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ArticleChinese medicine2022

Lipidomics combined with transcriptomic and mass spectrometry imaging analysis of the Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans) during metamorphosis and bufadienolide accumulation.

Bo Sun, Shan Jiang, Mingli Li, Yan Zhang, Yanyan Zhou, Xiaolu Wei, Hongjie Wang, Nan Si, Baolin Bian, Haiyu Zhao

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Article in Chinese medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Recent Analytical Methodologies in Lipid Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bo SunInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Shan JiangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Mingli LiInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Yan ZhangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Yanyan ZhouInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Xiaolu WeiInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Hongjie WangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Nan SiInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. nsi@icmm.ac.cn.
Baolin BianInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. blbian@icmm.ac.cn.
Haiyu ZhaoInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. hyzhao@icmm.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0035-1874
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

CACMS Innovation Fund CI2021A04012Fundamental Research Funds for the Central public welfare research institutes ZXKT22004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo adapt to life on land, Asiatic toads (Bufo gargarizans) must remodel their bodies and refine their chemical defenses in water. The full scope of the mechanisms underlying these processes has yet to be revealed. Bufadienolides (BDs) are chemical defense substances secreted by toads when they are in danger, and they have high medicinal value in treating heart failure, cancer, and hepatitis. However, the artificial breeding of toads to increase BDs has been unsuccessful due to the high mortality of toad larvae during metamorphosis.

methodToad larvae at different growth stages were selected to study the changes in the metamorphosis process under the same growth conditions. The differences of tadpoles were explored, including body remodeling, energy metabolism, synthesis and regulation of BDs, through lipidomic technology, transcriptomic technology, and mass spectrometry imaging technology during metamorphosis.

resultsDuring metamorphosis, tadpoles underwent significant changes in lipid metabolism due to body remodeling to adapt to terrestrial life, which involved ketosis, lipogenesis, cholesterol metabolism, and fatty acid oxidation. The accumulation trend of BDs was observed. "Pentose phosphate pathway" and "Aromatase activity" may be the critical pathway and GO term in BD synthesis, involving 16 genes predominantly expressed in the liver. The involved genes were mainly expressed in the liver, consistent with the synthetic site observed by mass spectrometry imaging.

conclusionTogether, our findings presented the changes in the toad larvae during metamorphosis and highlighted the accumulation process of BDs as well as the regulatory pathways and synthetic site, providing research and theoretical basis for future development of the toad resources.

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BufadienolideBufo gargarizansLipidomeMass spectrometry imaging (MSI)MetamorphosisTranscriptome

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