Abstract
Metabolomics is defined as the large-scale analysis of metabolites within a biological system. While small molecules, such as melatonin and cortisol, have been known to fluctuate in a circadian fashion for some time, recent studies have used metabolomics to expand the known cycling metabolome. Mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are two primary analytical platforms readily utilized for metabolomics analyses. Here, we describe a set of metabolomics approaches for analysis of both polar metabolites and lipids, focusing on considerations for circadian studies. These include liquid chromatography and desorption electrospray ionization coupled to MS, NMR protocols, and complementary real-time bioluminescence tracing using firefly luciferase as a reporter of circadian gene expression. These methods can be used to study the impact of both central and peripheral clocks on metabolism from various biological samples.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (award numbers R01DK120757, R01NR018836, P01CA165997, and R01HL142981), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (award number T32ES01985, supporting L.N.B), and Pharmacology T32 Training Grant (award number T32 GM008076, supporting D.M.M).
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Tan, A.W., Malik, D.M., Bottalico, L.N., Sengupta, A., Weljie, A.M. (2022). A Primer for Circadian Metabolic Profile Analysis Using Multi-platform Metabolomics. In: Hirota, T., Hatori, M., Panda, S. (eds) Circadian Clocks. Neuromethods, vol 186. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2577-4_16
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