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Study M1049

Study name

Ho CSH 2023

Title

The utility of amino acid metabolites in the diagnosis of major depressive disorder and correlations with depression severity

Overall design

The aim of this study was to assess serum amino acid metabolite changes between major depressive disorder (MDD) patients and healthy controls and their association with disease severity and diagnostic utility. In total, 70 MDD patients (MDD group) and 70 healthy controls (control group) matched in age, gender, and ethnicity were recruited for the study. For amino acid profiling, serum samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Human;

Categories of depression

Depressive disorder; Depression; Depression;

Criteria for depression

DSM-5 diagnosed MDD

Sample size

140

Tissue

Peripheral; Blood; Serum;

Platform

MS-based; LC-MS: Agilent 1290 Infinity liquid chromatography system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) with quadrupole-ion trap mass spectrometer (QTRAP 5500, AB Sciex, Olympia, DC, USA);

PMID

36768551

DOI

10.3390/ijms24032231

Citation

Ho CSH, Tay GWN, Wee HN, et al. The utility of amino acid metabolites in the diagnosis of major depressive disorder and correlations with depression severity. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 23;24(3):2231.

Metabolite

L-Glutamic acid;

Glycine;

L-Aspartic acid;

Hydroxykynurenine;