Any polymorphic conversion of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), even if partial, is likely to lead to changes in its efficiency and safety. Posaconazole, an antifungal drug, is detected as Form-S in the commercially available oral suspensions. However, a mixture of Form-S and the initial Form I is likely to coexist depending either on the manufacturing process of the suspensions and/or to the storage conditions of the suspension. The simultaneous quantitation of these crystal forms in suspensions is challenging because of the dose inhomogeneity and the instability of Form-S at ambient conditions. Although X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) was initially employed, preferred orientation issues in the suspension inhibited the successful quantitative determination of the polymorphs. In order to circumvent the problem Raman spectroscopy was selected for addressing this challenge, while the additional application of a home-made rotation system reduced the inhomogeneity problems. A separate calibration curve was generated for each polymorph using a conventional linear regression. The combination of these two relations led to the formation of a comprehensive equation relating the characteristic Raman peak intensities of posaconazole Form-S and Form I with the concentrations thereof. The method was validated and the results were confirmed through a partial least square regression (PLSR). The detection limits for Form-S and Form I were determined equal to 1.9 mg/mL and 2.2 mg/mL, respectively.
活性药物成分(API)的任何多态转化,即使是部分转化,都有可能导致其效率和安全性发生变化。泊沙康唑(Posaconazole)是一种抗真菌药物,在市售口服混悬液中检测到的是 Form-S。然而,由于悬浮剂的生产工艺和/或悬浮剂的储存条件不同,S 型和 I 型的混合物很可能同时存在。由于剂量的不均匀性和 Form-S 在环境条件下的不稳定性,同时对悬浮液中的这些晶体形态进行定量具有挑战性。虽然最初采用了 X 射线粉末衍射 (XRPD),但悬浮液中的优先取向问题阻碍了多晶型的成功定量测定。为了规避这一问题,我们选择了拉曼光谱来解决这一难题,同时额外应用自制的旋转系统来减少不均匀性问题。使用传统的线性回归方法为每种多晶型生成了单独的校准曲线。将这两种关系结合起来,就形成了泊沙康唑 Form-S 和 Form I 的特征拉曼峰强度与浓度之间的综合方程。通过偏最小二乘法回归(PLSR)对该方法进行了验证并确认了结果。经测定,Form-S 和 Form I 的检出限分别为 1.9 mg/mL 和 2.2 mg/mL。
{"title":"Development and validation of an analytical method for the simultaneous quantitation of posaconazole Form I and Form-S in oral suspensions","authors":"Michail Lykouras , Christos Kontoyannis , Malvina Orkoula","doi":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116569","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116569","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Any polymorphic conversion of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), even if partial, is likely to lead to changes in its efficiency and safety. Posaconazole, an antifungal drug, is detected as Form-S in the commercially available oral suspensions. However, a mixture of Form-S and the initial Form I is likely to coexist depending either on the manufacturing process of the suspensions and/or to the storage conditions of the suspension. The simultaneous quantitation of these crystal forms in suspensions is challenging because of the dose inhomogeneity and the instability of Form-S at ambient conditions. Although X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) was initially employed, preferred orientation issues in the suspension inhibited the successful quantitative determination of the polymorphs. In order to circumvent the problem Raman spectroscopy was selected for addressing this challenge, while the additional application of a home-made rotation system reduced the inhomogeneity problems. A separate calibration curve was generated for each polymorph using a conventional linear regression. The combination of these two relations led to the formation of a comprehensive equation relating the characteristic Raman peak intensities of posaconazole Form-S and Form I with the concentrations thereof. The method was validated and the results were confirmed through a partial least square regression (PLSR). The detection limits for Form-S and Form I were determined equal to 1.9 mg/mL and 2.2 mg/mL, respectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16685,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 116569"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142682052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Probe Electrospray Ionization (PESI) is an atmospheric pressure ionization method that can be directly coupled with a mass spectrometer to allow ultrafast analyses without chromatographic separation and with minimal sample preparation. Using the particular case of cocaine and its metabolites in human oral fluid, the main objective of the present study was to test the feasibility of a new hybrid system combining a PESI source and a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF). The best results were obtained for a sample preparation with a simple dilution of 100 µL of oral fluids in an ethanol / 10 mM ammonium formate buffer (50/50) and 10 µL deposited on a dedicated sample plate and introduced into the PESI source. For HRMS acquisition, an approach consisting in a full-mass scan (“untargeted approach” from 100 to 500 m/z; MS1) followed by a targeted scheduled MSMS acquisition (precursor ions of the 3 molecules of interest and their 3 internal standards; MS2) gave the best signals. The total time of analysis was 0.45 min and the method was validated according to ISO15189 standard for a 5–100 ng/mL range, including accuracy and precision (inter-day and intra-day precision and bias values were lower than 15 %), matrix effect, carryover and specificity (no interference with a mixture of 119 psychotropic drugs spiked at 1 mg/L). The LLOD values were 1 ng/mL for the 3 cocaine derivatives and 83 Driving Under the Influence of Drug (DUID) cases sent to our Lab for the determination of illicit drugs in oral fluid were analyzed using the PESI-QTOF method and compared to a LC-MS/MS method. A perfect agreement was observed between the 2 methods, whether the cases were positive or negative. Cocaine was detected in 51 out of these 83 real cases (61.6 %). BZE and EME were also simultaneously detected in 50 of them (98.5 %). This feasibility study reports the first analytical method based on a coupling of a PESI source to a QTOF mass spectrometer. Adding the major advantage of high specificity through HRMS is a step forward for PESI technology.
{"title":"Probe electrospray ionization coupled to a quadrupole time-Of-flight: A feasibility study for the detection of cocaine and its derivatives in oral fluid","authors":"Elisa Jousselin , Elies Zarrouk , Pauline Griffeuille , Sylvain Dulaurent , Souleiman El Balkhi , Franck Saint-Marcoux","doi":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Probe Electrospray Ionization (PESI) is an atmospheric pressure ionization method that can be directly coupled with a mass spectrometer to allow ultrafast analyses without chromatographic separation and with minimal sample preparation. Using the particular case of cocaine and its metabolites in human oral fluid, the main objective of the present study was to test the feasibility of a new hybrid system combining a PESI source and a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF). The best results were obtained for a sample preparation with a simple dilution of 100 µL of oral fluids in an ethanol / 10 mM ammonium formate buffer (50/50) and 10 µL deposited on a dedicated sample plate and introduced into the PESI source. For HRMS acquisition, an approach consisting in a full-mass scan (“untargeted approach” from 100 to 500 <em>m</em>/<em>z</em>; MS1) followed by a targeted scheduled MSMS acquisition (precursor ions of the 3 molecules of interest and their 3 internal standards; MS2) gave the best signals. The total time of analysis was 0.45 min and the method was validated according to ISO15189 standard for a 5–100 ng/mL range, including accuracy and precision (inter-day and intra-day precision and bias values were lower than 15 %), matrix effect, carryover and specificity (no interference with a mixture of 119 psychotropic drugs spiked at 1 mg/L). The LLOD values were 1 ng/mL for the 3 cocaine derivatives and 83 Driving Under the Influence of Drug (DUID) cases sent to our Lab for the determination of illicit drugs in oral fluid were analyzed using the PESI-QTOF method and compared to a LC-MS/MS method. A perfect agreement was observed between the 2 methods, whether the cases were positive or negative. Cocaine was detected in 51 out of these 83 real cases (61.6 %). BZE and EME were also simultaneously detected in 50 of them (98.5 %). This feasibility study reports the first analytical method based on a coupling of a PESI source to a QTOF mass spectrometer. Adding the major advantage of high specificity through HRMS is a step forward for PESI technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16685,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 116568"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142682018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116567
Zehua Ying , Zixuan Yan , Xuting Guo , Cunhao Li , Guoxiang Li , Xingli He , Wenlong Li
The objective of this paper is to rapidly and accurately quantify the content of the dominant crystal form of Sinomenine hydrochloride (SH) and to evaluate the respective characteristics of Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy techniques for rapid quantification of crystalline substances. In this study, we performed an adulterated gradient quantification based on two new crystalline forms of SH prepared in the laboratory in combination with commercially available products. And established 86 samples containing 66 batches of ternary and 20 batches of binary mixtures. We quantified SH possessing polycrystalline forms based on two kinds of spectroscopy techniques combined with chemometric methods. In the process of establishing the partial least squares quantitative model, according to the experimental design thought, we used the ensemble preprocessing method to screen the optimal preprocessing method for the spectral data of crystal samples. Then we optimized four variable selection methods by single factor investigation. Finally, after completing the PLSR model, we found that the regression models established for both Raman spectra (RMSEP = 0.00672) and FT-NIR spectra (RMSEP = 0.00533) have a high ability to rapidly quantify the crystals.
{"title":"Portable Raman spectroscopy and fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy for the quantification of different sinomenine hydrochloride crystal forms","authors":"Zehua Ying , Zixuan Yan , Xuting Guo , Cunhao Li , Guoxiang Li , Xingli He , Wenlong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116567","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The objective of this paper is to rapidly and accurately quantify the content of the dominant crystal form of Sinomenine hydrochloride (SH) and to evaluate the respective characteristics of Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy techniques for rapid quantification of crystalline substances. In this study, we performed an adulterated gradient quantification based on two new crystalline forms of SH prepared in the laboratory in combination with commercially available products. And established 86 samples containing 66 batches of ternary and 20 batches of binary mixtures. We quantified SH possessing polycrystalline forms based on two kinds of spectroscopy techniques combined with chemometric methods. In the process of establishing the partial least squares quantitative model, according to the experimental design thought, we used the ensemble preprocessing method to screen the optimal preprocessing method for the spectral data of crystal samples. Then we optimized four variable selection methods by single factor investigation. Finally, after completing the PLSR model, we found that the regression models established for both Raman spectra (RMSEP = 0.00672) and FT-NIR spectra (RMSEP = 0.00533) have a high ability to rapidly quantify the crystals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16685,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 116567"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142692437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116564
Letícia Birk , Bruno Pereira dos Santos , Daniela Souza Ossanes , Patrícia de Souza Schwarz , Suyanne Angie Lunelli Bachmann , Viviane Cristina Sebben , Sarah Eller , Tiago Franco de Oliveira
The use of antidepressants is well-documented for several health conditions. The determination of these drugs in biological fluids is often important in intoxication cases. However, appropriate sample preparation needs to be employed, such as dispersive liquid phase microextraction (DSPME). Therefore, this study aimed to develop a method for the determination of antidepressants in urine using Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) as sorbent in a DSPME procedure, followed by GC-MS analysis. In this methodology, only 500 µL of urine was required, alongside 15 mg of BSG as the sorbent for the DSPME technique. Desorption step was performed with 500 µL of ethyl acetate:MTBE solution (1:1, v/v), followed by evaporation of the organic layer, reconstitution in acetonitrile and injection into the analytical system. BSG was further characterized by several analytical techniques. The DSPME procedure was optimized using multivariate strategies, and the method was fully validated according to proper guidelines. Lower limits of quantitation (LLOQ) were set between 50 and 200 ng/mL, while linearity was achieved over the specified range of LLOQ to 5000 ng/mL, with R2 ≥ 0.99. Additionally, the method was applied to the analyses of 109 urine samples. Of these, 76 were positive for at least one antidepressant, with the most prevalent being nortriptyline, amitriptyline, and fluoxetine. This study is the first to report the use of BSG as a sorbent for DSPME, demonstrating good efficiency as indicated by the analytical figures of merit. Moreover, the method proved to be applicable in real poisoning case samples. The analytical performance, combined with advantages such as high throughput and a green profile, suggests this method as a valuable alternative for toxicological laboratories.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-12DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116565
Jiang-Nan Zhang, Feng-Min Liu, Xiao-Juan Du, Xi-Le Zhao
miR-135a is highly expressed in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus, and its target genes are also involved in insulin signaling pathway, so it is one biomarker for gestational diabetes mellitus. Herein we designed a dual-mode DNA biosensor for reliable assay of miR-135a based on the fluorescence and colorimetric signals. Several experiments were carried out to demonstrate the assay feasibility and mechanism for this dual-mode DNA biosensor. With optimum parameters, this proposed dual-mode biosensor has been realized sensitive and quantitative assay of miR-135a. For the fluorescence and colorimetric signals, the working ranges are 0.56–61 and 8.3–74 nM, while limits of detection are 0.18 and 3.7 nM respectively. This dual-mode strategy allows two independent signals for miR-135a assay, so it can verify each other to show more accurate results with good fidelity. Furthermore, there is a good selectivity in the biosensor for target miR-135a over other nucleotide variants, as well as good anti-interference ability in complex samples. This dual-mode DNA biosensor provides a new approach for miR-135a assay and miRNA expression profiling in gestational diabetes mellitus.
miR-135a 在妊娠糖尿病患者中高表达,其靶基因也参与了胰岛素信号通路,因此是妊娠糖尿病的生物标志物之一。在此,我们设计了一种基于荧光和比色信号的双模式 DNA 生物传感器,用于可靠地检测 miR-135a。为了证明这种双模式 DNA 生物传感器的检测可行性和机制,我们进行了多项实验。通过优化参数,该双模式生物传感器实现了对 miR-135a 的灵敏定量检测。荧光信号和比色信号的工作范围分别为 0.56-61 nM 和 8.3-74 nM,检测限分别为 0.18 nM 和 3.7 nM。这种双模式策略使 miR-135a 检测具有两个独立的信号,因此可以相互验证,从而显示出更准确、更可靠的结果。此外,该生物传感器对目标 miR-135a 而不是其他核苷酸变体具有良好的选择性,在复杂样品中也具有良好的抗干扰能力。这种双模式 DNA 生物传感器为妊娠糖尿病的 miR-135a 检测和 miRNA 表达谱分析提供了一种新方法。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116561
Sing Teang Kong , Shih-Hui Lim , Jianhong Ching , Paul Chi-Lui Ho
This study compared the effectiveness of capillary dried blood spots (DBS) versus venous DBS in detecting metabolic changes related to drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). DBS samples were collected from 142 epilepsy patients (58 drug-resistant, 84 drug-responsive) via venipuncture or fingerstick capillary sampling. Metabolomic analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry compared DBS metabolite profiles between the two groups. While venous DBS profiles showed no distinct patterns, capillary DBS profiles revealed clustering patterns in principal components analysis, with the first two principal components explaining 14.5 %, and 13.5 % of the total variance, respectively. Orthogonal PLS-DA confirmed group discrimination (R2Y=0.989, Q2=0.742). Drug-resistant patients exhibited elevated capillary DBS levels of glutamine, pyruvic acid, and serine, and decreased palmitic acid compared to drug-responsive patients. Pathway analysis revealed disruptions in amino acid metabolism, neurotransmission, and cellular energy regulation. Elevated glutamine levels may contribute to an imbalance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA neurotransmission, key factors in epileptogenesis and drug resistance. Capillary DBS, likely enriched with arterial blood supply to the brain, appears to better capture central nervous system metabolic disturbances compared to venous DBS containing systemic contributions. This minimally invasive capillary DBS approach offers effective metabolic profiling of brain conditions like DRE, for monitoring disease progression and treatment response, enhancing personalized patient management in epilepsy.
{"title":"GC-MS uncovers unique metabolic markers of drug-resistant epilepsy in capillary but not venous dried blood spots","authors":"Sing Teang Kong , Shih-Hui Lim , Jianhong Ching , Paul Chi-Lui Ho","doi":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116561","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study compared the effectiveness of capillary dried blood spots (DBS) versus venous DBS in detecting metabolic changes related to drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). DBS samples were collected from 142 epilepsy patients (58 drug-resistant, 84 drug-responsive) via venipuncture or fingerstick capillary sampling. Metabolomic analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry compared DBS metabolite profiles between the two groups. While venous DBS profiles showed no distinct patterns, capillary DBS profiles revealed clustering patterns in principal components analysis, with the first two principal components explaining 14.5 %, and 13.5 % of the total variance, respectively. Orthogonal PLS-DA confirmed group discrimination (R2Y=0.989, Q2=0.742). Drug-resistant patients exhibited elevated capillary DBS levels of glutamine, pyruvic acid, and serine, and decreased palmitic acid compared to drug-responsive patients. Pathway analysis revealed disruptions in amino acid metabolism, neurotransmission, and cellular energy regulation. Elevated glutamine levels may contribute to an imbalance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA neurotransmission, key factors in epileptogenesis and drug resistance. Capillary DBS, likely enriched with arterial blood supply to the brain, appears to better capture central nervous system metabolic disturbances compared to venous DBS containing systemic contributions. This minimally invasive capillary DBS approach offers effective metabolic profiling of brain conditions like DRE, for monitoring disease progression and treatment response, enhancing personalized patient management in epilepsy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16685,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis","volume":"253 ","pages":"Article 116561"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116560
Yangrui Zhang , Xintong Jiang , Fengting Ou , Chen Guo , Qin Ye , Lushan Yu
Ademetionine 1,4-Butanedisulfonate (SAMe) is widely used as a prescription drug to treat cholestasis associated with liver disease, and is also used to treat depression, Alzheimer's disease and other diseases. Currently, the main way to produce SAMe is by fermentation of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase(SAMS). However, during the fermentation process, host cells produce contaminants unrelated to the treatment. Among them, host cell protein (HCP), which is co-purified with the drug, is the main impurity in the production process. HCP-induced antigenic reactions can lead to allergies or other adverse reactions and affect drug quality, efficacy, and safety. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and mass spectrometry (MS) are currently used as the main analytical methods for measuring HCP. The ELISA method may ignore some HCPs with low immunogenicity, while mass spectrometry is primarily employed for the characterization of proteomes. Orthogonal methods can more effectively evaluate impurities in drugs. In this study, ELISA was initially utilized to quantify the content of Saccharomyces cerevisiae host protein in 11 batches of SAMe active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) from two suppliers, then the above APIs were qualitatively analyzed by MS method. Following the identification of surrogate peptide of SAMS, an Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS)method was established and validated, the SAMS protein residues in 11 batches of samples were subsequently determined. The results demonstrated that the levels of Saccharomyces cerevisiae host protein and SAMS in the samples were both low, with values below 20 ppm and 1.19 ppm, respectively. The qualitative results also indicate that the types of peptide residues in the samples are more diverse than those of protein residues. Furthermore, residues of proteins and peptides can be detected in all samples, which underscores the importance of evaluating the HCP in API. This study employs a range of complementary detection methods to conduct a comprehensive and sensitive evaluation of total HCP and specific proteins in drugs, thereby guiding more informed assessments of the risks posed by HCP impurities in raw materials during pharmaceutical processes.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116563
Hui-Chun Lee , You-Lun Wu , Yu-Ting Lin , Li-Yao Tsai , Ya-Min Kao , Mei-Chih Lin , Su-Hsiang Tseng
A novel vardenafil analogue was discovered during adulterant screening of a dietary supplement. After extraction and purification, this analogue was identified using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analyses. The molecular formula determined using LC-HRMS was C24H34N6O5S. Fragmentation data suggested that this unknown compound may have two modifications to vardenafil. NMR analysis confirmed the presence of a hydroxyl group on the piperazine moiety and a propyl group attached to the phenoxy group. Consequently, this compound was named 19-O-propyl hydroxy vardenafil.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116562
Maram H. Abduljabbar , Yusuf S. Althobaiti , Reem M. Alnemari , Farooq M. Almutairi , Muneef M. Aldhafeeri , Ahmed Serag , Atiah H. Almalki
Bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent that targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and has been approved for the treatment of several types of cancer, including colon cancer. Herein, a GC-MS based metabolomics approach was employed to investigate the impact of bevacizumab on the serum metabolome of colon cancer rats. Multivariate chemometric analysis models such as PCA and PLS-DA showed a clear separation between the control, cancer and bevacizumab-treated groups, suggesting that bevacizumab administration induced significant metabolic alterations. Furthermore, pairwise comparisons between the studied groups using the OPLS-DA model in addition to univariate analysis identified several discriminatory metabolites belonged to various chemical classes including amino acids, organic acids and fatty acids that were perturbed between the studied groups. Interestingly, bevacizumab treatment was able to partially restore some of the cancer-induced metabolic disturbances, indicating its potential therapeutic efficacy via improving the tumor vasculature and nutrient delivery. Besides, pathway analysis of the differential metabolites identified key metabolic pathways affected by bevacizumab, which included valine, leucine and isoleucine metabolism, pyruvate metabolism and butanoate metabolism. However, little effects were observed on lipid metabolites such as palmitic acid and stearic acid and consequently their related metabolic pathways such as fatty acid biosynthesis metabolism suggesting that bevacizumab has more prominent effect on energy and amino acid metabolisms as compared to fatty acid metabolism in colon cancer rats. Overall, our study provided novel insights into the metabolic mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of bevacizumab in colon cancer rats via the use of a comprehensive GC-MS metabolomics approach.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116559
Jinhua Rong , Guojun Sun , Jing Zhu , Yiming Zhu , Zhongjian Chen
Ovarian cancer (OC), the second leading cause of death among gynecological cancers, is often diagnosed at an advanced stage due to its asymptomatic nature at early stages. This study aimed to explore the diagnostic potential of plasma-based lipidomics combined with machine learning (ML) in OC. Non-targeted lipidomics analysis was conducted on plasma samples from participants with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), benign ovarian tumor (BOT), and healthy control (HC). The samples were randomly divided into a train set and a test set. Differential lipids between groups were selected using two-tailed Student’s t-test and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). Both single lipid-based receiver operating characteristic (ROC) model, and multiple lipid-based ML model, were constructed to investigate the diagnostic value of the differential lipids. The results showed several lipids with significant diagnostic potential. ST 27:2;O achieved the highest prediction accuracy of 0.92 in distinguishing EOC from HC. DG 42:2 had the highest prediction accuracy of 0.96 in diagnosing BOT from HC. Cer d18:1/18:0 had the highest prediction accuracy of 0.65 in differentiating EOC from BOT. Furthermore, multiple lipid-based ML models illustrated better diagnostic performance. K-nearest neighbors (k-NN), partial least squares (PLS), and random forest (RF) models achieved the highest prediction accuracy of 0.96 in discriminating EOC from HC. The support vector machine (SVM) model reached the highest prediction accuracy both in distinguishing BOT from HC, and in differentiating EOC from BOT, with accuracies of 1.00 and 0.74, respectively. In conclusion, this study revealed that the combination of plasma-based lipidomics and ML algorithms is an effective method for diagnosing OC.
卵巢癌(OC)是妇科癌症中的第二大死因,由于其早期无症状,通常在晚期才被诊断出来。本研究旨在探索基于血浆的脂质组学与机器学习(ML)相结合对卵巢癌的诊断潜力。研究人员对上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)、良性卵巢肿瘤(BOT)和健康对照(HC)患者的血浆样本进行了非靶向脂质组学分析。样本被随机分为训练集和测试集。采用双尾学生 t 检验和偏最小二乘法判别分析(PLS-DA)选出组间差异脂质。建立了基于单一脂质的接收者操作特征(ROC)模型和基于多种脂质的 ML 模型,以研究差异脂质的诊断价值。结果显示,几种血脂具有显著的诊断潜力。ST 27:2;O 在区分 EOC 和 HC 方面的预测准确率最高,达到 0.92。在诊断 BOT 和 HC 时,DG 42:2 的预测准确率最高,达到 0.96。Cer d18:1/18:0 在区分 EOC 和 BOT 方面的预测准确率最高,为 0.65。此外,多个基于脂质的 ML 模型显示出更好的诊断性能。K-近邻(k-NN)、偏最小二乘(PLS)和随机森林(RF)模型在区分 EOC 和 HC 方面的预测准确率最高,达到 0.96。支持向量机(SVM)模型在区分 BOT 和 HC 以及区分 EOC 和 BOT 方面的预测准确率最高,分别为 1.00 和 0.74。总之,本研究揭示了基于血浆的脂质组学和 ML 算法相结合是诊断 OC 的有效方法。
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