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Growth rate and nutrient limitation as key drivers of extracellular quorum sensing signal molecule accumulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2023)
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Dubern, J., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., Winzer, K., Barrett, D. A., Hardie, K. R., & Williams, P. (2023). Growth rate and nutrient limitation as key drivers of extracellular quorum sensing signal molecule accumulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology, 169(4), Article 001316. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001316

In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, quorum sensing (QS) depends on an interconnected regulatory hierarchy involving the Las, Rhl and Pqs systems, which are collectively responsible for the co-ordinated synthesis of a diverse repertoire of N-acylhomoserine lac... Read More about Growth rate and nutrient limitation as key drivers of extracellular quorum sensing signal molecule accumulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Nano zinc oxide-functionalized nanofibrous microspheres: A bioactive hybrid platform with antimicrobial, regenerative and hemostatic activities (2023)
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Metwally, W. M., El-Habashy, S. E., El-Nikhely, N. A., Mahmoud, H. E., Eltaher, H. M., & El-Khordagui, L. (2023). Nano zinc oxide-functionalized nanofibrous microspheres: A bioactive hybrid platform with antimicrobial, regenerative and hemostatic activities. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 638, Article 122920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122920

Bioactive hybrid constructs are at the cutting edge of innovative biomaterials. PLA nanofibrous microspheres (NF-MS) were functionalized with zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO) and DDAB-modified nZnO (D-nZnO) for developing inorganic/nano-microparticula... Read More about Nano zinc oxide-functionalized nanofibrous microspheres: A bioactive hybrid platform with antimicrobial, regenerative and hemostatic activities.

Untargeted Metabolomic Characterization of Glioblastoma Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity Using OrbiSIMS (2023)
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He, W., Edney, M. K., Paine, S. M. L., Griffiths, R. L., Scurr, D. J., Rahman, R., & Kim, D. (2023). Untargeted Metabolomic Characterization of Glioblastoma Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity Using OrbiSIMS. Analytical Chemistry, 95(14), 5994-6001. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05807

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable brain cancer with a median survival of less than two years from diagnosis. The standard treatment of GBM is multimodality therapy comprising surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy. However, prognosis remain... Read More about Untargeted Metabolomic Characterization of Glioblastoma Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity Using OrbiSIMS.

Surface-sampling mass spectrometry to study proteins and protein complexes (2023)
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Wong, K. F., Greatorex, R., Gidman, C., Rahman, S., & Griffiths, R. L. (2023). Surface-sampling mass spectrometry to study proteins and protein complexes. Essays in Biochemistry, 67(2), 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20220191

This review aims to summarise the current capabilities of surface mass spectrometry (MS) approaches that offer intact protein analysis, and that of non-covalent complexes. Protein analysis is largely achieved via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ioni... Read More about Surface-sampling mass spectrometry to study proteins and protein complexes.

Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications (2023)
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Jacob, P. L., Brugnoli, B., Del Giudice, A., Phan, H., Chauhan, V. M., Beckett, L., …Taresco, V. (2023). Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 641, 1043-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.124

Sustainably derived poly(glycerol adipate) (PGA) has been deemed to deliver all the desirable features expected in a polymeric scaffold for drug-delivery, including biodegradability, biocompatibility, self-assembly into nanoparticles (NPs) and a func... Read More about Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications.

Small-Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor (2023)
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Dekkers, S., Caspar, B., Goulding, J., Kindon, N. D., Kilpatrick, L. E., Stoddart, L. A., …Stocks, M. J. (2023). Small-Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66(7), 5208-5222. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00151

The C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4, or CXCR4, is a chemokine receptor found to promote cancer progression and metastasis of various cancer cell types. To investigate the pharmacology of this receptor, and to further elucidate its role in cancer, nov... Read More about Small-Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor.

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Hybrids Containing Dihydrochalcone as Tyrosinase Inhibitors to Treat Skin Hyperpigmentation (2023)
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Xue, S., Li, Z., Ze, X., Wu, X., He, C., Shuai, W., …Xu, S. (2023). Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Hybrids Containing Dihydrochalcone as Tyrosinase Inhibitors to Treat Skin Hyperpigmentation. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66(7), 5099–5117. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00012

Excessive melanin deposition may lead to a series of skin disorders. The production of melanin is carried out by melanocytes, in which the enzyme tyrosinase performs a key role. In this work, we identified a series of novel tyrosinase inhibitor hybri... Read More about Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Hybrids Containing Dihydrochalcone as Tyrosinase Inhibitors to Treat Skin Hyperpigmentation.

NanoB2 to monitor interactions of ligands with membrane proteins by combining nanobodies and NanoBRET (2023)
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van den Bor, J., Bergkamp, N. D., Anbuhl, S. M., Dekker, F., Comez, D., Perez Almeria, C. V., …Heukers, R. (2023). NanoB2 to monitor interactions of ligands with membrane proteins by combining nanobodies and NanoBRET. Cell Reports Methods, 3(3), Article 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100422

The therapeutic potential of ligands targeting disease-associated membrane proteins is predicted by ligand-receptor binding constants, which can be determined using NanoLuciferase (NanoLuc)-based bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (NanoBRET) m... Read More about NanoB2 to monitor interactions of ligands with membrane proteins by combining nanobodies and NanoBRET.

Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation (2023)
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Jodeiri, K., Foerster, A., Trindade, G. F., Im, J., Carballares, D., Fernández-Lafuente, R., …Tuck, C. (2023). Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(11), 14914–14924. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20262

The drive toward miniaturization of enzyme-based bioelectronics established a need for three-dimensional (3D) microstructured electrodes, which are difficult to implement using conventional manufacturing processes. Additive manufacturing coupled with... Read More about Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation.

Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase (2023)
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Hicks, K. G., Cluntun, A. A., Schubert, H. L., Hackett, S. R., Berg, J. A., Leonard, P. G., …Rutter, J. (2023). Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase. Science, 379(6636), 996-1003. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm3452

Metabolic networks are interconnected and influence diverse cellular processes. The protein-metabolite interactions that mediate these networks are frequently low affinity and challenging to systematically discover. We developed mass spectrometry int... Read More about Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase.