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Pann, P. ; Hrabě de Angelis, M. ; Prehn, C. ; Adamski, J.

Mouse age matters: How age affects the murine plasma metabolome.

Metabolites 10:472 (2020)
Verlagsversion Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
Open Access Gold
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A large part of metabolomics research relies on experiments involving mouse models, which are usually 6 to 20 weeks of age. However, in this age range mice undergo dramatic developmental changes. Even small age differences may lead to different metabolomes, which in turn could increase inter-sample variability and impair the reproducibility and comparability of metabolomics results. In order to learn more about the variability of the murine plasma metabolome, we analyzed male and female C57BL/6J, C57BL/6NTac, 129S1/SvImJ, and C3HeB/FeJ mice at 6, 10, 14, and 20 weeks of age, using targeted metabolomics (BIOCRATES AbsoluteIDQ™ p150 Kit). Our analysis revealed high variability of the murine plasma metabolome during adolescence and early adulthood. A general age range with minimal variability, and thus a stable metabolome, could not be identified. Age-related metabolomic changes as well as the metabolite profiles at specific ages differed markedly between mouse strains. This observation illustrates the fact that the developmental timing in mice is strain specific. We therefore stress the importance of deliberate strain choice, as well as consistency and precise documentation of animal age, in metabolomics studies.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Age ; Metabolism ; Metabolomics ; Mouse Development ; Mouse Strain; Mice; Puberty; Adolescent; Discovery; C57bl/6j; Behavior
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2218-1989
e-ISSN 2218-1989
Zeitschrift Metabolites
Quellenangaben Band: 10, Heft: 11, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 472 Supplement: ,
Verlag MDPI
Verlagsort St Alban-anlage 66, Ch-4052 Basel, Switzerland
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Molekulare Endokrinologie und Metabolismus (MEM)
Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG)
Förderungen German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research