Evaluation of amino acid profile in serum of patients with COVID-19 for providing a new treatment strategy

The amino acid profile in patients with COVID-19

  • Ali Ozturk Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
  • Nihayet Bayraktar Harran University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
  • Mustafa Bayraktar
  • Bashar İbrahim
  • Taylan Bozok
  • Mehmet Resat Ceylan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/jomb0-37514
Keywords: Amino acid; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Treatment strategy

Abstract


Objective: Amino acids have an important role in metabolism and may affect COVID-19-related outcomes. Our study, the amino acid serum level of hospitalized COVID-19 patients was evaluated for determining new treatment strategy.

Methods: The amino acid profile covering 43 amino acids in 68 subjects, comprising 30 (14 men and 16 women) controls and 38 (16 men and 22 women) COVID-19 patients, were examined. In addition, the amino acid profiles of the participants were screened by LC-MS/MS.

Results: Compared with the control group, serum levels of 27 amino acids increased in the patient group. Alpha diaminopimelic acid, sarcosine, and hydroxyproline amino acids were considerably higher in the control group than in the patient group (p<0.0001). There was no notable difference among control group and the case group for 13 amino acids (p≥0.05). A significant positive correlation was seen among the control group and the patient samples in the mean amino acid values (r=0.937; p<0.0001).

Conclusion: These results postulated a clear picture on the serum levels of amino acid in the COVID-19 patients. Serum amino acids measured in hospitalized COVID-19 patients can explain the patient's metabolic status during the disease.

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Published
2022/07/21
Issue
Vol. 41 No. 4 (2022): Journal of Medical Biochemistry
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