Untargeted urine metabolite profiling by mass spectrometry aided by multivariate statistical analysis to predict prostate cancer treatment outcome

Analyst. 2022 Jun 27;147(13):3043-3054. doi: 10.1039/d2an00676f.

Abstract

Deciphering metabolomic networks has been demonstrated to provide valuable information for diagnosing and monitoring diseases. Herein, we report a technique to monitor untargeted urine metabolites to evaluate prostate cancer aggressiveness and treatment outcome. Direct chemical profiling of urine was achieved by a combined procedure of hyphenating laser diode thermal desorption with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (LDTD-APCI-MS). We describe a conceptually new approach to monitoring preoperative urinary metabolic alterations associated with prostate cancer recurrence. By evaluating mass/charge (m/z) ratios and peak intensities of ions detected by mass spectroscopy of urine samples, we revealed that intensities at m/z 313.2740 (±0.0003) and 341.3054 (±0.0006) attributable to monoacylglycerol backbone fragments from glycerides can be statistically correlated to disease progression.

MeSH terms

  • Atmospheric Pressure*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Metabolomics / methods
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Treatment Outcome