Cargando…
Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer
The aim of the present study was to examine the association between plasma heavy metals and the metabolome in patients with breast cancer (BC), and the association with cancer development. Nuclear magnetic resonance was used to determine the metabolites involved and an inductively coupled plasma mas...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
D.A. Spandidos
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32218848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11402 |
_version_ | 1783505531908915200 |
---|---|
author | Li, Ling Zhang, Meihua Men, Yuhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong |
author_facet | Li, Ling Zhang, Meihua Men, Yuhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong |
author_sort | Li, Ling |
collection | PubMed |
description | The aim of the present study was to examine the association between plasma heavy metals and the metabolome in patients with breast cancer (BC), and the association with cancer development. Nuclear magnetic resonance was used to determine the metabolites involved and an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry system was used to quantify the heavy metals in the plasma samples. It was indicated that cadmium was significantly higher in the plasma of patients with BC compared with that in the control population (~15-fold increase). Chromium, arsenic and lead were also elevated in the plasma of patients with BC by ~3.24, 2.14 and 1.52 fold, respectively. A number of small molecules, including amino acids and salts, were altered in the plasma of patients with BC compared with the control population. Another notable finding in this investigation was that plasma lipid levels were elevated in patients with BC compared with those in the control population. The findings of the present study suggest that exposure to heavy metals, including cadmium, arsenic, chromium and lead, may influence blood lipid levels and other small molecule metabolites, which in turn may be involved in BC development. Further studies surrounding urinary heavy metals and the metabolome are required to further determine the impact of metals on metabolism and on BC development. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7068226 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | D.A. Spandidos |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-70682262020-03-26 Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer Li, Ling Zhang, Meihua Men, Yuhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong Oncol Lett Articles The aim of the present study was to examine the association between plasma heavy metals and the metabolome in patients with breast cancer (BC), and the association with cancer development. Nuclear magnetic resonance was used to determine the metabolites involved and an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry system was used to quantify the heavy metals in the plasma samples. It was indicated that cadmium was significantly higher in the plasma of patients with BC compared with that in the control population (~15-fold increase). Chromium, arsenic and lead were also elevated in the plasma of patients with BC by ~3.24, 2.14 and 1.52 fold, respectively. A number of small molecules, including amino acids and salts, were altered in the plasma of patients with BC compared with the control population. Another notable finding in this investigation was that plasma lipid levels were elevated in patients with BC compared with those in the control population. The findings of the present study suggest that exposure to heavy metals, including cadmium, arsenic, chromium and lead, may influence blood lipid levels and other small molecule metabolites, which in turn may be involved in BC development. Further studies surrounding urinary heavy metals and the metabolome are required to further determine the impact of metals on metabolism and on BC development. D.A. Spandidos 2020-04 2020-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7068226/ /pubmed/32218848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11402 Text en Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Articles Li, Ling Zhang, Meihua Men, Yuhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title | Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title_full | Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title_fullStr | Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title_short | Heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
title_sort | heavy metals interfere with plasma metabolites, including lipids and amino acids, in patients with breast cancer |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32218848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11402 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT liling heavymetalsinterferewithplasmametabolitesincludinglipidsandaminoacidsinpatientswithbreastcancer AT zhangmeihua heavymetalsinterferewithplasmametabolitesincludinglipidsandaminoacidsinpatientswithbreastcancer AT menyuhao heavymetalsinterferewithplasmametabolitesincludinglipidsandaminoacidsinpatientswithbreastcancer AT wangwei heavymetalsinterferewithplasmametabolitesincludinglipidsandaminoacidsinpatientswithbreastcancer AT zhangweidong heavymetalsinterferewithplasmametabolitesincludinglipidsandaminoacidsinpatientswithbreastcancer |