Study on biomarkers of acteoside in treating puromycin aminonucleoside nephropathy in young rats based on non-targeted urine metabolomics technology / 中国中药杂志

This study aims to reveal the endogenous metabolic characteristics of acteoside in the young rat model of purinomycin aminonucleoside nephropathy(PAN) by non-targeted urine metabolomics and decipher the potential mechanism of action. Biochemical indicators in the urine of rats from each group were determined by an automatic biochemical analyzer. The potential biomarkers and related core metabolic pathways were identified by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with linear ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometry(UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap MS) combined with principal component analysis(PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis(OPLS-DA). MetaboAnalyst 5.0 was used to establish the receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve for evaluating the clinical diagnostic performance of core metabolites. The results showed that acteoside significantly decreased urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio in PAN young rats. A total of 17 differential metabolites were screened out by non-targeted urine metabolomics in PAN young rats and they were involved in phenylalanine metabolism and phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis. Thirtten differential metabolites were screened by acteoside intervention in PAN young rats, and they were involved in phenylalanine metabolism and arginine and proline metabolism. Among them, leucylproline and acetophenone were the differential metabolites that were significantly recovered after acteoside treatment. These pathways suggest that acteoside treats PAN in young rats by regulating amino acid metabolism. The area under the curve of two core biomarkers, leucylproline and acetophenone, were both greater than 0.9. In summary, acteoside may restore amino acid metabolism by regulating endogenous differential metabolites in PAN young rats, which will help to clarify the mechanism of acteoside in treating chronic glomerulonephritis in children. The characteristic biomarkers screened out have a high diagnostic value for evaluating the treatment of chronic glomerulonephritis in children with acteoside.

Analysis of Urinary Metabonomics Pathway in Rats with Chronic Glomerulonephritis Intervened by Tannins from Pericarpium Granati / 中国药师

Objective: To analyze the metabolicomics pathway in the rats with chronic glomerulonephritis intervened by tannins from Pericarpium Granati.Methods: Signal pathway analysis was carried out using the KEGG database and molecular metabolite annotation was performed using HMDB database.The enzyme or transporter and its related properties were analyzed.The metabolite path visualization was carried out by using MetPA network software.Results: The analysis of biological metabolism pathway showed that 12 metabolites involved in 16 metabolic pathways.The pathway of tryptophan metabolism, citrate cycle, phenylalanine metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism showed notable changes (P<0.05).Conclusion: The changes of phenylalanine metabolism, citrate cycle, tryptophan metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism in the rats with chronic glomerulonephritis intervened by tannins from Pericarpium Granati participate the pathological process.