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Pathological pain subtypes can be classified as either neuropathic pain, caused by a somatosensory nervous system lesion or disease, or nociplastic pain, which develops without evidence of somatosensory system damage. Since there is no gold standard for the diagnosis of pathological pain subtypes, the proper classification of individual patients is currently an unmet challenge for clinicians. While the determination of specific biomarkers for each condition by current biochemical techniques is a complex task, the use of multimolecular techniques, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), combined with artificial intelligence allows specific fingerprints for pathological pain-subtypes to be obtained, which may be useful for diagnosis. We analyzed whether the information provided by the mass spectra of serum samples of four experimental models of neuropathic and nociplastic pain combined with their functional pain outcomes could enable pathological pain subtype classification by artificial neural networks. As a result, a simple and innovative clinical decision support method has been developed that combines MALDI-TOF MS serum spectra and pain evaluation with its subsequent data analysis by artificial neural networks and allows the identification and classification of pathological pain subtypes in experimental models with a high level of specificity.
Monoclonal gammopathies are a group of blood diseases characterized by presence of abnormal immunoglobulins in peripheral blood and/or urine of patients. Multiple myeloma and plasma cell leukemia are monoclonal gammopathies with unclear etiology, caused by malignant transformation of bone marrow plasma cells. Mass spectrometry with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and time-of-flight detection is commonly used for investigation of the peptidome and small proteome of blood plasma with high accuracy, robustness, and cost-effectivity. In addition, mass spectrometry coupled with advanced statistics can be used for molecular profiling, classification, and diagnosis of liquid biopsies and tissue specimens in various malignancies. Despite the fact there have been fully optimized protocols for mass spectrometry of normal blood plasma available for decades, in monoclonal gammopathy patients, the massive alterations of biophysical and biochemical parameters of peripheral blood plasma often limit the mass spectrometry measurements. In this paper, we present a new two-step extraction protocol and demonstrated the enhanced resolution and intensity (>50×) of mass spectra obtained from extracts of peripheral blood plasma from monoclonal gammopathy patients. When coupled with advanced statistics and machine learning, the mass spectra profiles enabled the direct identification, classification, and discrimination of multiple myeloma and plasma cell leukemia patients with high accuracy and precision. A model based on PLS-DA achieved the best performance with 71.5% accuracy (95% confidence interval, CI = 57.1-83.3%) when the 10× repeated 5-fold CV was performed. In summary, the two-step extraction protocol improved the analysis of monoclonal gammopathy peripheral blood plasma samples by mass spectrometry and provided a tool for addressing the complex molecular etiology of monoclonal gammopathies.
Východiska: Endoplazmatické retikulum (ER), organela tvořená soustavou cisteren a tubulů, je esenciální pro řadu buněčných dějů, mj. pro syntézu a transport proteinů. Pokud se chybně složené proteiny hromadí v lumen ER, dochází k rozvoji stresu ER, přičemž následnou odpovědí na narušení homeostázy je aktivace signální dráhy UPR (z angl. unfolded protein response, tj. odpověď na přítomnost nesbalených proteinů). Cílem procesu je obnovit homeostázu zvyšováním kapacity ER a jeho schopnosti skládat proteiny. K aktivaci homeostatické UPR dochází prostřednictvím některého ze tří transmembránových proteinů, kterými jsou enzym vyžadující inositol 1a (inositol-requiring enzyme 1a – IRE1a), kináza ER podobná R kináze (proteine kinase R-like ER kinase – PERK) a aktivující transkripční faktor 6 (activating transcription factor 6 – ATF6). V případě selhání pokusu o obnovu homeostázy naopak dochází prostřednictvím hyperaktivace týchž proteinů k rozvoji terminální UPR a apoptóze. Aktivace různých větví UPR byla popsána u mnoha nádorových onemocnění vč. mnohočetného myelomu (MM), který se vyznačuje maligní transformaci plazmatických buněk a zvýšenou syntézou monoklonálního imunoglobulinu, kdy je role ER zvláště podstatná. Navzdory pokrokům v léčbě MM zůstává onemocnění jen obtížně léčitelné a cílení na signální dráhy spojené s UPR by mohlo např. podpořit účinek inhibitorů proteazomu. Cíl: Tato práce si klade za cíl představit molekulární odpověď na stres ER za fyziologických okolností i v kontextu nádorových onemocnění, a to zejména s přihlédnutím k potenciálním terapeutickým cílům u MM.
Background: The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), an organelle composed of a system of cisternae and tubules, is essential for many cellular processes, including protein synthesis and transport. When misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER lumen, ER stress is induced, and the subsequent response to the disruption of homeostasis is the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). The purpose of this process is to restore homeostasis by increasing the capacity of the ER and its ability to fold proteins. Activation of the homeostatic UPR occurs via one of three transmembrane proteins, inositol-requiring enzyme 1a (IRE1a), protein kinase R-like ER kinase (PERK) and activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6). Failure of the attempt to restore homeostasis, on the other hand, leads to the development of terminal UPR and apoptosis via hyperactivation of the same proteins. Activation of UPR has been described in many malignancies, including multiple myeloma (MM), which is characterized by malignant transformation of plasma cells and increased monoclonal immunoglobulin synthesis, where the role of the ER is of particular importance. Despite advances in the treatment of MM, the disease remains difficult to treat and targeting signaling pathways associated with the UPR could, for example, enhance the effect of proteasome inhibitors. Purpose: This review intends to present the molecular response to ER stress under physiological circumstances and in the context of cancer, particularly with regard to potential therapeutic targets in MM.
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- cílená molekulární terapie metody MeSH
- endoplazmatické retikulum * genetika účinky léků MeSH
- inhibitory proteasomu farmakologie klasifikace terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mnohočetný myelom * farmakoterapie genetika MeSH
- signální dráha UPR účinky léků MeSH
- stres endoplazmatického retikula účinky léků MeSH
- XBP1 analýza účinky léků MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
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- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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BACKGROUND: The progenitors to lung airway epithelium that are capable of long-term propagation may represent an attractive source of cells for cell-based therapies, disease modeling, toxicity testing, and others. Principally, there are two main options for obtaining lung epithelial progenitors: (i) direct isolation of endogenous progenitors from human lungs and (ii) in vitro differentiation from some other cell type. The prime candidates for the second approach are pluripotent stem cells, which may provide autologous and/or allogeneic cell resource in clinically relevant quality and quantity. METHODS: By exploiting the differentiation potential of human embryonic stem cells (hESC), here we derived expandable lung epithelium (ELEP) and established culture conditions for their long-term propagation (more than 6 months) in a monolayer culture without a need of 3D culture conditions and/or cell sorting steps, which minimizes potential variability of the outcome. RESULTS: These hESC-derived ELEP express NK2 Homeobox 1 (NKX2.1), a marker of early lung epithelial lineage, display properties of cells in early stages of surfactant production and are able to differentiate to cells exhibitting molecular and morphological characteristics of both respiratory epithelium of airway and alveolar regions. CONCLUSION: Expandable lung epithelium thus offer a stable, convenient, easily scalable and high-yielding cell source for applications in biomedicine.
Intact (whole) cell matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is an established method for biotyping in clinical microbiology as well as for revealing phenotypic shifts in cultured eukaryotic cells. Intact cell MALDI-TOF MS has recently been introduced as a quality control tool for long-term cultures of pluripotent stem cells. Despite the potential this method holds for revealing minute changes in cells, there is still a need for improving the ionization efficiency or peak reproducibility. Here we report for the first time that supplementation by fine particles of black phosphorus to the standard MALDI matrices, such as sinapinic and α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acids enhance intensities of mass spectra of particular amino acids and peptides, presumably by interactions with aromatic groups within the molecules. In addition, the particles of black phosphorus induce the formation of small and regularly dispersed crystals of sinapinic acid and α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid with the analyte on a steel MALDI target plate. Patterns of mass spectra recorded from intact cells using black phosphorus-enriched matrix were more reproducible and contained peaks of higher intensities when compared to matrix without black phosphorus supplementation. In summary, enrichment of common organic matrices by black phosphorus can improve discrimination data analysis by enhancing peak intensity and reproducibility of mass spectra acquired from intact cells.
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- aminokyseliny analýza chemie MeSH
- buněčné kultury metody MeSH
- buněčné linie MeSH
- fosfor chemie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidské embryonální kmenové buňky MeSH
- peptidy analýza chemie MeSH
- reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
- spektrometrie hmotnostní - ionizace laserem za účasti matrice metody normy MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
RATIONALE: Gallium selenide thin films important for electronics and phase-change materials are prepared via pulsed laser deposition (PLD); however, there are no studies concerning the analysis of gallium selenide clusters formed in the gas phase. Laser desorption ionisation (LDI) combined with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) has great potential to generate charged Gam Sen clusters, to analyse them and thus to develop new materials. METHODS: LDI of Ga-Se mixtures using a pulsed laser (337 nm nitrogen) was used to generate gallium-selenide clusters. Mass spectra were recorded (in positive and negative ion mode) on a TOF mass spectrometer equipped with a quadrupole ion trap and reflectron mass analyser. RESULTS: Ga-Se mixtures were found to be suitable for laser ablation synthesis (LAS) of gallium selenide clusters, although their composition was strongly dependent on the laser energy. The effect of laser energy on the stoichiometry of the generated clusters was established. In total, over 100 gallium selenide Gam Sen clusters were generated and identified from Ga-Se mixtures. LDI of Ga2 Se3 crystals showed almost the same clusters up to m/z 1000 with lower intensities, whereas no clusters from Ga2 Se3 were observed above m/z 1000. CONCLUSIONS: A family of over 100 gallium selenide clusters, generated and identified for the first time, shows rich and complex chemistry. Some of the clusters represent new compounds that have the potential to be used in the development of advanced materials.
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