Fecal Amino Acid Profiles Exceed Accuracy of Serum Amino Acids in Diagnosing Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Sofie Bosch, Sofia El Manouni El Hassani, Marina Brizzio Brentar, Ibrahim Ayada, Abdellatif Bakkali, Erwin E W Jansen, Eduard A Struys, Marc A Benninga, Nanne K H de Boer, Tim G J de Meij

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Abstract

In this prospective intention-to-diagnose pilot study, we aimed to assess accuracy of serum and fecal amino-acids to discriminate de novo pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and non-IBD children. Patients with suspected IBD were allocated the IBD (n = 11) or non-IBD group (n = 8) following laboratory testing or endoscopy according to the revised Porto-criteria. Fecal calprotectin levels were obtained, an additional blood and fecal sample were collected. Fecal and serum amino-acid profiles were analyzed using high performance-liquid chromatography. Nine fecal amino-acids (alanine [area under the curve 0.94], citrulline [0.94], glutamine [0.89], leucine [0.98], lysine [0.89], phenylalanine [0.99], serine [0.91], tyrosine [0.96], and valine [0.95]) differed significantly between IBD and non-IBD. In serum, no significant differences were observed. This study underlines the potential of fecal amino-acids as novel, adjuvant noninvasive, and low-cost biomarkers in the diagnostic work-up of pediatric IBD detection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)371-375
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Volume71
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sep 2020

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