Multi-omics to predict changes during cold pressor test

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Background: The cold pressor test (CPT) is a widely used pain provocation test to investigate both pain tolerance and cardiovascular responses. We hypothesize, that performing multi-omic analyses during CPT gives the opportunity to home in on molecular mechanisms involved. Twenty-two females were phenotypically assessed before and after a CPT, and blood samples were taken. RNA-Sequencing, steroid profiling and untargeted metabolomics were performed. Each ‘omic level was analyzed separately at both single-feature and systems-level (principal component [PCA] and partial least squares [PLS] regression analysis) and all ‘omic levels were combined using an integrative multi-omics approach, all using the paired-sample design. Results: We showed that PCA was not able to discriminate time points, while PLS did significantly distinguish time points using metabolomics and/or transcriptomic data, but not using conventional physiological measures. Transcriptomic and metabolomic data revealed at feature-, systems- and integrative- level biologically relevant processes involved during CPT, e.g. lipid metabolism and stress response. Conclusion: Multi-omics strategies have a great potential in pain research, both at feature- and systems- level. Therefore, they should be exploited in intervention studies, such as pain provocation tests, to gain knowledge on the biological mechanisms involved in complex traits.

Original languageEnglish
Article number759
JournalBMC Genomics
Volume23
Number of pages11
ISSN1471-2164
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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  • Cold pressor test, Data integration, Metabolomics, Multi-omics, PCA, PLS, Systems biology, Transcriptomics

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