isocitrate
metaboliteIsocitrate dysregulation reflects myocardial energetic exhaustion and predicts both AMI diagnosis and major adverse cardiac events.
Pathway placement
Cascade stepOff-pathway / systemic markers
Confidencemedium
RationaleTCA cycle intermediate; diagnostic and prognostic for AMI and MACE; metabolic failure marker.
Also acts inMyocardial injury
Druggability
Not assessed (no mapped human gene target).
Type I vs Type II discrimination
ScoresLow-confidence (proxy)
R — rupture / Type-I43
C — confounder / Type-II89
A — assay feasibility42
E — evidence strength33
T1DI (composite)4
Specificity differential (R−C)-46.6
Confounder panel (Type-II drivers)
No confounder evidence retrieved.
Tier: light (literature co-occurrence proxy — lower confidence). See the discrimination table for all markers.
Assay & specimen
Class-level default (no specific cleared assay)— generic method inferred from analyte class; confirm against a specific product insert before use.
Specimen
Serum, plasma or urine
Collection tube
Serum separator (gold/red-top, SST) · Lithium heparin (green-top) · Sterile urine container
Method / principle
LC-MS/MS (targeted metabolomics) or enzymatic colorimetric where available
Reagent / substrate
Stable-isotope-labeled internal standard (MS); or enzyme-coupled Trinder reagent
Platform
LC-MS/MS; some automated chemistry
Turnaround · availability
Send-out / research · Specialized / research
Literature evidence(3)
- Exploring Novel Biomarkers for an Acute Coronary Syndrome Diagnosis Utilizing Plasma Metabolomics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024 · PMID 38928380 · doi
- Combining the Strengths of the Explainable Boosting Machine and Metabolomics Approaches for Biomarker Discovery in Acute Myocardial Infarction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024 · PMID 39001243 · doi
- TCA cycle metabolites associated with adverse outcomes after acute coronary syndrome: mediating effect of renal function.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023 · PMID 37441709 · doi