{"title":"The role of small molecule metabolites in radiation-induced cardiovascular injury","authors":"Ziyi Guan, Nanxi Yu, Ruhan Yi, Ling Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.radmp.2025.06.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Radiation exposure from medical exposure, occupational exposure, or accidental incidents, increases significant risks to cardiovascular health. Small molecule metabolites have attracted widespread attention owing to the role in cardiovascular cell metabolism, immune response and inflammatory injury. This article reviews the classification and characteristics of small molecule metabolites and their multiple roles in radiation-induced cardiovascular inflammatory injury. This article explored the potential of small molecule metabolites as biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases, and the potential as therapeutic targets. Based on the relevant research in recent years, this article summarizes the relationship between small molecule metabolites and cardiovascular inflammatory injury, as well as the mechanisms on the cardiovascular system under radiation, aiming to understand the potential mechanism of small molecule metabolites in radiation-induced cardiovascular diseases to develop new prevention and treatment strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34051,"journal":{"name":"Radiation Medicine and Protection","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 205-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Radiation Medicine and Protection","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666555725000784","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Health Professions","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Radiation exposure from medical exposure, occupational exposure, or accidental incidents, increases significant risks to cardiovascular health. Small molecule metabolites have attracted widespread attention owing to the role in cardiovascular cell metabolism, immune response and inflammatory injury. This article reviews the classification and characteristics of small molecule metabolites and their multiple roles in radiation-induced cardiovascular inflammatory injury. This article explored the potential of small molecule metabolites as biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases, and the potential as therapeutic targets. Based on the relevant research in recent years, this article summarizes the relationship between small molecule metabolites and cardiovascular inflammatory injury, as well as the mechanisms on the cardiovascular system under radiation, aiming to understand the potential mechanism of small molecule metabolites in radiation-induced cardiovascular diseases to develop new prevention and treatment strategies.