Exploration of the metabolomic mechanisms of postmenopausal hypertension induced by low estrogen state

  1. Yao Li
  2. Hui Xin
  3. Zhexun Lian  Is a corresponding author
  4. Wei Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China
  2. Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China
12 figures and 32 additional files

Figures

Research flowchart.
Establishment of animal Models.

(A) Serum estrogen concentration, n=8 per group (B). SBP of animal, n=8 per group (C) DBP, n=8 per group. (D) PP of animal, n=8 per group. ***p<0.001.

Figure 3 with 3 supplements
Overview of aorta metabolomics related to estrogen deprivation.

(A) Metabolite classification statistics chart. (B) Venn diagram of differential metabolites. (C–I) Bar chart of the expression levels of the most promising differential metabolites. (J) SAM analysis of differential metabolites.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Normalization processing rendering.

(A) Distribution map of samples before and after normalization treatment. (B) Distribution map of metabolites before and after normalization treatment.

Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Multi-class significance analysis model.
Figure 3—figure supplement 3
A heatmap of metabolite correlations.
Correlation analysis of samples and differential metabolites.

(A) Pearson correlation analysis heatmap of samples. (B) Hierarchical clustering tree diagram of samples. (C) Hierarchical clustering heatmap of samples and metabolites.

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Overview of dimension reduction analysis.

(A) PCA scatter plot. (B) PLS-DA scatter plot. (C) sPLS-DA scatter plot. (D) VIP score of sPLS-DA model. (E) VIP score of RF model (F) OOB error for the random forest tree model.

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Dimension reduction analysis of the three groups.

(A) PCA plot among the three groups (B) PCA scree plot among the three groups. (C) PLS-DA plot among the three groups. (D) VIP score of OPLS-DA model among the three groups. (E) 5-fold CV of OPLS-DA model among the three groups. (F) OPLS-DA models permutations test among the three groups. (G) sPLS-DA plot among the three groups. (H) sPLS-DA classification error rates plot among the three groups.

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Overview of subgroup dimensionality reduction analysis 1.

(A) Volcano map of differential metabolites between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) Volcano map of differential metabolites between the OVX group and OV +E group.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Subgroup normalization processing rendering.

(A) Distribution map of metabolites before and after normalization treatment between the Sham and OVX group. (B) Distribution map of samples before and after normalization treatment between the Sham and OVX group. (C) Distribution map of metabolites before and after normalization treatment between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (D) Distribution map of samples before and after normalization treatment between the OVX group and OVX + E group.

Overview of subgroup dimensionality reduction analysis 2.

(A) Hierarchical clustering dendrogram between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) Hierarchical clustering dendrogram between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (C) Hierarchical clustering heatmap between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) Hierarchical clustering heatmap between the OVX group and OVX + E.

Figure 8 with 2 supplements
The subgroup dimensionality reduction analysis.

(A) PCA scatter plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) PCA scatter plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (C) PLS-DA scatter plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (D) PLS-DA scatter plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (E) OPLS-DA scatter plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (F) OPLS-DA scatter plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (G) OPLS-DA model permutations test between the Sham group and OVX group. (H) OPLS-DA models permutations test between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (I) VIP score of OPLS-DA model between the Sham group and OVX group. (J) VIP score of OPLS-DA model between the OVX group and OVX + E group.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1
The subgroup dimensionality reduction analysis.

(A) PCA plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) PCA plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (C) PLS-DA plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (D) PLS-DA plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (E) PLS-DA model permutations test between the Sham group and OVX group. (F) PLS-DA models permutations test between the OVX group and OVX + E group. (G) OPLS-DA model permutations test between the Sham group and OVX group. (H) OPLS-DA models permutations test between the OVX group and OVX + E group.

Figure 8—figure supplement 2
The subgroup random forest model.

(A) The random forest classification and OOB error plot between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) The random forest classification and OOB error plot between the OVX group and OVX + E group.

Screening differential metabolites using RF, EBAM, and SAM methods.

(A) VIP patterns based on RF model between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) VIP patterns based on RF model between the OVX group and OVX +E group. (C, D) Volcano plots for subgroup comparison based on EBAM method. (E, F) Screening of differential metabolites between subgroups based on SAM method.

Expression patterns of metabolites.

(A) Metabolite expression patterns associated with ovariectomy. (B) Metabolite expression patterns related to estrogen supplementation. (C) Metabolite expression patterns associated with increased estrogen concentration. (D) Metabolite expression patterns associated with L-AABA.

Figure 11 with 1 supplement
Screening of typical biomarkers.

(A) ROC curve of L-AABA between the Sham group and OVX group. (B) ROC curve of L-AABA between the OVX group and OVX +E group. (C) Multivariate ROC curve based exploratory analysis between the Sham and OVX group. (D) Multivariate ROC curve based exploratory analysis between the OVX group and OVX +E group. (E) Average importance ranking of multivariate models for biomarkers between the Sham and OVX group. (F) Average importance ranking of multivariate models for biomarkers between the OVX and OVX +E group.

Figure 11—figure supplement 1
The error classification of the multivariate ROC curve.

(A) The misclassifications between the OVX and Sham groups. (B) The misclassifications between the OVX and OVX +E groups.

Comprehensive analysis of differential metabolites.

(A) Classification pie chart of differential metabolites. (B) Metabolic enrichment analysis of differential metabolites. (C) Enzyme enrichment analysis of differential metabolites. (D) Enrichment analysis of rat-specific metabolite pathways.

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Metabolomics raw data.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp1-v1.csv
Supplementary file 2

Non-parametric tests of metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp2-v1.csv
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Fisher’s LSD tests of metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp3-v1.csv
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Intersection differential metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp4-v1.xlsx
Supplementary file 5

Differential metabolites identified by SAM.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp5-v1.csv
Supplementary file 6

The correlation coefficient and p-value of the correlation analysis for all metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp6-v1.csv
Supplementary file 7

The correlation coefficient and p-value of the correlation analysis for all metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp7-v1.csv
Supplementary file 8

The correlation coefficient and p-value of the correlation analysis for all samples.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp8-v1.csv
Supplementary file 9

The correlation coefficient and p-value of the correlation analysis for all samples.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp9-v1.csv
Supplementary file 10

PLS-DA cross validation details.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp10-v1.xlsx
Supplementary file 11

P scores for differential metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp11-v1.csv
Supplementary file 12

Mean Metabolic Accuracy of differential metabolites in random forest tree model.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp12-v1.csv
Supplementary file 13

Details of t-test for differential metabolites between Sham group and OVX group.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp13-v1.csv
Supplementary file 14

Details of t-test for differential metabolites between OVX +E group and OVX group.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp14-v1.csv
Supplementary file 15

VIP scores of OPLS-DA models between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp15-v1.csv
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VIP scores of OPLS-DA models between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp16-v1.csv
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VIP scores of the random forest model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp17-v1.csv
Supplementary file 18

VIP scores of the random forest model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp18-v1.csv
Supplementary file 19

The evaluation details of EBAM and SAM model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp19-v1.csv
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e evaluation details of EBAM and SAM model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp20-v1.csv
Supplementary file 21

The evaluation details of EBAM and SAM model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp21-v1.csv
Supplementary file 22

The evaluation details of EBAM and SAM model between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp22-v1.csv
Supplementary file 23

Details of intergroup differential analysis of low estrogen related metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp23-v1.csv
Supplementary file 24

Details of intergroup differential analysis of low estrogen related metabolites.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp24-v1.csv
Supplementary file 25

Details of metabolite related trends from low to high estrogen concentrations.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp25-v1.csv
Supplementary file 26

Correlation coefficient of metabolites related to L-AABA expression.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp26-v1.csv
Supplementary file 27

The promising differential metabolites AUC results of ROC curves between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp27-v1.xlsx
Supplementary file 28

The promising differential metabolites AUC results of ROC curves between subgroups.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp28-v1.xlsx
Supplementary file 29

Rat-specific metabolic pathway analysis details.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp29-v1.xlsx
Supplementary file 30

The legends for the figures.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-supp30-v1.docx
MDAR checklist
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Source data 1

Metabolomics data of rat aorta.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/101701/elife-101701-data1-v1.csv

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  1. Yao Li
  2. Hui Xin
  3. Zhexun Lian
  4. Wei Zhang
(2025)
Exploration of the metabolomic mechanisms of postmenopausal hypertension induced by low estrogen state
eLife 13:RP101701.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.101701.2