Functional Metabolomics Analysis Elucidating the Metabolic Biomarker and Key Pathway Change Associated With the Chronic Glomerulonephritis and Revealing Action Mechanism of Rhein

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Title: Functional Metabolomics Analysis Elucidating the Metabolic Biomarker and Key Pathway Change Associated With the Chronic Glomerulonephritis and Revealing Action Mechanism of Rhein
Authors: Wei Yu, Wei Yang, Ming-Yan Zhao, Xiang-Lin Meng
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 11 (2020)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Subject Terms: metabolomics, therapeutic mechanism, pathway, biomarkers, metabolic pathway, metabolomic analyses, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
More Details: Chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) as the culprit of kidney failure can increase the mortality of critically ill patients and seriously threatens people’s health all over the world. This study using metabolomics strategy is to reveal the potential therapeutic mechanism-related targets to evaluate the effects of rhein (RH) on CGN rats. Changes of serum metabolites and pathways were analyzed by non-targeted metabolomic method based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) combined with ingenuity pathway analysis. In addition, the levels of biochemical indicators were also detected. A total of 25 potential biomarkers were identified to express serum metabolic turbulence in CGN animal model, and then 16 biomarkers were regulated by RH trending to the normal states. From metabolite enrichment and pathway analysis, pharmacological activity of RH on CGN were mainly involved in six vital metabolic pathways including phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis, phenylalanine metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism. It suggested CGN treatment with RH, which may be mediated via interference with metabolic pathway such as amino acid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, and TCA cycle to regulating inflammation, oxidation response and immune regulation against CGN. It showed that metabolomics method offer deeply insight into the therapeutic mechanisms of natural product.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1663-9812
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2020.554783/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1663-9812
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.554783
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c237d5146a014de3962e634b995d0f63
Accession Number: edsdoj.237d5146a014de3962e634b995d0f63
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16639812
DOI:10.3389/fphar.2020.554783
Published in:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Language:English