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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) is associated with increased fatty acid catabolism and is commonly targeted for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. To identify latent, endogenous biomarkers of PPARalpha activation and hence increased fatty acid beta-oxidation, healthy human volunteers were given fenofibrate orally for 2 weeks and their urine was profiled by UPLC-QTOFMS. Biomarkers identified by the machine learning algorithm random forests included significant depletion by day 14 of both pantothenic acid (>5-fold) and acetylcarnitine (>20-fold), observations that are consistent with known targets of PPARalpha including pantothenate kinase and genes encoding proteins involved in the transport and synthesis of acylcarnitines. It was also concluded that serum cholesterol (-12.7%), triglycerides (-25.6%), uric acid (-34.7%), together with urinary propylcarnitine (>10-fold), isobutyrylcarnitine (>2.5-fold), (S)-(+)-2-methylbutyrylcarnitine (5-fold), and isovalerylcarnitine (>5-fold) were all reduced by day 14. Specificity of these biomarkers as indicators of PPARalpha activation was demonstrated using the Ppara-null mouse. Urinary pantothenic acid and acylcarnitines may prove useful indicators of PPARalpha-induced fatty acid beta-oxidation in humans. This study illustrates the utility of a pharmacometabolomic approach to understand drug effects on lipid metabolism in both human populations and in inbred mouse models.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1535-3893
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4293-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Artificial Intelligence, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Carnitine, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Fenofibrate, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Hypolipidemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Metabolome, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Metabolomics, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-PPAR alpha, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Pantothenic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:19569716-Urine
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Human urinary metabolomic profile of PPARalpha induced fatty acid beta-oxidation.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural