Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 166-170,176.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2020.03.002

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Screening for radiation-sensitive biomarkers in rat plasma based on metabolomics studies

ZHAO Hua, LU Xue, CAI Tianjing, LI Shuang, TIAN Mei, LIU Qingjie   

  1. National Institute for Radiological Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC Key Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Emergency, Beijing 100088, China
  • Received:2020-01-09 Revised:2020-03-31 Online:2020-05-31 Published:2020-06-03

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To screen for radiation-sensitive metabolites in rat plasma and to explore the metabolic pathways that provide scientific basis for identification of radiation-sensitive biomarkers. METHODS: Rats irradiated whole-body with 60Co gamma rays of 0,1,3 and 5 Gy,respectively. Changes of metabolites in rat plasma were detected by non-targeted metabolomics method based on the liquid chromatography mass spectrometry platform. RESULTS: Eleven plasma metabolites were identified as the potential radiation biomarkers. Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism,nicotinic acid and nicotinamide metabolism,and primary bile acid biosynthesis were enriched after irradiation. Linoelaidylcarnitine,11Z-octadecenylcarnitine,L-palmitoylcarnitine,taurine,niacinamide,L-kynurenine and cytosine were decreased with the increased dose and had good dose-response relationships. CONCLUSION: The metabolites levels in rat plasma were significantly changed after exposure to gamma-rays. Six metabolites had the basic conditions for radiation biological dosimeters.

Key words: metabolomics, ionizing radiation, biomarker, dose response

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