期刊
METABOLITES
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12020179
关键词
cannabis; amphetamine; metabolites; serum; amino acids; fatty acids; sugars
资金
- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [RSP-2022/235]
Studies have shown that chronic abuse of drugs can affect the proteins that regulate metabolism, leading to changes in glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids. This study investigated the serum metabolomic profile of patients with cannabis and/or amphetamine use disorders and found significant differences compared to the control group. These findings suggest that chronic exposure to cannabis or amphetamine can disrupt serum metabolites and further research is needed to understand the effects on metabolic proteins.
Studies have demonstrated that chronic consumption of abused drugs induces alterations in several proteins that regulate metabolism. For instance, methamphetamine exposure reduces glucose levels. Fatty and amino acid levels were altered in groups exposed to abused drugs. Therefore, in our study, we investigated the serum metabolomic profile of patients diagnosed with cannabis and/or amphetamine use disorders. Blood was obtained from subjects (control, amphetamine, and cannabis). Detection of serum metabolites was performed using gas chromatography. The ratio peak areas for metabolites were analyzed across the three groups. Both cannabis and amphetamine groups showed higher d-erythrotetrafuranose, octadecanoic acid, hexadecenoic acid, trans-9-octadecanoic acid, lactic acid and methyl thio hydantoin metabolites compared with the control group. Moreover, cannabis patients were found to possess higher glycine, 9,12 octadecanoic acid malonic acid, phosphoric acid and prostaglandin F1a than controls. Our analysis showed that the identified metabolic profile of cannabis or amphetamine use disorder patients was different than control group. Our data indicated that chronic exposure to cannabis or amphetamine dysregulated metabolites in the serum. Future studies are warranted to explore the effects of these abused drugs on the metabolic proteins.
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