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1H NMR Metabolomics on Pigs' Liver Exposed to Antibiotics Administration: An Explorative Study

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FOODS
Volume 12, Issue 23, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods12234259

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antibiotic-free claim; untargeted metabolomics; NMR; pork; polar metabolites; non-polar metabolites

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An untargeted metabolomics approach using NMR spectroscopy was employed to investigate the metabolome of pigs treated with antibiotics. The study successfully identified metabolomic fingerprinting that can discriminate between antibiotic-treated and untreated pigs, and revealed specific metabolites that contribute to the discrimination.
An untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomics approach was applied as a first attempt to explore the metabolome of pigs treated with antibiotics. The final goal was to investigate the possibility of discriminating between antibiotic-treated (TX group) and untreated pigs (CTRL group), with the further perspective of identifying the authentication tools for antibiotic-free pork supply chains. In particular, 41 samples of pig liver were subjected to a biphasic extraction to recover both the polar and the non-polar metabolites, and the H-1 NMR spectroscopy analysis was performed on the two separate extracts. Unsupervised (principal component analysis) and supervised (orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis) multivariate statistical analysis of H-1 NMR spectra data in the range 0-9 ppm provided metabolomic fingerprinting useful for the discrimination of pig livers based on the antibiotic treatment to which they were exposed. Moreover, within the signature patterns, significant discriminating metabolites were identified among carbohydrates, choline and derivatives, amino acids and some lipid-class molecules. The encouraging findings of this exploratory study showed the feasibility of the untargeted metabolomic approach as a novel strategy in the authentication framework of pork supply chains and open a new horizon for a more in-depth investigation.

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