Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common disease affecting 20–25% of population over 60 years old. Early diagnosis is difficult because symptoms only become evident in advanced stages of the disease. Inflammation, impaired metabolism, and mitochondrial dysfunction predispose to PAD, which is norm...

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Main Authors: Anna Hernández-Aguilera, Salvador Fernández-Arroyo, Noemí Cabre, Fedra Luciano-Mateo, Gerard Baiges-Gaya, Montserrat Fibla, Vicente Martín-Paredero, Javier A. Menendez, Jordi Camps, Jorge Joven
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Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2760272
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author Anna Hernández-Aguilera
Salvador Fernández-Arroyo
Noemí Cabre
Fedra Luciano-Mateo
Gerard Baiges-Gaya
Montserrat Fibla
Vicente Martín-Paredero
Javier A. Menendez
Jordi Camps
Jorge Joven
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description Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common disease affecting 20–25% of population over 60 years old. Early diagnosis is difficult because symptoms only become evident in advanced stages of the disease. Inflammation, impaired metabolism, and mitochondrial dysfunction predispose to PAD, which is normally associated with other highly prevalent and related conditions, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. We have measured energy-balance-associated metabolite concentrations in the plasma of PAD patients segregated by the severity of the disease and in plasma of healthy volunteers using a quantitative and targeted metabolomic approach. We found relevant associations between several metabolites (3-hydroxybutirate, aconitate, (iso)citrate, glutamate, and serine) with markers of oxidative stress and inflammation. Metabolomic profiling also revealed that (iso)citrate and glutamate are metabolites with high ability to discriminate between healthy participants and PAD patients without symptoms. Collectively, our data suggest that metabolomics provide significant information on the pathogenesis of PAD and useful biomarkers for the diagnosis and assessment of progression.
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spelling doaj-art-2768a8fa100445d19adab491b01dd79e2025-08-20T03:54:57ZengWileyMediators of Inflammation0962-93511466-18612018-01-01201810.1155/2018/27602722760272Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery DiseaseAnna Hernández-Aguilera0Salvador Fernández-Arroyo1Noemí Cabre2Fedra Luciano-Mateo3Gerard Baiges-Gaya4Montserrat Fibla5Vicente Martín-Paredero6Javier A. Menendez7Jordi Camps8Jorge Joven9Unitat de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, C. Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, SpainUniversitat Rovira i Virgili, C. Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, SpainUniversitat Rovira i Virgili, C. Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, SpainUniversitat Rovira i Virgili, C. Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, SpainUniversitat Rovira i Virgili, C. Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, SpainUnitat de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, C. Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, SpainDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, C/ Dr. Mallafré Guasch 4, 43005 Tarragona, SpainProgram Against Cancer Therapeutic Resistance (ProCURE), Metabolism and Cancer Group, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, SpainUnitat de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, C. Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, SpainUnitat de Recerca Biomèdica, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, C. Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, SpainPeripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common disease affecting 20–25% of population over 60 years old. Early diagnosis is difficult because symptoms only become evident in advanced stages of the disease. Inflammation, impaired metabolism, and mitochondrial dysfunction predispose to PAD, which is normally associated with other highly prevalent and related conditions, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. We have measured energy-balance-associated metabolite concentrations in the plasma of PAD patients segregated by the severity of the disease and in plasma of healthy volunteers using a quantitative and targeted metabolomic approach. We found relevant associations between several metabolites (3-hydroxybutirate, aconitate, (iso)citrate, glutamate, and serine) with markers of oxidative stress and inflammation. Metabolomic profiling also revealed that (iso)citrate and glutamate are metabolites with high ability to discriminate between healthy participants and PAD patients without symptoms. Collectively, our data suggest that metabolomics provide significant information on the pathogenesis of PAD and useful biomarkers for the diagnosis and assessment of progression.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2760272
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Salvador Fernández-Arroyo
Noemí Cabre
Fedra Luciano-Mateo
Gerard Baiges-Gaya
Montserrat Fibla
Vicente Martín-Paredero
Javier A. Menendez
Jordi Camps
Jorge Joven
Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Mediators of Inflammation
title Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
title_full Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
title_fullStr Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
title_full_unstemmed Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
title_short Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
title_sort plasma energy balance metabolites discriminate asymptomatic patients with peripheral artery disease
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2760272
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