Issue 5, 2020

Aqueous humor metabolite profile of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma is distinctive

Abstract

Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) is a known cause of secondary open angle glaucoma. PEX glaucoma is associated with structural and metabolic changes in the eye. Despite similarities, PEX and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) may have differences in the composition of metabolites. We analyzed the metabolites of the aqueous humor (AH) of PEX subjects sequentially first using nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR: HSQC and TOCSY), and subsequently with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) implementing isotopic ratio outlier analysis (IROA) quantification. The findings were compared with previous results for POAG and control subjects analyzed using identical sequential steps. We found significant differences in metabolites between the three conditions. Principle component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) indicated clear grouping based on the metabolomes of the three conditions. We used machine learning algorithms and a percentage set of the data to train, and utilized a different or larger dataset to test whether a trained model can correctly classify the test dataset as PEX, POAG or control. Three different algorithms: linear support vector machines (SVM), deep learning, and a neural network were used for prediction. They all accurately classified the test datasets based on the AH metabolome of the sample. We next compared the AH metabolome with known AH and TM proteomes and genomes in order to understand metabolic pathways that may contribute to alterations in the AH metabolome in PEX. We found potential protein/gene pathways associated with observed significant metabolite changes in PEX.

Graphical abstract: Aqueous humor metabolite profile of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma is distinctive

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
17 Dec 2019
Accepted
23 Feb 2020
First published
24 Feb 2020

Mol. Omics, 2020,16, 425-435

Author version available

Aqueous humor metabolite profile of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma is distinctive

C. Myer, L. Abdelrahman, S. Banerjee, R. B. Khattri, M. E. Merritt, A. K. Junk, R. K. Lee and S. K. Bhattacharya, Mol. Omics, 2020, 16, 425 DOI: 10.1039/C9MO00192A

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