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ArticleMetabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society2016

Treatment of lean and diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice with a novel stable obestatin analogue alters plasma metabolite levels as detected by untargeted LC-MS metabolomics.

Elaine Cowan, Praveen Kumar, Kerry J Burch, David J Grieve, Brian D Green, Stewart F Graham

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Elaine CowanInstitute for Global Food Security, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5BN Northern Ireland, UK.
Praveen KumarBeaumont Research Institute, 3811 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073 USA.
Kerry J BurchWellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7AE Northern Ireland, UK.
David J GrieveWellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7AE Northern Ireland, UK.
Brian D Green *Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5BN Northern Ireland, UK.
Stewart F Graham *Beaumont Research Institute, 3811 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073 USA.

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British Heart Foundation FS/12/47/29703
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Abstract

introductionObestatin is a controversial gastrointestinal peptide purported to have metabolic actions.

objectivesThis study investigated whether treatment with a stable obestatin analogue (PEG-OB(Cys

methodsUntargeted LC-HRMS metabolomics experiments were carried out in ESI + mode with plasma extracts from both groups of animals. Data were normalised, multivariate and univariate statistical analysis performed and metabolites of interest putatively identified.

resultsIn lean mice, 39 metabolites were significantly changed by obestatin treatment and the majority of these were increased, including various C16 and C18 moieties of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine and monoacylglycerol, along with vitamin A, vitamin D3, tyrosine, acetylcarnitine and 2α-(hydroxymethyl)-5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol. Decreased concentrations of glycolithocholic acid, 3-dehydroteasterone and various phospholipids were observed. In DIO mice, 25 metabolites were significantly affected and strikingly, the magnitudes of changes here were generally much greater in DIO mice than in lean mice, and in contrast, the majority of metabolite changes were decreases. Four metabolites affected in both groups included glycolithocholic acid, and three different long-chain (C18) phospholipid molecules (phosphatidylethanolamine, platelet activating factor (PAF), and monoacylglycerol). Metabolites exclusively affected in DIO mice included various phosphatidylcholines, lysophosphatidylcholines and fatty acyls, as well as creatine and oxidised glutathione.

conclusionThis investigation demonstrates that obestatin treatment affects phospholipid turnover and influences lipid homeostasis, whilst providing convincing evidence that obestatin may be acting to ameliorate diet-induced impairments in lipid metabolism, and it may influence steroid, bile acid, PAF and glutathione metabolism.

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DiabetesMetabolomicsNutritionObesityObestatinUPLC–MS

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PMCPMC4932145

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