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ArticleMetabolites2023

Metabolomics Analysis as a Tool to Measure Cobalt Neurotoxicity: An In Vitro Validation.

Ibrahim M Alanazi, Abdullah R Alzahrani, Torki A Zughaibi, Ahmed I Al-Asmari, Shams Tabrez, Catherine Henderson, David Watson, Mary Helen Grant

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Article in Metabolites, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ibrahim M AlanaziDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abidiyah, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4865-7215
Abdullah R AlzahraniDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abidiyah, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7782-0574
Torki A ZughaibiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2855-5134
Ahmed I Al-AsmariLaboratory Department, King Abdul-Aziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah 22421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4488-2194
Shams TabrezDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4550-415X
Catherine HendersonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NW, UK.
David WatsonStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1094-7604
Mary Helen GrantDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NW, UK.
King Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity of Strathclyde · GBUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

Institutional Fund Projects IFPIP: 446-141-1443.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, cobalt neurotoxicity was investigated in human astrocytoma and neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells using proliferation assays coupled with LC-MS-based metabolomics and transcriptomics techniques. Cells were treated with a range of cobalt concentrations between 0 and 200 µM. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay revealed cobalt cytotoxicity and decreased cell metabolism in a dose and time-dependent manner was observed by metabolomics analysis, in both cell lines. Metabolomic analysis also revealed several altered metabolites particularly those related to DNA deamination and methylation pathways. One of the increased metabolites was uracil which can be generated from DNA deamination or fragmentation of RNA. To investigate the origin of uracil, genomic DNA was isolated and analyzed by LC-MS. Interestingly, the source of uracil, which is uridine, increased significantly in the DNA of both cell lines. Additionally, the results of the qRT-PCR showed an increase in the expression of five genes Mlh1, Sirt2, MeCP2, UNG, and TDG in both cell lines. These genes are related to DNA strand breakage, hypoxia, methylation, and base excision repair. Overall, metabolomic analysis helped reveal the changes induced by cobalt in human neuronal-derived cell lines. These findings could unravel the effect of cobalt on the human brain.

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cobaltin vitromass spectroscopymetabolomicsneurotoxicity

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PMID37367855
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