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ArticleNature communications2025

Ion suppression correction and normalization for non-targeted metabolomics.

Iqbal Mahmud, Bo Wei, Lucas Veillon, Lin Tan, Sara Martinez, Bao Tran, Alexander Raskind, Felice de Jong, Yiwei Liu, Jibin Ding and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Iqbal MahmudMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-8122
Bo WeiMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5573-5715
Lucas VeillonMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Lin TanMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Sara MartinezMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-5604
Bao TranMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Alexander RaskindIROA Technologies, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Felice de JongIROA Technologies, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Yiwei LiuMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Jibin DingMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Yun XiongMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Wai-Kin ChanMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.
Rehan AkbaniMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-7721
John N WeinsteinMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9401-6908
Chris BeecherIROA Technologies, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Philip L LorenziMetabolomics Core Facility, Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston, TX, USA. pllorenzi@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-7774

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Orbitrap Elite High-Resolution Mass Spectrometer for Proteomics and MetabolomicsS10OD012304 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HAWKE, DAVID H · 2013 to 2013
$877k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NIH HHS S10 OD012304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ion suppression is a major problem in mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomics; it can dramatically decrease measurement accuracy, precision, and sensitivity. Here we report a method, the IROA TruQuant Workflow, that uses a stable isotope-labeled internal standard (IROA-IS) library plus companion algorithms to: 1) measure and correct for ion suppression, and 2) perform Dual MSTUS normalization of MS metabolomic data. We evaluate the method across ion chromatography (IC), hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)-MS systems in both positive and negative ionization modes, with clean and unclean ion sources, and across different biological matrices. Across the broad range of conditions tested, all detected metabolites exhibit ion suppression ranging from 1% to >90% and coefficients of variation ranging from 1% to 20%, but the Workflow and companion algorithms are highly effective at nulling out that suppression and error. To demonstrate a routine application of the Workflow, we employ the Workflow to study ovarian cancer cell response to the enzyme-drug L-asparaginase (ASNase). The IROA-normalized data reveal significant alterations in peptide metabolism, which have not been reported previously. Overall, the Workflow corrects ion suppression across diverse analytical conditions and produces robust normalization of non-targeted metabolomic data.

Indexed as

IonsMass SpectrometryMetabolomicsAlgorithmsAntineoplastic AgentsAsparaginaseDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansLeukemiaMetabolic Networks and PathwaysPlasmaReference StandardsUrineWorkflowAntineoplastic AgentsAsparaginaseIons

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PMID39905052
PMCPMC11794426

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