Showing information for HMDB0000201 ('acetylcarnitine', 'long chain acyl carnitine', 'L-Acetylcarnitine')


Metabolite information

HMDB ID HMDB0000201
Synonyms
(+-)-Acetylcarnitine
(-)-Acetylcarnitine
(R)-Acetylcarnitine
3-(Acetyloxy)-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
3-(Acetyloxy)-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid
ALC
Acetyl L carnitine
Acetyl carnitine
Acetyl-DL-carnitine
Acetyl-L-(-)-carnitine
Acetyl-L-carnitine
Acetyl-carnitine
Acetylcarnitine
Acetylcarnitine, (R)-isomer
Alcar
Branigen
Carnitine, acetyl
DL-O-Acetylcarnitine
L-Acetylcarnitine
L-Carnitine acetyl ester
L-O-Acetylcarnitine
Levocarnitine acetyl
Medosan
Nicetile
O-Acetyl-(R)-carnitine
O-Acetyl-L-carnitine
O-Acetylcarnitine
R-Acetylcarnitine
Chemical formula C9H17NO4
IUPAC name
(3R)-3-(acetyloxy)-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate
CAS registry number 3040-38-8
Monoisotopic molecular weight 203.115758031

Chemical taxonomy

Super class Lipids and lipid-like molecules
Class Fatty Acyls
Sub class Fatty acid esters

Biological properties

Pathways (Pathway Details in HMDB)

The paper(s) that report HMDB0000201 as a lung cancer biomarker

The studies that identify HMDB0000201 as a lung cancer-related metabolite


Reference Country Specimen Marker function Participants (Case) Participants (Control)
Cancer type Stage Number Gender (M,F) Age mean (range) (M/F) Smoking status Type Number Gender (M,F) Age mean (range) (M/F) Smoking status
Mazzone et al. 2016 US serum adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma I, II, III 94 55.3%, 44.7% 68.7 at-risk controls 190 50.5%, 49.5% 66.2
Guo et al. 2012 China serum diagnosis adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, SCLC I, II, III, IV 58 39, 19 52 ± 12 / 52 ± 12 healthy 495 251, 244 61 ± 10 / 63 ± 12
Chen et al. 2015b China serum lung cancer 30 61.58 ± 10.67 healthy 30 60.35 ± 12.48
Chen et al. 2015b China serum lung cancer 30 61.58 ± 10.67 before vs. after treatment (operation) 30 61.58 ± 10.67
Callejon-Leblic et al. 2016 Spain bronchoalveolar lavage fluid diagnosis lung cancer 24 16, 8 66 ± 11 noncancerous lung diseases 31 23, 8 56 ± 13
Moreno et al. 2018 Spain tissue therapy, diagnosis adenocarcinoma I, II, III 33 24, 9 62.11 ± 9.73 tumor vs. adjacent normal tissue 33 24, 9 62.11 ± 9.73
Moreno et al. 2018 Spain tissue therapy, diagnosis squamous cell carcinoma I, II, III 35 35, 0 68.71 ± 7.46 tumor vs. adjacent normal tissue 35 35, 0 68.71 ± 7.46
Qi et al. 2021 China blood diagnosis adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, other types, unknown types I, II, III, IV 98 51, 47 Median: 50 (32-69) healthy 75 36, 39 Median: 50 (31-69)
Kowalczyk et al. 2021 Poland Tissue diagnosis squemous cell carcinoma (SCC) I, II, III 54 39, 15 64.45 ± 8.02 healthy control 20 13, 7 61.5 ± 12.06
Reference Chromatography Ion source Positive/Negative mode Mass analyzer Identification level
Mazzone et al. 2016 LC ESI positive linear ion-trap MS/MS
Guo et al. 2012 DI ESI positive FT-ICR MS/MS
Chen et al. 2015b LC ESI positive Q-TOF
Chen et al. 2015b LC ESI positive Q-TOF
Callejon-Leblic et al. 2016 DI ESI positive Q-TOF MS/MS
Moreno et al. 2018 LC, GC ESI, EI both LC: linear ion-trap, GC: single-quadrupole LC: MS/MS
Moreno et al. 2018 LC, GC ESI, EI both LC: linear ion-trap, GC: single-quadrupole LC: MS/MS
Qi et al. 2021 LC ESI both Q-Orbitrap MS/MS
Kowalczyk et al. 2021 LC ESI both Q-TOF
Reference Data processing software Database search
Mazzone et al. 2016 Metabolon LIMS system Metabolon LIMS system
Guo et al. 2012 HMDB, Lipid maps
Chen et al. 2015b Mass Hunter Qualitative Analysis Software (Agilent Technologies) METLIN
Chen et al. 2015b Mass Hunter Qualitative Analysis Software (Agilent Technologies) METLIN
Callejon-Leblic et al. 2016 Markerview HMDB, METLIN
Moreno et al. 2018 KEGG, HMDB
Moreno et al. 2018 KEGG, HMDB
Qi et al. 2021 ProteoWizard, XCMS, Xcalibur, CAMERA mzCloud, ChemSpider, LipidBlast and Fiehn HILIC
Kowalczyk et al. 2021 Mass Hunter Qualitative Analysis Software, Mass Profiler Professional METLIN, KEGG, LIPIDMAPS, and HMDB
Reference Difference method Mean concentration (case) Mean concentration (control) Fold change (case/control) P-value FDR VIP
Mazzone et al. 2016 two- sample independent t test 1.1267415± 0.353238 0.9733468± 0.2791747 1.16 8.63e-05 0.02
Guo et al. 2012 PLS-DA,
Chen et al. 2015b PCA, PLS-DA, independent t test 1.69 1.00e-03 1.18
Chen et al. 2015b PCA, PLS-DA, independent t test 1.64 1.00e-03 1.30
Callejon-Leblic et al. 2016 PLS-LDA, one-way ANOVA 0.71 0.01 1.71
Moreno et al. 2018 paired two-sample t-test, PLS-DA 0.80 6.43e-03 0.01
Moreno et al. 2018 paired two-sample t-test, PLS-DA 0.79 7.68e-06 1.69e-05
Qi et al. 2021 PCA, OPLS-DA, Student’s t test 0.92 0.04 3.26
Kowalczyk et al. 2021 Mann–Whitney U-test and Benjamini–Hochberg false discovery rate, partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) 0.05
Reference Classification method Cutoff value AUROC 95%CI Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%)
Mazzone et al. 2016
Guo et al. 2012 ROC curve male oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine: 0.883, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 0.983, female oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine: 0.879, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 0.993 male oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine:87.2, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 100, female oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine:78.9, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 100 male oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine: 84.1, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 100, female oleamide + long chain acyl carnitine: 92.3, Oleamide + Long chain acyl carnitine + LPC(18:1) + LPC(20:4) + LPC(20:3) + LPC(22:6) + SM(16:0/1): 93.1
Chen et al. 2015b
Chen et al. 2015b
Callejon-Leblic et al. 2016 ROC curve analysis 0.71
Moreno et al. 2018
Moreno et al. 2018
Qi et al. 2021
Kowalczyk et al. 2021