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Metabolites, Volume 11, Issue 3

March 2021 - 63 articles

Cover Story: Although impaired brain energy metabolism due to mitochondrial dysfunction isconsidered to be a major contributing factor for various neurodegenerative diseases, non-invasive and quantitative assessment of human brain energy metabolism is challenging. In this work, we demonstrate that by utilizing advanced ultrahigh field in vivo 31P MRS based metabolic imaging technology, it is possible to quantify key metabolic–energetic parameters in human brains, including the concentration of major phosphorous metabolites related to ATP energy and phospholipid metabolism, intracellular pH and NAD redox state, the activity of ATPase and Creatine Kinase, and the corresponding cerebral ATP production rates. These advanced technologies can detect subtle metabolic and bioenergetic changes at an early stage of neurodegeneration and provide exciting opportunities for monitoring disease progression and/or treatment response. View this pape

Articles (63)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,394 Views
11 Pages

The Interaction of the Flavonoid Fisetin with Human Glutathione Transferase A1-1

  • Mohammed Hamed Alqarni,
  • Ahmed Ibrahim Foudah,
  • Magdy Mohamed Muharram and
  • Nikolaos E. Labrou

23 March 2021

Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a family of Phase II detoxification enzymes that are involved in the development of the multidrug resistance (MDR) mechanism in cancer cells and therefore affect the clinical outcome of cancer chemotherapy. The dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,193 Views
15 Pages

L-Carnitine Stimulates In Vivo Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Type 1 Diabetic Heart as Demonstrated by Hyperpolarized MRI

  • Dragana Savic,
  • Vicky Ball,
  • M. Kate Curtis,
  • Maria da Luz Sousa Fialho,
  • Kerstin N. Timm,
  • David Hauton,
  • James West,
  • Julian Griffin,
  • Lisa C. Heather and
  • Damian J. Tyler

23 March 2021

The diabetic heart is energetically and metabolically abnormal, with increased fatty acid oxidation and decreased glucose oxidation. One factor contributing to the metabolic dysfunction in diabetes may be abnormal handling of acetyl and acyl groups b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,061 Views
12 Pages

Elemental and Isotopic Characterization of Tobacco from Umbria

  • Luana Bontempo,
  • Daniela Bertoldi,
  • Pietro Franceschi,
  • Fabio Rossi and
  • Roberto Larcher

22 March 2021

Umbrian tobacco of the Virginia Bright variety is one of the most appreciated tobaccos in Europe, and one characterized by an excellent yield. In recent years, the Umbria region and local producers have invested in introducing novel practices (for pr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,778 Views
17 Pages

Goldfish Response to Chronic Hypoxia: Mitochondrial Respiration, Fuel Preference and Energy Metabolism

  • Elie Farhat,
  • Hang Cheng,
  • Caroline Romestaing,
  • Matthew Pamenter and
  • Jean-Michel Weber

22 March 2021

Hypometabolism is a hallmark strategy of hypoxia tolerance. To identify potential mechanisms of metabolic suppression, we have used the goldfish to quantify the effects of chronically low oxygen (4 weeks; 10% air saturation) on mitochondrial respirat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,906 Views
18 Pages

Stable Isotopic Tracer Phospholipidomics Reveals Contributions of Key Phospholipid Biosynthetic Pathways to Low Hepatocyte Phosphatidylcholine to Phosphatidylethanolamine Ratio Induced by Free Fatty Acids

  • Kang-Yu Peng,
  • Christopher K Barlow,
  • Helene Kammoun,
  • Natalie A Mellett,
  • Jacquelyn M Weir,
  • Andrew J Murphy,
  • Mark A Febbraio and
  • Peter J Meikle

22 March 2021

There is a strong association between hepatocyte phospholipid homeostasis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine ratio (PC/PE) often draws special attention as genetic and dietary disruption...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,683 Views
23 Pages

The Role of Risk or Contributory Death Factors in Methadone-Related Fatalities: A Review and Pooled Analysis

  • Arianna Giorgetti,
  • Jennifer Pascali,
  • Massimo Montisci,
  • Irene Amico,
  • Barbara Bonvicini,
  • Paolo Fais,
  • Alessia Viero,
  • Raffaele Giorgetti,
  • Giovanni Cecchetto and
  • Guido Viel

22 March 2021

Methadone-related deaths are characterized by a wide range of post-mortem blood concentrations, due to the high pharmacokinetic/dynamic inter-individual variability, the potential subjective tolerance state and to other risk factors or comorbidities,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
119 Citations
13,980 Views
18 Pages

21 March 2021

Metabolomics deals with multiple and complex chemical reactions within living organisms and how these are influenced by external or internal perturbations. It lies at the heart of omics profiling technologies not only as the underlying biochemical la...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,777 Views
13 Pages

Association of Human Plasma Metabolomics with Delayed Dark Adaptation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

  • Kevin M. Mendez,
  • Janice Kim,
  • Inês Laíns,
  • Archana Nigalye,
  • Raviv Katz,
  • Shrinivas Pundik,
  • Ivana K. Kim,
  • Liming Liang,
  • Demetrios G. Vavvas and
  • John B. Miller
  • + 3 authors

21 March 2021

The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between plasma metabolite levels and dark adaptation (DA) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This was a cross-sectional study including patients with AMD (early, intermediate, and late)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,103 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2021

Alkaloids produced by the bulbs of the Amaryllidaceae are a source of pharmaceutical compounds. The main alkaloid, galantamine, is a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and allosteric nicotinic receptor modulator, which slows cognitive and func...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,992 Views
19 Pages

20 March 2021

Plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. aggressively colonize the rhizosphere and produce numerous secondary metabolites, such as 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG). DAPG is a phloroglucinol derivative that contributes to disease suppression, thanks to its...

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