PMID- 35097004 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220201 IS - 2297-055X (Print) IS - 2297-055X (Electronic) IS - 2297-055X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2021 TI - Sphingolipid Profiling: A Promising Tool for Stratifying the Metabolic Syndrome-Associated Risk. PG - 785124 LID - 10.3389/fcvm.2021.785124 [doi] LID - 785124 AB - Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a multicomponent risk condition that reflects the clustering of individual cardiometabolic risk factors related to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance. MetS increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there still is not total clinical consensus about the definition of MetS, and its pathophysiology seems to be heterogeneous. Moreover, it remains unclear whether MetS is a single syndrome or a set of diverse clinical conditions conferring different metabolic and cardiovascular risks. Indeed, traditional biomarkers alone do not explain well such heterogeneity or the risk of associated diseases. There is thus a need to identify additional biomarkers that may contribute to a better understanding of MetS, along with more accurate prognosis of its various chronic disease risks. To fulfill this need, omics technologies may offer new insights into associations between sphingolipids and cardiometabolic diseases. Particularly, ceramides -the most widely studied sphingolipid class- have been shown to play a causative role in both T2DM and CVD. However, the involvement of simple glycosphingolipids remains controversial. This review focuses on the current understanding of MetS heterogeneity and discuss recent findings to address how sphingolipid profiling can be applied to better characterize MetS-associated risks. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Berkowitz, Cabrera-Reyes, Salazar, Ryff, Coe and Rigotti. FAU - Berkowitz, Loni AU - Berkowitz L AD - Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism & Center of Molecular Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Cabrera-Reyes, Fernanda AU - Cabrera-Reyes F AD - Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Salazar, Cristian AU - Salazar C AD - Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism & Center of Molecular Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Ryff, Carol D AU - Ryff CD AD - Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States. FAU - Coe, Christopher AU - Coe C AD - Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States. FAU - Rigotti, Attilio AU - Rigotti A AD - Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism & Center of Molecular Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220114 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cardiovasc Med JT - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine JID - 101653388 PMC - PMC8795367 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cardiovascular risk (CVD) OT - ceramides OT - metabolic syndrome OT - sphingolipids OT - type 2 diabetes COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/01 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2022/01/31 06:00 PHST- 2021/09/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fcvm.2021.785124 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jan 14;8:785124. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.785124. eCollection 2021.