“…Enhanced TCA cycle activity is further supported by decreased levels of TCA cycle intermediates succinate and fumarate in Pt tissue, in broad agreement with previous reports indicating increases and decreases of TCA cycle intermediates at the beginning and end of the cycle, respectively (Sakai et al, 2012). Variations in creatine and creatinine may also be indicative of a disturbance in energy metabolism, although creatinine is also considered as a marker of pancreatic necrosis in acute Pt (Lankisch et al, 2010) . The decreases in membrane biosynthetic precursors (GPC, PC and PE) agree, in part, with lower GPC and/or PC levels reported for progressive chronic Pt in pigs (Sun et al, 2014) but appear to contradict increased choline compounds observed in Wistar rats affected by either acute or chronic Pt, as determined by high resolution magic angle spinning NMR, and interpreted as indicative of higher rates of cell proliferation (Ma et al, 2012).…”