Zejian Zhang , Xiangyi Cui , Nan Zhou , Lisi Zhu , Yuxiang Zhi , Shuyang Zhang
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Abstract
Background and aims
Quantitative analysis of plasma N-glycome is a promising method for identifying disease biomarkers. This study aimed to investigate the impact of using blood collection tubes with different anticoagulants on plasma N-glycome.
Materials and methods
We used a robust mass spectrometry method to profile plasma N-glycomes in two cohorts of healthy volunteers (cohort 1, n = 16; cohort 2, n = 53). The influence of three commonly used blood collection tubes on fully characterized N-glycomic profiles were explored.
Results
Principal component analysis revealed distinct clustering of blood samples based on the collection tubes. Pairwise comparisons demonstrated significant differences between EDTA and heparin plasma in 55 out of 82 quantified N-glycan traits, and between EDTA and citrate plasma in 62 out of 82 traits. These differences encompassed various N-glycan features, including glycan type, sialylation, galactosylation, fucosylation, and bisection. Trends in N-glycan variations in citrate and heparin plasma were largely consistent compared to EDTA plasma. In correlation analysis (EDTA vs. heparin; EDTA vs. citrate), Pearson's correlation coefficients were consistently higher than 0.7 for the majority of N-glycan traits.
Conclusion
Sample matrix variations impact plasma N-glycome measurements. Caution is crucial when comparing samples from different plasma collection tubes in glycomics projects.
期刊介绍:
Practical Laboratory Medicine is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international open-access journal publishing original research, new methods and critical evaluations, case reports and short papers in the fields of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. The objective of the journal is to provide practical information of immediate relevance to workers in clinical laboratories. The primary scope of the journal covers clinical chemistry, hematology, molecular biology and genetics relevant to laboratory medicine, microbiology, immunology, therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology, laboratory management and informatics. We welcome papers which describe critical evaluations of biomarkers and their role in the diagnosis and treatment of clinically significant disease, validation of commercial and in-house IVD methods, method comparisons, interference reports, the development of new reagents and reference materials, reference range studies and regulatory compliance reports. Manuscripts describing the development of new methods applicable to laboratory medicine (including point-of-care testing) are particularly encouraged, even if preliminary or small scale.