Urinary 1H-NMR Metabolomics Can Distinguish Pancreatitis Patients from Healthy Controls

  • Elizabeth Rose Lusczek Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Joao A Paulo Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA
  • John R Saltzman Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA
  • Vivek Kadiyala Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA
  • Peter A Banks Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA
  • Greg Beilman Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Darwin L Conwell Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA
Keywords: Metabolomics, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing, Chronic, Urine

Abstract

Context The characterization of the urinary metabolome may yield biomarkers indicative of pancreatitis. Objectives We establish a non-invasive technique to compare urinary metabolic profiles in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis to healthy controls. Methods Urine was obtained from healthy controls (HC, n=5), inpatients with mild acute pancreatitis (AP, n=5), and outpatients with chronic pancreatitis (CP, n=5). Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were obtained for each sample. Metabolites were identified and quantified in each spectrum; resulting concentrations were normalized to account for differences in dilution among samples. Kruskal-Wallis test, post-hoc Mann-Whitney U tests, and principal component analysis were performed to identify metabolites that discriminate healthy controls, acute pancreatitis, and chronic pancreatitis. Results Sixty metabolites were identified and quantified; five were found to differ significantly (P<0.05) among the three groups. Of these, citrate and adenosine remained significant after validation by random permutation. Principal component analysis demonstrated that healthy control urine samples can be differentiated from patients with chronic pancreatitis or acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis patients could not be distinguished from acute pancreatitis patients. Conclusions This metabolomic investigation demonstrates that this non-invasive technique offers insight into the metabolic states of pancreatitis. Although the identified metabolites cannot conclusively be defined as biomarkers of disease, future studies will validate our findings in larger patient cohorts.

Image: Boxplots of two significant metabolites.

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Author Biography

Elizabeth Rose Lusczek, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, USA

Department of Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery

Post-doctoral Research Associate

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Boxplots of two significant metabolites
Published
2013-03-10
How to Cite
LusczekE., PauloJ., SaltzmanJ., KadiyalaV., BanksP., BeilmanG., & ConwellD. (2013). Urinary 1H-NMR Metabolomics Can Distinguish Pancreatitis Patients from Healthy Controls. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 14(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/1294
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