Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
59(4), С. 1193 - 1203
Опубликована: Авг. 2, 2023
Background
Water
T
1
of
the
liver
has
been
shown
to
be
promising
in
discriminating
progressive
forms
fatty
diseases,
inflammation,
and
fibrosis,
yet
proper
correction
for
iron
lipid
is
required.
Purpose
To
examine
feasibility
an
empirical
approach
when
measuring
imaging‐based
validate
this
by
spectroscopy
on
vivo
data.
Study
Type
Retrospective.
Population
Next
mixed
lipid‐iron
phantoms,
individuals
with
different
hepatic
content
were
investigated,
including
people
type
diabetes
(
N
=
15,
%female
15.6,
age
43.5
±
14.0),
or
2
mellitus
21,
28.9,
59.8
9.7)
healthy
volunteers
9,
11.1,
58.0
8.1).
Field
Strength/Sequences
3
T,
balanced
steady‐state
free
precession
MOdified
Look‐Locker
Inversion
recovery
(MOLLI),
multi‐
dual‐echo
gradient
echo
Dixon,
magnetic
resonance
elastography
(MRE).
Assessment
values
measured
phantoms
determine
respective
factors.
The
was
tested
validated
proton
H‐MRS).
quantification
based
automatic
segmentation
compared
manual
segmentation.
association
MRE‐derived
stiffness
evaluated.
Statistical
Tests
Bland–Altman
plots
intraclass
correlation
coefficients
(ICCs)
used
MOLLI
vs.
H‐MRS
agreement
compare
from
Pearson's
r
lipids
determined.
A
P
‐value
0.05
considered
statistically
significant.
Results
after
found
better
H‐MRS‐derived
water
(ICC
0.60
[0.37;
0.76])
comparison
uncorrected
0.18
[−0.09;
0.44]).
Automatic
yielded
similar
0.9995
[0.9991;
0.9997])
as
significant
0.43
[0.11;
0.67])
found.
marked
reduction
strength
[−0.28;
0.38],
0.77)
content.
Data
Conclusion
Imaging‐based
factors
enable
accurate
estimation
vivo.
Level
Evidence
Technical
Efficacy
Stage
EBioMedicine,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
102, С. 105088 - 105088
Опубликована: Март 26, 2024
Metabolic
dysfunction-associated
steatohepatitis
(MASH)
is
characterised
by
cell
death
of
parenchymal
liver
cells
which
interact
with
their
microenvironment
to
drive
disease
activity
and
fibrosis.
The
identification
the
major
type
could
pave
way
towards
pharmacotherapy
for
MASH.
To
date,
increasing
evidence
suggest
a
regulated
death,
named
ferroptosis,
occurs
through
iron-catalysed
peroxidation
polyunsaturated
fatty
acids
(PUFA)
in
membrane
phospholipids.
Lipid
enjoys
renewed
interest
light
as
druggable
target
This
review
recapitulates
molecular
mechanisms
ferroptosis
physiology,
human
MASH
critically
appraises
results
targeting
preclinical
models.
Rewiring
redox,
iron
PUFA
metabolism
creates
proferroptotic
environment
involved
MASH-related
hepatocellular
carcinoma
(HCC)
development.
Ferroptosis
induction
might
be
promising
novel
approach
eradicate
HCC,
while
its
inhibition
ameliorate
progression.
ACS Sensors,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
9(2), С. 589 - 601
Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2024
Breast
cancer
is
a
dreaded
disease
affecting
women
the
most
in
cancer-related
deaths
over
other
cancers.
However,
early
diagnosis
of
can
help
increase
survival
rates.
The
existing
breast
tools
do
not
support
disease.
Therefore,
there
great
need
to
develop
diagnostic
for
this
cancer.
Photoacoustic
spectroscopy
(PAS),
being
very
sensitive
biochemical
changes,
be
relied
upon
its
application
detecting
tumors
vivo.
With
motivation,
current
study,
an
aseptic
chamber
integrated
photoacoustic
(PA)
probe
was
designed
and
developed
monitor
tumor
progression
vivo,
established
nude
mice.
device
served
dual
purpose
transporting
tumor-bearing
animals
laboratory
from
animal
house
performing
PA
experiments
same
chamber,
maintaining
sterility.
In
induced
mice
by
MCF-7
cells
injection
corresponding
spectra
at
different
time
points
(day
0,
5,
10,
15,
20)
vivo
animals.
recorded
were
subsequently
preprocessed,
wavelet-transformed,
subjected
filter-based
feature
selection
algorithm.
selected
top
20
features,
minimum
redundancy
maximum
relevance
(mRMR)
algorithm,
then
used
build
input
matrix
machine
learning
(ML)-based
classification
data.
performance
models
demonstrated
100%
specificity,
whereas
sensitivity
95,
100,
92.5,
85%
points,
day
20,
respectively.
These
results
suggest
potential
signal-based
preclinical
model.
signal
contains
information
on
changes
associated
with
progression,
emphasizing
translational
strength
toward
diagnosis.
Abstract
Liver
fibrosis
is
a
major
risk
factor
for
hepatocellular
carcinoma
origin,
and
its
progression
not
only
correlates
with
oxidative
stress
inflammation,
but
also
encouraged
by
autophagy
hold‐up.
Therefore,
new
solutions
to
effectively
attenuate
inflammation
coincidently
favor
are
highly
demanded
reverse
liver
fibrosis,
even
hamper
escalation
into
carcinoma.
Herein,
the
porous
manganese‐substituted
Prussian
blue
(PMPB)
analogs
harnessed
activate
autophagy,
scavenge
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS),
suppress
therapy.
PMPB
can
inhibit
macrophage
activation,
facilitate
eradicate
ROS,
blockade
cellular
cross‐talk,
thus
impeding
further
progression.
Moreover,
favorable
spontaneous
capture
of
Kupffer
cells
allows
more
accumulation
in
significantly
injury
collagen
deposition,
thereby
inhibiting
fibrosis.
PMPB‐based
nanomedicine
shows
great
potentials
promoting
eliminating
protecting
hepatocytes
from
stress‐arised
damages,
which
eventually
extent
holding
promise
clinical
translation
treating
Cell Death and Differentiation,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
31(9), С. 1113 - 1126
Опубликована: Июль 26, 2024
There
is
an
unmet
clinical
need
for
pharmacologic
treatment
metabolic
dysfunction-associated
steatotic
liver
disease
(MASLD).
Hepatocyte
cell
death
a
hallmark
of
this
highly
prevalent
chronic
disease,
but
the
dominant
type
remains
uncertain.
Here
we
report
that
ferroptosis,
iron-catalyzed
mode
regulated
death,
contributes
to
MASLD.
Unsupervised
clustering
in
cohort
biopsy-proven
MASLD
patients
revealed
subgroup
with
hepatic
ferroptosis
signature
and
lower
glutathione
peroxidase
4
(GPX4)
levels.
Likewise,
reduced
defenses
was
discerned
public
transcriptomics
datasets.
Four
weeks
choline-deficient
L-amino
acid-defined
high-fat
diet
(CDAHFD)
induced
mice.
Gpx4
overexpression
did
not
affect
steatohepatitis,
instead
CDAHFD
protected
from
morbidity
due
hepatocyte-specific
knockout.
The
inhibitor
UAMC-3203
attenuated
steatosis
alanine
aminotransferase
second
model,
i.e.,
high-fructose
(HFHFD).
effect
monounsaturated
saturated
fatty
acids
supplementation
on
susceptibility
assessed
human
HepG2
cells.
Fat-laden
showed
drop
defenses,
increased
phosphatidylglycerol
two
polyunsaturated
acid
(PUFA)
lipid
tails,
sustained
sensitivity.
In
conclusion,
study
identified
as
detrimental
factor
patients.
Unexpectedly,
non-PUFA
hepatocytes
altered
bilayer
composition
maintain
Based
findings
vivo
models,
inhibition
represents
promising
therapeutic
target
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
170, С. 116021 - 116021
Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2023
Hepatocellular
carcinoma
(HCC)
poses
a
heavy
burden
on
human
health
with
high
morbidity
and
mortality
rates.
Systematic
therapy
is
crucial
for
advanced
mid-term
HCC,
but
faces
significant
challenge
from
therapeutic
resistance,
weakening
drug
effectiveness.
Metabolic
reprogramming
has
gained
attention
as
key
contributor
to
resistance.
Cells
change
their
metabolism
meet
energy
demands,
adapt
growth
needs,
or
resist
environmental
pressures.
Understanding
enzyme
expression
patterns
metabolic
pathway
interactions
vital
comprehend
HCC
occurrence,
development,
treatment
Exploring
pathways
essential
identify
breakthrough
points
treatment.
Targeting
enzymes
inhibitors
addressing
these
points.
Inhibitors,
combined
systemic
drugs,
can
alleviate
prolong
overall
survival
offer
patients
chance
radical
resection.
Advances
in
research
methods,
genomics
metabolomics
cells
organoids,
help
build
the
network.
Recent
progress
biomaterials
nanotechnology
impacts
targeting
effectiveness,
providing
new
solutions
This
review
focuses
changes,
interactions,
inhibitors,
delivery
reprogramming,
offering
valuable
references
approaches
ACS Chemical Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
19(8), С. 1773 - 1785
Опубликована: Июль 29, 2024
Organelles
feature
characteristic
lipid
compositions
that
lead
to
differences
in
membrane
properties.
In
cells,
ordering
and
fluidity
are
commonly
measured
using
the
solvatochromic
dye
Laurdan,
whose
fluorescence
is
sensitive
packing.
As
a
general
lipophilic
dye,
Laurdan
stains
all
hydrophobic
environments
cells;
therefore,
it
challenging
characterize
properties
specific
organelles
or
assess
their
responses
pharmacological
treatments
intact
cells.
Here,
we
describe
synthesis
application
of
Laurdan-derived
probes
read
out
packing
individual
cellular
organelles.
The
set
organelle-targeted
Laurdans
(OTL)
localizes
ER,
mitochondria,
lysosomes,
Golgi
compartments
with
high
specificity
while
retaining
spectral
resolution
needed
detect
biological
changes
ordering.
We
show
ratiometric
imaging
OTLs
can
resolve
heterogeneity
within
as
well
resulting
from
inhibition
trafficking
bioenergetic
processes.
apply
these
organelle-specific
saturated
stress.
While
ER
lysosomal
exogenous
fatty
acids,
mitochondrial
membranes
protected.
then
use
sort
populations
cells
based
on
acid
diet,
highlighting
ability
organelle-localized
distinguish
between
metabolic
state.
These
results
expand
repertoire
targeted
demonstrate
interrogating
dysregulation.
Journal of Biomedical Optics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
29(01)
Опубликована: Янв. 24, 2024
SignificanceThe
molecular
mechanisms
driving
the
progression
from
nonalcoholic
fatty
liver
(NAFL)
to
fibrosing
steatohepatitis
(NASH)
are
insufficiently
understood.
Techniques
enabling
characterization
of
different
lipid
species
with
both
chemical
and
spatial
information
can
provide
valuable
insights
into
their
contributions
disease
progression.AimWe
extend
utility
stimulated
Raman
scattering
(SRS)
microscopy
characterize
quantify
in
tissue
sections
patients
NAFL
NASH.ApproachWe
applied
a
dual-band
hyperspectral
SRS
system
for
imaging
C–H
stretching
fingerprint
regions.
The
same
were
imaged
polarization
detecting
birefringent
liquid
crystals
tissues.ResultsOur
analysis
pipeline
provides
accurate
classification
quantification
free
cholesterol,
saturated
cholesteryl
esters
(CEs),
unsaturated
CE,
triglycerides
sections.
subcellular
resolution
enables
investigations
heterogeneous
distribution
which
has
been
under-examined
previous
studies.
We
also
discovered
that
crystals,
previously
found
be
associated
NASH
development,
predominantly
composed
CE.ConclusionsOur
method
allows
detailed
composition
human
tissues
further
investigation
potential
mechanism
progression.