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Subcellular organelle lipidomics in TLR-4-activated macrophages1[S]

Journal of Lipid Research, 2010
Lipids orchestrate biological processes by acting remotely as signaling molecules or locally as membrane components that modulate protein function. Detailed insight into lipid function requires knowledge of the subcellular localization of individual ...
Alexander Y. Andreyev, Eoin Fahy, Ziqiang Guan, Samuel Kelly, Xiang Li, Jeffrey G. McDonald, Stephen Milne, David Myers, Hyejung Park, Andrea Ryan, Bonne M. Thompson, Elaine Wang, Yihua Zhao, H. Alex Brown, Alfred H. Merrill, Christian R.H. Raetz, David W. Russell, Shankar Subramaniam, Edward A. Dennis   +18 more
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Enhancing Selective Brain Cancer Therapy: Integrating Nanomedicine and Molecular Dynamics to Target the Cancerous Lipid Composition

Nano Select, EarlyView.
Improving selectivity within therapeutic design is critical to ensure targeted delivery to brain tumors. Targeting the cellular membrane composition distinctive of the blood–brain barrier and brain cancer cells is explored in this review. Nanomedicine can be utilized for precise tumor recognition, and detailed mechanistic interactions of therapeutics ...
Mahnoor Kadri, Dominique de Jong‐Hoogland, Martin B. Ulmschneider   +2 more
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Focal Targeting of the Bacterial Envelope by Antimicrobial Peptides

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2016
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are utilized by both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. AMPs such as the human beta defensins, human neutrophil peptides, human cathelicidin, and many bacterial bacteriocins are cationic and capable of binding to anionic ...
Rafi eRashid, Mark eVeleba, Kimberly A. Kline   +2 more
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The physicochemical properties of cardiolipin bilayers and cardiolipin-containing lipid membranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2009
In this review article, we summarize the current state of biophysical knowledge concerning the phase behavior and organization of cardiolipin (CL) and CL-containing phospholipid bilayer model membranes. We first briefly consider the occurrence and distribution of CL in biological membranes and its probable biological functions therein. We next consider
Lewis, Ruthven N.A.H., McElhaney, Ronald N.   +1 more
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The Crystal Structure of Human Transport and Golgi Organization 2 Homolog (TANGO2) Protein Reveals an αββα‐Fold Arrangement

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transport and Golgi Organization 2 Homolog (TANGO2) protein deficiency disorder (TDD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by multi‐systemic abnormalities and significant phenotypic variability including neurodevelopmental delay, seizures, intermittent ataxia, hypothyroidism, rhabdomyolysis, life‐threatening metabolic ...
Anne Cooper, Alyssa Powers, Kevin P. Battaile, Al‐Walid Mohsen, David K. Johnson, Scott Lovell, Lina Ghaloul‐Gonzalez   +6 more
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Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Inhibitor Binding Interactions in the Vibrio cholerae Respiratory Complex NQR

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sodium‐pumping ubiquinone oxidoreductase sodium pumping quinone reductase (NQR) is an important enzyme in the respiratory chain of multiple pathogenic gram‐negative bacteria. NQR has been proposed as a viable antibiotic target due to its importance in supporting energy‐consuming reactions and its absence in human cells.
Joseph. A. DePaolo‐Boisvert, Karina Tuz, David. D. L. Minh, Oscar X. Juarez   +3 more
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From Membrane Composition to Antimicrobial Strategies: Experimental and Computational Approaches to AMP Design and Selectivity

Small, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising candidates for next‐generation antibiotics, acting through mechanisms such as membrane disruption and intracellular targeting. This review examines how variations in bacterial membrane composition critically influence AMP activity.
Paolo Rossetti, Marius F.W. Trollmann, Christina Wichmann, Thomas Gutsmann, Christian Eggeling, Rainer A. Böckmann   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

α-d-Glucopyranosyl-, d-alanyl- and l-lysylcardiolipin from gram-positive bacteria: analysis by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry

Journal of Lipid Research, 1998
Cardiolipin species substituted on O2 of the middle glycerol moiety with α-d-glucopyranosyl, d-alanyl and l-lysyl residues were isolated from different gram-positive bacteria. There respective structures were elucidated by positive and negative mode fast
J. Peter-Katalinic, W. Fischer
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Free-Radical-Mediated Formation of Trans-Cardiolipin Isomers, Analytical Approaches for Lipidomics and Consequences of the Structural Organization of Membranes

Biomolecules, 2020
Free-radical-mediated processes, such as peroxidation, isomerization and hydrogenation affecting fatty acid integrity and biological functions, have a trans-disciplinary relevance.
Fabrizio Vetica, Anna Sansone, Cesare Meliota, Gessica Batani, Marinella Roberti, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Carla Ferreri   +6 more
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Bioengineered Bacterial Vesicles and Biomimetic Hybrids Eliminate Biofilms and Balance the Gut Microbiome

Small, EarlyView.
Biomimetic nanocarriers based on liposomes and Myxobacteria outer‐membrane vesicles (OMVs) are effective antibiotic delivery systems. Hybrids have a higher drug loading and can target intracellular pathogens, while OMVs evade immune clearance. Biomimetic nanoantibiotics effectively eliminate the biofilms of Gram‐negative bacteria. Besides, Myxobacteria
Leila Pourtalebi Jahromi, Benedikt Kronast, Jennifer Munkert, Lorenzo Sana, Marcus Koch, Heike Danzer, Sirka Dormeyer, Shuhan Jiang, Fabian Herrmann, Matthias Weiler, Anna Kashkanova, Vahid Sandoghdar, Mario M. Zaiss, Gregor Fuhrmann   +13 more
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