Metabolomics 2022 workshop report: state of QA/QC best practices in LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics, informed through mQACC community engagement initiatives
Authors: Dunn WB, Kuligowski J, Lewis M, Mosley JD, Schock T, Ulmer Holland C, Zanetti KA, Vuckovic D
Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Cells and Systems Biology, Centre for Metabolomics Research, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK. warwick.dunn@liverpool.ac.uk.
2 Neonatal Research Group, Health Research Institute La Fe, Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026, Valencia, Spain.
3 Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry, Bruker UK Ltd, Welland House, Longwood Close, Coventry, CV4 8AE, UK.
4 Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, USA.
5 Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Charleston, SC, 29412, USA.
6 Eastern Laboratory, Office of Public Health Science (OPHS), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Athens, GA, 30605, USA.
7 Office of Nutrition Research, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
8 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
Description
Introduction: The Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality Control Consortium (mQACC) organized a workshop during the Metabolomics 2022 conference.
Objectives: The goal of the workshop was to disseminate recent findings from mQACC community-engagement efforts and to solicit feedback about a living guidance document of QA/QC best practices for untargeted LC-MS metabolomics.
Methods: Four QC-related topics were presented.
Results: During the discussion, participants expressed the need for detailed guidance on a broad range of QA/QC-related topics accompanied by use-cases.
Conclusions: Ongoing efforts will continue to identify, catalog, harmonize, and disseminate QA/QC best practices, including outreach activities, to establish and continually update QA/QC guidelines.
Keywords: Analytical batch; Blanks; Internal standards; Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS); Metabolomics; Quality control (QC) samples; System suitability testing (SST);
Links
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37940740/
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-023-02060-4