Lipidomics characterization of the lipid metabolism profiles in a cystinuria rat model: Precalculus damage in the kidney of cystinuria.

Zihan Zhang, Rui Zheng, Caihua Zhu, Hongquan Geng, Guofeng Xu

Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators 2022 Oct

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Cystinuria is a genetic disorder of cystine transport, including defective protein b0,+AT (encoded by SLC7A9), and/or rBAT (encoded by SLC3A1). Patients present hyperexcretion of cystine in the urine, recurrent cystine lithiasis, and progressive decline in kidney function. Moreover, heterodimer transport is defective. To date, little omics data are accessible regarding this metabolic disease caused by membrane proteins. Since membrane function is closely related to changes in the lipidome, we decided to explore the changes in kidney tissue of a self-established cystinuria rat model by performing lipidomic analysis by LC-MS/MS. Our results demonstrated that Slc7a9 deficiency changed the lipid profile of the renal cortex and induced vital modifications in the lipidome, including major alterations in ChE, LPA, and PA. Among those alterations, this lipidomic study highlights the lipid changes that participate in inflammatory responses during cystinuria. As a result, lipid research, perhaps has great potential, for it may lead to the identification of novel therapeutic targets for the prevention and treatment of cystinuria. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Zihan Zhang, Rui Zheng, Caihua Zhu, Hongquan Geng, Guofeng Xu. Lipidomics characterization of the lipid metabolism profiles in a cystinuria rat model: Precalculus damage in the kidney of cystinuria. Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators. 2022 Oct;162:106651