PMID- 37842336 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 1178-7007 (Print) IS - 1178-7007 (Electronic) IS - 1178-7007 (Linking) VI - 16 DP - 2023 TI - Formate Might Be a Novel Potential Serum Metabolic Biomarker for Type 2 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. PG - 3147-3160 LID - 10.2147/DMSO.S428933 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: As one of the most frequent complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) shows a profound impact on 50% of patients with symptoms of neuropathic pain, numbness and other paresthesia. No valid serum biomarkers for the prediction of DPN have been identified in the clinic so far. This study is to investigate the potential serum biomarkers for DPN firstly based on (1)H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ((1)H-NMR)-based metabolomics technique. METHODS: Thirty-six patients enrolled in this study were divided into two groups: 18 T2DM patients without DPN (T2DM group) and 18 T2DM patients with DPN (DPN group). Serum metabolites were measured via (1)H-NMR spectroscopy. Bioinformatic approaches including principal component analysis (PCA), orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), independent sample t-test, Fisher's test, Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis, Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were used to identify the potential altered serum biomarkers. RESULTS: A total of 20 metabolites were obtained and further analyzed. Formate was identified as the only potential biomarker that decreased in the DPN group with statistical significance after multiple comparisons (p<0.05). Formate also displayed a negative relationship with some elevated clinical markers in DPN. ROC curve analysis showed a good discriminative ability for formate in DPN with an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.981. CONCLUSION: Formate could be considered a potential serum metabolic biomarker for DPN. The reduced level of formate in DPN may be associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and gut microbiota alteration. Monitoring the level of serum formate would be an important strategy for the early diagnosis of DPN and a supplement of formate may be a promising treatment for DPN in the future. CI - (c) 2023 Xu et al. FAU - Xu, Weisheng AU - Xu W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6649-6297 AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. AD - School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200331, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xue, Wangsheng AU - Xue W AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhou, Zeyu AU - Zhou Z AD - School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Jiying AU - Wang J AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Qi, Hui AU - Qi H AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Shiyu AU - Sun S AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Jin, Tong AU - Jin T AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yao, Ping AU - Yao P AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhao, Jian-Yuan AU - Zhao JY AD - Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200090, People's Republic of China. FAU - Lin, Fuqing AU - Lin F AD - Department of Pain Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231010 PL - New Zealand TA - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes JT - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy JID - 101515585 PMC - PMC10576463 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 1H-NMR OT - diabetic peripheral neuropathy OT - formate OT - metabolomics OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus OT - uric acid COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2023/10/16 06:48 MHDA- 2023/10/16 06:49 PMCR- 2023/10/10 CRDT- 2023/10/16 04:52 PHST- 2023/07/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:49 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/16 06:48 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/16 04:52 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 428933 [pii] AID - 10.2147/DMSO.S428933 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2023 Oct 10;16:3147-3160. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S428933. eCollection 2023.