Summary of project PR002490

This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR002490. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M8SC2K This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.

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Project ID: PR002490
Project DOI:doi: 10.21228/M8SC2K
Project Title:Metabolomic profiles of albendazole treated T. spiralis worms
Project Summary:Trichinella spiralis is the parasitic nematodes that cause trichinellosis. Patients are infected with T. spiralis by consuming raw meat containing larval stage of the parasite. Patients may develop weakness, muscle pain, facial edema, or death in severe cases. Albendazole (ABZ) is the drug of choice for trichinellosis, however, the resistance to ABZ has been repeatedly reported. Hence, novel drugs against this parasite are essentially required. Developing new drugs is expensive and time-consuming. To overcome these limitations, the application of computational approaches and drug repurposing strategy would be a suitable solution. Here, we aimed to discover new anthelmintic drugs for T. spiralis using in silico-based techniques and in vitro validation. Firstly, we treated both adult and larval stages of T. spiralis with ABZ, then metabolome of the parasites were extracted. Following liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis, an approximately of 11,187-11,191 features were identified from XCMS online platform. From the metabolome data, there were 122 and 133 metabolites those were significantly changed by ABZ treatment in adult and larval stages, respectively. The pathway analysis was performed with Metaboanalyst platform and fatty acid degradation pathway was highlighted in both stages of the parasites. This pathway is vital for lipid metabolism of the worms, hence, we screened for potential drug targets in this pathway. We found that Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT) 1 and 2 are the enzymes responsible for transporting fatty acids into mitochondria. Inhibiting these enzymes would shut down the lipid metabolism machinery of the parasites. Hence, these enzymes were proposed as the potential drug targets for trichinellosis treatment in the future.
Institute:Chulabhorn Royal Academy
Department:Princess Srisavangavadhana Faculty of Medicine
Last Name:Chienwichai
First Name:Peerut
Address:906, Kamphaeng Phet 6 Rd., Lak Si, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand
Email:peerut.chi@cra.ac.th
Phone:+66816874608

Summary of all studies in project PR002490

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ST003974 Metabolomic profiles of albendazole treated T. spiralis adult worms Trichinella spiralis Chulabhorn Royal Academy MS* 2025-08-26 1 10 Uploaded data (2.5G)*
ST003975 Metabolomic profiles of albendazole treated T. spiralis larval worms Trichinella spiralis Chulabhorn Royal Academy MS* 2025-08-26 1 10 Uploaded data (4.3G)*
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