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Alpha-pinene (AP), produced by pine trees and other plants, is the main component of turpentine and is used as a fragrance and flavor ingredient. Exposure occurs via use of personal care and household cleaning products and in the lumber industry. Despite widespread exposure, toxicity data for AP are limited. The objective of this work was to develop and validate a method to quantitate AP in rodent blood and mammary glands, in support of toxicokinetic and toxicology studies of AP. The method uses 100 µL of blood or ~100 mg of mammary gland with analysis by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The samples are diluted with internal standard (2H3-AP, IS) and sealed in headspace vials; mammary glands are homogenized within the vial. The vials are equilibrated briefly at 60°C before a headspace sample is analyzed. The method was validated in Sprague Dawley rat blood over the range 5-500 ng/mL and mammary gland over the range 100-5000 ng/g. The method was linear (r ≥0.99), accurate (mean relative error (RE) ≤±13.4%) and precise (relative standard deviation (RSD) ≤7.1%) in both matrices. Recoveries incorporating IS were ≥88.7% at all concentrations in both tissues. Standards as high as 1500 ng/mL in blood and 20,000 ng/g in mammary gland could be analyzed using lower injection volume or extrapolating the calibration curve beyond the upper limit of quantitation (mean %RE ≤±18.7; %RSD ≤2.2). Loss of AP occurred during overnight autosampler storage as well as frozen storage in as few as 15 days, but incorporation of IS prior to storage corrected for the loss such that calculated concentrations were within 84.7-117% of day 0 concentrations following frozen storage up to ≥32 days in both matrices. Matrix evaluation was performed in HsdSprague Dawley®SD® rat and B6C3F1 mouse blood and mammary glands (mean %RE ≤±9.2; %RSD ≤4.3). These data demonstrate that the method is suitable for determination of AP in rodent blood and mammary glands.ONC201 is the first member of the imipridone family of anticancer drugs to enter the clinic for the treatment of diverse solid and hematologic cancers. A subset of pediatric and adult patients with highly aggressive brain tumors has shown remarkable clinical responses to ONC201, and recently, the more potent derivative ONC206 entered clinical trials as a single agent for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) cancers. Despite the emerging clinical interest in the utility of imipridones, their exact molecular mechanisms are not fully described. In fact, the existing literature points to multiple pathways (e.g. tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) signaling, dopamine receptor antagonism, and mitochondrial metabolism) as putative drug targets. We have performed a comprehensive literature review and highlighted mitochondrial metabolism as the major target of imipridones. Thiomyristoyl concentration In support of this, we performed a meta-analysis of an ONC201 screen across 539 human cancer cell lines and showed that the mitochondrial caseinolytic protease proteolytic subunit (ClpP) is the most significant predictive biomarker of response to treatment. Herein, we summarize the main findings on the anticancer mechanisms of this potent class of drugs, provide clarity on their role, and identify clinically relevant predictive biomarkers of response.
Whilst skeletal muscles' primary role is allowing movement, it has important metabolic roles, including in glycemic control. Indeed, evidence indicates that low muscle mass and function are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, highlighting its importance in the development of metabolic disease.

In this mini-review, we detail the evidence highlighting the importance of muscle in type 2 diabetes and the efficacy of resistance exercise in improving glycemic control alongside our approach to increase uptake of such exercise in people with type 2 diabetes. This summary is based in the authors' knowledge of the filed supplemented by a Pubmed search using the terms "muscle," "glycemic control," "HbA1c," "type 2 diabetes," and "resistance exercise."

The main strategy to increases muscle mass is to perform resistance exercise and, although the quality of evidence is low, such exercise appears effective in reducing Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) in people with type 2 diabetes. However, to increase participation we need to improve our understanding of barriers and facilitators to such exercise. Current data indicate that barriers are similar to those reported for aerobic exercise, with additional resistance exercise specific barriers of looking to muscular, increase risk of cardiovascular event, having access to specialized equipment and knowledge of how to use it.

The development of simple resistance exercises that can be performed anywhere, that use little or no equipment and are effective in reducing HbA1c will be, in our opinion, key to increasing the number of people with type 2 diabetes performing resistance exercise.
The development of simple resistance exercises that can be performed anywhere, that use little or no equipment and are effective in reducing HbA1c will be, in our opinion, key to increasing the number of people with type 2 diabetes performing resistance exercise.Nucleoporins (Nups) represent a range of proteins most known for composing the macromolecular assembly of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Among them, the family of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) phenylalanine-glycine (FG) rich Nups, form the permeability barrier and coordinate the high-speed nucleocytoplasmic transport in a selective way. Those FG-Nups have been demonstrated to participate in various biological processes besides nucleocytoplasmic transport. The high number of accessible hydrophobic motifs of FG-Nups potentially gives rise to this multifunctionality, enabling them to form unique microenvironments. In this review, we discuss the multifunctionality of disordered and F-rich Nups and the diversity of their localizations, emphasizing the important roles of those Nups in various regulatory and metabolic processes.Multi stimuli-responsive polymersomes are in high demand as smart drug carriers, particularly for the treatment of complex cancers. However, most polymersomes have multi-responsiveness that does not affect each other and focus on single drug loading. Here, we have designed photo-crosslinked temperature and pH dual-responsive polymersomes by the self-assembly of a triblock polymer of methoxyl poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly[2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate-co-2-hydroxy-4-(methacryloyloxy)benzophenone] (mPEG-b-PNIPAM-b-P(DEAEMA-co-BMA)) synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT). The dual-responsive polymersomes had a layered membrane, resulting in tunable permeability. Importantly, the polymersomes were proved to have a pH-controlled temperature-responsiveness. A hydrophilic-hydrophobic drug pair (doxorubicin hydrochloride, DOX, and paclitaxel, PTX) could be co-encapsulated in the fabricated polymersomes. The membrane permeability based on its layered structure was triggered by the change in temperature and pH to permit the separate control on the release of DOX and PTX.
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