Metabolic profiling identifies potential biomarkers associated with progression from gestational diabetes mellitus to prediabetes postpartum
Lenan Liu1
Qian Yang2
Panyuan Shen2
Junsong Wang3
Qi Zheng3
Guoying Zhang2
Bai Jin2
1.School of Public Health,Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 211166,China;Department of Obstetrics,the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210029,China2.Department of Obstetrics,the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210029,China3.Center of Molecular Metabolism,Nanjing University of Science and Technology,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210094,China
摘要：The current study aims to identify potential metabolic biomarkers that predict the progression to prediabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM).We constructed a prediabetes group(n=42)and a control group(n=40)based on a 2-h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test for women with a history of GDM from six weeks to six months postpartum,and collected their clinical data and biochemical test results.We performed the plasma metabolomics analysis of the subjects at the fasting and 2-h post-load time points using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry(UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS).We found that the prediabetes group was older and had higher 2-h post-load glucose levels during pregnancy than the control group.The metabolomic analysis identified 164 differential metabolites between the groups.Compared with the control group,15 metabolites in the prediabetes group exhibited consistent change trends at both time points,including three increased and 12 decreased metabolites.By building a prediction model of the progression from GDM to prediabetes,we found that a combination of three clinical markers yielded an area under the curve(AUC)of 0.71(95％confidence interval[CI],0.60-0.82).We also assessed the discriminative power of the panel of 15 metabolites for distinguishing between postpartum prediabetes and normal glucose tolerance of the subjects at the fasting(AUC,0.98;95％CI,0.94-1.00)and 2-h post-load(AUC,0.99;95％CI,0.97-1.00)time points.The metabolic pathway analysis indicated that energy metabolism and branched-chain amino acids played a role in prediabetes development in women with a history of GDM during the early postpartum period.In conclusion,this study identified potential metabolic biomarkers and pathways associated with the progression from GDM to prediabetes in the early postpartum period.A panel of 15 metabolites showed promising discriminative power for distinguishing between postpartum prediabetes and normal glucose tolerance.These findings provide insights into the underlying pathophysiology of this transition and suggest the feasibility of developing a metabolic profiling test for the early identification of women at high risk of prediabetes following GDM.
机标关键词：metabolicprofilingwithfromassociatedbiomarkersgestationalidentifies
分类号：R714.256(产科学)
论文发表日期：2025-07-30
在线出版日期：2025-10-11（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：13( 394-406 )
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