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Liang Q, Fu C, Liu Y, Liu W, Guo W. Association of plasma microRNA-16-5p and abdominal aortic calcification in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Ren Fail 2024; 46:2368091. [PMID: 39049724 PMCID: PMC11275526 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2024.2368091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that microRNA-16-5p (miR-16-5p) plays a crucial role in the pathological mechanism of vascular calcification. Nevertheless, the expression profile of miR-16-5p in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients who are predisposed to vascular calcification remains unknown. This study aims to investigate the potential associations between calcification risk and serum miR-16-5p expression among MHD patients. This cross-sectional study involved 132 MHD patients from the Dialysis Center of Beijing Friendship Hospital between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020. The degree of calcification in MHD patients was assessed using the Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) score, and miR-16-5p expression was quantified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) with the 2-ΔΔCT method. Statistical analyses, including spearman correlation, linear regression and logistic regression analysis were used to explore the associations between laboratory parameters and AAC score. Calcifications were observed in 79(59.80%) patients. The linear regression showed a one-quartile decrease in miR-16-5p expression led to a significant increase in the AAC score by 5.336 (95% CI: 2.670-10.662, p = 0.000). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that decreased miR-16-5p expression, reduced serum urea nitrogen, elevated white blood cell count, and longer dialysis vintage were significantly associated with an increased incidence of vascular calcification. The Area Under the Curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) of the miR-16-5p-based logistic regression model was 0.842 (95% CI: 0.771-0.913, p = 0.000). There was an independent association between miR-16-5p expression and calcification degree. Lower miR-16-5p expression levels seem to be a potential risk factor of vascular calcification in MHD patients.
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- Qiaojing Liang
- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Kanneth SS, Saheer VC, Chakkumkumarath L. 1,4-Dihydropyridine-based FA1 site-specific fluorescent probes for the selective detection and quantification of HSA levels in biofluids. Analyst 2024; 149:4633-4642. [PMID: 39104182 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00881b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/07/2024]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is a multifunctional circulatory protein essential for many physiological processes including oncotic pressure maintenance, ligand/drug binding and transport, antioxidant activity, etc. Abnormal HSA levels in biological fluids have been reported in a variety of clinical disorders, making it a potential biomarker for early diagnosis. Low serum albumin levels have been linked to increased long- and short-term mortality rates in ICU patients. Therefore, quantifying HSA in biofluids such as serum and urine offers a convenient approach for the early identification of underlying clinical conditions and assessing the risk factors. Herein, we report a series of fluorescent 1,4-dihydropyridine (DHP) derivatives for the detection and quantification of HSA in biofluids. Their response towards HSA can be tuned by varying the substituents at the C-4 and the N-1 of the DHP ring. Depending on the nature of the substituents, they generated either a turn-on or ratiometric response with a LoD in low nanomolar or subnanomolar levels. A pair of enantiomers obtained by introducing a chiral center on the N-substituents highlighted the importance of stereochemistry in HSA-ligand interactions. Quantification of HSA in complex biofluids, such as blood serum and urine, was also accomplished using these probes. The high selectivity of some of the probes towards HSA over the homologous BSA allowed the discrimination of these two proteins. The preferred binding location of the probes was the hemin binding site and the detection mechanism was identified as the restriction of intramolecular rotation. Additionally, a prototype of a smartphone-integrated point-of-care device was also fabricated to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing these probes in clinical settings.
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- S Shurooque Kanneth
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut-673601, Kerala, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar, Kasaragod-671123, Kerala, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut-673601, Kerala, India.
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Magnaghi LR, Guembe-Garcia M, Santonoceta GDG, Capucciati A, Quadrelli P, Sgarlata C, Alberti G, Biesuz R. Exploring albumin-sulfonephthalein dyes interactions by a chemometric-assisted and multi-technique equilibria analysis in solution. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 317:124421. [PMID: 38759394 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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Albumin is undoubtedly the most studied protein thanks to its widespread diffusion and biochemistry; despite its binding ability towards different dyes, provoking dye's colour change, has been exploited for decades for quantification purposes, the joint effect of working pH, ionic strength, and dye's pKa still remains only sporadically discussed. In the present study, the interaction of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) with five dyes belonging to the sulfonephthalein group, Bromophenol Blue (BPB, pKa = 3.75), Bromocresol Green (BCG, pKa = 4.42), Chlorophenol Red (CPR, pKa = 5.74), Bromocresol Purple (BCP, pKa = 6.05) and Bromothymol Blue (BTB, pKa = 6.72), is investigated at four working pH values (3.5, 6.0, 7.5 and 9.0) and two ionic strength conditions by UV-Vis spectroscopy. Principal Component Analysis is then applied to rationalize dye behavior upon BSA addition at each pH value and to summarize the protein effect on dyes' spectral features, identifying three general behaviors. The most relevant systems are then submitted to further characterization involving a solution equilibria study aimed at determining conditional binding constants for the selected DSA-dye adducts and fluorescence, CD, and 1H NMR spectroscopy to evaluate the binding effect on the species involved.
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- Lisa Rita Magnaghi
- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy; INSTM, Unità di Ricerca di Pavia, Via G. Giusti 9, Firenze 50121, Italy.
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- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy; Universidad de Burgos, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química, Plaza de Misael Bañuelos s/n, Burgos 09001, Spain
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- Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy; INSTM, Unità di Ricerca di Pavia, Via G. Giusti 9, Firenze 50121, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy; INSTM, Unità di Ricerca di Pavia, Via G. Giusti 9, Firenze 50121, Italy
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Kumar D, Dutta P, Ramachandran R, Bhattacharyya R, Banerjee D. Excreted albumin of diabetic microalbuminuria cases exhibits pseudo esterase activity: A new way to explore microalbuminuria, perhaps with more information. Clin Chim Acta 2024; 565:119947. [PMID: 39216816 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2024.119947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2024] [Revised: 08/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Microalbuminuria is associated with several clinical conditions of public health concern. Particularly in diabetic patients, there is routine microalbuminuria screening to understand whether the renal complication has progressed to the microalbuminuria stage or not. Therefore, microalbuminuria detection is a matter of considerable interest. For such detection, the clinical labs rely on immunochemical methods. Nevertheless, the immunochemical methods are believed to be less sensitive for the purpose. So, the need arises for continuous research in the field. We believe that pseudoesterase activity of the excreted albumin in microalbuminuria cases is a potential target. This aspect is investigated here and it is shown that the excreted albumin in diabetic microalbuminuria cases retains its pseudoesterase activity, unlike the overt albuminuria cases. METHODS The cases of diabetic nephropathy and healthy controls were included in the study. The patients were divided into diabetic controls microalbuminuria, and overt albuminuria group considering the albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR). The urinary proteins of the cases were isolated by centrifugation. The obtained protein pellet was then checked for pseudoesterase activity by electrophoretic and fluorescence-based methods. The CD spectroscopy and LC-MS study was carried out to show the suitability of the substrate for the detection of albumin pseudoesterase activity. To further, understand the structure-function relation, molecular docking studies were carried out. RESULTS From the CD and LC-MS study the suitability of the used substrate was confirmed. The electrophoretic and fluorescence study showed that the protein of the microalbuminuria group retained the pseudoesterase activity whereas the same is lost in the overt albuminuria group. The molecular docking studies indicated that a change in albumin structure may result in a change in its pseudoesterase activity. CONCLUSION The urinary protein of diabetic microalbuminuria cases exhibits pseudoesterase activity. It distinguishes the excreted protein in the diabetic albuminuria group and the overt albuminuria group. This is the first study that showed the retention of pseudoesterase property in excreted albumin. Further, in this study a simple test is developed that distinguishes the excreted albumin in the microalbuminuria group and overt albuminuria group.
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- Deepak Kumar
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India.
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- Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India.
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Carella M, Magro D, Scola L, Pisano C, Guida E, Gervasi F, Giambanco C, Aronica TS, Frati G, Balistreri CR. CAR, mGPS and hs-mGPS: What is among them the best gero-biomarker for age-related diseases? And for what clinical application? Mech Ageing Dev 2024; 220:111952. [PMID: 38838917 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2024.111952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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The identification of biomarkers linked to the onset, progression, and prevention of age-related diseases (ARD), in the era of personalized medicine, represents the best goal of geroscience. Geroscience has the fundamental role of exploring and identifying the biological mechanisms of aging to suggest interventions capable of stopping/delaying the many pathological conditions and disabilities related to age. Therefore, it has become its key priority, as well as that of clinical practice and research, based on identifying and validating a range of biomarkers, geromarkers, which can be used to diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive clinical purposes. Indeed, geromarkers have, the potential to predict ARD trajectories and facilitate targeted interventions to slow down the related disabilities. Here our attention is paid to the inflammatory indexes (CAR, mGPS, hs-mGPS) linked to the relationship between the plasma levels of two inflammatory analytes, the typical positive protein of the acute phase, and the negative one, i.e. c-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, respectively. These indexes allow us to understand the magnitude of the two main mechanisms predicted to influence the aging process, including inflammation and immunosenescence, as well as the degree of ARD severity. Evidence on their relationship with ARD is widely reported and discussed, to understand which can represent the best ARD geromarker, and its clinical application.
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- Miriam Carella
- Complex Operative Unit of Clinical Pathology, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Pathological Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Palermo 90134, Italy
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- Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Pathological Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Palermo 90134, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine in Medicine, Surgery, Critical Areas, University of Palermo, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- Specialized Laboratory of Oncology, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- Specialized Laboratory of Oncology, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- Complex Operative Unit of Clinical Pathology, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- Complex Operative Unit of Clinical Pathology, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli Hospitals, Palermo 90127, Italy
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- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
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- Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Pathological Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Palermo 90134, Italy.
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Tang H, Liu F, Li G, Wu L, Li Y, Zeng J, Yin X, Pi L, Lin X, Cai X, Xu Z, Tang J, Hu Y, Gao X. The different serum albumin assays influence the prescriptions in children with primary nephrotic syndrome. Sci Rep 2024; 14:17682. [PMID: 39085265 PMCID: PMC11291636 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67441-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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The differences between the serum albumin determined by bromocresol green (BCG) and immunonephelometry (IN) were inconsistent in past studies, and the samples were all adults. We sought to determine the differences in children and reveal the impacts of these differences on the clinical diagnosis and treatments of primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS). Repeated measurements from 576 PNS children showed that albumin measured by BCG and IN (ALB-B and ALB-I) were 19.95 (11.15) g/L and 15.30 (11.05) g/L, respectively, and the mean difference was 4.68 g/L (P < 0.001). The cut-offs we calculated for hypoalbuminemia and severe hypoalbuminemia based on the IN were 25 and 15 g/L, which were 5 g/L lower than the cut-offs recommended by KIDGO, respectively. A pair of historical control samples (206 vs. 216) with ALB-B or ALB-I showed that the proportion of severe hypoalbuminemia was 14.60% greater in IN group (75.20% vs. 60.60%, P < 0.001). The misdiagnosis rate of severe hypoalbuminemia by IN was 33.77% when 20 g/L rather than 15 g/L was used as the cut-off. Furthermore, the proportion of patients receiving albumin injections increased by 10.20%, and the average consumption increased by 97.06% (P = 0.01) along with the use of IN. So, our results suggested that the difference between ALB-B and ALB-I led to misdiagnosis and prescription abuse in PNS children.
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- Hui Tang
- Department of Clinical Data Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Pediatrics School, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Pediatrics School, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Biological Resource Bank of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Data Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Nephrology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 318 Renmin Middle Road, 510623, Guangzhou, China.
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Jahanban-Esfahlan A, Amarowicz R. Molecularly imprinted polymers for sensing/depleting human serum albumin (HSA): A critical review of recent advances and current challenges. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 266:131132. [PMID: 38531529 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is an essential biomacromolecule in the blood circulatory system because it carries numerous molecules, including fatty acids (FAs), bilirubin, metal ions, hormones, and different pharmaceuticals, and plays a significant role in regulating blood osmotic pressure. Fluctuations in HSA levels in human biofluids, particularly urine and serum, are associated with several disorders, such as elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus (DM), liver dysfunction, and a wide range of renal diseases. Thus, the ability to quickly and accurately measure HSA levels is important for the rapid identification of these disorders in human populations. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), well known as artificial antibodies (Abs), have been extensively used for the quantitative detection of small molecules and macromolecules, especially HSA, in recent decades. This review highlights major challenges and recent developments in the application of MIPs to detect HSA in artificial and real samples. The fabrication and application of various MIPs for the depletion of HSA are also discussed, as well as different MIP preparation approaches and strategies for overcoming obstacles that hinder the development of MIPs with high efficiency and recognition capability for HSA determination/depletion.
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- Ali Jahanban-Esfahlan
- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665813, Iran.
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- Division of Food Sciences, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Street Tuwima 10, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Zhang Y, Abdollahi A, Andolino C, Tomoo K, Foster BM, Aryal UK, Henderson GC. Performance evaluation of different albumin assays for the detection of analbuminemia. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300130. [PMID: 38446837 PMCID: PMC10917273 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Analbuminemia is characterized by the near absence of albumin in the plasma. Different methods are available for measuring albumin levels, but they do not necessarily agree with one another. It is a concern that analbuminemic samples could be falsely characterized due to the incorrect estimation of albumin. The objective of the work was to evaluate the performance of different assays in detecting analbuminemia. Albumin knockout (Alb-/-) mouse plasma was used to test the suitability of different albumin assays for their ability to properly characterize extreme albumin deficiency. Bromocresol green (BCG), bromocresol purple (BCP), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and gel electrophoresis were tested. The LC-MS/MS assay exhibited broad coverage of the amino acid sequence of albumin and indicated 8,400-fold lower (P<0.0001) albumin expression in Alb-/- than wildtype (WT), demonstrating its suitability for identifying extreme albumin deficiency. ELISA estimated albumin at 1.5±0.1 g/dL in WT and was below the detection limit in all Alb-/- samples. Gel electrophoresis yielded consistent results with LC-MS/MS and ELISA. The BCG assay overestimated albumin with apparently appreciable albumin concentrations in Alb-/- mice, yet the assay still indicated a significant difference between genotypes (Alb-/-, 1.2±0.05 g/dL, WT, 3.7±0.1 g/dL, P<0.0001). BCP drastically overestimated albumin and could not successfully identify the known analbuminemic phenotype of Alb-/- mice. By using Alb-/- plasma as a reference material and LC-MS/MS as a reference method, ELISA and gel electrophoresis appear appropriate for identifying analbuminemia, while BCG and BCP are not suitable. It is concluded that dye-binding assays should be avoided when extreme hypoalbuminemia or analbuminemia is suspected.
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- Yi Zhang
- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Purdue Proteomics Facility, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Purdue Proteomics Facility, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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Magnaghi LR, Zanoni C, Alberti G, Biesuz R. The colorful world of sulfonephthaleins: Current applications in analytical chemistry for "old but gold" molecules. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1281:341807. [PMID: 38783746 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Sulfonephthaleins represent one of the most common and widely employed reactive dyes in analytical chemistry, thanks to their stability, low-cost, well-visible colors, reactivity and possibilities of chemical modification. Despite being first proposed in 1916, nowadays, these molecules play a fundamental role in biological and medical applications, environmental analyses, food quality monitoring and other fields, with a particular focus on low-cost and disposable devices or methods for practical applications. Since up to our knowledge, no reviews or book chapters focused explicitly on sulfonephthaleins have ever been published, in this review, we will briefly describe sulfonephthaleins history, their acid-base properties will be discussed, and the most recent applications in different fields will be presented, focusing on the last ten years literature (2014-2023). Finally, safety and environmental issues will be briefly discussed, despite being quite controversial.
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- Lisa Rita Magnaghi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy; Unità di Ricerca di Pavia, INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121, Firenze, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy; Unità di Ricerca di Pavia, INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121, Firenze, Italy
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Hou XG, Wu TT, Zheng YY, Yang HT, Yang Y, Ma YT, Xie X. The Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Findings from a Large Cohort. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2023; 16:1177-1183. [PMID: 37349658 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-023-10402-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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We aimed to evaluate the association of the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) with the clinical outcomes of coronary artery disease (CAD). All 14,944 patients with CAD evaluated in the present study were from a prospective cohort that recruited 15,250 patients admitted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University between December 2016 and October 2021. The all-cause mortality (ACM) and cardiac mortality (CM) were selected as the primary endpoints. The secondary endpoints were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs), and non-fatal myocardial infarction (NFMI). The optimal FAR cutoff value was determined by using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Using 0.1 as the cutoff value, all the patients were divided into two groups: a low-FAR group (FAR < 0.1, n = 10,076) and a high-FAR group (FAR ≥ 0.1, n = 4918). The incidence of outcomes between the two groups was compared. The high-FAR group exhibited a higher incidence of ACM (5.3% vs. 1.9%), CM (3.9% vs. 1.4%), MACEs (9.8% vs. 6.7%), MACCEs (10.4% vs. 7.6%), and NFMI (2.3% vs. 1.3%) than the low-FAR group. To adjust the confounders, multivariate Cox regression analyses showed that the risk in the high-FAR group was increased 2.182 fold in ACM (HR = 2.182, 95% CI: 1.761 ~ 2.704, P < 0.001), 2.116 fold in CM (HR = 2.116, 95% CI: 1.761 ~ 2.704, P < 0.001), 1.327 fold in MACEs (HR = 1.327, 95% CI: 1.166 ~ 1.510, P < 0.001), 1.280 fold in MACCEs (HR = 1.280, 95% CI: 1.131 ~ 1.448, P < 0.001), and 1.791 fold in NFMI (HR = 1.791, 95% CI:1.331 ~ 2.411, P < 0.001), compared to the low-FAR group. The present study suggested that the high-FAR group was an independent and powerful predictor of adverse outcomes in CAD patients.
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- Xian-Geng Hou
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China.
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Xiao W, Li Y, Xiong Y, Chen Z, Li H. Fluorescence turn-on detection of human serum albumin based on the assembly of gold nanoclusters and bromocresol green. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023:10.1007/s00216-023-04717-4. [PMID: 37154935 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04717-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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As the most abundant protein in plasma, human serum albumin plays a vital role in physiological processes, such as maintaining blood osmotic pressure and carrying small-molecule ligands. Since the content of albumin in the human serum can reflect the status of liver and renal function, albumin quantitation is significant in clinical diagnosis. In this work, fluorescence turn-on detection of human serum albumin (HSA) had been performed based on the assembly of gold nanoclusters and bromocresol green. Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) capped by reduced glutathione (GSH) were assembled with bromocresol green (BCG), and the assembly was used as a fluorescent probe for HSA. After BCG assembling, the fluorescence of gold nanoclusters was nearly quenched. In acidic solution, HSA can selectively bind to BCG on the assembly and recover the fluorescence of the solution. Based on this turn-on fluorescence, ratiometric HSA quantification was realized. Under optimal conditions, HSA detection by the probe possessed a good linear relationship in the range of 0.40-22.50 mg·mL-1, and the detection limit was 0.27 ± 0.04 mg·mL-1 (3σ, n = 3). Common coexisting components in serum and blood proteins did not interfere with the detection of HSA. This method has the advantages of easy manipulation and high sensitivity, and the fluorescent response is insensitive to reaction time.
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- Wenxiang Xiao
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China.
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Biomedical Sensing and Intelligent Instrument, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China.
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Biomedical Sensing and Intelligent Instrument, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China.
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Biomedical Sensing and Intelligent Instrument, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China.
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Sych TS, Polyanichko AM, Buglak AA, Kononov AI. Quantitative determination of albumin and immunoglobulin in human serum using gold nanoclusters. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 298:122796. [PMID: 37156175 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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In this experimental study, we developed a simple and selective approach to determine the concentrations of human serum albumin (HSA) and total amount of immunoglobulins (Ig) in real human serum (HS) sample using luminescent gold nanoclusters (Au NCs). In doing so, Au NCs were grown directly on the HS proteins without any sample pretreatment. We synthesized Au NCs on HSA and Ig and studied their photophysical properties. Using combined fluorescent and colorimetric assay we were able to obtain protein concentrations with a high degree of accuracy relative to techniques currently used in clinical diagnostics. We used method of standard additions to determine both HSA and Ig concentrations in HS by the Au NCs absorbance and fluorescence signals. A simple and cost-effective method developed in this work represents an excellent alternative to the techniques currently used in clinical diagnostics.
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- Tomash S Sych
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics, St Petersburg University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics, St Petersburg University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics, St Petersburg University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics, St Petersburg University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Jithinraj TK, Saheer VC, Chakkumkumarath L. Chiral 8-aminoBODIPY-based fluorescent probes with site selectivity for the quantitative detection of HSA in biological samples. Analyst 2023; 148:286-296. [PMID: 36533779 DOI: 10.1039/d2an01525k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is one of the vital proteins in blood serum, and its optimum level is a reflection of the physiological well-being of an individual. Any abnormalities in serum HSA levels could often be a sign of disguised physiological disorders. The importance of fast and accurate determination of serum HSA levels has led to the development of various quantification methods. Among these, fluorescence-based methods employ molecular probes capable of producing selective responses on interaction with HSA. Herein, we report chiral 8-aminoBODIPY-based probes having blue emission for the quantitative detection of HSA in buffer and human blood serum. A pair of 8-aminoBODIPY enantiomers, namely R-PEB and S-PEB, were synthesized. They exhibited a fast 'turn-on' fluorescence response towards HSA, allowing its detection and quantification. In PBS buffer, R-PEB and S-PEB showed very good sensitivity with a limit of detection (LoD) of 25 nM (KD = 9.84 ± 0.14 μM) and 39 nM (KD = 18.67 ± 0.21 μM), respectively. The linear relationship observed between the fluorescence intensity of R-PEB/S-PEB and the HSA concentration in serum samples allowed us to generate a reference curve for HSA estimation for practical applications. Examination of unknown serum samples showed a good correlation with the results obtained by the benchmark BCG method. Interestingly, the difference in these probes' dissociation constants and LoD indicated their differential binding to HSA. Considering the availability of multiple ligand binding sites in HSA, their binding preferences were investigated in detail by displacement assays using site-specific drugs. These studies showed the preferential affinity of R-PEB towards site II, which was further substantiated using molecular docking studies. However, these displacement assays could not identify the preferred binding site of S-PEB. Blind docking studies indicated that S-PEB occupied a site closer to FA5. Selective binding of R-PEB to site II and its characteristic photophysical response can be utilized to quickly screen potential site II binding drugs.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut-673601, Kerala, India.
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Yılmaz MF, Karagöz A, Zeren G, Avcı İI, Timur B, Sungur MA, Kalkan S, Şimşek B, Can F, Acar E, Tanboğa İH, Karabay CY. Relationship between in-hospital mortality and creatinine/albumin in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction without standard modifiable risk factors. Biomark Med 2022; 16:1043-1053. [PMID: 36062571 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2022-0241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background: Diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and smoking are associated with coronary artery disease and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, patients without any classic risk factors have a higher mortality rate in the post-STEMI period. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between in-hospital mortality and creatinine/albumin ratio in patients with STEMI without modifiable risk factors. Materials & methods: All patients included in this study with a diagnosis of STEMI and who underwent primary percutaneous intervention between 2016 and 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were included in the standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factor (SMuRF) group if at least diabetes, hypertension, smoking or hyperlipidemia was present according to risk factors. Patients without these risk factors were considered the non-SMuRF group. Results: Creatinine/albumin ratio was found to be higher in non-SMuRF patients with mortality (p < 0.001). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, ejection fraction, hemoglobin and SMuRF were found to be inversely associated with in-hospital mortality (odds ratio [OR]: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.35-0.66, p < 0.001; OR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.56-0.88, p = 0.002; OR: 0.57, 95% CI: 0.34-0.95, p = 0.03, respectively). Conclusion: The creatinine/albumin ratio can be used as a predictor of mortality in these patients; it can help identify high-risk patients beforehand.
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- Mehmet F Yılmaz
- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34865, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34865, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34865, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Istanbul, 34768, Turkey.,Department of Cardiology, School of Health Science, Nisantası University, İstanbul, 34398, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, 34668, Turkey
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Zhu Y, Tao S, Zhang D, Xiao J, Wang X, Yuan L, Pan H, Wang D. Association between fibrinogen/albumin ratio and severity of coronary artery calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective study. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13550. [PMID: 35694387 PMCID: PMC9179587 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Aim Previous studies have shown that the fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR) is closely related to the severity and prognosis of coronary atherosclerosis. In this study, we sought to evaluate the association between FAR and the degree of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods In this retrospective study, 218 patients with CKD were stratified into low, medium and high FAR groups according to the tertiles of the FAR values. The CAC scores, clinical information and laboratory test results of the three FAR groups were compared. To explore the relationship between FAR and CAC we conducted binary logistic regression and correlation analyses. Results In the low FAR group, the CAC scores were significantly lower than those in the medium and high FAR groups (P < 0.001). There was a significant correlation between the FAR and CAC scores (r = 0.510, P < 0.001). The FAR was an independent predictor of CAC (OR = 1.106, 95% CI [1.004-1.218], P = 0.042). Conclusion In patients with CKD, the FAR can be considered as an effective predictor of CAC.
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- Yuyu Zhu
- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- School of Public Health of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hehei, Anhui Province, China
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A novel TICT-based near-infrared fluorescent probe for light-up sensing and imaging of human serum albumin in real samples. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.05.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mukunda DC, Rodrigues J, Joshi VK, Raghushaker CR, Mahato KK. A comprehensive review on LED-induced fluorescence in diagnostic pathology. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 209:114230. [PMID: 35421670 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Sensitivity, specificity, mobility, and affordability are important criteria to consider for developing diagnostic instruments in common use. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been demonstrating substantial potential in the clinical diagnosis of diseases and evaluating the underlying causes of pathogenesis. A higher degree of device integration with appropriate sensitivity and reasonable cost would further boost the value of the fluorescence techniques in clinical diagnosis and aid in the reduction of healthcare expenses, which is a key economic concern in emerging markets. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are inexpensive and smaller are attractive alternatives to conventional excitation sources in fluorescence spectroscopy, are gaining a lot of momentum in the development of affordable, compact analytical instruments of clinical relevance. The commercial availability of a broad range of LED wavelengths (255-4600 nm) has opened up new avenues for targeting a wide range of clinically significant molecules (both endogenous and exogenous), thereby diagnosing a range of clinical illnesses. As a result, we have specifically examined the uses of LED-induced fluorescence (LED-IF) in preclinical and clinical evaluations of pathological conditions, considering the present advancements in the field.
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India.
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Saeed U, Fatima B, Hussain D, Ashiq R, Naeem Ashiq M, Najam-ul-Haq M. CoTe nanorods based electrochemical sensor for quantitative detection of albumin from chronic kidney disease patients. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cray C. Protein electrophoresis of non-traditional species: A review. Vet Clin Pathol 2021; 50:478-494. [PMID: 34881455 DOI: 10.1111/vcp.13067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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EPH has been demonstrated to be a useful tool in companion animals while providing an opportunity to characterize globulinemias, including paraproteinemia. In EPH of non-traditional species, these same applications are important, but the primary use is to gauge the acute-phase and humoral immune responses. This includes the valid quantitation of albumin as well as the examination of fractions reflective of increases in acute-phase reactants and immunoglobulins. Agarose gel EPH and, more recently, capillary zone EPH have been applied to samples from these species. Performing these analyses provides special challenges in the placement of fraction delimits, generation of RIs, and interpretation of results. Recommended as part of routine bloodwork, EPH can also provide key results that are helpful in clinical and field-based health assessments as well as in prognostication.
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- Carolyn Cray
- Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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Liang R, Das D, Bakhtiiari A. Protein confinement fine-tunes aggregation-induced emission in human serum albumin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26263-26272. [PMID: 34787133 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04577f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Luminogens exhibiting aggregation-induced-emission characteristics (AIEgens) have been designed as sensitive biosensors thanks to their "turn-on" fluorescence upon target binding. However, their AIE mechanism in biomolecules remains elusive except for the qualitative picture of restricted intramolecular motions. In this work, we employed ab initio simulations to investigate the AIE mechanism of two tetraphenylethylene derivatives recently developed for sensitive detection of human serum albumin (HSA) in biological fluids. For the first time, we quantified the ab initio free energy surfaces and kinetics of AIEgens to access the conical intersections on the excited state in the protein and aqueous solution, using a novel first-principles electronic structure method that incorporates both static and dynamic electron correlations. Our simulations accurately reproduce the experimental spectra and high-level correlated electronic structure calculations. We found that in HSA the internal conversion through the cyclization reaction is preferred over the isomerization around the central ethylenic double bond, whereas in the aqueous solution the reverse is true. Accordingly, the protein environment is able to moderately speed up certain non-radiative decay pathways, a new finding that is beyond the prediction of the existing model of restricted access to a conical intersection (RACI). As such, our findings highlight the complicated effects of the protein confinement on the competing non-radiative decay channels, which has been largely ignored so far, and extend the existing theories of AIE to biological systems. The new insights and the multiscale computational methods used in this work will aid the design of sensitive AIEgens for bioimaging and disease diagnosis.
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- Ruibin Liang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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Kumar D, Bhattacharyya R, Banerjee D. Fluorimetric method for specific detection of human serum albumin in urine using its pseudoesterase property. Anal Biochem 2021; 633:114402. [PMID: 34626673 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2021.114402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Detection of microalbuminuria is an analytical challenge. There are dye-based methods and immunochemical methods. However, these methods are less specific and sensitive respectively. So, people are trying new approaches for microalbuminuria detection. In this context, we have developed a fluorescent spectroscopic method to detect human serum albumin using its pseudoesterase property. Recently, we had discovered that neostigmine does not inhibit Human serum albumin pseudoesterase activity. Using such a phenomenon, we have devised a specific fluorimetric detection method of HSA using 2NA as a substrate for the pseudoesterase activity. The developed method can sense as low as 0.1 μM of HSA in the urine matrix without dye or antibody. We have proposed a scheme of automation of the proposed method.
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- Deepak Kumar
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
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BAI Y, FAN Y, GE G, WANG F. [Advances in chromatography in the study of drug-plasma protein interactions]. Se Pu 2021; 39:1077-1085. [PMID: 34505429 PMCID: PMC9404221 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2021.06028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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After entering human blood circulation, small-molecule drugs interact extensively with various plasma proteins, such as human serum albumin and α1-acid glycoprotein. These interactions profoundly affect the distribution of drugs in vivo and the binding of drugs to targets, thus affecting the efficacy of drugs. In-depth investigation of drug-plasma protein interactions is of great significance for the optimization of drug properties, the development of new drugs, risk assessment, and combination therapy of drugs. Therefore, it is essential to develop highly efficient, sensitive, and accurate methods for elucidating drug-plasma protein interactions. Chromatography is a powerful tool with high throughput, high separation performance, and high sensitivity in the characterization of drug-protein interactions. High-performance affinity chromatography (HPAC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) have been widely utilized in this field. These methods include the determination of the effects of the posttranslational modification of proteins on binding and the competitive binding of multiple drugs. In addition, various chromatographic methods are used to obtain interaction information such as the binding constant, binding-site number, and dissociation rate constant. In this review, the common strategies and recent advances in HPAC and CE in the study of drug-plasma protein interactions are briefly reviewed. The immobilization methods of proteins, the principles and applications of frontal analysis, zonal elution, ultrafast affinity extraction, peak profiling, and peak decay analysis are discussed for HPAC and affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE) and capillary electrophoresis frontal analysis (CE-FA) for CE. HPAC relies on the fixation of proteins on the surfaces of chromatographic stationary phases by covalent linking or physical adsorption, followed by obtaining the drug-protein interaction information through a variety of chromatographic methods. In the frontal chromatography analysis, mobile phases with different concentrations of drugs are passed through the HPAC column to obtain different breakthrough times. The process can determine the number of drug binding sites and the binding constant of each site in the affinity protein with high accuracy. The zonal elution method can detect the drug binding sites on proteins using site-specific probes to determine whether there is competition between drugs and probes. The sample consumption and analysis time of the zonal elution method are much less than those in frontal chromatography analysis. The ultrafast affinity extraction method can inject complex samples, such as serum, into affinity columns to determine the free drug components. It can measure the combination and dissociation constants of drug-protein interactions by changing the chromatography flow rate. Peak profiling and peak decay analyses are both effective methods for investigating the dissociation of drugs and proteins. In CE analysis, the drug and protein samples are dissolved in an electrophoresis buffer, and their interactions are measured during electrophoresis with high accuracy and low sample consumption. However, the adsorption of proteins on the capillary wall can compromise CE performance. Common CE methods in drug-protein interaction analysis are ACE and CE-FA. ACE is usually performed by changing the effective mobility of drugs via the addition of different concentrations of proteins. This method has been widely used, and several variant techniques have been developed recently. CE-FA involves the sampling of a drug premixed at a known concentration with a target protein. Compared with other CE methods, CE-FA exhibits the unique advantages of high throughput, automatic online analysis, and the ability to determine high-order drug-protein interactions. Finally, the shortcomings of current chromatography methods are summarized, and the application prospects and development direction of chromatography technology in the field of drug-plasma protein interaction research are discussed.
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Squaraine dyes as serum albumins probes: Synthesis, photophysical experiments and molecular docking studies. Bioorg Chem 2021; 115:105221. [PMID: 34364053 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Three barbiturate squaraine dyes derived from indolenine or benzothiazole, with different barbituric acid derivatives were prepared, characterized and photophysically evaluated by standard spectroscopic methods. As expectable for squaraines, these dyes showed narrow and intense absorption and emission bands in the Vis/NIR region. The interaction of synthesized dyes with bovine and human serum albumins (BSA and HSA) was also evaluated in phosphate buffer (PB). The results revealed that upon the addition of BSA or HSA the complex dye-protein emit more fluorescence, and the emission intensity is directly proportional to the concentration of protein used (0-3.5 µM). The titration tests allowed to calculate the binding constants, in an order of magnitude of 104-106 M, as well as the limits of detection and quantification in the nanomolar tens range. All dyes showed a good response to the interaction with both proteins, but the most pronounced envisioning their use as protein labeling was observed for the squaraine dye derived from the indolenine with a 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid moiety. The molecular docking studies revealed the existence of a binding between the compounds and four sites on the HSA molecule, where one of these four locations is a new binding site with which this series of dye interacts.
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Serum Albumin Redox States: More Than Oxidative Stress Biomarker. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10040503. [PMID: 33804859 PMCID: PMC8063786 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10040503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Serum albumin is the most abundant circulating protein in mammals including humans. It has three isoforms according to the redox state of the free cysteine residue at position 34, named as mercaptalbumin (reduced albumin), non-mercaptalbumin-1 and -2 (oxidized albumin), respectively. The serum albumin redox state has long been viewed as a biomarker of systemic oxidative stress, as the redox state shifts to a more oxidized state in response to the severity of the pathological condition in various diseases such as liver diseases and renal failures. However, recent ex vivo studies revealed oxidized albumin per se could aggravate the pathological conditions. Furthermore, the possibility of the serum albumin redox state as a sensitive protein nutrition biomarker has also been demonstrated in a series of animal studies. A paradigm shift is thus ongoing in the research field of the serum albumin. This article provides an updated overview of analytical techniques for serum albumin redox state and its association with human health, focusing on recent findings.
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Serum albumin assay – easy or problematic analysis? ACTA VET BRNO 2021. [DOI: 10.2754/avb202089040301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Serum albumin determination is an important biochemical investigation in clinical laboratories. Photometric methods using albumin binding to organic dyes – bromocresol green (BCG) or bromocresol purple (BCP) – are most commonly used. These determinations are quick, simple, and inexpensive. They are, however, associated with a number of problems. Discussions on the methodological unification and use of BCP are ongoing in human laboratory medicine. The reaction of human albumin with this dye is more specific. On the other hand, its affinity for animal albumin is significantly lower, for which reason BCG is used in veterinary medicine. However, due to the lower reaction specificity of this dye, the results are slightly overestimated as the dye reacts to a lesser extent with alpha and beta globulins. This disadvantage can be largely eliminated by reducing the incubation time to about 30 s. Another problem is the method calibration. Some laboratories use species-specific albumin as calibrators, but this is technically challenging for a laboratory that analyzes albumin of many species. We therefore recommend using a commercially available calibrator that is traceable to the European Reference Material for Specific Proteins. We consider these following principles – using BCG, shortening the incubation time to 30 s and using the mentioned calibrator – as a basic condition to obtain clinically correct and inter-laboratory comparable results.
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Murtaza G, Rizvi AS, Irfan M, Li L, Qu F. Determination of glycated albumin in serum and saliva by capillary electrophoresis utilizing affinity of 3-acrylamido phenylboronic acid selected by virtual screening and molecular docking. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1636:461793. [PMID: 33340745 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The glycated albumin (G-alb) is a potential marker of hyperglycemia in diabetes and other neurodegenerative disorders in humans. G-alb's presence in the total human serum albumin (tHSA) is an important indicator in the timely diagnosis of disease. To identify G-alb content, it needs to be isolated from non-glycated albumin (NG-alb). Here, we present Capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods with 3-acrylamido phenylboronic acid (3-APBA) as an entrapped ligand in the agarose gel to develop agarose-3-APBA functional capillary and as an affinity ligand added to the buffer without agarose. 3-APBA was selected by computational virtual screening of several phenylboronic acid (PBA) compounds and other ligands to bind G-alb and separate from NG-alb selectively. The agarose-3-APBA functional capillary method involved agarose gel dilution approach coupled with injection pressure to obtain reduced viscosity and sufficient injection volume of protein samples. The method delivered separation in 9.7 min, with a resolution of 3.4, G-alb recovery up to 65%, and took 25 min to complete the entire process. The second method involved 3-APBA as an affinity ligand in the buffer and delivered separation in 4.2 min, with a resolution of 6.4, G-alb recovery up to 102% recovery, with relatively easy procedures. Therefore, it was further applied to determine G-alb content from tHSA in human serum and saliva. The G-alb found content in serum samples was in the range of 21. 1 ± ± 1.4% to 40.5 ± 1.6% out of tHSA and 25.1 ± 1.6% to 33.3 1.4% in saliva. The binding mechanisms were investigated by molecular dockings, which revealed hydrogen bonding, π-π, and van der walls interactions between 3-APBA and G-alb. The affinity was validated by affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE), which revealed relatively strong interactions between 3-APBA and G-alb with the binding constant (Kb) of 4.53 × 109M - 1 to the 3.41 × 108M - 1 of 3-APBA and NG-alb. The affinity of 3-APBA toward G-alb was increased at pH 9.0 of the borax-borate (BB) buffer as background electrolyte (BGE). The limit of detection (LOD) was 10 nM, repeatability (RSD, n = 3) ≤ 1.4%, and recovery rate was 87.8 ± 1.6 to 100 ± 1.4% in serum and 97.3 ± 1.3 to 102.6 ± 1.1% in saliva. The sensitivity and reproducibility of the method met the detection requirements.
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- Ghulam Murtaza
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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Zhao Y, Wang S, Yang J, Lin Z, Chen Q. Association of fibrinogen/albumin ratio and coronary collateral circulation in stable coronary artery disease patients. Biomark Med 2020; 14:1513-1520. [PMID: 33200965 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2020-0333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Aim: To investigate whether fibrinogen/albumin ratio (FAR) has an association with the coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Materials & methods: A total of 391 patients with stable coronary artery disease who underwent coronary angiography were included. The patients were divided into two groups according to the Rentrop score. Results: The poorly developed CCC group had a significantly higher FAR level compared with the well-developed CCC group (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, the FAR (odds ratio: 1.700; 95% CI: 1.420-2.036; p < 0.001) was an independent predictor of poorly developed CCC. Conclusion: FAR can be used as one of the independent predictors of CCC formation.
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- Yipin Zhao
- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450014, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai 201600, PR China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, PR China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, PR China
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Tu Y, Yu Y, Xiao D, Liu J, Zhao Z, Liu Z, Lam JWY, Tang BZ. An Intelligent AIEgen with Nonmonotonic Multiresponses to Multistimuli. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001845. [PMID: 33101873 PMCID: PMC7578909 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Intelligent stimulus-response (S/R) systems are the basis of natural process and machine control, which are intensively explored in biomimetic design and analytical/biological applications. However, nonmonotonic multi-S/R systems are still rarely studied so far. In this work, a rational design strategy is proposed to achieve such a unique S/R system by integrating opposite luminescence behaviors in one molecule. When solvent polarity increases, many heterocyclic or carbonyl-containing compounds often become more emissive due to the suppression of the proximity effect, whereas molecules with donor-acceptor (D-A) structures tend to be less emissive because of the twisted intramolecular charge transfer. Meanwhile, protonation on D/A moieties will weaken/strengthen the D-A interaction to result in blue/redshifted emissions. By combining a protonatable heterocyclic acceptor and a protonatable donor together in one molecule, nonmonotonic brightness responses to polarity stimuli and nonmonotonic color responses to pH stimuli can be achieved. The design strategy is successfully verified by a simple molecule named 4-(dimethylamino)styryl)quinoxalin-2(1H)-one (ASQ). ASQ exhibits nonmonotonic responses to polarity and pH stimuli, and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) with a nonmonotonic AIE curve. Meanwhile, ASQ can be adjusted to emit white light in an acidic environment, and it shows multivalent functionalities including albumin protein sensing, ratiometric pH sensing, and amine gas sensing.
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- Yujie Tu
- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
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- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionInstitute for Advanced Study and HKUST‐Shenzhen Research InstituteThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water Bay, KowloonHong KongChina
- Center for Aggregation‐Induced EmissionSCUT‐HKUST Joint Research InstituteState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of TechnologyGuangzhou510640China
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Xu JF, Yang YS, Jiang AQ, Zhu HL. Detection Methods and Research Progress of Human Serum Albumin. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2020; 52:72-92. [PMID: 32723179 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2020.1789835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) is a biological macromolecule with important physiological functions; abnormal HSA levels are associated with coronary heart disease, multiple myeloma, diabetes, nephropathy, neurometabolic disorders, liver cirrhosis and other diseases. Therefore, accurate and quantitative detection of HAS have extremely important research and application value in biological science, molecular biology, clinical medicine and other fields. As for the detection method of HSA, dye-binding method and immune method are the first to be used, and have been applied in clinical detection. In recent years, many new detection technologies have emerged, such as fluorescent probe detection method, nano-materials for HSA detection, biosensor and so on. Although there are many methods developed recently to detect HSA, comprehensive reviews for HSA detection methods are still rare. Thus, writing this review to fill in the blank is in need. In order to highlight the recent progress in the field of HSA detection, in this review, the methods used to detect HSA are summarized and sorted, the advantages and disadvantages of these detection methods are also listed, then the research progress of small molecular fluorescence probe method is emphatically introduced in this paper. Then, we briefly discussed the challenges and future development directions in this field.
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- Jian-Fei Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Jeon S, Kim TI, Jin H, Lee U, Bae J, Bouffard J, Kim Y. Amine-Reactive Activated Esters of meso-CarboxyBODIPY: Fluorogenic Assays and Labeling of Amines, Amino Acids, and Proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9231-9239. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Sungjin Jeon
- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience (BK 21 Plus), Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea
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Mazuryk O, Gajda-Morszewski P, Brindell M. Versatile Impact of Serum Proteins on Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Properties - Opportunities and Obstacles. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2020; 20:1052-1059. [PMID: 31092177 DOI: 10.2174/1389203720666190513090851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have been extensively studied for the past few decades as promising anticancer agents. Despite the expected intravenous route of administration, the interaction between Ru(II) polypyridyl compounds and serum proteins is not well characterized and vast majority of the available literature data concerns determination of the binding constant. Ru-protein adducts can modify the biological effects of the Ru complexes influencing their cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity as well as introduce significant changes in their photophysical properties. More extensive research on the interaction between serum proteins and Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes is important for further development of Ru(II) polypyridyl compounds towards their application in anticancer therapy and diagnostics and can open new opportunities for already developed complexes.
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- Olga Mazuryk
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Gronostajowa 2, 30- 387, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Gronostajowa 2, 30- 387, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Gronostajowa 2, 30- 387, Krakow, Poland
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Tu Y, Yu Y, Zhou Z, Xie S, Yao B, Guan S, Situ B, Liu Y, Kwok RTK, Lam JWY, Chen S, Huang X, Zeng Z, Tang BZ. Specific and Quantitative Detection of Albumin in Biological Fluids by Tetrazolate-Functionalized Water-Soluble AIEgens. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:29619-29629. [PMID: 31340641 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The analysis of albumin has clinical significance in diagnostic tests and obvious value to research studies on the albumin-mediated drug delivery and therapeutics. The present immunoassay, instrumental techniques, and colorimetric methods for albumin detection are either expensive, troublesome, or insensitive. Herein, a class of water-soluble tetrazolate-functionalized derivatives with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics is introduced as novel fluorescent probes for albumin detection. They can be selectively lighted up by site-specific binding with albumin. The resulting albumin fluorescent assay exhibits a low detection limit (0.21 nM), high robustness in aqueous buffer (pH = 6-9), and a broad tunable linear dynamic range (0.02-3000 mg/L) for quantification. The tetrazolate functionality endows the probes with a superior water solubility (>0.01 M) and a high binding affinity to albumin (KD = 0.25 μM). To explore the detection mechanism, three unique polar binding sites on albumin are computationally identified, where the multivalent tetrazolate-lysine interactions contribute to the tight binding and restriction of the molecular motion of the AIE probes. The key role of lysine residues is verified by the detection of poly-l-lysine. Moreover, we applied the fluorogenic method to quantify urinary albumin in clinical samples and found it a feasible and practical strategy for albumin analysis in complex biological fluids.
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- Yujie Tu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou 510515 , China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou 510515 , China
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- Ming Wai Lau Center for Reparative Medicine , Karolinska Institutet , Hong Kong 999077 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, (Guangzhou International Campus) , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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Attar AM, Richardson MB, Speciale G, Majumdar S, Dyer RP, Sanders EC, Penner RM, Weiss GA. Electrochemical Quantification of Glycated and Non-glycated Human Serum Albumin in Synthetic Urine. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:4757-4765. [PMID: 30668098 PMCID: PMC6571116 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A polymer-based electrode capable of specific detection of human serum albumin, and its glycated derivatives, is described. The sensor is constructed from a glass microscope slide coated with a synthesized, polythiophene film bearing a protected, iminodiacetic acid motif. The electrode surface is then further elaborated to a functional biosensor through deprotection of the iminodiacetic acid, followed by metal-affinity immobilization of a specific and high-affinity, albumin ligand. Albumin was then quantified in buffer and synthetic urine via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Glycated albumin was next bound to a boronic acid-modified, single-cysteine dihydrofolate reductase variant to quantify glycation ratios by square-wave voltammetry. The platform offers high sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility in an inexpensive arrangement. The detection limits exceed the requirements for intermediate-term glycemic control monitoring in diabetes patients at 5 and 1 nM for albumin and its glycated forms, respectively.
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- Aisha M. Attar
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
- Corresponding Authors: Phone: 949-824-5566. Phone: 949-824-8572
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2015 USA
- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA 92697 USA
- Corresponding Authors: Phone: 949-824-5566. Phone: 949-824-8572
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Padelli M, Labouret T, Labarre M, Le Reun E, Rouillé A, Kerspern H, Capaldo C, Chauvet J, Plée-Gautier E, Carré JL, Leven C. Systematic overestimation of human serum albumin by capillary zone electrophoresis method due to monoclonal immunoglobulin interferences. Clin Chim Acta 2019; 491:74-80. [PMID: 30641058 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The capillary zone electrophoresis method of albumin measurement is frequently used in monoclonal gammopathy patients but some studies suggest poor performances of the method in this population. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of serum monoclonal immunoglobulins on human serum albumin determination by capillary zone electrophoresis method compared to other available methods. METHOD We prospectively measured albumin in 100 freshly collected non-frozen serum samples in a monoclonal gammopathy patients population, by using four different methods: the capillary zone electrophoresis method, the bromocresol purple dye method, the nephelometric method and the turbidimetric method. Differences in albumin values between the different methods were analysed with respect to serum monoclonal immunoglobulin concentration. These differences were further investigated by measuring albumin levels in human serum samples spiked with exogenous monoclonal immunoglobulins. RESULTS Human serum albumin difference values between capillary zone electrophoresis compared to immunonephelometry method are significantly correlated with increasing monoclonal immunoglobulins concentrations: regression analyses revealed a correlation coefficient r2 = 0.60 and a slope of 0.14 (0.12-0.17, 95% confidence interval). The capillary zone electrophoresis method overestimated serum albumin levels by up to 67% (12 g/L) when monoclonal immunoglobulin level was 63 g/L. The determination of albumin levels in human serum samples spiked with exogenous monoclonal immunoglobulins showed an overestimation of human serum albumin measurement by the capillary zone electrophoresis method proportional to the amount of monoclonal immunoglobulin added in the serum with a slope of 0.19 (0.18-0.20, 95% confidence interval). CONCLUSION Monoclonal immunoglobulins directly interfere with serum albumin measurement by the capillary zone electrophoresis method leading to a systematic overestimation of serum albumin concentrations proportional to the serum monoclonal immunoglobulin level.
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- Maël Padelli
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France; Univ Brest, LIEN, F-29200 Brest, France.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France; Univ Brest, LIEN, F-29200 Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France; Univ Brest, LIEN, F-29200 Brest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaco-Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France; Univ Brest, LIEN, F-29200 Brest, France
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Park J, Kim Y. Colloidal Fluorophore Aggregates for the Selective Detection of Albumins in Solution and on Electrophoresis Gels. Chembiochem 2018; 20:350-354. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Jihee Park
- Department of ChemistryKyung Hee University 26 Kyungheedae-ro Dongdaemun-gu Seoul 02447 Republic of Korea
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- Department of ChemistryKyung Hee University 26 Kyungheedae-ro Dongdaemun-gu Seoul 02447 Republic of Korea
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Padelli M, Leven C, Le Reun E, Labouret T, Galakhoff N, Labarre M, Rouillé A, Kerspern H, Lapègue M, Chauvet J, Plée-Gautier E, Carré JL. Is capillary zone electrophoresis a suitable method for estimating serum albumin: A comparison of four methods. Clin Chim Acta 2018; 487:250-255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Kumar D, Behal S, Bhattacharyya R, Banerjee D. Pseudoesterase activity of albumin: A probable determinant of cholesterol biosynthesis. Med Hypotheses 2018; 115:42-45. [PMID: 29685194 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The association between hypoalbuminemia and coronary artery disease is known from some time. However, the reason as to how such phenomenon is correlated remains unknown. We have observed from published scientific literature that HSA has the potential to control cholesterol biosynthesis due to its pseudoesterase activity. In-silico observations have supported our view since acetyl coA, the precursor molecule of cholesterol biosynthesis is shown to bind with Tyr 411 of HSA. Incidentally, Tyr411 is a critical moiety for pseudoesterase activity of albumin. With this frame of reference in mind we hypothesize that pseudoesterase activity of HSA is an important determinant of lipid metabolism including cholesterol biosynthesis. Therefore, albumin has the potential to influence the atherosclerotic state important for pathogenesis of coronary artery diseases.
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- Deepak Kumar
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
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Innovative Silicon Microgrippers for Biomedical Applications: Design, Mechanical Simulation and Evaluation of Protein Fouling. ACTUATORS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/act7020012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Habartová L, Logerová H, Tomaník L, Marešová A, Setnička V. Electronic circular dichroism for the detection of microalbuminuria. Chirality 2018; 30:576-580. [PMID: 29443429 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Over the past decades, chiroptical spectroscopy has proved its incomparable ability to elucidate the structure and spatial arrangement of chiral molecules. Systematic analysis of biomolecules in the natural environment of biofluids, however, remains challenging. In this study, we used chiroptical spectroscopy to monitor urinary levels of human serum albumin. Not only severe proteinuria but even just a slightly increased urinary excretion of albumin (microalbuminuria) may indicate serious health complications, especially for diabetic individuals. Given the chiral nature of albumin and its typical spectral pattern, it may be easily observable by chiroptical spectroscopy, particularly electronic circular dichroism. The performed chiroptical analysis of urine not only allowed the detection of clinically confirmed microalbuminuria but was also able to reveal this pathological condition in cases beyond the diagnostic capability of common clinical procedures. Thus, our approach suggests that electronic circular dichroism is a useful tool for the fast and reliable qualitative monitoring of microalbuminuria with the potential for a quantitative analysis in the future.
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- Lucie Habartová
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 10, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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