PMID- 21461033 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211020 IS - 1573-3882 (Print) IS - 1573-3890 (Electronic) IS - 1573-3882 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Mar TI - Semi-automated non-target processing in GC x GC-MS metabolomics analysis: applicability for biomedical studies. PG - 1-14 AB - Due to the complexity of typical metabolomics samples and the many steps required to obtain quantitative data in GC x GC-MS consisting of deconvolution, peak picking, peak merging, and integration, the unbiased non-target quantification of GC x GC-MS data still poses a major challenge in metabolomics analysis. The feasibility of using commercially available software for non-target processing of GC x GC-MS data was assessed. For this purpose a set of mouse liver samples (24 study samples and five quality control (QC) samples prepared from the study samples) were measured with GC x GC-MS and GC-MS to study the development and progression of insulin resistance, a primary characteristic of diabetes type 2. A total of 170 and 691 peaks were quantified in, respectively, the GC-MS and GC x GC-MS data for all study and QC samples. The quantitative results for the QC samples were compared to assess the quality of semi-automated GC x GC-MS processing compared to targeted GC-MS processing which involved time-consuming manual correction of all wrongly integrated metabolites and was considered as golden standard. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) obtained with GC x GC-MS were somewhat higher than with GC-MS, due to less accurate processing. Still, the biological information in the study samples was preserved and the added value of GC x GC-MS was demonstrated; many additional candidate biomarkers were found with GC x GC-MS compared to GC-MS. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11306-010-0219-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. FAU - Koek, Maud M AU - Koek MM FAU - van der Kloet, Frans M AU - van der Kloet FM FAU - Kleemann, Robert AU - Kleemann R FAU - Kooistra, Teake AU - Kooistra T FAU - Verheij, Elwin R AU - Verheij ER FAU - Hankemeier, Thomas AU - Hankemeier T LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100715 PL - United States TA - Metabolomics JT - Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society JID - 101274889 PMC - PMC3040320 EDAT- 2011/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/05 06:01 PMCR- 2010/07/15 CRDT- 2011/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2010/02/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2010/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 219 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11306-010-0219-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metabolomics. 2011 Mar;7(1):1-14. doi: 10.1007/s11306-010-0219-6. Epub 2010 Jul 15.