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Momchilova A, Pankov R, Alexandrov A, Markovska T, Pankov S, Krastev P, Staneva G, Vassileva E, Krastev N, Pinkas A. Sphingolipid Catabolism and Glycerophospholipid Levels Are Altered in Erythrocytes and Plasma from Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147592. [PMID: 35886939 PMCID: PMC9315580 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, inflammatory, degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Changes in lipid metabolism have been suggested to play important roles in MS pathophysiology and progression. In this work we analyzed the lipid composition and sphingolipid-catabolizing enzymes in erythrocytes and plasma from MS patients and healthy controls. We observed reduction of sphingomyelin (SM) and elevation of its products—ceramide (CER) and shingosine (SPH). These changes were supported by the detected up-regulation of the activity of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) in MS plasma and alkaline ceramidase (ALCER) in erythrocytes from MS patients. In addition, Western blot analysis showed elevated expression of ASM, but not of ALCER. We also compared the ratios between saturated (SAT), unsaturated (UNSAT) and polyunsaturated fatty acids and suggest, based on the significant differences observed for this ratio, that the UNSAT/SAT values could serve as a marker distinguishing erythrocytes and plasma of MS from controls. In conclusion, the application of lipid analysis in the medical practice would contribute to definition of more precise diagnosis, analysis of disease progression, and evaluation of therapeutic strategies. Based on the molecular changes of blood lipids in neurodegenerative pathologies, including MS, clinical lipidomic analytical approaches could become a promising contemporary tool for personalized medicine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Albena Momchilova
- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (A.A.); (T.M.); (S.P.); (G.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +359-2-9792686 or +359-898-238971
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- Biological Faculty, Sofia University, 8, Dragan Tzankov Str., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (A.A.); (T.M.); (S.P.); (G.S.)
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- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (A.A.); (T.M.); (S.P.); (G.S.)
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- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (A.A.); (T.M.); (S.P.); (G.S.)
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- Cardiology Clinic, University Hospital St. Ekaterina, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (A.A.); (T.M.); (S.P.); (G.S.)
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- Clinic of Neurology, Tsaritsa Yoanna University Hospital-ISUL, 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical University-Sofia, Blvd. Sv. Georgi Sofiisky 1, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria;
- Medical Center Relax, 8 Ami Bue Str., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- STEP/CSTEP, Office of Continuing Education, Suffolk County Community College 30 Greene Ave., Sayville, NY 11782, USA;
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Ferreira HB, Neves B, Guerra IM, Moreira A, Melo T, Paiva A, Domingues MR. An overview of lipidomic analysis in different human matrices of multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020; 44:102189. [PMID: 32516740 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, and it is one of the most common neurological cause of disability in young adults. It is known that several factors contribute to increase the risk of development and pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis, nonetheless, but the true etiology of this pathology remains unknown. Similar to other inflammatory diseases, oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation are also associated to multiple sclerosis. Alterations in the lipid profile seem to be a hallmark of this pathology which can contribute to the dysregulation of lipid homeostasis and lipid metabolism in multiple sclerosis. Lipidomic studies analysed in this review clearly demonstrate the role of lipids in inflammatory processes, in immunity, and in the onset and development of multiple sclerosis. Several investigations reported alterations of some molecular lipid species, in particular, with decrease of fatty acids (FA) 18:2 and 20:4 and total polyunsaturated FA, with compensatory increases of saturated FA with shorter carbon chains. Oxidized phospholipids were reported in few studies as well. Also, it was shown that clinical lipidomics has potential as a tool to aid both in multiple sclerosis diagnosis and therapeutics by allowing a detailed lipidome profiling of the patients suffering with this disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Helena Beatriz Ferreira
- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Unidade de Gestão Operacional em Citometria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC, Portugal); Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.; Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC - Coimbra Health School, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Portugal
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- Mass Spectrometry Center & QOPNA/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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