Research Article

UPLC-QTOF/MS-Based Lipidomic Profiling of Liver Qi-Stagnation and Spleen-Deficiency Syndrome in Patients with Hyperlipidemia

Table 4

Identification results of varying ions and their change trend of hyperlipidemia with syndrome of SLQSD and hyperlipidemia with the syndrome of non-SLQSD.

NORetention TimeMassGroup 3ContentGroup 4 ContentFactor of changeVIP valueChange TrendIdentified potential BiomarkerLipid ClassIon

15.53544.33429.3314±3.234216.2656±4.27600.67.2994LysoPC(20:4)LysophospholipidM+H
212.28784.573414.3592±3.37147.7689±1.49011.810.0211PC(18:3/18:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
312.34787.591811.4418±1.15133.6700±1.72453.16.0391TG(14:0/18:3/15:0)GlycerolipidsM+H
412.64806.56525.7728±1.00442.2932±0.76732.56.1186LacCer(d18:1/12:0)SphingomyelinM+H
515.81782.5518246.9174±38.6396196.1073±11.34571.363.2972PC(20:3/16:1)GlycerophospholipidM+H
616.48784.582438.2776±5.45248.4079±0.33224.616.5178PC(18:3/18:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
716.69759.569257.5260±7.823640.4171±4.77381.412.2461SM(d18:1/20:0)SphingolipidM+H
816.86810.591519.9225±0.8748274.9301±17.57350.12.44919PC(22:4/16:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
918.30758.5560135.1895±8.1870256.3050±30.17370.536.2027PE(22:2/15:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
108.50508.341843.0992±4.423079.1179±18.23870.53.03607LysoPE(20:0/0:0)LysophospholipidM-H
1114.32876.57547.7353±2.43944.7881±0.17271.62.02951PC(22:6/22:6)GlycerophospholipidM-H
1214.38351.247815.6962±5.10285.7276±0.279802.82.29853DG(20:2/22:0/0:0)GlycerolipidsM-2H
1315.05800.554022.9620±3.846815.0764±4.03871.52.17423PE(22:5/20:1)GlycerophospholipidM-H20-H
1415.3826.614017.8481±1.81214.9814±1.10493.61.14469PC(22:6/18:3)GlycerophospholipidM-H
1515.94852.690817.8481±1.81214.9814±1.10493.62.44998PE(24:0/20:3)GlycerophospholipidM-H
1616.00841.583011.7030±2.42416.2152±1.03541.91.77427PI(16:0/20:3)PhosphatidylinositolM-H20-H
1716.25854.6047101.6059±23.484211.3739±0.88548.92.41923PC(22:4/20:5)GlycerophospholipidM-H
1816.45857.574223.9200±0.51826.4069±1.14943.71.47236PI(16:0/20:4)PhosphatidylinositolM-H

Group 3: hyperlipidemia with syndrome of SLQSD and Group 4: hyperlipidemia with the syndrome of non-SLQSD. ↑ indicated the concentrations compared to the other group are increasing, and ↓indicated the concentrations compared to the other group are reducing. P<0.05 and P<0.01. PE: phosphatidylethanolamine; PC: phosphatidylcholine; TG: triglyceride; DG: diglyceride; PI: phosphatidylinositol; SM: sphingomyelin; LysoPC: lysophosphatidylcholine; LysoPE: lysophosphatidylethanolamine.