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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is an analytical technique extensively used in almost every chemical laboratory for structural identification. This technique provides statistically equivalent signals in spite of using spectrometer with different hardware features and is successfully used for the traceability and quantification of analytes in food samples. Nevertheless, to date only a few internationally agreed guidelines have been reported on the use of NMR for quantitative analysis. The main goal of the present study is to provide a methodological pipeline to assess the reproducibility of NMR data produced for a given matrix by spectrometers from different manufacturers, with different magnetic field strengths, age and hardware configurations. The results have been analyzed through a sequence of chemometric tests to generate a community-built calibration system which was used to verify the performance of the spectrometers and the reproducibility of the predicted sample concentrations.
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Jugos de Frutas y Vegetales/análisis , Vitis/química , Calibración , Espectroscopía de Resonancia MagnéticaRESUMEN
Anticancer drug efficacy might be leveraged by strategies to target certain biochemical adaptations of tumors. Here we show how depriving cancer cells of glutamine can enhance the anticancer properties of 3-bromopyruvate, a halogenated analog of pyruvic acid. Glutamine deprival potentiated 3-bromopyruvate chemotherapy by increasing the stability of the monocarboxylate transporter-1, an effect that sensitized cells to metabolic oxidative stress and autophagic cell death. We further elucidated mechanisms through which resistance to chemopotentiation by glutamine deprival could be circumvented. Overall, our findings offer a preclinical proof-of-concept for how to employ 3-bromopyruvate or other monocarboxylic-based drugs to sensitize tumors to chemotherapy.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Glutamina/metabolismo , Transportadores de Ácidos Monocarboxílicos/metabolismo , Piruvatos/farmacología , Animales , Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular Tumoral , Complejo II de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Glutamato-Amoníaco Ligasa/metabolismo , Humanos , Ratones , Mitocondrias/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo , Estabilidad Proteica/efectos de los fármacos , Proteolisis , Piruvatos/administración & dosificaciónRESUMEN
The principal applications of high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy, in the field of food science, are reviewed, after a short general introduction, mainly focusing on the potential of these investigations, which are, today, routine tools for resolving technological problems. Selected examples of the applications in the field of food science of high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy both in (13)C and in (1)H NMR particularly illustrative of the results obtainable are reported in some detail.
