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NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14183705
Keywords
selenomethionine; methionine restriction; metabolomics; selenium uptake; redox status
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- Open Project Program of Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products [2020HBSQGDKFB07]
- School of Modern Industry for Selenium Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Enshi Se-Run Material Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. (Wuhan, China) [Se1-202106]
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This study explored the metabolic effects and selenium utilization of selenomethionine supplementation in HepG2 cells under different methionine supply conditions. Results showed that selenomethionine promoted cell proliferation, selenoprotein transcription, and amino acid production while decreasing certain levels of substances regardless of methionine supply. Selenomethionine disturbed cell metabolism under methionine shortage, but this disturbance was alleviated with increasing methionine supply except for some changes.
Methionine restriction and selenium supplementation are recommended because of their health benefits. As a major nutrient form in selenium supplementation, selenomethionine shares a similar biological process to its analog methionine. However, the outcome of selenomethionine supplementation under different methionine statuses and the interplay between these two nutrients remain unclear. Therefore, this study explored the metabolic effects and selenium utilization in HepG2 cells supplemented with selenomethionine under deprived, adequate, and abundant methionine supply conditions by using nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomic and molecular biological approaches. Results revealed that selenomethionine promoted the proliferation of HepG2 cells, the transcription of selenoproteins, and the production of most amino acids while decreasing the levels of creatine, aspartate, and nucleoside diphosphate sugar regardless of methionine supply. Selenomethionine substantially disturbed the tricarboxylic acid cycle and choline metabolism in cells under a methionine shortage. With increasing methionine supply, the metabolic disturbance was alleviated, except for changes in lactate, glycine, citrate, and hypoxanthine. The markable selenium accumulation and choline decrease in the cells under methionine shortage imply the potential risk of selenomethionine supplementation. This work revealed the biological effects of selenomethionine under different methionine supply conditions. This study may serve as a guide for controlling methionine and selenomethionine levels in dietary intake.
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