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  1. Article ; Online: Versatile use of Carmofur: A comprehensive review of its chemistry and pharmacology.

    Islam, Mohammad Mohiminul / Mirza, Shama P

    Drug development research

    2022  Volume 83, Issue 7, Page(s) 1505–1518

    Abstract: Carmofur, 1-hexylcarbamoyl-5-fluorouracil (HCFU) is an antineoplastic drug, which has been in clinics in Japan since 1981 for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Subsequently, it was also introduced in China, Korea, and Finland. Besides colorectal cancer, ...

    Abstract Carmofur, 1-hexylcarbamoyl-5-fluorouracil (HCFU) is an antineoplastic drug, which has been in clinics in Japan since 1981 for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Subsequently, it was also introduced in China, Korea, and Finland. Besides colorectal cancer, it has also shown antitumor activity in other cancers such as breast, head and neck, pancreatic, gastrointestinal, and solid brain tumors. A prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), carmofur has shown better gastrointestinal stability and superior antiproliferative activity compared to its active counterpart 5-FU. Recently, carmofur has gained attention as an acid ceramidase inhibitor and as a potential lead compound against several noncancerous diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019, Krabbe disease, acute lung injury, Parkinson's disease, dementia, childhood ependymoma etc. Carmofur has also been reported to have antifungal, and antimicrobial properties. Nevertheless, no comprehensive review is available on this drug. Herein, we summarized the chemistry, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacology of carmofur based on the literature published between January 1976 and March 2022 as identified from PubMed and Google Scholar search engines.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Child ; COVID-19 ; Fluorouracil/pharmacology ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use ; Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Colorectal Neoplasms/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Fluorouracil (U3P01618RT) ; Antineoplastic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 604587-x
    ISSN 1098-2299 ; 0272-4391
    ISSN (online) 1098-2299
    ISSN 0272-4391
    DOI 10.1002/ddr.21984
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  2. Article ; Online: The development and validation of sensitive LC-MS/MS method for quantitative bioanalysis of carmofur in mouse plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study.

    Islam, Mohammad Mohiminul / Kub, Ethan F / Rajaratnam, Vilashini / Mirza, Shama P

    Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences

    2022  Volume 1212, Page(s) 123516

    Abstract: Carmofur is an acid ceramidase inhibitor with superior efficacy in suppressing and killing fatally aggressive glioblastoma cell lines compared to the FDA-approved drug temozolomide. In addition to brain tumors, carmofur also gained attention as a ... ...

    Abstract Carmofur is an acid ceramidase inhibitor with superior efficacy in suppressing and killing fatally aggressive glioblastoma cell lines compared to the FDA-approved drug temozolomide. In addition to brain tumors, carmofur also gained attention as a potential lead inhibitor of the main protease (M
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Chromatography, Liquid/methods ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; Reproducibility of Results
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-29
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1180823-8
    ISSN 1873-376X ; 0378-4347 ; 1570-0232 ; 1387-2273
    ISSN (online) 1873-376X
    ISSN 0378-4347 ; 1570-0232 ; 1387-2273
    DOI 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123516
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  3. Article ; Online: Quantitative mass spectrometry-based approaches in cardiovascular research.

    Mirza, Shama P

    Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics

    2012  Volume 5, Issue 4, Page(s) 477

    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research/methods ; Cardiovascular System/metabolism ; Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional ; Humans ; Mass Spectrometry/methods ; Proteomics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-08-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2477394-3
    ISSN 1942-3268 ; 1942-325X
    ISSN (online) 1942-3268
    ISSN 1942-325X
    DOI 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.957753
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  4. Article ; Online: Comprehensive serum proteomic analysis in early endometrial cancer.

    Uyar, Denise S / Huang, Yi-Wen / Chesnik, Marla A / Doan, Ninh B / Mirza, Shama P

    Journal of proteomics

    2021  Volume 234, Page(s) 104099

    Abstract: Objective: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and yet much is still unknown about this disease. Our goal was to identify unique biomarkers of disease by performing a comprehensive proteomic analysis of early stage, low-grade ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and yet much is still unknown about this disease. Our goal was to identify unique biomarkers of disease by performing a comprehensive proteomic analysis of early stage, low-grade endometrial cancer through analysis of serum collected from patients pre- and post-definitive surgery.
    Methods: We used mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics to identify serum proteins from these patients. Serum samples from women undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for benign reasons served as control samples for the correlative studies. We then correlated our findings with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database for additional confirmation.
    Results: The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis of proteins that were differentially expressed in endometrial cancer showed increased cell survival and decreased organismal death, the most common hallmarks of cancer. We identified over expression of FAM83D (family with sequence similarity 83, member D) in the serum of patients with early stage low-grade endometrial cancer and verified the same in the endometrial cancer cell lines and patient tumors. We also confirmed our hypothesis that FAM83D may serve as a biomarker for endometrial cancer in a cohort of patients with endometrial cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project.
    Conclusion: Comprehensive proteomic analysis is a feasible strategy for potential biomarker identification. Using this technique, FAM83D was identified as a candidate biomarker in early endometrial cancer in our patient samples and was not present in benign control samples. FAM83D has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in several human malignancies.
    Significance: Our manuscript describes an alternative approach to comprehensive protein analysis in a model pre and post tumor removal for a sample of patients with early endometrial cancer. The model is innovative and the findings of over expression FAM83D in this population of early cancer may be useful in the study of a disease where there are few biomarkers or targetable therapies.
    MeSH term(s) Cell Cycle Proteins ; Endometrial Neoplasms ; Endometrium ; Female ; Humans ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; Proteomics
    Chemical Substances Cell Cycle Proteins ; FAM83D protein, human ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-04
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2400835-7
    ISSN 1876-7737 ; 1874-3919
    ISSN (online) 1876-7737
    ISSN 1874-3919
    DOI 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104099
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  5. Article ; Online: Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the determination of ARN14988, an acid ceramidase inhibitor, and its application to a pharmacokinetic study in a mouse model.

    Rajaratnam, Vilashini / Islam, Mohammad Mohiminul / Kub, Ethan F / Rajaratnam, Shaarwin / Kim, Kyu Bum / Rahman, Md Toufiqur / Rashid, Farjana / Benko, Anna M / Cook, James M / Arnold, Leggy A / Mirza, Shama P

    Biomedical chromatography : BMC

    2023  Volume 38, Issue 1, Page(s) e5754

    Abstract: Despite aggressive treatment approaches, the overall survival of glioblastoma (GBM) patients remained poor with a strong need for more effective chemotherapeutic agents. A previous study has shown that ARN14988 is more cytotoxic to GBM cells compared to ... ...

    Abstract Despite aggressive treatment approaches, the overall survival of glioblastoma (GBM) patients remained poor with a strong need for more effective chemotherapeutic agents. A previous study has shown that ARN14988 is more cytotoxic to GBM cells compared to US Food and Drug Administration-approved temozolomide. This finding makes ARN14988 a desirable candidate for further pharmacological assessment. Therefore, an efficient analytical method is needed to quantify ARN14988. Herein, we have developed and validated sample preparation and LC-MS/MS triple quadrupole (QQQ) method for quantification of ARN14988 in mouse plasma. In this method, the liquid-liquid extraction of ARN14988 from mouse plasma was performed using 5% ethyl acetate in hexane. The chromatographic separation was achieved using a C
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Acid Ceramidase ; Antineoplastic Agents ; Chromatography, Liquid/methods ; Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Reproducibility of Results ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods
    Chemical Substances Acid Ceramidase (EC 3.5.1.23) ; Antineoplastic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632848-9
    ISSN 1099-0801 ; 0269-3879
    ISSN (online) 1099-0801
    ISSN 0269-3879
    DOI 10.1002/bmc.5754
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  6. Article: Comprehensive serum proteomic analysis in early endometrial cancer

    Uyar, Denise S / Huang, Yi-Wen / Chesnik, Marla A / Doan, Ninh B / Mirza, Shama P

    Journal of proteomics. 2021 Mar. 15, v. 234

    2021  

    Abstract: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and yet much is still unknown about this disease. Our goal was to identify unique biomarkers of disease by performing a comprehensive proteomic analysis of early stage, low-grade endometrial cancer ...

    Abstract Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and yet much is still unknown about this disease. Our goal was to identify unique biomarkers of disease by performing a comprehensive proteomic analysis of early stage, low-grade endometrial cancer through analysis of serum collected from patients pre- and post-definitive surgery.We used mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics to identify serum proteins from these patients. Serum samples from women undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for benign reasons served as control samples for the correlative studies. We then correlated our findings with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database for additional confirmation.The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis of proteins that were differentially expressed in endometrial cancer showed increased cell survival and decreased organismal death, the most common hallmarks of cancer. We identified over expression of FAM83D (family with sequence similarity 83, member D) in the serum of patients with early stage low-grade endometrial cancer and verified the same in the endometrial cancer cell lines and patient tumors. We also confirmed our hypothesis that FAM83D may serve as a biomarker for endometrial cancer in a cohort of patients with endometrial cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project.Comprehensive proteomic analysis is a feasible strategy for potential biomarker identification. Using this technique, FAM83D was identified as a candidate biomarker in early endometrial cancer in our patient samples and was not present in benign control samples. FAM83D has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in several human malignancies.Our manuscript describes an alternative approach to comprehensive protein analysis in a model pre and post tumor removal for a sample of patients with early endometrial cancer. The model is innovative and the findings of over expression FAM83D in this population of early cancer may be useful in the study of a disease where there are few biomarkers or targetable therapies.
    Keywords biomarkers ; blood proteins ; blood serum ; cell lines ; cell viability ; databases ; death ; gene expression regulation ; genome ; humans ; hysterectomy ; mass spectrometry ; models ; neoplasm cells ; patients ; population ; proteomics ; sampling ; sequence homology ; uterine neoplasms ; women
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-0315
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 2400835-7
    ISSN 1876-7737 ; 1874-3919
    ISSN (online) 1876-7737
    ISSN 1874-3919
    DOI 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104099
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  7. Article ; Online: Reciprocal Regulation of PASTA Kinase Signaling by Differential Modification.

    Labbe, Benjamin D / Hall, Cherisse L / Kellogg, Stephanie L / Chen, Yao / Koehn, Olivia / Pickrum, Adam M / Mirza, Shama P / Kristich, Christopher J

    Journal of bacteriology

    2019  Volume 201, Issue 10

    Abstract: Transmembrane Ser/Thr kinases containing extracellular PASTA ( ...

    Abstract Transmembrane Ser/Thr kinases containing extracellular PASTA (
    MeSH term(s) Adaptation, Physiological ; Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology ; Cell Wall/drug effects ; Enterococcus faecalis/drug effects ; Enterococcus faecalis/enzymology ; Enterococcus faecalis/genetics ; Enterococcus faecalis/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational ; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
    Chemical Substances Anti-Infective Agents ; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-04-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2968-3
    ISSN 1098-5530 ; 0021-9193
    ISSN (online) 1098-5530
    ISSN 0021-9193
    DOI 10.1128/JB.00016-19
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  8. Article ; Online: Characterization of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Melanin and Degraded Synthetic Melanin Using Mass Spectrometry and In Vitro Biochemical Diagnostics.

    Yacout, Sally M / McIlwain, Kelsey L / Mirza, Shama P / Gaillard, Elizabeth R

    Photochemistry and photobiology

    2018  Volume 95, Issue 1, Page(s) 183–191

    Abstract: ... versus unpigmented and black latex bead controls (P < 0.0001). UV-B exposure to aged human melanin ... pigmented cells results in a significant increase in nitric oxide production versus control cells (P < 0.001 ...

    Abstract With increasing age, there is an observable loss of melanin in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. It is possible that degradation of the pigment contributes to the pathogenesis of retinal disease, as the cellular antioxidant material is depleted. Functionally, intact melanin maintains protective qualities, while oxidative degradation of melanin promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and formation of metabolic byproducts, such as melanolipofuscin. Understanding the structural and functional changes to RPE melanin with increasing age may contribute to a better understanding of disease progression and risk factors for conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, human donor RPE melanin is characterized using MALDI mass spectrometry to follow melanin degradation trends. In vitro models using ARPE-19 cells are used to assess photo-reactivity in repigmented cells. Significant protection against intracellular ROS produced by blue light is observed in calf melanin-pigmented cells versus unpigmented and black latex bead controls (P < 0.0001). UV-B exposure to aged human melanin-pigmented cells results in a significant increase in nitric oxide production versus control cells (P < 0.001). Peroxide-treated synthetic melanin is characterized to elucidate degradation products that may contribute to RPE cell damage.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cattle ; Cell Line ; Disease Progression ; Humans ; Macular Degeneration/metabolism ; Macular Degeneration/pathology ; Melanins/metabolism ; Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Retinal Pigment Epithelium/metabolism ; Retinal Pigment Epithelium/radiation effects ; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods ; Ultraviolet Rays
    Chemical Substances Melanins ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Nitric Oxide (31C4KY9ESH)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 123540-0
    ISSN 1751-1097 ; 0031-8655
    ISSN (online) 1751-1097
    ISSN 0031-8655
    DOI 10.1111/php.12934
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  9. Article ; Online: Hydronephrosis: a view from the inside.

    Mesrobian, Hrair-George O / Mirza, Shama P

    Pediatric clinics of North America

    2012  Volume 59, Issue 4, Page(s) 839–851

    Abstract: Unilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is the most common prenatally detected disease leading to hydronephrosis. The obstructive anatomic lesion leads to varying degrees of hydronephrosis, ranging from no apparent effect on renal function ... ...

    Abstract Unilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is the most common prenatally detected disease leading to hydronephrosis. The obstructive anatomic lesion leads to varying degrees of hydronephrosis, ranging from no apparent effect on renal function to atrophy. Furthermore, the natural course of hydronephrosis varies from spontaneous resolution to progressive deterioration and may take upwards of 3 years for a kidney to declare itself. The objectives of this article are to update our knowledge regarding the evaluation and management of UPJO in depth and to discuss the emerging value of urinary proteome analysis to the clinical arena.
    MeSH term(s) Biomarkers/analysis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diagnostic Imaging ; Disease Progression ; Early Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Hydronephrosis/complications ; Hydronephrosis/diagnosis ; Hydronephrosis/therapy ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 215711-1
    ISSN 1557-8240 ; 0031-3955
    ISSN (online) 1557-8240
    ISSN 0031-3955
    DOI 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.05.008
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  10. Article ; Online: Methods and approaches for the comprehensive characterization and quantification of cellular proteomes using mass spectrometry.

    Mirza, Shama P / Olivier, Michael

    Physiological genomics

    2008  Volume 33, Issue 1, Page(s) 3–11

    Abstract: Proteomics has been proposed as one of the key technologies in the postgenomic era. So far, however, the comprehensive analysis of cellular proteomes has been a challenge because of the dynamic nature and complexity of the multitude of proteins in cells ... ...

    Abstract Proteomics has been proposed as one of the key technologies in the postgenomic era. So far, however, the comprehensive analysis of cellular proteomes has been a challenge because of the dynamic nature and complexity of the multitude of proteins in cells and tissues. Various approaches have been established for the analyses of proteins in a cell at a given state, and mass spectrometry (MS) has proven to be an efficient and versatile tool. MS-based proteomics approaches have significantly improved beyond the initial identification of proteins to comprehensive characterization and quantification of proteomes and their posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Despite these advances, there is still ongoing development of new technologies to profile and analyze cellular proteomes more completely and efficiently. In this review, we focus on MS-based techniques, describe basic approaches for MS-based profiling of cellular proteomes and analysis methods to identify proteins in complex mixtures, and discuss the different approaches for quantitative proteome analysis. Finally, we briefly discuss novel developments for the analysis of PTMs. Altered levels of PTM, sometimes in the absence of protein expression changes, are often linked to cellular responses and disease states, and the comprehensive analysis of cellular proteome would not be complete without the identification and quantification of the extent of PTMs of proteins.
    MeSH term(s) Chromatography, Affinity/methods ; Humans ; Immunoprecipitation/methods ; Mass Spectrometry/methods ; Models, Biological ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/physiology ; Proteome/analysis ; Proteomics/methods ; Staining and Labeling
    Chemical Substances Proteome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-03-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2038823-8
    ISSN 1531-2267 ; 1094-8341
    ISSN (online) 1531-2267
    ISSN 1094-8341
    DOI 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00292.2007
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