OBJECTIVE Placenta-related biological samples are used in biomedical research to investigate placental development. Metabolomics represents a promising approach for studying placental metabolism in an effort to explain physiological and pathological mechanisms. The aim of this study was to investigate metabolic changes in chorionic villi during the first trimester of pregnancy in euploid and aneuploid cases. METHODS Samples from 21 women (13 euploid and eight aneuploid) were analyzed with 1 H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Multivariate statistical analysis was performed, and differences in metabolites were used to identify the altered metabolic pathways. RESULTS A regression model to test the correlation between fetal crown-rump length (CRL) and metabolic profile of chorionic villi was performed in euploid pregnancies (R2 was 0.69 for the NMR analysis and 0.94 for the GC-MS analysis). Supervised analysis was used to compare chorionic villi of euploid and aneuploid fetuses (NMR: R2 X = 0.70, R2 Y = 0.65, Q2  = 0.30, R2 X = 0.62; GC-MS: R2 Y = 0.704, Q2  = 0.444). Polyol pathways, myo-inositol, and oxidative stress seem to have a fundamental role in euploid and aneuploid pregnancies. CONCLUSION Polyol pathways may have a crucial role in energy production in early pregnancy. Excessive activation in aneuploid pregnancies may lead to increased oxidative stress. Metabolomics represents a promising approach to investigate placental metabolic changes.

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