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ArticleScientific reports2024

Metabolomic insights in advanced cardiomyopathy of chronic chagasic and idiopathic patients that underwent heart transplant.

Raphaela M de Oliveira, Mariana U B Paiva, Carolina R C Picossi, Diego V N Paiva, Carlos A O Ricart, Francisco J Ruperez, Coral Barbas, Fernando A Atik, Aline M A Martins

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Raphaela M de OliveiraSchool of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Mariana U B PaivaSchool of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Carolina R C PicossiCenter of Excellence in Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.
Diego V N PaivaSchool of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Carlos A O RicartLaboratory of Protein Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Francisco J RuperezCenter of Excellence in Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.
Coral BarbasCenter of Excellence in Metabolomics and Bioanalysis, University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.
Fernando A AtikSchool of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Aline M A MartinsSchool of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. alin3.m4rtins@gmail.com.
Universidade de Brasília · BRUniversidad San Pablo CEU · ES

Funding

Airbus Spain EADS CASA 002/DCTA-COPAC/2014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) studies typically focus on ischemic and idiopathic heart diseases. Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is a progressive degenerative inflammatory condition highly prevalent in Latin America that leads to a disturbance of cardiac conduction system. Despite its clinical and epidemiological importance, CCC molecular pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here we characterize and discriminate the plasma metabolomic profile of 15 patients with advanced HF referred for heart transplantation - 8 patients with CCC and 7 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) - using gas chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Compared to the 12 heart donor individuals, also included to represent the control (CTRL) scenario, patients with advanced HF exhibited a metabolic imbalance with 21 discriminating metabolites, mostly indicative of accumulation of fatty acids, amino acids and important components of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. CCC vs. IDC analyses revealed a metabolic disparity between conditions, with 12 CCC distinctive metabolites vs. 11 IDC representative metabolites. Disturbances were mainly related to amino acid metabolism profile. Although mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of metabolic flexibility may be a central mechanistic event in advanced HF, metabolic imbalance differs between CCC and IDC populations, possibly explaining the dissimilar clinical course of Chagas' patients.

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Cardiomyopathy, DilatedChagas CardiomyopathyHeart TransplantationMetabolomicsAdultAgedChronic DiseaseFemaleGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHeart FailureHumansMaleMetabolomeMiddle Aged

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PMID38684702
PMCPMC11059181
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