Abstract

Salivary polyamines are potential non-invasive tools for screening various types of cancers. For clinical use, the reproducibility of these metabolites should be evaluated under various storage conditions, including duration and temperature, to establish standard operating protocols. Polyamines and amino acids in unstimulated whole saliva were quantified via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Concentrations of time course samples were analysed after short-term storage for up to 240 min and long-term storage for up to 8 days under various storage conditions. As expected, storage at the lowest temperature (−18 °C) exerted the least pronounced effects on the quantified values in both tests. At a higher temperature, polyamines were more stable than amino acids, as evident from polyamine profiling. Addition of ethanol significantly stabilized polyamine profiles even at a higher temperature. Comparative processing of saliva revealed a minor effect of the solvent, whereas drying had a more prominent effect on polyamine profiles. Computational analyses evaluated the ability of polyamines to discriminate pancreatic cancer from controls. Repeated noise added tests were designed on the basis of the results of the storage tests; these analyses confirmed that the discriminative abilities were robust. These data contribute to the standardization of salivary storage conditions, thereby highlighting the clinical utility of saliva.

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Title
Effect of storage conditions on salivary polyamines quantified via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Author
Tomita, Atsumi 1 ; Mori, Masayo 2 ; Hiwatari, Kana 2 ; Yamaguchi, Eri 1 ; Itoi, Takao 3 ; Sunamura, Makoto 4 ; Soga, Tomoyoshi 2 ; Tomita, Masaru 2 ; Sugimoto, Masahiro 5 

 Health Promotion and Preemptive Medicine, Research and Development Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 
 Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan 
 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 
 Fourth Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan 
 Health Promotion and Preemptive Medicine, Research and Development Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pathology Kanagawa Dental College, Post Graduate School, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan 
Pages
1-9
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Aug 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2088039919
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.