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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Evaluation of Cocaine Effect on Endogenous Metabolites of HepG2 Cells Using Targeted Metabolomics.

Adamantios Krokos, Olga Deda, Christina Virgiliou, Helen Gika, Nikolaos Raikos, Eleni Aggelidou, Aristeidis Kritis, Georgios Theodoridis

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adamantios KrokosDepartment of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1284-2013
Olga DedaLaboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3642-7367
Christina VirgiliouDepartment of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5900-1011
Helen GikaLaboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1893-937X
Nikolaos RaikosLaboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eleni AggelidouLaboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristeidis KritisLaboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2067-8842
Georgios TheodoridisDepartment of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2015-108X
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

State Scholarships Foundation MIS-5000432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cocaine toxicity has been a subject of study because cocaine is one of the most common and potent drugs of abuse. In the current study the effect of cocaine on human liver cancer cell line (HepG2) was assessed. Cocaine toxicity (IC50) on HepG2 cells was experimentally calculated using an XTT assay at 2.428 mM. The metabolic profile of HepG2 cells was further evaluated to investigate the cytotoxic activity of cocaine at 2 mM at three different time points. Cell medium and intracellular material samples were analyzed with a validated HILIC-MS/MS method for targeted metabolomics on an ACQUITY Amide column in gradient mode with detection on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in multiple reaction monitoring. About 106 hydrophilic metabolites from different metabolic pathways were monitored. Multivariate analysis clearly separated the studied groups (cocaine-treated and control samples) and revealed potential biomarkers in the extracellular and intracellular samples. A predominant effect of cocaine administration on alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolic pathway was observed. Moreover, taurine and hypotaurine metabolism were found to be affected in cocaine-treated cells. Targeted metabolomics managed to reveal metabolic changes upon cocaine administration, however deciphering the exact cocaine cytotoxic mechanism is still challenging.

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AlanineAspartic AcidBiomarkersChromatography, LiquidCocaineGlutamic AcidHep G2 CellsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMetabolomeMetabolomicsMultivariate AnalysisTandem Mass SpectrometryTaurineAlanineAspartic AcidBiomarkersCocaineGlutamic AcidhypotaurineTaurinecocaine toxicityHepG2liquid chromatographymass spectrometrytargeted metabolomics

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PMID34361761
PMCPMC8347943
OpenAlexW3185450685

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