脂质组学分析方法进展及其在中药研究中的应用

Progress on lipidomics analytical methods and their applications in studies of traditional Chinese medicines

脂质在生物学过程中发挥着广泛而重要的作用。作为代谢组学的分支之一,脂质组学通过探究不同生理、病理状态或药物干预后整体脂质代谢的变化,从脂质代谢网络中寻找疾病的关键脂质标志物,从整体角度研究脂质代谢调控在疾病发生、发展中的作用机制及药物作用机制。由于中药成分的复杂性和作用的整体性,亟需发展适合中药复杂体系研究的科学方法揭示其药效物质、整体作用机制等科学内涵。基于脂质组学的系统生物学技术为中药复杂体系作用机制研究提供了可借鉴的思路。该文主要就脂质组学方法技术及其在中药研究中的应用进行综述,以期为中药现代化研究提供方法技术参考。

Lipids have been documented to play comprehensive and significant role in many biological processes. As a branch of metabolomics,lipidomics research mainly involves the analysis of the variation of lipid metabolism profiles under different physiologic,pathologic conditions or drug intervention,the discovery of key lipid biomarkers of a disease in lipid metabolic networks,and the study of the mechanism of action of lipid metabolic regulation during disease onset and progression,and drug treatment. Traditional Chinese medicines( TCMs)are characterized with integrated effects by multi-components,multi-targets and integrated effects. It is urgent to develop methods suitable for the study of complex TCMs to reveal the active constituents and integrated mechanism of action. Systems biology such as lipidomics provides valuable strategy and approach to illustrate the complex mechanisms of TCMs. In this paper,in order to provide technical references for TCMs,we have reviewed the analytical techniques applied in lipidomics and the applications of lipidomics in TCMs researches.