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Plasma and urinary metabolomic profiles of Down syndrome correlate with alteration of mitochondrial metabolism

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Caracausi, Maria, Ghini, Veronica, Locatelli, Chiara, Mericio, Martina, Piovesan, Allison, Antonaros, Francesca, Pelleri, Maria Chiara, Vitale, Lorenza +7 more·2018·Scientific Reports

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is caused by the presence of a supernumerary copy of the human chromosome 21 (Hsa21) and is the most frequent genetic cause of intellectual disability (ID). Key traits of DS are the distinctive facies and cognitive impairment. We conducted for the first time an analysis of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-detectable part of the metabolome in plasma and urine samples, studying 67 subjects with DS and 29 normal subjects as controls selected among DS siblings. Multivariate analysis of the NMR metabolomic profiles showed a clear discrimination (up to of 80% accuracy) between the DS and the control groups. The univariate analysis of plasma and urine revealed a significant alteration for some interesting metabolites. Remarkably, most of the altered concentrations were consistent with the 3:2 gene dosage model, suggesting effects caused by the presence of three copies of Hsa21 rather than two: DS/normal ratio in plasma was 1.23 (pyruvate), 1.47 (succinate), 1.39 (fumarate), 1.33 (lactate), 1.4 (formate). Several significantly altered metabolites are produced at the beginning or during the Krebs cycle. Accounting for sex, age and fasting state did not significantly affect the main result of both multivariate and univariate analysis.

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Caracausi, M., Ghini, V., Locatelli, C., Mericio, M., Piovesan, A., Antonaros, F., Pelleri, M. C., Vitale, L., Vacca, R. A., Bedetti, F., Mimmi, M. C., Luchinat, C., Turano, P., Strippoli, P., & Cocchi, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Bologna (IT)
  • Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine (IT)
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola (IT)
  • Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IT)
  • University of Udine (IT)
  • University of Florence (IT)
Corresponding author
Strippoli, Pierluigi
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2018-02-14
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
2977-2977
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2802048215
Cited by
84
References
82
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FWCI
10.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Keywords
Down syndrome, metabolomics, plasma metabolites, urinary metabolites, mitochondrial metabolism, Krebs cycle metabolites, pyruvate, succinic acid, fumarate, lactate, formate, gene dosage, intellectual disability, NMR metabolomics, diagnostic biomarkers
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Blood Proteins, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21, Citric Acid Cycle, Down Syndrome, Female, Humans, Male, Mitochondria, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Urine, Cohort Studies, Multivariate Analysis, Gene Dosage, Siblings, Metabolome, Young Adult

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