气相色谱-质谱联用技术分析大气细颗粒物对小鼠肺组织代谢轮廓的影响

建立了基于气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS)分析大气细颗粒物(PM2.5)滴注对小鼠肺组织代谢轮廓的影响的研究方法.通过分析肺组织细胞内代谢物的变化,研究不同浓度PM2.5对小鼠肺组织代谢的毒性机制.鼻腔分别滴注0、7.5、20.0和37.5 g/L的PM2.5悬液,提取肺组织胞内物质,预处理后进行GC-MS分析,结合主成分分析法(PCA)、偏最小二乘判别分析法(PLS-DA)进行数据解析,通过PLS-DA得分图可将不同PM2.5染毒浓度下的肺组织胞内物质明显区分.运用PLS-DA载荷图及模型的变量重要性因子(VIP)值,发现了7种代谢物可作为区别不同浓度PM2.5下代谢组的潜在生物标志物,分别为丙氨酸、缬氨酸、亮氨酸、鸟氨酸、延胡索酸、柠檬酸、嘌呤(p<0.01).代谢途径分析结果表明,PM2.5滴注使小鼠肺组织受到氧化损伤,氧化应激反应增强,抑制了三羧酸循环(TCA循环)及嘌呤代谢.本研究为深入解析PM2.5致毒机理提供了新的方法及理论依据.     

黄芪口服液降低大鼠顺铂毒性作用机制的尿液代谢组学研究

采用基于液相色谱-飞行时间质谱联用(LC-TOF-MS)技术的代谢组学方法,分析大鼠尿液内源性代谢物的变化,研究黄芪口服液(HO)降低大鼠顺铂(CDDP)毒性的作用机制.采用低剂量多次腹腔注射CDDP的方法建立CDDP染毒大鼠模型,并连续给予16天HO.于第18天收集正常对照(Control)组、顺铂模型(CDDP)组和黄芪口服液(HO)组大鼠的24 h尿液, 进行LC-TOF-MS分析,以获取尿液代谢物组数据集,对所得数据进行主成分分析(PCA)和正交偏最小二乘法-判别分析(OPLS-DA)等多元统计分析,以筛选潜在生物标志物.于第20天采集大鼠血清测定肌酐和尿素氮水平.血清指标测定结果表明, HO可以显著降低CDDP染毒大鼠的肌酐和尿素氮水平(p<0.05).PCA得分图显示,3组可分别聚类,HO组位于Control组和CDDP组中间,表明HO可部分改善CDDP所致大鼠尿液代谢产物的异常变化.综合OPLS-DA分析、t检验和倍数变化分析结果,最终共筛选并初步鉴定出35个尿液代谢产物作为HO减毒相关的潜在生物标记物.代谢通路分析结果表明,HO可通过纠正体内氨基酸代谢、能量代谢和核苷酸代谢等通路的紊乱,降低CDDP所致机体毒性.     

金属锰暴露致神经毒性的多组学研究进展

锰是环境重金属污染物之一，长期暴露于金属锰或其无机化合物主要引发锰中毒或亚临床神经功能缺陷。锰暴露诱导的神经毒性对遗传易感性、基因表达调控、代谢稳态的影响机制复杂，涉及多靶点，然而常规机制研究往往只能局限于单一通路。鉴于工作场所和环境中重金属锰的分布日益广泛，需要更明确地界定锰的神经毒性作用网络，实现多靶点预防和治疗。多组学技术及其相关分析可在不同的功能水平上对疾病发生发展进程中的差异化进行描述。综述了基因组学、表观遗传学、转录组学、代谢组学在金属锰暴露致神经毒性中的研究结果，探讨潜在的代表性生物标志物，支持多组学方法的整合应用，构建锰的神经毒性作用网络，并对未来研究方向提出展望。     

利用代谢组学技术研究全氟辛酸的人肝脏毒性机制

采用超高效液相色谱-飞行时间质谱联用系统研究暴露于不同浓度全氟辛酸(PFOA)72 h的正常人L-02肝细胞内代谢谱的变化。将主成分分析法用于数据分析和生物标志物的初步筛选。在正离子和负离子扫描模式下,对照组和暴露组均可得到较好区分并呈现出明显的剂量-效应关系,筛选鉴定了18种与全氟辛酸毒性密切相关的潜在生物标志物,包括肉碱和酰肉碱、核苷及其同源物、氨基酸及其同源物等。在暴露组中,在脂肪酸代谢中起关键作用的肉碱类代谢物的含量变化显著,其中肉碱含量随剂量的升高呈现明显的下降趋势,而酰肉碱则呈现相反的变化趋势,表明全氟辛酸可通过诱导胆固醇等脂类物质代谢相关基因的异常表达从而扰乱胆碱类物质的正常合成和代谢。除了变化最显著的胆碱代谢通路之外,全氟辛酸的肝脏毒性还与三羧酸循环、嘌呤代谢、氨基酸代谢和核酸代谢等多个通路相关。这些结果表明,PFOA在体内经过长时间累积可通过干扰众多的代谢通路从而破坏人体的正常生理机能,造成潜在的健康危害。     

超声波辅助消解-原子荧光光谱法同时测定PM_(2.5)中汞和硒

正PM2.5又称细颗粒物,是环境空气中动力学直径小于或等于2.5μm颗粒物的通称。重金属元素是PM2.5的重要组分,对其进行研究,能更好地识别污染来源、判断污染物的迁移转化途径、评估污染危害毒性,从而更有效地防治和控制环境空气污染。目前我国还没有PM2.5中重金属含量指标的相关标准,因此研究PM2.5中有害重金属的测试方法对评价可入肺颗粒物中的重金属含量指标具有重要意     

中药柴胡总皂苷急性肝毒性的代谢组学研究

运用UPLC-MS联用技术对空白对照组、柴胡总皂苷(SS)组大鼠在给药后第3天和第5天的尿液样本进行分析检测,获得了以质荷比和保留时间为变量的矩阵数据。据此建立各组大鼠的尿液代谢轮廓图,并利用主成分分析(PCA)建立了SS的代谢组学毒性模型。结合肝组织病理,探讨了柴胡总皂苷的急性肝毒性。对于SS组与正常组,大鼠尿液代谢轮廓图表现出了一定的差异。在代谢组学毒性模型中,给药第3天和第5天的PCA分类均偏离正常组,而第5天的偏离程度强于第3天。同时,在第5天的肝组织病理切片中发现了组织病变。由此表明,给药组大鼠的代谢组偏离了正常组,这种偏离正是肝急性毒性的表现,且给药到第5天的肝毒性强于第3天,表明肝毒性与给药累积剂量呈正相关,表现出了明显的急性和累积肝毒性。     

雾霾之PM2.5的来源、成分、形成及危害

介绍雾霾及PM2.5的基本知识,从化学角度讨论PM2.5的来源、成分、形成和危害;阐述发展PM2.5分析新方法对于掌握其危害,研究其生理影响和找到其源头的重要意义.清洁能源的高效利用,排放物的后处理以及“碳交易”等有希望成为解决雾霾及PM2.5问题的突破口.     

蟾酥急性毒性的代谢组学研究

本文中,我们运用代谢组学方法结合心电图分析对蟾酥导致的大鼠急性毒性进行了研究,通过超高效液相色谱-飞行时间质谱建立了大鼠血清的代谢指纹谱,采用主成分分析和正交偏最小二乘法判别分析法分析了对照组和各给药组之间的代谢物谱差异,通过变量重要性投影和T检验选取潜在的生物标志物,结合质谱同位素分析、数据库检索以及标准品对潜在生物标志物进行了鉴定。结果表明,蟾酥可导致心脏心率减慢、心律失常、甚至出现心肌梗塞现象,其导致心脏损伤的原因可能是通过阻碍自由脂肪酸再酰化或激活蛋白激酶通路干扰了脂质代谢,这对于阐述蟾酥毒性作用机理提供了新思路。     

黄芪黄酮干预脾虚水湿不化大鼠血浆代谢组学研究

采用高效液相色谱结合飞行时间质谱检测正常大鼠、脾虚水湿不化证大鼠及黄芪黄酮组分干预后大鼠血浆内源性代谢物变化,获取大鼠血浆代谢图谱,研究黄芪黄酮组分干预脾虚水湿不化证的作用机制.采用高脂低蛋白饮食加负重游泳力竭建立脾虚水湿不化证大鼠模型,选择Halo C18色谱柱,流动相为0.05％甲酸-水与0.05％甲酸-乙腈,梯度洗脱,利用液相色谱-串联质谱分析测定大鼠血浆样品.利用主成分分析法对造模前后大鼠血浆样本进行代谢轮廓分析,结合变量投影重要性及显著性分析等筛选对分组贡献最大的差异标志物及相关通路,阐明药物的作用机制.结果表明, 黄芪黄酮组代谢轮廓异于模型组,而接近于正常组,共鉴定出了包含甘油磷脂类、鞘酯类、氨基酸类等在内的11种潜在生物标志物,其代谢通路包括三羧酸循环、甘油磷脂代谢、脂肪酸代谢及氨基酸代谢等,主要涉及体内能量代谢和脂肪代谢.黄芪黄酮干预脾虚水湿不化证大鼠后, 宏观指标(如体重、自主活动)和微观指标(如代谢标志物、血脂)均明显回调,表明黄芪黄酮可能主要通过调节能量代谢、脂肪代谢等途径而发挥健脾利水作用.     

非靶向尿液代谢组学方法研究五味子治疗精尿病并发症作用机制

采用超高效液相色谱-串联四级杆飞行时间质谱联用技术(Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry,UPLC/Q-TOF-MS),结合主成分分析技术(Principal component analysis,PCA),进行了五味子治疗糖尿病并发症大鼠尿液代谢组学研究,对五味子治疗糖尿病并发症大鼠后尿液生物标志物变化进行了考察.采用UPLC/Q-TOF-MS方法分析了健康组、糖尿病并发症模型组和五味子给药组的大鼠尿液,采用偏最小二乘法-判别分析(Partial least squares discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)和正交偏最小二乘法-判别分析(Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis,OPLS-DA)载荷图筛选,通过分析对各组分离贡献较大(VIP>1,P°0.05)化合物的串联质谱数据,再经Human Metabolome Data-base(HMDB)等数据库检索,进行质谱信息匹配,尿液中共鉴定出28种潜在生物标记物,其中正谱13种,负谱15种.这些生物标记物主要影响戊糖和葡糖醛酸相互转化通路、核黄素代谢、泛酸和CoA合成、精氨酸和脯氨酸代谢、肠内菌代谢、嘌吟代谢、Vc代谢胆酸合成、色氨酸代谢等通路,五味子从能量代谢、氨基酸代谢、肠内菌代谢、脂类代谢等各个角度发挥治疗糖尿病并发症的作用.从各个通路的相关生物功能分析,五味子治疗糖尿病肾病的作用较强,此外还具有降脂、抗氧化的功效.     

Effects of the ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on urinary metabolic profiles in rats using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS

The pathogenesis of PM2.5 was evaluated on rats in model groups using a metabonomic method by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS and 17 potential endogenous metablites were identified. The primary metabolism pathways involved pentose and glucuronate interconversions, starch and sucrose metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, tyrosine metabolism, phenylalanine metabolism, purine metabolism, acetaminophen metabolism pathway, retinol metabolism and valproic acid metabolism pathway.     

Metabolic alterations in triptolide‐induced acute hepatotoxicity

Triptolide, a major active constitute of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. F, is prescribed for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in China. One of its most severe adverse effects observed in the clinical use is hepatotoxicity, but the mechanism is still unknown. Therefore, the present study applied an LC/MS‐based metabolomic analysis to characterize the metabolomic changes in serum and liver induced by triptolide in mice. Mice were administered triptolide by gavage to establish the acute liver injury model, and serum biochemical and liver histological analyses were applied to assess the degree of toxicity. Multivariate data analyses were performed to investigate the metabolic alterations. Potential metabolites were identified using variable importance in the projection values and Student's t‐test. A total of 30 metabolites were observed that were significantly changed by triptolide treatment and the abundance of 29 metabolites was correlated with the severity of toxicity. Pathway analysis indicated that the mechanism of triptolide‐induced hepatotoxicity was related to alterations in multiple metabolic pathways, including glutathione metabolism, tricarboxylic acid cycle, purine metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis, pyrimidine metabolism and amino acid metabolism. The current study provides new mechanistic insights into the metabolic alterations that lead to triptolide‐induced hepatotoxicity.     

基于液相色谱-质谱联用技术的妊娠期糖尿病患者脐带血代谢组学网络分析

妊娠期糖尿病（GDM）患病率呈现逐年上升的趋势，探究其对母婴之间代谢影响变得尤为重要。该研究基于液相色谱-质谱的代谢组学技术，分析GDM条件下脐带血血清代谢组的变化。采用正交偏最小二乘判别分析模型（OPLS-DA）与网络模型结合进行分析。结果表明代谢标志物花生四烯酸（AA）为关键代谢网络节点。通路分析显示，GDM会引起不饱和脂肪酸代谢异常，而该通路变化可能是GDM影响母婴代谢的重要分子机制。该文建立的代谢组学网络分析方法为研究GDM母婴间代谢变化提供了新的思路。     

Metabolic profiling study on potential toxicity and immunotoxicity‐biomarker discovery in rats treated with cyclophosphamide using HPLC‐ESI‐IT‐TOF‐MS

Despite the recent advances in understanding toxicity mechanism of cyclophosphamide (CTX), the development of biomarkers is still essential. CTX‐induced immunotoxicity in rats by a metabonomics approach was investigated using high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with ion trap time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (HPLC‐ESI‐IT‐TOF‐MS). The rats were orally administered CTX (30 mg/kg/day) for five consecutive days, and on the fifth day samples of urine, thymus and spleen were collected and analyzed. A significant difference in metabolic profiling was observed between the CTX‐treated group and the control group by partial least squares‐discriminant analysis (PLS‐DA), which indicated that metabolic disturbances of immunotoxicity in CTX‐treated rats had occurred. One potential biomarker in spleen, three in urine and three in thymus were identified. It is suggested that the CTX‐toxicity mechanism may involve the modulation of tryptophan metabolism, phospholipid metabolism and energy metabolism. This research can help to elucidate the CTX‐influenced pathways at a low dose and can further help to indicate the patients' pathological status at earlier stages of toxicological progression after drug administration. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Total saponins from stems and leaves of Panax quinquefolius L. ameliorate podophyllotoxin-induced myelosuppression and gastrointestinal toxicity

Podophyllotoxin (POD), a natural lignan distributed in podophyllum species, possesses significant antitumor and antiviral activities. But POD often causes serious side effects, such as myelosuppression, gastrointestinal toxicity, neurotoxicity, hepatic and renal dysfunction, and even death, which not only hinder its clinical application but also threaten the patient's health. Therefore, an effective treatment against POD-induced toxicity is important. Our preliminary study found that the total saponins from the stems and leaves of Panax quinquefolius L. (PQS) could significantly reduce the death of mice caused by POD. To reveal how PQS can alleviate POD-induced toxicity, further study was needed. Peripheral blood cell analysis, diarrhea score, and histological examination demonstrated that PQS could relieve myelosuppression and gastrointestinal side effects induced by POD. Then, metabolomics was performed to investigate the possible protective mechanism of PQS on POD-induced myelosuppression and gastrointestinal toxicity. Metabolomics analysis showed that metabolic changes caused by POD could be reversed by PQS to some extent; 23 metabolites altered significantly after POD exposure, and 11 metabolites significantly reversed by PQS pretreatment. Metabolic pathway analysis suggested that PQS might exhibit its protective effects by rebalancing disordered arginine, glutamine, and unsaturated fatty acid metabolism.     

Effects of Tang Luo Ning on diabetic peripheral neuropathy in rats revealed by LC–MS metabolomics approach

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes with limited therapies. Tang Luo Ning (TLN), a traditional Chinese medicine compound, has been proved to be effective in the treatment of DPN in clinical and experimental studies. However, the potential metabolic mechanism of TLN for the treatment of DPN is still unclear. Here the therapeutic effect of TLN on DPN was studied, and HPLC-IT-TOF/MS was used to explore the metabolic changes related to DPN and to explore the mechanism of TLN on DPN induced by high glucose. Furthermore, metabolic pathway analysis was used to explore the metabolic changes induced by DPN and TLN. As a result, TLN could improve the peripheral nerve function of DPN rats, and TLN could reduce the demyelination of the sciatic nerve in DPN rats. Metabolomics analysis showed that 14 potential biomarkers (citrate, creatine, fumarate, glyceric acid, glycine, succinate, etc.) of both DPN and TLN treatment were identified. Pathway analysis showed that the changes in these metabolites were mainly related to the citrate cycle (TCA cycle); glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism; and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism.     

Metabolomic analysis characterizes tissue specific indomethacin-induced metabolic perturbations of rats

In this study, the promising metabolomic approach integrating with ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) was applied to characterize the tissue specific metabolic perturbation of rats that was induced by indomethacin. The selective pattern recognition analyses were applied to analyze global metabolic profiling of urine of rats treated by indomethacin at an acute dosage of reference that has been proven to induce tissue disorders in rats, evaluated throughout the time-course of -24-72 h. The results preliminarily revealed that modifications of amino acid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism and energetically associated metabolic pathways accounted for metabolic perturbation of the rats that was induced by indomethacin. Furthermore, IPA was applied to deeply analyze the biomarkers and their relations with the metabolic perturbations evidenced by pattern recognition analyses. Specific biochemical functions affected by indomethacin suggested that there is an important correlation of its effects in kidney and liver metabolism, based on the determined metabolites and their pathway-based analysis. The IPA correlation of the three major biomarkers, identified as creatinine, prostaglandin E2 and guanosine, suggested that the administration of indomethacin induced certain levels of toxicity in the kidneys and liver. The changes in the levels of biomarker metabolites allowed the phenotypical determination of the metabolic perturbations induced by indomethacin in a time-dependent manner.     

基于1H NMR代谢组学方法分析马兜铃酸I诱导的雌雄小鼠急性肾毒性

基于¹H NMR的代谢组学方法, 分析了C57BL/6J小鼠尿样的代谢特征, 揭示出马兜铃酸I(AAI)导致急性肾毒性的分子机理及其在雌性和雄性小鼠上差异的根源. 研究结果表明, AAI的急性肾毒性主要来自AAI给药后抑制了体内的三羧酸(TCA)循环和能量代谢, 破坏了体内肠道菌群的生态平衡, 改变了肾脏细胞内外的渗透压, 从而引起了肾小管的损伤. 代谢模式分析显示雄性小鼠对AAI的肾毒性比雌性小鼠更敏感, 可能源于雄性小鼠本身更低的能量代谢. 结果表明, 基于尿样¹H NMR代谢组学方法有可能为药物的毒性机制和毒性性别差异研究提供新思路.     

N-乙酰半胱氨酸保护下给药钆-二乙三胺五乙酸后慢性肾衰大鼠的尿液代谢组学研究

N-乙酰半胱氨酸(NAC)有减轻造影剂引发肾损伤的作用,但其作用机制尚未明确.本研究采用基于1H NMR的代谢组学方法,结合正交偏最小二乘法判别分析(OPLS-DA),在NAC保护下对慢性肾衰大鼠给药造影剂钆-二乙三胺五乙酸(Gd-DTPA), 通过分析大鼠尿液中内源性代谢物的变化,研究了NAC对慢性肾衰大鼠的保护机制.结果表明,慢性肾衰大鼠能量代谢、尿素循环等代谢通路发生紊乱.给药Gd-DTPA后,大鼠尿液中胆碱、N-氧三甲胺、邻羟基苯乙酸苯酯、对羟基苯乙酸苯酯、马尿酸、甘氨酸、烟酸、牛磺酸减少,尿囊素增加;而在NAC保护下相关代谢产物向模型组的恢复,说明NAC对Gd-DTPA引发的大鼠肠道细菌代谢、肝线粒体代谢、犬尿氨酸代谢紊乱及氧化损伤具有一定修复作用.NAC对尿素循环代谢的改善可能减轻大鼠体内的肾损伤,而其对细胞中谷胱甘肽的补充可能减轻Gd-DTPA造成的氧化损伤.