scholarly journals Terbium(iii)-cholate functionalized vesicles as luminescent indicators for the enzymatic conversion of dihydroxynaphthalene diesters

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (58) ◽  
pp. 7852-7854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Balk ◽  
Uday Maitra ◽  
Burkhard König
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Phosphorescence Intensity

The phosphorescence intensity of unilamellar DOPC vesicles with embedded Tb3+-cholate complexes depends on the concentration of dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) as sensitizer in solution.

First Fluorescent Acetylspermidine Deacetylation Assay for HDAC10 Identifies Inhibitors of Neuroblastoma Cell Colony Growth That Increase Lysosome Accumulation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Herp ◽  
Johannes Ridinger ◽  
Dina Robaa ◽  
Stephen A. Shinsky ◽  
Karin Schmidtkunz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Histone Deacetylases ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cell ◽  
Hdac Inhibitors ◽  
Anticancer Therapy ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
Autophagic Flux ◽  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Lysine Deacetylase

Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important epigenetic regulators involved in many diseases, esp. cancer. First HDAC inhibitors have been approved for anticancer therapy and many are in clinical trials. Among the 11 zinc-dependent HDACs, HDAC10 has received relatively little attention by drug discovery campaigns, despite its involvement e.g. in the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma. This is due in part to a lack of robust enzymatic conversion assays. In contrast to the protein lysine deacetylase and deacylase activity of the other HDAC subtypes, it has recently been shown that HDAC10 has strong preferences for deacetylation of oligoamine substrates like spermine or spermidine. Hence, it also termed a polyamine deacetylase (PDAC). Here, we present the first fluorescent enzymatic conversion assay for HDAC10 using an aminocoumarin labelled acetyl spermidine derivative to measure its PDAC activity, which is suitable for high-throughput screening. Using this assay, we identified potent inhibitors of HDAC10 mediated spermidine deacetylation in-vitro. Among those are potent inhibitors of neuroblastoma colony growth in culture that show accumulation of lysosomes, implicating disturbance of autophagic flux.

Enzyme-Instructed Self-assembly in Biological Milieu for Theranostics Purpose

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1351-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhentao Huang ◽  
Qingxin Yao ◽  
Simin Wei ◽  
Jiali Chen ◽  
Yuan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecules ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Vaccine Adjuvants ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Cancer Treatments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biological Milieu

Precision medicine is in an urgent need for public healthcare. Among the past several decades, the flourishing development in nanotechnology significantly advances the realization of precision nanomedicine. Comparing to well-documented nanoparticlebased strategy, in this review, we focus on the strategy using enzyme instructed selfassembly (EISA) in biological milieu for theranostics purpose. In principle, the design of small molecules for EISA requires two aspects: (1) the substrate of enzyme of interest; and (2) self-assembly potency after enzymatic conversion. This strategy has shown its irreplaceable advantages in nanomedicne, specifically for cancer treatments and Vaccine Adjuvants. Interestingly, all the reported examples rely on only one kind of enzymehydrolase. Therefore, we envision that the application of EISA strategy just begins and will lead to a new paradigm in nanomedicine.

scholarly journals THE ENZYMATIC CONVERSION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE TO GLYCOGEN

1941 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.W. Sutherland ◽  
Sidney P. Colowick ◽  
Carl F. Cori
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Conversion

scholarly journals Metabolomics analysis reveals a modified amino acid metabolism that correlates with altered oxygen homeostasis in COVID-19 patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José C. Páez-Franco ◽  
Jiram Torres-Ruiz ◽  
Víctor A. Sosa-Hernández ◽  
Rodrigo Cervantes-Díaz ◽  
Sandra Romero-Ramírez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Metabolism ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Lung Damage ◽  
Amino Acid Supplementation ◽  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Clinical Markers ◽  
Hypoxic Conditions ◽  
Oxygen Homeostasis ◽  
Keto Acids

AbstractWe identified the main changes in serum metabolites associated with severe (n = 46) and mild (n = 19) COVID-19 patients by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The modified metabolic profiles were associated to an altered amino acid catabolism in hypoxic conditions. Noteworthy, three α-hydroxyl acids of amino acid origin increased with disease severity and correlated with altered oxygen saturation levels and clinical markers of lung damage. We hypothesize that the enzymatic conversion of α-keto-acids to α- hydroxyl-acids helps to maintain NAD recycling in patients with altered oxygen levels, highlighting the potential relevance of amino acid supplementation during SARS-CoV-2 infection.

scholarly journals Towards a unified understanding of the copper sites in particulate methane monooxygenase: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Cutsail III ◽  
Matthew O Ross ◽  
Amy C Rosenzweig ◽  
Serena DeBeer
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Spectroscopic Investigation ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Methane Monooxygenase ◽  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Particulate Methane Monooxygenase ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Mild Conditions ◽  
Copper Sites ◽  
X Ray Absorption

The enzymatic conversion of the greenhouse gas, methane, to a liquid fuel, methanol, is performed by methane monooxygenases (MMOs) under mild conditions. The copper stoichiometry of particulate MMO (pMMO) has...

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