Package: MsBackendMetaboLights
Authors: Johannes Rainer [aut, cre] (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-7147), Philippine
Louail [aut] (https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5429-6846)
Last modified: 2024-10-30 08:22:36.174668
Compiled: Wed Oct 30 08:24:18 2024
The Spectra package provides a central infrastructure for the handling of Mass Spectrometry (MS) data in Bioconductor. The package supports interchangeable use of different backends to import and represent MS data from a variety of sources and data formats. The MsBackendMetaboLights package allows to retrieve MS data files directly from the MetaboLights repository. MetaboLights is one of the main public repositories for deposition of metabolomics experiments including (raw) MS and/or NMR data files and the related experimental and analytical results. The MsBackendMetaboLights package downloads and locally caches MS data files for a MetaboLights data set and enables further analyses of this data directly in R.
The package can be installed from within R with the commands below:
MetaboLights is one of the main public repositories for deposition of metabolomics experiments including (raw) mass spectrometry (MS) and NMR data files and experimental/analysis results. The experimental metadata and results are stored as plain text files in ISA-tab format. Each MetaboLights experiment must provide a file describing the samples analyzed and at least one assay file that links between the experimental samples and the (raw and processed) data files with quantification of metabolites/features in these samples.
In this vignette we explore and load MS data files from a small MetaboLights experiment. MetaboLights provides information on a data set/experiment as a set of plain text files in ISA-tab format. These can be accessed and read from the data set’s ftp folder. The set of files consist generally of a file with information on the experiment/investigation (in a file with the file name starting with i_) the samples of the data set (file name starting with s_), the assay (measurements/analysis) of the experiment and a file with quantified metabolite abundances (file name starting with m_). Note that a data set can have more than one assay file.
Below we list all files from the MetaboLights data set with the ID MTBLS39.
library(MsBackendMetaboLights)
#' List files of a MetaboLights data set
all_files <- mtbls_list_files("MTBLS39")All these files are directly accessible in the ftp folder associated
with the MetaboLights data set. Below we use the
mtbls_ftp_path() function to return the ftp path for our
test data set.
## [1] "ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/metabolights/studies/public/MTBLS39/"We could inspect the content of this folder also using a browser
supporting the ftp file transfer protocol and download individual files
manually. We can however access the files also directly from within R.
Below we read the assay data file directly using the base R
read.table() function.
## [1] "a_MTBLS39_the_plasticity_of_the_grapevine_berry_transcriptome_metabolite_profiling_mass_spectrometry.txt"#' Read the assay file
a <- read.table(paste0(mtbls_ftp_path("MTBLS39"),
grep("^a_", all_files, value = TRUE)),
sep = "\t", header = TRUE, check.names = FALSE)Each row in this assay table refers to one measurement (data file) of the data set, with columns providing information on that measurement. The number and content of columns can vary between data sets and depends on the information the original researcher (manually) provided. Below we list the columns available in the assay file of our test data set.
## [1] "Sample Name"
## [2] "Protocol REF"
## [3] "Parameter Value[Post Extraction]"
## [4] "Parameter Value[Derivatization]"
## [5] "Extract Name"
## [6] "Protocol REF"
## [7] "Parameter Value[Chromatography Instrument]"
## [8] "Term Source REF"
## [9] "Term Accession Number"
## [10] "Parameter Value[Autosampler model]"
## [11] "Term Source REF"
## [12] "Term Accession Number"
## [13] "Parameter Value[Column model]"
## [14] "Parameter Value[Column type]"
## [15] "Parameter Value[Guard column]"
## [16] "Term Source REF"
## [17] "Term Accession Number"
## [18] "Labeled Extract Name"
## [19] "Label"
## [20] "Term Source REF"
## [21] "Term Accession Number"
## [22] "Protocol REF"
## [23] "Parameter Value[Scan polarity]"
## [24] "Parameter Value[Scan m/z range]"
## [25] "Parameter Value[Instrument]"
## [26] "Term Source REF"
## [27] "Term Accession Number"
## [28] "Parameter Value[Ion source]"
## [29] "Term Source REF"
## [30] "Term Accession Number"
## [31] "Parameter Value[Mass analyzer]"
## [32] "Term Source REF"
## [33] "Term Accession Number"
## [34] "MS Assay Name"
## [35] "Raw Spectral Data File"
## [36] "Protocol REF"
## [37] "Normalization Name"
## [38] "Derived Spectral Data File"
## [39] "Protocol REF"
## [40] "Data Transformation Name"
## [41] "Metabolite Assignment File"MS data files are generally provided in a column named
"Derived Spectral Data File" but sometimes they are also
listed in a column named "Raw Spectral Data File". Note
that providing MS data files is not absolutely mandatory, thus, for some
data sets no MS data files might be available. Below we list the content
of these data columns.
## Raw Spectral Data File Derived Spectral Data File
## 1 FILES/MN063A.cdf NA
## 2 FILES/MN063B.cdf NA
## 3 FILES/MN063C.cdf NA
## 4 FILES/CS063A.cdf NA
## 5 FILES/CS063B.cdf NA
## 6 FILES/CS063C.cdf NA
## 7 FILES/AM063A.cdf NA
## 8 FILES/AM063B.cdf NA
## 9 FILES/AM063C.cdf NA
## 10 FILES/MN073A.cdf NA
## 11 FILES/MN073B.cdf NA
## 12 FILES/MN073C.cdf NA
## 13 FILES/CS073A.cdf NA
## 14 FILES/CS073B.cdf NA
## 15 FILES/CS073C.cdf NA
## 16 FILES/AM073A.cdf NA
## 17 FILES/AM073B.cdf NA
## 18 FILES/AM073C.cdf NA
## 19 FILES/MN083A.cdf NA
## 20 FILES/MN083B.cdf NA
## 21 FILES/MN083C.cdf NA
## 22 FILES/CS083A.cdf NA
## 23 FILES/CS083B.cdf NA
## 24 FILES/CS083C.cdf NA
## 25 FILES/AM083A.cdf NA
## 26 FILES/AM083B.cdf NA
## 27 FILES/AM083C.cdf NAFor this particular data set the MS data files are provided in the
"Raw Spectral Data File" column. These files are in CDF
format and can hence be loaded using the
MsBackendMetaboLights backend into R as a
Spectra object (MsBackendMetaboLights directly
extends Spectra’s MsBackendMzR backend and
therefore supports import of MS data files in mzML,
CDF or mzXML formats). By default, all MS data files
of all assays would be retrieved, but in our example below we restrict
to few data files to reduce the amount of data that needs to be
downloaded. To this end we define a pattern matching the file name of
only some data files using the filePattern parameter.
Alternatively, for data sets with more than one assay, it would also be
possible to select MS data files from one particular assay only using
the assayName parameter. In our case we load all MS data
files that end with 63A.cdf.
library(Spectra)
#' Load MS data files of one data set
s <- Spectra("MTBLS39", filePattern = "63A.cdf",
source = MsBackendMetaboLights())## Used data files from the assay's column "Raw Spectral Data File" since none were available in column "Derived Spectral Data File".## adding rname 'ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/metabolights/studies/public/MTBLS39/FILES/MN063A.cdf'## adding rname 'ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/metabolights/studies/public/MTBLS39/FILES/CS063A.cdf'## adding rname 'ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/metabolights/studies/public/MTBLS39/FILES/AM063A.cdf'## MSn data (Spectra) with 1664 spectra in a MsBackendMetaboLights backend:
## msLevel rtime scanIndex
## <integer> <numeric> <integer>
## 1 1 0.296384 1
## 2 1 6.206912 2
## 3 1 12.093056 3
## 4 1 17.942912 4
## 5 1 23.835072 5
## ... ... ... ...
## 1660 1 2678.27 549
## 1661 1 2683.01 550
## 1662 1 2687.81 551
## 1663 1 2692.62 552
## 1664 1 2697.40 553
## ... 36 more variables/columns.
##
## file(s):
## MN063A.cdf
## CS063A.cdf
## AM063A.cdfThis call now downloaded the files to the local cache and loaded
these files as a Spectra object. The downloading and
caching of the data is handled by Bioconductor’s BiocFileCache.
The local cache can thus be managed directly using functionality from
that package. Any subsequent loading of the same data files will load
the locally cached versions avoiding thus repetitive download of the
same data.
The message that is shown by the call above indicates that the MS
data files were not provided in the expected column
("Derived Spectral Data File") but in the column for raw
data files.
The Spectra object with the MS data files of the
MetaboLights data set enables now any subsequent analysis of the data in
R. On top of the spectra variables and mass peak data values that are
provided by the MS data files also additional information related to the
MetaboLights data set are available as specific spectra
variables. We list all available spectra variables of the data set
below.
## [1] "msLevel" "rtime"
## [3] "acquisitionNum" "scanIndex"
## [5] "dataStorage" "dataOrigin"
## [7] "centroided" "smoothed"
## [9] "polarity" "precScanNum"
## [11] "precursorMz" "precursorIntensity"
## [13] "precursorCharge" "collisionEnergy"
## [15] "isolationWindowLowerMz" "isolationWindowTargetMz"
## [17] "isolationWindowUpperMz" "peaksCount"
## [19] "totIonCurrent" "basePeakMZ"
## [21] "basePeakIntensity" "ionisationEnergy"
## [23] "lowMZ" "highMZ"
## [25] "mergedScan" "mergedResultScanNum"
## [27] "mergedResultStartScanNum" "mergedResultEndScanNum"
## [29] "injectionTime" "filterString"
## [31] "spectrumId" "ionMobilityDriftTime"
## [33] "scanWindowLowerLimit" "scanWindowUpperLimit"
## [35] "mtbls_id" "mtbls_assay_name"
## [37] "derived_spectral_data_file"The MetaboLights-specific variables are "mtbls_id",
"mtbls_assay_name" and
"derived_spectral_data_file" providing the MetaboLights ID
of the data set, the assay/method with which the data files were
generated and the original file path/name of the data files on the
MetaboLights ftp server.
## DataFrame with 1664 rows and 3 columns
## mtbls_id mtbls_assay_name derived_spectral_data_file
## <character> <character> <character>
## 1 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/MN063A.cdf
## 2 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/MN063A.cdf
## 3 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/MN063A.cdf
## 4 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/MN063A.cdf
## 5 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/MN063A.cdf
## ... ... ... ...
## 1660 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/AM063A.cdf
## 1661 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/AM063A.cdf
## 1662 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/AM063A.cdf
## 1663 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/AM063A.cdf
## 1664 MTBLS39 a_MTBLS39_the_plasti.. FILES/AM063A.cdfThese variables can be used to link the individual spectra back to the original sample (e.g. through the assay and sample tables of the MetaboLights data set.
The mtbls_sync() function can be used to
synchronize the local content of a
MsBackendMetaboLights. This function checks if all data
files of the backend are available locally and eventually downloads and
caches missing files.
## Used data files from the assay's column "Raw Spectral Data File" since none were available in column "Derived Spectral Data File".## MsBackendMetaboLights with 1664 spectra
## msLevel rtime scanIndex
## <integer> <numeric> <integer>
## 1 1 0.296384 1
## 2 1 6.206912 2
## 3 1 12.093056 3
## 4 1 17.942912 4
## 5 1 23.835072 5
## ... ... ... ...
## 1660 1 2678.27 549
## 1661 1 2683.01 550
## 1662 1 2687.81 551
## 1663 1 2692.62 552
## 1664 1 2697.40 553
## ... 36 more variables/columns.
##
## file(s):
## MN063A.cdf
## CS063A.cdf
## AM063A.cdfAlso, it is possible to manually cache and download data
files from MetaboLights using the mtbls_sync_data_files()
function. This function evaluates if the respective data files are
already cached and, if so, does not download them again. Below we use
this retrieve the local storage information on one of the data files of
the MetaboLights data set MTBLS39:
## Used data files from the assay's column "Raw Spectral Data File" since none were available in column "Derived Spectral Data File".## rid mtbls_id
## 1 BFC3 MTBLS39
## mtbls_assay_name
## 1 a_MTBLS39_the_plasticity_of_the_grapevine_berry_transcriptome_metabolite_profiling_mass_spectrometry.txt
## derived_spectral_data_file rpath
## 1 FILES/AM063A.cdf /github/home/.cache/R/BiocFileCache/AM063A.cdfThe mtbls_cached_data_files() function can be used to
inspect and list locally cached MetaboLights data files. This function
does not require an active internet connection since only local content
is queried. With the default settings, a data.frame with
all available data files is returned.
## rid mtbls_id
## 3 BFC3 MTBLS39
## mtbls_assay_name
## 3 a_MTBLS39_the_plasticity_of_the_grapevine_berry_transcriptome_metabolite_profiling_mass_spectrometry.txt
## derived_spectral_data_file rpath
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