Metabolomics in Bone Research
Metabolites 2021
Jingzhi Fan, Vahid Jahedzomorrodi, Kristaps Kļaviņš

Identifying the changes in endogenous metabolites in response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors has excellent potential to obtain an understanding of cells, biofluids, tissues, or organisms’ functions and interactions with the environment. The advantages provided by the metabolomics strategy have promoted studies in bone research fields, including an understanding of bone cell behaviors, diagnosis and prognosis of diseases, and the development of treatment methods such as implanted biomaterials. This review article summarizes the metabolism changes during osteogenesis, osteoclastogenesis, and immunoregulation in hard tissue. The second section of this review is dedicated to describing and discussing metabolite changes in the most relevant bone diseases: Osteoporosis, bone injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteosarcoma. We consolidated the most recent finding of the metabolites and metabolite pathways affected by various bone disorders. This collection can serve as a basis for future metabolomics-driven bone research studies to select the most relevant metabolites and metabolic pathways. Additionally, we summarize recent metabolic studies on metabolomics for the development of bone disease treatment including biomaterials for bone engineering. With this article, we aim to provide a comprehensive summary of metabolomics in bone research, which can be helpful for interdisciplinary researchers, including material engineers, biologists, and clinicians.


Keywords
Biomaterials | Bone homeostasis | Bone regeneration | Metabolomics | Osteoporosis | Osteosarcoma
DOI
10.3390/metabo11070434
Hyperlink
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/11/7/434

Fan, J., Jahedzomorrodi, V., Kļaviņš, K. Metabolomics in Bone Research. Metabolites, 2021, Vol. 11, No. 7, Article number 434. ISSN 2218-1989. Available from: doi:10.3390/metabo11070434

Publication language
English (en)
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