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. 2017 Nov 17:23:5472-5479.
doi: 10.12659/msm.905168.

Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (¹H-NMR)-Based Metabolomic Evaluation of Human Renal Allografts from Donations After Circulatory Death

Zijie Wang  1 , Haiwei Yang  1 , Chunchun Zhao  1 , Jifu Wei  2 , Junsong Wang  3 , Zhijian Han  1 , Jun Tao  1 , Zhen Xu  1 , Xiaobin Ju  1 , Ruoyun Tan  1 , Min Gu  1
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Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (¹H-NMR)-Based Metabolomic Evaluation of Human Renal Allografts from Donations After Circulatory Death

Zijie Wang et al. Med Sci Monit. .

Abstract

BACKGROUND Delayed graft function (DGF) is a common complication that impairs allograft function after kidney transplantation. However, the mechanism of DGF remains unclear. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based analysis has been widely used in recent times to assess changes in metabolite levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS Samples of perfusate from allografts donated after circulatory death were collected prior to transplantation, during static cold storage. ¹H-NMR-based metabolomics combined with the statistical methods, orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), and principle-component analysis (PCA), were employed to test different levels of metabolites between the allografts that exhibited DGF and those that exhibited immediate graft function (IGF). RESULTS The study population consisted of 36 subjects, 11 with DGF and 25 with IGF. Of the 37 detected and identified metabolites, a-glucose and citrate were significantly elevated in the perfusate of DGF allografts, and taurine and betaine were significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS ¹H-NMR analysis of DGF and IGF perfusates revealed some significant differences in their metabolite profiles, which may help explain the mechanisms of kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury and DGF.

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(A, B) Representative 500 MHz 1H-NMR spectra of perfusate samples obtained from renal allografts that exhibited either delayed or immediate function upon transplantation (DGF and IGF, respectively).
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Scores plot, S-plot, and color-coded loadings plot for orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) of 1H-NMR data from renal-allograft perfusates. (A) Scores plot where each point represents 1 perfusate sample. (B) S-plot of perfusate samples. (C) Color-coded loadings plot shows metabolites that differed between the delayed (DGF) and immediate (IGF) graft-function groups (red, higher concentration; blue, lower concentration).
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