Research Article
Metabolomic Characterization of Ovarian Epithelial Carcinomas by HRMAS-NMR Spectroscopy
Table 1
1H resonance assignments of the metabolites present in cancerous and healthy human ovarian tissues.
| † | Metabolites | Group | 1H chemical shift (ppm) | 13C chemical shift |
| 1 | Isoleucine | δCH3 | 0.94 | 13.90 | | | γCH3 | 1.01 | 17.29 | | | γCH2 | 1.51 | 27.30 | | | αCH | 3.65 | 62.34 |
| 2 | Leucine | δCH3 | 0.96 | 23.50 | | | δ
′CH3 | 0.90 | 25.10 | | | γCH | 1.71 | — | | | βCH2 | 1.71 | 42.51 | | | αCH | 3.74 | 56.05 |
| 3 | Valine | γCH3 | 0.99 | 19.26 | | | γ
′CH3 | 1.05 | 20.70 | | | βCH | 2.31 | 31.99 |
| 4 | Ethanol | CH3 | 1.18 | 19.55 | | | CH2OH | 3.66 | 60.11 |
| 5 | Fatty acids (a) | (2)CH2 | 1.29 | 34.50 | | | (1)CH2 | 1.30 | 25.47 |
| 6 | Fatty acids (b) | (2)CH2 | 2.02 | 27.22 | | | CH2 | 2.81 | 28.14 | | | (1)CH | 5.32 | 130.55 | | | (2)CH | 5.33 | 132.36 |
| 7 | Fatty acids (a) (b) | (n)CH2 | 1.29 | 32.36 |
| 8 | Fatty acids (c) | (2)CH2 | 1.56 | 27.20 |
| 9 | Lactate | CH2 | 1.33 | 22.70 | | | CH | 4.12 | 71.17 |
| 10 | Lysine | γCH2 | 1.44 | 24.66 | | | δCH2 | 1.71 | 29.16 | | | βCH2 | 1.91 | 32.61 | | | εCH2 | 3.01 | 41.92 |
| 11 | Alanine | βCH2 | 1.48 | 18.89 | | | αCH | 3.78 | 53.27 |
| 12 | Glutamate | βCH2 | 2.07 | 29.77 | | | γCH2 | 2.35 | 36.00 | | | αCH | 3.77 | 57.15 |
| 13 | Methionine | εCH2 | 2.11 | 16.77 |
| 14 | Glutamine | βCH2 | 2.14 | — | | | γCH2 | 2.45 | 33.51 | | | αCH2 | 3.77 | — |
| 15 | Aspartic acid | βCH2 (u) | 2.70 | 39.17 | | | βCH2 (d) | 2.80 | 39.17 | | | αCH | 3.90 | 54.93 |
| 16 | Choline | −N+-(CH3)3 | 3.21 | — | | | βCH2 | 3.52 | 69.96 | | | αCH | 4.07 | 58.36 |
| 17 | Phosphorylcholine | −N+-(CH3)3 | 3.23 | 56.58 | | | βCH2 | 3.62 | 68.89 | | | αCH | 4.19 | 60.92 |
| 18 | Glycerophosphocholine | −CH2- | 3.24 | — | | | αCH2 | 4.33 | 62.03 | | | βCH2 | 3.69 | 68.62 | | | CH2-HPO2 (d) | 3.88 | 69.37 | | | CH2OH | 3.93 | 73.43 | | | CH2-HPO2 (u) | 3.95 | 69.37 |
| 19 | Arginine | γCH2 | 1.72 | 26.67 | | | βCH2 | 1.92 | 30.26 | | | δCH2 | 3.23 | 43.27 |
| 20 | Taurine | −CH2- | 3.26 | 50.22 | | | −CH2- | 3.42 | 38.17 |
| 21 | Proline | δCH2 (u) | 3.33 | 48.78 | | | δCH2 (d) | 3.41 | 48.78 | | | αCH | 4.10 | 64.39 |
| 22 | scyllo-Inositol | all Hs | 3.34 | 76.37 |
| 23 | myo-Inositol | C5H | 3.27 | 77.11 | | | C1H, C3H | 3.53 | 73.84 | | | C4H, C6H | 3.61 | 75.06 | | | C2H | 4.06 | 74.93 |
| 24 | Glycine | αCH | 3.56 | 44.17 |
| 25 | Threonine | αCH | 3.59 | 63.23 | | | βCH | 4.26 | 68.81 |
| 26 | Glycerol | 1,3 CH2OH(u) | 3.58 | 65.06 | | | 1,3 CH2OH(d) | 3.65 | 65.06 | | | −CH(OH)- | 3.78 | 74.85 |
| 27 | β-Glucose | C4H | 3.41 | 72.44 | | | C3H, C5H | 3.47 | 78.60 | | | C6H(u) | 3.73 | 63.50 | | | C6H(d) | 3.90 | 63.50 | | | C1H | 4.65 | — |
| 28 | α-Glucose | C1H | 5.23 | — |
| 29 | Serine | αCH | 3.84 | 59.12 | | | βCH | 3.99 | 63.09 |
| 30 | Creatine | CH3 | 3.03 | 39.66 | | | CH2 | 3.94 | 56.44 |
| 31 | Asparagine | αCH | 4.00 | 54.15 |
| 32 | Ascorbic acid | CH2OH | 4.02 | 72.12 | | | C4H | 4.52 | 80.96 |
| 33 | Succinic acid | (α,β,CH2) | 2.41 | — |
| 34 | Glutathione | CH2-CONH | 2.55 | 33.98 | | | CH2-SH | 2.96 | 28.40 | | | CH-NH2 | 3.78 | 46.07 | | | CH-NH | 4.58 | 58.40 |
| 35 | Acetate | CH2 | 1.93 | 26.00 |
| 36 | 3-hydroxybutyrate | CH2 | 1.20 | 24.29 | | | βCH2(u) | 2.29 | 49.11 | | | βCH2(d) | 2.39 | 49.11 | | | CHOH | 4.15 | — |
| 37 | N Acetyl -Lysine | βCH2(u) | 1.69 | — | | | βCH2(d) | 1.80 | — | | | CH2 | 2.04 | 24.80 | | | εCH2 | 3.00 | — | | | αCH | 4.15 | — |
| 38 | N Acetyl Aspartate | CH2 | 2.02 | 24.65 | | | αCH | 4.39 | 55.97 |
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