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Haizhu Shi1, Jie Yuan2, Yi Zhang2
1School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China; Key Laboratory of Oil Gas & Fine Chemicals, Ministry of Education and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China.
Abstract:
The main object of the study was to discover the associated significantly different metabolites between Han and Uygur, two main racial groups in Xinjiang, China with urinary metabolomics. Urine samples from 96 Han and 96 Uygur were analyzed using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GCMS). Multivariate analysis was used to investigate the effect of race, age and gender on the urinary metabolomic profiles. Totally eight metabolites are identified contributed to the discrimination between Han and Uygur, including phenylacetylglutamine, myoinositol, d-galactose, ribonolactone, octadecanoic acid, galactitol, threonic acid and succinic acid. The metabolic pathways of them are mainly involved in carbohydrate, TCA cycle, fatty acid and mammalian gut microbial-related metabolism. Importantly, three metabolites, being used as biomarkers in clinic, are also differentially expressed in urine samples of two races. It suggests that the race effect should be critically considered prior to make diagnostic result in multi-race coexisted areas to decrease the false positive rate caused by above biomarkers. Moreover, the results show that the age-period and the gender also affect the urinary metabolomics profiles, but with different levels compared to race. We hope that the work can provide some help for developing novel diagnostic tests, understanding the mechanism of disease, designing clinical trials and refining precision medicine in multi-race coexisted areas.
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