Metabolites,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(2), P. 132 - 132
Published: Feb. 14, 2025
Background/Objectives:
Liquid
chromatography
coupled
with
mass
spectrometry
(LC-MS)
is
a
commonly
used
platform
for
many
metabolomics
studies.
However,
metabolite
annotation
has
been
major
bottleneck
in
these
studies
part
due
to
the
limited
publicly
available
spectral
libraries,
which
consist
of
tandem
(MS/MS)
data
acquired
from
just
fraction
known
compounds.
Application
deep
learning
methods
increasingly
reported
as
an
alternative
matching
their
ability
map
complex
relationships
between
molecular
fingerprints
and
spectrometric
measurements.
The
objectives
this
study
are
investigate
fingerprint
based
on
MS/MS
spectra
rank
putative
IDs
according
similarity
predicted
fingerprints.
Methods:
We
trained
three
types
model
spectra.
Prior
training,
various
processing
steps,
including
scaling,
binning,
filtering,
were
performed
obtained
National
Institute
Standards
Technology
(NIST),
MassBank
North
America
(MoNA),
Human
Metabolome
Database
(HMDB).
Furthermore,
selection
most
relevant
m/z
bins
was
conducted.
models
evaluated
ranking
compound
database
challenges
Critical
Assessment
Small
Molecule
Identification
(CASMI)
2016,
CASMI
2017,
2022
benchmark
datasets.
Results:
Feature
effectively
reduced
redundant
features
prior
training.
Deep
truncated
have
shown
comparable
performances
against
CSI:FingerID
IDs.
Conclusion:
results
demonstrate
promising
potential
annotation.
Nucleic Acids Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
52(W1), P. W398 - W406
Published: April 8, 2024
Abstract
We
introduce
MetaboAnalyst
version
6.0
as
a
unified
platform
for
processing,
analyzing,
and
interpreting
data
from
targeted
well
untargeted
metabolomics
studies
using
liquid
chromatography
-
mass
spectrometry
(LC–MS).
The
two
main
objectives
in
developing
are
to
support
tandem
MS
(MS2)
processing
annotation,
the
analysis
of
exposomics
related
experiments.
Key
features
include:
(i)
significantly
enhanced
Spectra
Processing
module
with
MS2
asari
algorithm;
(ii)
Peak
Annotation
based
on
comprehensive
reference
databases
fragment-level
annotation;
(iii)
new
Statistical
Analysis
dedicated
handling
complex
study
design
multiple
factors
or
phenotypic
descriptors;
(iv)
Causal
estimating
metabolite
phenotype
causal
relations
two-sample
Mendelian
randomization,
(v)
Dose-Response
benchmark
dose
calculations.
In
addition,
we
have
also
improved
MetaboAnalyst's
visualization
functions,
updated
its
compound
database
sets,
expanded
pathway
around
130
species.
is
freely
available
at
https://www.metaboanalyst.ca.
Cell,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
187(7), P. 1801 - 1818.e20
Published: March 1, 2024
The
repertoire
of
modifications
to
bile
acids
and
related
steroidal
lipids
by
host
microbial
metabolism
remains
incompletely
characterized.
To
address
this
knowledge
gap,
we
created
a
reusable
resource
tandem
mass
spectrometry
(MS/MS)
spectra
filtering
1.2
billion
publicly
available
MS/MS
for
bile-acid-selective
ion
patterns.
Thousands
are
distributed
throughout
animal
human
bodies
as
well
cultures.
We
employed
library
identify
polyamine
amidates,
prevalent
in
carnivores.
They
present
humans,
their
levels
alter
with
diet
change
from
Mediterranean
typical
American
diet.
This
work
highlights
the
existence
many
more
acid
than
previously
recognized
value
leveraging
public
large-scale
untargeted
metabolomics
data
discover
metabolites.
availability
modification-centric
will
inform
future
studies
investigating
roles
health
disease.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: May 1, 2024
Abstract
The
wide
applications
of
liquid
chromatography
-
mass
spectrometry
(LC-MS)
in
untargeted
metabolomics
demand
an
easy-to-use,
comprehensive
computational
workflow
to
support
efficient
and
reproducible
data
analysis.
However,
current
tools
were
primarily
developed
perform
specific
tasks
LC-MS
based
Here
we
introduce
MetaboAnalystR
4.0
as
a
streamlined
pipeline
covering
raw
spectra
processing,
compound
identification,
statistical
analysis,
functional
interpretation.
key
features
includes
auto-optimized
feature
detection
quantification
algorithm
for
LC-MS1
MS2
deconvolution
identification
data-dependent
or
data-independent
acquisition,
more
accurate
interpretation
through
integrated
spectral
annotation.
Comprehensive
validation
studies
using
obtained
from
standards
mixtures,
dilution
series
clinical
samples
have
shown
its
excellent
performance
across
range
common
such
peak
picking,
deconvolution,
with
good
computing
efficiency.
Together
existing
analysis
utilities,
represents
significant
step
toward
unified,
end-to-end
global
the
open-source
R
environment.
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
58(29), P. 12784 - 12822
Published: July 10, 2024
In
the
modern
"omics"
era,
measurement
of
human
exposome
is
a
critical
missing
link
between
genetic
drivers
and
disease
outcomes.
High-resolution
mass
spectrometry
(HRMS),
routinely
used
in
proteomics
metabolomics,
has
emerged
as
leading
technology
to
broadly
profile
chemical
exposure
agents
related
biomolecules
for
accurate
measurement,
high
sensitivity,
rapid
data
acquisition,
increased
resolution
space.
Non-targeted
approaches
are
increasingly
accessible,
supporting
shift
from
conventional
hypothesis-driven,
quantitation-centric
targeted
analyses
toward
data-driven,
hypothesis-generating
exposome-wide
profiling.
However,
HRMS-based
exposomics
encounters
unique
challenges.
New
analytical
computational
infrastructures
needed
expand
analysis
coverage
through
streamlined,
scalable,
harmonized
workflows
pipelines
that
permit
longitudinal
tracking,
retrospective
validation,
multi-omics
integration
meaningful
health-oriented
inferences.
this
article,
we
survey
literature
on
state-of-the-art
technologies,
review
current
informatic
pipelines,
provide
an
up-to-date
reference
exposomic
chemists,
toxicologists,
epidemiologists,
care
providers,
stakeholders
health
sciences
medicine.
We
propose
efforts
benchmark
fit-for-purpose
platforms
expanding
space,
including
gas/liquid
chromatography-HRMS
(GC-HRMS
LC-HRMS),
discuss
opportunities,
challenges,
strategies
advance
burgeoning
field
exposome.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 7, 2025
Rapid
and
accurate
detection
plays
a
critical
role
in
improving
the
survival
prognosis
of
patients
with
cardiovascular
disease,
but
traditional
methods
are
far
from
ideal
for
those
suspected
conditions.
Metabolite
analysis
based
on
nanomatrix-assisted
laser
desorption/ionization
mass
spectrometry
(NMALDI-MS)
is
considered
to
be
promising
technique
disease
diagnosis.
However,
performance
core
nanomatrixes
has
limited
its
clinical
application.
In
this
study,
we
constructed
3D
flower-shaped
cages
controllable
structured
metal-organic
frameworks
iron
oxide
nanoparticles
low
thermal
conductivity
significant
photothermal
effects.
The
elongation
incident
light
path
through
multilayer
reflection
significantly
enhances
effective
absorption
area
nanomatrixes.
Concurrently,
alternating
layered
structure
confines
energy,
reducing
losses.
Moreover,
increases
affinity
sites,
expanding
coverage.
This
approach
effectively
ionization
desorption
efficiency
during
LDI
process.
We
applied
technology
analyze
serum
metabolomes
myocardial
infarction,
heart
failure,
failure
combined
achieving
cost-effective,
high-throughput,
highly
accurate,
user-friendly
diseases.
Subsequently,
deep
detected
fingerprints
via
artificial
intelligence
models
screens
potential
metabolic
biomarkers,
providing
new
paradigm
diagnosis
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Dec. 20, 2023
Abstract
Despite
the
increasing
availability
of
tandem
mass
spectrometry
(MS/MS)
community
spectral
libraries
for
untargeted
metabolomics
over
past
decade,
majority
acquired
MS/MS
spectra
remain
uninterpreted.
To
further
aid
in
interpreting
unannotated
spectra,
we
created
a
nearest
neighbor
suspect
library,
consisting
87,916
annotated
derived
from
hundreds
millions
originating
published
experiments.
Entries
this
or
“suspects,”
were
that
could
be
linked
molecular
network
to
an
spectrum.
Annotations
propagated
unknowns
based
on
structural
relationships
reference
molecules
using
MS/MS-based
spectrum
alignment.
We
demonstrate
broad
relevance
library
through
representative
examples
propagation-based
annotation
acylcarnitines,
bacterial
and
plant
natural
products,
drug
metabolism.
Our
results
also
highlight
how
can
help
better
understand
Alzheimer’s
brain
phenotype.
The
is
openly
available
download
data
analysis
GNPS
platform
investigators
hypothesize
candidate
structures
unknown
data.
Eco-Environment & Health,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(2), P. 227 - 237
Published: March 21, 2024
Soil
metabolomics
is
an
emerging
approach
for
profiling
diverse
small
molecule
metabolites,
i.e.,
metabolomes,
in
the
soil.
including
fatty
acids,
amino
lipids,
organic
sugars,
and
volatile
compounds,
often
contain
essential
nutrients
such
as
nitrogen,
phosphorus,
sulfur
are
directly
linked
to
soil
biogeochemical
cycles
driven
by
microorganisms.
This
paper
presents
overview
of
methods
analyzing
metabolites
state-of-the-art
relation
nutrient
cycling.
We
describe
important
applications
studying
carbon
cycling
sequestration,
response
pools
changing
environmental
conditions.
includes
using
provide
new
insights
into
close
relationships
between
microbiome
metabolome,
well
responses
metabolome
plant
stresses
contamination.
also
highlight
advantage
study
elements
suggest
that
future
research
needs
better
understand
factors
driving
function
health.
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 3, 2024
Untargeted
tandem
mass
spectrometry
(MS/MS)
has
become
a
high-throughput
method
to
measure
small
molecules
in
complex
samples.
One
key
goal
is
the
transformation
of
these
MS/MS
spectra
into
chemical
structures.
Computational
techniques
such
as
library
search
have
enabled
reidentification
known
compounds.
Analog
and
molecular
networking
extend
this
identification
unknown
While
there
been
advancements
metrics
for
similarity
structurally
similar
compounds,
still
lack
automated
methods
provide
site
specific
information
about
structural
modifications.
Here
we
introduce
ModiFinder
which
leverages
alignment
peaks
between
related
molecules.
Specifically,
focuses
on
shifted
fragment
alignment.
These
putatively
represent
substructures
molecule
that
contain
modification.
synthesizes
together
scores
likelihood
each
atom
be
modification
site.
We
demonstrate
manuscript
how
can
effectively
localize
modifications
extends
capabilities
analog
searching
accelerate
discovery
novel
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 25
Published: Sept. 1, 2024
Fundamental
knowledge
gaps
still
exist
in
the
exposome,
especially
regarding
analytical
space
coverage,
mapping
and
prioritization
of
a
very
large
number
diverse
chemical
structures.
This
review
focuses
on
contributions
suspect
non-target
screening
(NTS)
to
contaminants
characterization
toxicity
assessment
drinking
water.
A
comprehensive
publications
from
2013-2024
revealed
only
172
substances
identified
with
certainty
using
NTS
17
countries.
The
approaches,
their
complementarity,
effectiveness
use
compound
identification
frameworks
are
discussed.
'intelligent'
tools
(including
machine
learning)
aid
substance
identification,
is
emerging.
Strategies
for
integration
epidemiology
also
considered,
including
re-use
existing
data.
holds
great
potential
exposure
water
its
contribution
exposome.