Kuncheng Chen , Song Wang , Pian Zhong , Yeping Peng , Junzhe Lu , Lanlan Liu , Jinmei He , Weiqiang Liu
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Salivary glucose uniformity and stability were assessed under room-temperature static conditions, fasting saliva over a one-month period, and in postprandial states.</div><div>Results showed that saliva exhibits shear-thinning behavior, with shear viscosity decreasing from 0.1 Pa∙s to 0.001 Pa∙s as shear rate increases from 0.1 to 150 s<sup>−1</sup>. This shear-thinning property, linked to the porous glycoprotein network observed through micro-morphological analysis, may influence analyte distribution. Despite the inherent viscosity, salivary glucose concentrations demonstrated high uniformity: 89 % of fasting samples and 92 % of postprandial samples showed less than 10 % variation when divided into three portions.</div><div>Regarding stability, salivary glucose levels in healthy individuals remained consistently more stable than those in diabetic patients across various conditions, including static room-temperature storage of fasting saliva, fasting saliva over one month, and postprandial saliva. For example, fasting glucose levels over one month in diabetic patients (7.38 ± 6.3 mg/dL) were higher and less stable than those observed in healthy individuals (1.674 ± 0.72 mg/dL).</div><div>This study confirms that fasting salivary glucose is both homogeneous and sufficiently stable, supporting its potential as a viable biomarker for blood glucose monitoring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10205,"journal":{"name":"Clinica Chimica Acta","volume":"573 ","pages":"Article 120283"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Uniformity and stability of saliva composition based on glucose concentration analysis\",\"authors\":\"Kuncheng Chen , Song Wang , Pian Zhong , Yeping Peng , Junzhe Lu , Lanlan Liu , Jinmei He , Weiqiang Liu\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.cca.2025.120283\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Saliva holds promise as a biomarker for glucose monitoring due to its non-invasive and self-collection characteristics. 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Uniformity and stability of saliva composition based on glucose concentration analysis
Saliva holds promise as a biomarker for glucose monitoring due to its non-invasive and self-collection characteristics. However, its viscosity may lead to uneven glucose distribution, reflecting the uniformity of saliva, and individual glycemic control factors such as diet may affect salivary glucose concentration, reflecting the stability of saliva. To address these concerns, this study aims to evaluate the uniformity and stability of salivary glucose concentrations.
Macro-rheological properties (shear viscosity, elastic modulus, and viscous modulus) and micro-morphological characteristics of saliva were analyzed using a rheometer and Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) techniques. Salivary glucose uniformity and stability were assessed under room-temperature static conditions, fasting saliva over a one-month period, and in postprandial states.
Results showed that saliva exhibits shear-thinning behavior, with shear viscosity decreasing from 0.1 Pa∙s to 0.001 Pa∙s as shear rate increases from 0.1 to 150 s−1. This shear-thinning property, linked to the porous glycoprotein network observed through micro-morphological analysis, may influence analyte distribution. Despite the inherent viscosity, salivary glucose concentrations demonstrated high uniformity: 89 % of fasting samples and 92 % of postprandial samples showed less than 10 % variation when divided into three portions.
Regarding stability, salivary glucose levels in healthy individuals remained consistently more stable than those in diabetic patients across various conditions, including static room-temperature storage of fasting saliva, fasting saliva over one month, and postprandial saliva. For example, fasting glucose levels over one month in diabetic patients (7.38 ± 6.3 mg/dL) were higher and less stable than those observed in healthy individuals (1.674 ± 0.72 mg/dL).
This study confirms that fasting salivary glucose is both homogeneous and sufficiently stable, supporting its potential as a viable biomarker for blood glucose monitoring.
期刊介绍:
The Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC)
Clinica Chimica Acta is a high-quality journal which publishes original Research Communications in the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, defined as the diagnostic application of chemistry, biochemistry, immunochemistry, biochemical aspects of hematology, toxicology, and molecular biology to the study of human disease in body fluids and cells.
The objective of the journal is to publish novel information leading to a better understanding of biological mechanisms of human diseases, their prevention, diagnosis, and patient management. Reports of an applied clinical character are also welcome. Papers concerned with normal metabolic processes or with constituents of normal cells or body fluids, such as reports of experimental or clinical studies in animals, are only considered when they are clearly and directly relevant to human disease. Evaluation of commercial products have a low priority for publication, unless they are novel or represent a technological breakthrough. Studies dealing with effects of drugs and natural products and studies dealing with the redox status in various diseases are not within the journal''s scope. Development and evaluation of novel analytical methodologies where applicable to diagnostic clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, including point-of-care testing, and topics on laboratory management and informatics will also be considered. Studies focused on emerging diagnostic technologies and (big) data analysis procedures including digitalization, mobile Health, and artificial Intelligence applied to Laboratory Medicine are also of interest.