Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids

The aim of this research was to provide a comparative analysis of the major parameters of the blood lipid spectrum found both in the case of brain tumors and in atherosclerosis, as well as to assess the correlation of these indicators with the proliferative activity index Ki-67 in cells. Blood analy...

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Main Authors: Larisa Obukhova, Natalia Shchelchkova, Igor Medyanik, Konstantin Yashin, Artem Grishin, Oksana Bezvuglyak, Ilkhom Abdullaev
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author Larisa Obukhova
Natalia Shchelchkova
Igor Medyanik
Konstantin Yashin
Artem Grishin
Oksana Bezvuglyak
Ilkhom Abdullaev
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description The aim of this research was to provide a comparative analysis of the major parameters of the blood lipid spectrum found both in the case of brain tumors and in atherosclerosis, as well as to assess the correlation of these indicators with the proliferative activity index Ki-67 in cells. Blood analyses were conducted on samples from 50 patients with brain tumors and 50 patients with cerebral atherosclerosis. Blood plasma from 50 essentially healthy people was used for controls. Significant differences were found in the parameter values between the atherosclerosis sufferers and the control group only for their ratios of neutral lipids to cholesterol. Of the short-chain fatty acids, butyric acid is of greatest interest due to the significant differences of its levels from the control group in the blood of both patients with meningiomas and of those with gliomas. Statistically significant correlation coefficients between the levels of the Ki-67 cell proliferation marker and, in particular, butyric acid were found when compared with the neutral lipids to cholesterol ratios. These identified parameters of the blood plasma lipid spectrum can be used for preoperative diagnostics of brain tumors. However, these ratios cannot be used as preoperative noninvasive predictors of the level of the Ki-67 mitotic index, as no significant differences corresponding to this were found for low-grade or for high-grade anaplasia of brain tumors.
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spelling doaj-art-6e5233b22ea24c1ca85cacbee3294c652025-08-20T02:17:20ZengMDPI AGCurrent Issues in Molecular Biology1467-30371467-30452025-03-0147422810.3390/cimb47040228Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty AcidsLarisa Obukhova0Natalia Shchelchkova1Igor Medyanik2Konstantin Yashin3Artem Grishin4Oksana Bezvuglyak5Ilkhom Abdullaev6Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaFederal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, The “Privolzhsky Research Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaThe aim of this research was to provide a comparative analysis of the major parameters of the blood lipid spectrum found both in the case of brain tumors and in atherosclerosis, as well as to assess the correlation of these indicators with the proliferative activity index Ki-67 in cells. Blood analyses were conducted on samples from 50 patients with brain tumors and 50 patients with cerebral atherosclerosis. Blood plasma from 50 essentially healthy people was used for controls. Significant differences were found in the parameter values between the atherosclerosis sufferers and the control group only for their ratios of neutral lipids to cholesterol. Of the short-chain fatty acids, butyric acid is of greatest interest due to the significant differences of its levels from the control group in the blood of both patients with meningiomas and of those with gliomas. Statistically significant correlation coefficients between the levels of the Ki-67 cell proliferation marker and, in particular, butyric acid were found when compared with the neutral lipids to cholesterol ratios. These identified parameters of the blood plasma lipid spectrum can be used for preoperative diagnostics of brain tumors. However, these ratios cannot be used as preoperative noninvasive predictors of the level of the Ki-67 mitotic index, as no significant differences corresponding to this were found for low-grade or for high-grade anaplasia of brain tumors.https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/4/228blood plasmalipidscholesterolneutral lipid/phospholipid ratioshort-chain fatty acidsbutyric acid
spellingShingle Larisa Obukhova
Natalia Shchelchkova
Igor Medyanik
Konstantin Yashin
Artem Grishin
Oksana Bezvuglyak
Ilkhom Abdullaev
Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
Current Issues in Molecular Biology
blood plasma
lipids
cholesterol
neutral lipid/phospholipid ratio
short-chain fatty acids
butyric acid
title Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
title_full Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
title_fullStr Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
title_full_unstemmed Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
title_short Brain Tumor-Induced Changes in Routine Parameters of the Lipid Spectrum of Blood Plasma and Its Short-Chain Fatty Acids
title_sort brain tumor induced changes in routine parameters of the lipid spectrum of blood plasma and its short chain fatty acids
topic blood plasma
lipids
cholesterol
neutral lipid/phospholipid ratio
short-chain fatty acids
butyric acid
url https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/4/228
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