Robustness testing of an in-situ caesium extraction unit

Bokor, Ilonka; Sdraulig, Sandra; Sanagou, Masoumeh

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.014

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“…To assure the quality of a metabolomic study employing the developed extraction method, we decided to assess the robustness of the protocol. Robustness testing is not common in untargeted metabolomics; however, it can be useful to identify the critical points of the sample preparation procedure [ 42 , 43 ], as well as of other stages of the metabolomic study pipeline. Indeed, sample preparation highly influences the reliability of metabolite measurements.…”

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A Robust Method for Sample Preparation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour for LC/MS Untargeted Metabolomics

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumour has already been well explored at the genome level; however, little is known about metabolic processes occurring in the sarcoma. Sample preparation is a crucial step in untargeted metabolomics workflow, highly affecting the metabolome coverage and the quality of the results. In this study, four liquid-liquid extraction methods for the isolation of endogenous compounds from gastrointestinal stromal tumours were compared and evaluated. The protocols covered two-step or stepwise extraction with methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) or dichloromethane. The extracts were subjected to LC-MS analysis by the application of reversed-phase and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography to enable the separation and detection of both polar and nonpolar analytes. The extraction methods were compared in terms of efficiency (total number of detected metabolites) and reproducibility. The method was based on the stepwise extraction with MTBE, methanol, and water proved to be the most reproducible, and thus, its robustness to fluctuations in experimental conditions was assessed employing Plackett–Burman design and hierarchical modelling. While most studied factors had no effect on the metabolite abundance, the highest coefficient value was observed for the volume of MTBE added during extraction. Herein, we demonstrate the application and the feasibility of the selected protocol for the analysis of gastrointestinal stromal tumour samples. The method selected could be considered as a reference for the best characterization of underlying molecular changes associated with complex tissue extracts of GIST.

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