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Association of gut-related metabolites with outcome in acute heart failure
journal contribution
posted on 2021-01-21, 11:35 authored by Muhammad Zubair Israr, Dennis Bernieh, Andrea Salzano, Shabana Cassambai, Yoshiyuki Yazaki, Liam HeaneyLiam Heaney, Donald JL Jones, Leong L Ng, Toru SuzukiBackground
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut-related metabolite, is associated with heart failure (HF) outcomes. However, TMAO is the final product of a complex metabolic pathway (i.e. choline/carnitine) that has never been entirely investigated in HF. The present study investigates a panel of metabolites involved in the TMAO-choline/carnitine metabolic pathway for their associations with outcome in acute HF patients.
Methods
In total, 806 plasma samples from acute HF patients were analysed for TMAO, trimethyllysine, L-carnitine, acetyl-L-carnitine, γ-butyrobetaine, crotonobetaine, trimethylamine, betaine aldehyde, choline, and betaine using a developed liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. Associations with outcome of all-cause mortality (death) and a composite of all-cause mortality and/or rehospitalization due to HF (death/HF) at 30 days and 1 year were investigated.
Results
TMAO, trimethyllysine, L-carnitine, acetyl-L-carnitine, and γ-butyrobetaine were associated with death and death/HF at 30 days (short-term) (HR 1.30-1.49, p≤0.021) and at 1 year (long-term) (HR 1.15-1.25, p≤0.026) when adjusted for cardiac risk factors. L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine were superior for short-term outcomes whereas TMAO was the superior metabolite for association with long-term outcomes. Furthermore, acetyl-L-carnitine and L-carnitine were superior for in-hospital mortality and improved risk stratification when combined with current clinical risk scores (i.e. ADHERE, OPTIMIZE-HF, GWTG-HF) (OR≥1.52, p≤0.020).
Conclusions
Carnitine-related metabolites show associations with adverse outcomes in acute HF, in particular L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine for short-term outcomes, and TMAO for long-term outcomes. Further studies are warranted to investigate the role and implications of carnitine metabolites including intervention in the pathogenesis of HF.
Funding
Japan Heart Foundation
National Institute for Health Research (Leicester Biomedical Research Centre)
British Heart Foundation (BHF)
Medical Research Council (MRC) UK Consortium on MetAbolic Phenotyping (MAP/UK)
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
American Heart JournalVolume
234Pages
71 - 80Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Rights holder
© ElsevierPublisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal American Heart Journal and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.01.006.Acceptance date
2021-01-12Publication date
2021-01-14Copyright date
2021ISSN
0002-8703Publisher version
Language
- en