Onur Turkoglu1,2, Ayse Citil3, Ceren Katar3, Ismail Mert4, Praveen Kumar5, Ali Yilmaz5, Dilek S Uygur3, Salim Erkaya3, Stewart F Graham5,6, Ray O Bahado-Singh5,6. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA. onur.turkoglu@beaumont.org. 2. Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA. onur.turkoglu@beaumont.org. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Division of Gynecological Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA. 6. Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a potentially life-threatening condition and early diagnosis still remains a challenge, causing a delay in management leading to tubal rupture. OBJECTIVES: To identify putative plasma biomarkers for the detection of tubal EP and elucidate altered biochemical pathways in EP compared to intrauterine pregnancies. METHODS: This case-control study included prospective recruitment of 39 tubal EP cases and 89 early intrauterine pregnancy controls. Plasma samples were biochemically profiled using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR). To avoid over-fitting, datasets were randomly divided into a discovery group (26 cases vs 60 controls) and a test group (13 cases and 29 controls). Logistic regression models were developed in the discovery group and validated in the independent test group. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), 95% confidence interval (CI), sensitivity, and specificity values were calculated. RESULTS: In total 13 of 43 (30.3%) metabolite concentrations were significantly altered in EP plasma (p < 0.05). Metabolomic profiling yielded significant separation between EP and controls (p < 0.05). Independent validation of a two-metabolite model consisting of lactate and acetate, achieved an AUC (95% CI) = 0.935 (0.843-1.000) with a sensitivity of 92.3% and specificity of 96.6%. The second metabolite model (D-glucose, pyruvate, acetoacetate) performed well with an AUC (95% CI) = 0.822 (0.657-0.988) and a sensitivity of 84.6% and specificity of 86.2%. CONCLUSION: We report novel metabolomic biomarkers with a high accuracy for the detection of EP. Accurate biomarkers could potentially result in improved early diagnosis of tubal EP cases.
INTRODUCTION: Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a potentially life-threatening condition and early diagnosis still remains a challenge, causing a delay in management leading to tubal rupture. OBJECTIVES: To identify putative plasma biomarkers for the detection of tubal EP and elucidate altered biochemical pathways in EP compared to intrauterine pregnancies. METHODS: This case-control study included prospective recruitment of 39 tubal EP cases and 89 early intrauterine pregnancy controls. Plasma samples were biochemically profiled using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR). To avoid over-fitting, datasets were randomly divided into a discovery group (26 cases vs 60 controls) and a test group (13 cases and 29 controls). Logistic regression models were developed in the discovery group and validated in the independent test group. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), 95% confidence interval (CI), sensitivity, and specificity values were calculated. RESULTS: In total 13 of 43 (30.3%) metabolite concentrations were significantly altered in EP plasma (p < 0.05). Metabolomic profiling yielded significant separation between EP and controls (p < 0.05). Independent validation of a two-metabolite model consisting of lactate and acetate, achieved an AUC (95% CI) = 0.935 (0.843-1.000) with a sensitivity of 92.3% and specificity of 96.6%. The second metabolite model (D-glucose, pyruvate, acetoacetate) performed well with an AUC (95% CI) = 0.822 (0.657-0.988) and a sensitivity of 84.6% and specificity of 86.2%. CONCLUSION: We report novel metabolomic biomarkers with a high accuracy for the detection of EP. Accurate biomarkers could potentially result in improved early diagnosis of tubal EP cases.
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Biomarker; Ectopic pregnancy; Metabolite; Metabolomics; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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