Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers

Abstract Mitochondrial disorders (MDs) are inherited multi‐organ diseases with variable phenotypes. Inclusion body myositis (IBM), a sporadic inflammatory muscle disease, also shows mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated whether primary and secondary MDs modify metabolism to reveal pathogenic pa...

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Main Authors: Jana Buzkova, Joni Nikkanen, Sofia Ahola, Anna H Hakonen, Ksenia Sevastianova, Topi Hovinen, Hannele Yki‐Järvinen, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Tuula Lönnqvist, Vidya Velagapudi, Christopher J Carroll, Anu Suomalainen
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Published: Springer Nature 2018-10-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201809091
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author Jana Buzkova
Joni Nikkanen
Sofia Ahola
Anna H Hakonen
Ksenia Sevastianova
Topi Hovinen
Hannele Yki‐Järvinen
Kirsi H Pietiläinen
Tuula Lönnqvist
Vidya Velagapudi
Christopher J Carroll
Anu Suomalainen
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Joni Nikkanen
Sofia Ahola
Anna H Hakonen
Ksenia Sevastianova
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Kirsi H Pietiläinen
Tuula Lönnqvist
Vidya Velagapudi
Christopher J Carroll
Anu Suomalainen
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description Abstract Mitochondrial disorders (MDs) are inherited multi‐organ diseases with variable phenotypes. Inclusion body myositis (IBM), a sporadic inflammatory muscle disease, also shows mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated whether primary and secondary MDs modify metabolism to reveal pathogenic pathways and biomarkers. We investigated metabolomes of 25 mitochondrial myopathy or ataxias patients, 16 unaffected carriers, six IBM and 15 non‐mitochondrial neuromuscular disease (NMD) patients and 30 matched controls. MD and IBM metabolomes clustered separately from controls and NMDs. MDs and IBM showed transsulfuration pathway changes; creatine and niacinamide depletion marked NMDs, IBM and infantile‐onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA). Low blood and muscle arginine was specific for patients with m.3243A>G mutation. A four‐metabolite blood multi‐biomarker (sorbitol, alanine, myoinositol, cystathionine) distinguished primary MDs from others (76% sensitivity, 95% specificity). Our omics approach identified pathways currently used to treat NMDs and mitochondrial stroke‐like episodes and proposes nicotinamide riboside in MDs and IBM, and creatine in IOSCA and IBM as novel treatment targets. The disease‐specific metabolic fingerprints are valuable “multi‐biomarkers” for diagnosis and promising tools for follow‐up of disease progression and treatment effect.
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spelling doaj-art-719edba7c7e845febe3924c436b1d7a22025-08-20T04:03:02ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842018-10-01101211510.15252/emmm.201809091Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkersJana Buzkova0Joni Nikkanen1Sofia Ahola2Anna H Hakonen3Ksenia Sevastianova4Topi Hovinen5Hannele Yki‐Järvinen6Kirsi H Pietiläinen7Tuula Lönnqvist8Vidya Velagapudi9Christopher J Carroll10Anu Suomalainen11Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiDepartment of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University HospitalResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiDepartment of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University HospitalResearch Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, Obesity Research Unit, University of HelsinkiDepartment of Child Neurology, Children′s Hospital, University of HelsinkiMetabolomics Unit, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, HiLIFE, University of HelsinkiResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum‐Helsinki, University of HelsinkiAbstract Mitochondrial disorders (MDs) are inherited multi‐organ diseases with variable phenotypes. Inclusion body myositis (IBM), a sporadic inflammatory muscle disease, also shows mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated whether primary and secondary MDs modify metabolism to reveal pathogenic pathways and biomarkers. We investigated metabolomes of 25 mitochondrial myopathy or ataxias patients, 16 unaffected carriers, six IBM and 15 non‐mitochondrial neuromuscular disease (NMD) patients and 30 matched controls. MD and IBM metabolomes clustered separately from controls and NMDs. MDs and IBM showed transsulfuration pathway changes; creatine and niacinamide depletion marked NMDs, IBM and infantile‐onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA). Low blood and muscle arginine was specific for patients with m.3243A>G mutation. A four‐metabolite blood multi‐biomarker (sorbitol, alanine, myoinositol, cystathionine) distinguished primary MDs from others (76% sensitivity, 95% specificity). Our omics approach identified pathways currently used to treat NMDs and mitochondrial stroke‐like episodes and proposes nicotinamide riboside in MDs and IBM, and creatine in IOSCA and IBM as novel treatment targets. The disease‐specific metabolic fingerprints are valuable “multi‐biomarkers” for diagnosis and promising tools for follow‐up of disease progression and treatment effect.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201809091biomarkerinclusion body myositismetabolomicsmitochondrial diseases
spellingShingle Jana Buzkova
Joni Nikkanen
Sofia Ahola
Anna H Hakonen
Ksenia Sevastianova
Topi Hovinen
Hannele Yki‐Järvinen
Kirsi H Pietiläinen
Tuula Lönnqvist
Vidya Velagapudi
Christopher J Carroll
Anu Suomalainen
Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
EMBO Molecular Medicine
biomarker
inclusion body myositis
metabolomics
mitochondrial diseases
title Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
title_full Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
title_fullStr Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
title_full_unstemmed Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
title_short Metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients: treatment targets and biomarkers
title_sort metabolomes of mitochondrial diseases and inclusion body myositis patients treatment targets and biomarkers
topic biomarker
inclusion body myositis
metabolomics
mitochondrial diseases
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201809091
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