PMID- 28927937 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171204 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Print) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1523 DP - 2017 Nov 10 TI - Evaluation of intensity drift correction strategies using MetaboDrift, a normalization tool for multi-batch metabolomics data. PG - 265-274 LID - S0021-9673(17)31343-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.09.023 [doi] AB - In recent years, mass spectrometry-based metabolomics has increasingly been applied to large-scale epidemiological studies of human subjects. However, the successful use of metabolomics in this context is subject to the challenge of detecting biologically significant effects despite substantial intensity drift that often occurs when data are acquired over a long period or in multiple batches. Numerous computational strategies and software tools have been developed to aid in correcting for intensity drift in metabolomics data, but most of these techniques are implemented using command-line driven software and custom scripts which are not accessible to all end users of metabolomics data. Further, it has not yet become routine practice to assess the quantitative accuracy of drift correction against techniques which enable true absolute quantitation such as isotope dilution mass spectrometry. We developed an Excel-based tool, MetaboDrift, to visually evaluate and correct for intensity drift in a multi-batch liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics dataset. The tool enables drift correction based on either quality control (QC) samples analyzed throughout the batches or using QC-sample independent methods. We applied MetaboDrift to an original set of clinical metabolomics data from a mixed-meal tolerance test (MMTT). The performance of the method was evaluated for multiple classes of metabolites by comparison with normalization using isotope-labeled internal standards. QC sample-based intensity drift correction significantly improved correlation with IS-normalized data, and resulted in detection of additional metabolites with significant physiological response to the MMTT. The relative merits of different QC-sample curve fitting strategies are discussed in the context of batch size and drift pattern complexity. Our drift correction tool offers a practical, simplified approach to drift correction and batch combination in large metabolomics studies. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Thonusin, Chanisa AU - Thonusin C AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. FAU - IglayReger, Heidi B AU - IglayReger HB AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. FAU - Soni, Tanu AU - Soni T AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. FAU - Rothberg, Amy E AU - Rothberg AE AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. FAU - Burant, Charles F AU - Burant CF AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. FAU - Evans, Charles R AU - Evans CR AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6300 Brehm Tower, 1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. Electronic address: chevans@umich.edu. LA - eng GR - U01 DK097430/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK092926/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK089503/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK020572/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U24 DK097153/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - K25 DK092558/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK099034/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170909 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Humans MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Metabolomics/*methods MH - Multiple Chronic Conditions MH - *Software PMC - PMC5788449 MID - NIHMS907160 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Drift correction OT - Intensity drift OT - LC-MS OT - Meal tolerance test OT - Metabolomics OT - Normalization EDAT- 2017/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/05 06:00 PMCR- 2018/11/10 CRDT- 2017/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/09/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/11/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9673(17)31343-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.09.023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2017 Nov 10;1523:265-274. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.09.023. Epub 2017 Sep 9.