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Exposure of HepaRG Cells to Sodium Saccharin Underpins the Importance of Including Non-Hepatotoxic Compounds When Investigating Toxicological Modes of Action Using Metabolomics.


ABSTRACT: Metabolites represent the most downstream information of the cellular organisation. Hence, metabolomics experiments are extremely valuable to unravel the endogenous pathways involved in a toxicological mode of action. However, every external stimulus can introduce alterations in the cell homeostasis, thereby obscuring the involved endogenous pathways, biasing the interpretation of the results. Here we report on sodium saccharin, which is considered to be not hepatotoxic and therefore can serve as a reference compound to detect metabolic alterations that are not related to liver toxicity. Exposure of HepaRG cells to high levels of sodium saccharin (>10 mM) induced cell death, probably due to an increase in the osmotic pressure. Yet, a low number (n = 15) of significantly altered metabolites were also observed in the lipidome, including a slight decrease in phospholipids and an increase in triacylglycerols, upon daily exposure to 5 mM sodium saccharin for 72 h. The observation that a non-hepatotoxic compound can affect the metabolome underpins the importance of correct experimental design and data interpretation when investigating toxicological modes of action via metabolomics.

SUBMITTER: Cuykx M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6918164 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exposure of HepaRG Cells to Sodium Saccharin Underpins the Importance of Including Non-Hepatotoxic Compounds When Investigating Toxicological Modes of Action Using Metabolomics.

Cuykx Matthias M   Beirnaert Charlie C   Rodrigues Robim Marcelino RM   Laukens Kris K   Vanhaecke Tamara T   Covaci Adrian A  

Metabolites 20191104 11


Metabolites represent the most downstream information of the cellular organisation. Hence, metabolomics experiments are extremely valuable to unravel the endogenous pathways involved in a toxicological mode of action. However, every external stimulus can introduce alterations in the cell homeostasis, thereby obscuring the involved endogenous pathways, biasing the interpretation of the results. Here we report on sodium saccharin, which is considered to be not hepatotoxic and therefore can serve a  ...[more]

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