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Tugce Çetin1, Afshin Samadi, Tuba Reçber
1Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy (Ms Cetin, Mrs Karacan Dincer, Dr Sabuncuoglu); Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine (Dr Yalcinkaya, Dr Oztaş Dr Lay); Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Ms Recber, Dr Nemutlu), Hacettepe University; Research and Development Center, University of Health Sciences (Ms Eser), Ankara, Turkey; and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe (KIST EU), Joint Laboratory of Applied Ecotoxicology, Saarbrucken, Germany (Dr Samadi).
Objective:
This study aimed to examine patients with lead poisoning in terms of metabolomic profiles and bioactive lipids (oxysterols and sphingosine 1-phosphate [S1P]) before and after chelation therapy.
Methods:
Consent was obtained from 42 individuals diagnosed with lead poisoning and blood and urine samples were collected before and after chelation therapy. The levels of 7-ketocholesterol (7-KC), cholestan-3b,5a,6b-triol (Ctriol), and S1P were measured via LC-MS/MS. Metabolomic analysis was performed via GC-MS.
Results:
7-KC and C-triol levels were detected higher before chelation therapy compared with after therapy (P < 0.001 for both). S1P levels were measured higher before the therapy. The results also showed that sphingolipid metabolism-related pathways were affected by lead toxicity as well as other related pathways.
Conclusion:
This preliminary study showed that lipid metabolism is affected in lead exposure and chelation therapy is effective in reversing possible damage.
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