Plasma metabolites as possible biomarkers for diagnosis of breast cancer

Metabolomic approaches have been used to identify new diagnostic biomarkers for various types of cancers, including breast cancer. In this study, we aimed to identify potential biomarkers of breast cancer using plasma metabolic profiling. Furthermore, we analyzed whether these biomarkers had relationships with clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer. Our study used two liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry sets: a discovery set (40 breast cancer patients and 30 healthy controls) and a validation set (30 breast cancer patients and 16 healthy controls). All breast cancer patients were randomly selected from among stage I-III patients who underwent surgery between 2011 and 2016. First, metabolites distinguishing cancer patients from healthy controls were identified in the discovery set. Then, consistent and reproducible metabolites were evaluated in terms of their utility as possible biomarkers of breast cancer. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was applied to the discovery set, and ROC cut-off values for the identified metabolites derived therein were applied to the validation set to determine their diagnostic performance. Ultimately, four candidate biomarkers (L-octanoylcarnitine, 5-oxoproline, hypoxanthine, and docosahexaenoic acid) were identified. L-octanoylcarnitine showed the best diagnostic performance, with a 100.0% positive predictive value. Also, L-octanoylcarnitine levels differed according to tumor size and hormone receptor expression. The plasma metabolites identified in this study show potential as biomarkers allowing early diagnosis of breast cancer. However, the diagnostic performance of the metabolites needs to be confirmed in further studies with larger sample sizes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 14(2019), 12 vom: 03., Seite e0225129

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Jiwon [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Yumi [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Tae Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong-Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Anbok [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

25167-62-8
2TN51YD919
Biomarkers, Tumor
Carnitine
Docosahexaenoic Acids
Hypoxanthine
Journal Article
Octanoylcarnitine
Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S1HB7P0O16
S7UI8SM58A
SZB83O1W42

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Date Completed 26.03.2020

Date Revised 26.03.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0225129

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303964383