title: Polyamine Metabolites Profiling for Characterization of Lung and Liver Cancer Using an LC-Tandem MS Method with Multiple Statistical Data Mining Strategies: Discovering Potential Cancer Biomarkers in Human Plasma and Urine.
abstract: Polyamines, one of the most important kind of biomarkers in cancer research, were investigated in order to characterize different cancer types. An integrative approach which combined ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry detection and multiple statistical data processing strategies including outlier elimination, binary logistic regression analysis and cluster analysis had been developed to discover the characteristic biomarkers of lung and liver cancer. The concentrations of 14 polyamine metabolites in biosamples from lung (n = 50) and liver cancer patients (n = 50) were detected by a validated UHPLC-MS/MS method. Then the concentrations were converted into independent variables to characterize patients of lung and liver cancer by binary logic regression analysis. Significant independent variables were regarded as the potential biomarkers. Cluster analysis was engaged for further verifying. As a result, two values was discovered to identify lung and liver cancer, which were the product of the plasma concentration of putrescine and spermidine; and the ratio of the urine concentration of S-adenosyl-l-methionine and N-acetylspermidine. Results indicated that the established advanced method could be successfully applied to characterize lung and liver cancer, and may also enable a new way of discovering cancer biomarkers and characterizing other types of cancer.
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. huarongxu@outlook.com.
authors: Huarong
authors: H
authors: Xu
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. liuran8515@hotmail.com.
authors: Ran
authors: R
authors: Liu
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. jesse83@163.com.
authors: Bosai
authors: B
authors: He
authors: Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. bccbb@ust.hk.
authors: Cathy Wenchuan
authors: CW
authors: Bi
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. kaishunbi.syphu@gmail.com.
authors: Kaishun
authors: K
authors: Bi
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. lqyxm@hotmail.com.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D057225:Data Mining; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D055442:Metabolome; D055432:Metabolomics / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011073:Polyamines / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011073:Polyamines
keywords: UHPLC-MS/MS; cancer biomarker; lung and liver cancer characterization; plasma and urine polyamine metabolites; statistical data mining