A systems-level “misunderstanding”: the plasma metabolome in Huntington’s disease
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Doros, Gheorghe
Bhasin, Swati
Thomas, Beena
Gevorkian, Sona
Malarick, Keith
Matson, Wayne
Hersch, Steven M
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Rosas, Herminia D, Gheorghe Doros, Swati Bhasin, Beena Thomas, Sona Gevorkian, Keith Malarick, Wayne Matson, and Steven M Hersch. 2015. “A systems-level “misunderstanding”: the plasma metabolome in Huntington’s disease.” Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 2 (7): 756-768. doi:10.1002/acn3.214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acn3.214.Abstract
Objective: Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of an N-terminal repeat in the huntingtin protein. The protein is expressed in all cells in the body; hence, peripheral tissues, such as blood, may recapitulate processes in the brain. The plasma metabolome may provide a window into active processes that influence brain health and a unique opportunity to noninvasively identify processes that may contribute to neurodegeneration. Alterations in metabolic pathways in brain have been shown to profoundly impact HD. Therefore, identification and quantification of critical metabolomic perturbations could provide novel biomarkers for disease onset and disease progression. Methods: We analyzed the plasma metabolomic profiles from 52 premanifest (PHD), 102 early symptomatic HD, and 140 healthy controls (NC) using liquid chromatography coupled with a highly sensitive electrochemical detection platform. Results: Alterations in tryptophan, tyrosine, purine, and antioxidant pathways were identified, including many related to energetic and oxidative stress and derived from the gut microbiome. Multivariate statistical modeling demonstrated mutually distinct metabolomic profiles, suggesting that the processes that determine onset were likely distinct from those that determine progression. Gut microbiome-derived metabolites particularly differentiated the PHD metabolome, while the symptomatic HD metabolome was increasingly influenced by metabolites that may reflect mutant huntingtin toxicity and neurodegeneration. Interpretation Understanding the complex changes in the delicate balance of the metabolome and the gut microbiome in HD, and how they relate to disease onset, progression, and phenotypic variability in HD are critical questions for future research.Other Sources
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