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Metabolic Profile Analysis of Zebrafish Embryos
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2013
Zebrafish represent a powerful vertebrate model that has been under-utilised for metabolic studies. Here we describe a rapid way to measure the in vivo metabolic profile of developing zebrafish that allows the comparison of different mitochondrial function parameters between genetically or pharmacologically manipulated embryos, thereby increasing the applicability of this organism.
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What is Metabolism?
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2019
Overview Metabolism represents all of the chemical activity in a cell, including reactions that build molecules (anabolism) and those that break molecules down (catabolism). Anabolic reactions require energy, whereas catabolic reactions provide it. Thus, metabolism describes how cells transform energy through a variety of chemical reactions, which are often made more efficient with the help of enzymes. Metabolism Is the Sum of All of the Chemical Reactions That Take Place in an Organism
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Characterization of Metabolic Status in Nonhuman Primates with the Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test
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2016
The goal of this protocol is to present a standard method to perform intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTTs) to assess glycemic control in nonhuman primates and assess their metabolic status from healthy to dysmetabolic.
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An Introduction to Cell Metabolism
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2023
In cells, critical molecules are either built by joining together individual units like amino acids or nucleotides, or broken down into smaller components. Respectively, the reactions responsible for this are referred to as anabolic and catabolic. These reactions require or produce energy typically in the form of a “high-energy” molecule called ATP. Together, these processes make up “Cell Metabolism,” and are hallmarks of healthy, living cells.JoVE’s introduction to cell metabolism briefly...
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Metabolic Labeling
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2023
Metabolic labeling is used to probe the biochemical transformations and modifications that occur in a cell. This is accomplished by using chemical analogs that mimic the structure of natural biomolecules. Cells utilize analogs in their endogenous biochemical processes, producing compounds that are labeled. The label allows for the incorporation of detection and affinity tags, which can then be used to elucidate metabolic pathways using other biochemical analytical techniques, such as SDS-PAGE...
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Catabolic pathways supply ATP and precursor molecules by breaking down nutrients, while anabolic pathways consume those resources to build cellular components and physiological products. Their coordination allows an animal to balance immediate energy demands with longer-term needs such as growth, tissue maintenance, and reproduction. This relationship links nutrient breakdown directly to biosynthetic activity.
Enzymes regulate the chemical reactions that make up animal metabolism. By controlling how efficiently these reactions proceed, they help coordinate nutrient breakdown, ATP generation, and the synthesis of cellular materials. Enzyme regulation is therefore essential for matching pathway activity with physiological requirements rather than allowing metabolic reactions to proceed without coordination.
Hormones and environmental conditions adjust metabolic rate according to changing energy demands. This regulation helps coordinate metabolism with physiological states and external circumstances, including needs associated with movement, growth, reproduction, and thermoregulation. As a result, metabolic activity is not fixed; it can be modulated to support survival under different biological and environmental conditions.
Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins can enter metabolism as different sources of energy and building materials. Their breakdown contributes to ATP production, while nutrient-derived precursor molecules support anabolic synthesis. Considering these nutrient categories helps researchers connect an animal’s nutritional inputs with physiological products, energy availability, growth, and other biological outcomes.
Researchers examine metabolic pathways and their regulation to explain how animals obtain energy from nutrients and adjust activity to physiological demands. In nutrition, this connects food-derived materials with energy and biosynthesis; in exercise, it relates metabolism to movement; and in thermoregulation, it helps explain how metabolic rate contributes to temperature-related physiology.
Animal metabolism provides a framework for investigating disease, development, reproduction, and survival, while also supporting ecology, agriculture, physiology, and comparative biology. Comparing metabolic processes across animals can connect cellular reactions with organismal function and environmental adaptation. These applications make metabolism relevant both to fundamental biological research and to practical studies of animals.