Investigating the Urinary Metabolome in the First Year of Life and Its Association with Later Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Non-Typical Neurodevelopment in the MARBLES Study

Developmental disabilities are often associated with alterations in metabolism. However, it remains unknown how early these metabolic issues may arise. This study included a subset of children from the Markers of Autism Risks in Babies-Learning Early Signs (MARBLES) prospective cohort study. In this analysis, 109 urine samples collected at 3, 6, and/or 12 months of age from 70 children with a family history of ASD who went on to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD n = 17), non-typical development (Non-TD n = 11), or typical development (TD n = 42) were investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to measure urinary metabolites. Multivariate principal component analysis and a generalized estimating equation were performed with the objective of exploring the associations between urinary metabolite levels in the first year of life and later adverse neurodevelopment. We found that children who were later diagnosed with ASD tended to have decreased urinary dimethylamine, guanidoacetate, hippurate, and serine, while children who were later diagnosed with Non-TD tended to have elevated urinary ethanolamine and hypoxanthine but lower methionine and homovanillate. Children later diagnosed with ASD or Non-TD both tended to have decreased urinary 3-aminoisobutyrate. Our results suggest subtle alterations in one-carbon metabolism, gut-microbial co-metabolism, and neurotransmitter precursors observed in the first year of life may be associated with later adverse neurodevelopment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 11 vom: 29. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sotelo-Orozco, Jennie [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
Slupsky, Carolyn M [VerfasserIn]
Hertz-Picciotto, Irva [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autism spectrum disorder
Biochemical markers
Calcium Carbonate
Children
H0G9379FGK
Hippurate
Journal Article
Metabolome
NMR
Serine
Tryptophan

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 02.09.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms24119454

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358001625