Integration of pan-omics technologies and three-dimensional in vitro tumor models: an approach toward drug discovery and precision medicine

A Jose, P Kulkarni, J Thilakan, M Munisamy… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Despite advancements in treatment protocols, cancer is one of the leading cause of deaths
worldwide. Therefore, there is a need to identify newer and personalized therapeutic targets …

Three-dimensional mass spectrometry imaging reveals distributions of lipids and the drug metabolite associated with the enhanced growth of colon cancer cell …

P Xie, H Zhang, P Wu, Y Chen, Z Cai - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The application of mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to explore the responses of cancer cell
spheroids (CCS) after treatment of exogenous molecules has attracted growing attention …

Spatial metabolomics and lipidomics reveal the mechanisms of the enhanced growth of breast cancer cell spheroids exposed to triclosan

J Chen, P Xie, P Wu, Z Lin, Y He… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triclosan (TCS), an antimicrobial compound, is known to have potential endocrine-
disruptive properties, but the underlying toxic mechanisms at the metabolic level are not well …

Chemistry-driven mass spectrometry for structural lipidomics at the C= C bond isomer level

J Luo, Q Wan, S Chen - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
As more and more studies have shown that lipid molecules play an important role in the
whole biology, in-depth analysis of lipid structure has become particularly important in …

Lipid droplet‐targeted NIR AIE photosensitizer evoking concurrent ferroptosis and apoptosis

J Jia, Z Ma, J Zhuang, L Huo, C Zhou, N Li, N Zhao - Aggregate, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid droplets (LDs), which are the hubs of lipid metabolism, play a critical role in
maintaining cellular energy homeostasis. The construction of advanced photosensitizers …

Visible-light-activated aziridination reaction enables simultaneous resolving of C= C bond location and the sn-position isomers in lipids

Q Wan, Y Xiao, G Feng, X Dong, W Nie, M Gao… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a close relationship between the biological functions of lipids and their structures,
and various isomers greatly increases the complexity of lipid structures. The C= C bond …

Stable-Isotope N-Me Aziridination Enables Accurate Quantitative C═ C Isomeric Lipidomics

G Feng, M Gao, H Chen, Z Zhang, J Chen… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Accurate lipid quantification is essential to revealing their roles in physiological and
pathological processes. However, difficulties in the structural resolution of lipid isomers …

Camptothecin structure simplification elaborated new imidazo [2, 1-b] quinazoline derivative as a human topoisomerase I inhibitor with efficacy against bone cancer …

AI Khodair, SM El-Hallouty, B Cagle-White… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Camptothecin is a pentacyclic natural alkaloid that inhibits the hTop1 enzyme involved in
DNA transcription and cancer cell growth. Camptothecin structure pitfalls prompted us to …

MALDI coupled with laser-postionization and trapped ion mobility spectrometry contribute to the enhanced detection of lipids in cancer cell spheroids

J Chen, P Xie, P Wu, Y He, Z Lin, Z Cai - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer cell spheroids (CCS) are a valuable three-dimensional cell model in cancer studies
because they could replicate numerous characteristics of solid tumors. Increasing …

Spatial lipidomics and metabolomics of multicellular tumor spheroids using MALDI-2 and trapped ion mobility imaging

J Chen, P Xie, Q Dai, P Wu, Y He, Z Lin, Z Cai - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipids and metabolites are small biological molecules that act major roles in cellular
functions. Multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTS) are a highly beneficial three-dimensional …