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Metabolomic Profiling of Blood Plasma in Females with Hyperplasia and Endometrial Cancer.

Hicham Benabdelkamel, Malak A Jaber, Khalid Akkour, Reem H AlMalki, Assim A Alfadda, Afshan Masood, Salini Scaria Joy, Hani Alhalal, Moudi A Alwehaibi, Maria Arafah and 2 more

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Article in Metabolites, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hicham BenabdelkamelProteomics Resource Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Malak A JaberPharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman 1196, Jordan.
Khalid AkkourObstetrics and Gynecology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6302-5609
Reem H AlMalkiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Assim A AlfaddaProteomics Resource Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4792-5188
Afshan MasoodProteomics Resource Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8082-9326
Salini Scaria JoyProteomics Resource Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3856-638X
Hani AlhalalObstetrics and Gynecology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Moudi A AlwehaibiProteomics Resource Unit, Obesity Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9011-1470
Maria ArafahDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6847-5884
Eman AlshehriObstetrics and Gynecology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Anas M Abdel RahmanMetabolomics Section, Department of Clinical Genomics, Center for Genome Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC), Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9527-9424
King Saud Medical City · SAKing Saud University · SAKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAPetra University · JO

Funding

Deputyship for Research & Innovation, "Ministry of Education" in Saudi Arabia for funding this research work through the project number (IFKSUDR_H192).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uterine cancer is the most prevalent gynecologic malignancy in women worldwide. Endometrial cancer (EC) has an 81% five-year survival rate, depending on disease stage and time of diagnosis. While endometrial cancer is largely treatable when detected early, no established screening techniques are available in clinical practice. As a result, one of the most significant issues in the medical field is the development of novel ways for early cancer identification, which could boost treatment success rates. Liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS)-based metabolomics was employed to explore the metabolomic markers and pathways unique to this cancer type and link them to the benign endometrial hyperplasia that may progress to cancer in 5% to 25% of patients. The study involved 59 postmenopausal participants, 20 with EC type 1, 20 with benign hyperplasia, and 19 healthy participants. Metabolite distribution changes were analyzed, and 338 of these features were dysregulated and significant. The first two main components, PC1 and PC2, were responsible for 11.5% and 12.2% of the total metabolites, respectively. Compared with the control group (CO), EC samples had 203 differentially expressed metabolites (180 upregulated and 23 downregulated); in hyperplasia (HP), 157 metabolites were dysregulated (127 upregulated and 30 downregulated) compared to the CO group while 21 metabolites exhibited differential regulation (16 upregulated and 5 downregulated) in EC plasma samples compared to the HP group. Hyperplasia samples exhibited similar metabolic changes to those reported in cancer, except for alterations in triglyceride levels, 7a,12 b-dihydroxy-5b-Cholan-24-oic acid, and Hept-2-enedioyl carnitine levels. The metabolites N-heptanoyl glycine and -(Methylthio)-2,3-isopentyl phosphate and formimino glutamic acid can be specific markers for hyperplasia conditions and dimethyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine and 8-isoprostaglandin E2 can be specific markers for EC conditions. Metabolic activities rely on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation for energy generation. The changes in metabolites identified in our study indicate that endometrial cancer cells adopt alternative strategies to increase energy production to meet the energy demand, thereby supporting proliferation.

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endometrial cancerenergy metabolismhyperplasia (HP)LC-HRMSmetabolomics

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PMID38393001
PMCPMC10890097
OpenAlexW4391566365

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