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ArticleScientific reports2021

Comprehensive polar metabolomics and lipidomics profiling discriminates the transformed from the non-transformed state in colon tissue and cell lines.

Caroline Rombouts, Margot De Spiegeleer, Lieven Van Meulebroek, Lynn Vanhaecke, Winnok H De Vos

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Caroline RomboutsLaboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Margot De SpiegeleerLaboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Lieven Van MeulebroekLaboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Lynn VanhaeckeLaboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium. Lynn.Vanhaecke@Ugent.be.
Winnok H De VosLaboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium. Winnok.DeVos@UAntwerpen.be.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most lethal disease worldwide. Despite an urgent need for therapeutic advance, selective target identification in a preclinical phase is hampered by molecular and metabolic variations between cellular models. To foster optimal model selection from a translational perspective, we performed untargeted ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry-based polar metabolomics and lipidomics to non-transformed (CCD841-CON and FHC) and transformed (HCT116, HT29, Caco2, SW480 and SW948) colon cell lines as well as tissue samples from ten colorectal cancer patients. This unveiled metabolic signatures discriminating the transformed from the non-transformed state. Metabolites involved in glutaminolysis, tryptophan catabolism, pyrimidine, lipid and carnitine synthesis were elevated in transformed cells and cancerous tissue, whereas those involved in the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle, urea cycle and redox reactions were lowered. The degree of glutaminolysis and lipid synthesis was specific to the colon cancer cell line at hand. Thus, our study exposed pathways that are specifically associated with the transformation state and revealed differences between colon cancer cell lines that should be considered when targeting cancer-associated pathways.

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Caco-2 CellsCell LineCell Line, TumorChromatography, High Pressure LiquidColonColonic NeoplasmsDiagnosis, DifferentialGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHCT116 CellsHT29 CellsHumansLipidomicsMass SpectrometryMetabolomicsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID34446738
PMCPMC8390467

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