Plasma Metabolomic Profile in Orthostatic Intolerance Children with High Levels of Plasma Homocysteine

Overview

Journal Ital J Pediatr

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2024 Mar 15

PMID 38486257

Authors

Yaqi Li

Baoling Bai

Hui Wang

Haojie Wu

Yanjun Deng

Chen Shen

Qin Zhang

Lin Shi

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Abstract

Background: Orthostatic intolerance, which includes vasovagal syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, is common in children and adolescents. Elevated plasma homocysteine levels might participate in the pathogenesis of orthostatic intolerance. This study was designed to analyze the plasma metabolomic profile in orthostatic intolerance children with high levels of plasma homocysteine.

Methods: Plasma samples from 34 orthostatic intolerance children with a plasma homocysteine concentration > 9 µmol/L and 10 healthy children were subjected to ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography and quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis.

Results: A total of 875 metabolites were identified, 105 of which were significantly differential metabolites. Choline, 1-stearoyl-2-linoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1-(1Z-octadecenyl)-2-(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-docosahexaenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, histidine, isocitric acid, and DL-glutamic acid and its downstream metabolites were upregulated, whereas 1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1-stearoyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphocholine, sphingomyelin (d18:1/18:0), betaine aldehyde, hydroxyproline, and gamma-aminobutyric acid were downregulated in the orthostatic intolerance group compared with the control group. All these metabolites were related to choline and glutamate. Heatmap analysis demonstrated a common metabolic pattern of higher choline, 1-stearoyl-2-linoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and DL-glutamic acid, and lower sphingomyelin (d18:1/18:0), 1-stearoyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphocholine, and 1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in patients with certain notable metabolic changes (the special group) than in the other patients (the common group). The maximum upright heart rate, the change in heart rate from the supine to the upright position, and the rate of change in heart rate from the supine to the upright position of vasovagal syncope patients were significantly higher in the special group than in the common group (P < 0.05). Choline, 1-stearoyl-2-linoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and DL-glutamic acid were positively correlated with the rate of change in heart rate from the supine to the upright position in vasovagal syncope patients (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: The levels of choline-related metabolites and glutamate-related metabolites changed significantly in orthostatic intolerance children with high levels of plasma homocysteine, and these changes were associated with the severity of illness. These results provided new light on the pathogenesis of orthostatic intolerance.

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