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Wang S, Wang R, Xu N, Wei X, Yang Y, Lian Z, Cen B, Shen C, Li W, Wang J, Zhang Z, Tang L, Wei Q, Lu D, Xu X. SULT2B1-CS-DOCK2 axis regulates effector T-cell exhaustion in HCC microenvironment. Hepatology 2023; 78:1064-1078. [PMID: 36626623 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS HCC is a malignant disease. Compared with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (the classical therapy), immune checkpoint inhibitors are more effective in the treatment of HCC, despite their limited efficacy. Among these restricted factors, exhaustion of tumor-infiltrated lymphocytes, especially CD8 + T cells, is a core event. We aimed to determine the key factors contributing to CD8 + T-cell infiltration in HCC and investigate the underlying mechanisms. APPROACH AND RESULTS Using machine learning and multiplex immunohistochemistry analysis, we showed that dedicator of cytokinesis protein 2 (DOCK2) was a potential indicator of infiltrated CD8 + T cells in HCC. Using RNA sequencing, flow cytometry analysis, and mouse HCC models, we demonstrated that DOCK2 inactivation accounted for infiltrated CD8 + T-cell exhaustion in tumors. Using quasi-targeted metabolomics, mass spectrum, and mass cytometry by time of flight analysis, we found that cholesterol sulfate synthesized by sulfotransferase 2B1 in tumor cells suppressed DOCK2 enzymatic activity of T cells. Through virtual screening, molecular docking simulation, and experiments validation, we demonstrated that tolazamide reversed DOCK2 inactivation-mediated CD8 + T-cell exhaustion and enhanced anti-programmed death-ligand 1 antibody+apatinib immunotherapeutic effects on HCC. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that DOCK2 controls CD8 + T-cell infiltration in HCC, and cholesterol sulfate synthesized by sulfotransferase 2B1 in tumor cells promotes effector T-cell exhaustion. The findings suggest that the usage of conventional drugs affects immunotherapy efficacy in HCC patients.
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- Shuai Wang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Combined Multi-organ Transplantation, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Combined Multi-organ Transplantation, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Oncology and Intelligent Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Combined Multi-organ Transplantation, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Lee WC, Wu TJ, Cheng CH, Wang YC, Hung HC, Lee JC, Wu TH, Chou HS, Lee CF, Chan KM. Elevation of Lipid Metabolites in Deceased Liver Donors Reflects Graft Suffering. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13010117. [PMID: 36677042 PMCID: PMC9866140 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13010117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Liver transplantation can be performed with deceased or living donor allografts. Deceased liver grafts are donated from brain- or circulation-death patients, and they have usually suffered from a certain degree of damage. Post-transplant graft function and patient survival are closely related to liver allograft recovery. How to define the damage of liver grafts is unclear. A total of 47 liver donors, 23 deceased and 24 living, were enrolled in this study. All deceased donors had suffered from severe brain damage, and six of them had experienced cardio-pulmonary-cerebral resuscitation (CPR). The exploration of liver graft metabolomics was conducted by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Compared with living donor grafts, the deceased liver grafts expressed higher levels of various diacylglycerol, lysophosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, oleoylcarnitine and linoleylcarnitine; and lower levels of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine. The liver grafts from the donors with CPR had higher levels of cardiolipin, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylcholine, phatidylethanolamine and amiodarone than the donors without CPR. When focusing on amino acids, the deceased livers had higher levels of histidine, taurine and tryptophan than the living donor livers. In conclusion, the deceased donors had suffered from cardio-circulation instability, and their lipid metabolites were increased. The elevation of lipid metabolites can be employed as an indicator of liver graft suffering.
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Xiang L, Piao L, Wang D, Qi LFR. Overexpression of SMS in the tumor microenvironment is associated with immunosuppression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Front Immunol 2022; 13:974241. [PMID: 36544774 PMCID: PMC9760682 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.974241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Disorders of polyamine metabolism may contribute to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the precise mechanism remains unknown. This study reports that spermine synthase (SMS), an enzyme involved in polyamine biosynthesis, is overexpressed in HCC and not associated with hepatitis virus infection in HCC patients. The results of analyzing the clinical data of HCC patients showed that SMS level as a categorical dependent variable was related to clinicopathological features of poor prognosis. Furthermore, the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and ROC curve indicated that increased SMS level is associated with poor survival rate in HCC and may be a potential biomarker to discriminate HCC tissues. However, SMS overexpression limited the therapeutic effect of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), which seemed to be related to the immunosuppressive effect of the HCC immune microenvironment formed by higher mRNA transcript levels of immune checkpoints and higher infiltration levels of immunosuppressive cells. In samples with high and low SMS expression, functional enrichment analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) showed that SMS may be linked to the occurrence and development of HCC by affecting a variety of immune-related pathways, such as Intestinal immune network for IgA production, Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis, Antigen processing and presentation, Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation. Subsequently, analysis of the co-expression network of SMS in the liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) cohort revealed that SMS has a broad impact on multiple important immune- and metabolic-related processes in HCC. In summary, SMS is a promising biomarker to differentiate the prognosis, immune characteristics, and holds promise as a potential target for ICB therapy to improve HCC.
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- Lin Xiang
- Department of Translational Medicine Research Institute, Jiangsu Yifengrong Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China,*Correspondence: Li-Feng-Rong Qi,
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Microbiome-Based Metabolic Therapeutic Approaches in Alcoholic Liver Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158749. [PMID: 35955885 PMCID: PMC9368757 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption is a global healthcare problem. Chronic alcohol consumption generates a wide spectrum of hepatic lesions, the most characteristic of which are steatosis, hepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. Alcoholic liver diseases (ALD) refer to liver damage and metabolomic changes caused by excessive alcohol intake. ALD present several clinical stages of severity found in liver metabolisms. With increased alcohol consumption, the gut microbiome promotes a leaky gut, metabolic dysfunction, oxidative stress, liver inflammation, and hepatocellular injury. Much attention has focused on ALD, such as alcoholic fatty liver (AFL), alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), alcoholic cirrhosis (AC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a partnership that reflects the metabolomic significance. Here, we report on the global function of inflammation, inhibition, oxidative stress, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) mechanisms in the liver biology framework. In this tutorial review, we hypothetically revisit therapeutic gut microbiota-derived alcoholic oxidative stress, liver inflammation, inflammatory cytokines, and metabolic regulation. We summarize the perspective of microbial therapy of genes, gut microbes, and metabolic role in ALD. The end stage is liver transplantation or death. This review may inspire a summary of the gut microbial genes, critical inflammatory molecules, oxidative stress, and metabolic routes, which will offer future promising therapeutic compounds in ALD.
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Nenu I, Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Sparchez Z, Minciuna I, Mocan T, Leucuta D, Morar C, Grigorescu M, Filip GA, Socaciu C. Navigating through the Lipid Metabolism Maze: Diagnosis and Prognosis Metabolites of Hepatocellular Carcinoma versus Compensated Cirrhosis. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11051292. [PMID: 35268381 PMCID: PMC8910918 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11051292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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(1) Background: The pursuit of finding biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has never been so paramount in the days of personalized medicine. The main objective of our study is to identify new biomarkers for diagnosing HCC, and to identify which patients are at risk of developing tumor recurrence, decompensation, or even possesses the risk of cancer-related death. (2) Methods: We have conducted an untargeted metabolomics study from the serum of 69 European patients—32 compensated cirrhotic patients without HCC (controls), and 37 cirrhotic patients with HCC with compensated underlying liver disease (cases), that underwent curative treatment (surgery or ablation), performing ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF- (ESI+)-MS) with an emphasis on lipid metabolites. (3) Results: 1,25-dihydroxy cholesterol (m/z = 419.281), myristyl palmitate (m/z = 453.165), 25-hydroxy vitamin D2 (m/z = 413.265), 12-ketodeoxycholic acid (m/z = 391.283), lysoPC (21:4) (m/z = 558.291), and lysoPE (22:2) (m/z = 534.286) represent notable biomarkers that differentiate compensated cirrhosis from early HCC, and ceramide species are depleted in the serum of HCC patients. Regarding prognosis, no metabolite identified in our study could determine tumor relapse. To distinguish between the HCC patients that survived curative treatment and those at risk that developed tumor burden, we have identified two notable phosphocholines (PC (30:2); PC (30:1)) with AUROCs of 0.820 and 0.807, respectively, that seem to increase when patients are at risk. In a univariate analysis, arachidonic acid was the only metabolite to predict decompensation (OR = 0.1, 95% CI: 0−0.16, p < 0.005), while in the multivariate analysis, dismally, no variable was associated with decompensation. Furthermore, in the multivariate analysis, we have found out for the first time that the increased expression of 1,25-dihydroxy cholesterol, myristyl palmitate, 12-keto deoxycholic acid, lysoPC (21:4), and lysoPE (22:2) are independent markers of survival. (4) Conclusions: Our study reveals that lipids play a crucial role in discriminating compensated cirrhosis and early hepatocellular carcinoma, and might represent markers of survival and prognosis in personalized and minimally invasive medicine.
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- Iuliana Nenu
- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Correspondence: (I.N.); (H.S.)
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- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Correspondence: (I.N.); (H.S.)
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- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Medical Statistics, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Center for Applied Biotechnology BIODIATECH, SC Proplanta, 400478 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (C.M.); (C.S.)
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- 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (B.P.); (Z.S.); (I.M.); (T.M.); (M.G.)
- Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Physiology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Center for Applied Biotechnology BIODIATECH, SC Proplanta, 400478 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (C.M.); (C.S.)
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Feng N, Yu F, Yu F, Feng Y, Zhu X, Xie Z, Zhai Y. Metabolomic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e28510. [PMID: 35060504 PMCID: PMC8772637 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000028510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant cancer which lack of effective diagnosis and prognosis biomarkers, therefore surging studies focused on the metabolite candidates for HCC. The current study was designed to systematically review the metabolic studies for HCC, summarize the current available evidence and provide implication for further studies within this area. By systematically screening Pubmed and Embase, and eligibility assessment, we eventually included 55 pieces of studies. After summarized their characteristics, we reviewed them by 3 parts, regarding to the different biofluid they carried out the experiments. By collecting the candidates from all the included studies, we carried out pathway enrichment to see the representative of the reported candidates, as expected the pathway consistent with the current knowledge of HCC. Next, we conduct quality assessment on the included studies. Only 36% of the current evidence grouped as high quality, indicating the quality of metabolic studies needs further improvement.
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- Ningning Feng
- Department of Infection Disease & Hepatology Ward, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Infection Disease & Hepatology Ward, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Oncology Department, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Infection Disease & Hepatology Ward, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Infection Disease & Hepatology Ward, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Infection Disease & Hepatology Ward, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Oncology Department, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong, China
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Mulberry Leaf and Radix Astragali Regulates Differentially Expressed Genes and Proteins in the Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice Liver. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9111898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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As a chronic non-infectious disease, severely affecting human quality and health of life, diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications have gradually developed into a major global public health problem. Mulberry Leaf and Radix Astragali have been used as a traditional medicinal formulation in diabetic patients for a long time, whose combination is usually found in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. However, due to the unclear synergistic mechanism of them for DM, the changes of differential genes and proteins in the liver tissue of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice were analyzed, and then the potential synergistic mechanism of them in anti-diabetes was investigated in our research. Compared with the diabetic model group, there were 699 differentially expressed genes and 169 differentially expressed proteins in the Mulberry Leaf and Radix Astragali treated group, and there were 35 common specific genes both in the transcriptome and the proteome. These common genes participated mainly in the pathways, such as retinol metabolism, steroid hormone biosynthesis, and arachidonic acid metabolism. Quantitative real-time PCR() and Western blot results speculated that the synergistic effect on anti-diabetes was mainly through regulating the expression of Tap1, Ncoa4, and Alas2, by down-regulating Fabp2 and Hmox1 and up-regulating Hmgcr, Cyp7a1. All these genes would affect bile acid secretion, alleviate the occurrence of iron death, promote the metabolism and synthesis of glycolipid substances, and ultimately maintain the body’s glucose homeostasis.
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Xie S, Liu Y, Tian L, Niu J, Tan B. Low Dietary Fish Meal Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Impaired Phospholipids Metabolism in Juvenile Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Front Physiol 2020; 11:1024. [PMID: 33013444 PMCID: PMC7462021 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.01024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study mainly evaluated the low dietary fish-meal (FM) on growth performance, immune competence and metabolomics response of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei reared at low salinity (7‰). Five experimental diets with graded levels (25, 20, 15, 10, and 5%) of FM were formulated. Weight gain, feed utilization and survival were decreased with the decreasing FM levels. When dietary FM decreased, glucose, cholesterol, total bile acids, and triglyceride in hemolymph decreased. Fatty acid synthesis was promoted and fatty acid lipolysis was reduced in hepatopancreas of shrimp fed low dietary FM. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress related genes expression in hepatopancreas were down-regulated and in intestine were upregulated by low dietary FM. Inhibitor kappa B kinaseβ expression in intestine increased with the dietary FM levels, while mRNA levels of dorsal in hepatopancreas showed the opposite tendency. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain and transmission electron microscope analysis of intestinal samples indicated that low FM diets induced intestinal morphological damage, ER swollen and chromatin condensation. UPLC-Q/TOF-MS analysis indicated that degree of unsaturation of the fatty acid chains of phospholipids in hemolymph decreased with the decreasing dietary FM levels. Lysophospholipids and bile acids metabolism were disturbed by high levels of FM sparing in diet. These results indicated when dietary FM contents decreased, ER stress of shrimp was induced. The decreased unsaturated degree of phospholipids, decreased contents of lysophospholipids, altered lipid metabolism and ER stress may responsible for the impaired growth performance and health of shrimp fed a low FM diet.
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- Shiwei Xie
- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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Xie S, Wei D, Tan B, Liu Y, Tian L, Niu J. Schizochytrium limacinum Supplementation in a Low Fish-Meal Diet Improved Immune Response and Intestinal Health of Juvenile Penaeus monodon. Front Physiol 2020; 11:613. [PMID: 32714197 PMCID: PMC7344155 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of the present experiment was to evaluate the effects of Schizochytrium limacinum supplementation on the immune response, gut microbiota, and health of Penaeus monodon fed a low fish-meal (FM) diet. A diet containing 25% FM was used as a control (Diet A), and three other diets were formulated to contain 15% FM and supplemented with 0, 0.75, and 1.5% S. limacinum (Diet B, C, and D, respectively). The experiment was carried out in quadruplicates (30 shrimp per replicate, average weight 1.01 ± 0.01 g), and the shrimps were fed the test diets to apparent satiation three times daily for 8 weeks. Shrimp fed diet B and D showed lower weight gain than those fed diet A. Supplementation of 0.75% S. limacinum enhanced expression of antioxidative genes (superoxide dismutase and catalase) and immune-response-related genes in hepatopancreas but could not affect the gene expression of immune deficiency in hepatopancreas and Tube in the intestine. A low FM diet induced endoplasmic reticulum swelling of the intestinal epithelial cells, which was alleviated by S. limacinum supplementation. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry was employed to analyze the changes of hemolymph metabolomics, 49 significantly different metabolites were identified, and lysoPCs, deoxyinosine, inosine, and highly unsaturated fatty acids were lower in fish fed with low FM diets. Intestinal microbial diversity was lower in shrimp fed Diet B than those fed the control diet. Dietary supplementation of 0.75% S. limacinum increased intestinal microbial diversity of shrimp and decreased the ratio of pathogenic bacterium (Thalassotalea and Tenacibaculum). These results indicated that supplementing S. limacinum into a low FM diet improves the growth performance, immune response, and intestinal health of P. monodon. The optimum inclusion level of seems to be 0.75% of diet.
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- Shiwei Xie
- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Lee CW, Yu MC, Lin G, Chiu JC, Chiang MH, Sung CM, Hsieh YC, Kuo T, Lin CY, Tsai HI. Serum metabolites may be useful markers to assess vascular invasion and identify normal alpha-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing liver resection: a pilot study. World J Surg Oncol 2020; 18:121. [PMID: 32493393 PMCID: PMC7271504 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-020-01885-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver with a dismal prognosis. Vascular invasion, among others, is the most robust indicator of postoperative recurrence and overall survival after liver resection for HCC. Few studies to date have attempted to search for effective markers to predict vascular invasion before the operation. The current study would examine the plasma metabolic profiling via 1H-NMR of HCC patients undergoing liver resection and aim to search for potential biomarkers in the early detection of HCC with normal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and the diagnosis of vascular invasion preoperatively. Materials and methods HCC patients scheduled to receive liver resections for their HCC were recruited and divided into two separate groups, investigation cohort and validation cohort. Their preoperative blood samples were collected and subjected to a comprehensive metabolomic profiling using 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). Results There were 35 HCC patients in the investigation group and 22 patients in the validation group. Chronic hepatitis B remained the most common etiology of HCC, followed by chronic HCV infection. The two study cohorts were essentially comparable in terms of major clinicopathological variables. After 1H-nuclear NMR analysis, we found in the investigation cohort that HCC with normal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP < 15 ng/mL) had significantly higher serum level of O-acetylcarnitine than those with higher AFP (AFP ≥ 15 ng/mL, P = 0.025). In addition, HCC with microscopic vascular invasion (VI) had significantly higher preoperative serum level of formate than HCC without microscopic VI (P = 0.023). These findings were similar in the validation cohort. Conclusion A comprehensive metabolomic profiling of HCC demonstrated that serum metabolites may be utilized to assist the early diagnosis of AFP-negative HCC patients and recognition of microvascular invasion in order to facilitate preoperative surgical planning and postoperative follow-up. Further, larger scale prospective studies are warranted to consolidate our findings.
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- Chao-Wei Lee
- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Clinical Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Imaging Core Laboratory, Institute for Radiological Research, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Clinical Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. .,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. .,Department of Anesthesiology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Anh NH, Long NP, Kim SJ, Min JE, Yoon SJ, Kim HM, Yang E, Hwang ES, Park JH, Hong SS, Kwon SW. Steroidomics for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Cancers: A Systematic Review and Functional Analysis. Metabolites 2019; 9:E199. [PMID: 31546652 PMCID: PMC6835899 DOI: 10.3390/metabo9100199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Steroidomics, an analytical technique for steroid biomarker mining, has received much attention in recent years. This systematic review and functional analysis, following the PRISMA statement, aims to provide a comprehensive review and an appraisal of the developments and fundamental issues in steroid high-throughput analysis, with a focus on cancer research. We also discuss potential pitfalls and proposed recommendations for steroidomics-based clinical research. Forty-five studies met our inclusion criteria, with a focus on 12 types of cancer. Most studies focused on cancer risk prediction, followed by diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy monitoring. Prostate cancer was the most frequently studied cancer. Estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and cortisol were mostly reported and altered in at least four types of cancer. Estrogen and estrogen metabolites were highly reported to associate with women-related cancers. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that steroidogenesis; androgen and estrogen metabolism; and androstenedione metabolism were significantly altered in cancers. Our findings indicated that estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone, cortisol, and estrogen metabolites, among others, could be considered oncosteroids. Despite noble achievements, significant shortcomings among the investigated studies were small sample sizes, cross-sectional designs, potential confounding factors, and problematic statistical approaches. More efforts are required to establish standardized procedures regarding study design, analytical procedures, and statistical inference.
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- Nguyen Hoang Anh
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
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Lu D, Yang F, Lin Z, Zhuo J, Liu P, Cen B, Lian Z, Xie H, Zheng S, Xu X. A prognostic fingerprint in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma based on plasma metabolomics profiling. Eur J Surg Oncol 2019; 45:2347-2352. [PMID: 31331801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Tumor recurrence is a major cause of post-transplant mortality in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to explore an effective noninvasive approach to accurately predict post-transplant tumor recurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Metabolomics profiling was performed on pre-operative plasma from 122 HCC patients undergoing liver transplantation, 52 healthy controls (HC) and 25 liver cirrhosis (LC) patients. RESULTS Five prognostic metabolites were identified by univariate analysis (P < 0.01), including phosphatidylcholine (PC) (16:0/P-18:1), PC(18:2/OH-16:0), PC(o-16:0/20:4), nutriacholic acid and 2-oxo-4-methylthiobutanoic acid. In the HCC group, PC(o-16:0/20:4), nutriacholic acid and 2-oxo-4-methylthiobutanoic acid were decreased, while PC(18:2/OH-16:0) was elevated compared with the LC group (e < 0.05). PC(16:0/P-18:1) was associated with tumor size, vascular invasion, and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR; P < 0.05). Moreover, PC(18:2/OH-16:0) was also related to tumor number and NLR (P < 0.05). Multivariate cox regression showed that PC(16:0/P-18:1), PC(18:2/OH-16:0), nutriacholic acid and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) were independent risk factors for tumor recurrence (P < 0.01). A prognostic fingerprint was established as a nomogram, which divided the patients into low risk (n = 45), moderate risk (n = 48) and highrisk groups (n = 29) with discriminated prognosis (P < 0.001). In patients fulfilling the Hangzhou criteria, the fingerprint/nomogram could also successfully stratify the patients into two groups with different recurrence risk (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The established pre-operative plasma fingerprint/nomogram is efficient in the prediction of recurrence risk, which could facilitate candidate selection in liver transplantation for HCC.
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- Di Lu
- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital, Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310000, China; Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, 310000, China.
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Liu Z, Tu MJ, Zhang C, Jilek JL, Zhang QY, Yu AM. A reliable LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of natural amino acids in mouse plasma: Method validation and application to a study on amino acid dynamics during hepatocellular carcinoma progression. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2019; 1124:72-81. [PMID: 31177050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2019.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A simple and fast LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for simultaneous quantification of 20 proteinogenic l-amino acids (AAs) in a small volume (5 μL) of mouse plasma. Chromatographic separation was achieved on an Intrada Amino Acid column within 13 min via gradient elution with an aqueous solution containing 100 mM ammonium formate and an organic mobile phase containing acetonitrile, water and formic acid (v:v:v = 95:5:0.3), at the flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. Individual AAs and corresponding stable-isotope-labeled AAs internal standards were analyzed by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) in positive ion mode under optimized conditions. Method validation consisted of linearity, sensitivity, accuracy and precision, recovery, matrix effect, and stability, and the results demonstrated this LC-MS/MS method as a specific, accurate, and reliable assay. This LC-MS/MS method was thus utilized to compare the dynamics of individual plasma AAs between healthy and orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) xenograft mice housed under identical conditions. Our results revealed that, 5 weeks after HCC tumor progression, plasma l-arginine concentrations were significantly decreased in HCC mice while l-alanine and l-threonine levels were sharply increased. These findings support the utilities of this LC-MS/MS method and the promise of specific AAs as possible biomarkers for HCC.
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- Zhenzhen Liu
- Department of Medical Function, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434000, China; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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Terbouche A, Ait-Ramdane-Terbouche C, Bendjilali Z, Berriah H, Lakhdari H, Lerari D, Bachari K, Mezaoui D, Bensiradj NEH, Guegan JP, Hauchard D. Synthesis, spectral characterization, molecular modeling, antibacterial and antioxidant activities and stability study of binuclear Pd(II) and Ru(III) complexes with novel bis-[1-(2-[(2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl)methylidene]amino}ethyl)-1-ethyl-3-phenylthiourea] ligand: Application to detection of cholesterol. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 205:146-159. [PMID: 30015020 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 07/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A novel bis-[1-(2-[(2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl) methylidene]amino}ethyl)-1-ethyl-3-phenylthiourea] Schiff base (L) and its binuclear palladium and ruthenium complexes have been prepared and characterized by ESI-MS, elemental analysis, NMR (1H NMR, 13C NMR, COSY, NEOSY and HSQC), FT-IR, ATR, UV-Visible spectra, TGA measurements, conductivity and cyclic voltammetry. The experimental results and the molecular parameters calculated using DFT method revealed a square planar geometry around Pd and octahedral geometry around ruthenium metal. The antibacterial activity of the ligand L and its complexes was evaluated against different human bacteria. In addition, the formation constants of the synthesized Schiff base-metal complexes and the systems formed with these chelates and cholesterol were estimated using spectrophotometric technique. The detection of cholesterol using novel Pd and Ru Schiff base complexes was studied using fluorometric method, and the measurements showed that the sensitive fluorometric response towards cholesterol analysis was determined using palladium complex. The limit of detection (LOD) of cholesterol calculated using this complex (4.6 μM) is lower (better) than LOD found using ruthenium complex (19.1 μM) and different compounds previously published around linear range of 0-5 mM.
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- Achour Terbouche
- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria.
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria; Faculté de Chimie, Université USTHB, 16111 Alger, Algeria
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria; Faculté de Chimie, Université USTHB, 16111 Alger, Algeria
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria
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- Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques (CRAPC), BP384, Bou-Ismail RP 42004, Tipaza, Algeria
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- Laboratoire Sciences des Matériaux, Faculté de Chimie, Université USTHB, 16111 Alger, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique Computationnelle et Photonique, Faculté de Chimie, Université USTHB, 16111 Alger, Algeria
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, 11 Allée de Beaulieu, 35708 Rennes, France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, 11 Allée de Beaulieu, 35708 Rennes, France; Université Bretagne Loire, 1 Place Paul Ricoeur, 35000 Rennes, France
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Wen Y, Yuan X, Qin F, Zhao L, Xiong Z. Development and validation of a hydrophilic interaction ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for rapid simultaneous determination of 19 free amino acids in rat plasma and urine. Biomed Chromatogr 2018; 33:e4387. [PMID: 30238479 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Determination of amino acids in biofluids is a challenging task because of difficulties deriving from their high polarity and matrix interference. A simple, reliable and high-throughput hydrophilic interaction UHPLC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the rapid simultaneous determination of 19 free amino acids in rat plasma and urine samples in this paper. Hydrophilic method with a Waters Acquity UPLC BEH Amide column (100 × 2.1 mm,1.7 μm) was used with a gradient mobile phase system of acetonitrile and water both containing 0.2% formic acid. The analysis was performed on a positive electrospray ionization mass spectrometer via multiple reaction monitoring. Samples of 10 μL plasma and 50 μL urine were spiked with three deuterated internal standards, pretreated with 250 μL acetonitrile for one-step protein precipitation and a final dilution of urine samples. Good linearities (r > 0.99) were obtained for all of the analytes with the lower limit of quantification from 0.1 to 1.2 μg/mL. The relative standard deviation of the intra-day and inter-day precisions were within 15.0% and the accuracy ranged from -12.8 to 12.7%. The hydrophilic interaction UHPLC-MS/MS method was rapid, accurate and high-throughput and exhibited better chromatography behaviors than the regular RPLC methods. It was further successfully applied to detect 19 free amino acids in biological matrix.
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- Yongqing Wen
- College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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Ge Q, Chen L, Tang M, Zhang S, Liu L, Gao L, Ma S, Kong M, Yao Q, Feng F, Chen K. Analysis of mulberry leaf components in the treatment of diabetes using network pharmacology. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 833:50-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Distinct plasma lipids profiles of recurrent ovarian cancer by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Oncotarget 2018; 8:46834-46845. [PMID: 27564116 PMCID: PMC5564526 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most deadly gynecologic malignancy worldwide due to its high recurrence rate after surgery and chemotherapy. There is a critical need for discovery of novel biomarkers for EOC recurrence providing higher prediction power than that of the present ones. Lipids have been reported to associate with development and progression of cancer. In the current study, we aim to identify and validate the lipids which were relevant to the ovarian cancer recurrence based on plasma lipidomics performed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. In order to fulfill this objective, plasma from 70 EOC patients with follow up information was obtained. The results revealed that patients with and without recurrence could be clearly distinguished based on their lipid profiles. Thirty-one lipid metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers for EOC recurrence. The AUC value of these metabolite combinations for predicting EOC recurrence was 0.897. In terms of clinical applicability, LysoPG(20:5) arose as a potential EOC recurrence predictive biomarker to increase the predictive power of clinical predictors from AUC value 0.739 to 0.875. Additionally, we still found that individuals with early relapses (< 6 months) had a distinctive metabolomic pattern compared with late EOC and non-EOC recurrence subjects. Interestingly, decreased levels of triglycerides (TGs) were found to be a specific metabolic feature foreshadowing an early relapse. In conclusion, plasma lipidomics study could be used for predicting EOC recurrences, as well as early and late recurrent cases. The lipid biomarker research improves the predictive power of clinical predictors and the identified biomarkers are of great prognostic and therapeutic potential.
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Guo W, Tan HY, Wang N, Wang X, Feng Y. Deciphering hepatocellular carcinoma through metabolomics: from biomarker discovery to therapy evaluation. Cancer Manag Res 2018; 10:715-734. [PMID: 29692630 PMCID: PMC5903488 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s156837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of death from cancer, with increasing prevalence worldwide. The mortality rate of HCC is similar to its incidence rate, which reflects its poor prognosis. At present, the diagnosis of HCC is still mostly dependent on invasive biopsy, imaging methods, and serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) testing. Because of the asymptomatic nature of early HCC, biopsy and imaging methods usually detect HCC at the middle–late stages. AFP has limited sensitivity and specificity, as many other nonmalignant liver diseases can also result in a very high serum level of AFP. Therefore, better biomarkers with higher sensitivity and specificity at earlier stages are greatly needed. Since metabolic reprogramming is an essential hallmark of cancer and the liver is the metabolic hub of living systems, it is useful to investigate HCC from a metabolic perspective. As a noninvasive and nondestructive approach, metabolomics provides holistic information on dynamically metabolic responses of living systems to both endogenous and exogenous factors. Therefore, it would be conducive to apply metabolomics in investigating HCC. In this review, we summarize recent metabolomic studies on HCC cellular, animal, and clinicopathologic models with attention to metabolomics as a biomarker in cancer diagnosis. Recent applications of metabolomics with respect to therapeutic and prognostic evaluation of HCC are also covered, with emphasis on the potential of treatment by drugs from natural products. In the last section, the current challenges and trends of future development of metabolomics on HCC are discussed. Overall, metabolomics provides us with novel insight into the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic evaluation of HCC.
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- Wei Guo
- School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.,Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Oncology Center, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.,Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.,Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Oncology Center, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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Procopet B, Fischer P, Farcau O, Stefanescu H. Metabolomics: From liver chiromancy to personalized precision medicine in advanced chronic liver disease. World J Hepatol 2018; 10:371-378. [PMID: 29599900 PMCID: PMC5871857 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Currently there is a lack of accurate biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis in advanced liver diseases. Either the occurrence of first decompensation, or diagnosis of acute on chronic liver failure, severe alcoholic hepatitis, or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), none of the available biomarkers are satisfactory. Metabolomics is the newest of omics, being much closer than the others to the actual phenotype and pathologic changes that characterizes a certain condition. It deals with a much wider spectrum of low molecular weight bio-compounds providing a powerful platform for discovering novel biomarkers and biochemical pathways to improve diagnostic, prognostication and therapy. Until now metabolomics was applied in a wide spectrum of liver conditions, but the findings were contradictory. This review proposes a synthesis of the existing evidences of metabolomics use in advanced chronic liver diseases, decompensated liver cirrhosis, severe alcoholic hepatitis and HCC.
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- Bogdan Procopet
- 3rd Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj 400162, Romania
- Hepatology Unit, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj 400162, Romania
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- 3rd Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj 400162, Romania
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- 3rd Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj 400162, Romania
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- Hepatology Unit, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj 400162, Romania
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Han M, Xie M, Han J, Yuan D, Yang T, Xie Y. Development and validation of a rapid, selective, and sensitive LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of D- and L-amino acids in human serum: application to the study of hepatocellular carcinoma. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:2517-2531. [PMID: 29492623 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-0883-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for the simultaneous determination of D- and L-amino acids in human serum. Under the optimum conditions, except for DL-proline, L-glutamine, and D-lysine, the enantioseparation of the other 19 enantiomeric pairs of proteinogenic amino acids and nonchiral glycine was achieved with a CROWNPAK CR-I(+) chiral column within 13 min. The lower limits of quantitation for L-amino acids (including glycine) and D-amino acids were 5-56.25 μM and 0.625-500 nM, respectively, in human serum. The intraday precision and interday precision for all the analytes were less than 15%, and the accuracy ranged from -12.84% to 12.37% at three quality control levels. The proposed method, exhibiting high rapidity, enantioresolution, and sensitivity, was successfully applied to the quantification of D- and L-amino acid levels in serum from hepatocellular carcinoma patients and healthy individuals. The serum concentrations of L-arginine, L-isoleucine, L-aspartate, L-tryptophan, L-alanine, L-methionine, L-serine, glycine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, D-isoleucine, D-alanine, D-glutamate, D-glutamine, D-methionine, and D-threonine were significantly reduced in the hepatocellular carcinoma patients compared with the healthy individuals (P < 0.01). D-Glutamate and D-glutamine were identified as the most downregulated serum markers (fold change greater than 1.5), which deserves further attention in hepatocellular carcinoma research. Graphical abstract Simultaneous determination of D- and L-amino acids in human serum from hepatocellular carcinoma patients and healthy individuals. AA amino acid, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, LC liquid chromatography, MS/MS tandem mass spectrometry, NC normal control, TIC total ion chromatogram.
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- Minlu Han
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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Liu Z, Nahon P, Li Z, Yin P, Li Y, Amathieu R, Ganne-Carrié N, Ziol M, Sellier N, Seror O, Le Moyec L, Savarin P, Xu G. Determination of candidate metabolite biomarkers associated with recurrence of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget 2018; 9:6245-6258. [PMID: 29464069 PMCID: PMC5814209 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a high risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and HCC recurrence remains the primary threat to outcomes after curative therapy. In this study, we compared recurrent and non-recurrent HCC patients treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in order to identify characteristic metabolic profile variations associated with HCC recurrence. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) -based metabolomic analyses were conducted on serum samples obtained before and after RFA therapy. Significant variations were observed in metabolites in the glycerolipid, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, fatty acid, and amino acid pathways between recurrent and non-recurrent patients. Observed differences in metabolites associated with recurrence did not coincide before and after treatment except for fatty acids. Based on the comparison of serum metabolomes between recurrent and non-recurrent patients, key discriminatory metabolites were defined by a random forest (RF) test. Two combinations of these metabolites before and after RFA treatment showed outstanding performance in predicting HCV-related HCC recurrence, they were further confirmed by an external validation set. Our study showed that the determined combination of metabolites may be potential biomarkers for the prediction of HCC recurrence before and after RFA treatment.
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- Zhicheng Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.,Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structures et Propriétés de Biomateriaux et d'Agents Therapeutiques, UMR 7244, Bobigny, France
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- Hepatology Unit, Jean Verdier Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Bondy, France.,INSERM U1162, Génomique Fonctionnelle des Tumeurs Solides, INSERM U1162, Paris, France.,University Paris 13, Bobigny, France
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structures et Propriétés de Biomateriaux et d'Agents Therapeutiques, UMR 7244, Bobigny, France.,Intensive Care Unit, Jean Verdier Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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- Hepatology Unit, Jean Verdier Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Bondy, France.,University Paris 13, Bobigny, France
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- APHP, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Jean Verdier, BB-0033-00027, Centre de Ressources Biologiques Maladies du foie, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, France.,BB-0033-00027, Centre de Ressources Biologiques Maladies du Foie, Groupe Hospitalier Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Bondy, France
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- APHP, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France
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- INSERM U1162, Génomique Fonctionnelle des Tumeurs Solides, INSERM U1162, Paris, France.,APHP, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structures et Propriétés de Biomateriaux et d'Agents Therapeutiques, UMR 7244, Bobigny, France
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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Li YF, Qiu S, Gao LJ, Zhang AH. Metabolomic estimation of the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma based on ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. RSC Adv 2018; 8:9375-9382. [PMID: 35541871 PMCID: PMC9078651 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra13616a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Metabolomics has been shown to be an effective tool for biomarker screening and pathway characterization and disease diagnosis. Metabolic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may enable the discovery of novel biomarkers for its diagnosis. In this work, metabolomics was used to investigate metabolic alterations of HCC patients. Plasma samples from HCC patients and age-matched healthy controls were investigated using high resolution ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and metabolic differences were analyzed using pattern recognition methods. 23 distinguishable metabolites were identified. The altered metabolic pathways were associated with arginine and proline metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, steroid hormone biosynthesis, starch and sucrose metabolism, etc. To demonstrate the utility of plasma biomarkers for the diagnosis of HCC, five metabolites comprising deoxycholic acid 3-glucuronide, 6-hydroxymelatonin glucuronide, 4-methoxycinnamic acid, 11b-hydroxyprogesterone and 4-hydroxyretinoic acid were selected as candidate biomarkers. These metabolites that contributed to the combined model could significantly increase the diagnostic performance of HCC. It has proved to be a powerful tool in the discovery of new biomarkers for disease detection and suggest that panels of metabolites may be valuable to translate our findings to clinically useful diagnostic tests. Metabolomics has been shown to be an effective tool for biomarker screening and pathway characterization and disease diagnosis.![]()
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- Yuan-Feng Li
- First Affiliated Hospital
- School of Pharmacy
- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
- Harbin 150040
- China
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- First Affiliated Hospital
- School of Pharmacy
- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
- Harbin 150040
- China
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- First Affiliated Hospital
- School of Pharmacy
- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
- Harbin 150040
- China
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- First Affiliated Hospital
- School of Pharmacy
- Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
- Harbin 150040
- China
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Hu XQ, Thakur K, Chen GH, Hu F, Zhang JG, Zhang HB, Wei ZJ. Metabolic Effect of 1-Deoxynojirimycin from Mulberry Leaves on db/db Diabetic Mice Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Based Metabolomics. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:4658-4667. [PMID: 28541040 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Metabolomics was applied to the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry urinary metabolic profile of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) mice treated with mulberry 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ). The serum biochemical indicators related to T2DM like blood glucose, insulin, triglyceride, total cholesterol, nitrogen, malondialdehyde, and creatinine decreased significantly in the treated group. The histopathological changes in liver cells were marked by deformations and disruptions in central area of nuclei in DM mice, whereas DNJ treatment recovered regular liver cells with normal nuclei. Most of the metabolites of T2DM were significantly different from healthy controls in the bulk data generated. The level of 16 metabolites showed that the diabetic group was closer to the healthy group as the DNJ treatment time prolonged. Moreover, DNJ inhibited the activity of glucosidase on glucose, lipid, and amino acid metabolism. Our results showed the mechanism of DNJ treatment of T2DM and could fetch deep insights into the potent metabolite markers of the applied antidiabetic interventions.
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Chaohu , Hefei 238000, People's Republic of China
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Kejík Z, Kaplánek R, Havlík M, Bříza T, Jakubek M, Králová J, Mikula I, Martásek P, Král V. Optical probes and sensors as perspective tools in epigenetics. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:2295-2306. [PMID: 28285925 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Modifications of DNA cytosine bases and histone posttranslational modifications play key roles in the control of gene expression and specification of cell states. Such modifications affect many important biological processes and changes to these important regulation mechanisms can initiate or significantly contribute to the development of many serious pathological states. Therefore, recognition and determination of chromatin modifications is an important goal in basic and clinical research. Two of the most promising tools for this purpose are optical probes and sensors, especially colourimetric and fluorescence devices. The use of optical probes and sensors is simple, without highly expensive instrumentation, and with excellent sensitivity and specificity for target structural motifs. Accordingly, the application of various probes and sensors in the recognition and determination of cytosine modifications and structure of histones and histone posttranslational modifications, are discussed in detail in this review.
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- Zdeněk Kejík
- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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Joyce R, Kuziene V, Zou X, Wang X, Pullen F, Loo RL. Development and validation of an ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry method for rapid quantification of free amino acids in human urine. Amino Acids 2015; 48:219-34. [PMID: 26319643 PMCID: PMC4710665 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-2076-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-qTOF-MS) method using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography was developed and validated for simultaneous quantification of 18 free amino acids in urine with a total acquisition time including the column re-equilibration of less than 18 min per sample. This method involves simple sample preparation steps which consisted of 15 times dilution with acetonitrile to give a final composition of 25 % aqueous and 75 % acetonitrile without the need of any derivatization. The dynamic range for our calibration curve is approximately two orders of magnitude (120-fold from the lowest calibration curve point) with good linearity (r (2) ≥ 0.995 for all amino acids). Good separation of all amino acids as well as good intra- and inter-day accuracy (<15 %) and precision (<15 %) were observed using three quality control samples at a concentration of low, medium and high range of the calibration curve. The limits of detection (LOD) and lower limit of quantification of our method were ranging from approximately 1-300 nM and 0.01-0.5 µM, respectively. The stability of amino acids in the prepared urine samples was found to be stable for 72 h at 4 °C, after one freeze thaw cycle and for up to 4 weeks at -80 °C. We have applied this method to quantify the content of 18 free amino acids in 646 urine samples from a dietary intervention study. We were able to quantify all 18 free amino acids in these urine samples, if they were present at a level above the LOD. We found our method to be reproducible (accuracy and precision were typically <10 % for QCL, QCM and QCH) and the relatively high sample throughput nature of this method potentially makes it a suitable alternative for the analysis of urine samples in clinical setting.
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- Richard Joyce
- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Kent, UK
- RJMS Consultancy, Rochester, Kent, UK
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- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Kent, UK
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- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Kent, UK
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- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Kent, UK
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- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, School of Science, University of Greenwich, Kent, UK
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- Medway Metabonomics Research Group, Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Kent, UK.
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Zhao X, Zhou L, Yin P, Xu G. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry of biofluids and extracts. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1277:61-73. [PMID: 25677147 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2377-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Metabonomics aims at a comprehensive and semiquantitative monitoring of the perturbations of the metabonome in response to pathophysiological stimuli. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is one of the most commonly employed analytical platforms for this purpose. As the sample pretreatment is detailed in the former chapter, we here describe the practical procedures for the LC-MS-based metabolic profiling of biological samples including detailed liquid chromatographic and MS conditions, batch analysis, peak alignment, data quality assessment, and compound identification.
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- Xinjie Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, 16023, Dalian, China
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