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Xu JD, Xing WM, Yuan TJ, Chen J, Lu H. Metabolic changes in the urine of andrographolide sodium bisulfite-treated rats. Hum Exp Toxicol 2015; 35:162-9. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327115579429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, andrographolide sodium bisulfite (ASB) has been reported to cause acute renal failure frequently in clinical practice. We hypothesized that changes in metabolic profile could have occurred after administration of ASB. To investigate the metabolic changes caused by ASB-induced nephrotoxicity, metabonomics method was utilized to depict the urine metabolic characteristics and find the specific urine biomarkers associated with ASB-induced nephrotoxicity. Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into three experimental groups. They received a single daily injection of vehicle (0.9% sodium chloride solution) or ASB at a dose of 100 or 600 mg kg−1 day−1 for 7 days. Twelve-hour urine was collected after the last administration. The routine urinalysis was measured by a urine automatic analyzer while urinary metabolites were evaluated using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The acquired data were processed by multivariate principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), and orthogonal PLS-DA. After 7-day administration of ASB, the positive urine samples in protein, occult blood, and ketones were increased, presenting dose dependence. The PCA and PLS-DA models were capable of distinguishing the difference between ASB-treated group and control. Biomarkers such as 1,5-anhydroglucitol, d-erythro-sphingosine, and 2-ketoadipate were identified as the most influential factors in ASB-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- JD Xu
- School of Pharmacology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmacology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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Xu J, Jiang H, Li J, Cheng KK, Dong J, Chen Z. 1H NMR-based metabolomics investigation of copper-laden rat: a model of Wilson's disease. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119654. [PMID: 25849323 PMCID: PMC4388371 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Wilson's disease (WD), also known as hepatoleticular degeneration (HLD), is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder of copper metabolism, which causes copper to accumulate in body tissues. In this study, rats fed with copper-laden diet are used to render the clinical manifestations of WD, and their copper toxicity-induced organ lesions are studied. To investigate metabolic behaviors of 'decoppering' process, penicillamine (PA) was used for treating copper-laden rats as this chelating agent could eliminate excess copper through the urine. To date, there has been limited metabolomics study on WD, while metabolic impacts of copper accumulation and PA administration have yet to be established. MATERIALS AND METHODS A combination of 1HNMR spectroscopy and multivariate statistical analysis was applied to examine the metabolic profiles of the urine and blood serum samples collected from the copper-laden rat model of WD with PA treatment. RESULTS Copper accumulation in the copper-laden rats is associated with increased lactate, creatinine, valine and leucine, as well as decreased levels of glucose and taurine in the blood serum. There were also significant changes in p-hydroxyphenylacetate (p-HPA), creatinine, alpha-ketoglutarate (α-KG), dimethylamine, N-acetylglutamate (NAG), N-acetylglycoprotein (NAC) in the urine of these rats. Notably, the changes in p-HPA, glucose, lactate, taurine, valine, leucine, and NAG were found reversed following PA treatment. Nevertheless, there were no changes for dimethylamine, α-KG, and NAC as a result of the treatment. Compared with the controls, the concentrations of hippurate, formate, alanine, and lactate were changed when PA was applied and this is probably due to its side effect. A tool named SMPDB (Small Molecule Pathway Database) is introduced to identify the metabolic pathway influenced by the copper-laden diet. CONCLUSION The study has shown the potential application of NMR-based metabolomic analysis in providing further insights into the molecular mechanism underlying disorder due to WD.
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- Jingjing Xu
- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, P. R. China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Bioprocess Engineering & Innovation Centre in Agritechnology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, 81310, Malaysia
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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Zhou J, Chen B, Cai Z. Metabolomics-based approach for assessing the toxicity mechanisms of dibutyl phthalate to abalone (Haliotis diversicolor supertexta). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:5092-5099. [PMID: 25416503 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3859-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is a ubiquitous contaminant in the marine environment, and relatively little is known about the toxicological mechanisms of this compound at the metabolite level. In this study, marine gastropods (abalone) were exposed to DBP at environmentally relevant concentrations (2, 10, and 50 μg/L) for 30 days. The plasma metabolite profiles were determined at the 5th, 15th, and 30th. The major metabolite changes corresponding to DBP exposure were related to osmotic regulation, energy metabolism, and environmental stress, and the effects displayed a dose-dependent pattern. The most obvious change was the increase in the levels of intracellular metabolites (betaine, dimethylglycine, homarine, glutamine, and lactate) and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. The results revealed that DBP may lead to abalone oxidative stress, lipid metabolism dysfunction, energy metabolism disturbance, and osmoregulation imbalance. These results would be helpful in better understanding the mechanisms of abalone response to DBP stress at the system level.
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- Jin Zhou
- The Division of Ocean Science and Technology, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Room 304, Building L, Shenzhen University Town, Xili, Shenzhen City, 518055, People's Republic of China
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Zou ZJ, Liu ZH, Gong MJ, Han B, Wang SM, Liang SW. Intervention effects of puerarin on blood stasis in rats revealed by a (1)H NMR-based metabonomic approach. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 22:333-43. [PMID: 25837270 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Puerarin possesses a wide spectrum of biological activities including ameliorating effects on blood stasis, but the definite mechanism of this effect is still not known. In this study, a (1)H NMR-based plasma and urinary metabonomic approach was applied to comprehensively and holistically investigate the therapeutic effects of puerarin on blood stasis and its underlying mechanisms. Puerarin was injected intraperitoneally once daily for consecutive 7 days. The blood stasis rat model was established by placing the rats in ice-cold water during the time interval between two injections of adrenaline. With pattern recognition analysis, a clear separation of blood stasis model group and healthy control group was achieved and puerarin pretreatment group was located much closer to the control group than the model group, which was consistent with results of hemorheology studies. 15 and 10 potential biomarkers associated with blood stasis in plasma and urine, respectively, which were mainly involved in energy metabolism, lipid and membrane metabolisms, amino acid metabolism and gut microbiota metabolism, were identified. Puerarin could prevent blood stasis through partially regulating the disturbed metabolic pathways. This work highlights that metabonomics is a valuable tool for studying the essence of blood stasis as well as evaluating the efficacy of the corresponding drug treatment.
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- Zhong Jie Zou
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- Experimental Animal Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Ji C, Cao L, Li F. Toxicological evaluation of two pedigrees of clam Ruditapes philippinarum as bioindicators of heavy metal contaminants using metabolomics. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 39:545-554. [PMID: 25681705 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution has been of great concern in the Bohai marine environment. Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum has been used as a bioindicator in marine toxicology. In this study, NMR-based metabolomics was used to ascertain whether there were significant biological differences between two dominant pedigrees (White and Zebra) of clam and evaluate the suitability of two pedigrees for marine environmental toxicology, together with antioxidant enzymatic analysis. Our results indicated that there were significant biological differences between White and Zebra clams based on the metabolic profiles and antioxidant enzyme activities. In details, the metabolic profiles showed higher levels of amino acids and succinate in Zebra clam digestive glands and higher levels of ATP in White clam digestive glands, respectively. The superoxide dismutase activities in control White and Zebra clam samples were significantly different. Additionally, White clam was more sensitive to Cd based on the significant accumulation of Cd, antioxidant enzymatic alterations and sensitive metabolic changes. Overall, we concluded that White clam could be a preferable bioindicator for marine environmental toxicology.
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- Chenglong Ji
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai 264003, PR China.
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Wang L, Zheng L, Luo R, Zhao X, Han Z, Wang Y, Yang Y. A1H NMR-based metabonomic investigation of time-dependent metabolic trajectories in a high salt-induced hypertension rat model. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07215d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The time-dependent metabolic profiles in urine, plasma and feces of salt-fed hypertensive rats were systematically investigated using NMR-based metabonomics.
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- Linlin Wang
- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- School of Basic Courses
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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Hou Y, Cao C, Bao W, Yang S, Shi H, Hao D, Zhao X, Wu Y. The plasma metabolic profiling of chronic acephate exposure in rats via an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabonomic method. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 11:506-15. [PMID: 25418677 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00523f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate the toxic effects of long-term, low-dose acephate administration on rats using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 120 male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to different groups: control; low-dose acephate (0.5 mg kg(-1) bw(-1)); middle-dose acephate (1.5 mg kg(-1) bw(-1)); and high-dose acephate (4.5 mg kg(-1) bw(-1)). The rats continuously received acephate via drinking water for 24 weeks. Rat plasma samples were collected at different time points to measure metabonomic profiles. Liver tissues were subjected to histopathological examination. The results showed that 10 metabolites in the plasma were significantly changed in the treated groups compared with those in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Exposure to acephate resulted in increased lysoPC (15 : 0), lysoPC (16 : 0), lysoPC (O-18 : 0), lysoPC (18 : 1(9Z)), lysoPC (18 : 0), lysoPC (20 : 4(5Z, 8Z, 11Z, 14Z)), arachidonic acid, and 12-HETE as well as decreased tryptophan and indoleacrylic acid in rat plasma. Moreover, the contents of high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, total cholesterol, free fatty acids, and malondialdehyde, as well as the activities of superoxide dismutase and phospholipaseA2 in the serum, were significantly changed in the middle- and high-dose groups compared with those in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Histopathological examination results revealed that exposure to acephate may induce vacuolar degeneration in the liver cell cytoplasm, fat degeneration, and liver cell necrosis. These results indicated that exposure to acephate disrupted metabolism of lipids and amino acids, induced oxidative stress, caused neurotoxicity, and resulted in liver dysfunction.
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- Yurong Hou
- Public Health College, Harbin Medical Unviersity, 194 Xuefu Road, NangangDistrict, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, P. R. China.
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Pi Z, Jiang H, Zhang J, Tao L, Song F, Liu Z. EFFECT OF ACARBOSE ON CONTENT OF URINARY ENDOGENOUS METABOLITES OF DIABETIC RATS. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2013.850719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Zifeng Pi
- a Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , China
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- b First Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China
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- a Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , China
- c School of Pharmaceutical Science , Jilin University , Changchun , China
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- d Norman Bethune College of Medicine , Jilin University , Changchun , China
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- a Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , China
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- a Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , China
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Nephrotoxicity or renal toxicity can be a result of hemodynamic changes, direct injury to cells and tissue, inflammatory tissue injury, and/or obstruction of renal excretion. Nephrotoxicity is frequently induced by a wide spectrum of therapeutic drugs and environ mental pollutants. Knowledge of the complex molecular and pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to nephrotoxicity remains limited, in part, by research that historically focused on single or relatively few risk markers. As such, current kidney injury biomarkers are inadequate in terms of sensitivity and specificity. In contrast, metabolomics enables screening of a vast array of metabolites simultaneously using NMR and MS to assess their role in nephrotoxicity development and progression. A more comprehensive understanding of these biochemical pathways would also provide valuable insight to disease mechanisms critical for drug development and treatment.
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Use of elemental and molecular-mass spectrometry to assess the toxicological effects of inorganic mercury in the mouse Mus musculus. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:5853-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dudka I, Kossowska B, Senhadri H, Latajka R, Hajek J, Andrzejak R, Antonowicz-Juchniewicz J, Gancarz R. Metabonomic analysis of serum of workers occupationally exposed to arsenic, cadmium and lead for biomarker research: a preliminary study. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2014; 68:71-81. [PMID: 24713610 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Environmental metabonomics is the application of metabonomics to characterize the interactions of organisms with their environment. Metabolic profiling is an exciting addition to the armory of the epidemiologist for the discovery of new disease risk biomarkers and diagnostics. This work is a continuation of research searching for preclinical serum markers in a group of 389 healthy smelter workers exposed to lead, cadmium and arsenic. Changes in the metabolic profiles were studied using Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on pooled serum samples from both the metal exposed and control groups. These multivariate metabonomic datasets were analyzed with Principal Component Analysis and Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis. Analysis of metabolic profiles of people exposed to heavy metals suggests energy metabolism disturbance induced by heavy metals. Changes in lipid fraction (very-low-density lipoprotein - VLDL, low-density lipoprotein - LDL), unsaturated lipids and in the level of amino acids suggest perturbation of the metabolism of lipids and amino acids. This study illustrated the high reliability of NMR-based metabonomic profiling on the study of the biochemical effects induced by the mixture of heavy metals. This approach is capable of identifying intermediate biomarkers of response to toxicants at environmental/occupational concentrations, paving the way to its use in a monitoring of smelter workers exposed to low doses of lead, cadmium and arsenic.
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- Ilona Dudka
- Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology Group, Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Wroclaw Medical University, Wybrzeże L. Pasteura 1, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Technology, Plac Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology Group, Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Internal and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wybrzeże L. Pasteura 4, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Internal and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wybrzeże L. Pasteura 4, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology Group, Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.
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Zhang Y, Deng Y, Zhao Y, Ren H. Using combined bio-omics methods to evaluate the complicated toxic effects of mixed chemical wastewater and its treated effluent. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2014; 272:52-58. [PMID: 24675614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Mixed chemical wastewaters (MCWW) from industrial park contain complex mixtures of trace contaminants, which cannot be effectively removed by wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and have become an unignored threat to ambient environment. However, limited information is available to evaluate the complicated toxic effects of MCWW and its effluent from wastewater treatment plant (WTPE) from the perspective of bio-omics. In this study, mice were exposed to the MCWW and WTPE for 90 days and distinct differences in the hepatic transcriptome and serum metabolome were analyzed by digital gene expression (DGE) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H-NMR) spectra, respectively. Our results indicated that disruption of lipid metabolism in liver and hepatotoxicity were induced by both MCWW and WTPE exposure. WTPE is still a health risk to the environment, which is in need of more attention. Furthermore, we demonstrated the potential ability of bio-omics approaches for evaluating toxic effects of MCWW and WTPE.
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- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China.
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Xu W, Wang H, Chen G, Li W, Xiang R, Zhang X, Pei Y. A metabolic profiling analysis of the acute toxicological effects of the realgar (As₂S₂) combined with other herbs in Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet using ¹H NMR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2014; 153:771-781. [PMID: 24685585 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet (NJT), composed of Realgar (As₂S₂), Bovis Calculus Artificialis, Borneolum Synthcticum, Gypsum Fibrosum, Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (RR), Scutellariae Radix (SR), Platycodonis Radix (PR) and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (GR), is an effective formula of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used in treating acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, periodontitis and mouth ulcer. In the formula, significant level of realgar (As₂S₂) as a potentially toxic element is contained. In our pervious experiments, NJT was significantly less toxic than realgar (As₂S₂), and the material bases of toxicity alleviation effect to realgar (As₂S₂) were RR, SR, PR and GR. However, the toxicity alleviation effect of each above mentioned four herbs to realgar (As₂S₂) and their synergistic detoxification effects to realgar (As₂S₂) were still obscure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Wistar rats were divided into 11 groups: control, group R (treated with Realgar), group RRSPG (treated with Realgar, RR, SR, PR and GR), group RRSP (treated with Realgar, RR, SR and PR), group RRSG (treated with Realgar, RR, SR and GR), group RRPG (treated with Realgar, RR, PR and GR), group RSPG (treated with Realgar, SR, PR and GR), group RR (treated with Realgar and RR), group RS (treated with Realgar and SR), group RP (treated with Realgar and PR) and group RG (treated with Realgar and GR). Based on (1)H NMR spectra of urine and serum from rats, PCA and PLS-DA were performed to identify different metabolic profiles. Liver and kidney histopathology examinations and serum clinical chemistry analysis were also performed. RESULTS The metabolic profiles of groups RR, RS, RP and RG were similar to those of group R, while the metabolic profiles of groups RRSPG, RRSP, RRSG, RRPG and RSPG were almost in line with those of control group. Statistics results were confirmed by the histopathological examination and biochemical assay. CONCLUSION The present work suggested that the toxicity alleviation effects of RR, SR, PR and GR to realgar (As₂S₂) were not obvious when combined with realgar (As₂S₂) respectively, but they had synergistic detoxification effects on realgar (As₂S₂) mutually.
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- Wenfeng Xu
- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China; Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China; Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China; Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- Mathematics Teaching & Research Section, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China; Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China; Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110016, PR China.
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Tang B, Ding J, Yang Y, Wu F, Song F. Systems biochemical responses of rats to Kansui and vinegar-processed Kansui exposure by integrated metabonomics. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2014; 153:511-520. [PMID: 24631960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The dried root of Kansui (Euphorbia kansui L.) is an effective and commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. Even so, Kansui cannot be satisfactorily applied clinically because of toxic side effects. In China, the most common Kansui-processing method uses vinegar to reduce its toxicity. The present study was designed to investigate the toxic effects caused by Kansui and evaluate detoxification of Kansui by vinegar processing of Kansui. MATERIALS AND METHOD Thirty male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to five groups of six rats. Two experimental groups were oral gavaged with 7.875 and 15.75 g Kansui/kg body weight, two treated with 7.875 and 15.75 g VP-Kansui/kg body weight for 14 d, and the control group concurrently subjected to oral gavage with only distilled water. On day 14, plasma, liver and kidney tissues were collected from all rats for biochemistry assessments, histopathological examination, and NMR analyses. RESULTS The metabonome of rats treated with Kansui and vinegar-processed (VP-) Kansui was found to differ from that of controls. In liver extracts, the variational metabolites included elevated concentrations of isoleucine, leucine, valine, glutamate, and phenylalanine, with decreased taurine, glucose, and glycogen. However, changes in lysine, methionine, choline, phosphorylcholine, and tyrosine were only observed in Kansui-treated rats. In kidney extracts, prominent changes included elevations in isoleucine, leucine, valine, methionine, creatine/creatinine, and phenylalanine as well as decreased glutamine. Only Kansui treatment induced variations in alanine, lysine, acetate, choline, and phosphorylcholine. CONCLUSION Perturbations in endogenous metabolites induced by Kansui correlated with disturbances in glycolysis and amino acid and lipid metabolism, while biochemical pathway disorders caused by VP-Kansui only involved glycolysis and amino acid metabolism. All results were confirmed by histopathological examination of liver and kidney tissues and clinical biochemistry analyses.
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- Bingwen Tang
- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Department of Basic Course, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510310, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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Yang Y, Wang L, Wang S, Huang R, Zheng L, Liang S, Zhang L, Xu J. An integrated metabonomic approach to studying metabolic profiles in rat models with insulin resistance induced by high fructose. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:1803-11. [PMID: 24722466 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70618d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Insulin resistance (IR) is a common risk factor for the development of metabolic diseases, and has gradually become a hot issue for research. It was reported that excessive feeding with high fructose induced insulin resistance in both humans and rats. The aim of this study was to investigate the progression of IR and identify potential biomarkers in urine, plasma and fecal extracts of high fructose-fed rats using a (1)H NMR-based metabonomics approach. The biochemical analysis was also performed. The levels of pyruvate and lactate in the plasma of the IR model rats were reduced significantly, and the levels of citrate and α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG) in their urine, and the levels of succinate in their feces also decreased, suggesting perturbation of energy metabolism. Decreased levels of taurine in urine and fecal extracts during the whole experiment, together with increased levels of creatine/creatinine in urine, revealed liver and kidney injuries. Decreased levels of choline-containing metabolites in urine and increased levels of betaine in urine and plasma demonstrated altered transmethylation. Changes in hippurate, acetate, propionate and n-butyrate levels suggested disturbance of the intestinal flora in the IR rats. This study indicated that (1)H NMR-based metabonomics can provide biochemical information on the progression of IR and offers a non-invasive means for the discovery of potential biomarkers.
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- Yongxia Yang
- School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China.
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García-Sevillano MÁ, García-Barrera T, Abril N, Pueyo C, López-Barea J, Gómez-Ariza JL. Omics technologies and their applications to evaluate metal toxicity in mice M. spretus as a bioindicator. J Proteomics 2014; 104:4-23. [PMID: 24631825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 02/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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UNLABELLED Metals are important components of living organisms since many biological functions critically depend on their interaction with some metal in the cell. However, human activities have increased toxic metal levels in the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems affecting living organisms. The impact of metals on cellular metabolism and global homeostasis has been traditionally assessed in free-living organisms by using conventional biomarkers; however, to obtain a global vision of metal toxicity mechanisms and the responses that metals elicit in the organisms, new analytical methodologies are needed. We review the use of omics approaches to assess the response of living organisms under metal stress illustrating the possibilities of different methodologies on the basis of our previous results. Most of this research has been based on free-living mice Mus spretus, a conventional bioindicator used to monitor metal pollution in Doñana National Park (DNP) (SW Spain), which is an important European biological reserve for migrating birds affected by agricultural, mining and industrial activities. The benefits of using omic techniques such as heterologous microarrays, proteomics methodologies (2-DE, iTRAQ®), metallomics, ionomics or metabolomics has been remarked; however, the complexity of these areas requires the integration of omics to achieve a comprehensive assessment of their environmental status. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Environmental and structural proteomics. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE This work presents new contributions in the study of environmental metal pollution in terrestrial ecosystems using Mus spretus mice as bioindicator in Doñana National Park (SW Spain) and surroundings. In addition, it has been demonstrated that the integration of omics multi-analytical approaches provides a very suitable approach for the study of the biological response and metal interactions in exposed and free-living mice (Mus musculus and Mus spretus, respectively) under metal pollution.
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- Miguel Ángel García-Sevillano
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science, University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain; International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3, University of Huelva, Spain; Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science, University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain; International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3, University of Huelva, Spain; Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3), Severo Ochoa Building, University of Córdoba, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3), Severo Ochoa Building, University of Córdoba, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3), Severo Ochoa Building, University of Córdoba, Rabanales Campus, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Experimental Science, University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain; International Agrofood Campus of Excellence International ceiA3, University of Huelva, Spain; Research Center of Health and Environment (CYSMA), University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain.
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NMR-Based Metabonomic Studies on Stomach Heat and Cold Syndromes and Intervention Effects of the Corresponding Formulas. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 2014:528396. [PMID: 24701240 PMCID: PMC3950656 DOI: 10.1155/2014/528396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Zuojin Wan (ZJW) and Lizhong Wan (LZW) have been widely used in the treatment of Stomach heat and cold syndrome (SH and SC), respectively. In this study, a proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) based metabonomic approach was developed to profile SH and SC-related metabolic perturbations in rat serum and to investigate the intervention effects of ZJW and LZW on the corresponding SH and SC. Compared to the conventional macroscopic and histopathological examinations, the metabonomic approach could enable discrimination between SH and SC based on serum metabolic profiles. Meanwhile, 17 and 15 potential biomarkers associated with SH and SC, respectively, which were mainly involved in gastric dysfunction and mucosal lesions, gut microbiotal activity, transmethylation, glucose and lipid metabolism, and amino acid metabolism, were identified. Furthermore, taking the potential biomarkers as drug targets, it was revealed that administration of ZJW and LZW could exclusively reverse the pathological process of SH and SC, respectively, through partially regulating the disturbed metabolic pathways. This work showed biological basis related to SH and SC at metabolic level and offered a new paradigm for better understanding and explanation of “Fang Zheng Dui Ying” principle in traditional Chinese medicine from a systemic view.
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Hong JH, Lee WC, Hsu YM, Liang HJ, Wan CH, Chien CL, Lin CY. Characterization of the biochemical effects of naphthalene on the mouse respiratory system using NMR-based metabolomics. J Appl Toxicol 2014; 34:1379-88. [PMID: 24478122 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Naphthalene is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant to which humans are exposed. Previous studies have demonstrated that naphthalene causes bronchiolar epithelial necrosis in the mouse distal airway, after parenteral administration. In this study, metabolic variations in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and the lung tissues of naphthalene-treated mice and controls were examined using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics to identify the toxic mechanism. Male ICR mice were treated with naphthalene [0, 50, 100 and 200 mg kg(-1), intraperitoneally (i.p.)]. After 24 h, BALF and lung tissues were collected and prepared for (1)H and J-resolved (JRES) NMR analysis after principal component analysis (PCA). PCA modeling of p-JRES spectra from the BALF, as well as hydrophilic and hydrophobic lung metabolites, enabled the high-dose group to be discriminated from the control group; increased levels of isopropanol, ethane, and acetone and lower levels of ethanol, acetate, formate, and glycerophosphocholine were detected in the BALF of mice treated with higher doses of naphthalene. Furthermore, increased isopropanol and phosphorylcholine-containing lipid levels and decreased succinate and glutamine levels were discovered in the lungs of naphthalene-exposed mice. These metabolic changes may be related to lipid peroxidation, disruptions of membrane components and imbalanced energy supply, and these results may partially explain the loss of cell membrane integrity in the airway epithelial cells of naphthalene-treated mice. We conclude that NMR-based metabolomic studies on BALF and lung tissues are a powerful tool to understand the mechanisms underlying respiratory toxicity.
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- Jia-Huei Hong
- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Metabolomic study in plasma, liver and kidney of mice exposed to inorganic arsenic based on mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:1455-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7564-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Geamanu A, Goja A, Saadat N, Khosla P, Gupta SV. ProAlgaZyme subfraction improves the lipoprotein profile of hypercholesterolemic hamsters, while inhibiting production of betaine, carnitine, and choline metabolites. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2013; 10:55. [PMID: 23981691 PMCID: PMC3844637 DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Previously, we reported that ProAlgaZyme (PAZ) and its biologically active fraction improved plasma lipids in hypercholesterolemic hamsters, by significantly increasing the high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) while reducing non-HDL cholesterol and the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL-C. Moreover, hepatic mRNA expression of genes involved in HDL/reverse cholesterol transport were significantly increased, while cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) expression was partially inhibited. In the current study, we investigated the therapeutic efficacy of the biologically active fraction of PAZ (BaP) on the plasma lipid and plasma metabolomic profiles in diet induced hypercholesterolemic hamsters. Methods Fifty male Golden Syrian hamsters were fed a high fat diet for 4 weeks prior to randomization into 6 groups, based on the number of days they received subsequent treatment. Thus animals in T0, T3, T7, T10, T14, and T21 groups received BaP for 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, and 21 days, respectively, as their drinking fluid. Plasma lipids were assayed enzymatically, while real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) provided the transcription levels of the Apolipoprotein (Apo) A1 gene. The plasma metabolomic profile was determined using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in conjunction with multivariate analysis. Results Plasma HDL-C was significantly increased in T3 (P < 0.05) and T21 (P < 0.001), while non-HDL cholesterol was significantly reduced in T3, T7, T10 (P < 0.001) and T14, T21 (P < 0.01). Moreover, the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL-C was significantly lower in all BaP treated groups (P < 0.001) as compared with T0. Quantitative RT-PCR showed an increase in Apo A1 expression in T10 (3-fold) and T21 (6-fold) groups. NMR data followed by multivariate analysis showed a clear separation between T0 and T21 groups, indicating a difference in their metabolomic profiles. Plasma concentrations of metabolites associated with a risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, including choline, phosphocholine, glycerol-phosphocholine, betaine and carnitine metabolites were significantly lower in the T21 group. Conclusion Treatment with BaP significantly improved the plasma lipid profile by increasing HDL-C and lowering non-HDL cholesterol. In addition, BaP potentially improved the plasma metabolomic profile by reducing the concentration of key metabolites associated with risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
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- Andreea Geamanu
- Nutrition and Food Science, 3009 Science Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Xu W, Wang H, Chen G, Li W, Xiang R, Pei Y. (1)H NMR-based metabonomics study on the toxicity alleviation effect of other traditional Chinese medicines in Niuhuang Jiedu tablet to realgar (As2S2). JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2013; 148:88-98. [PMID: 23583735 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Revised: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet (NJT) is an effective prescription of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used in treating acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, periodontitis and mouth ulcer. NJT is prepared from Xionghuang (Realgar, As2S2), Rengong Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus Artificialis), Bingpian (Borneolum Synthcticum), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma). In the prescription, significant level of realgar (As2S2) as a potentially toxic element is contained. AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, (1)H NMR-based metabonomics approach has been used to investigate the toxicity of realgar (As2S2) after being counterbalanced by other TCMs in NJT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Wistar rats were divided into five groups: control, group I (treated with Realgar), group II (treated with Realgar, Bovis Calculus Artificialis, Borneolum Synthcticum, Gypsum Fibrosum, Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Platycodonis Radix and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), group III (treated with Realgar, Bovis Calculus Artificialis, Borneolum Synthcticum and Gypsum Fibrosum) and group IV (treated with Realgar, Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Platycodonis Radix and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma). Based on (1)H-NMR spectra of urine and serum from rats, PCA and PLS-DA were performed to identify different metabolic profiles. Liver and kidney histopathology examinations and serum clinical chemistry analysis were also performed. RESULTS PLS-DA scores plots demonstrated that the cluster of group I was separated from that of control rats, while group II was located close to control rats, indicating that metabolic profiles of group II were restored toward those of control rats. The metabolic profiles of group III were similar to those of group I, while the metabolic profiles of group II were almost in line with those of group II. Statistics results were confirmed by the histopathological examination and biochemical assay. CONCLUSION Our results indicated that it was more secure and much less toxic for counterbalanced realgar (As2S2) in NJT. The effective material bases of toxicity alleviation to realgar (As2S2) were Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), which regulated energy metabolism, choline metabolism, amino acid metabolism and gut flora disorder affected by realgar (As2S2) exposure.
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- Wenfeng Xu
- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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Demur C, Métais B, Canlet C, Tremblay-Franco M, Gautier R, Blas-Y-Estrada F, Sommer C, Gamet-Payrastre L. Dietary exposure to a low dose of pesticides alone or as a mixture: The biological metabolic fingerprint and impact on hematopoiesis. Toxicology 2013; 308:74-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2013] [Revised: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Lin B, Zhang H, Lin Z, Fang Y, Tian L, Yang H, Yan J, Liu H, Zhang W, Xi Z. Studies of single-walled carbon nanotubes-induced hepatotoxicity by NMR-based metabonomics of rat blood plasma and liver extracts. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2013; 8:236. [PMID: 23680025 PMCID: PMC3664573 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-8-236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The toxicological effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were investigated after intratracheal instillation in male Wistar rats over a 15-day period using metabonomic analysis of 1H (nuclear magnetic resonance) NMR spectra of blood plasma and liver tissue extracts. Concurrent liver histopathology examinations and plasma clinical chemistry analyses were also performed. Significant changes were observed in clinical chemistry features, including alkaline phosphatase, total protein, and total cholesterol, and in liver pathology, suggesting that SWCNTs clearly have hepatotoxicity in the rat. 1H NMR spectra and pattern recognition analyses from nanomaterial-treated rats showed remarkable differences in the excretion of lactate, trimethylamine oxide, bilineurin, phosphocholine, amylaceum, and glycogen. Indications of amino acid metabolism impairment were supported by increased lactate concentrations and decreased alanine concentrations in plasma. The rise in plasma and liver tissue extract concentrations of choline and phosphocholine, together with decreased lipids and lipoproteins, after SWCNTs treatment indicated a disruption of membrane fluidity caused by lipid peroxidation. Energy, amino acid, and fat metabolism appeared to be affected by SWCNTs exposure. Clinical chemistry and metabonomic approaches clearly indicated liver injury, which might have been associated with an indirect mechanism involving nanomaterial-induced oxidative stress.
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- Bencheng Lin
- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Institute of health and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, No.1, Dali Road, Tianjin 300050, China
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Bu Q, Lv L, Yan G, Deng P, Wang Y, Zhou J, Yang Y, Li Y, Cen X. NMR-based metabonomic in hippocampus, nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex of methamphetamine-sensitized rats. Neurotoxicology 2013; 36:17-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Wang H, Bai J, Chen G, Li W, Xiang R, Su G, Pei Y. A metabolic profiling analysis of the acute hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity of Zhusha Anshen Wan compared with cinnabar in rats using (1)H NMR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2013; 146:572-80. [PMID: 23376283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Zhusha Anshen Wan (ZSASW), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, composed of cinnabar (cinnabaris), Coptidis Rhizoma (Coptis chinensis French.), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Angelica sinensis (oliv.) Diels), uncooked Rehmanniae Radix (Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.), honey fried Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.), has been widely used for sedative therapy. Cinnabar, the chief component of ZSASW, has been proved to possess the toxicities. AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, a metabonomics approach based on high-resolution (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was applied to investigate the protective effects of ZSASW on the toxic effects induced by cinnabar alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: control group, ZSASW group and cinnabar group. Partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was performed to identify different metabolic profiles of urine and serum from rats. Liver and kidney histopathology examinations and serum clinical chemistry analysis were also performed. RESULTS The significant difference in metabolic profiling of urine and serum of the rats was observed between cinnabar treated group, control group, and the changes of endogenous metabolites related to the toxicities were identified. The results were also certified by the liver and kidney histopathology examinations and biochemical analysis of blood. CONCLUSION Our results suggested that the four combined herbal medicines of ZSASW had the effects of protecting from the toxicity induced by cinnabar alone. This work showed that the NMR-based metabonomics approach might be a promising approach to study detoxification of Chinese medicines and reasonable combination of TCM prescriptions.
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- Haifeng Wang
- Department of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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Chen Q, Xue Y, Sun J. Kupffer cell-mediated hepatic injury induced by silica nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo. Int J Nanomedicine 2013; 8:1129-40. [PMID: 23515466 PMCID: PMC3600997 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s42242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) have been shown to exert cytotoxic effects in hepato-cytes and to cause liver injury. In the liver, Kupffer cells (KCs), as the resident macrophages, play an important role in the normal physiology and homeostasis of the liver. Nevertheless, few studies have attempted to clarify the role of KCs in hepatic injury induced by SiO2 NPs. In this study, we treated Buffalo rat liver (BRL) cells with the supernatants of SiO2 NP-stimulated KCs to determine KC-mediated hepatotoxicity and its underlying preliminary mechanism. We also examined the response of KCs and liver injury in vivo after the administration of SiO2 NPs. The results showed that KCs stimulated by SiO2 NPs release large amounts of reactive oxygen species, tumor necrosis factor-α and nitric oxide. After BRL cells were cultured with the supernatants of SiO2 NP-stimulated KCs, the viability of BRL cells was reduced, and increases in aspartate aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase leakage were observed. Exposure to SiO2 NPs in vivo caused KC hyperplasia, hepatic inflammation, and oxidative stress, which led to changes in the biochemical composition of the liver. These data suggest that SiO2 NPs activate KCs to mediate hepatic injury and that the preliminary mechanism involves the release of bioactive substances from KCs.
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- Qingqing Chen
- Shanghai Biomaterials Research and Testing Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Huang Y, Tian Y, Li G, Li Y, Yin X, Peng C, Xu F, Zhang Z. Discovery of safety biomarkers for realgar in rat urine using UFLC-IT-TOF/MS and 1H NMR based metabolomics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:4811-22. [PMID: 23479124 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6842-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2012] [Revised: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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As an arsenical, realgar (As4S4) is known as a poison and paradoxically as a therapeutic agent. However, a complete understanding of the precise biochemical alterations accompanying the toxicity and therapy effects of realgar is lacking. Using a combined ultrafast liquid chromatography (UFLC) coupled with ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry (IT-TOF/MS) and (1)H NMR spectroscopy based metabolomics approach, we were able to delineate significantly altered metabolites in the urine samples of realgar-treated rats. The platform stability of the liquid chromatography LC/MS and NMR techniques was systematically investigated, and the data processing method was carefully optimized. Our results indicate significant perturbations in amino acid metabolism, citric acid cycle, choline metabolism, and porphyrin metabolism. Thirty-six metabolites were proposed as potential safety biomarkers related to disturbances caused by realgar, and glycine and serine are expected to serve as the central contacts in the metabolic pathways related to realgar-induced disturbance. The LC/MS and NMR based metabolomics approach established provided a systematic and holistic view of the biochemical effects of realgar on rats, and might be employed to investigate other drugs or xenobiotics in the future.
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- Yin Huang
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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Lees HJ, Swann JR, Wilson ID, Nicholson JK, Holmes E. Hippurate: The Natural History of a Mammalian–Microbial Cometabolite. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1527-46. [DOI: 10.1021/pr300900b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Hannah J. Lees
- Biomolecular
Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7
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- Department
of Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP,
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- Biomolecular
Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7
2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Biomolecular
Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7
2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Biomolecular
Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7
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Specific metabolic fingerprint of a dietary exposure to a very low dose of endosulfan. J Toxicol 2013; 2013:545802. [PMID: 23431292 PMCID: PMC3569910 DOI: 10.1155/2013/545802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Like other persistent organochlorine pesticides, endosulfan residues have been detected in foods including fruit, vegetables, and fish. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of a dietary exposure to low doses of endosulfan from foetal development until adult age on metabolic homeostasis in mice and to identify biomarkers of exposure using an 1H-NMR-based metabonomic approach in various tissues and biofluids. We report in both genders an increase in plasma glucose as well as changes in levels of factors involved in the regulation of liver oxidative stress, confirming the prooxidant activities of this compound. Some metabolic changes were distinct in males and females. For example in plasma, a decrease in lipid LDL and choline content was only observed in female. Lactate levels in males were significantly increased. In conclusion, our results show that metabolic changes in liver could be linked to the onset of pathologies like diabetes and insulin resistance. Moreover from our results it appears that the NMR-based metabonomic approach could be useful for the characterization in plasma of a dietary exposure to low dose of pesticide in human.
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Mancini I, Defant A. Bioactive Poly(Arsenic) Compounds. BIOMEDICAL INORGANIC POLYMERS 2013; 54:175-95. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41004-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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García-Sevillano MA, García-Barrera T, Navarro F, Gómez-Ariza JL. Analysis of the biological response of mouse liver (Mus musculus) exposed to As2O3 based on integrated -omics approaches. Metallomics 2013; 5:1644-55. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mt00186e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liu YT, Jia HM, Chang X, Ding G, Zhang HW, Zou ZM. The metabolic disturbances of isoproterenol induced myocardial infarction in rats based on a tissue targeted metabonomics. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:2823-34. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70222g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Zhang X, Shen J, Cao B, Xu L, Zhao T, Liu X, Zhang H. Metabolomic investigation of Arthus reaction in a rat model using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy and rapid resolution liquid chromatography (RRLC). MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:1423-35. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb25412g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jin C, Liu Y, Sun L, Chen T, Zhang Y, Zhao A, Wang X, Cristau M, Wang K, Jia W. Metabolic profiling reveals disorder of carbohydrate metabolism in mouse fibroblast cells induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles. J Appl Toxicol 2012; 33:1442-50. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.2808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Chengyu Jin
- Instrumental Analysis Center; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
- Shanghai 9 People's Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 639 Zhizaoju Road 200011 Shanghai China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- Instrumental Analysis Center; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- X-omics Research Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 600 Yishan Road 200233 Shanghai China
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- X-omics Research Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 600 Yishan Road 200233 Shanghai China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road 200240 Shanghai China
- Department of Nutrition; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus; Kannapolis NC 28081 USA
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Huang Y, Tian Y, Zhang Z, Peng C. A HILIC–MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of seven organic acids in rat urine as biomarkers of exposure to realgar. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 905:37-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 07/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Liang YJ, Wang HP, Long DX, Wu YJ. (1)H NMR-based metabonomic profiling of rat serum and urine to characterize the subacute effects of carbamate insecticide propoxur. Biomarkers 2012; 17:566-74. [PMID: 22780197 DOI: 10.3109/1354750x.2012.704527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Carbamate insecticide propoxur is widely used in agriculture and public health programs. To prevent adverse health effects arising from exposure to this insecticide, sensitive methods for detection of early stage organismal changes are necessary. We present here an integrative metabonomic approach to investigate toxic effects of pesticide in experimental animals. Results showed that propoxur even at low dose levels can induce oxidative stress, impair liver function, enhance ketogenesis and fatty acid β-oxidation, and increase glycolysis, which contribute to the hepatotoxocity. These findings highlight the applicability of (1)H NMR spectroscopy and multivariate statistics in elucidating the toxic effects of propoxur.
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- Yu-Jie Liang
- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Wang LF, Hu XJ, Peng RY, Wang SM, Gao YB, Dong J, Zhao L, Li X, Zuo HY, Wang CZ, Gao RL, Su ZT, Feng XX. Application of 1H-NMR-based metabolomics for detecting injury induced by long-term microwave exposure in Wistar rats’ urine. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 404:69-78. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6115-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yan G, Huang Y, Bu Q, Lv L, Deng P, Zhou J, Wang Y, Yang Y, Liu Q, Cen X, Zhao Y. Zinc oxide nanoparticles cause nephrotoxicity and kidney metabolism alterations in rats. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2012; 47:577-88. [PMID: 22375541 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.650576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Although zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have been widely used, their potential hazards on mammalian and human remain largely unknown. In this study, the biochemical compositions of urine and kidney from the rats treated with ZnO NPs (100, 300 and 1000 mg/kg, respectively) were investigated using (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique with the pattern recognition of partial least squares-discriminant analysis. Hematology, clinical biochemistry and kidney histopathological examinations were also performed. Metabolic profiles from rats treated with ZnO NP(S) exhibited increases in the levels of taurine, lactate, acetate, creatine, phosphocholine, trimethylamine-N-oxide, α-glucose, and 3-D-hydroxybutyrate, as well as decreases in lipid, succinate, citrate, α-ketoglutarate, hippurate and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid in urine after ZnO NPs treatment for 14 days. A similar alteration pattern was also identified in kidney. Urine choline and phosphocholine increased significantly shortly after ZnO NPs treatment, moreover, some amino acids and glucose also increased during the experimental period. However, succinate, citrate and α-ketoglutarate in urine exhibited a different alteration trend, which showed increases on the first day after ZnO NPs treatment, but decreases gradually until the termination of the study. A similar alteration pattern of urinary (1)H NMR spectra was also detected in kidney. Moreover, ZnO NPs (1000 mg/kg) resulted in significant increases in serum creatine and blood urea nitrogen, decreases in hemoglobin, haematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and overt tubular epithelial cell necrosis. These findings show that ZnO NPs can disturb the energy metabolism and cause mitochondria and cell membrane impairment in rat kidney, which may contribute to ZnO NPs-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- Guangyan Yan
- National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Tang B, Ding J, Wu F, Chen L, Yang Y, Song F. 1H NMR-based metabonomics study of the urinary biochemical changes in Kansui treated rat. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2012; 141:134-142. [PMID: 22406398 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Revised: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The dried root of Kansui (Euphorbia kansui L.) is a commonly used and effective traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). AIM OF THE STUDY We combined the urinary metabolites alteration and traditional assays of Kansui-induced rats to discuss the mechanism of toxicity of Kansui. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed with 7.875g Kansui/kg weight and 15.75g Kansui/kg weight. Urine samples were collected at day -1 (before treatment), and days 7, 14 and 21 for NMR analysis. Plasma and liver and kidney tissues were collected at day 14 for biochemical assays and histopathological examination, respectively. RESULTS The metabonome of rats treated with Kansui differed markedly from that of the controls. This was confirmed by the histopathology of liver and kidney tissue and clinical biochemistry analysis. The toxicity of Kansui accumulated with dosing time, and persisted even when treatment was stopped. The corresponding biochemical pathways alterations included inhibited TCA cycle, increased anaerobic glycolysis, and perturbed amino acids metabolism. CONCLUSION The biochemical pathways disorder conjunction with histopathology changes provides new clues to evaluate the toxicity of Kansui from a systematic and holistic view.
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- Bingwen Tang
- Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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Ouedraogo M, Baudoux T, Stévigny C, Nortier J, Colet JM, Efferth T, Qu F, Zhou J, Chan K, Shaw D, Pelkonen O, Duez P. Review of current and "omics" methods for assessing the toxicity (genotoxicity, teratogenicity and nephrotoxicity) of herbal medicines and mushrooms. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2012; 140:492-512. [PMID: 22386524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The increasing use of traditional herbal medicines around the world requires more scientific evidence for their putative harmlessness. To this end, a plethora of methods exist, more or less satisfying. In this post-genome era, recent reviews are however scarce, not only on the use of new "omics" methods (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabonomics) for genotoxicity, teratogenicity, and nephrotoxicity assessment, but also on conventional ones. METHODS The present work aims (i) to review conventional methods used to assess genotoxicity, teratogenicity and nephrotoxicity of medicinal plants and mushrooms; (ii) to report recent progress in the use of "omics" technologies in this field; (iii) to underline advantages and limitations of promising methods; and lastly (iv) to suggest ways whereby the genotoxicity, teratogenicity, and nephrotoxicity assessment of traditional herbal medicines could be more predictive. RESULTS Literature and safety reports show that structural alerts, in silico and classical in vitro and in vivo predictive methods are often used. The current trend to develop "omics" technologies to assess genotoxicity, teratogenicity and nephrotoxicity is promising but most often relies on methods that are still not standardized and validated. CONCLUSION Hence, it is critical that toxicologists in industry, regulatory agencies and academic institutions develop a consensus, based on rigorous methods, about the reliability and interpretation of endpoints. It will also be important to regulate the integration of conventional methods for toxicity assessments with new "omics" technologies.
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- Moustapha Ouedraogo
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. mustapha
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Metabonomic Analysis of Urine from Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Rats Using Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. Chromatographia 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-011-2167-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Huo T, Chang B, Zhang Y, Chen Z, Li W, Jiang H. Alteration of amino acid neurotransmitters in brain tissues of immature rats treated with realgar. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2012; 57:120-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Metabonomic study on the cumulative cardiotoxicity of a pirarubicin liposome powder. Talanta 2012; 89:91-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.11.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2011] [Revised: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cha JY, Kim HS, Moon HI, Cho YS. Effect of betaine on the hepatic damage from orotic acid-induced fatty liver development in rats. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2011.641014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Metabolomics--the nontargeted measurement of all metabolites produced by the body--is beginning to show promise in both biomarker discovery and, in the form of pharmacometabolomics, in aiding the choice of therapy for patients with specific diseases. In its two basic forms (pattern recognition and metabolite identification), this developing field has been used to discover potential biomarkers in several renal diseases, including acute kidney injury (attributable to a variety of causes), autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and kidney cancer. NMR and gas chromatography or liquid chromatography, together with mass spectrometry, are generally used to separate and identify metabolites. Many hurdles need to be overcome in this field, such as achieving consistency in collection of biofluid samples, controlling for batch effects during the analysis and applying the most appropriate statistical analysis to extract the maximum amount of biological information from the data obtained. Pathway and network analyses have both been applied to metabolomic analysis, which vastly extends its clinical relevance and effects. In addition, pharmacometabolomics analyses, in which a metabolomic signature can be associated with a given therapeutic effect, are beginning to appear in the literature, which will lead to personalized therapies. Thus, metabolomics holds promise for early diagnosis, increased choice of therapy and the identification of new metabolic pathways that could potentially be targeted in kidney disease.
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Metabolomics--the nontargeted measurement of all metabolites produced by the body--is beginning to show promise in both biomarker discovery and, in the form of pharmacometabolomics, in aiding the choice of therapy for patients with specific diseases. In its two basic forms (pattern recognition and metabolite identification), this developing field has been used to discover potential biomarkers in several renal diseases, including acute kidney injury (attributable to a variety of causes), autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and kidney cancer. NMR and gas chromatography or liquid chromatography, together with mass spectrometry, are generally used to separate and identify metabolites. Many hurdles need to be overcome in this field, such as achieving consistency in collection of biofluid samples, controlling for batch effects during the analysis and applying the most appropriate statistical analysis to extract the maximum amount of biological information from the data obtained. Pathway and network analyses have both been applied to metabolomic analysis, which vastly extends its clinical relevance and effects. In addition, pharmacometabolomics analyses, in which a metabolomic signature can be associated with a given therapeutic effect, are beginning to appear in the literature, which will lead to personalized therapies. Thus, metabolomics holds promise for early diagnosis, increased choice of therapy and the identification of new metabolic pathways that could potentially be targeted in kidney disease.
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Miao JW, Liang SX, Wu Q, Liu J, Sun AS. Toxicology evaluation of realgar-containing niu-huang-jie-du pian as compared to arsenicals in cell cultures and in mice. ISRN TOXICOLOGY 2011; 2011:250387. [PMID: 23724280 PMCID: PMC3658795 DOI: 10.5402/2011/250387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Niu-Huang-Jie-Du Pian (NHJD) is a widely used traditional Chinese medicine containing realgar (As4S4). Realgar has been included in many traditional medicines, but is often taken as arsenite for risk assessment. To evaluate true risk of realgar and realgar-containing NHJD, their toxicity was compared with common arsenicals. In cultured cells, the LC50 for NHJD (1200 μM) and realgar (2000 μM) was much higher than arsenite(35 μM), arsenic trioxide (280 μM), and arsenate (400 μM). Acute toxicity in mice showed more severe liver and kidney injury after arsenite or arsenate, but was mild after realgar and NHJD, corresponding to cellular and tissue arsenic accumulation. The expressions of arsenic-sensitive stress gene metallothionein-1 were increased 3–7-folds after arsenite or arsenate, but were unaltered after NHJD and realgar. Thus, realgar and NHJD are much less toxic than arsenite and arsenate. The use of total arsenic to evaluate the safety of realgar and realgar-containing NHJD is inappropriate.
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- Jia-Wei Miao
- Key Lab of Basic Pharmacology, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi 563000, China ; Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College, Chongqing 404120, China
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Zhang Y, Li W, Sun J, Zhang R, Wu B, Zhang X, Cheng S. NMR-based metabolic profiling for serum of mouse exposed to source water. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2011; 20:1065-1070. [PMID: 21400091 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0626-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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(1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) based metabonomic method was used to characterize the profile of low-molecular-weight endogenous metabolites in mouse (Mus musculus) serum following exposure to Taihu Lake source water for 90 days. The (1)H NMR spectra of mice sera were recoded and a total of 21 metabolites were identified. Data reduction and latent biomarkers identification were processed by pattern recognition (PR) analysis. The principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) identified differences in metabolic profiles between control and treatment groups. A number of serum metabolic perturbations were observed in sera of source water treatment mice compared to control mice, including decreased levels of acetone, pyruvate, glutamine, lysine and citrate. These results indicated that Taihu Lake source water could induce energy metabolism changes in mouse related to fatty acid β-oxidation, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, citric acid cycle, and metabolism of some amino acids. (1)H NMR-based metabolic profiling provides new insight into the toxic effect of Taihu Lake source water, and suggests potential biomarkers for noninvasive monitoring of health risk.
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- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210046, People's Republic of China
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Zhang Y, Wu B, Zhang ZY, Cheng SP. A metabonomic analysis on health effects of drinking water on male mice (Mus musculus). JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 190:515-519. [PMID: 21497993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Health effects of drinking water on the male mice (Mus musculus) were investigated by metabonomics after exposure to the Taihu drinking water for 90 days. Metabonomics data combined with the results of conventional serum biochemistry tests and hepatic histopathology showed that the drinking water induced adverse health effects on the male mice. It was found that the serum levels of pyruvate, glutamine, arginine, lysine, N-acetyl glycoproteins, choline and citrate were significantly decreased in the treatment group. These results indicated that Taihu drinking water may induce damages on mice liver via perturbations of energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism and apoptosis. These observations yielded novel insights regarding the environmental health risk of Taihu drinking water.
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- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China.
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