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METABOLITES
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo10040139
Keywords
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; acetylcarnitine; bioenergetics; mitochondrial function; mitochondrial respiration; mitochondria; metabolism
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- National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) [K23GM113041, GM111400]
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Background: Sepsis-induced alterations in mitochondrial function contribute to organ dysfunction and mortality. Measuring mitochondrial function in vital organs is neither feasible nor practical, highlighting the need for non-invasive approaches. Mitochondrial function may be reflected in the concentrations of metabolites found in platelets and whole blood (WB) samples. We proposed to use these as alternates to indirectly estimate platelet mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate (mOCR) in sepsis patients. Methods: We determined the relationships between platelet mOCR and metabolites in both platelets and WB, as measured by quantitative H-1-NMR metabolomics. The associations were identified by building multiple linear regression models with stepwise forward-backward variable selection. We considered the models to be significant with an ANOVA test (p-value <= 0.05) and a positive predicted-R-2. Results: The differences in adjusted-R-2 and ANOVA p-values (platelet adj-R-2: 0.836 (0.0003), 0.711 (0.0004) vs. WB adj-R-2: 0.428 (0.0079)) from the significant models indicate the platelet models were more associated with platelet mOCR. Conclusions: Our data suggest there are groups of metabolites in WB (leucine, acetylcarnitine) and platelets (creatine, ADP, glucose, taurine) that are associated with platelet mOCR. Thus, WB and platelet metabolites could be used to estimate platelet mOCR.
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