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Objective::To explore the effect of Dioscoreae Nipponicae Rhizoma extract (DNRe) on rats with acute gouty arthritis (AGA) based on urine metabolomics and to search for the related potential biomarkers and metabolic pathways. Method::Rat model of AGA induced by monosodium urate (MSU) was selected, 40 rats were randomly divided into the blank group (k), the DNRe group (g), the model group (m), and the DNRe treatment group (gm), with 10 rats in each group. The drug-administered group was administered with DNRe at a dose of 0.48 g·kg-1 once a day for 5 days. The urine was gathered after the last administration, and analyzed with UPLC-Q-TOF/MS coupled with pattern recognition techniques, electrospray ionization (ESI) under positive and negative ion scanning mode was adopted, data collection range was m/z 100-1 500 with full scanning mode. Result::A total of 12 common potential biomarkers were identified as sarcosine, dimethylglycine, deoxycytidine, uric acid, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), L-cystathionine, 4-pyridoxic acid, deoxyuridine, melatonin, 5-methoxytryptamine, fumaric acid and cytidine. Compared with the blank group, the 12 potential biomarkers in the DNRe group were significantly down-regulated. Compare with the model group, 10 metabolites were up-regulated and 2 metabolites were down-regulated in the 12 potential biomarkers of the DNRe treatment group, the abnormal expression of 10 markers including sarcosine, uric acid, L-cystathionine, 4-pyridoxic acid, deoxyuridine, 5-methoxytryptamine, cytidine, dimethylglycine, melatonin, fumaric acid could be modulated by DNRe. The strongest metabolic pathways associated with AGA were cysteine and methionine metabolism, and tryptophan metabolism. Conclusion::The effect of DNRe on AGA may be related to the promotion of conversion level from cystathionine to cysteine in the cysteine and methionine metabolism, and the up-regulating melatonin level in tryptophan metabolism.
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Objective::To observe the effect of Ganoderma polysaccharides (GP) on endogenous substance metabolism in radiation-injured mice by metabolomics, so as to find potential biomarkers and analyze their metabolic pathways, and to explore its mechanism of action. Method::Thirty mice were randomly divided into normal group (normal saline), model group (normal saline) and GP group (dose of 96 mg·kg-1) for 14 days of continuous intragastric administration, 10 mice in each group, 2 h after the intragastric administration on the 7th day, mice in the model group and GP group were subjected to whole body irradiation by X-rays, except the normal group. UPLC-Q-TOF-MS was used to detect endogenous small molecule metabolites in thymus tissue of mice. Principal component analysis (PCA)and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were used to compare the changes of endogenous small molecule metabolites in thees three groups, these differential metabolites among the three groups were analyzed by Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) metabolic pathway method. Result::A total of 34 potential biomarkers were identified, compared with the model group, it was found that the GP group had a significant reversal trend on L-glutamic acid, taurine, phosphatidylcholine (PC) and lysophosphatidylcholine (LysoPC), etc. They were involved in taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, D-glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism. Conclusion::GP can play a role in radiation protection by improving the expression of related potential biomarkers and related metabolic pathways in thymus of radiation-injured mice.