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Diabetes Leads to Alterations in Normal Metabolic Transitions of Pregnancy as Revealed by Time-Course Metabolomics

by
Jacquelyn M. Walejko
1,*,
Anushka Chelliah
2,
Maureen Keller-Wood
3,
Clive Wasserfall
4,
Mark Atkinson
4,
Anthony Gregg
5 and
Arthur S. Edison
6,*
1
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
2
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, UT Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
3
Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
4
Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Diabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
5
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University, Dallas, TX 75246, USA
6
Departments of Genetics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
*
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Metabolites 2020, 10(9), 350; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10090350
Received: 27 April 2020 / Revised: 15 July 2020 / Accepted: 25 August 2020 / Published: 27 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metabolomics Study in Women Health)
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Women with diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk of poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. Despite this, the effects of pre-gestational (PGDM) or gestational diabetes (GDM) on metabolism during pregnancy are not well understood. In this study, we utilized metabolomics to identify serum metabolic changes in women with and without diabetes during pregnancy and the cord blood at birth. We observed elevations in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates, carbohydrates, ketones, and lipids, and a decrease in amino acids across gestation in all individuals. In early gestation, PGDM had elevations in branched-chain amino acids and sugars compared to controls, whereas GDM had increased lipids and decreased amino acids during pregnancy. In both GDM and PGDM, carbohydrate and amino acid pathways were altered, but in PGDM, hemoglobin A1c and isoleucine were significantly increased compared to GDM. Cord blood from GDM and PGDM newborns had similar increases in carbohydrates and choline metabolism compared to controls, and these alterations were not maternal in origin. Our results revealed that PGDM and GDM have distinct metabolic changes during pregnancy. A better understanding of diabetic metabolism during pregnancy can assist in improved management and development of therapeutics and help mitigate poor outcomes in both the mother and newborn. View Full-Text
Keywords: diabetes; pregnancy; metabolomics diabetes; pregnancy; metabolomics
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Walejko, J.M.; Chelliah, A.; Keller-Wood, M.; Wasserfall, C.; Atkinson, M.; Gregg, A.; Edison, A.S. Diabetes Leads to Alterations in Normal Metabolic Transitions of Pregnancy as Revealed by Time-Course Metabolomics. Metabolites 2020, 10, 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10090350

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Walejko JM, Chelliah A, Keller-Wood M, Wasserfall C, Atkinson M, Gregg A, Edison AS. Diabetes Leads to Alterations in Normal Metabolic Transitions of Pregnancy as Revealed by Time-Course Metabolomics. Metabolites. 2020; 10(9):350. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10090350

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Walejko, Jacquelyn M., Anushka Chelliah, Maureen Keller-Wood, Clive Wasserfall, Mark Atkinson, Anthony Gregg, and Arthur S. Edison. 2020. "Diabetes Leads to Alterations in Normal Metabolic Transitions of Pregnancy as Revealed by Time-Course Metabolomics" Metabolites 10, no. 9: 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10090350

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