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Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents
Background: Changes in the metabolic fingerprint of blood during child growth and development are a largely under-investigated area of research. The examination of such aspects requires a cohort of healthy children and adolescents who have been subjected to deep phenotyping, including collection of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32290284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo10040149 |
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author | Hirschel, Josephin Vogel, Mandy Baber, Ronny Garten, Antje Beuchel, Carl Dietz, Yvonne Dittrich, Julia Körner, Antje Kiess, Wieland Ceglarek, Uta |
author_facet | Hirschel, Josephin Vogel, Mandy Baber, Ronny Garten, Antje Beuchel, Carl Dietz, Yvonne Dittrich, Julia Körner, Antje Kiess, Wieland Ceglarek, Uta |
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description | Background: Changes in the metabolic fingerprint of blood during child growth and development are a largely under-investigated area of research. The examination of such aspects requires a cohort of healthy children and adolescents who have been subjected to deep phenotyping, including collection of biospecimens for metabolomic analysis. The present study considered whether amino acid (AA) and acylcarnitine (AC) concentrations are associated with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and puberty during childhood and adolescence. It also investigated whether there are associations between amino acids (AAs) and acylcarnitines (ACs) and laboratory parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism, as well as liver, kidney, and thyroid parameters. Methods: A total of 3989 dried whole blood samples collected from 2191 healthy participants, aged 3 months to 18 years, from the LIFE Child cohort (Leipzig, Germany) were analyzed using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to detect levels of 23 AAs, 6 ACs, and free carnitine (C0). Age- and sex-related percentiles were estimated for each metabolite. In addition, correlations between laboratory parameters and levels of the selected AAs and ACs were calculated using hierarchical models. Results: Four different age-dependent profile types were identified for AAs and ACs. Investigating the association with puberty, we mainly identified peak metabolite levels at Tanner stages 2 to 3 in girls and stages 3 to 5 in boys. Significant correlations were observed between BMI standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) and certain metabolites, among them, branched-chain (leucine/isoleucine, valine) and aromatic (phenylalanine, tyrosine) amino acids. Most of the metabolites correlated significantly with absolute concentrations of glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), triglycerides, cystatin C (CysC), and creatinine. After age adjustment, significant correlations were observed between most metabolites and CysC, as well as HbA1c. Conclusions: During childhood, several AA and AC levels are related to age, sex, BMI, and puberty. Moreover, our data verified known associations but also revealed new correlations between AAs/ACs and specific key markers of metabolic function. |
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spelling | pubmed-72409712020-06-11 Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents Hirschel, Josephin Vogel, Mandy Baber, Ronny Garten, Antje Beuchel, Carl Dietz, Yvonne Dittrich, Julia Körner, Antje Kiess, Wieland Ceglarek, Uta Metabolites Article Background: Changes in the metabolic fingerprint of blood during child growth and development are a largely under-investigated area of research. The examination of such aspects requires a cohort of healthy children and adolescents who have been subjected to deep phenotyping, including collection of biospecimens for metabolomic analysis. The present study considered whether amino acid (AA) and acylcarnitine (AC) concentrations are associated with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and puberty during childhood and adolescence. It also investigated whether there are associations between amino acids (AAs) and acylcarnitines (ACs) and laboratory parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism, as well as liver, kidney, and thyroid parameters. Methods: A total of 3989 dried whole blood samples collected from 2191 healthy participants, aged 3 months to 18 years, from the LIFE Child cohort (Leipzig, Germany) were analyzed using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to detect levels of 23 AAs, 6 ACs, and free carnitine (C0). Age- and sex-related percentiles were estimated for each metabolite. In addition, correlations between laboratory parameters and levels of the selected AAs and ACs were calculated using hierarchical models. Results: Four different age-dependent profile types were identified for AAs and ACs. Investigating the association with puberty, we mainly identified peak metabolite levels at Tanner stages 2 to 3 in girls and stages 3 to 5 in boys. Significant correlations were observed between BMI standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) and certain metabolites, among them, branched-chain (leucine/isoleucine, valine) and aromatic (phenylalanine, tyrosine) amino acids. Most of the metabolites correlated significantly with absolute concentrations of glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), triglycerides, cystatin C (CysC), and creatinine. After age adjustment, significant correlations were observed between most metabolites and CysC, as well as HbA1c. Conclusions: During childhood, several AA and AC levels are related to age, sex, BMI, and puberty. Moreover, our data verified known associations but also revealed new correlations between AAs/ACs and specific key markers of metabolic function. MDPI 2020-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7240971/ /pubmed/32290284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo10040149 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hirschel, Josephin Vogel, Mandy Baber, Ronny Garten, Antje Beuchel, Carl Dietz, Yvonne Dittrich, Julia Körner, Antje Kiess, Wieland Ceglarek, Uta Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title | Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title_full | Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title_short | Relation of Whole Blood Amino Acid and Acylcarnitine Metabolome to Age, Sex, BMI, Puberty, and Metabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents |
title_sort | relation of whole blood amino acid and acylcarnitine metabolome to age, sex, bmi, puberty, and metabolic markers in children and adolescents |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32290284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo10040149 |
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