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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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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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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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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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Responses to Heat and Cold Stress
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2020
Every organism has an optimum temperature range within which healthy growth and physiological functioning can occur. At the ends of this range, there will be a minimum and maximum temperature that interrupt biological processes. When the environmental dynamics fall out of the optimal limit for a given species, changes in metabolism and functioning occur – and this is defined as stress. Plants respond to stress by initiating changes in gene expression - leading to adjustments in plant...
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These processes form a linked balance rather than independent responses. A change in ATP production can alter nutrient use, redox control, and waste removal, while accumulated metabolites may further influence cellular signaling. Mathematical models represent these connections as interacting variables and rate equations, allowing researchers to examine how a disturbance propagates through metabolism and changes the overall cellular state.
Models track metabolic variables as conditions change and identify points at which the system can no longer maintain its prior balance. A threshold may correspond to a major shift in metabolite concentrations, metabolic flux, or signaling behavior. Quantifying that transition helps researchers distinguish an adjustable response from a state associated with disrupted homeostasis.
Feedback loops describe how a metabolic change can influence the processes that produced or counteracted it. For example, altered metabolite concentrations may affect signaling pathways, which can then modify metabolic activity. Including these loops makes a model responsive to changing conditions rather than purely one-directional, improving analysis of adaptation and the progression toward metabolic imbalance.
Metabolic flux represents the movement or rate of material through a metabolic process, while rate equations describe how that movement changes with conditions. Together, they convert qualitative observations into quantities that can be compared across scenarios. This framework allows researchers to evaluate how limited oxygen, limited nutrients, excessive workload, or impaired metabolism alters system behavior.
A basic workflow begins by selecting variables such as ATP production, nutrient use, metabolite concentrations, or redox control. Researchers then describe relationships with rate equations, add relevant feedback loops, and vary environmental or workload conditions. The resulting model can be examined for changes in metabolic flux, signaling responses, and thresholds associated with loss of homeostasis.
Researchers can use these models to organize and interpret responses to exercise, disease, drug effects, and metabolic adaptation. By changing model conditions, they can compare how cells or tissues respond to different challenges and predict shifts in metabolic behavior. The mathematical approach is especially useful when researchers need to quantify relationships rather than describe stress only qualitatively.
A model can estimate metabolic flux, track changes in metabolite concentrations, and locate conditions linked to disrupted homeostasis. It can also represent signaling responses and predict how cells or tissues may react when workload, oxygen, nutrients, or metabolic function changes. These outputs provide a structured basis for comparing stress conditions and evaluating possible adaptation or impairment.