, mephedrone is metabolized to several phase I compounds: the N-demethylated metabolite, 4-methylcathinone (nor-mephedrone); the ring-hydroxylated metabolite, 4-hydroxyt...

This paper presents the application of metabolomic techniques to determine the presence of microbial influenced corrosion (MIC). In a previous study, the extracellular metabolites expressed from pipe biofilm was identified by analysing the passing water. This investigation extends this work by successfully applying a chemometric statistical analysis to the extracellular metabolomic profile of a...

The Burkholderia genus consists of over 40 Gram-negative, beta-proteobacteria species that occupy remarkably diverse ecological niches. This genus contains species pathogenic to human, animals, and plants, as well as species involved in promoting plant growth and biodegradation of pollutants. This is largely explained by the extraordinary versatility of Burkholderia, as reflected by the remarka...

results migration of cells started on the fifth day. as a result of this migration, most cells were located on the surface of the scaffold and formed epiderm-like structure and some penetrated into the scaffold. by day 25, cells which had penetrated into the scaffold had various destinies such as becoming elongated spindle-shaped cells and creating blood vessel-like structures. conclusions adm ...

background: extracellular vesicles are particles ranged from 30 nm to 5µm and subcategorized into three groups; exosomes, microvesicles and apoptotic bodies, each of which have different biological impact. lack of a standard method for the detection and isolation of mvs has led to a challenging issue that is a worth considering. in this study, we isolated mvs from the conditioned medium of uc-m...

Tumor-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are the main mediators of cell-cell communication, permitting cells to exchange proteins, lipids, and metabolites in varying physiological pathological conditions. They contain signature tumor-derived molecules that reflect intracellular status their cell origin. Recent studies have shown tumor cell-derived EVs can aid cancer metastasis through modula...