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Lin W, Ji J, Su KJ, Qiu C, Tian Q, Zhao LJ, Luo Z, Wu C, Shen H, Deng H. omicsMIC: a comprehensive benchmarking platform for robust comparison of imputation methods in mass spectrometry-based omics data. NAR Genom Bioinform 2024; 6:lqae071. [PMID: 38881578 PMCID: PMC11177553 DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqae071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Mass spectrometry is a powerful and widely used tool for generating proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics profiles, which is pivotal for elucidating biological processes and identifying biomarkers. However, missing values in mass spectrometry-based omics data may pose a critical challenge for the comprehensive identification of biomarkers and elucidation of the biological processes underlying human complex disorders. To alleviate this issue, various imputation methods for mass spectrometry-based omics data have been developed. However, a comprehensive comparison of these imputation methods is still lacking, and researchers are frequently confronted with a multitude of options without a clear rationale for method selection. To address this pressing need, we developed omicsMIC (mass spectrometry-based omics with Missing values Imputation methods Comparison platform), an interactive platform that provides researchers with a versatile framework to evaluate the performance of 28 diverse imputation methods. omicsMIC offers a nuanced perspective, acknowledging the inherent heterogeneity in biological data and the unique attributes of each dataset. Our platform empowers researchers to make data-driven decisions in imputation method selection based on real-time visualizations of the outcomes associated with different imputation strategies. The comprehensive benchmarking and versatility of omicsMIC make it a valuable tool for the scientific community engaged in mass spectrometry-based omics research. omicsMIC is freely available at https://github.com/WQLin8/omicsMIC.
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- Weiqiang Lin
- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute for Financial Studies, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Ward VC, Hawken S, Chakraborty P, Darmstadt GL, Wilson K. Estimating Gestational Age and Prediction of Preterm Birth Using Metabolomics Biomarkers. Clin Perinatol 2024; 51:411-424. [PMID: 38705649 DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2024.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children aged under 5 years globally, especially in low-resource settings. It remains a challenge in many low-income and middle-income countries to accurately measure the true burden of PTB due to limited availability of accurate measures of gestational age (GA), first trimester ultrasound dating being the gold standard. Metabolomics biomarkers are a promising area of research that could provide tools for both early identification of high-risk pregnancies and for the estimation of GA and preterm status of newborns postnatally.
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- Victoria C Ward
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201-B, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 5Z3.
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- Newborn Screening Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 415 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M8, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Prematurity Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice Changing Research, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201-B, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5; Bruyère Research Institute, 85 Primrose Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2A2E5
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Taunk K, Jajula S, Bhavsar PP, Choudhari M, Bhanuse S, Tamhankar A, Naiya T, Kalita B, Rapole S. The prowess of metabolomics in cancer research: current trends, challenges and future perspectives. Mol Cell Biochem 2024:10.1007/s11010-024-05041-w. [PMID: 38814423 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-024-05041-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Cancer due to its heterogeneous nature and large prevalence has tremendous socioeconomic impacts on populations across the world. Therefore, it is crucial to discover effective panels of biomarkers for diagnosing cancer at an early stage. Cancer leads to alterations in cell growth and differentiation at the molecular level, some of which are very unique. Therefore, comprehending these alterations can aid in a better understanding of the disease pathology and identification of the biomolecules that can serve as effective biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. Metabolites, among other biomolecules of interest, play a key role in the pathophysiology of cancer whose levels are significantly altered while 'reprogramming the energy metabolism', a cellular condition favored in cancer cells which is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Metabolomics, an emerging omics technology has tremendous potential to contribute towards the goal of investigating cancer metabolites or the metabolic alterations during the development of cancer. Diverse metabolites can be screened in a variety of biofluids, and tumor tissues sampled from cancer patients against healthy controls to capture the altered metabolism. In this review, we provide an overview of different metabolomics approaches employed in cancer research and the potential of metabolites as biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. In addition, we discuss the challenges associated with metabolomics-driven cancer research and gaze upon the prospects of this emerging field.
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- Khushman Taunk
- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, NH12 Simhat, Haringhata, Nadia, West Bengal, 741249, India
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Erandawne, Pune, Maharashtra, 411004, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, NH12 Simhat, Haringhata, Nadia, West Bengal, 741249, India
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India.
- Amrita School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekkara, Kochi, Kerala, 682041, India.
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- Proteomics Lab, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India.
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Bukato K, Kostrzewa T, Gammazza AM, Gorska-Ponikowska M, Sawicki S. Endogenous estrogen metabolites as oxidative stress mediators and endometrial cancer biomarkers. Cell Commun Signal 2024; 22:205. [PMID: 38566107 PMCID: PMC10985914 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-024-01583-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy found in developed countries. Because therapy can be curative at first, early detection and diagnosis are crucial for successful treatment. Early diagnosis allows patients to avoid radical therapies and offers conservative management options. There are currently no proven biomarkers that predict the risk of disease occurrence, enable early identification or support prognostic evaluation. Consequently, there is increasing interest in discovering sensitive and specific biomarkers for the detection of endometrial cancer using noninvasive approaches. CONTENT Hormonal imbalance caused by unopposed estrogen affects the expression of genes involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis, which can lead to uncontrolled cell growth and carcinogenesis. In addition, due to their ability to cause oxidative stress, estradiol metabolites have both carcinogenic and anticarcinogenic properties. Catechol estrogens are converted to reactive quinones, resulting in oxidative DNA damage that can initiate the carcinogenic process. The molecular anticancer mechanisms are still not fully understood, but it has been established that some estradiol metabolites generate reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species, resulting in nitro-oxidative stress that causes cancer cell cycle arrest or cell death. Therefore, identifying biomarkers that reflect this hormonal imbalance and the presence of endometrial cancer in minimally invasive or noninvasive samples such as blood or urine could significantly improve early detection and treatment outcomes.
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- Katarzyna Bukato
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncological Gynecology and Gynecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Smoluchowskiego 17, Gdańsk, 80-214, Poland
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Dębinki 1, Gdansk, 80-211, Poland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, 90127, Italy
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Dębinki 1, Gdansk, 80-211, Poland.
- IEMEST Istituto Euro-Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia, Palermo, 90127, Italy.
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncological Gynecology and Gynecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Smoluchowskiego 17, Gdańsk, 80-214, Poland.
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Zhang Y, Wu X, Li D, Huang R, Deng X, Li M, Du F, Zhao Y, Shen J, Chen Y, Zhang P, Hu C, Xiao Z, Wen Q. HPV-associated cervicovaginal microbiome and host metabolome characteristics. BMC Microbiol 2024; 24:94. [PMID: 38519882 PMCID: PMC10958955 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03244-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cervicovaginal microbiome plays an important role in the persistence of HPV infection and subsequent disease development. However, cervicovaginal microbiota varied cross populations with different habits and regions. Identification of population-specific biomarkers from cervicovaginal microbiota and host metabolome axis may support early detection or surveillance of HPV-induced cervical disease at all sites. Therefore, in the present study, to identify HPV-specific biomarkers, cervicovaginal secretion and serum samples from HPV-infected patients (HPV group, n = 25) and normal controls (normal group, n = 17) in Xichang, China were collected for microbiome (16S rRNA gene sequencing) and metabolome (UHPLC-MS/MS) analysis, respectively. RESULTS The results showed that key altered metabolites of 9,10-DiHOME, α-linolenic acid, ethylparaben, glycocholic acid, pipecolic acid, and 9,12,13-trihydroxy-10(E),15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid, correlating with Sneathia (Sneathia_amnii), Lactobacillus (Lactobacillus_iners), Atopobium, Mycoplasma, and Gardnerella, may be potential biomarkers of HPV infection. CONCLUSION The results of current study would help to reveal the association of changes in cervicovaginal microbiota and serum metabolome with HPV infections.
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- Yao Zhang
- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Yanyuan County Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Service Center, Xichang, Sichuan, China
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- Yanyuan County People's Hospital, Xichang, Sichuan, China
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- Cell Therapy & Cell Drugs Key Laboratory of Luzhou, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
- South Sichuan Institute of Translational Medicine, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
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Bhinderwala F, Roth HE, Filipi M, Jack S, Powers R. Potential Metabolite Biomarkers of Multiple Sclerosis from Multiple Biofluids. ACS Chem Neurosci 2024; 15:1110-1124. [PMID: 38420772 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressive neurological disorder without a cure, but early intervention can slow disease progression and improve the quality of life for MS patients. Obtaining an accurate diagnosis for MS is an arduous and error-prone task that requires a combination of a detailed medical history, a comprehensive neurological exam, clinical tests such as magnetic resonance imaging, and the exclusion of other possible diseases. A simple and definitive biofluid test for MS does not exist, but is highly desirable. To address this need, we employed NMR-based metabolomics to identify potentially unique metabolite biomarkers of MS from a cohort of age and sex-matched samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, and urine from 206 progressive MS (PMS) patients, 46 relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients, and 99 healthy volunteers without a MS diagnosis. We identified 32 metabolites in CSF that varied between the control and PMS patients. Utilizing patient-matched serum samples, we were able to further identify 31 serum metabolites that may serve as biomarkers for PMS patients. Lastly, we identified 14 urine metabolites associated with PMS. All potential biomarkers are associated with metabolic processes linked to the pathology of MS, such as demyelination and neuronal damage. Four metabolites with identical profiles across all three biofluids were discovered, which demonstrate their potential value as cross-biofluid markers of PMS. We further present a case for using metabolic profiles from PMS patients to delineate biomarkers of RRMS. Specifically, three metabolites exhibited a variation from healthy volunteers without MS through RRMS and PMS patients. The consistency of metabolite changes across multiple biofluids, combined with the reliability of a receiver operating characteristic classification, may provide a rapid diagnostic test for MS.
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- Fatema Bhinderwala
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
- Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Saunders Medical Center, Wahoo, Nebraska 68066, United States
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Saunders Medical Center, Wahoo, Nebraska 68066, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
- Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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Xu R, Zhang S, Li J, Zhu J. Plasma and serum metabolic analysis of healthy adults shows characteristic profiles by subjects' sex and age. Metabolomics 2024; 20:43. [PMID: 38491253 PMCID: PMC10943143 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-024-02108-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Pre-analytical factors like sex, age, and blood processing methods introduce variability and bias, compromising data integrity, and thus deserve close attention. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the influence of participant characteristics (age and sex) and blood processing methods on the metabolic profile. METHOD A Thermo UPLC-TSQ-Quantiva-QQQ Mass Spectrometer was used to analyze 175 metabolites across 9 classes in 208 paired serum and lithium heparin plasma samples from 51 females and 53 males. RESULTS Comparing paired serum and plasma samples from the same cohort, out of the 13 metabolites that showed significant changes, 4 compounds related to amino acids and derivatives had lower levels in plasma, and 5 other compounds had higher levels in plasma. Sex-based analysis revealed 12 significantly different metabolites, among which most amino acids and derivatives and nitrogen-containing compounds were higher in males, and other compounds were elevated in females. Interestingly, the volcano plot also confirms the similar patterns of amino acids and derivatives higher in males. The age-based analysis suggested that metabolites may undergo substantial alterations during the 25-35-year age range, indicating a potential metabolic turning point associated with the age group. Moreover, a more distinct difference between the 25-35 and above 35 age groups compared to the below 25 and 25-35 age groups was observed, with the most significant compound decreased in the above 35 age groups. CONCLUSION These findings may contribute to the development of comprehensive metabolomics analyses with confounding factor-based adjustment and enhance the reliability and interpretability of future large-scale investigations.
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- Rui Xu
- Human Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Human Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Human Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Gouveia GJ, Head T, Cheng LL, Clendinen CS, Cort JR, Du X, Edison AS, Fleischer CC, Hoch J, Mercaldo N, Pathmasiri W, Raftery D, Schock TB, Sumner LW, Takis PG, Copié V, Eghbalnia HR, Powers R. Perspective: use and reuse of NMR-based metabolomics data: what works and what remains challenging. Metabolomics 2024; 20:41. [PMID: 38480600 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-024-02090-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The National Cancer Institute issued a Request for Information (RFI; NOT-CA-23-007) in October 2022, soliciting input on using and reusing metabolomics data. This RFI aimed to gather input on best practices for metabolomics data storage, management, and use/reuse. AIM OF REVIEW The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) Interest Group within the Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA) prepared a set of recommendations regarding the deposition, archiving, use, and reuse of NMR-based and, to a lesser extent, mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomics datasets. These recommendations were built on the collective experiences of metabolomics researchers within MANA who are generating, handling, and analyzing diverse metabolomics datasets spanning experimental (sample handling and preparation, NMR/MS metabolomics data acquisition, processing, and spectral analyses) to computational (automation of spectral processing, univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, metabolite prediction and identification, multi-omics data integration, etc.) studies. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW We provide a synopsis of our collective view regarding the use and reuse of metabolomics data and articulate several recommendations regarding best practices, which are aimed at encouraging researchers to strengthen efforts toward maximizing the utility of metabolomics data, multi-omics data integration, and enhancing the overall scientific impact of metabolomics studies.
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- Goncalo Jorge Gouveia
- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland, Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9291 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, 06030-3305, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Charleston, SC, 29412, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, MU Metabolomics Center, Bond Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Section of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, National Phenome Centre, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717-3400, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, 06030-3305, USA
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- Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), NMR Special Interest Group, Edmonton, Canada.
- Department of Chemistry, Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 722 Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0304, USA.
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Yuan Y, Huang L, Yu L, Yan X, Chen S, Bi C, He J, Zhao Y, Yang L, Ning L, Jin H, Yang R, Li Y. Clinical metabolomics characteristics of diabetic kidney disease: A meta-analysis of 1875 cases with diabetic kidney disease and 4503 controls. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2024; 40:e3789. [PMID: 38501707 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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AIMS Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD), one of the major complications of diabetes, is also a major cause of end-stage renal disease. Metabolomics can provide a unique metabolic profile of the disease and thus predict or diagnose the development of the disease. Therefore, this study summarises a more comprehensive set of clinical biomarkers related to DKD to identify functional metabolites significantly associated with the development of DKD and reveal their driving mechanisms for DKD. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science databases through October 2022. A meta-analysis was conducted on untargeted or targeted metabolomics research data based on the strategy of standardized mean differences and the process of ratio of means as the effect size, respectively. We compared the changes in metabolite levels between the DKD patients and the controls and explored the source of heterogeneity through subgroup analyses, sensitivity analysis and meta-regression analysis. RESULTS The 34 clinical-based metabolomics studies clarified the differential metabolites between DKD and controls, containing 4503 control subjects and 1875 patients with DKD. The results showed that a total of 60 common differential metabolites were found in both meta-analyses, of which 5 metabolites (p < 0.05) were identified as essential metabolites. Compared with the control group, metabolites glycine, aconitic acid, glycolic acid and uracil decreased significantly in DKD patients; cysteine was significantly higher. This indicates that amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism and pyrimidine metabolism in DKD patients are disordered. CONCLUSIONS We have identified 5 metabolites and metabolic pathways related to DKD which can serve as biomarkers or targets for disease prevention and drug therapy.
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- Yu Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Department Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Public Health Science and Engineering College, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Maroun G, Fissoun C, Villaverde M, Brondello JM, Pers YM. Senescence-regulatory factors as novel circulating biomarkers and therapeutic targets in regenerative medicine for osteoarthritis. Joint Bone Spine 2024; 91:105640. [PMID: 37739212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
Abstract
Recent discoveries reveal that the chronic presence of senescent cells in osteoarticular tissues provides a focal point of disease development for osteoarthritis (OA). Nevertheless, senescence-regulatory factors associated with OA still need to be identified. Furthermore, few diagnostic- and prognostic-validated biochemical markers (biomarkers) are currently used in clinics to evaluate OA patients. In the future, alongside imaging and clinical examination, detecting senescence-regulatory biomarkers in patient fluids could become a prospective method for disease: diagnosis, monitoring, progression and prognosis following treatment. This review summarizes a group of circulating OA biomarkers recently linked to senescence onset. Remarkably, these factors identified in proteomics, metabolomic and microRNA studies could also have deleterious or protective roles in osteoarticular tissue homeostasis. In addition, we discuss their potentially innovative modulation in combination with senotherapeutic approaches, for long-lasting OA treatment.
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- Georges Maroun
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, INSERM UMR 1183, 34298 Montpellier, France
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, INSERM UMR 1183, 34298 Montpellier, France
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, INSERM UMR 1183, 34298 Montpellier, France; HCS Pharma, Biocentre Fleming, 250, rue Salvador-Allende, Bat A, 59120 Loos, France
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, INSERM UMR 1183, 34298 Montpellier, France
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, University of Montpellier, INSERM UMR 1183, 34298 Montpellier, France; Clinical immunology and osteoarticular diseases Therapeutic Unit, Lapeyronie University Hospital, CHU Montpellier, IRMB, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France.
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Ye L, Zhang B, Zhou J, Yang X, Zhang X, Tan W, Li X. LC-MS/MS-based targeted amino acid metabolic profile of Auricularia cornea grown on pinecone substrate. Food Chem 2024; 432:137247. [PMID: 37647707 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Pinecone substrate offers an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative for cultivating edible fungi. This pioneering study explores the 94 amino acids metabolic profiles of Auricularia cornea grown on various pinecone substrates. To our knowledge, this is the first study of quantify A. cornea on an oleaginous substrate (pinecone) using targeted LC-MS /MS-based metabolomics approaches. Five different pinecone substrate percentages (0%, 7%, 14%, 21%, and 28% respectively) were used for A. cornea culture, and the resulting fruiting bodies were analyzed for amino acids metabolic profiles. Detected 79 amino acids metabolites, 15 undetected. High contents of succinic-acid and γ-aminobutyric acid. Thirty-three amino acid metabolites showed significant differences between groups, primarily related to protein synthesis. KEGG analysis revealed that seven major metabolic pathways were significantly enriched. The findings provide valuable insights into the metabolite composition of A. cornea grown on a pinecone substrate, potentially contribute to the understanding of its nutritional and medicinal properties.
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- Lei Ye
- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China; Department of Microbiology, College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611134, China
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611134, China
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China.
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Chengdu 610066, China.
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Prince N, Liang D, Tan Y, Alshawabkeh A, Angel EE, Busgang SA, Chu SH, Cordero JF, Curtin P, Dunlop AL, Gilbert-Diamond D, Giulivi C, Hoen AG, Karagas MR, Kirchner D, Litonjua AA, Manjourides J, McRitchie S, Meeker JD, Pathmasiri W, Perng W, Schmidt RJ, Watkins DJ, Weiss ST, Zens MS, Zhu Y, Lasky-Su JA, Kelly RS. Metabolomic data presents challenges for epidemiological meta-analysis: a case study of childhood body mass index from the ECHO consortium. Metabolomics 2024; 20:16. [PMID: 38267770 PMCID: PMC11099615 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-023-02082-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Meta-analyses across diverse independent studies provide improved confidence in results. However, within the context of metabolomic epidemiology, meta-analysis investigations are complicated by differences in study design, data acquisition, and other factors that may impact reproducibility. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to identify maternal blood metabolites during pregnancy (> 24 gestational weeks) related to offspring body mass index (BMI) at age two years through a meta-analysis framework. METHODS We used adjusted linear regression summary statistics from three cohorts (total N = 1012 mother-child pairs) participating in the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. We applied a random-effects meta-analysis framework to regression results and adjusted by false discovery rate (FDR) using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure. RESULTS Only 20 metabolites were detected in all three cohorts, with an additional 127 metabolites detected in two of three cohorts. Of these 147, 6 maternal metabolites were nominally associated (P < 0.05) with offspring BMI z-scores at age 2 years in a meta-analytic framework including at least two studies: arabinose (Coefmeta = 0.40 [95% CI 0.10,0.70], Pmeta = 9.7 × 10-3), guanidinoacetate (Coefmeta = - 0.28 [- 0.54, - 0.02], Pmeta = 0.033), 3-ureidopropionate (Coefmeta = 0.22 [0.017,0.41], Pmeta = 0.033), 1-methylhistidine (Coefmeta = - 0.18 [- 0.33, - 0.04], Pmeta = 0.011), serine (Coefmeta = - 0.18 [- 0.36, - 0.01], Pmeta = 0.034), and lysine (Coefmeta = - 0.16 [- 0.32, - 0.01], Pmeta = 0.044). No associations were robust to multiple testing correction. CONCLUSIONS Despite including three cohorts with large sample sizes (N > 100), we failed to identify significant metabolite associations after FDR correction. Our investigation demonstrates difficulties in applying epidemiological meta-analysis to clinical metabolomics, emphasizes challenges to reproducibility, and highlights the need for standardized best practices in metabolomic epidemiology.
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- Nicole Prince
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
- Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Nakatani K, Izumi Y, Umakoshi H, Yokomoto-Umakoshi M, Nakaji T, Kaneko H, Nakao H, Ogawa Y, Ikeda K, Bamba T. Wide-scope targeted analysis of bioactive lipids in human plasma by LC/MS/MS. J Lipid Res 2024; 65:100492. [PMID: 38135255 PMCID: PMC10821590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Quantitative information on blood metabolites can be used in developing advanced medical strategies such as early detection and prevention of disease. Monitoring bioactive lipids such as steroids, bile acids, and PUFA metabolites could be a valuable indicator of health status. However, a method for simultaneously measuring these bioactive lipids has not yet been developed. Here, we report a LC/MS/MS method that can simultaneously measure 144 bioactive lipids, including steroids, bile acids, and PUFA metabolites, from human plasma, and a sample preparation method for these targets. Protein removal by methanol precipitation and purification of bioactive lipids by solid-phase extraction improved the recovery of the targeted compounds in human plasma samples, demonstrating the importance of sample preparation methods for a wide range of bioactive lipid analyses. Using the developed method, we studied the plasma from healthy human volunteers and confirmed the presence of bioactive lipid molecules associated with sex differences and circadian rhythms. The developed method of bioactive lipid analysis can be applied to health monitoring and disease biomarker discovery in precision medicine.
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- Kohta Nakatani
- Division of Metabolomics/Mass Spectrometry Center, Medical Research Center for High Depth Omics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Metabolomics/Mass Spectrometry Center, Medical Research Center for High Depth Omics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Metabolomics/Mass Spectrometry Center, Medical Research Center for High Depth Omics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecule Analysis, Department of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Metabolomics/Mass Spectrometry Center, Medical Research Center for High Depth Omics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Mody H, Nair S, Rump A, Vaidya TR, Garrett TJ, Lesko L, Ait-Oudhia S. Identification of Novel and Early Biomarkers for Cisplatin-induced Nephrotoxicity and the Nephroprotective Role of Cimetidine using a Pharmacometabolomic-based Approach Coupled with In Vitro Toxicodynamic Modeling and Simulation. J Pharm Sci 2024; 113:268-277. [PMID: 37992870 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
Abstract
Cisplatin is widely used for the treatment of various types of cancer. However, cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity (CIN) is frequently observed in patients receiving cisplatin therapy which poses a challenge in its clinical utility. Currently used clinical biomarkers for CIN are not adequate for early detection of nephrotoxicity, hence there is a need to identify potential early biomarkers in predicting CIN. In the current study, a combination of in vitro toxicodynamic (TD) modeling and untargeted global metabolomics approach was used to identify novel potential metabolite biomarkers for early detection of CIN. In addition, we investigated the protective role of cimetidine (CIM), an inhibitor of the organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2), in suppressing CIN. We first characterized the time-course of nephrotoxic effects of cisplatin (CIS) and the protective effects of CIM in a human pseudo-immortalized renal proximal tubule epithelial cell line (RPTEC), SA7K cell line. Secondly, we used a mathematical cell-level, in vitro TD modeling approach to quantitatively characterize the time-course effects of CIS and CIM as single agents and combination in SA7K cells. Based on the experimental and modeling results, we selected relevant concentrations of CIS and CIM for our metabolomics study. With the help of PCA (Principal Component Analysis) and PLS-DA (Projection to Latent Structure - Discriminate Analysis) analyses, we confirmed global metabolome changes for different groups (CIS, CIM, CIS+CIM vs control) in SA7K cells. Based on the criterion of a p-value ≤ 0.05 and a fold change ≥ 2 or ≤ 0.5, we identified 20 top metabolites that were significantly changed during the early phase i.e. within first 12 h of CIS treatment. Finally, pathway analysis was conducted that revealed the key metabolic pathways that were most impacted in CIN.
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- Hardik Mody
- Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA
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- Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA
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- Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, FL, USA
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- Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2), Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA.
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Albertí-Valls M, Megino-Luque C, Macià A, Gatius S, Matias-Guiu X, Eritja N. Metabolomic-Based Approaches for Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis: A Review. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 16:185. [PMID: 38201612 PMCID: PMC10778161 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16010185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Endometrial cancer, the most prevalent gynecological malignancy in developed countries, is experiencing a sustained rise in both its incidence and mortality rates, primarily attributed to extended life expectancy and lifestyle factors. Currently, the absence of precise diagnostic tools hampers the effective management of the expanding population of women at risk of developing this disease. Furthermore, patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer require precise risk stratification to align with optimal treatment planning. Metabolomics technology offers a unique insight into the molecular landscape of endometrial cancer, providing a promising approach to address these unmet needs. This comprehensive literature review initiates with an overview of metabolomic technologies and their intrinsic workflow components, aiming to establish a fundamental understanding for the readers. Subsequently, a detailed exploration of the existing body of research is undertaken with the objective of identifying metabolite biomarkers capable of enhancing current strategies for endometrial cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and recurrence monitoring. Metabolomics holds vast potential to revolutionize the management of endometrial cancer by providing accuracy and valuable insights into crucial aspects.
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- Manel Albertí-Valls
- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
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- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
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- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC)
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- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC)
- Laboratory of Precision Medicine, Oncobell Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Department of Pathology, Hospital de Bellvitge, Gran via de l’Hospitalet 199, 08908 Barcelona, Spain
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- Oncologic Pathology Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), University of Lleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain; (C.M.-L.); (A.M.); (S.G.); (X.M.-G.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC)
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Chatelaine HAS, Chen Y, Braisted J, Chu SH, Chen Q, Stav M, Begum S, Diray-Arce J, Sanjak J, Huang M, Lasky-Su J, Mathé EA. Nucleotide, Phospholipid, and Kynurenine Metabolites Are Robustly Associated with COVID-19 Severity and Time of Plasma Sample Collection in a Prospective Cohort Study. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:346. [PMID: 38203516 PMCID: PMC10779247 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of disease severity and progression in human studies is necessary to develop metabolism-related preventative strategies for severe COVID-19. Metabolites and metabolic pathways that predispose individuals to severe disease are not well understood. In this study, we generated comprehensive plasma metabolomic profiles in >550 patients from the Longitudinal EMR and Omics COVID-19 Cohort. Samples were collected before (n = 441), during (n = 86), and after (n = 82) COVID-19 diagnosis, representing 555 distinct patients, most of which had single timepoints. Regression models adjusted for demographics, risk factors, and comorbidities, were used to determine metabolites associated with predisposition to and/or persistent effects of COVID-19 severity, and metabolite changes that were transient/lingering over the disease course. Sphingolipids/phospholipids were negatively associated with severity and exhibited lingering elevations after disease, while modified nucleotides were positively associated with severity and had lingering decreases after disease. Cytidine and uridine metabolites, which were positively and negatively associated with COVID-19 severity, respectively, were acutely elevated, reflecting the particular importance of pyrimidine metabolism in active COVID-19. This is the first large metabolomics study using COVID-19 plasma samples before, during, and/or after disease. Our results lay the groundwork for identifying putative biomarkers and preventive strategies for severe COVID-19.
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- Haley A. S. Chatelaine
- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (H.A.S.C.)
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (H.A.S.C.)
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Precision Vaccines Program, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (H.A.S.C.)
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA; (H.A.S.C.)
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Nagana Gowda GA, Pascua V, Lusk JA, Hong NN, Guo L, Dong J, Sweet IR, Raftery D. Monitoring live mitochondrial metabolism in real-time using NMR spectroscopy. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2023; 61:718-727. [PMID: 36882950 PMCID: PMC10483017 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Investigation of mitochondrial metabolism is gaining increased interest owing to the growing recognition of the role of mitochondria in health and numerous diseases. Studies of isolated mitochondria promise novel insights into the metabolism devoid of confounding effects from other cellular organelles such as cytoplasm. This study describes the isolation of mitochondria from mouse skeletal myoblast cells (C2C12) and the investigation of live mitochondrial metabolism in real-time using isotope tracer-based NMR spectroscopy. [3-13 C1 ]pyruvate was used as the substrate to monitor the dynamic changes of the downstream metabolites in mitochondria. The results demonstrate an intriguing phenomenon, in which lactate is produced from pyruvate inside the mitochondria and the results were confirmed by treating mitochondria with an inhibitor of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (UK5099). Lactate is associated with health and numerous diseases including cancer and, to date, it is known to occur only in the cytoplasm. The insight that lactate is also produced inside mitochondria opens avenues for exploring new pathways of lactate metabolism. Further, experiments performed using inhibitors of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, FCCP and rotenone, show that [2-13 C1 ]acetyl coenzyme A, which is produced from [3-13 C1 ]pyruvate and acts as a primary substrate for the tricarboxylic acid cycle in mitochondria, exhibits a remarkable sensitivity to the inhibitors. These results offer a direct approach to visualize mitochondrial respiration through altered levels of the associated metabolites.
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- G. A. Nagana Gowda
- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Roointan A, Ghaeidamini M, Shafieizadegan S, Hudkins KL, Gholaminejad A. Metabolome panels as potential noninvasive biomarkers for primary glomerulonephritis sub-types: meta-analysis of profiling metabolomics studies. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20325. [PMID: 37990116 PMCID: PMC10663527 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47800-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Primary glomerulonephritis diseases (PGDs) are known as the top causes of chronic kidney disease worldwide. Renal biopsy, an invasive method, is the main approach to diagnose PGDs. Studying the metabolome profiles of kidney diseases is an inclusive approach to identify the disease's underlying pathways and discover novel non-invasive biomarkers. So far, different experiments have explored the metabolome profiles in different PGDs, but the inconsistencies might hinder their clinical translations. The main goal of this meta-analysis study was to achieve consensus panels of dysregulated metabolites in PGD sub-types. The PGDs-related metabolome profiles from urine samples in humans were selected in a comprehensive search. Amanida package in R software was utilized for performing the meta-analysis. Through sub-type analyses, the consensus list of metabolites in each category was obtained. To identify the most affected pathways, functional enrichment analysis was performed. Also, a gene-metabolite network was constructed to identify the key metabolites and their connected proteins. After a vigorous search, among the 11 selected studies (15 metabolite profiles), 270 dysregulated metabolites were recognized in urine of 1154 PGDs and control samples. Through sub-type analyses by Amanida package, the consensus list of metabolites in each category was obtained. Top dysregulated metabolites (vote score of ≥ 4 or ≤ - 4) in PGDs urines were selected as main panel of meta-metabolites including glucose, leucine, choline, betaine, dimethylamine, fumaric acid, citric acid, 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, pyruvic acid, isobutyric acid, and hippuric acid. The enrichment analyses results revealed the involvement of different biological pathways such as the TCA cycle and amino acid metabolisms in the pathogenesis of PGDs. The constructed metabolite-gene interaction network revealed the high centralities of several metabolites, including pyruvic acid, leucine, and choline. The identified metabolite panels could shed a light on the underlying pathological pathways and be considered as non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis of PGD sub-types.
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- Amir Roointan
- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib St., Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran.
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Batool SM, Hsia T, Beecroft A, Lewis B, Ekanayake E, Rosenfeld Y, Escobedo AK, Gamblin AS, Rawal S, Cote RJ, Watson M, Wong DTW, Patel AA, Skog J, Papadopoulos N, Bettegowda C, Castro CM, Lee H, Srivastava S, Carter BS, Balaj L. Extrinsic and intrinsic preanalytical variables affecting liquid biopsy in cancer. Cell Rep Med 2023; 4:101196. [PMID: 37725979 PMCID: PMC10591035 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Liquid biopsy, through isolation and analysis of disease-specific analytes, has evolved as a promising tool for safe and minimally invasive diagnosis and monitoring of tumors. It also has tremendous utility as a companion diagnostic allowing detection of biomarkers in a range of cancers (lung, breast, colon, ovarian, brain). However, clinical implementation and validation remains a challenge. Among other stages of development, preanalytical variables are critical in influencing the downstream cellular and molecular analysis of different analytes. Although considerable progress has been made to address these challenges, a comprehensive assessment of the impact on diagnostic parameters and consensus on standardized and optimized protocols is still lacking. Here, we summarize and critically evaluate key variables in the preanalytical stage, including study population selection, choice of biofluid, sample handling and collection, processing, and storage. There is an unmet need to develop and implement comprehensive preanalytical guidelines on the optimal practices and methodologies.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Circulogix Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Circulogix Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Exosome Diagnostics, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lin W, Ji J, Su KJ, Qiu C, Tian Q, Zhao LJ, Luo Z, Shen H, Wu C, Deng H. omicsMIC: a Comprehensive Benchmarking Platform for Robust Comparison of Imputation Methods in Mass Spectrometry-based Omics Data. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.12.557189. [PMID: 37745599 PMCID: PMC10515867 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.12.557189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is a powerful and widely used tool for generating proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics profiles, which is pivotal for elucidating biological processes and identifying biomarkers. However, missing values in spectrometry-based omics data may pose a critical challenge for the comprehensive identification of biomarkers and elucidation of the biological processes underlying human complex disorders. To alleviate this issue, various imputation methods for mass spectrometry-based omics data have been developed. However, a comprehensive and systematic comparison of these imputation methods is still lacking, and researchers are frequently confronted with a multitude of options without a clear rationale for method selection. To address this pressing need, we developed omicsMIC (mass spectrometry-based omics with Missing values Imputation methods Comparison platform), an interactive platform that provides researchers with a versatile framework to simulate and evaluate the performance of 28 diverse imputation methods. omicsMIC offers a nuanced perspective, acknowledging the inherent heterogeneity in biological data and the unique attributes of each dataset. Our platform empowers researchers to make data-driven decisions in imputation method selection based on real-time visualizations of the outcomes associated with different imputation strategies. The comprehensive benchmarking and versatility of omicsMIC make it a valuable tool for the scientific community engaged in mass spectrometry-based omics research. OmicsMIC is freely available at https://github.com/WQLin8/omicsMIC.
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- Weiqiang Lin
- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Institute for Financial Studies, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Joshi AD, Rahnavard A, Kachroo P, Mendez KM, Lawrence W, Julián-Serrano S, Hua X, Fuller H, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Tabung FK, Shutta KH, Raffield LM, Darst BF. An epidemiological introduction to human metabolomic investigations. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2023; 34:505-525. [PMID: 37468430 PMCID: PMC10527234 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2023.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Metabolomics holds great promise for uncovering insights around biological processes impacting disease in human epidemiological studies. Metabolites can be measured across biological samples, including plasma, serum, saliva, urine, stool, and whole organs and tissues, offering a means to characterize metabolic processes relevant to disease etiology and traits of interest. Metabolomic epidemiology studies face unique challenges, such as identifying metabolites from targeted and untargeted assays, defining standards for quality control, harmonizing results across platforms that often capture different metabolites, and developing statistical methods for high-dimensional and correlated metabolomic data. In this review, we introduce metabolomic epidemiology to the broader scientific community, discuss opportunities and challenges presented by these studies, and highlight emerging innovations that hold promise to uncover new biological insights.
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- Amit D Joshi
- Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Computational Biology Institute, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
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- Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cardiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Harish P, Malerba A, Kroon RHMJM, Shademan M, van Engelan B, Raz V, Popplewell L, Snowden SG. Novel Metabolomic Approach for Identifying Pathology-Specific Biomarkers in Rare Diseases: A Case Study in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD). Metabolites 2023; 13:769. [PMID: 37367926 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13060769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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The identification of metabolomic biomarkers relies on the analysis of large cohorts of patients compared to healthy controls followed by the validation of markers in an independent sample set. Indeed, circulating biomarkers should be causally linked to pathology to ensure that changes in the marker precede changes in the disease. However, this approach becomes unfeasible in rare diseases due to the paucity of samples, necessitating the development of new methods for biomarker identification. The present study describes a novel approach that combines samples from both mouse models and human patients to identify biomarkers of OPMD. We initially identified a pathology-specific metabolic fingerprint in murine dystrophic muscle. This metabolic fingerprint was then translated into (paired) murine serum samples and then to human plasma samples. This study identified a panel of nine candidate biomarkers that could predict muscle pathology with a sensitivity of 74.3% and specificity of 100% in a random forest model. These findings demonstrate that the proposed approach can identify biomarkers with good predictive performance and a higher degree of confidence in their relevance to pathology than markers identified in a small cohort of human samples alone. Therefore, this approach has a high potential utility for identifying circulating biomarkers in rare diseases.
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- Pradeep Harish
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Donder Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Donder Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
- National Horizons Centre, Teesside University, Darlington DL1 1HG, County Durham, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
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Anwardeen NR, Diboun I, Mokrab Y, Althani AA, Elrayess MA. Statistical methods and resources for biomarker discovery using metabolomics. BMC Bioinformatics 2023; 24:250. [PMID: 37322419 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-023-05383-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Metabolomics is a dynamic tool for elucidating biochemical changes in human health and disease. Metabolic profiles provide a close insight into physiological states and are highly volatile to genetic and environmental perturbations. Variation in metabolic profiles can inform mechanisms of pathology, providing potential biomarkers for diagnosis and assessment of the risk of contracting a disease. With the advancement of high-throughput technologies, large-scale metabolomics data sources have become abundant. As such, careful statistical analysis of intricate metabolomics data is essential for deriving relevant and robust results that can be deployed in real-life clinical settings. Multiple tools have been developed for both data analysis and interpretations. In this review, we survey statistical approaches and corresponding statistical tools that are available for discovery of biomarkers using metabolomics.
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- Najeha R Anwardeen
- Research and Graduate Studies, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Research and Graduate Studies, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
- QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Research and Graduate Studies, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
- QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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Chan AS, Wu S, Vernon ST, Tang O, Figtree GA, Liu T, Yang JY, Patrick E. Overcoming cohort heterogeneity for the prediction of subclinical cardiovascular disease risk. iScience 2023; 26:106633. [PMID: 37192969 PMCID: PMC10182278 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality with an estimated half a billion people affected in 2019. However, detecting signals between specific pathophysiology and coronary plaque phenotypes using complex multi-omic discovery datasets remains challenging due to the diversity of individuals and their risk factors. Given the complex cohort heterogeneity present in those with coronary artery disease (CAD), we illustrate several different methods, both knowledge-guided and data-driven approaches, for identifying subcohorts of individuals with subclinical CAD and distinct metabolomic signatures. We then demonstrate that utilizing these subcohorts can improve the prediction of subclinical CAD and can facilitate the discovery of novel biomarkers of subclinical disease. Analyses acknowledging cohort heterogeneity through identifying and utilizing these subcohorts may be able to advance our understanding of CVD and provide more effective preventative treatments to reduce the burden of this disease in individuals and in society as a whole.
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- Adam S. Chan
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Precision Data Science Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Precision Data Science Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Precision Data Science Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Corresponding author
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Precision Data Science Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Westmead Medical Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Corresponding author
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Guo F, Lin G, Dong L, Cheng KK, Deng L, Xu X, Raftery D, Dong J. Concordance-Based Batch Effect Correction for Large-Scale Metabolomics. Anal Chem 2023; 95:7220-7228. [PMID: 37115661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
Abstract
For a large-scale metabolomics study, sample collection, preparation, and analysis may last several days, months, or even (intermittently) over years. This may lead to apparent batch effects in the acquired metabolomics data due to variability in instrument status, environmental conditions, or experimental operators. Batch effects may confound the true biological relationships among metabolites and thus obscure real metabolic changes. At present, most of the commonly used batch effect correction (BEC) methods are based on quality control (QC) samples, which require sufficient and stable QC samples. However, the quality of the QC samples may deteriorate if the experiment lasts for a long time. Alternatively, isotope-labeled internal standards have been used, but they generally do not provide good coverage of the metabolome. On the other hand, BEC can also be conducted through a data-driven method, in which no QC sample is needed. Here, we propose a novel data-driven BEC method, namely, CordBat, to achieve concordance between each batch of samples. In the proposed CordBat method, a reference batch is first selected from all batches of data, and the remaining batches are referred to as "other batches." The reference batch serves as the baseline for the batch adjustment by providing a coordinate of correlation between metabolites. Next, a Gaussian graphical model is built on the combined dataset of reference and other batches, and finally, BEC is achieved by optimizing the correction coefficients in the other batches so that the correlation between metabolites of each batch and their combinations are in concordance with that of the reference batch. Three real-world metabolomics datasets are used to evaluate the performance of CordBat by comparing it with five commonly used BEC methods. The present experimental results showed the effectiveness of CordBat in batch effect removal and the concordance of correlation between metabolites after BEC. CordBat was found to be comparable to the QC-based methods and achieved better performance in the preservation of biological effects. The proposed CordBat method may serve as an alternative BEC method for large-scale metabolomics that lack proper QC samples.
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- Fanjing Guo
- Department of Electronic Science, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43600, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor 81310, Malaysia
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- Department of Information Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Northwest Metabolomics Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Electronic Science, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Buckley CE, Yin X, Meltzer S, Ree AH, Redalen KR, Brennan L, O'Sullivan J, Lynam-Lennon N. Energy Metabolism Is Altered in Radioresistant Rectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087082. [PMID: 37108244 PMCID: PMC10138551 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Resistance to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy is a significant clinical challenge in the management of rectal cancer. There is an unmet need to identify the underlying mechanisms of treatment resistance to enable the development of biomarkers predictive of response and novel treatment strategies to improve therapeutic response. In this study, an in vitro model of inherently radioresistant rectal cancer was identified and characterized to identify mechanisms underlying radioresistance in rectal cancer. Transcriptomic and functional analysis demonstrated significant alterations in multiple molecular pathways, including the cell cycle, DNA repair efficiency and upregulation of oxidative phosphorylation-related genes in radioresistant SW837 rectal cancer cells. Real-time metabolic profiling demonstrated decreased reliance on glycolysis and enhanced mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity in radioresistant SW837 cells when compared to radiosensitive HCT116 cells. Metabolomic profiling of pre-treatment serum samples from rectal cancer patients (n = 52) identified 16 metabolites significantly associated with subsequent pathological response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy. Thirteen of these metabolites were also significantly associated with overall survival. This study demonstrates, for the first time, a role for metabolic reprograming in the radioresistance of rectal cancer in vitro and highlights a potential role for altered metabolites as novel circulating predictive markers of treatment response in rectal cancer patients.
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- Croí E Buckley
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD Institute of Food and Health, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
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- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD Institute of Food and Health, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland
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Navarro SL, Nagana Gowda GA, Bettcher LF, Pepin R, Nguyen N, Ellenberger M, Zheng C, Tinker LF, Prentice RL, Huang Y, Yang T, Tabung FK, Chan Q, Loo RL, Liu S, Wactawski-Wende J, Lampe JW, Neuhouser ML, Raftery D. Demographic, Health and Lifestyle Factors Associated with the Metabolome in Older Women. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13040514. [PMID: 37110172 PMCID: PMC10143141 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13040514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Demographic and clinical factors influence the metabolome. The discovery and validation of disease biomarkers are often challenged by potential confounding effects from such factors. To address this challenge, we investigated the magnitude of the correlation between serum and urine metabolites and demographic and clinical parameters in a well-characterized observational cohort of 444 post-menopausal women participating in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). Using LC-MS and lipidomics, we measured 157 aqueous metabolites and 756 lipid species across 13 lipid classes in serum, along with 195 metabolites detected by GC-MS and NMR in urine and evaluated their correlations with 29 potential disease risk factors, including demographic, dietary and lifestyle factors, and medication use. After controlling for multiple testing (FDR < 0.01), we found that log-transformed metabolites were mainly associated with age, BMI, alcohol intake, race, sample storage time (urine only), and dietary supplement use. Statistically significant correlations were in the absolute range of 0.2–0.6, with the majority falling below 0.4. Incorporation of important potential confounding factors in metabolite and disease association analyses may lead to improved statistical power as well as reduced false discovery rates in a variety of data analysis settings.
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- Sandi L. Navarro
- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Biostatistics Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, College of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College of London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Australian National Phenome Centre, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Providence, RI 02912, USA
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Cajka T, Hricko J, Rudl Kulhava L, Paucova M, Novakova M, Kuda O. Optimization of Mobile Phase Modifiers for Fast LC-MS-Based Untargeted Metabolomics and Lipidomics. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24031987. [PMID: 36768308 PMCID: PMC9916776 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24031987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is the method of choice for the untargeted profiling of biological samples. A multiplatform LC-MS-based approach is needed to screen polar metabolites and lipids comprehensively. Different mobile phase modifiers were tested to improve the electrospray ionization process during metabolomic and lipidomic profiling. For polar metabolites, hydrophilic interaction LC using a mobile phase with 10 mM ammonium formate/0.125% formic acid provided the best performance for amino acids, biogenic amines, sugars, nucleotides, acylcarnitines, and sugar phosphate, while reversed-phase LC (RPLC) with 0.1% formic acid outperformed for organic acids. For lipids, RPLC using a mobile phase with 10 mM ammonium formate or 10 mM ammonium formate with 0.1% formic acid permitted the high signal intensity of various lipid classes ionized in ESI(+) and robust retention times. For ESI(-), the mobile phase with 10 mM ammonium acetate with 0.1% acetic acid represented a reasonable compromise regarding the signal intensity of the detected lipids and the stability of retention times compared to 10 mM ammonium acetate alone or 0.02% acetic acid. Collectively, we show that untargeted methods should be evaluated not only on the total number of features but also based on common metabolites detected by a specific platform along with the long-term stability of retention times.
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Hulsen T. Literature analysis of artificial intelligence in biomedicine. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2022; 10:1284. [PMID: 36618779 PMCID: PMC9816850 DOI: 10.21037/atm-2022-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines, using machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL) and neural networks (NNs). AI enables machines to learn from experience and perform human-like tasks. The field of AI research has been developing fast over the past five to ten years, due to the rise of 'big data' and increasing computing power. In the medical area, AI can be used to improve diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, surgery, drug discovery, or for other applications. Therefore, both academia and industry are investing a lot in AI. This review investigates the biomedical literature (in the PubMed and Embase databases) by looking at bibliographical data, observing trends over time and occurrences of keywords. Some observations are made: AI has been growing exponentially over the past few years; it is used mostly for diagnosis; COVID-19 is already in the top-3 of diseases studied using AI; China, the United States, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Canada are publishing the most articles in AI research; Stanford University is the world's leading university in AI research; and convolutional NNs are by far the most popular DL algorithms at this moment. These trends could be studied in more detail, by studying more literature databases or by including patent databases. More advanced analyses could be used to predict in which direction AI will develop over the coming years. The expectation is that AI will keep on growing, in spite of stricter privacy laws, more need for standardization, bias in the data, and the need for building trust.
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Mahar R, Ragavan M, Chang MC, Hardiman S, Moussatche N, Behar A, Renne R, Merritt ME. Metabolic signatures associated with oncolytic myxoma viral infections. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12599. [PMID: 35871072 PMCID: PMC9308783 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15562-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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AbstractOncolytic viral therapy is a recent advance in cancer treatment, demonstrating promise as a primary treatment option. To date, the secondary metabolic effects of viral infection in cancer cells has not been extensively studied. In this work, we have analyzed early-stage metabolic changes in cancer cells associated with oncolytic myxoma virus infection. Using GC–MS based metabolomics, we characterized the myxoma virus infection induced metabolic changes in three cancer cell lines—small cell (H446) and non-small cell (A549) lung cancers, and glioblastoma (SFxL). We show that even at an early stage (6 and 12 h) myxoma infection causes profound changes in cancer cell metabolism spanning several important pathways such as the citric acid cycle, fatty acid metabolism, and amino acid metabolism. In general, the metabolic effects of viral infection across cell lines are not conserved. However, we have identified several candidate metabolites that can potentially serve as biomarkers for monitoring oncolytic viral action in general.
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An Untargeted Metabolomics Approach on Carfilzomib-Induced Nephrotoxicity. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27227929. [PMID: 36432029 PMCID: PMC9697636 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Carfilzomib (Cfz) is an anti-cancer drug related to cardiorenal adverse events, with cardiovascular and renal complications limiting its clinical use. Despite the important progress concerning the discovery of the underlying causes of Cfz-induced nephrotoxicity, the molecular/biochemical background is still not well clarified. Furthermore, the number of metabolomics-based studies concerning Cfz-induced nephrotoxicity is limited. METHODS A metabolomics UPLC-HRMS-DIA methodology was applied to three bio-sample types i.e., plasma, kidney, and urine, obtained from two groups of mice, namely (i) Cfz (8 mg Cfz/ kg) and (ii) Control (0.9% NaCl) (n = 6 per group). Statistical analysis, involving univariate and multivariate tools, was applied for biomarker detection. Furthermore, a sub-study was developed, aiming to estimate metabolites' correlation among bio-samples, and to enlighten potential mechanisms. RESULTS Cfz mostly affects the kidneys and urine metabolome. Fifty-four statistically important metabolites were discovered, and some of them have already been related to renal diseases. Furthermore, the correlations between bio-samples revealed patterns of metabolome alterations due to Cfz. CONCLUSIONS Cfz causes metabolite retention in kidney and dysregulates (up and down) several metabolites associated with the occurrence of inflammation and oxidative stress.
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Zhu H, Wang M, Xiong X, Du Y, Li D, Wang Z, Ge W, Zhu Y. Plasma metabolomic profiling reveals factors associated with dose-adjusted trough concentration of tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:1045843. [PMID: 36386159 PMCID: PMC9659571 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1045843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Inter- and intrapatient variability of tacrolimus exposure is a vital prognostic risk factor for the clinical outcome of liver transplantation. New factors or biomarkers characterizing tacrolimus disposition is essential for optimal dose prediction in recipients of liver transplant. The aim of the study was to identify potential plasma metabolites associated with the dose-adjusted trough concentration of tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients by using a global metabolomic approach. A total of 693 plasma samples were collected from 137 liver transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus and regular therapeutic drug monitoring. Untargeted metabolomic analysis was performed by ultraperformance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Univariate and multivariate analyses with a mixed linear model were conducted, and the results showed that the dose-adjusted tacrolimus trough concentration was associated with 31 endogenous metabolites, including medium- and long-chain acylcarnitines such as stearoylcarnitine (β = 0.222, p = 0.001), microbiota-derived uremic retention solutes such as indolelactic acid (β = 0.194, p = 0.007), bile acids such as taurohyodeoxycholic acid (β = -0.056, p = 0.002), and steroid hormones such as testosterone (β = 0.099, p = 0.001). A multiple linear mixed model including 11 metabolites and clinical information was established with a suitable predictive performance (correlation coefficient based on fixed effects = 0.64 and correlation coefficient based on fixed and random effects = 0.78). These data demonstrated that microbiota-derived uremic retention solutes, bile acids, steroid hormones, and medium- and long-chain acylcarnitines were the main metabolites associated with the dose-adjusted trough concentration of tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients.
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- Huaijun Zhu
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Medical Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Medical Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Medical Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Medical Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and School of Pharmacy, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing Medical Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and School of Pharmacy, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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Brito F, Curcio HFQ, da Silva Fidalgo TK. Periodontal disease metabolomics signatures from different biofluids: a systematic review. Metabolomics 2022; 18:83. [PMID: 36282436 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-022-01940-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Periodontitis is resulted from a complex interaction between genetics and epigenetics, microbial factors, and the host response. Metabolomics analyses reflect both the steady-state physiological equilibrium of cells or organisms as well as their dynamic metabolic responses to environmental stimuli. AIM OF REVIEW This systematic review of the literature aimed to assess which low molecular weight metabolites are more often found in biological fluids of individuals with periodontitis compared to individuals with gingivitis or periodontal health. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW All the included studies employed untargeted analysis. One or more biological fluids were analyzed, including saliva (n = 14), gingival crevicular fluid (n = 6), mouthwash (n = 1), serum (n = 3) and plasma (n = 1). Fifty-six main metabolites related to periodontitis have been identified in at least two independent studies by NMR spectroscopy or MS-based metabolomics. Saliva was the main biological fluid sampled. It is noteworthy that 14 metabolites of the 56 detected were identified as main metabolites in all studies that sampled the saliva. The majority of metabolites found consistently among studies were amino acids, organic acids and derivates: acetate, alanine, butyrate, formate, GABA, lactate, propionate, phenylalanine and valine. They were either up- or down-regulated in the studies or this information was not mentioned. The main metabolic pathway was related to phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis. Metabolites more frequently found in individuals with periodontitis were related to both the host and to microorganism responses. Future studies are needed, and they should follow some methodological standards to facilitate their comparison.
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- Fernanda Brito
- Department of Periodontology, Dental School, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Departament of Periodontology, Dental School, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 157 - Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20551-030, Brazil.
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- Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Dental School, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Brezmes J, Llambrich M, Cumeras R, Gumà J. Urine NMR Metabolomics for Precision Oncology in Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:11171. [PMID: 36232473 PMCID: PMC9569997 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Metabolomics is a fundamental approach to discovering novel biomarkers and their potential use for precision medicine. When applied for population screening, NMR-based metabolomics can become a powerful clinical tool in precision oncology. Urine tests can be more widely accepted due to their intrinsic non-invasiveness. Our review provides the first exhaustive evaluation of NMR metabolomics for the determination of colorectal cancer (CRC) in urine. A specific search in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus was performed, and 10 studies met the required criteria. There were no restrictions on the query for study type, leading to not only colorectal cancer samples versus control comparisons, but also prospective studies of surgical effects. With this review, all compounds in the included studies were merged into a database. In doing so, we identified up to 100 compounds in urine samples, and 11 were found in at least three articles. Results were analyzed in three groups: case (CRC and adenomas)/control, pre-/post-surgery, and combining both groups. When combining the case-control and the pre-/post-surgery groups, up to twelve compounds were found to be relevant. Seven down-regulated metabolites in CRC were identified, creatinine, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, acetone, carnitine, d-glucose, hippuric acid, l-lysine, l-threonine, and pyruvic acid, and three up-regulated compounds in CRC were identified, acetic acid, phenylacetylglutamine, and urea. The pathways and enrichment analysis returned only two pathways significantly expressed: the pyruvate metabolism and the glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway. In both cases, only the pyruvic acid (down-regulated in urine of CRC patients, with cancer cell proliferation effect in the tissue) and acetic acid (up-regulated in urine of CRC patients, with chemoprotective effect) were present.
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- Jesús Brezmes
- Metabolomics Interdisciplinary Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43204 Reus, Spain
- Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering and Automation, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Metabolomics Interdisciplinary Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43204 Reus, Spain
- Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering and Automation, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Metabolomics Interdisciplinary Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43204 Reus, Spain
- Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering and Automation, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43204 Reus, Spain
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- Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), 43204 Reus, Spain
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Mohammadi M, Bishop SL, Aburashed R, Luqman S, Groves RA, Bihan DG, Rydzak T, Lewis IA. Microbial containment device: A platform for comprehensive analysis of microbial metabolism without sample preparation. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:958785. [PMID: 36177472 PMCID: PMC9513318 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.958785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Metabolomics is a mainstream strategy for investigating microbial metabolism. One emerging application of metabolomics is the systematic quantification of metabolic boundary fluxes – the rates at which metabolites flow into and out of cultured cells. Metabolic boundary fluxes can capture complex metabolic phenotypes in a rapid assay, allow computational models to be built that predict the behavior of cultured organisms, and are an emerging strategy for clinical diagnostics. One advantage of quantifying metabolic boundary fluxes rather than intracellular metabolite levels is that it requires minimal sample processing. Whereas traditional intracellular analyses require a multi-step process involving extraction, centrifugation, and solvent exchange, boundary fluxes can be measured by simply analyzing the soluble components of the culture medium. To further simplify boundary flux analyses, we developed a custom 96-well sampling system—the Microbial Containment Device (MCD)—that allows water-soluble metabolites to diffuse from a microbial culture well into a bacteria-free analytical well via a semi-permeable membrane. The MCD was designed to be compatible with the autosamplers present in commercial liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems, allowing metabolic fluxes to be analyzed with minimal sample handling. Herein, we describe the design, evaluation, and performance testing of the MCD relative to traditional culture methods. We illustrate the utility of this platform, by quantifying the unique boundary fluxes of four bacterial species and demonstrate antibiotic-induced perturbations in their metabolic activity. We propose the use of the MCD for enabling single-step metabolomics sample preparation for microbial identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and other metabolic boundary flux applications where traditional sample preparation methods are impractical.
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- Mehdi Mohammadi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- *Correspondence: Ian A. Lewis,
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Farschtschi S, Riedmaier-Sprenzel I, Phomvisith O, Gotoh T, Pfaffl MW. The successful use of -omic technologies to achieve the 'One Health' concept in meat producing animals. Meat Sci 2022; 193:108949. [PMID: 36029570 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Human health and wellbeing are closely linked to healthy domestic animals, a vital wildlife, and an intact ecosystem. This holistic concept is referred to as 'One Health'. In this review, we provide an overview of the potential and the challenges for the use of modern -omics technologies, especially transcriptomics and proteomics, to implement the 'One Health' idea for food-producing animals. These high-throughput studies offer opportunities to find new potential molecular biomarkers to monitor animal health, detect pharmacological interventions and evaluate the wellbeing of farm animals in modern intensive livestock systems.
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- Sabine Farschtschi
- Division of Animal Physiology and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany; Eurofins Medigenomix Forensik GmbH, Anzinger Straße 7a, 85560 Ebersberg, Germany
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
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Roth HE, Powers R. Meta-Analysis Reveals Both the Promises and the Challenges of Clinical Metabolomics. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:3992. [PMID: 36010984 PMCID: PMC9406125 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14163992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Clinical metabolomics is a rapidly expanding field focused on identifying molecular biomarkers to aid in the efficient diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Variations in study design, metabolomics methodologies, and investigator protocols raise serious concerns about the accuracy and reproducibility of these potential biomarkers. The explosive growth of the field has led to the recent availability of numerous replicate clinical studies, which permits an evaluation of the consistency of biomarkers identified across multiple metabolomics projects. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the third-leading cause of cancer-related death and has the lowest five-year survival rate primarily due to the lack of an early diagnosis and the limited treatment options. Accordingly, PDAC has been a popular target of clinical metabolomics studies. We compiled 24 PDAC metabolomics studies from the scientific literature for a detailed meta-analysis. A consistent identification across these multiple studies allowed for the validation of potential clinical biomarkers of PDAC while also highlighting variations in study protocols that may explain poor reproducibility. Our meta-analysis identified 10 metabolites that may serve as PDAC biomarkers and warrant further investigation. However, 87% of the 655 metabolites identified as potential biomarkers were identified in single studies. Differences in cohort size and demographics, p-value choice, fold-change significance, sample type, handling and storage, data collection, and analysis were all factors that likely contributed to this apparently large false positive rate. Our meta-analysis demonstrated the need for consistent experimental design and normalized practices to accurately leverage clinical metabolomics data for reliable and reproducible biomarker discovery.
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- Heidi E. Roth
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA
- Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA
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Pose E, Solà E, Lozano JJ, Juanola A, Sidorova J, Zaccherini G, de Wit K, Uschner F, Tonon M, Kazankov K, Jiménez C, Campion D, Napoleone L, Ma AT, Carol M, Morales-Ruiz M, Alessandria C, Beuers U, Caraceni P, Francoz C, Durand F, Mookerjee RP, Trebicka J, Vargas V, Piano S, Watson H, Abraldes JG, Kamath PS, Davis MM, Ginès P. Treatment With Simvastatin and Rifaximin Restores the Plasma Metabolomic Profile in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun 2022; 6:1100-1112. [PMID: 34964311 PMCID: PMC9035579 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with decompensated cirrhosis, particularly those with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), show profound alterations in plasma metabolomics. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treatment with simvastatin and rifaximin on plasma metabolites of patients with decompensated cirrhosis, specifically on compounds characteristic of the ACLF plasma metabolomic profile. Two cohorts of patients were investigated. The first was a descriptive cohort of patients with decompensated cirrhosis (n = 42), with and without ACLF. The second was an intervention cohort from the LIVERHOPE-SAFETY randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial treated with simvastatin 20 mg/day plus rifaximin 1,200 mg/day (n = 12) or matching placebo (n = 13) for 3 months. Plasma samples were analyzed using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectroscopy for plasma metabolomics characterization. ACLF was characterized by intense proteolysis and lipid alterations, specifically in pathways associated with inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction, such as the tryptophan-kynurenine and carnitine beta-oxidation pathways. An ACLF-specific signature was identified. Treatment with simvastatin and rifaximin was associated with changes in 161 of 985 metabolites in comparison to treatment with placebo. A remarkable reduction in levels of metabolites from the tryptophan-kynurenine and carnitine pathways was found. Notably, 18 of the 32 metabolites of the ACLF signature were affected by the treatment. Conclusion: Treatment with simvastatin and rifaximin modulates some of the pathways that appear to be key in ACLF development. This study unveils some of the mechanisms involved in the effects of treatment with simvastatin and rifaximin in decompensated cirrhosis and sets the stage for the use of metabolomics to investigate new targeted therapies in cirrhosis to prevent ACLF development.
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- Elisa Pose
- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología del ConocimientoCampus de SomosaguasUniversidad Complutense de MadridPozuelo de AlarconSpain
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly.,Bologna University Hospital Authority St. Orsola-Malpighi PolyclinicBolognaItaly
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyAcademic Medical CenterUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Internal MedicineGoethe University FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Unit of Internal Medicine and HepatologyDepartment of MedicineUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthDivision of MedicineRoyal Free HospitalUniversity College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron and Vall d'Hebron Research UnitUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyCittà della Salute e della Scienza HospitalUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyCittà della Salute e della Scienza HospitalUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyAcademic Medical CenterUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly.,Bologna University Hospital Authority St. Orsola-Malpighi PolyclinicBolognaItaly
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- Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care Unit, Hospital BeaujonAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisClichyUniversity Paris DiderotParisFrance
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- Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care Unit, Hospital BeaujonAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de ParisClichyUniversity Paris DiderotParisFrance
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- Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthDivision of MedicineRoyal Free HospitalUniversity College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Internal MedicineGoethe University FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain.,Liver Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron and Vall d'Hebron Research UnitUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Unit of Internal Medicine and HepatologyDepartment of MedicineUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Evotec IDVirology, LyonFrance.,Department of Clinical PharmacologyAarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Liver UnitUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and InfectionStanford UniversityStanfordCAUSA.,Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyStanford UniversityStanfordCAUSA.,Howard Hughes Medical InstituteStanford UniversityStanfordCAUSA
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- Liver UnitHospital Clinic de Barcelona, School of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i SunyerBarcelonaSpain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y DigestivasBarcelonaSpain
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Salmerón AM, Tristán AI, Abreu AC, Fernández I. Serum Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers Unraveled by NMR Metabolomics: Past, Present, and Future. Anal Chem 2022; 94:417-430. [PMID: 34806875 PMCID: PMC8756394 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Ana M. Salmerón
- Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University
of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University
of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University
of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and
Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University
of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Bardhi E, McDaniels J, Rousselle T, Maluf DG, Mas VR. Nucleic acid biomarkers to assess graft injury after liver transplantation. JHEP REPORTS : INNOVATION IN HEPATOLOGY 2022; 4:100439. [PMID: 35243279 PMCID: PMC8856989 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2022.100439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Many risk factors and complications impact the success of liver transplantation, such as ischaemia-reperfusion injury, acute rejection, and primary graft dysfunction. Molecular biomarkers have the potential to accurately diagnose, predict, and monitor injury progression or organ failure. There is a critical opportunity for reliable and non-invasive biomarkers to reduce the organ shortage by enabling i) the assessment of donor organ quality, ii) the monitoring of short- and long-term graft function, and iii) the prediction of acute and chronic disease development. To date, no established molecular biomarkers have been used to guide clinical decision-making in transplantation. In this review, we outline the recent advances in cell-free nucleic acid biomarkers for monitoring graft injury in liver transplant recipients. Prior work in this area can be divided into two categories: biomarker discovery and validation studies. Circulating nucleic acids (CNAs) can be found in the extracellular environment pertaining to different biological fluids such as bile, blood, urine, and perfusate. CNAs that are packaged into extracellular vesicles may facilitate intercellular and interorgan communication. Thus, decoding their biological function, cellular origins and molecular composition is imperative for diagnosing causes of graft injury, guiding immunosuppression and improving overall patient survival. Herein, we discuss the most promising molecular biomarkers, their state of development, and the critical aspects of study design in biomarker research for early detection of post-transplant liver injury. Future advances in biomarker studies are expected to personalise post-transplant therapy, leading to improved patient care and outcomes.
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Metabolomics as an Important Tool for Determining the Mechanisms of Human Skeletal Muscle Deconditioning. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413575. [PMID: 34948370 PMCID: PMC8706620 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Muscle deconditioning impairs both locomotor function and metabolic health, and is associated with reduced quality life and increased mortality rates. Despite an appreciation of the existence of phenomena such as muscle anabolic resistance, mitophagy, and insulin resistance with age and disease in humans, little is known about the mechanisms responsible for these negative traits. With the complexities surrounding these unknowns and the lack of progress to date in development of effective interventions, there is a need for alternative approaches. Metabolomics is the study of the full array of metabolites within cells or tissues, which collectively constitute the metabolome. As metabolomics allows for the assessment of the cellular metabolic state in response to physiological stimuli, any chronic change in the metabolome is likely to reflect adaptation in the physiological phenotype of an organism. This, therefore, provides a holistic and unbiased approach that could be applied to potentially uncover important novel facets in the pathophysiology of muscle decline in ageing and disease, as well as identifying prognostic markers of those at risk of decline. This review will aim to highlight the current knowledge and potential impact of metabolomics in the study of muscle mass loss and deconditioning in humans and will highlight key areas for future research.
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Smith BJ, Silva-Costa LC, Martins-de-Souza D. Human disease biomarker panels through systems biology. Biophys Rev 2021; 13:1179-1190. [PMID: 35059036 PMCID: PMC8724340 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-021-00849-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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As more uses for biomarkers are sought after for an increasing number of disease targets, single-target biomarkers are slowly giving way for biomarker panels. These panels incorporate various sources of biomolecular and clinical data to guarantee a higher robustness and power of separation for a clinical test. Multifactorial diseases such as psychiatric disorders show great potential for clinical use, assisting medical professionals during the analysis of risk and predisposition, disease diagnosis and prognosis, and treatment applicability and efficacy. More specific tests are also being developed to assist in ruling out, distinguishing between, and confirming suspicions of multifactorial diseases, as well as to predict which therapy option may be the best option for a given patient's biochemical profile. As more complex datasets are entering the field, involving multi-omic approaches, systems biology has stepped in to facilitate the discovery and validation steps during biomarker panel generation. Filtering biomolecules and clinical data, pre-validating and cross-validating potential biomarkers, generating final biomarker panels, and testing the robustness and applicability of those panels are all beginning to rely on machine learning and systems biology and research in this area will only benefit from advances in these approaches.
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- Bradley J. Smith
- Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
- Instituto Nacional de Biomarcadores Em Neuropsiquiatria (INBION), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico E Tecnológico, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Experimental Medicine Research Cluster (EMRC), University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Ornelas-González A, Ortiz-Martínez M, González-González M, Rito-Palomares M. Enzymatic Methods for Salivary Biomarkers Detection: Overview and Current Challenges. Molecules 2021; 26:7026. [PMID: 34834116 PMCID: PMC8624596 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26227026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Early detection is a key factor in patient fate. Currently, multiple biomolecules have been recognized as biomarkers. Nevertheless, their identification is only the starting line on the way to their implementation in disease diagnosis. Although blood is the biofluid par excellence for the quantification of biomarkers, its extraction is uncomfortable and painful for many patients. In this sense, there is a gap in which saliva emerges as a non-invasive and valuable source of information, as it contains many of the biomarkers found in blood. Recent technological advances have made it possible to detect and quantify biomarkers in saliva samples. However, there are opportunity areas in terms of cost and complexity, which could be solved using simpler methodologies such as those based on enzymes. Many reviews have focused on presenting the state-of-the-art in identifying biomarkers in saliva samples. However, just a few of them provide critical analysis of technical elements for biomarker quantification in enzymatic methods for large-scale clinical applications. Thus, this review proposes enzymatic assays as a cost-effective alternative to overcome the limitations of current methods for the quantification of biomarkers in saliva, highlighting the technical and operational considerations necessary for sampling, method development, optimization, and validation.
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- Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, N.L., Mexico; (A.O.-G.); (M.O.-M.)
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- Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, N.L., Mexico; (A.O.-G.); (M.O.-M.)
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Guo L, Li L, Xu Z, Meng F, Guo H, Liu P, Liu P, Tian Y, Xu F, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Huang Y. Metabolic network-based identification of plasma markers for non-small cell lung cancer. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:7421-7430. [PMID: 34617154 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03699-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Metabolic markers, offering sensitive information on biological dysfunction, play important roles in diagnosing and treating cancers. However, the discovery of effective markers is limited by the lack of well-established metabolite selection approaches. Here, we propose a network-based strategy to uncover the metabolic markers with potential clinical availability for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). First, an integrated mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomics was used to profile the plasma samples from 43 NSCLC patients and 43 healthy controls. We found that a series of 39 metabolites were altered significantly. Relying on the human metabolic network assembled from Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database, we mapped these differential metabolites to the network and constructed an NSCLC-related disease module containing 23 putative metabolic markers. By measuring the PageRank centrality of molecules in this module, we computationally evaluated the network-based importance of the 23 metabolites and demonstrated that the metabolism pathways of aromatic amino acids and long-chain fatty acids provided potential molecular targets of NSCLC (i.e., IL4l1 and ACOT2). Combining network-based ranking and support-vector machine modeling, we further found a panel of eight metabolites (i.e., pyruvate, tryptophan, and palmitic acid) that showed a high capability to differentiate patients from controls (accuracy > 97.7%). In summary, we present a meaningful network method for metabolic marker discovery and have identified eight strong candidate metabolites for NSCLC diagnosis.
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- Linling Guo
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Biological Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, Jaingsu, China.
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Llambrich M, Correig E, Gumà J, Brezmes J, Cumeras R. Amanida: an R package for meta-analysis of metabolomics non-integral data. Bioinformatics 2021; 38:583-585. [PMID: 34406360 PMCID: PMC8722753 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
SUMMARY The combination, analysis and evaluation of different studies which try to answer or solve the same scientific question, also known as a meta-analysis, plays a crucial role in answering relevant clinical relevant questions. Unfortunately, metabolomics studies rarely disclose all the statistical information needed to perform a meta-analysis. Here, we present a meta-analysis approach using only the most reported statistical parameters in this field: P-value and fold-change. The P-values are combined via Fisher's method and fold-changes by averaging, both weighted by the study size (n). The amanida package includes several visualization options: a volcano plot for quantitative results, a vote plot for total regulation behaviours (up/down regulations) for each compound, and a explore plot of the vote-counting results with the number of times a compound is found upregulated or downregulated. In this way, it is very easy to detect discrepancies between studies at a first glance. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION Amanida code and documentation are at CRAN and https://github.com/mariallr/amanida. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43204 Reus, Spain
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- Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering and Automation, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, 43007 Tarragona, Spain,Metabolomics Interdisciplinary Group, Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain,Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), ISCIII, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Lavarello C, Barco S, Bartolucci M, Panfoli I, Magi E, Tripodi G, Petretto A, Cangemi G. Development of an Accurate Mass Retention Time Database for Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis and Its Application to Plasma and Urine Pediatric Samples. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26144256. [PMID: 34299531 PMCID: PMC8303579 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Liquid-chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) is currently the method of choice for untargeted metabolomic analysis. The availability of established protocols to achieve a high confidence identification of metabolites is crucial. The aim of this work is to describe the workflow that we have applied to build an Accurate Mass Retention Time (AMRT) database using a commercial metabolite library of standards. LC-HRMS analysis was carried out using a Vanquish Horizon UHPLC system coupled to a Q-Exactive Plus Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Milan, Italy). The fragmentation spectra, obtained with 12 collision energies, were acquired for each metabolite, in both polarities, through flow injection analysis. Several chromatographic conditions were tested to obtain a protocol that yielded stable retention times. The adopted chromatographic protocol included a gradient separation using a reversed phase (Waters Acquity BEH C18) and a HILIC (Waters Acquity BEH Amide) column. An AMRT database of 518 compounds was obtained and tested on real plasma and urine samples analyzed in data-dependent acquisition mode. Our AMRT library allowed a level 1 identification, according to the Metabolomics Standards Initiative, of 132 and 124 metabolites in human pediatric plasma and urine samples, respectively. This library represents a starting point for future metabolomic studies in pediatric settings.
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- Chiara Lavarello
- Core Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (C.L.); (M.B.)
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, 16146 Genoa, Italy;
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- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analyses, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (G.T.); (G.C.)
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- Core Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (C.L.); (M.B.)
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- DIFAR-Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, 16146 Genoa, Italy;
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- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analyses, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (G.T.); (G.C.)
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- Core Facilities-Clinical Proteomics and Metabolomics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (C.L.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-01056362911
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- Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Section, Central Laboratory of Analyses, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (G.T.); (G.C.)
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Analysis of serum metabolome of workers occupationally exposed to hexavalent chromium: A preliminary study. Toxicol Lett 2021; 349:92-100. [PMID: 34153407 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) compound is considered as a common environmental and occupational pollutant due to widespread application in industry and agriculture. Cr(VI) as a carcinogen poses a serious threat to human health and the underlying mechanisms need further investigation. Previous studies had demonstrated the characteristic expression profiling after Cr(VI) treatment in vitro and in vivo at the levels of gene and protein. The comprehensive metabolic signatures were also conducive to discover potential biomarkers for effects assessment of Cr(VI) toxicity. In the current study, Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) non-targeted metabolomics was applied to analyze serum metabolic changes in 77 chromate exposure workers and 62 controls. Thirteen metabolites were found significantly decreased and 41 metabolites were increased, which were involved in arginine and proline metabolism, and glycerophospholipid metabolism by bioinformatic analysis. Furthermore, there were significant negative correlations between blood Cr level and Arginine, PC(18:2/24:4) and PC(14:0/16:0), subgroup analyses indicated that these correlations were observed in male-only subgroups, and were not found among chromate workers and controls separately. Diet could be a potential confounder which was not controlled rigorously in this study. These findings provided preliminary clues to investigate the underlying mechanisms of Cr(VI)-induced toxicity and were required to be further verified in future researches.
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Feng LR, Barb JJ, Allen H, Regan J, Saligan L. Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis Metabolism Is Associated With Fatigue Related to Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:642307. [PMID: 34079794 PMCID: PMC8166231 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.642307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a cornerstone treatment for prostate cancer. Despite the clinical benefits, ADT is associated with multiple adverse effects including fatigue. The goal of the study was to examine metabolomic changes to better understand cancer-related fatigue specific to ADT treatment. Methods A total of 160 plasma samples collected from participants with (+ADT, n = 58) or without neoadjuvant ADT (−ADT, n = 102) prior to radiation therapy for treatment of non-metastatic localized prostate cancer were included in the study. Fatigue and sleep-related impairment were measured using the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System. Plasma metabolites were identified and measured using untargeted ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry metabolomics analyses. Partial least square discriminant analysis was used to identify discriminant metabolite features, and the diagnostic performance of selected classifiers was quantified using AUROC curve analysis. Pathway enrichment analysis was performed using metabolite sets enrichment analyses. Findings Steroid hormone biosynthesis pathways, including androstenedione metabolism as well as androgen and estrogen metabolism, were overrepresented by metabolites that significantly discriminated samples in the +ADT from the −ADT group. Additional overrepresented metabolic pathways included amino acid metabolism, glutathione metabolism, and carnitine synthesis. Of the metabolites that were significantly different between the groups, steroid hormone biosynthesis metabolites were most significantly correlated with fatigue severity. Sleep-related impairment was strongly correlated with fatigue severity and inversely correlated with ADT-induced reduction in androsterone sulfate. Conclusions Patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer receiving neoadjuvant ADT prior to radiation therapy reported relatively more severe fatigue. Increased fatigue in this population may be attributable to sleep-related impairment associated with alterations in steroid hormone biosynthesis. Findings in this study provide a basis for further research of changes in sleep patterns and their role in this specific subcategory of cancer-related fatigue caused by the treatment.
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- Li Rebekah Feng
- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Xu D, Wang S, Feng M, Shete V, Chu Y, Kamil A, Yang C, Liu H, Xia H, Wang X, Sun G, Yang Y. Serum Metabolomics Reveals Underlying Mechanisms of Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Oat Consumption: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Population. Mol Nutr Food Res 2021; 65:e2001059. [PMID: 33793078 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.202001059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of oat supplementation on serum lipid in a population of adults with mild hypercholesterolemia and reveal the underlying mechanisms with serum untargeted metabolomics. METHODS AND RESULTS In this placebo-controlled trial, 62 participants from Nanjing, China, with mild elevations in cholesterol are randomly assigned to receive 80 g oats (containing 3 g beta-glucan) or rice daily for 45 days. Fasting blood samples are collected at the beginning, middle, and end of the trial. Compared with the rice group, oat consumption significantly decreases serum total cholesterol (TC) (-8.41%, p = 0.005), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) (-13.93%, p = 0.001), and non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-c) (-10.93%, p = 0.017) levels. There are no significant between-group differences in serum triglyceride (TG), apolipoprotein B (Apo B), glycated albumin, or fasting blood glucose levels. An orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) suggests a clear separation in metabolic profiles between the groups after the intervention. Twenty-one metabolites in the oat group are significantly different from those in the rice group, among which 14 metabolites show a decreased trend. In comparison, seven metabolites show an increased trend. Correlations analysis from both groups indicate that most metabolites [e.g., sphinganine and phosphatidylcholine (PC)(20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)/20:1(11Z))] have positive correlations with serum cholesterol levels. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genomes pathway analysis suggests that oat consumption regulated glycerophospholipid, alanine, aspartate and glutamate, sphingolipid, and retinol metabolism. CONCLUSION Oat consumption has beneficial effects on serum lipids profiles. The underlying mechanisms involve glycerophospholipid, alanine, aspartate and glutamate, sphingolipid, and retinol metabolism in adults.
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- Dengfeng Xu
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- Beijing Research Institute for Nutritional Resources, Beijing, 100000, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, P.R. China
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- National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100000, P.R. China
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Mesnage R, Teixeira M, Mandrioli D, Falcioni L, Ibragim M, Ducarmon QR, Zwittink RD, Amiel C, Panoff JM, Bourne E, Savage E, Mein CA, Belpoggi F, Antoniou MN. Multi-omics phenotyping of the gut-liver axis reveals metabolic perturbations from a low-dose pesticide mixture in rats. Commun Biol 2021; 4:471. [PMID: 33854195 PMCID: PMC8046807 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01990-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Health effects of pesticides are not always accurately detected using the current battery of regulatory toxicity tests. We compared standard histopathology and serum biochemistry measures and multi-omics analyses in a subchronic toxicity test of a mixture of six pesticides frequently detected in foodstuffs (azoxystrobin, boscalid, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, imidacloprid and thiabendazole) in Sprague-Dawley rats. Analysis of water and feed consumption, body weight, histopathology and serum biochemistry showed little effect. Contrastingly, serum and caecum metabolomics revealed that nicotinamide and tryptophan metabolism were affected, which suggested activation of an oxidative stress response. This was not reflected by gut microbial community composition changes evaluated by shotgun metagenomics. Transcriptomics of the liver showed that 257 genes had their expression changed. Gene functions affected included the regulation of response to steroid hormones and the activation of stress response pathways. Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of the same liver samples showed that 4,255 CpG sites were differentially methylated. Overall, we demonstrated that in-depth molecular profiling in laboratory animals exposed to low concentrations of pesticides allows the detection of metabolic perturbations that would remain undetected by standard regulatory biochemical measures and which could thus improve the predictability of health risks from exposure to chemical pollutants.
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- Robin Mesnage
- Gene Expression and Therapy Group, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- UR Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, EA 4651, University of Caen Normandy (UCN), Caen, France
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- Gene Expression and Therapy Group, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Center for Microbiome Analyses and Therapeutics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Microbiome Analyses and Therapeutics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- UR Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, EA 4651, University of Caen Normandy (UCN), Caen, France
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- UR Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, EA 4651, University of Caen Normandy (UCN), Caen, France
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- Genome Centre, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Genome Centre, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Genome Centre, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Gene Expression and Therapy Group, King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
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