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Profile Characterization of Biogenic Amines in Glioblastoma Patients Undergoing Standard-of-Care Treatment
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Biomedicines. 11(8)
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IntroductionBiogenic amines play important roles throughout cellular metabolism. This study explores a role of biogenic amines in glioblastoma pathogenesis. Here, we characterize the plasma levels of biogenic amines in glioblastoma patients undergoing standard-of-care treatment.MethodsWe examined 138 plasma samples from 36 patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type glioblastoma at multiple stages of treatment. Untargeted gas chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF MS) was used to measure metabolite levels. Machine learning approaches were then used to develop a predictive tool based on these datasets.ResultsSurgery was associated with increased levels of 12 metabolites and decreased levels of 11 metabolites. Chemoradiation was associated with increased levels of three metabolites and decreased levels of three other metabolites. Ensemble learning models, specifically random forest (RF) and AdaBoost (AB), accurately classified treatment phases with high accuracy (RF: 0.81 ± 0.04, AB: 0.78 ± 0.05). The metabolites sorbitol and N-methylisoleucine were identified as important predictive features and confirmed via SHAP.ConclusionTo our knowledge, this is the first study to describe plasma biogenic amine signatures throughout the treatment of patients with glioblastoma. A larger study is needed to confirm these results with hopes of developing a diagnostic algorithm.