PMID- 35785598 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221025 LR - 20221025 IS - 1898-4002 (Electronic) IS - 1896-1126 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Sep TI - Sphingomyelin profiling in patients with diabetes could be potentially useful as differential diagnostics biomarker: A pilot study. PG - 250-256 LID - S1896-1126(22)00022-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.advms.2022.06.001 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Autoimmune diabetes (AD) in adults includes both the classical form of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). LADA shares clinical and metabolic features with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Ceramide (Cer) levels negatively correlate with insulin sensitivity in humans and animal models. However, only a few studies have focused on other sphingolipids, including sphingomyelin (SM). Therefore, we determined sphingolipids in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes as possible diagnostic biomarkers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated sphingolipids in a cohort of 59 adults with newly diagnosed diabetes without prior hypoglycemic pharmacotherapy to distinguish diabetes mellitus types and for precise LADA definition. All patients with newly diagnosed diabetes were tested for the concentrations of individual Cer and SM species by gas-liquid chromatography. The study included healthy controls and patients with T1DM, T2DM and LADA. RESULTS: SM species were significantly altered in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes compared to healthy controls. SM-C16:0, C16:1, -C18:0, -C18:1, -C18:2, -C18:3, -C20:4, and -C22:6 species were found to be significantly elevated in LADA patients. In contrast, significant differences were observed for Cer species with saturated acyl chains, especially Cer-C14:0, -C16:0, -C18:0 (AD and T2DM), -C22:0, and -C24:0 (T1DM). Following ROC analysis, SM-C16:0, and particularly -C18:1, and -C20:4 may be supportive diagnostic markers for LADA. CONCLUSION: SM profiling in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes could be potentially helpful for differential diagnosis of LADA, T1DM, and T2DM in more challenging cases. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sokolowska, Emilia AU - Sokolowska E AD - Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. Electronic address: emilia.sokolowska@umb.edu.pl. FAU - Car, Halina AU - Car H AD - Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Fiedorowicz, Anna AU - Fiedorowicz A AD - Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Szelachowska, Malgorzata AU - Szelachowska M AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Milewska, Anna AU - Milewska A AD - Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek, Natalia AU - Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek N AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Szumowski, Piotr AU - Szumowski P AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Krzyzanowska-Grycel, Edyta AU - Krzyzanowska-Grycel E AD - Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Poplawska-Kita, Anna AU - Poplawska-Kita A AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Zendzian-Piotrowska, Malgorzata AU - Zendzian-Piotrowska M AD - Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Chabowski, Adrian AU - Chabowski A AD - Department of Physiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Kretowski, Adam AU - Kretowski A AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Siewko, Katarzyna AU - Siewko K AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. Electronic address: katarzynasiewko@o2.pl. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220701 PL - Netherlands TA - Adv Med Sci JT - Advances in medical sciences JID - 101276222 RN - 0 (Sphingomyelins) RN - 0 (Ceramides) RN - 0 (Sphingolipids) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Sphingomyelins MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/diagnosis MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis MH - Pilot Projects MH - *Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults MH - Ceramides/metabolism MH - Sphingolipids MH - Biomarkers MH - Hypoglycemic Agents MH - Autoantibodies OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ceramide OT - LADA OT - Sphingomyelin OT - Type 1 diabetes OT - Type 2 diabetes COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest to disclose for this study. EDAT- 2022/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2022/07/05 10:59 PHST- 2021/10/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/06/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/05 10:59 [entrez] AID - S1896-1126(22)00022-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.advms.2022.06.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Med Sci. 2022 Sep;67(2):250-256. doi: 10.1016/j.advms.2022.06.001. Epub 2022 Jul 1.