PMID- 34391409 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220110 LR - 20220110 IS - 1472-6823 (Electronic) IS - 1472-6823 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Aug 14 TI - Areca catechu-(Betel-nut)-induced whole transcriptome changes in a human monocyte cell line that may have relevance to diabetes and obesity; a pilot study. PG - 165 LID - 10.1186/s12902-021-00827-1 [doi] LID - 165 AB - BACKGROUND: Betel-nut consumption is the fourth most common addictive habit globally and there is good evidence linking the habit to obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and the metabolic syndrome. The aim of our pilot study was to identify gene expression relevant to obesity, T2D and the metabolic syndrome using a genome-wide transcriptomic approach in a human monocyte cell line incubated with arecoline and its nitrosated products. RESULTS: The THP1 monocyte cell line was incubated separately with arecoline and 3-methylnitrosaminopropionaldehyde (MNPA) in triplicate for 24 h and pooled cDNA indexed paired-end libraries were sequenced (Illumina NextSeq 500). After incubation with arecoline and MNPA, 15 and 39 genes respectively had significant changes in their expression (q < 0.05, log fold change 1.5). Eighteen of those genes have reported associations with T2D and obesity in humans; of these genes there was most marked evidence for CLEC10A, MAPK8IP1, NEGR1, NQ01 and INHBE genes. CONCLUSIONS: Our preliminary studies have identified a large number of genes relevant to obesity, T2D and metabolic syndrome whose expression was changed significantly in human TPH1 cells following incubation with betel-nut derived arecoline or with MNPA. These findings require validation by further cell-based work and investigation amongst betel-chewing communities. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s). FAU - Cardosa, Shirleny R AU - Cardosa SR AD - Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Ogunkolade, B William AU - Ogunkolade BW AD - Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Lowe, Rob AU - Lowe R AD - Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Savage, Emanuel AU - Savage E AD - Barts and The London Genome Centre, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Mein, Charles A AU - Mein CA AD - Barts and The London Genome Centre, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Boucher, Barbara J AU - Boucher BJ AD - Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Hitman, Graham A AU - Hitman GA AD - Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. g.a.hitman@qmul.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - MRC0183/Barts and the London Charity/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210814 PL - England TA - BMC Endocr Disord JT - BMC endocrine disorders JID - 101088676 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 4ALN5933BH (Arecoline) SB - IM MH - Areca/*chemistry MH - Arecoline/*pharmacology MH - Biomarkers/analysis/metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*genetics MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Metabolic Syndrome/*genetics MH - Monocytes/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Obesity/*genetics MH - Pilot Projects MH - Prognosis MH - Transcriptome/*drug effects PMC - PMC8364090 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Betel-nut OT - Obesity OT - RNA-sequencing OT - Transcriptomics OT - Type 2 diabetes COIS- None. EDAT- 2021/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/11 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/14 CRDT- 2021/08/15 20:22 PHST- 2021/01/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/15 20:22 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12902-021-00827-1 [pii] AID - 827 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12902-021-00827-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Endocr Disord. 2021 Aug 14;21(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12902-021-00827-1.