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Di Paola R, De A, Capasso A, Giuliana S, Ranieri R, Ruosi C, Sciarra A, Vitagliano C, Perna AF, Capasso G, Simeoni M. Impact of Thyroid Cancer Treatment on Renal Function: A Relevant Issue to Be Addressed. J Pers Med 2023; 13:jpm13050813. [PMID: 37240983 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13050813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Thyroid cancers require complex and heterogeneous therapies with different impacts on renal function. In our systematic literature review, we analyzed several aspects: renal function assessment, the impact of radiotherapy and thyroid surgery on kidney functioning, and mechanisms of nephrotoxicity of different chemotherapy, targeted and immunologic drugs. Our study revealed that the renal impact of thyroid cancer therapy can be a limiting factor in all radiotherapy, surgery, and pharmacological approaches. It is advisable to conduct a careful nephrological follow-up imposing the application of body surface based estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) formulas for the purpose of an early diagnosis and treatment of renal failure, guaranteeing the therapy continuation to thyroid cancer patients.
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- Rossella Di Paola
- Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Livestrong Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 75063, USA
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Specialist General Surgery, University Hospital "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Specialist General Surgery, University Hospital "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Specialist General Surgery, University Hospital "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Oncologic Surgery, Translational Medical Sciences at University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Nephrology Unit, Department of Specialist General Surgery, University Hospital "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences at University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences at University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy
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El-Sayed SAES, Rizk MA. COVID-19 and Thymoquinone: Clinical Benefits, Cure, and Challenges. BIOMED 2023; 3:59-76. [DOI: 10.3390/biomed3010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
In today’s world, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and several associated complications in various organs (heart, liver, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract), as well as significant multiple organ dysfunction, shock, and even death. In order to overcome the serious complications associated with this pandemic virus and to prevent SARS-CoV-2 entry into the host cell, it is necessary to repurpose currently available drugs with a broad medicinal application as soon as they become available. There are several therapeutics under investigation for improving the overall prognosis of COVID-19 patients, but none of them has demonstrated clinical efficacy to date, which is disappointing. It is in this pattern that Nigella sativa seeds manifest their extensive therapeutic effects, which have been reported to be particularly effective in the treatment of skin diseases, jaundice, and gastrointestinal problems. One important component of these seeds is thymoquinone (TQ), which has a wide range of beneficial properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as antibacterial and parasitic properties, in addition to anticarcinogenic, antiallergic, and antiviral properties. This comprehensive review discussed the possibility of an emerging natural drug with a wide range of medical applications; the use of TQ to overcome the complications of COVID-19 infection; and the challenges that are impeding the commercialization of this promising phytochemical compound. TQ is recommended as a highly effective weapon in the fight against the novel coronavirus because of its dual antiviral action, in addition to its capacity to lessen the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 penetration into cells. However, future clinical trials are required to confirm the role of TQ in overcoming the complications of COVID-19 infection.
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Zhang R, Hao C, Ji Z, Qu Y, Zuo W, Yang M, Zuo P, Carvalho A, Ma G, Li Y. Upregulation of Biomarker Limd1 Was Correlated with Immune Infiltration in Doxorubicin-Related Cardiotoxicity. Mediators Inflamm 2023; 2023:8347759. [PMID: 37009626 PMCID: PMC10063360 DOI: 10.1155/2023/8347759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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Doxorubicin is one of the most common antitumor drugs. However, cardiotoxicity's side effect limits its clinical applicability. In the present study, Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets were applied to reanalyze differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and construct weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) modules of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in wild-type mice. Several other bioinformatics analyses were performed to pick out the hub gene, and then the correlation between the hub gene and immune infiltration was evaluated. In total, 120 DEGs were discovered in a mouse model of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, and PF-04217903, propranolol, azithromycin, etc. were found to be potential drugs against this pathological condition. Among all the DEGs, 14 were further screened out by WGCNA modules, of which Limd1 was upregulated and finally regarded as the hub gene after being validated in other GEO datasets. Limd1 was upregulated in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) of the rat model, and the area under curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) in diagnosing cardiotoxicity was 0.847. The GSEA and PPI networks revealed a potential immunocyte regulatory role of Limd1 in cardiotoxicity. The proportion of "dendritic cells activated" in the heart was significantly elevated, while "macrophage M1" and "monocytes" declined after in vivo doxorubicin application. Finally, Limd1 expression was significantly positively correlated with "dendritic cells activation' and negatively correlated with "monocytes" and "macrophages M1'. In summary, our results suggested that limd1 is a valuable biomarker and a potential inflammation regulator in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.
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- Rui Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Hunan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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Furcea DM, Agrigoroaie L, Mihai CT, Gardikiotis I, Dodi G, Stanciu GD, Solcan C, Beschea Chiriac SI, Guțu MM, Ștefănescu C. 18F-FDG PET/MRI Imaging in a Preclinical Rat Model of Cardiorenal Syndrome-An Exploratory Study. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232315409. [PMID: 36499736 PMCID: PMC9738874 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) denotes the bidirectional interaction of chronic kidney disease and heart failure with an adverse prognosis but with a limited understanding of its pathogenesis. This study correlates biochemical blood markers, histopathological and immunohistochemistry features, and 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) metabolic data in low-dose doxorubicin-induced heart failure, cardiorenal syndrome, and renocardiac syndrome induced on Wistar male rats. To our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the underlying mechanisms for CRS progression in rats using 18F-FDG PET. Clinical, metabolic cage monitoring, biochemistry, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry combined with PET/MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) data acquisition at distinct points in the disease progression were employed for this study in order to elucidate the available evidence of organ crosstalk between the heart and kidneys. In our CRS model, we found that chronic treatment with low-dose doxorubicin followed by acute 5/6 nephrectomy incurred the highest mortality among the study groups, while the model for renocardiac syndrome resulted in moderate-to-high mortality. 18F-FDG PET imaging evidenced the doxorubicin cardiotoxicity with vascular alterations, normal kidney development damage, and impaired function. Given the fact that standard clinical markers were insensitive to early renal injury, we believe that the decreasing values of the 18F-FDG PET-derived renal marker across the groups and, compared with their age-matched controls, along with the uniform distribution seen in healthy developing rats, could have a potential diagnostic and prognostic yield in cardiorenal syndrome.
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- Dan Mihai Furcea
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sf. Spiridon University Emergency Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania
- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sf. Spiridon University Emergency Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania
- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
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- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
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- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
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- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
- Correspondence:
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- Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 700490 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics—Nuclear Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics—Nuclear Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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Li W, Li S, Cao Z, Sun Y, Qiu W, Jia M, Su M. Exploration of the amino acid metabolic signature in anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity using an optimized targeted metabolomics approach based on UPLC-MS/MS. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2022; 395:1209-1224. [PMID: 35879430 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-022-02271-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
Although anthracyclines improve the long-term survival rate of patients with cancer, severe and irreversible myocardial damage limits their clinical application. Amino acid (AA) metabolism in cardiomyocytes can be altered under pathological conditions. Therefore, exploring the AA metabolic signature in anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (AIC) is important for identifying novel mechanisms. We established mouse and cellular models of Adriamycin (ADR)-induced cardiac injury. We observed a decreased expression of troponins I (cTnI) after ADR treatment and ADR accelerated the degradation of cTnI, implying that AA metabolism could be altered in AIC. Using a targeted AA metabolomics approach based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), the AA metabolic signatures in the sera of AIC mice and supernatant samples of ADR-treated H9c2 cardiomyocytes were analyzed. The levels of 14 AA metabolites were altered in ADR-treated mice (p < 0.05). Via bioinformatics analysis, we identified nine differential AA metabolites in mice and five differential AA metabolites in ADR-treated H9c2 cardiomyocytes. Three AAs with increased levels (L-glutamate, L-serine, and L-tyrosine) overlapped in the two models, suggesting a possible mechanism of AA metabolic impairment during AIC. The metabolic pathways perturbed by AIC involved aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis and alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism. Our data suggests that ADR perturbed AA metabolism in AIC models. Moreover, the targeted AA metabolomics approach based on UPLC-MS/MS can be a unique platform to provide new clues for the prevention and treatment of AIC.
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- Wendi Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
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Holmes E, Wist J, Masuda R, Lodge S, Nitschke P, Kimhofer T, Loo RL, Begum S, Boughton B, Yang R, Morillon AC, Chin ST, Hall D, Ryan M, Bong SH, Gay M, Edgar DW, Lindon JC, Richards T, Yeap BB, Pettersson S, Spraul M, Schaefer H, Lawler NG, Gray N, Whiley L, Nicholson JK. Incomplete Systemic Recovery and Metabolic Phenoreversion in Post-Acute-Phase Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Implications for Assessment of Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:3315-3329. [PMID: 34009992 PMCID: PMC8147448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
We present a multivariate metabotyping approach to assess the functional recovery of nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients and the possible biochemical sequelae of "Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome", colloquially known as long-COVID. Blood samples were taken from patients ca. 3 months after acute COVID-19 infection with further assessment of symptoms at 6 months. Some 57% of the patients had one or more persistent symptoms including respiratory-related symptoms like cough, dyspnea, and rhinorrhea or other nonrespiratory symptoms including chronic fatigue, anosmia, myalgia, or joint pain. Plasma samples were quantitatively analyzed for lipoproteins, glycoproteins, amino acids, biogenic amines, and tryptophan pathway intermediates using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Metabolic data for the follow-up patients (n = 27) were compared with controls (n = 41) and hospitalized severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 positive patients (n = 18, with multiple time-points). Univariate and multivariate statistics revealed variable patterns of functional recovery with many patients exhibiting residual COVID-19 biomarker signatures. Several parameters were persistently perturbed, e.g., elevated taurine (p = 3.6 × 10-3 versus controls) and reduced glutamine/glutamate ratio (p = 6.95 × 10-8 versus controls), indicative of possible liver and muscle damage and a high energy demand linked to more generalized tissue repair or immune function. Some parameters showed near-complete normalization, e.g., the plasma apolipoprotein B100/A1 ratio was similar to that of healthy controls but significantly lower (p = 4.2 × 10-3) than post-acute COVID-19 patients, reflecting partial reversion of the metabolic phenotype (phenoreversion) toward the healthy metabolic state. Plasma neopterin was normalized in all follow-up patients, indicative of a reduction in the adaptive immune activity that has been previously detected in active SARS-CoV-2 infection. Other systemic inflammatory biomarkers such as GlycA and the kynurenine/tryptophan ratio remained elevated in some, but not all, patients. Correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and orthogonal-partial least-squares discriminant analysis (O-PLS-DA) showed that the follow-up patients were, as a group, metabolically distinct from controls and partially comapped with the acute-phase patients. Significant systematic metabolic differences between asymptomatic and symptomatic follow-up patients were also observed for multiple metabolites. The overall metabolic variance of the symptomatic patients was significantly greater than that of nonsymptomatic patients for multiple parameters (χ2p = 0.014). Thus, asymptomatic follow-up patients including those with post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome displayed a spectrum of multiple persistent biochemical pathophysiology, suggesting that the metabolic phenotyping approach may be deployed for multisystem functional assessment of individual post-acute COVID-19 patients.
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- Elaine Holmes
- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction,
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander
Fleming Building, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Chemistry Department, Universidad del
Valle, 76001 Cali, Colombia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction,
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander
Fleming Building, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Bruker Pty. Ltd., Preston,
VIC 3072, Australia
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- State Adult Burn Unit, Fiona Stanley
Hospital, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Burn Injury Research Node, The University
of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of
Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ,
U.K.
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- Department of Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Medical
School, University of Western Australia,Harry Perkins Building,
Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Fiona
Stanley Hospital, Medical School, University of Western
Australia, Harry Perkins Building, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150,
Australia
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- Singapore National NeuroScience
Centre, Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232,
Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
Nanyang Technological University, Mandalay Road, Singapore
308232, Singapore
- Department of Life Science Centre,
Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur 47500,
Malaysia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and
Translational Science, Nedlands, WA 6009,
Australia
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures
Institute, Murdoch University, Harry Perkins Building, 5 Robin
Warren Drive, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Center for Computational and Systems Medicine, Health
Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5 Robin Warren Drive,
Perth, WA 6150, Australia
- Institute of Global Health Innovation,
Imperial College London, Level 1, Faculty Building, South
Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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Guo J, Zhao J, Liu R, Yu J, Zhang M, Wang H, Liu L. Metabolomics analysis of serum in pediatric nephrotic syndrome based on targeted and non-targeted platforms. Metabolomics 2021; 17:38. [PMID: 33788045 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-021-01788-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common pediatric urinary system disease. The aim in this work was to investigate the changes in pediatric NS-related metabolites through serum metabolomics, and explore the new potential metabolites and differential metabolic pathways. METHODS Serum samples from 40 pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome and 40 healthy controls were collected. The targeted and non-targeted metabolomics analyses were performed to determine the metabolic changes in pediatric NS. Based on multivariate statistical analysis and the regression model, the serum potential metabolites were screened and different metabolic pathways were explored. RESULTS 39 differential metabolites in pediatric NS were obtained based on the metabolomics analysis. 12 differential metabolites (serine, C18: 2 (EFA), C18: 2 (FFA), Isonuatigenin 3- [rhamnosyl- (1- > 2) -glucoside], C18: 4 (EFA), C18: 4 (FFA), caprylic acid, citric acid, methylmalonic acid, caproic acid, canavalioside and uroporphyrin were identified to establish the diagnostic model for pediatric NS. Five metabolic pathways including TCA cycle, amino acid metabolism, bile acid biosynthesis, linoleate metabolism and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism were the key differential metabolic pathways. CONCLUSION These data elucidated the metabolic alterations associated with pediatric NS and suggested a new diagnosis model for monitoring pediatric NS. The current study provides the useful information to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the metabolic alterations associated with pediatric NS and might facilitate the characterization of pediatric NS patients by performing serum metabolomics.
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- Jing Guo
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Clinical Nutrition, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbin Children's Hospital, 57 Youyi Road, Daoli District, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China.
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Elgohary S, Elkhodiry AA, Amin NS, Stein U, El Tayebi HM. Thymoquinone: A Tie-Breaker in SARS-CoV2-Infected Cancer Patients? Cells 2021; 10:302. [PMID: 33540625 PMCID: PMC7912962 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2) pandemic, arace to develop a vaccine has been initiated, considering the massive and rather significant economic and healthcare hits that this virus has caused. The pathophysiology occurring following COVID-19(coronavirus disease-2019) infection has givenhints regarding the supportive and symptomatic treatments to establish for patients, as no specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 is available yet. Patient symptoms vary greatly and range from mild symptoms to severe fatal complications. Supportive treatments include antipyretics, antiviral therapies, different combinations of broad-spectrum antibiotics, hydroxychloroquine and plasma transfusion. Unfortunately, cancer patients are at higher risk of viral infection and more likely to develop serious complications due to their immunocompromised state, the fact that they are already administering multiple medications, as well as combined comorbidity compared to the general population. It may seem impossible to find a drug that possesses both potent antiviral and anticancer effects specifically against COVID-19 infection and its complications and the existing malignancy, respectively. Thymoquinone (TQ) is the most pharmacologically active ingredient in Nigella sativa seeds (black seeds); it is reported to have anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in various settings. In this review, we will discuss the multiple effects of TQ specifically against COVID-19, its beneficial effects against COVID-19 pathophysiology and multiple-organ complications, its use as an adjuvant for supportive COVID-19 therapy and cancer therapy, and finally, its anticancer effects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sawsan Elgohary
- Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, 11835 Cairo, Egypt; (S.E.); (A.A.E.); (N.S.A.)
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- Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, 11835 Cairo, Egypt; (S.E.); (A.A.E.); (N.S.A.)
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- Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, 11835 Cairo, Egypt; (S.E.); (A.A.E.); (N.S.A.)
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, 11835 Cairo, Egypt; (S.E.); (A.A.E.); (N.S.A.)
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Geng C, Cui C, Wang C, Lu S, Zhang M, Chen D, Jiang P. Systematic Evaluations of Doxorubicin-Induced Toxicity in Rats Based on Metabolomics. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:358-366. [PMID: 33458487 PMCID: PMC7807767 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used to treat solid tumors, but its use is limited by its severe cardiotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. Metabolomic studies on DOX-induced toxicity are mainly focused on alterations in the heart and kidney, but systematic research on multiple matrices (serum, heart, liver, brain, and kidney) is rare. Thus, in our study, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of main targeted tissues (serum, heart, liver, brain, and kidney) was used to systemically evaluate the toxicity of DOX. Multivariate analyses, including orthogonal projections to the latent structure and t-test, revealed 21 metabolites in the serum, including cholesterol, d-glucose, d-lactic acid, glycine, l-alanine, l-glutamic acid, l-isoleucine, l-leucine, l-proline, l-serine, l-tryptophan, l-tyrosine, l-valine, MG (0:0/18:0/0:0), MG (16:0/0:0/0:0), N-methylphenylethanolamine, oleamide, palmitic acid, pyroglutamic acid, stearic acid, and urea. In the heart, perturbed metabolites included 3-methyl-1-pentanol, cholesterol, d-glucose, d-lactic acid, glycerol, glycine, l-alanine, l-valine, MG (16:0/0:0/0:0), palmitic acid, phenol, propanoic acid, and stearic acid. For the liver, DOX exposure caused alterations of acetamide, acetic acid, d-glucose, glycerol, l-threonine, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, and urea. In the brain, metabolic changes involved 2-butanol, carbamic acid, cholesterol, desmosterol, d-lactic acid, l-valine, MG (16:0/0:0/0:0), palmitic acid, and stearic acid. In the kidney, disturbed metabolites were involved in cholesterol, glycerol, glycine, l-alanine, MG (0:0/18:0/0:0), MG (16:0/0:0/0:0), and squalene. Complementary evidence by multiple matrices revealed disturbed pathways concerning amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, and lipid metabolism. Our results may help to systematically elucidate the metabolic changes of DOX-induced toxicity and clarify the underlying mechanisms.
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- Chunmei Geng
- Department
of Pharmacy, Jining No 1 People’s Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Jining No 1 People’s Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Jining No 1 People’s Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
- . Phone: +86 537 2106208. Fax: +86 537 2106208
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Li AP, Yang L, Zhang LC, He SS, Jia JP, Qin XM. Evaluation of Injury Degree of Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy in Rats Based on Serum Metabolomics Combined with Proline Marker. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:2575-2584. [PMID: 31887047 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is one of the leading causes of end-stage renal failure. Unfortunately, reliable surrogate markers for early diagnosing and monitoring the entire progression of NS are as yet absent. A method using UPLC-Q exactive HR-MS was established for the serum metabolomic study of adriamycin-induced nephropathy in rats. Two rat nephropathy models induced by adriamycin were adopted to reflect different degrees of renal damage of early and advanced stages. Then two MPC5 cell models were used to verify the role of proline in the progression of kidney injury. The results showed that seven metabolites such as 14S-HDHA, DPA, and DHA were associated with early renal injury, while 12 metabolites such as tryptophan, linoleyl carnitine, and LysoPC (18:3) reflected the advanced renal disease. At the same time, metabolites including LPE (22:6), LysoPC (22:5), and proline that changed during the whole process of NS were defined as progressive markers. Pathway analysis results showed that fatty acid metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, and amino acids metabolism participated in the occurrence and development of NS. In addition, the change trend of intracellular proline content was consistent with that in serum, and the results were further supported by the detection of the crucial gene PYCRL. This study provides an important basis for searching for diagnostic markers of NS and also provides a methodological reference for early diagnosing and monitoring the pathogenesis of other progressive diseases.
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- Ai-Ping Li
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Scientific Instrument Center of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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