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Reif D, Zoboli O, Wolfram G, Amann A, Saracevic E, Riedler P, Hainz R, Hintermaier S, Krampe J, Zessner M. Pollutant source or sink? Adsorption and mobilization of PFOS and PFOA from sediments in a large shallow lake with extended reed belt. J Environ Manage 2022; 320:115871. [PMID: 36056490 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this study, we i) assessed the occurrence of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in sediments, pore water, and bulk water from three different areas in Lake Neusiedl, Austria, and ii) investigated mechanisms regulating adsorption and remobilization of these substances under different conditions via multiple lab-scale experiments. The adsorption capacity was mainly influenced by sediments' organic matter content, oxide composition, and pre-loading. Results suggest that a further increase of PFAS-concentrations in the open lake can be partly buffered by sediment transport to the littoral zone and adsorption to sediments in the extended reed belt. But, under current conditions, the conducted experiments revealed a real risk for mobilization of PFOS and PFOA from reed belt sediments that may lead to their transport back into the lake. The amount of desorbed PFAS is primarily dependent on water/sediment- or pore water/water-ratios and the concentration gradient. In contrast, water matrix characteristics and oxygen levels played a minor role in partitioning. The highest risk for remobilizing PFOS and PFOA was observed in experiments with sediments taken near the only major tributary to the lake (river Wulka), which had the highest pre-loading. The following management advice for water transport between high and low polluted areas can be derived based on the results. First, to reduce emissions into Lake waters from polluted tributaries like the Wulka river, we recommend diffuse pathways through the reed belt in the lake's littoral to reduce pollutant transport into the Lake and avoid high local sediment loadings. Second, water exchange with dried-up areas with probable higher loadings should be carefully handled and monitored to avoid critical back transport in the open lake. And third, general work in the reed belt or generally in the reed should be accompanied by monitoring to prevent uncontrolled remobilization in the future.
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- D Reif
- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria.
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- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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- DWS Hydro-Ökologie GmbH, Zentagasse 47, 1050, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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- DWS Hydro-Ökologie GmbH, Zentagasse 47, 1050, Vienna, Austria
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- DWS Hydro-Ökologie GmbH, Zentagasse 47, 1050, Vienna, Austria
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- DWS Hydro-Ökologie GmbH, Zentagasse 47, 1050, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management- TU Wien; Karlsplatz 13/226-1, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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Bartolomé E, Arauzo A, Luzón J, Melnic S, Shova S, Prodius D, Bartolomé J, Amann A, Nallaiyan M, Spagna S. Slow relaxation in a {Tb 2Ba(α-fur) 8} n polymer with Ln = Tb(iii) non-Kramers ions. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:5022-5034. [PMID: 30916067 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt05044a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We report the synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a new heteronuclear polymeric complex based on non-Kramers Tb ions and carboxylic α-fur = C4H3OCOO ligands: {[Tb2Ba(α-fur)8(H2O)4]·2H2O}n. The α-furoate ligands consolidate 1D zig-zag chains running along the c-axis, formed by Tb2 dimers separated by Ba ions. Ab initio calculations, in combination with the fit of experimental data, predict that the single-ion magnetic ground state is highly anisotropic () and consists of a quasi-doublet with a ΔTb/kB = 3.22 K gap, well separated from the next excited state, while the gap for the Tb2 dimer is Δ2Tb/kB = 2.58 K. Static magnetization and heat capacity measurements show that, magnetically, the system can be modeled as dimers of non-Kramers Tb ions, coupled by an antiferromagnetic intradimer interaction J'*/kB = -1.6 K. Dipolar interactions couple the Tb ions in the dimer with their first neighbour ions along the chain, with J''*/kB = -0.15 K, and with the surrounding ions out of the chain, with maximum J'''*/kB = -0.03 K. Ac susceptibility measurements in H = 0 performed down to 50 mK temperatures have enabled us to observe slow relaxation of magnetization, with an Orbach-like activation energy of U/kB = 1.1 K. It is assigned to the sluggish response of the 3D spin system due to a short-range ordering, possibly enhanced by the presence of disorder caused by defects in the polymeric chains. Under the application of a magnetic field, the system slowly relaxes by two distinct direct processes, strongly affected by a phonon bottleneck effect. We discuss the different relaxational phenomenology of the new complex in comparison with that of the isostructural {[Dy2Ba(α-fur)8(H2O)4]·2H2O}n, differing only in the Kramers nature of the ions, and the mononuclear {Ln(α-fur)3(H2O)3}n (Ln = Tb, Dy) complexes, previously reported.
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- E Bartolomé
- Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià (EUSS), Passeig Sant Joan Bosco 74, 08017-Barcelona, Spain.
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Koeck S, Zwierzina M, Gamerith G, Lorenz E, Zwierzina H, Amann A. Establishing of a primary cancer microtissue model to investigate immune cell infiltration. Eur J Cancer 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Koeck S, Zwierzina M, Gamerith G, Lorenz E, Zwierzina H, Kern J, Amann A. The influence of stromal cells on CD3+ CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocyte subpopulations in cancer microtissues. Eur J Cancer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Gamerith G, Hackl H, Wallinger P, Fandel L, Kern J, Augustin F, Lorenz E, Hoflehner E, Mildner F, Moser P, Sprung S, Zelger B, Köck S, Amann A, Schäfer G, Öfner D, Maier H, Trajanoski Z, Zwierzina H, Sopper S. Soluble immune checkpoints CD27, Lag3, PD-L2 and Tim3 in early stage NSCLC patients. Eur J Cancer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Horváth I, Barnes PJ, Loukides S, Sterk PJ, Högman M, Olin AC, Amann A, Antus B, Baraldi E, Bikov A, Boots AW, Bos LD, Brinkman P, Bucca C, Carpagnano GE, Corradi M, Cristescu S, de Jongste JC, Dinh-Xuan AT, Dompeling E, Fens N, Fowler S, Hohlfeld JM, Holz O, Jöbsis Q, Van De Kant K, Knobel HH, Kostikas K, Lehtimäki L, Lundberg J, Montuschi P, Van Muylem A, Pennazza G, Reinhold P, Ricciardolo FLM, Rosias P, Santonico M, van der Schee MP, van Schooten FJ, Spanevello A, Tonia T, Vink TJ. A European Respiratory Society technical standard: exhaled biomarkers in lung disease. Eur Respir J 2017; 49:49/4/1600965. [PMID: 28446552 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00965-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Breath tests cover the fraction of nitric oxide in expired gas (FeNO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), variables in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and other measurements. For EBC and for FeNO, official recommendations for standardised procedures are more than 10 years old and there is none for exhaled VOCs and particles. The aim of this document is to provide technical standards and recommendations for sample collection and analytic approaches and to highlight future research priorities in the field. For EBC and FeNO, new developments and advances in technology have been evaluated in the current document. This report is not intended to provide clinical guidance on disease diagnosis and management.Clinicians and researchers with expertise in exhaled biomarkers were invited to participate. Published studies regarding methodology of breath tests were selected, discussed and evaluated in a consensus-based manner by the Task Force members.Recommendations for standardisation of sampling, analysing and reporting of data and suggestions for research to cover gaps in the evidence have been created and summarised.Application of breath biomarker measurement in a standardised manner will provide comparable results, thereby facilitating the potential use of these biomarkers in clinical practice.
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- Ildiko Horváth
- Dept of Pulmonology, National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Research & Development, Uppsala University/Gävleborg County Council, Gävle, Sweden
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy and University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
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- Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dept of Pathophysiology, National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dept of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Universita' di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Dept of Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Pediatrics/Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC-Sophia Childrens' Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Paediatrics/Family Medicine Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Respiratory Research Group, University of Manchester Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Airway Research, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hannover, Germany.,Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Airway Research, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Paediatrics/Family Medicine Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Philips Research, High Tech Campus 11, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pharmacology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Hopital Erasme Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Faculty of Engineering, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich Loeffler Institut, Jena, Germany
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- Clinic of Respiratory Disease, Dept of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dept of Paediatrics/Family Medicine Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Dept of Pediatrics, Maasland Hospital, Sittard, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Engineering, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Philips Research, High Tech Campus 11, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Ženka J, Caisová V, Uher O, Nedbalová P, Kvardová K, Masáková K, Krejčová G, Paďouková L, Jochmanová I, Wolf KI, Chmelař J, Kopecký J, Loumagne L, Mestadier J, D’agostino S, Rohaut A, Ruffin Y, Croize V, Lemaître O, Sidhu SS, Althammer S, Steele K, Rebelatto M, Tan T, Wiestler T, Spitzmueller A, Korn R, Schmidt G, Higgs B, Li X, Shi L, Jin X, Ranade K, Koeck S, Amann A, Gamerith G, Zwierzina M, Lorenz E, Zwierzina H, Kern J, Riva M, Baert T, Coosemans A, Giovannoni R, Radaelli E, Gsell W, Himmelreich U, Van Ranst M, Xing F, Qian W, Dong C, Xu X, Guo S, Shi Q, Quandt D, Seliger B, Plett C, Amberger DC, Rabe A, Deen D, Stankova Z, Hirn A, Vokac Y, Werner J, Krämer D, Rank A, Schmid C, Schmetzer H, Guerin M, Weiss JM, Regnier F, Renault G, Vimeux L, Peranzoni E, Feuillet V, Thoreau M, Guilbert T, Trautmann A, Bercovici N, Amberger DC, Doraneh-Gard F, Boeck CL, Plett C, Gunsilius C, Kugler C, Werner J, Schmohl J, Kraemer D, Ismann B, Rank A, Schmid C, Schmetzer HM, Markota A, Ochs C, May P, Gottschlich A, Gosálvez JS, Karches C, Wenk D, Endres S, Kobold S, Hilmenyuk T, Klar R, Jaschinski F, Gamerith G, Augustin F, Lorenz E, Manzl C, Hoflehner E, Moser P, Zelger B, Köck S, Amann A, Kern J, Schäfer G, Öfner D, Maier H, Zwierzina H, Sopper S, Prado-Garcia H, Romero-Garcia S, Sandoval-Martínez R, Puerto-Aquino A, Lopez-Gonzalez J, Rumbo-Nava U, Klar R, Hilmenyuk T, Jaschinski F, Coosemans A, Baert T, Van Hoylandt A, Busschaert P, Vergote I, Baert T, Van Hoylandt A, Busschaert P, Vergote I, Coosemans A, Laengle J, Pilatova K, Budinska E, Bencsikova B, Sefr R, Nenutil R, Brychtova V, Fedorova L, Hanakova B, Zdrazilova-Dubska L, Allen C, Ku YC, Tom W, Sun Y, Pankov A, Looney T, Hyland F, Au-Young J, Mongan A, Becker A, Tan JBL, Chen A, Lawson K, Lindsey E, Powers JP, Walters M, Schindler U, Young S, Jaen JC, Yin S, Chen Y, Gullo I, Gonçalves G, Pinto ML, Athelogou M, Almeida G, Huss R, Oliveira C, Carneiro F, Merz C, Sykora J, Hermann K, Hussong R, Richards DM, Fricke H, Hill O, Gieffers C, Pinho MP, Barbuto JAM, McArdle SE, Foulds G, Vadakekolathu JN, Abdel-Fatah TMA, Johnson C, Hood S, Moseley P, Rees RC, Chan SYT, Pockley AG, Rutella S, Geppert C, Hartmann A, Kumar KS, Gokilavani M, Wang S, Merz C, Richards DM, Sykora J, Redondo-Müller M, Heinonen K, Marschall V, Thiemann M, Fricke H, Gieffers C, Hill O, Zhang L, Mao B, Jin Y, Zhai G, Li Z, Wang Z, Qian W, An X, Qiao M, Zhang J, Shi Q, Weber J, Kluger H, Halaban R, Sznol M, Roder H, Roder J, Grigorieva J, Asmellash S, Oliveira C, Meyer K, Steingrimsson A, Blackmon S, Sullivan R, Boeck CL, Amberger DC, Doraneh-Gard F, Sutanto W, Guenther T, Schmohl J, Schuster F, Salih H, Babor F, Borkhardt A, Schmetzer H, Kim Y, Oh I, Park C, Ahn S, Na K, Song S, Choi Y, Fedorova L, Poprach A, Lakomy R, Selingerova I, Demlova R, Pilatova K, Kozakova S, Valik D, Petrakova K, Vyzula R, Zdrazilova-Dubska L, Aguilar-Cazares D, Galicia-Velasco M, Camacho-Mendoza C, Islas-Vazquez L, Chavez-Dominguez R, Gonzalez-Gonzalez C, Prado-Garcia H, Lopez-Gonzalez JS, Yang S, Moynihan KD, Noh M, Bekdemir A, Stellacci F, Irvine DJ, Volz B, Kapp K, Oswald D, Wittig B, Schmidt M, Chavez-Dominguez R, Aguilar-Cazares D, Prado-Garcia H, Islas-Vazquez L, Lopez-Gonzalez JS, Kleef R, Bohdjalian A, McKee D, Moss RW, Saeed M, Zalba S, Debets R, ten Hagen TLM, Javed S, Becher J, Koch-Nolte F, Haag F, Gordon EM, Sankhala KK, Stumpf N, Tseng W, Chawla SP, Suárez NG, Báez GB, Rodríguez MC, Pérez AG, García LC, Fernández DH, Pous JR, Ramírez BS, Jacoberger-Foissac C, Saliba H, Seguin C, Brion A, Frisch B, Fournel S, Heurtault B, Otterhaug T, Håkerud M, Nedberg A, Edwards V, Selbo P, Høgset A, Jaitly T, Dörrie J, Schaft N, Gross S, Schuler-Thurner B, Gupta S, Taher L, Schuler G, Vera J, Rataj F, Kraus F, Grassmann S, Chaloupka M, Lesch S, Heise C, Endres S, Kobold S, Cadilha BML, Dorman K, Heise C, Rataj F, Endres S, Kobold S. Abstracts from the 4th ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Conference. J Immunother Cancer 2017. [PMCID: PMC5374589 DOI: 10.1186/s40425-017-0219-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Hysteresis and multistability are fundamental phenomena of driven nonlinear oscillators, which, however, restrict many applications such as mechanical energy harvesting. We introduce an electrical control mechanism to switch from the low to the high energy output branch of a nonlinear energy harvester by exploiting the strong interplay between its electrical and mechanical degrees of freedom. This method improves the energy conversion efficiency over a wide bandwidth in a frequency-amplitude-varying environment using only a small energy budget. The underlying effect is independent of the device scale and the transduction method and is explained using a modified Duffing oscillator model.
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- D Mallick
- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade, Cork T12 R5CP, Ireland
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- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade, Cork T12 R5CP, Ireland
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Cork, Cork T12 XF62, Ireland
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- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade, Cork T12 R5CP, Ireland
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Amann A, Zwierzina M, Gamerith G, Koeck S, Lorenz E, Zwierzina H, Kern J. A multicellular 3D cell culture model for investigation of endothelial cell migration. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw392.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ruzsanyi V, Heinz-Erian P, Entenmann A, Karall D, Müller T, Schimkowitsch A, Amann A, Scholl-Bürgi S. Diagnosing lactose malabsorption in children: difficulties in interpreting hydrogen breath test results. J Breath Res 2016; 10:016015. [PMID: 26934035 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/10/1/016015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lactose malabsorption (LM) is caused by insufficient enzymatic degradation of the disaccharide by intestinal lactase. Although hydrogen (H2) breath tests (HBTs) are routinely applied to diagnose LM, false-negative results are not uncommon. Thirty-two pediatric patients (19 females, 13 males) were included in this prospective study. After oral lactose administration (1 g kg(-1) bodyweight to a maximum of 25 g), breath H2 was measured by electrochemical detection. HBT was considered positive if H2 concentration exceeded an increase of ⩾20 ppm from baseline. In addition to H2, exhaled methane (CH4), blood glucose concentrations and clinical symptoms (flatulence, abdominal pain, diarrhea) were monitored. A positive HBT indicating LM was found in 12/32 (37.5%) patients. Only five (41.7%, 5/12) of these had clinical symptoms during HBT indicating lactose intolerance (LI). Decreased blood glucose concentration increments (⩽20 mg dL(-1) (⩽1.1 mmol L(-1))) were found in 3/5 of these patients. CH4 concentrations ⩾10 ppm at any time during the test were observed in 5/32 (15.6%) patients and in 9/32 (28.1%) between 1 ppm and 9 ppm above baseline after lactose ingestion. In patients with positive HBT 10/12 (83.3%) showed elevated CH4 (>1 ppm) above baseline in breath gas, whereas in patients with negative HBT this figure was only 4/17 (23.5%). In addition to determining H2 in exhaled air, documentation of clinical symptoms, measurement of blood glucose and breath CH4 concentrations may be helpful in deciding whether in a given case an HBT correctly identifies patients with clinically relevant LM.
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- Veronika Ruzsanyi
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Breath Research Institute, University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, 6850, Dornbirn, Austria
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Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov A, Kravchenko A, Bajenov L, Kabulov M, Amann A, Kamarchuk G. On the importance of developing a new generation of breath tests for Helicobacter pylori detection. J Breath Res 2015; 9:047111. [PMID: 26669802 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/9/4/047111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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State-of-the-art methods for non-invasive detection of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection have been considered. A reported global tendency towards a non-decreasing prevalence of H. pylori worldwide could be co-influenced by the functional limitations of urea breath tests (UBTs), currently preferred for the non-invasive recognition of H. pylori in a clinical setting. Namely, the UBTs can demonstrate false-positive or false-negative results. Within this context, limitations of conventional clinically exploited H. pylori tests have been discussed to justify the existing need for the development of a new generation of breath tests for the detection of H. pylori and the differentiation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of the bacterium. This paper presents the results of a pilot clinical study aimed at evaluating the development and diagnostic potential of a new method based on the detection of the non-urease products of H. pylori vital activity in exhaled gas. The characteristics of breath of adolescents with H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative functional dyspepsia, together with a consideration of the cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) status of H. pylori-positive subjects, have been determined for the first time using innovative point-contact nanosensor devices based on salts of the organic conductor tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ). The clinical and diagnostic relevance of the response curves of the point-contact sensors was assessed. It was found that the recovery time of the point-contact sensors has a diagnostic value for differentiation of the H. pylori-associated peptic ulcer disease. The diagnostically significant elongation of the recovery time was even more pronounced in patients infected with CagA-positive H. pylori strains compared to the CagA-negative patients. Taking into account the operation of the point-contact sensors in the real-time mode, the obtained results are essential prerequisites for the development of a fast and portable breath test for non-invasive detection of cytotoxic CagA strains of H. pylori infection. The relaxation time of the point-contact nanosensors could be selected as a diagnostic criterion for non-invasive determination of H. pylori-associated destructive lesions of the gastroduodenal area in adolescents, using the point-contact spectroscopic concept of breath analysis. This can subsequently be implemented into a 'test-and-treat' approach for the management of uninvestigated dyspepsia in populations with a high prevalence of H. pylori (according to the Maastricht III and IV Consensus recommendations).
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- Ievgeniia Kushch
- SI 'Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care' of NAMS of Ukraine, 52-A 50 let VLKSM Avenue, Kharkov 61153, Ukraine
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Seeber A, Gastl G, Ensinger C, Forcher V, Rinderer F, Willenbacher E, Willenbacher W, Eisterer W, Pall G, Leitner C, Spizzo G, Amann A, Lang A, Jaeger T, Voss A, Zwierzina H. ONCO-T-PROFIL: treatment of patients with refractory metastatic solid tumors according to a molecular characterization of potential predictive biomarkers. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv348.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This Review presents a concise, but not exhaustive, didactic overview of some of the main concepts and approaches related to "volatolomics"-an emerging frontier for fast, risk-free, and potentially inexpensive diagnostics. It attempts to review the source and characteristics of volatolomics through the so-called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from cells and their microenvironment. It also reviews the existence of VOCs in several bodily fluids, including the cellular environment, blood, breath, skin, feces, urine, and saliva. Finally, the usefulness of volatolomics for diagnosis from a single bodily fluid, as well as ways to improve these diagnostic aspects by "hybrid" approaches that combine VOC profiles collected from two or more bodily fluids, will be discussed. The perspectives of this approach in developing the field of diagnostics to a new level are highlighted.
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- Yoav Y Broza
- The Department of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003 (Israel)
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- Breath Research Institute and University-Clinic for Anesthesia, The University of Innsbruck and Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck (Austria)
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- Breath Research Institute and University-Clinic for Anesthesia, The University of Innsbruck and Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck (Austria)
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- Breath Research Institute and University-Clinic for Anesthesia, The University of Innsbruck and Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck (Austria)
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- The Department of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003 (Israel).
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Klieber M, Oberacher H, Hofstaetter S, Beer B, Neururer M, Amann A, Alber H, Modak A. CYP2C19 Phenoconversion by Routinely Prescribed Proton Pump Inhibitors Omeprazole and Esomeprazole: Clinical Implications for Personalized Medicine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2015; 354:426-30. [PMID: 26159874 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.115.225680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The phenotype pantoprazole-(13)C breath test (Ptz-BT) was used to evaluate the extent of phenoconversion of CYP2C19 enzyme activity caused by commonly prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPI) omeprazole and esomprazole. The Ptz-BT was administered to 26 healthy volunteers and 8 stable cardiovascular patients twice at baseline and after 28 days of PPI therapy to evaluate reproducibility of the Ptz-BT and changes in CYP2C19 enzyme activity (phenoconversion) after PPI therapy. The average intrapatient interday variability in CYP2C19 phenotype (n = 31) determined by Ptz-BT was considerably low (coefficient of variation, 17%). Phenotype conversion resulted in 25 of 26 (96%) nonpoor metabolizer (non-PM) volunteers/patients as measured by the Ptz-BT at baseline and after PPI therapy. The incidence of PM status by phenotype following administration of omeprazole/esomeprazole (known inhibitors of CYP2C19) was 10-fold higher than those who are genetically PMs in the general population, which could have critical clinical implications for personalizing medications primarily metabolized by CYP2C19, such as clopidogrel, PPI, cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, citalopram, clonazepam, diazepam, phenytoin, etc. The Ptz-BT can rapidly (30 minutes) evaluate CYP2C19 phenotype and, more importantly, can identify patients with phenoconversion in CYP2C19 enzyme activity caused by nongenetic factors such as concomitant drugs.
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- Martin Klieber
- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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- Breath Research Institute of University of Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria (M.K., M.N., A.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (M.K., M.N., A.A.), Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics (H.O., S.H., B.B.), and University Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) (H.A.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Cardiology, Rehabilitation Centre Münster in Tyrol, Münster, Austria (H.A.); and Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (A.M.)
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Unterkofler K, King J, Mochalski P, Jandacka M, Koc H, Teschl S, Amann A, Teschl G. Modeling-based determination of physiological parameters of systemic VOCs by breath gas analysis: a pilot study. J Breath Res 2015; 9:036002. [PMID: 25972041 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/9/3/036002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In this paper we develop a simple two compartment model which extends the Farhi equation to the case when the inhaled concentration of a volatile organic compound (VOC) is not zero. The model connects the exhaled breath concentration of systemic VOCs with physiological parameters such as endogenous production rates and metabolic rates. Its validity is tested with data obtained for isoprene and inhaled deuterated isoprene-D5.
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- Karl Unterkofler
- Breath Research Institute, University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria. University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Hochschulstr. 1, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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Mochalski P, Unterkofler K, Teschl G, Amann A. Potential of volatile organic compounds as markers of entrapped humans for use in urban search-and-rescue operations. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Szabó A, Ruzsanyi V, Unterkofler K, Mohácsi Á, Tuboly E, Boros M, Szabó G, Hinterhuber H, Amann A. Exhaled methane concentration profiles during exercise on an ergometer. J Breath Res 2015; 9:016009. [PMID: 25749807 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/9/1/016009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Exhaled methane concentration measurements are extensively used in medical investigation of certain gastrointestinal conditions. However, the dynamics of endogenous methane release is largely unknown. Breath methane profiles during ergometer tests were measured by means of a photoacoustic spectroscopy based sensor. Five methane-producing volunteers (with exhaled methane level being at least 1 ppm higher than room air) were measured. The experimental protocol consisted of 5 min rest--15 min pedalling (at a workload of 75 W)--5 min rest. In addition, hemodynamic and respiratory parameters were determined and compared to the estimated alveolar methane concentration. The alveolar breath methane level decreased considerably, by a factor of 3-4 within 1.5 min, while the estimated ventilation-perfusion ratio increased by a factor of 2-3. Mean pre-exercise and exercise methane concentrations were 11.4 ppm (SD:7.3) and 2.8 ppm (SD:1.9), respectively. The changes can be described by the high sensitivity of exhaled methane to ventilation-perfusion ratio and are in line with the Farhi equation.
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- A Szabó
- MTA-SZTE Research Group on Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, Dóm tér 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary. Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Simão C, Tuchapsky D, Khunsin W, Amann A, Morris MA, Torres CMS. Dimensional and defectivity nanometrology of directed self-assembly patterns. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201400211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mammalian methanogenesis is widely considered to be an exclusive sign of anaerobic microbial activity in the gastrointestinal tract. This commonly held view was challenged, however, when in vitro and in vivo investigations demonstrated the possibility of nonmicrobial methane formation in aerobic organisms, in plants and animals. The aim of this review is to discuss the available literature data on the biological role of methane. When we evaluate the significance of methane generation in the mammalian physiology, the question may be examined: is it a gas mediator? Overall the data do not fully support the gasotransmitter concept, but they do support the notion that methane liberation may be linked to redox regulation and may be connected with hypoxic events leading to, or associated with a mitochondrial dysfunction. In this respect, the available information suggests that hypoxia-induced methane generation may be a necessary phenomenon of aerobic life, and perhaps a surviving evolutionary trait in the eukaryote cell.
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- Mihály Boros
- Institute of Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szőkefalvi-Nagy B. u. 6, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Filipiak W, Beer R, Sponring A, Filipiak A, Ager C, Schiefecker A, Lanthaler S, Helbok R, Nagl M, Troppmair J, Amann A. Breath analysis for
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detection of pathogens related to ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care patients: a prospective pilot study. J Breath Res 2015; 9:016004. [DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/9/1/016004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hengerics Szabó A, Podolec P, Ferenczy V, Kubinec R, Blaško J, Soják L, Górová R, Addová G, Ostrovský I, Višňovský J, Bierhanzl V, Čabala R, Amann A. The analysis of linear and monomethylalkanes in exhaled breath samples by GC×GC-FID and GC–MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 978-979:62-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Breath tests allow a non-invasive and fast diagnostic of different specific enzymes' phenotypic functionality. Over the last decade several 13C-breath tests were successfully tested, with the (13)C-urea breath test being approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The use of other targets than labeled (13)CO2 in exhaled breath offers additional possibilities. High sensitivity analytical technologies, such as proton-transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry, enable the detection of different volatile targets in the low ppb (parts per billion) range in real-time.In the current study volunteers received 0.8 mg deuterated 2-propanol, which was converted to d3-acetone (m/z 62.08) by alcohol dehydrogenase. D3-acetone (m/z 62.08) appeared in exhaled breath concentrations up to 30 ppb (at maximum). Parallel consumption of ethanol seems to reduce the activity of the enzyme, resulting in approximately 15-30% reduction of the produced d3-acetone. Phenotypic determination of enzyme activities is important, since the functionality of enzymes is influenced by factors such as age, sex, life-style, diet, organ function, metabolism, etc, which cannot be entirely accounted for by genetic factors.
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- Veronika Ruzsanyi
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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Mochalski P, Al-Zoairy R, Niederwanger A, Unterkofler K, Amann A. Quantitative analysis of volatile organic compounds released and consumed by rat L6 skeletal muscle cells in vitro. J Breath Res 2014; 8:046003. [PMID: 25307263 PMCID: PMC4913865 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/4/046003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Knowledge of the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by cells provides important information on the origin of VOCs in exhaled breath. Muscle cells are particularly important, since their release of volatiles during the exertion of an effort contributes considerably to breath concentration profiles. Presently, the cultivation of human skeletal muscle cells is encountering a number of obstacles, necessitating the use of animal muscle cells in in vitro studies. Rat L6 skeletal muscle cells are therefore commonly used as a model for studying the molecular mechanisms of human skeletal muscle differentiation and functions, and facilitate the study of the origin and metabolic fate of the endogenously produced compounds observed in breath and skin emanations. Within this study the production and uptake of VOCs by rat L6 skeletal muscle cells were investigated using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection, combined with head-space needle trap extraction as the pre-concentration technique (HS-NTE-GC-MS). Seven compounds were found to be produced, whereas sixteen species were consumed (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p < 0.05) by the cells being studied. The set of released volatiles included two ketones (2-pentanone and 2-nonanone), two volatile sulphur compounds (dimethyl sulfide and methyl 5-methyl-2-furyl sulphide), and three hydrocarbons (2-methyl 1-propene, n-pentane and isoprene). Of the metabolized species there were thirteen aldehydes (2-propenal, 2-methyl 2-propenal, 2-methyl propanal, 2-butenal, 2-methyl butanal, 3-methyl butanal, n-pentanal, 2-methyl 2-butenal, n-hexanal, benzaldehyde, n-octanal, n-nonanal and n-decanal), two esters (n-propyl propionate and n-butyl acetate), and one volatile sulphur compound (dimethyl disulfide). The possible metabolic pathways leading to the uptake and release of these compounds by L6 cells are proposed and discussed. An analysis of the VOCs showed them to have huge potential for the identification and monitoring of some molecular mechanism and conditions.
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- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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von Grafenstein S, Fuchs JE, Huber MM, Bassi A, Lacetera A, Ruzsanyi V, Troppmair J, Amann A, Liedl KR. Precursors for cytochrome P450 profiling breath tests from an in silico screening approach. J Breath Res 2014; 8:046001. [PMID: 25233885 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/4/046001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The family of cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) is a major player in the metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics. Genetic polymorphisms and transcriptional regulation give a complex patient-individual CYP activity profile for each human being. Therefore, personalized medicine demands easy and non-invasive measurement of the CYP phenotype. Breath tests detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the patients' exhaled air after administration of a precursor molecule. CYP breath tests established for individual CYP isoforms are based on the detection of (13)CO2 or (14)CO2 originating from CYP-catalyzed oxidative degradation reactions of isotopically labeled precursors.We present an in silico work-flow aiming at the identification of novel precursor molecules, likely to result in VOCs other than CO2 upon oxidative degradation as we aim at label-free precursor molecules. The ligand-based work-flow comprises five parts: (1) CYP profiling was encoded as a decision tree based on 2D molecular descriptors derived from established models in the literature and validated against publicly available data extracted from the DrugBank. (2) Likely sites of metabolism were identified by reactivity and accessibility estimation for abstractable hydrogen radical. (3) Oxidative degradation reactions (O- and N-dealkylations) were found to be most promising in the release of VOCs. Thus, the CYP-catalyzed oxidative degradation reaction was encoded as SMIRKS (a programming language style to implement reactions based on the SMARTS description) to enumerate possible reaction products. (4) A quantitative structure property relation (QSPR) model aiming to predict the Henry constant H was derived from data for 488 organic compounds and identifies potentially VOCs amongst CYP reaction products. (5) A blacklist of naturally occurring breath components was implemented to identify marker molecules allowing straightforward detection within the exhaled air.Evident oxidative degradation reactions served as test case for the screening approach. Comparisons to metabolism data from literature support the results' plausibility. Thus, a large scale screening for potential novel breath test precursor using the presented five stage work-flow is promising.
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- Susanne von Grafenstein
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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O'Shea D, Osborne S, Blackbeard N, Goulding D, Kelleher B, Amann A. Experimental classification of dynamical regimes in optically injected lasers. Opt Express 2014; 22:21701-21710. [PMID: 25321546 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.021701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a reliable and fast technique to experimentally categorise the dynamical state of optically injected two mode and single mode lasers. Based on the experimentally obtained time-traces locked, unlocked and chaotic states are distinguished for varying injection strength and detuning. For the two mode laser, the resulting experimental stability diagram provides a map of the various single mode and two mode regimes and the transitions between them. This stability diagram is in strong agreement with the theoretical predictions from low-dimensional dynamical models for two mode lasers. We also apply our method to the single mode laser and retain the close agreement between theory and experiment.
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Mochalski P, Unterkofler K, Španěl P, Smith D, Amann A. Product ion distributions for the reactions of NO(+) with some physiologically significant volatile organosulfur and organoselenium compounds obtained using a selective reagent ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2014; 28:1683-1690. [PMID: 24975248 PMCID: PMC4142009 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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RATIONALE The reactions of NO(+) with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Selective Reagent Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (SRI-TOF-MS) reactors are relatively poorly known, inhibiting their use for trace gas analysis. The rationale for this product ion distribution study was to identify the major product ions of the reactions of NO(+) ions with 13 organosulfur compounds and 2 organoselenium compounds in an SRI-TOF-MS instrument and thus to prepare the way for their analysis in exhaled breath, in skin emanations and in the headspace of urine, blood and cell and bacterial cultures. METHODS Product ion distributions have been investigated by a SRI-TOF-MS instrument at an E/N in the drift tube reactor of 130 Td for both dry air and humid air (4.9% absolute humidity) used as the matrix gas. The investigated species were five monosulfides (dimethyl sulfide, ethyl methyl sulfide, methyl propyl sulfide, allyl methyl sulfide and methyl 5-methyl-2-furyl sulfide), dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl trisulfide, thiophene, 2-methylthiophene, 3-methylthiophene, methanethiol, allyl isothiocyanate, dimethyl sulfoxide, and two selenium compounds - dimethyl selenide and dimethyl diselenide. RESULTS Charge transfer was seen to be the dominant reaction mechanism in all reactions under study forming the M(+) cations. For methanethiol and allyl isothiocyanate significant fractions were also observed of the stable adduct ions NO(+) M, formed by ion-molecule association, and [M-H](+) ions, formed by hydride ion transfer. Several other minor product channels are seen for most reactions indicating that the nascent excited intermediate (NOM)(+) * adduct ions partially fragment along other channels, most commonly by the elimination of neutral CH3 , CH4 and/or C2 H4 species that are probably bound to an NO molecule. Humidity had little effect on the product ion distributions. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study are of particular importance for data interpretation in studies of volatile organosulfur and volatile organoselenium compounds employing SRI-TOF-MS in the NO(+) mode.
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- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute of the University of InnsbruckRathausplatz 4, A-6850, Dornbirn, Austria
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- Breath Research Institute of the University of InnsbruckRathausplatz 4, A-6850, Dornbirn, Austria
- Vorarlberg University of Applied SciencesHochschulstr. 1, A-6850, Dornbirn, Austria
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicDolejškova 3, 18223, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Medical School, Keele UniversityThornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, UK
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- Breath Research Institute of the University of InnsbruckRathausplatz 4, A-6850, Dornbirn, Austria
- Univ.-Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Innsbruck Medical UniversityAnichstr, 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Amann A, Costello BDL, Miekisch W, Schubert J, Buszewski B, Pleil J, Ratcliffe N, Risby T. The human volatilome: volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath, skin emanations, urine, feces and saliva. J Breath Res 2014; 8:034001. [PMID: 24946087 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/3/034001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 357] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Breath analysis is a young field of research with its roots in antiquity. Antoine Lavoisier discovered carbon dioxide in exhaled breath during the period 1777-1783, Wilhelm (Vilém) Petters discovered acetone in breath in 1857 and Johannes Müller reported the first quantitative measurements of acetone in 1898. A recent review reported 1765 volatile compounds appearing in exhaled breath, skin emanations, urine, saliva, human breast milk, blood and feces. For a large number of compounds, real-time analysis of exhaled breath or skin emanations has been performed, e.g., during exertion of effort on a stationary bicycle or during sleep. Volatile compounds in exhaled breath, which record historical exposure, are called the 'exposome'. Changes in biogenic volatile organic compound concentrations can be used to mirror metabolic or (patho)physiological processes in the whole body or blood concentrations of drugs (e.g. propofol) in clinical settings-even during artificial ventilation or during surgery. Also compounds released by bacterial strains like Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Streptococcus pneumonia could be very interesting. Methyl methacrylate (CAS 80-62-6), for example, was observed in the headspace of Streptococcus pneumonia in concentrations up to 1420 ppb. Fecal volatiles have been implicated in differentiating certain infectious bowel diseases such as Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter, Salmonella and Cholera. They have also been used to differentiate other non-infectious conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, alterations in urine volatiles have been used to detect urinary tract infections, bladder, prostate and other cancers. Peroxidation of lipids and other biomolecules by reactive oxygen species produce volatile compounds like ethane and 1-pentane. Noninvasive detection and therapeutic monitoring of oxidative stress would be highly desirable in autoimmunological, neurological, inflammatory diseases and cancer, but also during surgery and in intensive care units. The investigation of cell cultures opens up new possibilities for elucidation of the biochemical background of volatile compounds. In future studies, combined investigations of a particular compound with regard to human matrices such as breath, urine, saliva and cell culture investigations will lead to novel scientific progress in the field.
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- Anton Amann
- Univ-Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr, 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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Firl J, Braun H, Amann A, Barnert R. Dynamisches Verhalten, Konformation und Bindungsverhältnisse von Enaminosulfoniumsalzen / Dynamic Behaviour, Conformation and Bonding of Enaminosulfonium Salts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1515/znb-1980-1117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The rotational barriers about the C-N single bond of the enaminosulfonium salts 1-6 are measured. Their magnitudes are related to the π-donor strength of the NR2 group. For the unsymmetrically substituted compounds 7-12 the rotational equilibria are determined. In the case of the monoalkyl compounds 7-10 the more crowded s-cis-rotamers turn out to be the more stable conformations. Furthermore, the 13C chemical shifts of the sulfonium salts 1-16 are reported. The shift differences δ(s-cis-s-trans) for the α-carbons of the N-alkyl groups seem to depend on the dihedral angle between the vinyl group and the C-H(α-c) bonds. Moreover, the spectra reveal that enaminosulfonium salts posses a high degree of ylide character.
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- Joachim Firl
- Organisch-chemisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-8046 Garching
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- Organisch-chemisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-8046 Garching
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- Organisch-chemisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-8046 Garching
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- Organisch-chemisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-8046 Garching
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Filipiak W, Filipiak A, Sponring A, Schmid T, Zelger B, Ager C, Klodzinska E, Denz H, Pizzini A, Lucciarini P, Jamnig H, Troppmair J, Amann A. Comparative analyses of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from patients, tumors and transformed cell lines for the validation of lung cancer-derived breath markers. J Breath Res 2014; 8:027111. [PMID: 24862102 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/2/027111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Breath analysis for the purpose of non-invasive diagnosis of lung cancer has yielded numerous candidate compounds with still questionable clinical relevance. To arrive at suitable volatile organic compounds our approach combined the analysis of different sources: isolated tumor samples compared to healthy lung tissues, and exhaled breath from lung cancer patients and healthy controls. Candidate compounds were further compared to substances previously identified in the comparison of transformed and normal lung epithelial cell lines. For human studies, a breath sampling device was developed enabling automated and CO2-controlled collection of the end-tidal air. All samples were first preconcentrated on multibed sorption tubes and analyzed with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Significantly (p < 0.05) higher concentrations in all three types of cancer samples studied were observed for ethanol and n-octane. Additional metabolites (inter alia 2-methylpentane, n-hexane) significantly released by lung cancer cells were observed at higher levels in cancer lung tissues and breath samples (compared to respective healthy controls) with statistical significance (p < 0.05) only in breath samples. The results obtained confirmed the cancer-related origin of volatile metabolites, e.g. ethanol and octane that were both detected at significantly (p < 0.05) elevated concentrations in all three kinds of cancer samples studied. This work is an important step towards identification of volatile breath markers of lung cancer through the demonstration of cancer-related origin of certain volatile metabolites.
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- Wojciech Filipiak
- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria. Univ.-Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Gamerith G, Mommertz T, Schmid T, Amann A, Augustin F, Hilbe W, Fiegl M. Radical Surgery as treatment option in advanced NSCLC – a retrospective analyses of 80 NSCLC patients of the TYROL lung cancer registry. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1375926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Amann A, Zwierzina M, Huber J, Gamerith G, Bitsche M, Pechriggl E, Hilbe W, Zwierzina H. Development of a novel 3D tri-culture system in an in vitro non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) model. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1375913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mochalski P, Unterkofler K, Španěl P, Smith D, Amann A. Product ion distributions for the reactions of NO + with some physiologically significant aldehydes obtained using a SRI-TOF-MS instrument. Int J Mass Spectrom 2014; 363:23-31. [PMID: 25844049 PMCID: PMC4375723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2014.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Product ion distributions for the reactions of NO+ with 22 aldehydes involved in human physiology have been determined under the prevailing conditions of a selective reagent ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SRI-TOF-MS) at an E/N in the flow/drift tube reactor of 130 Td. The chosen aldehydes were fourteen alkanals (the C2-C11 n-alkanals, 2-methyl propanal, 2-methyl butanal, 3-methyl butanal, and 2-ethyl hexanal), six alkenals (2-propenal, 2-methyl 2-propenal, 2-butenal, 3-methyl 2-butenal, 2-methyl 2-butenal, and 2-undecenal), benzaldehyde, and furfural. The product ion fragmentations patterns were determined for both dry air and humid air (3.5% absolute humidity) used as the matrix buffer/carrier gas in the drift tube of the SRI-TOF-MS instrument. Hydride ion transfer was seen to be a common ionization mechanism in all these aldehydes, thus generating (M-H)+ ions. Small fractions of the adduct ion, NO+M, were also seen for some of the unsaturated alkenals, in particular 2-undecenal, and heterocyclic furfural for which the major reactive channel was non-dissociative charge transfer generating the M+ parent ion. Almost all of the reactions resulted in partial fragmentation of the aldehyde molecules generating hydrocarbon ions; specifically, the alkanal reactions resulted in multiple product ions, whereas, the alkenals reactions produced only two or three product ions, dissociation of the nascent excited product ion occurring preferentially at the 2-position. The findings of this study are of particular importance for data interpretation in studies of aldehydes reactions employing SRI-TOF-MS in the NO+ mode.
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- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 503 24636; fax: +43 512 504 6724636.
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- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Hochschulstr. 1, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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- J. Heyrovský Institut of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Medical School, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB, UK
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- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
- Univ.-Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Corresponding author at: Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria. Tel.: +43 512 503 24636; fax: +43 512 504 6724636.
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Mochalski P, Unterkofler K, Hinterhuber H, Amann A. Monitoring of selected skin-borne volatile markers of entrapped humans by selective reagent ionization time of flight mass spectrometry in NO+ mode. Anal Chem 2014; 86:3915-23. [PMID: 24611620 PMCID: PMC4004195 DOI: 10.1021/ac404242q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Selective reagent ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry with NO(+) as the reagent ion (SRI-TOF-MS (NO(+))) was applied for near real-time monitoring of selected skin-borne constituents which are potential markers of human presence. The experimental protocol involved a group of 10 healthy volunteers enclosed in a body plethysmography chamber mimicking the entrapment environment. A total of 12 preselected omnipresent in human scent volatiles were quantitatively monitored. Among them there were six aldehydes (n-propanal, n-hexanal, n-heptanal, n-octanal, n-nonanal, and 2 methyl 2-propenal), four ketones (acetone, 2-butanone, 3-buten-2-one, and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one), one hydrocarbon (2-methyl 2-pentene), and one terpene (DL-limonene). The observed median emission rates ranged from 0.28 to 44.8 nmol × person(-1) × min(-1) (16-1530 fmol × cm(-2) × min(-1)). Within the compounds under study, ketones in general and acetone in particular exhibited the highest abundances. The findings of this study provide invaluable information about formation and evolution of a human-specific chemical fingerprint, which could be used for the early location of entrapped victims during urban search and rescue operations (USaR).
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- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute, University of Innsbruck , Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria
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Mochalski P, King J, Haas M, Unterkofler K, Amann A, Mayer G. Blood and breath profiles of volatile organic compounds in patients with end-stage renal disease. BMC Nephrol 2014; 15:43. [PMID: 24607025 PMCID: PMC3984739 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-15-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath shows great potential as a non-invasive method for assessing hemodialysis efficiency. In this work we aim at identifying and quantifying of a wide range of VOCs characterizing uremic breath and blood, with a particular focus on species responding to the dialysis treatment. Methods Gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection coupled with solid-phase microextraction as pre-concentration method. Results A total of 60 VOCs were reliably identified and quantified in blood and breath of CKD patients. Excluding contaminants, six compounds (isoprene, dimethyl sulfide, methyl propyl sulfide, allyl methyl sulfide, thiophene and benzene) changed their blood and breath levels during the hemodialysis treatment. Conclusions Uremic breath and blood patterns were found to be notably affected by the contaminants from the extracorporeal circuits and hospital room air. Consequently, patient exposure to a wide spectrum of volatile species (hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, aromatics, heterocyclic compounds) is expected during hemodialysis. Whereas highly volatile pollutants were relatively quickly removed from blood by exhalation, more soluble ones were retained and contributed to the uremic syndrome. At least two of the species observed (cyclohexanone and 2-propenal) are uremic toxins. Perhaps other volatile substances reported within this study may be toxic and have negative impact on human body functions. Further studies are required to investigate if VOCs responding to HD treatment could be used as markers for monitoring hemodialysis efficiency.
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- Breath Research Institute, University of Innsbruck, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria.
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Gamerith G, Amann A, Schenk B, Auer T, Huber JM, Cima K, Lentzen H, Löffler-Ragg J, Zwierzina H, Hilbe W. P24. Aviscumine enhances NK- cytotoxicity against tumor cells. J Immunother Cancer 2014. [PMCID: PMC4072179 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-2-s2-p15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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de Lacy Costello B, Amann A, Al-Kateb H, Flynn C, Filipiak W, Khalid T, Osborne D, Ratcliffe NM. A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body. J Breath Res 2014. [PMID: 24421258 DOI: 10.1088/17527155/8/1/014001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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A compendium of all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from the human body (the volatolome) is for the first time reported. 1840 VOCs have been assigned from breath (872), saliva (359), blood (154), milk (256), skin secretions (532) urine (279), and faeces (381) in apparently healthy individuals. Compounds were assigned CAS registry numbers and named according to a common convention where possible. The compounds have been grouped into tables according to their chemical class or functionality to permit easy comparison. Some clear differences are observed, for instance, a lack of esters in urine with a high number in faeces. Careful use of the database is needed. The numbers may not be a true reflection of the actual VOCs present from each bodily excretion. The lack of a compound could be due to the techniques used or reflect the intensity of effort e.g. there are few publications on VOCs from blood compared to a large number on VOCs in breath. The large number of volatiles reported from skin is partly due to the methodologies used, e.g. collecting excretions on glass beads and then heating to desorb VOCs. All compounds have been included as reported (unless there was a clear discrepancy between name and chemical structure), but there may be some mistaken assignations arising from the original publications, particularly for isomers. It is the authors' intention that this database will not only be a useful database of VOCs listed in the literature, but will stimulate further study of VOCs from healthy individuals. Establishing a list of volatiles emanating from healthy individuals and increased understanding of VOC metabolic pathways is an important step for differentiating between diseases using VOCs.
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- B de Lacy Costello
- Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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Amann A, Mochalski P, Ruzsanyi V, Broza YY, Haick H. Assessment of the exhalation kinetics of volatile cancer biomarkers based on their physicochemical properties. J Breath Res 2014; 8:016003. [PMID: 24566039 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/1/016003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The current review provides an assessment of the exhalation kinetics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have been linked with cancer. Towards this end, we evaluate various physicochemical properties, such as 'breath:air' and 'blood:fat' partition coefficients, of 112 VOCs that have been suggested over the past decade as potential markers of cancer. With these data, we show that the cancer VOC concentrations in the blood and in the fat span over 12 and 8 orders of magnitude, respectively, in order to provide a specific counterpart concentration in the exhaled breath (e.g., 1 ppb). This finding suggests that these 112 different compounds have different storage compartments in the body and that their exhalation kinetics depends on one or a combination of the following factors: (i) the VOC concentrations in different parts of the body; (ii) the VOC synthesis and metabolism rates; (iii) the partition coefficients between tissue(s), blood and air; and (iv) the VOCs' diffusion constants. Based on this analysis, we discuss how this knowledge allows modeling and simulating the behavior of a specific VOC under different sampling protocols (with and without exertion of effort). We end this review by a brief discussion on the potential role of these scenarios in screening and therapeutic monitoring of cancer.
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- Anton Amann
- Breath Research Institute, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, 6850 Dornbirn, Austria. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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de Lacy Costello B, Amann A, Al-Kateb H, Flynn C, Filipiak W, Khalid T, Osborne D, Ratcliffe NM. A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body. J Breath Res 2014; 8:014001. [PMID: 24421258 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/8/1/014001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 507] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A compendium of all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from the human body (the volatolome) is for the first time reported. 1840 VOCs have been assigned from breath (872), saliva (359), blood (154), milk (256), skin secretions (532) urine (279), and faeces (381) in apparently healthy individuals. Compounds were assigned CAS registry numbers and named according to a common convention where possible. The compounds have been grouped into tables according to their chemical class or functionality to permit easy comparison. Some clear differences are observed, for instance, a lack of esters in urine with a high number in faeces. Careful use of the database is needed. The numbers may not be a true reflection of the actual VOCs present from each bodily excretion. The lack of a compound could be due to the techniques used or reflect the intensity of effort e.g. there are few publications on VOCs from blood compared to a large number on VOCs in breath. The large number of volatiles reported from skin is partly due to the methodologies used, e.g. collecting excretions on glass beads and then heating to desorb VOCs. All compounds have been included as reported (unless there was a clear discrepancy between name and chemical structure), but there may be some mistaken assignations arising from the original publications, particularly for isomers. It is the authors' intention that this database will not only be a useful database of VOCs listed in the literature, but will stimulate further study of VOCs from healthy individuals. Establishing a list of volatiles emanating from healthy individuals and increased understanding of VOC metabolic pathways is an important step for differentiating between diseases using VOCs.
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- B de Lacy Costello
- Institute of Biosensor Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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Amann A, Miekisch W, Schubert J, Buszewski B, Ligor T, Jezierski T, Pleil J, Risby T. Analysis of exhaled breath for disease detection. Annu Rev Anal Chem (Palo Alto Calif) 2014; 7:455-482. [PMID: 25014347 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071213-020043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Breath analysis is a young field of research with great clinical potential. As a result of this interest, researchers have developed new analytical techniques that permit real-time analysis of exhaled breath with breath-to-breath resolution in addition to the conventional central laboratory methods using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Breath tests are based on endogenously produced volatiles, metabolites of ingested precursors, metabolites produced by bacteria in the gut or the airways, or volatiles appearing after environmental exposure. The composition of exhaled breath may contain valuable information for patients presenting with asthma, renal and liver diseases, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory lung disease, or metabolic disorders. In addition, oxidative stress status may be monitored via volatile products of lipid peroxidation. Measurement of enzyme activity provides phenotypic information important in personalized medicine, whereas breath measurements provide insight into perturbations of the human exposome and can be interpreted as preclinical signals of adverse outcome pathways.
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- Anton Amann
- Breath Research Institute of the University of Innsbruck, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria;
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A new non-invasive and potentially inexpensive frontier in the diagnosis of cancer relies on the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath samples. Breath can be sampled and analyzed in real-time, leading to fascinating and cost-effective clinical diagnostic procedures. Nevertheless, breath analysis is a very young field of research and faces challenges, mainly because the biochemical mechanisms behind the cancer-related VOCs are largely unknown. In this review, we present a list of 115 validated cancer-related VOCs published in the literature during the past decade, and classify them with respect to their "fat-to-blood" and "blood-to-air" partition coefficients. These partition coefficients provide an estimation of the relative concentrations of VOCs in alveolar breath, in blood and in the fat compartments of the human body. Additionally, we try to clarify controversial issues concerning possible experimental malpractice in the field, and propose ways to translate the basic science results as well as the mechanistic understanding to tools (sensors) that could serve as point-of-care diagnostics of cancer. We end this review with a conclusion and a future perspective.
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- Hossam Haick
- The Department of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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Mochalski P, King J, Unterkofler K, Amann A. Stability of selected volatile breath constituents in Tedlar, Kynar and Flexfilm sampling bags. Analyst 2013; 138:1405-18. [PMID: 23323261 DOI: 10.1039/c2an36193k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The stability of 41 selected breath constituents in three types of polymer sampling bags, Tedlar, Kynar, and Flexfilm, was investigated using solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The tested molecular species belong to different chemical classes (hydrocarbons, ketones, aldehydes, aromatics, sulphurs, esters, terpenes, etc.) and exhibit close-to-breath low ppb levels (3-12 ppb) with the exception of isoprene, acetone and acetonitrile (106 ppb, 760 ppb, 42 ppb respectively). Stability tests comprised the background emission of contaminants, recovery from dry samples, recovery from humid samples (RH 80% at 37 °C), influence of the bag's filling degree, and reusability. Findings yield evidence of the superiority of Tedlar bags over remaining polymers in terms of background emission, species stability (up to 7 days for dry samples), and reusability. Recoveries of species under study suffered from the presence of high amounts of water (losses up to 10%). However, only heavier volatiles, with molecular masses higher than 90, exhibited more pronounced losses (20-40%). The sample size (the degree of bag filling) was found to be one of the most important factors affecting the sample integrity. To sum up, it is recommended to store breath samples in pre-conditioned Tedlar bags up to 6 hours at the maximum possible filling volume. Among the remaining films, Kynar can be considered as an alternative to Tedlar; however, higher losses of compounds should be expected even within the first hours of storage. Due to the high background emission Flexfilm is not suitable for sampling and storage of samples for analyses aiming at volatiles at a low ppb level.
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- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria.
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Ruzsanyi V, Fischer L, Herbig J, Ager C, Amann A. Multi-capillary-column proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1316:112-8. [PMID: 24119758 PMCID: PMC3810645 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass-spectrometry (PTR-TOFMS) exhibits high selectivity with a resolution of around 5000 m/Δm. While isobars can be separated with this resolution, discrimination of isomeric compounds is usually not possible. The coupling of a multi-capillary column (MCC) with a PTR-TOFMS overcomes these problems as demonstrated in this paper for the ketone isomers 3-heptanone and 2-methyl-3-hexanone and for different aldehydes. Moreover, fragmentation of compounds can be studied in detail which might even improve the identification. LODs for compounds tested are in the range of low ppbv and peak positions of the respective separated substances show good repeatability (RSD of the peak positions <3.2%). Due to its special characteristics, such as isothermal operation, compact size, the MCC setup is suitable to be installed inside the instrument and the overall retention time for a complete spectrum is only a few minutes: this allows near real-time measurements in the optional MCC mode. In contrast to other methods that yield additional separation, such as the use of pre-cursor ions other than H3O(+), this method yields additional information without increasing complexity.
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- Veronika Ruzsanyi
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Breath Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
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Righettoni M, Schmid A, Amann A, Pratsinis SE. Correlations between blood glucose and breath components from portable gas sensors and PTR-TOF-MS. J Breath Res 2013; 7:037110. [DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/7/3/037110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mochalski P, Sponring A, King J, Unterkofler K, Troppmair J, Amann A. Release and uptake of volatile organic compounds by human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) in vitro. Cancer Cell Int 2013; 13:72. [PMID: 23870484 PMCID: PMC3717104 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-13-72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by human body offer a unique insight into biochemical processes ongoing in healthy and diseased human organisms. Unfortunately, in many cases their origin and metabolic fate have not been yet elucidated in sufficient depth, thus limiting their clinical application. The primary goal of this work was to identify and quantify volatile organic compounds being released or metabolized by HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Methods The hepatocellular carcinoma cells were incubated in specially designed head-space 1-L glass bottles sealed for 24 hours prior to measurements. Identification and quantification of volatiles released and consumed by cells under study were performed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS) coupled with head-space needle trap device extraction (HS-NTD) as the pre-concentration technique. Most of the compounds were identified both by spectral library match as well as retention time comparison based on standards. Results A total of nine compounds were found to be metabolised and further twelve released by the cells under study (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p<0.05). The former group comprised 6 aldehydes (2-methyl 2-propenal, 2-methyl propanal, 2-ethylacrolein, 3-methyl butanal, n-hexanal and benzaldehyde), n-propyl propionate, n-butyl acetate, and isoprene. Amongst the released species there were five ketones (2-pentanone, 3-heptanone, 2-heptanone, 3-octanone, 2-nonanone), five volatile sulphur compounds (dimethyl sulfide, ethyl methyl sulfide, 3-methyl thiophene, 2-methyl-1-(methylthio)- propane and 2-methyl-5-(methylthio) furan), n-propyl acetate, and 2-heptene. Conclusions The emission and uptake of the aforementioned VOCs may reflect the activity of abundant liver enzymes and support the potential of VOC analysis for the assessment of enzymes function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paweł Mochalski
- Breath Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Rathausplatz 4, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria.
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Pircher A, Gamerith G, Amann A, Reinold S, Popper H, Gastl G, Wolf AM, Hilbe W, Wolf D. Der Einfluss von kombinierter Chemoimmuntherapie auf regulatorische T Zellen (Treg) beim nicht-kleinzelligen Bronchialkarzinom (NSCLC). Pneumologie 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Amann A, Zwierzina M, Gamerith G, Bitsche M, Huber J, Vogel G, Blumer M, Kelm J, Hilbe W, Zwierzina H. Development of an innovative 3D cell culture system to study tumour - stroma interactions in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Pneumologie 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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