Lu F, Cao M, Wu B, Li XZ, Liu HY, Chen DZ, Liu SM. Urinary metabonomics study on toxicity biomarker discovery in rats treated with Xanthii Fructus.
J Ethnopharmacol 2013;
149:311-320. [PMID:
23831081 DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.040]
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Abstract
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE
Xanthii Fructus (XF) is commonly called "Cang-Erzi" in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and widely used for the treatment of sinusitis, headache, rheumatism, and skin itching. However, the clinical utilization of XF is relatively restricted owing to its toxicity.
AIM OF THE STUDY
To discover the characteristic potential biomarkers in rats treated with XF by urinary metabonomics.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF-MS) was applied in the study. The total ion chromatograms obtained from control and different dosage groups were distinguishable by a multivariate statistical analysis method.
RESULTS
The greatest difference in metabolic profile was observed between high dosage group and control group, and the metabolic characters in rats treated with XF were perturbed in a dose-dependent manner. The metabolic changes in response for XF treatment were observed in urinary samples, which were revealed by orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA), and 10 metabolites could be served as the potential toxicity biomarkers. In addition, the mechanism associated with the damages of lipid per-oxidation and the metabolic disturbances of fatty acid oxidation were investigated.
CONCLUSIONS
These results indicate that metabonomics analysis in urinary samples may be useful for predicting the toxicity induced by XF.
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