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Peng W, Shi L, Huang Q, Li T, Jian W, Zhao L, Xu R, Liu T, Zhang B, Wang H, Tong L, Tang H, Wang Y. Metabolite profiles of distinct obesity phenotypes integrating impacts of altitude and their association with diet and metabolic disorders in Tibetans. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 949:174754. [PMID: 39032745 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174754] [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: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Improved understanding of metabolic obesity phenotypes holds great promise for personalized strategies to combat obesity and its co-morbidities. Such investigation is however lacking in Tibetans with unique living environments and lifestyle in the highlands. Effects of altitude on heterogeneous metabolic obesity phenotypes remain unexplored. METHODS We defined metabolic obesity phenotypes i.e., metabolically healthy/unhealthy and obesity/normal weight in Tibetans (n = 1204) living at 2800 m in the suburb or over 4000 m in pastoral areas. 129 lipoprotein parameters and 25 low-molecular-weight metabolites were quantified and their associations with each phenotype were assessed using logistic regression models adjusting for potential confounders. The metabolic BMI (mBMI) was generated using a machine learning strategy and its relationship with prevalence of obesity co-morbidities and dietary exposures were investigated. RESULTS Ultrahigh altitude positively associated with the metabolically healthy and non-obese phenotype and had a tendency towards a negative association with metabolically unhealthy phenotype. Phenotype-specific associations were found for 107 metabolites (e.g., lipoprotein subclasses, N-acetyl-glycoproteins, amino acids, fatty acids and lactate, p < 0.05), among which 55 were manipulated by altitude. The mBMI showed consistent yet more pronounced associations with cardiometabolic outcomes than BMI. The ORs for diabetes, prediabetes and hypertriglyceridemia were reduced in individuals residing at ultrahigh altitude compared to those residing at high altitude. The mBMI mediated the negative association between pastoral diet and prevalence of prediabetes, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We found metabolite markers representing distinct obesity phenotypes associated with obesity co-morbidities and the modification effect of altitude, deciphering mechanisms underlying protective effect of ultrahigh altitude and the pastoral diet on metabolic health.
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- Wen Peng
- Department of Public Health, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining, 810008, China; Nutrition and Health Promotion Center, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Glucolipid Metabolic Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College, Qinghai University, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China.
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- School of Food Engineering and Nutritional Science, Shaanxi Normal University, No. 199 Chang'an South Rd, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital and School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Fudan University, No. 825 Zhangheng Rd, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Public Health, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining, 810008, China; Nutrition and Health Promotion Center, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China
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- Department of Public Health, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining, 810008, China; Nutrition and Health Promotion Center, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China
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- Department of Public Health, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining, 810008, China; Nutrition and Health Promotion Center, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China
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- Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Room 3104, No. 21 Hongren Building, West China Science and Technology lnnovation Harbour (iHarbour), Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Food Engineering and Nutritional Science, Shaanxi Normal University, No. 199 Chang'an South Rd, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Qinghai Nationalities University, No. 3 Bayi Middle Rd, Xining 810007, China
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- Department of Public Health, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining, 810008, China; Nutrition and Health Promotion Center, Qinghai University Medical College, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Glucolipid Metabolic Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College, Qinghai University, No. 16 Kunlun Rd, Xining 810008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital and School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Fudan University, No. 825 Zhangheng Rd, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Room 3104, No. 21 Hongren Building, West China Science and Technology lnnovation Harbour (iHarbour), Xi'an 710061, China.
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Anthony DC, Probert F, Gorlova A, Hebert J, Radford-Smith D, Nefedova Z, Umriukhin A, Nedorubov A, Cespuglio R, Shulgin B, Lyundup A, Lesch KP, Strekalova T. Impact of Serotonin Transporter Absence on Brain Insulin Receptor Expression, Plasma Metabolome Changes, and ADHD-like Behavior in Mice fed a Western Diet. Biomolecules 2024; 14:884. [PMID: 39199273 PMCID: PMC11351952 DOI: 10.3390/biom14080884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
Abstract
The impaired function of the serotonin transporter (SERT) in humans has been linked to a higher risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, especially as people age. Consuming a "Western diet" (WD), which is high in saturated fats, cholesterol, and sugars, can induce metabolic syndrome. Previous research indicated that mice carrying a targeted inactivation of the Sert gene (knockout, KO) and fed a WD display significant metabolic disturbances and behaviors reminiscent of ADHD. These abnormalities might be mediated via a dysfunction in insulin receptor (IR) signaling, which is also associated with adult ADHD. However, the impact of Sert deficiency on IR signaling and systemic metabolic changes has not been thoroughly explored. In this study, we conducted a detailed analysis of locomotor behavior in wild-type (WT) and KO mice fed a WD or control diet. We investigated changes in the blood metabolome and examined, via PCR, the expression of insulin receptor A and B isoforms and key regulators of their function in the brain. Twelve-month-old KO mice and their WT littermates were fed a WD for three weeks. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis of plasma samples showed that KO mice on a WD had higher levels of lipids and lipoproteins and lower levels of glucose, lactate, alanine, valine, and isoleucine compared to other groups. SERT-KO mice on the control diet exhibited increased brain levels of both IR A and B isoforms, accompanied by a modest increase in the negative regulator ENPP. The KO mice also displayed anxiety-like behavior and reduced exploratory activity in an open field test. However, when the KO animals were fed a WD, the aberrant expression levels of IR isoforms in the KO mice and locomotor behavior were ameliorated indicating a complex interaction between genetic and dietary factors that might contribute to ADHD-like symptoms. Overall, our findings suggest that the lack of Sert leads to a unique metabolic phenotype in aged mice, characterized by dysregulated IR-related pathways. These changes are exacerbated by WD in the blood metabolome and are associated with behavioral abnormalities.
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- Daniel C. Anthony
- Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; (D.C.A.); (F.P.); (J.H.); (D.R.-S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; (D.C.A.); (F.P.); (J.H.); (D.R.-S.)
- Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
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- Research and Education Resource Center, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.G.); (R.C.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; (D.C.A.); (F.P.); (J.H.); (D.R.-S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; (D.C.A.); (F.P.); (J.H.); (D.R.-S.)
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (Z.N.); (A.U.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (Z.N.); (A.U.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (Z.N.); (A.U.); (A.N.)
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- Research and Education Resource Center, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.G.); (R.C.); (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of Engineering Profile Physical and Chemical Methods of Analysis, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda 120014, Kazakhstan;
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- Research and Education Resource Center, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.G.); (R.C.); (A.L.)
- Endocrinology Research Centre, Dmitry Ulyanov Str. 19, 117036 Moscow, Russia
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany;
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK; (D.C.A.); (F.P.); (J.H.); (D.R.-S.)
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Chao J, Cheng HY, Chang ML, Huang SS, Liao JW, Cheng YC, Peng WH, Pao LH. Gallic Acid Ameliorated Impaired Lipid Homeostasis in a Mouse Model of High-Fat Diet-and Streptozotocin-Induced NAFLD and Diabetes through Improvement of β-oxidation and Ketogenesis. Front Pharmacol 2021; 11:606759. [PMID: 33643038 PMCID: PMC7907449 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.606759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Gallic acid (GA) is a simple polyphenol found in food and traditional Chinese medicine. Here, we determined the effects of GA administration in a combined mouse model of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity and low-dose streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia, which mimics the concurrent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes pathological condition. By combining the results of physiological assessments, pathological examinations, metabolomic studies of blood, urine, liver, and muscle, and measurements of gene expression, we attempted to elucidate the efficacy of GA and the underlying mechanism of action of GA in hyperglycemic and dyslipidemic mice. HFD and STZ induced severe diabetes, NAFLD, and other metabolic disorders in mice. However, the results of liver histopathology and serum biochemical examinations indicated that daily GA treatment alleviated the high blood glucose levels in the mice and decelerated the progression of NAFLD. In addition, our results show that the hepatoprotective effect of GA in diabetic mice occurs in part through a partially preventing disordered metabolic pathway related to glucose, lipids, amino acids, purines, and pyrimidines. Specifically, the mechanism responsible for alleviation of lipid accumulation is related to the upregulation of β-oxidation and ketogenesis. These findings indicate that GA alleviates metabolic diseases through novel mechanisms.
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- Jung Chao
- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Chung-Jen Junior College of Nursing, Health Sciences and Management, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan
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Chen Y, Zheng Y, Yu Y, Wang Y, Huang Q, Qian F, Sun L, Song Z, Chen Z, Feng J, An Y, Yang J, Su Z, Sun S, Dai F, Chen Q, Lu Q, Li P, Ling Y, Yang Z, Tang H, Shi L, Jin L, Holmes EC, Ding C, Zhu T, Zhang Y. Blood molecular markers associated with COVID-19 immunopathology and multi-organ damage. EMBO J 2020; 39:e105896. [PMID: 33140861 PMCID: PMC7737620 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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COVID-19 is characterized by dysregulated immune responses, metabolic dysfunction and adverse effects on the function of multiple organs. To understand host responses to COVID-19 pathophysiology, we combined transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to identify molecular markers in peripheral blood and plasma samples of 66 COVID-19-infected patients experiencing a range of disease severities and 17 healthy controls. A large number of expressed genes, proteins, metabolites, and extracellular RNAs (exRNAs) exhibit strong associations with various clinical parameters. Multiple sets of tissue-specific proteins and exRNAs varied significantly in both mild and severe patients suggesting a potential impact on tissue function. Chronic activation of neutrophils, IFN-I signaling, and a high level of inflammatory cytokines were observed in patients with severe disease progression. In contrast, COVID-19-infected patients experiencing milder disease symptoms showed robust T-cell responses. Finally, we identified genes, proteins, and exRNAs as potential biomarkers that might assist in predicting the prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. These data refine our understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical progress of COVID-19.
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- Yan‐Mei Chen
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and BiosecuritySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical SciencesThe University of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical CenterState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringSchool of Life Sciences and Human Phenome InstituteFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Tian Y, Gui W, Rimal B, Koo I, Smith PB, Nichols RG, Cai J, Liu Q, Patterson AD. Metabolic impact of persistent organic pollutants on gut microbiota. Gut Microbes 2020; 12:1-16. [PMID: 33295235 PMCID: PMC7734116 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2020.1848209] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Emerging evidence supports that exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) can impact the interaction between the gut microbiota and host. Recent efforts have characterized the relationship between gut microbiota and environment pollutants suggesting additional research is needed to understand potential new avenues for toxicity. Here, we systematically examined the direct effects of POPs including 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB-123 and PCB-156) on the microbiota using metatranscriptomics and NMR- and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics combined with flow cytometry and growth rate measurements (OD600). This study demonstrated that (1) POPs directly and rapidly affect isolated cecal bacterial global metabolism that is associated with significant decreases in microbial metabolic activity; (2) significant changes in cecal bacterial gene expression related to tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle as well as carbon metabolism, carbon fixation, pyruvate metabolism, and protein export were observed following most POP exposure; (3) six individual bacterial species show variation in lipid metabolism in response to POP exposure; and (4) PCB-153 (non-coplanar)has a greater impact on bacteria than PCB-126 (coplanar) at the metabolic and transcriptional levels. These data provide new insights into the direct role of POPs on gut microbiota and begins to establish possible microbial toxicity endpoints which may help to inform risk assessment.
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- Yuan Tian
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA,CONTACT Andrew D. Patterson Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, PA16802, USA
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An Y, Liu S, Hao F, Wang Y, Tang H. Development and validation of an improved probabilistic quotient normalization method for LC/MS- and NMR-based metabonomic analysis. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Changes in hepatic metabolic profile during the evolution of STZ-induced diabetic rats via an 1H NMR-based metabonomic investigation. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20181379. [PMID: 30918104 PMCID: PMC6481239 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20181379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background: The present study aimed to explore the changes in the hepatic metabolic profile during the evolution of diabetes mellitus (DM) and verify the key metabolic pathways. Methods: Liver samples were collected from diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin (STZ) and rats in the control group at 1, 5, and 9 weeks after STZ administration. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR)-based metabolomics was used to examine the metabolic changes during the evolution of DM, and partial least squares-discriminate analysis (PLS-DA) was performed to identify the key metabolites. Results: We identified 40 metabolites in the 1H NMR spectra, and 11 metabolites were further selected by PLS-DA model. The levels of α-glucose and β-glucose, which are two energy-related metabolites, gradually increased over time in the DM rats, and were significantly greater than those of the control rats at the three-time points. The levels of choline, betaine, and methionine decreased in the DM livers, indicating that the protective function in response to liver injury may be undermined by hyperglycemia. The levels of the other amino acids (leucine, alanine, glycine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine) were significantly less than those of the control group during DM development. Conclusions: Our results suggested that the hepatic metabolic pathways of glucose, choline-betaine-methionine, and amino acids were disturbed during the evolution of diabetes, and that choline-betaine-methionine metabolism may play a key role.
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Jiang L, Lee SC, Ng TC. Pharmacometabonomics Analysis Reveals Serum Formate and Acetate Potentially Associated with Varying Response to Gemcitabine-Carboplatin Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1248-1257. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Limiao Jiang
- Department
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MOE Key Lab of Environment and
Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan 430030, China
- Department
of Diagnostic Radiology, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower
Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
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- Department
of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Health System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
- Cancer
Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Drive, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Department
of Diagnostic Radiology, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower
Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
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Ren X, Fan W, Shao Z, Chen K, Yu X, Liang Q. A metabolomic study on early detection of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Oncotarget 2018; 9:7984-7995. [PMID: 29487708 PMCID: PMC5814275 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The early and accurate diagnosis of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head (SANFH) is appealing considering its irreversible progression and serious consequence for the patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the metabolic change of SANFH for its early detection. Two stages were designed in this study, namely discovery and verification. Except the biochemical index anomaly and the accidental death, 30 adult healthy adult Japanese white rabbits were used for screening out the potential metabolites in discovery experiment and 13 rabbits were used in verification experiment. The femoral heads were assessed with magnetic resonance imaging and transmission electron microscopy. The metabolomic profiling of serum samples were analysis by UHPLC-MS/MS. Metabolomic cluster analysis enable us to differentiate the rabbits without and with injection of the glucocorticoid in 1 week even when there is no obvious abnormal symptom in behaviors or imaging diagnosis. The majority of differential metabolites were identified as phospholipids which were observed significant change after injection of glucocorticoid in 1, 2, 3 weeks. And the results obtained in verification experiment of 6 weeks showed that these differential metabolites exhibited consistent trends in late progression with that in early-stage. At the end of 6 weeks the damage of SANFH could be verified by pathological imaging. Therefore the finding of serum metabolite profile links to the progression of SANFH and provides the potential of early detection of SANFH.
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- Xiangnan Ren
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330003, China
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Wan C, Xue R, Zhan Y, Wu Y, Li X, Pei F. Metabolomic Analysis of N-acetylcysteine Protection of Injury from Gadolinium-DTPA Contrast Agent in Rats with Chronic Renal Failure. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2017; 21:540-549. [PMID: 28934030 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2017.0114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are frequently used to enhance the diagnostic efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging. On the other hand, the association between GBCA administration in patients with advanced renal disease and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) was also noted. NSF is a systemic disorder characterized by widespread tissue fibrosis that may lead to death. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) protects rats from injury induced by gadolinium-based contrast agents, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, a nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomic approach was used to systematically investigate the protective effects of NAC on Gd-DTPA-induced injury. Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats were given adenine (200 mg·kg-1 body weight) by oral gavage once a day for 3 weeks to induce chronic renal failure (CRF). NAC (600 mg/L in drinking water for 9 days) pretreatment was initiated 2 days before Gd-DTPA injection (a single tail vein injection, 2 mmol/kg body weight). Serum and liver samples were collected on day 7 after Gd-DTPA injection. By study design, the serum and hepatic metabolic changes of rats were measured in four groups of eight each: CRF, CRF-Gd, CRF-Gd-NAC, and CRF-NAC. Gd-DTPA administration to rats with CRF resulted in disturbances of several metabolic pathways, including glucose, lipid, glutamate, choline, gut microbiota, one-carbon, and purine metabolism. NAC pretreatment reversed the abundance changes of high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, very low-density lipoprotein, glutamate, glutamine, oxidized glutathione, choline, phosphocholine, glycerophosphocholine, trimethylamine, and trimethylamine-N-oxide induced by Gd-DTPA. It is noteworthy, however, that the ameliorating effects of NAC on the disturbance of glutamate, choline, and gut microbiota metabolism may be specific to Gd-DTPA. In all, these findings could be potentially useful to decipher the underlying mechanisms of NAC protective effects from the injury induced by gadolinium-based contrast agents.
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- Chuanling Wan
- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China .,2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- 1 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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Patel DP, Krausz KW, Xie C, Beyoğlu D, Gonzalez FJ, Idle JR. Metabolic profiling by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of energy metabolism in high-fat diet-fed obese mice. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177953. [PMID: 28520815 PMCID: PMC5433781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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A novel, selective and sensitive single-ion monitoring (SIM) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) method was developed and validated for the determination of energy metabolites related to glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, glutaminolysis, and fatty acid β-oxidation. This assay used N-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) containing 1% tert-butyldimethylchlorosilane (TBDMCS) as derivatizing reagent and was highly reproducible, sensitive, specific and robust. The assay was used to analyze liver tissue and serum from C57BL/6N obese mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) and C57BL/6N mice fed normal chow for 8 weeks. HFD-fed mice serum displayed statistically significantly reduced concentrations of pyruvate, citrate, succinate, fumarate, and 2-oxoglutarate, with an elevated concentration of pantothenic acid. In liver tissue, HFD-fed mice exhibited depressed levels of glycolysis end-products pyruvate and lactate, glutamate, and the TCA cycle intermediates citrate, succinate, fumarate, malate, and oxaloacetate. Pantothenate levels were 3-fold elevated accompanied by a modest increased gene expression of Scl5a6 that encodes the pantothenate transporter SLC5A6. Since both glucose and fatty acids inhibit coenzyme A synthesis from pantothenate, it was concluded that these data were consistent with downregulated fatty acid β-oxidation, glutaminolysis, glycolysis, and TCA cycle activity, due to impaired anaplerosis. The novel SIM GCMS assay provided new insights into metabolic effects of HFD in mice.
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- Daxesh P. Patel
- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Hepatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- Hepatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Wan C, Zhan Y, Xue R, Wu Y, Li X, Pei F. Gd-DTPA-induced dynamic metabonomic changes in rat biofluids. Magn Reson Imaging 2017; 44:15-25. [PMID: 28095303 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were (1) to detect the dynamic metabonomic changes induced by gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA) and (2) to investigate the potential metabolic disturbances associated with the pathogenesis of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) at the early stage. METHODS A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics approach was used to investigate the urinary and serum metabolic changes induced by a single tail vein injection of Gd-DTPA (dosed at 2 and 5mmol/kg body weight) in rats. Urine and serum samples were collected on days 1, 2 and 7 after dosing. RESULTS Metabolic responses of rats to Gd-DTPA administration were systematic involving changes in lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, TCA cycle, amino acid metabolism and gut microbiota functions. Urinary and serum metabonomic recovery could be observed in both the 2 and 5mmol/kg body weight group, but the metabolic effects of high-dosed (5mmol/kg body weight) Gd-DTPA lasted longer. It is worth noting that hyperlipidemia was observed after Gd-DTPA injection, and nicotinate might play a role in the subsequent self-recovery of lipid metabolism. The disturbance of tyrosine, glutamate and gut microbiota metabolism might associate with the progression of NSF. CONCLUSION These findings offered essential information about the metabolic changes induced by Gd-DTPA, and could be potentially important for investigating the pathogenesis of NSF at the early stage. Moreover, the recovery of rats administrated with Gd-DTPA may have implications in the treatment of early stage NSF.
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- Chuanling Wan
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road 19, Beijing 100049, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road 19, Beijing 100049, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China.
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 5625, Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
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Guo F, Zi T, Liu L, Feng R, Sun C. A 1H-NMR based metabolomics study of the intervention effect of mangiferin on hyperlipidemia hamsters induced by a high-fat diet. Food Funct 2017; 8:2455-2464. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fo00081b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Mangiferin ameliorated hyperlipidemia by intervening in some major metabolic pathways.
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- Fuchuan Guo
- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety
- School of Public Health
- Fujian Medical University
- FuZhou
- China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
- Public Health College
- Harbin Medical University
- Harbin
- China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
- Public Health College
- Harbin Medical University
- Harbin
- China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
- Public Health College
- Harbin Medical University
- Harbin
- China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
- Public Health College
- Harbin Medical University
- Harbin
- China
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Tian JS, Zhang X, Liu H, Xiang H, Xing J, Zhang LZ, Qin XM. The hematinic effect of Colla corii asini (Ejiao) using 1H-NMR metabolomics coupled with correlation analysis in APH-induced anemic rats. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra26899d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Colla corii asini (Ejiao), a gelatin-like food and drug obtained from Equus asinus Linnaeus, has been widely used in clinical hematic antianemic therapy for more than 2000 years.
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- Jun-sheng Tian
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
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- China Institute for Radiation Protection Drug Safety Evaluation Center
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Department of Physical Education
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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Tao Y, Chen X, Cai H, Li W, Cai B, Chai C, Di L, Shi L, Hu L. Untargeted serum metabolomics reveals Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet and its optimal combination improve an impaired glucose and lipid metabolism in type II diabetic rats. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2016; 1040:222-232. [PMID: 27866845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2016.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet, a six-herb preparation, was proved to show beneficial effects on type II diabetes patients in clinical. This study aims to optimize the component proportion of the six-herb preparation and explore the serum metabolic signatures of type II diabetes rats after treatment with Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet and its optimal combination. The component proportion of the preparation was optimized using uniform experimental design and machine learning techniques. Untargeted GC-MS metabolomic experiments were carried out with serum samples from model group and treatment groups. Data were normalized, multivariate and univariate statistical analysis performed and metabolites of interest putatively identified. 23 metabolites were significantly changed by Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet treatment and the majority of these were decreased, including various carbohydrates (glucose, mannose, fructose, allose and gluconic acid), unsaturated fatty acids (palmitic acid, 9-octadecenoic acid, oleic acid, arachidonic acid), alanine, valine, propanoic acid, 3-hydroxybutyrate, along with pyrimidine and cholesterol. Increased concentrations of oxalic acid, leucine, glycine, serine, threonine, proline, lysine and citrate were observed. In the optimal combination-fed group, 21 metabolites were significantly affected and strikingly, the magnitudes of changes here were generally much greater than that of Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet treated rats. 18 metabolites affected in both groups included various carbohydrates (mannose, glucose, allose, fructose and gluconic acid), unsaturated fatty acids (palmitic acid, 9-octadecenoic acid, oleic acid and arachidonic acid), short-chain fatty acids (oxalic acid, 3-hydroxybutyrate), and amino acids (alanine, valine, leucine, glycine, proline and lysine), as well as pyrimidine. Metabolites exclusively affected in optimal combination treated rat included succinic acid, cysteine and phenylalanine, whilst four metabolites (propanoic acid, citrate, serine and threonine) were only altered in Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet treated rat. Our investigation demonstrated Fu-Zhu-Jiang-Tang tablet and its optimal combination treatments were able to ameliorate impaired glucose and lipid metabolism, down- regulate the high level of glucose to a lower level and reverse abnormal levels of metabolites in serum of type II diabetes rats. However, the optimal combination treatment was able to maximize the magnitudes of changes in some metabolites. These findings may be helpful in clarifying the anti-diabetic mechanism of FZJT tablet and its optimal combination.
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- Yi Tao
- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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An L, Lang Q, Shen W, Shi Q, Feng F. Dynamic metabolic profiling of urine biomarkers in rats with alcohol-induced liver damage following treatment with Zhi-Zi-Da-Huang decoction. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:2093-100. [DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Tumor growth affects the metabonomic phenotypes of multiple mouse non-involved organs in an A549 lung cancer xenograft model. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28057. [PMID: 27329570 PMCID: PMC4916411 DOI: 10.1038/srep28057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The effects of tumorigenesis and tumor growth on the non-involved organs remain poorly understood although many research efforts have already been made for understanding the metabolic phenotypes of various tumors. To better the situation, we systematically analyzed the metabolic phenotypes of multiple non-involved mouse organ tissues (heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney) in an A549 lung cancer xenograft model at two different tumor-growth stages using the NMR-based metabonomics approaches. We found that tumor growth caused significant metabonomic changes in multiple non-involved organ tissues involving numerous metabolic pathways, including glycolysis, TCA cycle and metabolisms of amino acids, fatty acids, choline and nucleic acids. Amongst these, the common effects are enhanced glycolysis and nucleoside/nucleotide metabolisms. These findings provided essential biochemistry information about the effects of tumor growth on the non-involved organs.
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Wu J, Yang L, Li S, Huang P, Liu Y, Wang Y, Tang H. Metabolomics Insights into the Modulatory Effects of Long-Term Low Calorie Intake in Mice. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:2299-308. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Junfang Wu
- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and
Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional
Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional
Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional
Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional
Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P. R. China
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Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and
Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and
Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- State Key
Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center
for Genetics and Development, Metabolomics and Systems Biology Laboratory,
School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Su Q, Guan T, He Y, Lv H. Siderophore Biosynthesis Governs the Virulence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli by Coordinately Modulating the Differential Metabolism. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:1323-32. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Qiao Su
- The Laboratory
for Functional
Omics and Innovative Chinese Medicine, Innovative Drug Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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- The Laboratory
for Functional
Omics and Innovative Chinese Medicine, Innovative Drug Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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- The Laboratory
for Functional
Omics and Innovative Chinese Medicine, Innovative Drug Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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- The Laboratory
for Functional
Omics and Innovative Chinese Medicine, Innovative Drug Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China
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Correlations of Fecal Metabonomic and Microbiomic Changes Induced by High-fat Diet in the Pre-Obesity State. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21618. [PMID: 26916743 PMCID: PMC4768318 DOI: 10.1038/srep21618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Obesity resulting from interactions of genetic and environmental factors becomes a serious public health problem worldwide with alterations of the metabolic phenotypes in multiple biological matrices involving multiple metabolic pathways. To understand the contributions of gut microbiota to obesity development, we analyzed dynamic alterations in fecal metabonomic phenotype using NMR and fecal microorganism composition in rats using pyrosequencing technology during the high-fat diet (HFD) feeding for 81 days (pre-obesity state). Integrated analysis of these two phenotypic datasets was further conducted to establish correlations between the altered rat fecal metabonome and gut microbiome. We found that one-week HFD feeding already caused significant changes in rat fecal metabonome and such changes sustained throughout 81-days feeding with the host and gut microbiota co-metabolites clearly featured. We also found that HFD caused outstanding decreases in most fecal metabolites implying enhancement of gut absorptions. We further established comprehensive correlations between the HFD-induced changes in fecal metabonome and fecal microbial composition indicating contributions of gut microbiota in pathogenesis and progression of the HFD-induced obesity. These findings provided essential information about the functions of gut microbiota in pathogenesis of metabolic disorders which could be potentially important for developing obesity prevention and treatment therapies.
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Liu CC, Wu YF, Feng GM, Gao XX, Zhou YZ, Hou WJ, Qin XM, Du GH, Tian JS. Plasma-metabolite-biomarkers for the therapeutic response in depressed patients by the traditional Chinese medicine formula Xiaoyaosan: A (1)H NMR-based metabolomics approach. J Affect Disord 2015; 185:156-63. [PMID: 26186531 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Depression is one of the most prevalent and serious mental disorders. Xiaoyaosan, a well-known Chinese prescription, has been widely used for the treatment of depression in China. Both clinical studies and animal experiments indicate that Xiaoyaosan has an obvious antidepressant activity. Additionally, a large number of candidate biomarkers have emerged that can be used for early disease detection and for monitoring ongoing treatment response to therapy because of their correlations with the characteristics of the disease. However, there have been few reports on biomarkers that measure the treatment response to the clinical use of Xiaoyaosan using a metabolomics approach. The current study is aimed at discovering biomarkers and biochemical pathways to facilitate the diagnosis of depression and the efficient evaluation of Xiaoyaosan using plasma metabolomics profiles based on (1)H NMR. METHODS Sixteen depressed patients diagnosed by standard methods (HAMD and CGI-SI) and sixteen healthy volunteers were recruited. (1)H NMR-based metabolomics techniques and multivariate statistical methods were used to analyze the plasma metabolites of the depressed patients before and after treatment and to compare them with healthy controls. RESULTS The plasma levels of trimethylamine oxide, glutamine and lactate in depressed patients increased significantly (p≤0.05) compared with healthy controls, whereas the levels of phenylalanine, valine, alanine, glycine, leucine, citrate, choline, lipids and glucose decreased significantly (p≤0.05). Additionally, alanine, choline, trimethylamine oxide, glutamine, lactate and glucose were returned to normal levels after Xiaoyaosan treatment. These statistically significant perturbations are involved in energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism and gut microbiota metabolism. LIMITATIONS Additional experimentation with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is required to confirm our findings. CONCLUSIONS Application of these biomarkers in clinical practice may help to optimize the diagnosis of depression and to evaluate the efficacy of Xiaoyaosan. Metabolomics is promising as a biomarker discovery tool.
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- Cai-Chun Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Department of traditional Chinese medicine, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Charity Hospital of China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China; Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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Li N, Song YP, Tang H, Wang Y. Recent developments in sample preparation and data pre-treatment in metabonomics research. Arch Biochem Biophys 2015; 589:4-9. [PMID: 26342458 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Metabonomics is a powerful approach for biomarker discovery and an effective tool for pinpointing endpoint metabolic effects of external stimuli, such as pathogens and disease development. Due to its wide applications, metabonomics is required to deal with various biological samples of different properties. Hence sample preparation and corresponding data pre-treatment become important factors in ensuring validity of an investigation. In this review, we summarize some recent developments in metabonomics sample preparation and data-pretreatment procedures.
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- Ning Li
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Metabolomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, PR China.
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Chen JL, Shi BY, Xiang H, Hou WJ, Qin XM, Tian JS, Du GH. (1)H NMR-based metabolic profiling of liver in chronic unpredictable mild stress rats with genipin treatment. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015. [PMID: 26204246 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Genipin, a hydrolyzed metabolite of geniposide extracted from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, has shown promise in alleviating depressive symptoms, however, the antidepressant mechanism of genipin remains unclear and incomprehensive. In this study, the metabolic profiles of aqueous and lipophilic extracts in liver of the chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced rat with genipin treatment were investigated using proton nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) spectroscopy coupled with multivariate data analysis. Significant differences in the metabolic profiles of rats in the CUMS model group (MS) and the control group (NS) were observed with metabolic effects including decreasing in choline, glycerol and glycogen, increasing in lactate, alanine and succinate, and a disordered lipid metabolism, while the moderate dose (50mg/kg) of genipin could significantly regulate the concentrations of glycerol, lactate, alanine, succinate and the lipid to their normal levels. These biomakers were involved in metabolism pathways such as glycolysis/gluconeogensis, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and lipid metabolism, which may be helpful for understanding of antidepressant mechanism of genipin.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Departments of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Physical Education Departments of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Charity Hospital of China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China; Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, PR China.
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Zhou L, Li H, Hao F, Li N, Liu X, Wang G, Wang Y, Tang H. Developmental Changes for the Hemolymph Metabolome of Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2331-47. [PMID: 25825269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is a lepidopteran-holometabolic model organism. To understand its developmental biochemistry, we characterized the larval hemolymph metabonome from the third instar to prepupa stage using (1)H NMR spectroscopy whilst hemolymph fatty acid composition using GC-FID/MS. We unambiguously assigned more than 60 metabolites, among which tyrosine-o-β-glucuronide, mesaconate, homocarnosine, and picolinate were reported for the first time from the silkworm hemolymph. Phosphorylcholine was the most abundant metabolite in all developmental stages with exception for the periods before the third and fourth molting. We also found obvious developmental dependence for the hemolymph metabonome involving multiple pathways including protein biosyntheses, glycolysis, TCA cycle, the metabolisms of choline amino acids, fatty acids, purines, and pyrimidines. Most hemolymph amino acids had two elevations during the feeding period of the fourth instar and prepupa stage. Trehalose was the major blood sugar before day 8 of the fifth instar, whereas glucose became the major blood sugar after spinning. C16:0, C18:0 and its unsaturated forms were dominant fatty acids in hemolymph. The developmental changes of hemolymph metabonome were associated with dietary nutrient intakes, biosyntheses of cell membrane, pigments, proteins, and energy metabolism. These findings offered essential biochemistry information in terms of the dynamic metabolic changes during silkworm development.
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- Lihong Zhou
- †College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.,‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.,¶College of Life Sciences, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- †College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- ¶College of Life Sciences, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.,⊥Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- ‡Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.,§State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Li D, Zhang L, Dong F, Liu Y, Li N, Li H, Lei H, Hao F, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Tang H. Metabonomic Changes Associated with Atherosclerosis Progression for LDLR(-/-) Mice. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2237-54. [PMID: 25784267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Atherosclerosis resulting from hyperlipidemia causes many serious cardiovascular diseases. To understand the systems changes associated with pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis, we comprehensively analyzed the dynamic metabonomic changes in multiple biological matrices of LDLR(-/-) mice using NMR and GC-FID/MS with gene expression, clinical chemistry, and histopathological data as well. We found that 12 week "Western-type" diet (WD) treatment caused obvious aortic lesions, macrophage infiltration, and collagen level elevation in LDLR(-/-) mice accompanied by up-regulation of inflammatory factors including aortic ICAM-1, MCP-1, iNOS, MMP2, and hepatic TNFα and IL-1β. The WD-induced atherosclerosis progression was accompanied by metabonomic changes in multiple matrices including biofluids (plasma, urine) and (liver, kidney, myocardial) tissues involving multiple metabolic pathways. These included disruption of cholesterol homeostasis, disturbance of biosynthesis of amino acids and proteins, altered gut microbiota functions together with metabolisms of vitamin-B3, choline, purines, and pyrimidines. WD treatment caused down-regulation of SCD1 and promoted oxidative stress reflected by urinary allantoin elevation and decreases in hepatic PUFA-to-MUFA ratio. When switching to normal diet, atherosclerotic LDLR(-/-) mice reprogrammed their metabolisms and reversed the atherosclerosis-associated metabonomic changes to a large extent, although aortic lesions, inflammation parameters, macrophage infiltration, and collagen content were only partially alleviated. We concluded that metabolisms of fatty acids and vitamin-B3 together with gut microbiota played crucially important roles in atherosclerosis development. These findings offered essential biochemistry details of the diet-induced atherosclerosis and demonstrated effectiveness of the integrated metabonomic analysis of multiple biological matrices for understanding the molecular aspects of cardiovascular diseases.
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- Dan Li
- †Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- †Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.,∥Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- †Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.,⊥Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.,§State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Li N, Zhang L, An Y, Zhang L, Song Y, Wang Y, Tang H. Antagonist of prostaglandin E2 receptor 4 induces metabolic alterations in liver of mice. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:1566-73. [PMID: 25669961 DOI: 10.1021/pr501236y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Prostaglandin E2 receptor 4 (EP4) is one of the receptors for prostaglandin E2 and plays important roles in various biological functions. EP4 antagonists have been used as anti-inflammatory drugs. To investigate the effects of an EP4 antagonist (L-161982) on the endogenous metabolism in a holistic manner, we employed a mouse model, and obtained metabolic and transcriptomic profiles of multiple biological matrixes, including serum, liver, and urine of mice with and without EP4 antagonist (L-161982) exposure. We found that this EP4 antagonist caused significant changes in fatty acid metabolism, choline metabolism, and nucleotide metabolism. EP4 antagonist exposure also induced oxidative stress to mice. Our research is the first of its kind to report information on the alteration of metabolism associated with an EP4 antagonist. This information could further our understanding of current and new biological functions of EP4.
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- Ning Li
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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An L, Shi Q, Feng F. Metabolomics approach to identify therapeutically potential biomarkers of the Zhi-Zi-Da-Huang decoction effect on the hepatoprotective mechanism. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra16563f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A NMR-based metabolomics approach was applied to find potential plasma and liver biomarkers responsible for the hepatoprotective effects of Zhi-Zi-Da-Huang decoction (ZZDHD).
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- Li An
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- China
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- Jiangsu Institute for Food and Drug Control
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance
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Tian JS, Peng GJ, Gao XX, Zhou YZ, Xing J, Qin XM, Du GH. Dynamic analysis of the endogenous metabolites in depressed patients treated with TCM formula Xiaoyaosan using urinary (1)H NMR-based metabolomics. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2014; 158 Pt A:1-10. [PMID: 25448502 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Revised: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHAMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Xiaoyaosan (XYS), one of the best-known traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions with a long history of use, is composed of Bupleurum chinense DC., Paeonia lactiflora Pall., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels, Zingiber officinale Rosc., Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., and Mentha haplocalyx Briq. For centuries, XYS has been widely used in China for the treatment of mental disorders such as depression. However, the complicated mechanism underlying the antidepressant activity of XYS is not yet well-understood. This understanding is complicated by the sophisticated pathophysiology of depression and by the complexity of XYS, which has multiple constituents acting on different metabolic pathways. The variations of endogenous metabolites in depressed patients after administration of XYS may help elucidate the anti-depressant effect and mechanism of action of XYS. The aim of this study is to establish the metabolic profile of depressive disorder and to investigate the changes of endogenous metabolites in the depressed patients before and after the treatment of Xiaoyaosan using the dynamic analysis of urine metabolomics profiles based on (1)H NMR. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one depressed patients were recruited from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. Small endogenous metabolites present in urine samples were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and analyzed by multivariate statistical methods. The patients then received XYS treatment for six weeks, after which their Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) scores were significantly decreased compared with their baseline scores (p≤0.01). Eight components in urine specimens were identified that enabled discrimination between the pre- and post-XYS-treated samples. RESULTS Urinary of creatinine, taurine, 2-oxoglutarate and xanthurenic acid increased significantly after XYS treatment (p≤0.05), while the urinary levels of citrate, lactate, alanine and dimethylamine decreased significantly (p≤0.05) compared with pre-treatment urine samples. These statistically significant perturbations are involved in energy metabolism, gut microbes, tryptophan metabolism and taurine metabolism. CONCLUSIONS The symptoms of depression had been improved after 6 weeks׳ treatment of XYS according to evaluation of HAMD scores. The dynamic tendency of the 8 metabolites that changed significantly during the treatment of XYS is consistent with the improvement in symptoms of depression. These metabolites may be used as biomarkers for the diagnosis of depressive disorders or the evaluation of the antidepressant as well as the exploration of the mechanism of depression.
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- Jun-sheng Tian
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, PR China; Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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Chao J, Huo TI, Cheng HY, Tsai JC, Liao JW, Lee MS, Qin XM, Hsieh MT, Pao LH, Peng WH. Gallic acid ameliorated impaired glucose and lipid homeostasis in high fat diet-induced NAFLD mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96969. [PMID: 24918580 PMCID: PMC4053315 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Gallic acid (GA), a naturally abundant plant phenolic compound in vegetables and fruits, has been shown to have potent anti-oxidative and anti-obesity activity. However, the effects of GA on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the beneficial effects of GA administration on nutritional hepatosteatosis model by a more “holistic view” approach, namely 1H NMR-based metabolomics, in order to prove efficacy and to obtain information that might lead to a better understanding of the mode of action of GA. Male C57BL/6 mice were placed for 16 weeks on either a normal chow diet, a high fat diet (HFD, 60%), or a high fat diet supplemented with GA (50 and 100 mg/kg/day, orally). Liver histopathology and serum biochemical examinations indicated that the daily administration of GA protects against hepatic steatosis, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and insulin resistance among the HFD-induced NAFLD mice. In addition, partial least squares discriminant analysis scores plots demonstrated that the cluster of HFD fed mice is clearly separated from the normal group mice plots, indicating that the metabolic characteristics of these two groups are distinctively different. Specifically, the GA-treated mice are located closer to the normal group of mice, indicating that the HFD-induced disturbances to the metabolic profile were partially reversed by GA treatment. Our results show that the hepatoprotective effect of GA occurs in part through a reversing of the HFD caused disturbances to a range of metabolic pathways, including lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism (glycolysis and gluconeogenesis), amino acids metabolism, choline metabolism and gut-microbiota-associated metabolism. Taken together, this study suggested that a 1H NMR-based metabolomics approach is a useful platform for natural product functional evaluation. The selected metabolites are potentially useful as preventive action biomarkers and could also be used to help our further understanding of the effect of GA in hepatosteatosis mice.
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- Jung Chao
- Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Oncology and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Chung Jen College of Nursing, Health Sciences and Management, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (WHP); (LHP)
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- Department of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Resources, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (WHP); (LHP)
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Liu J, Wang D, Chen Y, Sun H, He S, Wang C, Yang G, Shi M, Zhang J, Ren Y, Wang L, Lu Y, Cheng J. 1H NMR-based metabonomic analysis of serum and urine in a nonhuman primate model of diabetic nephropathy. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 9:2645-52. [PMID: 24228270 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70212j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious metabolic disease, and comprehensive understanding of its complex mechanism will help in preventing the onset and progression of DN. To reveal the systemic metabolic changes associated with renal injury, we performed 1H NMR-based metabonomic and multivariate analyses to analyze serum and urine obtained from a nonhuman primate model of DN. Our results indicated that DN monkeys exhibited a distinct metabolic profile, including higher levels of VLDL/LDL, lipids, unsaturated lipids, uric acid, allantoin, fumarate and hippurate, as well as lower levels of HDL, alanine, glutamate, pyruvate, formate, tyrosine, histidine and NAD+. The disturbed metabolic pathways were further identified, including NAD+ metabolism, purine metabolism, oxidative stress, lipid metabolism, and renal tubular reabsorption. This study highlights that NMR-based metabonomics provides insight into the underlying pathways in the pathogenesis and progression of DN at the metabolic level.
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Ye Y, An Y, Li R, Mu C, Wang C. Strategy of metabolic phenotype modulation in Portunus trituberculatus exposed to low salinity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2014; 62:3496-3503. [PMID: 24655103 DOI: 10.1021/jf405668a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Extreme low salinity influences normal crab growth, morphogenesis, and production. Some individuals of swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus have, however, an inherent ability to adapt to such a salinity fluctuation. This study investigated the dynamic metabolite alterations of two P. trituberculatus strains, namely, a wild one and a screened (low-salinity tolerant) one in response to low-salinity challenge by combined use of NMR spectroscopy and high-throughput data analysis. The dominant metabolites in crab muscle were found to comprise amino acids, sugars, carboxylic acids, betaine, trimethylamine-N-oxide, 2-pyridinemethanol, trigonelline, and nucleotides. These results further showed that the strategy of metabolic modulation of P. trituberculatus after low-salinity stimulus includes osmotic rebalancing, enhanced gluconeogenesis from amino acids, and energy accumulation. These metabolic adaptations were manifested in the accumulation of trimethylamine-N-oxide, ATP, 2-pyridinemethanol, and trigonelline and in the depletion of the amino acid pool as well as in the fluctuation of inosine levels. This lends support to the fact that the low-salinity training accelerates the responses of crabs to low-salinity stress. These findings provide a comprehensive insight into the mechanisms of metabolic modulation in P. trituberculatus in response to low salinity. This work highlights the approach of NMR-based metabonomics in conjunction with multivariate data analysis and univariate data analysis in understanding the strategy of metabolic phenotype modulation against stressors.
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- Yangfang Ye
- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University , Ningbo 315211, China
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Zheng XF, Tian JS, Liu P, Xing J, Qin XM. Analysis of the restorative effect of Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang in the spleen-qi deficiency rat model using (1)H-NMR-based metabonomics. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2014; 151:912-920. [PMID: 24333365 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang (BT) is a classical formula for the treatment of spleen-qi descending, visceroptosis with hyposplenic qi, uterine prolapse, and rectal prolapse due to chronic diarrhea in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and has been identified as an effective drug for the treatment of TCM spleen-qi deficiency in clinical practice. The present study aimed to investigate the restorative effect and the potential mechanisms of Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang in a rat spleen-qi deficiency model using (1)H-NMR-based metabonomics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The rat spleen-qi deficiency model was established as follows: oral administration of Radix Rhei extract (equivalent to 10g/kg body weight of the crude drug), loaded swimming, and starvation for 24h. Each of these treatments was administered consecutively every three days. Sixty male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups, and three of the groups received a different oral dose of the aqueous extract of Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang during the last seven days of the three-week experimental period. The body weight and motor behavior of the rats were measured and recorded once a week. The endogenous metabolites in the plasma were analyzed using NMR in conjunction with multivariate and statistical techniques. In addition, the liver and spleen were removed and weighed. RESULTS All of the rats in the spleen-qi deficiency group presented pasty loose stools, inactiveness, grouping, a decrease in swimming endurance, and lackluster, loose, and disorderly behavior in addition to a significant decrease in body weight, spleen weight, and liver weight. In contrast, the abovementioned demonstrations were reversed to a certain extent in the rats treated with Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang compared with the model group (p<0.05, p<0.01). A significant separation was determined between the control and model groups in the PCA score plot, which indicates that the spleen-qi deficiency model was successfully duplicated. The changes in the levels of endogenous metabolites in the plasma included lower levels of valine, leucine, and O-acetyl-glycoprotein and a higher concentration of lactate in the spleen-qi deficiency group compared with the control group. Treatment with Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang at least partially returned the levels of these metabolites to the normal levels. CONCLUSIONS The restorative effects of Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang in rats with spleen-qi deficiency were confirmed, and four endogenous metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers of the symptoms of spleen-qi deficiency and most likely play roles in the changes observed in certain metabolic pathways, such as the energy, protein, and glycolytic metabolisms.
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- Xiao-Fen Zheng
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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- Shanxi Pharmaceutical College, Taiyuan 030031, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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Zhang L, Wang Y, Xu Y, Lei H, Zhao Y, Li H, Lin X, Chen G, Tang H. Metabonomic analysis reveals efficient ameliorating effects of acupoint stimulations on the menopause-caused alterations in mammalian metabolism. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3641. [PMID: 24407431 PMCID: PMC5378040 DOI: 10.1038/srep03641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Acupoint stimulations are effective in ameliorating symptoms of menopause which is an unavoidable ageing consequence for women. To understand the mechanistic aspects of such treatments, we systematically analyzed the effects of acupoint laser-irradiation and catgut-embedding on the ovariectomy-induced rat metabolic changes using NMR and GC-FID/MS methods. Results showed that ovariectomization (OVX) caused comprehensive metabolic changes in lipid peroxidation, glycolysis, TCA cycle, choline and amino acid metabolisms. Both acupoint laser-irradiation and catgut-embedding ameliorated the OVX-caused metabonomic changes more effectively than hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with nilestriol. Such effects of acupoint stimulations were highlighted in alleviating lipid peroxidation, restoring glucose homeostasis and partial reversion of the OVX-altered amino acid metabolism. These findings provided new insights into the menopause effects on mammalian biochemistry and beneficial effects of acupoint stimulations in comparison with HRT, demonstrating metabonomics as a powerful approach for potential applications in disease prognosis and developments of effective therapies.
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- Limin Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Clinical Medical College of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Affiliated BaoAn TCM Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518101, China
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- Affiliated BaoAn TCM Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Biospectroscopy and Metabonomics Centre, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Biospectroscopy and Metabolomics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Wu X, Li N, Li H, Tang H. An optimized method for NMR-based plant seed metabolomic analysis with maximized polar metabolite extraction efficiency, signal-to-noise ratio, and chemical shift consistency. Analyst 2014; 139:1769-78. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an02100a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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An optimized method for NMR-based plant seed metabolomic analysis was established with extraction solvent, cell-breaking method and extract-to-buffer ratio.
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- Xiangyu Wu
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance
- Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Li H, An Y, Zhang L, Lei H, Zhang L, Wang Y, Tang H. Combined NMR and GC–MS Analyses Revealed Dynamic Metabolic Changes Associated with the Carrageenan-Induced Rat Pleurisy. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5520-34. [DOI: 10.1021/pr400440d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Huihui Li
- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- State
Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Biospectroscopy and Metabolomics,
School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- Collaborative
Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key
Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- State
Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Biospectroscopy and Metabolomics,
School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Yan X, Mao G, Fang L, Zhao B, Liu Y, Tang H, Wang N. Metabonomic profiling revealed an alteration in purine nucleotide metabolism associated with cardiac hypertrophy in rats treated with thiazolidinediones. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5634-41. [PMID: 24164426 DOI: 10.1021/pr400587y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) including rosiglitazone (RSG) and pioglitazone (PIO) are synthetic agonists selective for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) and have been clinically used to treat type-II diabetes as insulin sensitizers. Recent meta-analyses have shown that TZDs are associated with an increased risk for the development of heart failure. To elucidate the mechanism underlying such a cardiac adverse effect, we used a (1)H NMR-based approach to examine the metabonomic profiles in the cardiac tissues treated with RSG (15 mg/kg body weight/day) or PIO (45 mg/kg/day) for 4 weeks and found that the TZD treatments resulted in a significantly altered metabolic profile in hearts, which was associated with cardiac hypertrophy. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that TZDs led to an accumulation in adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and a depletion of inosine. Consistently, AMP kinase, a signal pathway sensitive to the change in the intracellular concentrations of AMP, was activated in the cardiac tissues from the TZDs-treated rats. Quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction showed a significant induction of the genes involved in the de novo synthesis of purine nucleotide but a reduction of those for the catabolism. Furthermore, the putative PPAR-responsive elements were identified in the 5'-flanking regions of the TZD-up-regulated genes such as adenylosuccinate synthase gene (Adss) and phosphoribosl pyrophosphate synthetase 1 (Prps1), and the binding of PPARγ to these motifs was confirmed by using chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that TZDs induced alterations in purine nucleotide metabolism in rat hearts via transcriptional regulation of the PPARγ-target genes, which may play an important role in the development of cardiac hypertrophy associated with TZDs.
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- Yan Liu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Peking University Health Science Center , 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, China
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Wang Y, Zhang L, Chen WL, Wang JH, Li N, Li JM, Mi JQ, Zhang WN, Li Y, Wu SF, Jin J, Wang YG, Huang H, Chen Z, Chen SJ, Tang H. Rapid diagnosis and prognosis of de novo acute myeloid leukemia by serum metabonomic analysis. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:4393-401. [PMID: 23998518 DOI: 10.1021/pr400403p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a life-threatening hematological disease. Novel diagnostic and prognostic markers will be essential for new therapeutics and for significantly improving the disease prognosis. To characterize the metabolic features associated with AML and search for potential diagnostic and prognostic methods, here we analyzed the phenotypic characteristics of serum metabolite composition (metabonome) in a cohort of 183 patients with de novo acute myeloid leukemia together with 232 age- and gender-matched healthy controls using (1)H NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with multivariate data analysis. We observed significant serum metabonomic differences between AML patients and healthy controls and between AML patients with favorable and intermediate cytogenetic risks. Such differences were highlighted by systems differentiations in multiple metabolic pathways including glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, TCA cycle, biosynthesis of proteins and lipoproteins, and metabolism of fatty acids and cell membrane components, especially choline and its phosphorylated derivatives. This demonstrated the NMR-based metabonomics as a rapid and less invasive method for potential AML diagnosis and prognosis. The serum metabolic phenotypes observed here indicated that integration of metabonomics with other techniques will be useful for better understanding the biochemistry of pathogenesis and progression of leukemia.
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- Yihuang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Rui Jin Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai, China
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Tian JS, Shi BY, Xiang H, Gao S, Qin XM, Du GH. 1H-NMR-based metabonomic studies on the anti-depressant effect of genipin in the chronic unpredictable mild stress rat model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75721. [PMID: 24058700 PMCID: PMC3776757 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The purpose of this work was to investigate the anti-depressant effect of genipin and its mechanisms using (1)H-NMR spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis on a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) rat model. Rat serum and urine were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabonomics after oral administration of either genipin or saline for 2 weeks. Significant differences in the metabolic profile of the CUMS-treated group and the control group were observed, which were consistent with the results of behavioral tests. Metabolic effects of CUMS included decreases in serum trimetlylamine oxide (TMAO) and β-hydroxybutyric acid (β-HB), and increases in lipid, lactate, alanine and N-acetyl-glycoproteins. In urine, decreases in creatinine and betaine were observed, while citrate, trimethylamine (TMA) and dimethylamine were increased. These changes suggest that depression may be associated with gut microbes, energy metabolism and glycometabolism. Genipin showed the best anti-depressive effects at a dose of 100 mg/kg in rats. These results indicate that metabonomic approaches could be powerful tools for the investigation of the biochemical changes in pathological conditions or drug treatment.
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- Jun-Sheng Tian
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. China
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- Physical Education Departments of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. China
- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P. R. China
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Metabonomic analysis of Allium macrostemon Bunge as a treatment for acute myocardial ischemia in rats. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2013; 88:225-34. [PMID: 24080525 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 09/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Myocardial ischemia (MI) refers to a pathological state of the heart caused by reduced cardiac blood perfusion, which leads to a decreased oxygen supply in the heart and an abnormal myocardial energy metabolism. Acute myocardial ischemia (AMI) has posed a significant health risk for humans. Allium macrostemon Bunge (AMB), a popular traditional Chinese medicine, is used for MI treatment. The therapeutic effects of AMB were assessed and the detailed mechanisms of AMB for AMI treatment were investigated. We characterized the metabonomic variations in rats from the sham surgery, AMI, and AMB-pretreated AMI groups through a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and multivariate statistical analysis. Thirty-five metabolites including carbohydrates, a range of amino acids, and organic acids were detected. The (1)H NMR spectra of the rat serum were analyzed using the principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA). Results showed that AMI induced some physiological changes in rats and also led to metabolic disorders related to glycolysis promotion, amino acid metabolism disruption, and other metabolite metabolism perturbation. AMB pretreatment reduced the AMI injury and maintained metabolic balance, possibly by limiting the change in energy metabolism and regulating amino acid metabolism. These findings provide a comprehensive insight on the metabolic response of AMI rats to AMB pretreatment and are important for the use of AMB for AMI therapy.
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An Y, Xu W, Li H, Lei H, Zhang L, Hao F, Duan Y, Yan X, Zhao Y, Wu J, Wang Y, Tang H. High-fat diet induces dynamic metabolic alterations in multiple biological matrices of rats. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3755-68. [PMID: 23746045 DOI: 10.1021/pr400398b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Obesity is a condition resulting from the interactions of individual biology and environmental factors causing multiple complications. To understand the system's metabolic changes associated with the obesity development and progression, we systematically analyzed the dynamic metabonomic changes induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) in multiple biological matrices of rats using NMR and GC-FID/MS techniques. Clinical chemistry and histopathological data were obtained as complementary information. We found that HFD intakes caused systematic metabolic changes in blood plasma, liver, and urine samples involving multiple metabolic pathways including glycolysis, TCA cycle, and gut microbiota functions together with the metabolisms of fatty acids, amino acids, choline, B-vitamins, purines, and pyrimidines. The HFD-induced metabolic variations were detectable in rat urine a week after HFD intake and showed clear dependence on the intake duration. B-vitamins and gut microbiota played important roles in the obesity development and progression together with changes in TCA cycle intermediates (citrate, α-ketoglutarate, succinate, and fumarate). 83-day HFD intakes caused significant metabolic alterations in rat liver highlighted with the enhancements in lipogenesis, lipid accumulation and lipid oxidation, suppression of glycolysis, up-regulation of gluconeogenesis and glycogenesis together with altered metabolisms of choline, amino acids and nucleotides. HFD intakes reduced the PUFA-to-MUFA ratio in both plasma and liver, indicating the HFD-induced oxidative stress. These findings provided essential biochemistry information about the dynamic metabolic responses to the development and progression of HFD-induced obesity. This study also demonstrated the combined metabonomic analysis of multiple biological matrices as a powerful approach for understanding the molecular basis of pathogenesis and disease progression.
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- Yanpeng An
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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Duan Y, An Y, Li N, Liu B, Wang Y, Tang H. Multiple univariate data analysis reveals the inulin effects on the high-fat-diet induced metabolic alterations in rat myocardium and testicles in the preobesity state. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3480-95. [PMID: 23700965 DOI: 10.1021/pr400341f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and a well-known risk factor for many diseases affecting billions of people's health and well-being. However, little information is available for metabolic changes associated with the effects of obesity development and interventions on cardiovascular and reproduction systems. Here, we systematically analyzed the effects of high-fat diet (HFD) and inulin intake on the metabolite compositions of myocardium and testicle using NMR spectroscopy. We developed a useful high-throughput method based on multiple univariate data analysis (MUDA) to visualize and efficiently extract information on metabolites significantly affected by an intervention. We found that HFD caused widespread metabolic changes in both rat myocardium and testicles involving fatty acid β-oxidation together with the metabolisms of choline, amino acids, purines and pyrimidines even before HFD caused significant body-weight increases. Inulin intake ameliorated some of the HFD-induced metabolic changes in both myocardium (3-HB, lactate and guanosine) and testicle tissues (3-HB, inosine and betaine). A remarkable elevation of scyllo-inositol was also observable with inulin intake in both tissues. These findings offered essential information for the inulin effects on the HFD-induced metabolic changes and demonstrated this MUDA method as a powerful alternative to traditionally used multivariate data analysis for metabonomics.
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- Yixuan Duan
- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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Shi X, Xiao C, Wang Y, Tang H. Gallic Acid Intake Induces Alterations to Systems Metabolism in Rats. J Proteome Res 2012; 12:991-1006. [DOI: 10.1021/pr301041k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Xiaohuo Shi
- Key Laboratory
of Magnetic Resonance
in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Centre for Biospectroscpoy and Metabonomics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic
of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, People's
Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Magnetic Resonance
in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Centre for Biospectroscpoy and Metabonomics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Magnetic Resonance
in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Centre for Biospectroscpoy and Metabonomics,
Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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