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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023

Untargeted metabolomics reveals dynamic changes in metabolic profiles of rat supraspinatus tendon at three different time points after diabetes induction.

Kuishuai Xu, Liang Zhang, Tianrui Wang, Zhongkai Ren, Tengbo Yu, Yingze Zhang, Xia Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Kuishuai Xu *Department of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Liang Zhang *Department of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Tianrui Wang *Department of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Zhongkai RenDepartment of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Tengbo YuDepartment of Sports Medicine, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Yingze ZhangDepartment of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xia ZhaoDepartment of Sports Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

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Objective: To investigate the dynamic changes of metabolite composition in rat supraspinatus tendons at different stages of diabetes by untargeted metabolomics analysis. Methods: A total of 80 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal (NG, n = 20) and type 2 diabetes mellitus groups (T2DM, n = 60) and subdivided into three groups according to the duration of diabetes: T2DM-4w, T2DM-12w, and T2DM-24w groups; the duration was calculated from the time point of T2DM rat model establishment. The three comparison groups were set up in this study, T2DM-4w group Results: T2DM-4w group vs. NG, T2DM-12w group vs. T2DM-4w group, and T2DM-24w group vs. T2DM-12w group detected 94 (86 up-regulated and 8 down-regulated), 36 (13 up-regulated and 23 down-regulated) and 86 (24 up-regulated and 62 down-regulated) DEMs, respectively. Seven key metabolites of sustained changes in the supraspinatus tendon following induction of diabetes include D-Lactic acid, xanthine, O-acetyl-L-carnitine, isoleucylproline, propoxycarbazone, uric acid, and cytidine, which are the first identified biomarkers of the supraspinatus tendon as it progresses through the course of diabetes. The results of KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that the main pathway of supraspinatus metabolism affected by diabetes (p < 0.05) was purine metabolism. The results of the KEGG metabolic pathway Conclusion: Untargeted metabolomics revealed the dynamic changes of metabolite composition in rat supraspinatus tendons at different stages of diabetes, and the newly discovered seven metabolites, especially uric acid and xanthine, may provide novel research to elucidate the mechanism of diabetes-induced tendinopathy.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Rotator CuffAnimalsMetabolomeRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUric AcidUric Acidbiomarker discoverydiabetes mellitusmetabolomicsprogressionrotator cuffsupraspinatus

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