Background: Centrifugation is an indispensable procedure for plasma sample preparation, but applied conditions can vary between labs. Aim: Determine whether routinely used plasma centrifugation protocols (1500×g 10 min; 3000×g 5 min) influence non-targeted metabolomic analyses. Methods: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) data were evaluated with sparse partial least squares discriminant analyses and compared with cell count measurements. Results: Besides significant differences in platelet count, we identified substantial alterations in NMR and HRMS data related to the different centrifugation protocols. Conclusion: Already minor differences in plasma centrifugation can significantly influence metabolomic patterns and potentially bias metabolomics studies.
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Lesche, D., Geyer, R., Lienhard, D., Nakas, C. T., Diserens, G., Vermathen, P., & Leichtle, A. B. (2016). Does centrifugation matter? Centrifugal force and spinning time alter the plasma metabolome. Metabolomics, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-016-1109-3
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