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Du ZX, Ren YY, Wang JL, Li SX, Hu YF, Wang L, Chen MY, Li Y, Hu CM, Yang YF. The potential association between metabolic disorders and pulmonary tuberculosis: a Mendelian randomization study. Eur J Med Res 2024; 29:277. [PMID: 38725045 PMCID: PMC11080151 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-024-01845-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Metabolic disorders (MetDs) have been demonstrated to be closely linked to numerous diseases. However, the precise association between MetDs and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains poorly understood. METHOD Summary statistics for exposure and outcomes from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for exposures and outcomes were obtained from the BioBank Japan Project (BBJ) Gene-exposure dataset. The 14 clinical factors were categorized into three groups: metabolic laboratory markers, blood pressure, and the MetS diagnostic factors. The causal relationship between metabolic factors and PTB were analyzed using two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR). Additionally, the direct effects on the risk of PTB were investigated through multivariable MR. The primary method employed was the inverse variance-weighted (IVW) model. The sensitivity of this MR analysis was evaluated using MR-Egger regression and the MR-PRESSO global test. RESULTS According to the two-sample MR, HDL-C, HbA1c, TP, and DM were positively correlated with the incidence of active TB. According to the multivariable MR, HDL-C (IVW: OR 2.798, 95% CI 1.484-5.274, P = 0.001), LDL (IVW: OR 4.027, 95% CI 1.140-14.219, P = 0.03) and TG (IVW: OR 2.548, 95% CI 1.269-5.115, P = 0.009) were positively correlated with the occurrence of PTB. TC (OR 0.131, 95% CI 0.028-0.607, P = 0.009) was negatively correlated with the occurrence of PTB. We selected BMI, DM, HDL-C, SBP, and TG as the diagnostic factors for metabolic syndrome. DM (IVW, OR 1.219, 95% CI 1.040-1.429 P = 0.014) and HDL-C (IVW, OR 1.380, 95% CI 1.035-1.841, P = 0.028) were directly correlated with the occurrence of PTB. CONCLUSIONS This MR study demonstrated that metabolic disorders, mainly hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia, are associated with the incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis.
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- Zhi-Xiang Du
- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China.
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Liver Disease, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210003, China.
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Wang N, Yao Y, Qian Y, Qiu D, Cao H, Xiang H, Wang J. Cargoes of exosomes function as potential biomarkers for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1254347. [PMID: 37928531 PMCID: PMC10622749 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1254347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Exosomes as double-membrane vesicles contain various contents of lipids, proteins, mRNAs and non-coding RNAs, and involve in multiple physiological processes, for instance intercellular communication and immunomodulation. Currently, numerous studies found that the components of exosomal proteins, nucleic acids or lipids released from host cells are altered following infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Exosomal contents provide excellent biomarkers for the auxiliary diagnosis, efficacy evaluation, and prognosis of tuberculosis. This study aimed to review the current literatures detailing the functions of exosomes in the procedure of M. tuberculosis infection, and determine the potential values of exosomes as biomarkers to assist in the diagnosis and monitoring of tuberculosis.
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- Nan Wang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Fourth People’s Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital Maternal and Child Heath Hospital of Nanchang College, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Safety, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Beukes D, van Reenen M, Loots DT, du Preez I. Tuberculosis is associated with sputum metabolome variations, irrespective of patient sex or HIV status: an untargeted GCxGC-TOFMS study. Metabolomics 2023; 19:55. [PMID: 37284915 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-023-02017-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Various studies have identified TB-induced metabolome variations. However, in most of these studies, a large degree of variation exists between individual patients. OBJECTIVES To identify differential metabolites for TB, independent of patients' sex or HIV status. METHODS Untargeted GCxGC/TOF-MS analyses were applied to the sputum of 31 TB + and 197 TB- individuals. Univariate statistics were used to identify metabolites which are significantly different between TB + and TB- individuals (a) irrespective of HIV status, and (b) with a HIV + status. Comparisons a and b were repeated for (i) all participants, (ii) males only and (iii) females only. RESULTS Twenty-one compounds were significantly different between the TB + and TB- individuals within the female subgroup (11% lipids; 10% carbohydrates; 1% amino acids, 5% other and 73% unannotated), and 6 within the male subgroup (20% lipids; 40% carbohydrates; 6% amino acids, 7% other and 27% unannotated). For the HIV + patients (TB + vs. TB-), a total of 125 compounds were significant within the female subgroup (16% lipids; 8% carbohydrates; 12% amino acids, 6% organic acids, 8% other and 50% unannotated), and 44 within the male subgroup (17% lipids; 2% carbohydrates; 14% amino acids related, 8% organic acids, 9% other and 50% unannotated). Only one annotated compound, 1-oleoyl lysophosphaditic acid, was consistently identified as a differential metabolite for TB, irrespective of sex or HIV status. The potential clinical application of this compound should be evaluated further. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight the importance of considering confounders in metabolomics studies in order to identify unambiguous disease biomarkers.
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- Derylize Beukes
- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Yen NTH, Anh NK, Jayanti RP, Phat NK, Vu DH, Ghim JL, Ahn S, Shin JG, Oh JY, Phuoc Long N, Kim DH. Multimodal plasma metabolomics and lipidomics in elucidating metabolic perturbations in tuberculosis patients with concurrent type 2 diabetes. Biochimie 2023:S0300-9084(23)00086-X. [PMID: 37062470 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) poses a major burden for the treatment and control of tuberculosis (TB). Characterization of the underlying metabolic perturbations in DM patients with TB infection would yield insights into the pathophysiology of TB-DM, thus potentially leading to improvements in TB treatment. In this study, a multimodal metabolomics and lipidomics workflow was applied to investigate plasma metabolic profiles of patients with TB and TB-DM. Significantly different biological processes and biomarkers in TB-DM vs. TB were identified using a data-driven, knowledge-based framework. Changes in metabolic and signaling pathways related to carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism were mainly captured by amide HILIC column metabolomics analysis, while perturbations in lipid metabolism were identified by the C18 metabolomics and lipidomics analysis. Compared to TB, TB-DM exhibited elevated levels of bile acids and molecules related to carbohydrate metabolism, as well as the depletion of glutamine, retinol, lysophosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylcholine. Moreover, arachidonic acid metabolism was determined as a potential important factor in the interaction between TB and DM pathophysiology. In a correlation network of the significantly altered molecules, among the central nodes, chenodeoxycholic acid was robustly associated with TB and DM. Fatty acid (22:4) was a component of all significant modules. In conclusion, the integration of multimodal metabolomics and lipidomics provides a thorough picture of the metabolic changes associated with TB-DM. The results obtained from this comprehensive profiling of TB patients with DM advance the current understanding of DM comorbidity in TB infection and contribute to the development of more effective treatment.
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- Nguyen Thi Hai Yen
- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- The National Centre of Drug Information and Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring, Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Anh NK, Phat NK, Yen NTH, Jayanti RP, Thu VTA, Park YJ, Cho YS, Shin JG, Kim DH, Oh JY, Long NP. Comprehensive lipid profiles investigation reveals host metabolic and immune alterations during anti-tuberculosis treatment: Implications for therapeutic monitoring. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 158:114187. [PMID: 36916440 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.114187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In this study, we investigated the lipidome of tuberculosis patients during standard chemotherapy to discover biosignatures that could aid therapeutic monitoring. UPLC-QToF MS was used to analyze 82 baseline and treatment plasma samples of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Subsequently, a data-driven and knowledge-based workflow, including robust annotation, statistical analysis, and functional analysis, was applied to assess lipid profiles during treatment. Overall, the lipids species from 17 lipid subclasses were significantly altered by anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Cholesterol ester (CE), monoacylglycerols, and phosphatidylcholine (PC) were upregulated, whereas triacylglycerols, sphingomyelin, and ether-linked phosphatidylethanolamines (PE O-) were downregulated. Notably, PCs demonstrated a clear upward expression pattern during tuberculosis treatment. Several lipid species were identified as potential biomarkers for therapeutic monitoring, such as PC(42:6), PE(O-40:5), CE(24:6), and dihexosylceramide Hex2Cer(34:2;2 O). Functional and lipid gene enrichment analysis revealed alterations in pathways related to lipid metabolism and host immune responses. In conclusion, this study provides a foundation for the use of lipids as biomarkers for clinical management of tuberculosis.
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- Nguyen Ky Anh
- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Yu Y, Jiang XX, Li JC. Biomarker discovery for tuberculosis using metabolomics. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1099654. [PMID: 36891238 PMCID: PMC9986447 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1099654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among infectious diseases, and the ratio of cases in which its pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is drug resistant has been increasing worldwide, whereas latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) may develop into active TB. Thus it is important to understand the mechanism of drug resistance, find new drugs, and find biomarkers for TB diagnosis. The rapid progress of metabolomics has enabled quantitative metabolite profiling of both the host and the pathogen. In this context, we provide recent progress in the application of metabolomics toward biomarker discovery for tuberculosis. In particular, we first focus on biomarkers based on blood or other body fluids for diagnosing active TB, identifying LTBI and predicting the risk of developing active TB, as well as monitoring the effectiveness of anti-TB drugs. Then we discuss the pathogen-based biomarker research for identifying drug resistant TB. While there have been many reports of potential candidate biomarkers, validations and clinical testing as well as improved bioinformatics analysis are needed to further substantiate and select key biomarkers before they can be made clinically applicable.
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- Yi Yu
- Center for Analyses and Measurements, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Clinical Research Laboratory, Shaoxing Seventh People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China
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- Clinical Research Laboratory, Shaoxing Seventh People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China.,Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University Medical School, Hangzhou, China
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Lu Q, Liu J, Yu Y, Liang HF, Zhang SQ, Li ZB, Chen JX, Xu QG, Li JC. ALB, HP, OAF and RBP4 as novel protein biomarkers for identifying cured patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by DIA. Clin Chim Acta 2022; 535:82-91. [PMID: 35964702 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that lacks robust blood-based biomarkers to identify cured TB. Some discharged patients are not fully cured and may relapse or even develop multidrug-resistant TB. This study is committed to finding proteomic-based plasma biomarkers to support establishing laboratory standards for clinical TB cure. METHODS Data-independent acquisition (DIA) was used to obtain the plasma protein expression profiles of TB patients at different treatment stages compared with healthy controls. Multivariate statistical methods and bioinformatics were used to analyze the data. RESULTS Bioinformatic analysis suggests coagulation dysfunction and vitamin and lipid metabolism disturbances in TB. Albumin (ALB), haptoglobin (HP), out at first protein homolog (OAF), and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) can be used to establish a diagnostic model for the efficacy evaluation of TB with an area under the curve of 0.963, which could effectively distinguish untreated TB patients from cured patients. CONCLUSIONS Our research demonstrated that ALB, HP, OAF and RBP4 can be potential biomarkers for evaluating the efficacy of TB. These findings may provide experimental data for establishing the laboratory indicators of clinical TB cure and providing clinicians with new targets for exploring the underlying mechanisms of TB pathogenesis.
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- Qiqi Lu
- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China
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- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China
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- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China; The Central Laboratory, Yangjiang People's Hospital, Yangjiang 529500, China
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- The Central Laboratory, Yangjiang People's Hospital, Yangjiang 529500, China
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- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China
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- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China; The Central Laboratory, Yangjiang People's Hospital, Yangjiang 529500, China; Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou 318050, China; Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- The Central Laboratory, Yangjiang People's Hospital, Yangjiang 529500, China
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- The Medical Research Center, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan 512025, China
- The Central Laboratory, Yangjiang People's Hospital, Yangjiang 529500, China
- Institute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Long NP, Anh NK, Yen NTH, Phat NK, Park S, Thu VTA, Cho YS, Shin JG, Oh JY, Kim DH. Comprehensive lipid and lipid-related gene investigations of host immune responses to characterize metabolism-centric biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:13395. [PMID: 35927287 PMCID: PMC9352691 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite remarkable success in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), it remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Management of TB requires an efficient and timely diagnostic strategy. In this study, we comprehensively characterized the plasma lipidome of TB patients, then selected candidate lipid and lipid-related gene biomarkers using a data-driven, knowledge-based framework. Among 93 lipids that were identified as potential biomarker candidates, ether-linked phosphatidylcholine (PC O–) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) were generally upregulated, while free fatty acids and triglycerides with longer fatty acyl chains were downregulated in the TB group. Lipid-related gene enrichment analysis revealed significantly altered metabolic pathways (e.g., ether lipid, linolenic acid, and cholesterol) and immune response signaling pathways. Based on these potential biomarkers, TB patients could be differentiated from controls in the internal validation (random forest model, area under the curve [AUC] 0.936, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.865–0.992). PC(O-40:4), PC(O-42:5), PC(36:0), and PC(34:4) were robust biomarkers able to distinguish TB patients from individuals with latent infection and healthy controls, as shown in the external validation. Small changes in expression were identified for 162 significant lipid-related genes in the comparison of TB patients vs. controls; in the random forest model, their utilities were demonstrated by AUCs that ranged from 0.829 to 0.956 in three cohorts. In conclusion, this study introduced a potential framework that can be used to identify and validate metabolism-centric biomarkers.
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- Nguyen Phuoc Long
- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Center for Personalized Precision Medicine of Tuberculosis, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Affects Protein and Lipid Content of Circulating Exosomes in Infected Patients Depending on Tuberculosis Disease State. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10040783. [PMID: 35453532 PMCID: PMC9025801 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10040783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB), which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases. Understanding how the host and pathogen interact in active TB will have a significant impact on global TB control efforts. Exosomes are increasingly recognized as a means of cell-to-cell contact and exchange of soluble mediators. In the case of TB, exosomes are released from the bacillus and infected cells. In the present study, a comprehensive lipidomics and proteomics analysis of size exclusion chromatography-isolated plasma-derived exosomes from patients with TB lymphadenitis (TBL) and treated as well as untreated pulmonary TB (PTB) was performed to elucidate the possibility to utilize exosomes in diagnostics and knowledge building. According to our findings, exosome-derived lipids and proteins originate from both the host and Mtb in the plasma of active TB patients. Exosomes from all patients are mostly composed of sphingomyelins (SM), phosphatidylcholines, phosphatidylinositols, free fatty acids, triacylglycerols (TAG), and cholesterylesters. Relative proportions of, e.g., SMs and TAGs, vary depending on the disease or treatment state and could be linked to Mtb pathogenesis and dormancy. We identified three proteins of Mtb origin: DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta (RpoC), Diacyglycerol O-acyltransferase (Rv2285), and Formate hydrogenase (HycE), the latter of which was discovered to be differently expressed in TBL patients. Furthermore, we discovered that Mtb infection alters the host protein composition of circulating exosomes, significantly affecting a total of 37 proteins. All TB patients had low levels of apolipoproteins, as well as the antibacterial proteins cathelicidin, Scavenger Receptor Cysteine Rich Family Member (SSC5D), and Ficolin 3 (FCN3). When compared to healthy controls, the protein profiles of PTB and TBL were substantially linked, with 14 proteins being co-regulated. However, adhesion proteins (integrins, Intercellular adhesion molecule 2 (ICAM2), CD151, Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4)) were shown to be more prevalent in PTB patients, while immunoglobulins, Complement component 1r (C1R), and Glutamate receptor-interacting protein 1 (GRIP1) were found to be more abundant in TBL patients, respectively. This study could confirm findings from previous reports and uncover novel molecular profiles not previously in focus of TB research. However, we applied a minimally invasive sampling and analysis of circulating exosomes in TB patients. Based on the findings given here, future studies into host–pathogen interactions could pave the way for the development of new vaccines and therapies.
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Chen X, Ye J, Lei H, Wang C. Novel Potential Diagnostic Serum Biomarkers of Metabolomics in Osteoarticular Tuberculosis Patients: A Preliminary Study. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:827528. [PMID: 35402287 PMCID: PMC8992656 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.827528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Osteoarticular tuberculosis is one of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which is mainly caused by direct infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or secondary infection of tuberculosis in other parts. Due to the low specificity of the current detection method, it is leading to a high misdiagnosis rate and subsequently affecting the follow-up treatment and prognosis. Metabolomics is mainly used to study the changes of the body’s metabolites in different states, so it can serve as an important means in the discovery of disease-related metabolic biomarkers and the corresponding mechanism research. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to detect and analyze metabolites in the serum with osteoarticular tuberculosis patients, disease controls, and healthy controls to find novel metabolic biomarkers that could be used in the diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis. Our results showed that 68 differential metabolites (p<0.05, fold change>1.0) were obtained in osteoarticular tuberculosis serum after statistical analysis. Then, through the evaluation of diagnostic efficacy, PC[o-16:1(9Z)/18:0], PC[20:4(8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)/18:0], PC[18:0/22:5(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z)], SM(d18:1/20:0), and SM[d18:1/18:1(11Z)] were found as potential biomarkers with high diagnostic efficacy. Using bioinformatics analysis, we further found that these metabolites share many lipid metabolic signaling pathways, such as choline metabolism, sphingolipid signaling, retrograde endocannabinoid signaling, and sphingolipid and glycerophospholipid metabolism; these results suggest that lipid metabolism plays an important role in the pathological process of tuberculosis. This study can provide certain reference value for the study of metabolic biomarkers of osteoarticular tuberculosis and the mechanism of lipid metabolism in osteoarticular tuberculosis and even other tuberculosis diseases.
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- Ximeng Chen
- Medical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The Eighth Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Chengbin Wang, ; Hong Lei,
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Chengbin Wang, ; Hong Lei,
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Ahamad N, Gupta S, Parashar D. Using Omics to Study Leprosy, Tuberculosis, and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:792617. [PMID: 35281437 PMCID: PMC8908319 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.792617] [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: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacteria are members of the Actinomycetales order, and they are classified into one family, Mycobacteriaceae. More than 20 mycobacterial species cause disease in humans. The Mycobacterium group, called the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), has nine closely related species that cause tuberculosis in animals and humans. TB can be detected worldwide and one-fourth of the world’s population is contaminated with tuberculosis. According to the WHO, about two million dies from it, and more than nine million people are newly infected with TB each year. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is the most potential causative agent of tuberculosis and prompts enormous mortality and morbidity worldwide due to the incompletely understood pathogenesis of human tuberculosis. Moreover, modern diagnostic approaches for human tuberculosis are inefficient and have many lacks, while MTBC species can modulate host immune response and escape host immune attacks to sustain in the human body. “Multi-omics” strategies such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and deep sequencing technologies could be a comprehensive strategy to investigate the pathogenesis of mycobacterial species in humans and offer significant discovery to find out biomarkers at the early stage of disease in the host. Thus, in this review, we attempt to understand an overview of the mission of “omics” approaches in mycobacterial pathogenesis, including tuberculosis, leprosy, and other mycobacterial diseases.
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- Naseem Ahamad
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Naseem Ahamad,
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- Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Wykowski JH, Phillips C, Ngo T, Drain PK. A systematic review of potential screening biomarkers for active TB disease. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis 2021; 25:100284. [PMID: 34805557 PMCID: PMC8590066 DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2021.100284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The standard TB Four Symptom Screen does not meet the World Health Organization (WHO) ideal screening criteria for having greater than 90% sensitivity to identify active TB disease, regardless of HIV status. To identify novel screening biomarkers for active TB, we performed a systematic review of any cohort or case-control study reporting associations between screening biomarkers and active TB disease. METHODS We searched PubMed and Embase for articles published before October 10, 2021. We included studies from high or medium tuberculosis burden countries. We excluded articles focusing on C-reactive protein and lipoarabinomannan. For all included biomarkers, we calculated sensitivity, specificity and 95% confidence intervals, and assessed study quality using a tool adapted from the QUADAS-2 risk of bias. RESULTS From 8,062 abstracts screened, we included 79 articles. The articles described 302 unique biomarkers, including host antibodies, host proteins, TB antigens, microRNAs, whole blood gene PCRs, and combinations of biomarkers. Of these, 23 biomarkers had sensitivity greater than 90% and specificity greater than 70%, meeting WHO criteria for an ideal screening test. Among the eleven biomarkers described in people living with HIV, only one had a sensitivity greater than 90% and specificity greater than 70% for active TB. CONCLUSION Further evaluation of biomarkers of active TB should be pursued to accelerate identification of TB disease.
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- James H. Wykowski
- Department of Medicine, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Global Health, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Global Health, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Medicine, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Department of Global Health, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, 925 9 Ave Seattle, WA 98104, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Liebenberg C, Luies L, Williams AA. Metabolomics as a Tool to Investigate HIV/TB Co-Infection. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:692823. [PMID: 34746228 PMCID: PMC8565463 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.692823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and tuberculosis (TB) pandemics are perpetuated by a significant global burden of HIV/TB co-infection. The synergy between HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) during co-infection of a host is well established. While this synergy is known to be driven by immunological deterioration, the metabolic mechanisms thereof remain poorly understood. Metabolomics has been applied to study various aspects of HIV and Mtb infection separately, yielding insights into infection- and treatment-induced metabolic adaptations experienced by the host. Despite the contributions that metabolomics has made to the field, this approach has not yet been systematically applied to characterize the HIV/TB co-infected state. Considering that limited HIV/TB co-infection metabolomics studies have been published to date, this review briefly summarizes what is known regarding the HIV/TB co-infection synergism from a conventional and metabolomics perspective. It then explores metabolomics as a tool for the improved characterization of HIV/TB co-infection in the context of previously published human-related HIV infection and TB investigations, respectively as well as for addressing the gaps in existing knowledge based on the similarities and deviating trends reported in these HIV infection and TB studies.
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