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Expression profile of PBMCs from human healthy volunteers in 36-hours-fasting conditions versus basal conditions (12-hours-fasting).

ABSTRACT: Short-term fasting elicits beneficial effects in mice and humans, including protection from chemotherapy toxicity, but the involved mechanisms are not well understood. We collected blood samples from healthy human volunteers and mice before and after 36 or 24 hours of fasting, respectively, to measure fatty acid composition of erythrocyte membranes, circulating miRNAs, and RNA expression at PBMCs. In both mice and humans, fasting affected the proportion of polyunsaturated versus saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids at the erythrocyte membrane. Also, fasting significantly reduced the expression at PBMCs of insulin signaling-related genes, including the SREBP lipid-metabolizing pathway, in correlation with changes in membrane fatty acids. We tested the relevance of these fatty acid homeostasis parameters using a complete platform to monitor chemotherapy toxicity in mice. When fasted for 24 hours before and 24 hours after administration of the chemotherapeutic drug oxaliplatin, mice showed a strong protection from kidney, liver, heart and bone marrow toxicity. Importantly, the newly discovered fasting parameters defined two clearly separated groups of individuals that accurately predicted a differential protection from chemotherapy toxicity. Our results reveal a novel mechanism of fasting associated with fatty acids homeostasis, and provide novel biomarkers of fasting to predict fasting-mediated protection from chemotherapy toxicity.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE173241 | GEO | 2022/06/12

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Expression profile of PBMCs from human healthy volunteers in 36-hours-fasting conditions versus basal conditions (12-hours-fasting).

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