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Exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) reveal metabolic changes during exercise and statin use. Breath analysis identified short-chain fatty acids as potential indicators of gut microbiome activity influenced by exercise and medication.

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  • Metabolomics
  • Analytical Chemistry

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  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath offer non-invasive insights into metabolic processes.
  • Monitoring physiological responses to exercise and medication through breath analysis is an emerging field.
  • Proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) is a sensitive technique for VOC detection.

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  • To integrate and validate an in situ sampling and analysis protocol for exhaled breath research using PTR-ToF-MS.
  • To investigate the impact of prolonged exercise and statin use on exhaled VOC profiles.
  • To identify potential breath biomarkers for monitoring gut microbiota activity.

Main Methods:

  • Development and validation of an in situ PTR-ToF-MS protocol for exhaled breath.
  • Field campaign involving participants undergoing three days of prolonged, repeated exercise.
  • Analysis of exhaled breath samples from statin users and non-statin users, with no dietary restrictions.

Main Results:

  • Prolonged exercise significantly altered exhaled VOC concentrations, with acetone levels increasing after the first day and decreasing subsequently.
  • A cluster of short-chain fatty acids (acetic acid, butanoic acid, propionic acid) were detected in exhaled breath.
  • These short-chain fatty acids showed potential as indicators of gut microbiota activity influenced by exercise and statin use.

Conclusions:

  • The validated PTR-ToF-MS protocol enables effective breathomics research.
  • Exhaled breath analysis can non-invasively monitor metabolic changes related to exercise and medication.
  • Short-chain fatty acids in breath may serve as biomarkers for gut microbiome activity modulated by exercise and statins.