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Macias LA, Brodbelt JS. Enhanced Characterization of Cardiolipins via Hybrid 193 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2022; 94:3268-3277. [PMID: 35135194 PMCID: PMC9284920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cardiolipins (CLs) constitute a structurally complex class of glycerophospholipids with a unique tetraacylated structure accompanied by distinctive functional roles. Aberrations in the composition of this lipid class have been associated with disease states, spurring interest in the development of new approaches to differentiate the structures of diverse CLs in complex mixtures. The structural characterization of these complex lipids using conventional methods, however, suffers from limited resolution and frequently proves unable to discern subtle yet biologically significant features such as unsaturation sites or acyl chain position assignments. Here, we describe the synergistic use of chemical derivatization and hybrid dissociation techniques to characterize CL from complex biological mixtures with both double bond and sn positional isomer resolution in a shotgun mass spectrometry strategy. Utilizing (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane (TMSD), CL phosphate groups were methylated to promote positive-mode ionization by the production of metal-cationized lipids, enabling structural interrogation via hybrid higher-energy collisional activation/ultraviolet photodissociation (HCD/UVPD). This combination of TMSD derivatization and HCD/UVPD fragmentation results in diagnostic product ions that permit distinction and relative quantitation of sn-stereoisomers and the localization of double bonds. Applying this strategy to a total lipid extract from a thyroid carcinoma revealed a previously unreported 18:2/18:1 motif, elucidating a structural feature unique to the lipid class.
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- Luis A. Macias
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Kim J, Hoppel CL. Identification of unusual phospholipids from bovine heart mitochondria by HPLC-MS/MS. J Lipid Res 2020; 61:1707-1719. [PMID: 32998976 PMCID: PMC7707168 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.ra120001044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Phospholipids, including ether phospholipids, are composed of numerous isomeric and isobaric species that have the same backbone and acyl chains. This structural resemblance results in similar fragmentation patterns by collision-induced dissociation of phospholipids regardless of class, yielding complicated MS/MS spectra when isobaric species are analyzed together. Furthermore, the presence of isobaric species can lead to misassignment of species when made solely based on their molecular weights. In this study, we used normal-phase HPLC for ESI-MS/MS analysis of phospholipids from bovine heart mitochondria. Class separation by HPLC eliminates chances for misidentification of isobaric species from different classes of phospholipids. Chromatography yields simple MS/MS spectra without interference from isobaric species, allowing clear identification of peaks corresponding to fragmented ions containing monoacylglycerol backbone derived from losing one acyl chain. Using these fragmented ions, we characterized individual and isomeric species in each class of mitochondrial phospholipids, including unusual species, such as PS, containing an ether linkage and species containing odd-numbered acyl chains in cardiolipin, PS, PI, and PG. We also characterized monolysocardiolipin and dilysocardiolipin, the least abundant but nevertheless important mitochondrial phospholipids. The results clearly show the power of HPLC-MS/MS for identification and characterization of phospholipids, including minor species.
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- Junhwan Kim
- Center for Mitochondrial Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Mitochondrial Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Wozny K, Lehmann WD, Wozny M, Akbulut BS, Brügger B. A method for the quantitative determination of glycerophospholipid regioisomers by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 411:915-924. [PMID: 30580388 PMCID: PMC6338697 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1517-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Diacyl glycerophospholipids (GPs) belong to the most abundant lipid species in living organisms and consist of a glycerol backbone with fatty acyl groups in sn-1 and sn-2 and a polar head group in the sn-3 position. Regioisomeric mixed diacyl GPs have the same fatty acyl composition but differ in their allocation to sn-1 or sn-2 of the glycerol unit. In-depth analysis of regioisomeric mixed diacyl GP species composed of fatty acyl moieties that are similar in length and degree of saturation typically requires either chemical derivatization or sophisticated analytical instrumentation, since these types of regioisomers are not well resolved under standard ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) conditions. Here, we introduce a simple and fast method for diacyl GP regioisomer analysis employing UPLC tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). This GP regioisomer analysis is based both on minor chromatographic retention time shifts and on major differences in relative abundances of the two fatty acyl anion fragments observed in MS/MS. To monitor these differences with optimal precision, MS/MS spectra are recorded continuously over the UPLC elution profile of the lipid species of interest. Quantification of relative abundances of the regioisomers was performed by algorithms that we have developed for this purpose. The method was applied to commercially available mixed diacyl GP standards and to total lipid extracts of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and bovine liver. To validate our results, we determined regioisomeric ratios of phosphatidylcholine (PC) standards using phospholipase A2-specific release of fatty acids from the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone. Our results show that most analyzed mixed diacyl GPs of biological origin exhibit significantly higher regioisomeric purity than synthetic lipid standards. In summary, this method can be implemented in routine LC-MS/MS-based lipidomics workflows without the necessity for additional chemical additives, derivatizations, or instrumentation.
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- Katharina Wozny
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- MassMap GmbH & Co. KG, Meichelbeckstraße 13a, 85356, Freising, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Conrad KS, Cheng TW, Ysselstein D, Heybrock S, Hoth LR, Chrunyk BA, Am Ende CW, Krainc D, Schwake M, Saftig P, Liu S, Qiu X, Ehlers MD. Lysosomal integral membrane protein-2 as a phospholipid receptor revealed by biophysical and cellular studies. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1908. [PMID: 29199275 PMCID: PMC5712522 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02044-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Lysosomal integral membrane protein-2 (LIMP-2/SCARB2) contributes to endosomal and lysosomal function. LIMP-2 deficiency is associated with neurological abnormalities and kidney failure and, as an acid glucocerebrosidase receptor, impacts Gaucher and Parkinson's diseases. Here we report a crystal structure of a LIMP-2 luminal domain dimer with bound cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine. Binding of these lipids alters LIMP-2 from functioning as a glucocerebrosidase-binding monomer toward a dimeric state that preferentially binds anionic phosphatidylserine over neutral phosphatidylcholine. In cellular uptake experiments, LIMP-2 facilitates transport of phospholipids into murine fibroblasts, with a strong substrate preference for phosphatidylserine. Taken together, these biophysical and cellular studies define the structural basis and functional importance of a form of LIMP-2 for lipid trafficking. We propose a model whereby switching between monomeric and dimeric forms allows LIMP-2 to engage distinct binding partners, a mechanism that may be shared by SR-BI and CD36, scavenger receptor proteins highly homologous to LIMP-2.
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- Karen S Conrad
- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Biochemical Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098, Kiel, Germany
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- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Biochemical Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098, Kiel, Germany
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- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
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- Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Biogen, 225 Binney St., Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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Williams PE, Klein DR, Greer SM, Brodbelt JS. Pinpointing Double Bond and sn-Positions in Glycerophospholipids via Hybrid 193 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD) Mass Spectrometry. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:15681-15690. [PMID: 28988476 PMCID: PMC5760168 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Complete structural characterization of complex lipids, such as glycerophospholipids, by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) continues to present a major challenge. Conventional activation methods do not generate fragmentation patterns that permit the simultaneous discernment of isomers which differ in both the positions of acyl chains on the glycerol backbone and the double bonds within the acyl chains. Herein we describe a hybrid collisional activation/UVPD workflow that yields near-complete structural information for glycerophospholipids. This hybrid MS3 strategy affords the lipid's sum composition based on the accurate mass measured for the intact lipid as well as highly specific diagnostic product ions that reveal both the acyl chain assignment (i.e., sn-position) and the site-specific location of double bonds in the acyl chains. This approach is demonstrated to differentiate sn-positional and double-bond-positional isomers, such as the regioisomeric phosphatidylcholines PC 16:0/18:1(n-9) and PC 18:1(n-9)/16:0, and has been integrated into an LC-MS3 workflow.
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- Peggy E. Williams
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Antia IU, Yagnik DR, Pantoja Munoz L, Shah AJ, Hills FA. Heparan sulfate disaccharide measurement from biological samples using pre-column derivatization, UPLC-MS and single ion monitoring. Anal Biochem 2017; 530:17-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Honda M, Ishimaru T, Itabashi Y. Lipid Classes, Fatty Acid Composition, and Glycerolipid Molecular Species of the Red Alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla, a Prostaglandin-Producing Seaweed. J Oleo Sci 2017; 65:723-32. [PMID: 27581490 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess16026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla is a well-known producer of prostaglandins, such as PGE2 and PGF2α. In this study, the characteristics of glycerolipids as substrates of prostaglandin production were clarified, and the lipid classes, fatty acid composition, and glycerolipid molecular species were investigated in detail. The major lipid classes were monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG), as well as phosphatidylcholine (PC), which accounted for 43.0% of the total lipid profile. Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6), a prostaglandin precursor, and palmitic acid (16:0) were the predominant fatty acids in the total lipid profile. The 20:4n-6 content was significantly high in MGDG and PC (more than 60%), and the 16:0 content was significantly high in DGDG and SQDG (more than 50%). Chiral-phase high-performance liquid chromatography determined that fatty acids were esterified at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of those lipids. The main glycerolipid molecular species were 20:4n-6/20:4n-6 (sn-1/sn-2) for MGDG (56.5%) and PC (40.0%), and 20:4n-6/16:0 for DGDG (75.4%) and SQDG (58.4%). Thus, it was considered that the glycerolipid molecular species containing one or two 20:4n-6 were the major substrates for prostaglandin production in G. vermiculophylla.
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- Masaki Honda
- Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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Zacek P, Bukowski M, Rosenberger TA, Picklo M. Quantitation of isobaric phosphatidylcholine species in human plasma using a hybrid quadrupole linear ion-trap mass spectrometer. J Lipid Res 2016; 57:2225-2234. [PMID: 27688258 PMCID: PMC5321225 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d070656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) species in human plasma are used as biomarkers of disease. PC biomarkers are often limited by the inability to separate isobaric PCs. In this work, we developed a targeted shotgun approach for analysis of isobaric and isomeric PCs. This approach is comprised of two MS methods: a precursor ion scanning (PIS) of mass m/z 184 in positive mode (PIS m/z +184) and MS3 fragmentation in negative mode, both performed on the same instrument, a hybrid triple quadrupole ion-trap mass spectrometer. The MS3 experiment identified the FA composition and the relative abundance of isobaric and sn-1, sn-2 positional isomeric PC species, which were subsequently combined with absolute quantitative data obtained by PIS m/z +184 scan. This approach was applied to the analysis of a National Institute of Standards and Technology human blood plasma standard reference material (SRM 1950). We quantified more than 70 PCs and confirmed that a majority are present in isobaric and isomeric mixtures. The FA content determined by this method was comparable to that obtained using GC with flame ionization detection, supporting the quantitative nature of this MS method. This methodology will provide more in-depth biomarker information for clinical and mechanistic studies.
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- Petr Zacek
- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203 .,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota; Grand Forks, ND 58201
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- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203.,Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota; Grand Forks, ND 58201
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Shan Y, Liu Y, Yang L, Nie H, Shen S, Dong C, Bai Y, Sun Q, Zhao J, Liu H. Lipid profiling of cyanobacteriaSynechococcussp. PCC 7002 using two-dimensional liquid chromatography with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2016; 39:3745-3753. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201600315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Yabing Shan
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences; National Research Center for Geoanalysis; Beijing China
- Institute of analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing China
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- State Key Lab of Protein and Plant Sciences, School of Life Science; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Institute of analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Analytical Instrumentation Center; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Institute of analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing China
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- State Key Lab of Protein and Plant Sciences, School of Life Science; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Institute of analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences; National Research Center for Geoanalysis; Beijing China
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- State Key Lab of Protein and Plant Sciences, School of Life Science; Peking University; Beijing China
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- Institute of analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing China
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Esposito S, Colicchia S, de la Torre X, Mazzarino M, Botrè F. Liposomes as potential masking agents in sport doping. Part 1: analysis of phospholipids and sphingomyelins in drugs and biological fluids by aqueous normal-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Drug Test Anal 2016; 9:75-86. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.1939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Simone Esposito
- Laboratorio Antidoping; Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana; Largo Giulio Onesti 1 00197 Rome Italy
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- Laboratorio Antidoping; Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana; Largo Giulio Onesti 1 00197 Rome Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco; ‘Sapienza’- Università di Roma; Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Laboratorio Antidoping; Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana; Largo Giulio Onesti 1 00197 Rome Italy
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- Laboratorio Antidoping; Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana; Largo Giulio Onesti 1 00197 Rome Italy
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- Laboratorio Antidoping; Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana; Largo Giulio Onesti 1 00197 Rome Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale; ‘Sapienza’ Università di Roma; Viale Regina Elena 324 00161 Rome Italy
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Khedr A, Hegazy MA, Kammoun AK, Shehata MA. Phospholipidomic identification of potential serum biomarkers in dengue fever, hepatitis B and hepatitis C using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 1009-1010:44-54. [PMID: 26708624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
The serum phospholipid (PL) profiles of healthy volunteers (HE) and patients with recently diagnosed dengue fever (DF), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) were investigated using liquid chromatography-ion trap-mass spectrometry (LC-IT-MS) and liquid chromatography-triple quad-mass spectrometry (LC-TQ-MS). Major PLs, including lyso-phosphatidylcholins (LPCs), phosphatidylcholins (PCs), phosphatidylinositols (PIs), phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) and phosphatidylserines (PSs), were characterized in human serum using LC-IT-MS. Thirty-five PLs were quantified using seven non-endogenous odd-carbon PL standards. An MS search protocol for the identification of PLs is described. The analytical method was optimized to achieve maximum recovery and detection. PLs were detected with minimal ionization suppression. The PLs species were characterized on the basis of (i) MS(2) peaks due to polar head, (ii) precursor ion or neutral loss scans, (iii) identification of fatty acid, (iv) identification of sn-1 and sn-2 fatty acid. The quantitation data were subjected to principal component analysis (PCA), and a significant difference was observed between the PL profiles of the investigated diseases and those of HE subjects. The significance of the changes in each lipid among the four groups was statistically assessed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Bonferroni post hoc multiple comparison. The serum profiles of 28 PLs were determined to be significantly different and enabled the discrimination between HE individuals and the studied patients. Potentially dysregulated PLs were considered as differentiating biomarkers to diagnose DF, HBV, and HCV.
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- Alaa Khedr
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80260, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80260, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Methylmercury Increases and Eicosapentaenoic Acid Decreases the Relative Amounts of Arachidonic Acid-Containing Phospholipids in Mouse Brain. Lipids 2015; 51:61-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s11745-015-4087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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van Gestel RA, Brouwers JF, Ultee A, Helms JB, Gadella BM. Ultrastructure and lipid composition of detergent-resistant membranes derived from mammalian sperm and two types of epithelial cells. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 363:129-145. [PMID: 26378009 PMCID: PMC4700079 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2272-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Lipid rafts are micro-domains of ordered lipids (Lo phase) in biological membranes. The Lo phase of cellular membranes can be isolated from disordered lipids (Ld phase) after treatment with 1 % Triton X-100 at 4 °C in which the Lo phase forms the detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fraction. The lipid composition of DRM derived from Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, McArdle cells and porcine sperm is compared with that of the whole cell. Remarkably, the unsaturation and chain length degree of aliphatic chains attached to phospholipids is virtually the same between DRM and whole cells. Cholesterol and sphingomyelin were enriched in DRMs but to a cell-specific molar ratio. Sulfatides (sphingolipids from MDCK cells) were enriched in the DRM while a seminolipid (an alkylacylglycerolipid from sperm) was depleted from the DRM. Treatment with <5 mM methyl-ß-cyclodextrin (MBCD) caused cholesterol removal from the DRM without affecting the composition and amount of the phospholipid while higher levels disrupted the DRM. The substantial amount of (poly)unsaturated phospholipids in DRMs as well as a low stoichiometric amount of cholesterol suggest that lipid rafts in biological membranes are more fluid and dynamic than previously anticipated. Using negative staining, ultrastructural features of DRM were monitored and in all three cell types the DRMs appeared as multi-lamellar vesicular structures with a similar morphology. The detergent resistance is a result of protein–cholesterol and sphingolipid interactions allowing a relatively passive attraction of phospholipids to maintain the Lo phase. For this special issue, the relevance of our findings is discussed in a sperm physiological context.
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- Renske A van Gestel
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Pi J, Wu X, Yang S, Zeng P, Feng Y. Rapid identification of erythrocyte phospholipids in Sprague-Dawley rats by ultra high performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2015; 38:886-93. [PMID: 25564825 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201401120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
A rapid, sensitive, and reliable approach for analyzing five kinds of erythrocyte phospholipids in Sprague-Dawley rats was provided by ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry with MassLynx(TM) MassFragment. Improving conventional high performance liquid chromatography techniques, ultra high performance liquid chromatography integrated with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry offers high sensitivity and increased analytical speed by using columns packed with sub-2 μm particles (1.7 μm), which allows a faster separation to be achieved. Through this method, 83 phospholipids were tentatively characterized based on their mass spectra and tandem mass spectra, as well as by matching the in-house formula database within a mass error of 5 ppm, including 40 phosphatidylcholines, 24 phosphatidyl ethanolamines, three phosphatidylinositols, six phosphatidylserines, and ten sphingomyelins. Our present results proved that the established method could be used to qualitatively analyze complex erythrocyte phospholipids in Sprague-Dawley rats and provide a useful data base for pharmacology and phospholipidomics to seek potential biomarkers of disease prediction.
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- Juanjuan Pi
- Central laboratory, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Sun C, Zhao YY, Curtis JM. Elucidation of phosphatidylcholine isomers using two dimensional liquid chromatography coupled in-line with ozonolysis mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1351:37-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wensbo Posaric D, Andersson A, Bergquist KE, Isaksson A. Differentiation and quantification of synthetic phosphatidylethanol (PEth) homologues by ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR in polar organic solvents. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:4735-44. [PMID: 24866709 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7826-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Various phosphatidylethanol (PEth) derivatives, the corresponding reversed positional isomers (RPI-PEths), lyso-PEth-16:0, and penta-deuterium-labeled PEth analogs (d5-PEths), were synthesized by enzyme-independent synthetic routes. A general solvent system consisting of a mixture of acetone-d6 and methanol-d4 (97:3; v/v) was found to provide a good solubilizing capacity and excellent hydrogen-1 NMR ((1)H-NMR) peak resolution of various PEth homologues. Analytical differentiation of PEth from the corresponding RPI-PEth by carbon-13 NMR ((13)C-NMR) was demonstrated by comparison of the (13)C-NMR signals of the carbonyl groups, the allylic positions, and of the β-carbons. An exemplary stable long-term room temperature, DMSO-d6-based, and proton-sensitive quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H-qNMR) independently quantified calibrator comprising PEth-16:0/18:1 for liquid chromatography (tandem) mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analytical applications were prepared by employment of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a solubilizing additive. In summary, novel hypothetically occurring PEth derivatives, e.g., RPI-PEths, have been independently synthesized with regio- and stereochemical control. Use of polar organic solvents, e.g., mixtures of acetone-d6 and methanol-d4 or DMSO-d6, improves spectral line shapes as compared to traditional hydrophobic solvents and allow for analytical differentiation between closely related PEth derivatives, as well as LC-MS/MS-independent concentration determination of dissolved single species by employment of (1)H-qNMR.
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- David Wensbo Posaric
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, 221 85, Lund, Sweden,
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Pham HT, Maccarone AT, Thomas MC, Campbell JL, Mitchell TW, Blanksby SJ. Structural characterization of glycerophospholipids by combinations of ozone- and collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry: the next step towards “top-down” lipidomics. Analyst 2014; 139:204-14. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an01712e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cao W, Zhang K, Tao G, Wang X, Liu Y. Identification of the Fatty Acyl Residues Composition and Molecular Species of Phosphatidylcholines in Soy Lecithin Powder by UPLC–ESI-MS/MS. Chromatographia 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-012-2309-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Fox CB, Baldwin SL, Duthie MS, Reed SG, Vedvick TS. Immunomodulatory and physical effects of phospholipid composition in vaccine adjuvant emulsions. AAPS PharmSciTech 2012; 13:498-506. [PMID: 22415641 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-012-9771-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Egg phosphatidylcholine is commonly used as an emulsifier in formulations administered parenterally. However, synthetic phosphatidylcholine (PC) emulsifiers are now widely available and may be desirable substitutes for egg-derived phospholipids due to stability, purity, and material source considerations. In earlier work, we demonstrated that a squalene-1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) emulsion provided equivalent physical stability compared to a squalene-egg PC emulsion. In the present manuscript, we evaluate the physical stability of vaccine adjuvant emulsions containing a range of other synthetic phosphatidylcholine emulsifiers. Besides the POPC emulsion, the 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) emulsion showed good particle size and visual stability compared to emulsions made with other synthetic phospholipids. Moreover, comparable immune responses were elicited by squalene emulsions employing various synthetic PC or egg PC emulsifiers in combination with an inactivated influenza vaccine or a recombinant malaria antigen, and these responses were generally enhanced compared to antigen without adjuvant. Therefore, we show that (1) some synthetic PCs (DMPC, POPC, and to a lesser extent 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) are effective stabilizers of squalene emulsion over a range of storage temperatures while others are not (1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and 1,2-dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) and (2) the immunogenicity of stable squalene emulsions is similar regardless of PC source.
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Gaudin M, Imbert L, Libong D, Chaminade P, Brunelle A, Touboul D, Laprévote O. Atmospheric pressure photoionization as a powerful tool for large-scale lipidomic studies. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 23:869-879. [PMID: 22359092 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0341-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Lipidomic studies often use liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS) for separation, identification, and quantification. However, due to the wide structural diversity of lipids, the most apolar part of the lipidome is often detected with low sensitivity in ESI. Atmospheric pressure (APPI) can be an alternative ionization source since normal-phase solvents are known to enhance photoionization of these classes. In this paper, we intend to show the efficiency of APPI to identify different lipid classes, with a special interest on sphingolipids. In-source APPI fragmentation appears to be an added value for the structural analysis of lipids. It provides a detailed characterization of both the polar head and the non polar moiety of most lipid classes, and it makes possible the detection of all lipids in both polarities, which is not always possible with ESI.
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- Mathieu Gaudin
- Centre de Recherche de Gif, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Dynamics of arachidonic acid mobilization by inflammatory cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1821:249-56. [PMID: 22155285 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2011] [Revised: 11/19/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The development of mass spectrometry-based techniques is opening new insights into the understanding of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism. AA incorporation, remodeling and release are collectively controlled by acyltransferases, phospholipases and transacylases that exquisitely regulate the distribution of AA between the different glycerophospholipid species and its mobilization during cellular stimulation. Traditionally, studies involving phospholipid AA metabolism were conducted by using radioactive precursors and scintillation counting from thin layer chromatography separations that provided only information about lipid classes. Today, the input of lipidomic approaches offers the possibility of characterizing and quantifying specific molecular species with great accuracy and within a biological context associated to protein and/or gene expression in a temporal frame. This review summarizes recent results applying mass spectrometry-based lipidomic approaches to the identification of AA-containing glycerophospholipids, phospholipid AA remodeling and synthesis of oxygenated metabolites.
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Brouwers JF. Liquid chromatographic–mass spectrometric analysis of phospholipids. Chromatography, ionization and quantification. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:763-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Revised: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Müller FD, Beck S, Strauch E, Linscheid MW. Bacterial Predators Possess Unique Membrane Lipid Structures. Lipids 2011; 46:1129-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s11745-011-3614-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hou W, Zhou H, Bou Khalil M, Seebun D, Bennett SAL, Figeys D. Lyso-form fragment ions facilitate the determination of stereospecificity of diacyl glycerophospholipids. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:205-217. [PMID: 21157865 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this work we report the development of a novel methodology for the determination of stereospecificity of diacyl glycerophospholipids, including glycerophosphatidic acids (PA), glycerophosphoserines (PS), glycerophosphoglycerols (PG), glycerophosphoinositols (PI), and glycerophosphoethanolamines (PE), which can be conventionally ionized in negative ion mode. This methodology uses MS(2) recorded on a hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer to determine the stereospecificity of diacyl glycerophospholipids based on the lyso-form fragment ions, attributed to the neutral loss of fatty acyl moieties. The fragmentation patterns of a variety of diacyl glycerophospholipid standards were first fully examined over a wide range of collision energy. We observed that lyso-form fragment ions corresponding to the neutral loss of fatty acyl moieties attached to the sn2 position as free fatty acids ([M-Sn2](-) ) and as ketenes ([M-(Sn2-H(2) O)](-) ) exhibited consistently higher intensity than their counterpart ions due to the neutral loss of fatty acyl moieties attached to the sn1 position ([M-Sn1](-) and [M-(Sn1-H(2) O)](-) ). Therefore, we concluded that an empirical fragmentation rule can be used to precisely determine the stereospecificity of diacyl glycerophospholipids, primarily on the basis of relative abundance of the lyso-form fragment ions. We then examined the product ion spectra of diacyl glycerophospholipids recorded from lipid extracts of rat hepatoma cells, where the stereospecific information of these lipids was conclusively determined. Combining the novel methodology reported in this work with the currently widely practiced mass spectrometric techniques such as multiple precursor ion scans (MPIS), fatty acyl scans (FAS), and multidimensional mass spectrometry based shotgun lipidomics (MDMS-SL), should enable a reliable and convenient platform for comprehensive glycerophospholipid profiling.
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- Weimin Hou
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Bou Khalil M, Hou W, Zhou H, Elisma F, Swayne LA, Blanchard AP, Yao Z, Bennett SAL, Figeys D. Lipidomics era: accomplishments and challenges. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2010; 29:877-929. [PMID: 20931646 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lipid mediators participate in signal transduction pathways, proliferation, apoptosis, and membrane trafficking in the cell. Lipids are highly complex and diverse owing to the various combinations of polar headgroups, fatty acyl chains, and backbone structures. This structural diversity continues to pose a challenge for lipid analysis. Here we review the current state of the art in lipidomics research and discuss the challenges facing this field. The latest technological developments in mass spectrometry, the role of bioinformatics, and the applications of lipidomics in lipid metabolism and cellular physiology and pathology are also discussed.
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- Maroun Bou Khalil
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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Effects of sample properties and mass spectroscopic parameters on electrospray ionization mass spectra of size-fractions from a soil humic acid. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:3071-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3884-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/27/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Balgoma D, Montero O, Balboa MA, Balsinde J. Lipidomic approaches to the study of phospholipase A2-regulated phospholipid fatty acid incorporation and remodeling. Biochimie 2010; 92:645-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Song H, Ladenson J, Turk J. Algorithms for automatic processing of data from mass spectrometric analyses of lipids. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:2847-54. [PMID: 19131280 PMCID: PMC2723176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2008.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 12/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lipidomics comprises large-scale studies of the structures, quantities, and functions of lipid molecular species. Recently developed mass spectrometric methods for lipid analyses, especially electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry, permit identification and quantitation of an enormous variety of distinct lipid molecular species from small amounts of biological samples but generate a huge amount of experimental data within a brief interval. Processing such data sets so that comprehensible information is derived from them requires bioinformatics tools, and algorithms developed for proteomics and genomics have provided some strategies that can be directly adapted to lipidomics. The structural diversity and complexity of lipids, however, also requires the development and application of new algorithms and software tools that are specifically directed at processing data from lipid analyses. Several such tools are reviewed here, including LipidQA. This program employs searches of a fragment ion database constructed from acquired and theoretical spectra of a wide variety of lipid molecular species, and raw mass spectrometric data can be processed by the program to achieve identification and quantification of many distinct lipids in mixtures. Other approaches that are reviewed here include LIMSA (Lipid Mass Spectrum Analysis), SECD (Spectrum Extraction from Chromatographic Data), MPIS (Multiple Precursor Ion Scanning), FIDS (Fragment Ion Database Searching), LipidInspector, Lipid Profiler, FAAT (Fatty Acid Analysis Tool), and LIPID Arrays. Internet resources for lipid analyses are also summarized.
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- Haowei Song
- Mass Spectrometry Resource, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
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Hein EM, Blank LM, Heyland J, Baumbach JI, Schmid A, Hayen H. Glycerophospholipid profiling by high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry using exact mass measurements and multi-stage mass spectrometric fragmentation experiments in parallel. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:1636-1646. [PMID: 19408252 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A profiling method for glycerophospholipids (GPs) in biological samples was developed using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled to hybrid linear ion trap-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (LIT-FTICRMS) with electrospray ionization (ESI) in the negative ionization mode. The method allowed qualitative (identification and structure elucidation) and relative quantitative determination of various classes of GPs including phosphatidylcholines, phosphatidylethanolamines, phosphatidylinositols, phosphatidylserines, phosphatidic acids, phosphatidylglycerols, and cardiolipins in a single experiment. Chromatographic separation was optimized by the examination of different buffer systems and special emphasis was paid on the detection by ESI-MS. The hybrid LIT-FTICRMS system was operated in the data-dependent mode, switching automatically between FTICRMS survey scans and LIT-MS/MS experiments. Thereby, exact masses for elemental composition determination and fragmentation data for identification and assignment of fatty acid residues are provided at the same time. The low absolute instrumental limits of detection (0.05 pmol for phosphatidylglycerol to 1 pmol for phosphatidic acid) complemented by a linear dynamic range of 1.5 to 2.5 orders of magnitude facilitated the relative quantification of GP species in a lipid extract from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The developed method is a valuable tool for in-depth GP profiling of biological systems.
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- Eva-Maria Hein
- ISAS - Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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Hou W, Zhou H, Elisma F, Bennett SAL, Figeys D. Technological developments in lipidomics. BRIEFINGS IN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 7:395-409. [DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/eln042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Retra K, Bleijerveld OB, van Gestel RA, Tielens AGM, van Hellemond JJ, Brouwers JF. A simple and universal method for the separation and identification of phospholipid molecular species. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2008; 22:1853-62. [PMID: 18470873 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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One of the major challenges in lipidomics is to obtain as much information about the lipidome as possible. Here, we present a simple yet universal high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) method to separate molecular species of all phospholipid classes in one single run. The method is sensitive, robust and allows lipid profiling using full scan mass spectrometry, as well as lipid class specific scanning in positive and negative ionisation mode. This allows high-throughput processing of samples for lipidomics, even if different types of MS analysis are required. Excellent separation of isobaric and even isomeric species is achieved, and original levels of lyso-lipids can be determined without interference from lyso-lipids formed from diacyl species by source fragmentation. As examples of application of this method, more than 400 phospholipid species were identified and quantified in crude phospholipid extracts from rat liver and the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni.
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- Kim Retra
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Manicke NE, Wiseman JM, Ifa DR, Cooks RG. Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) of phospholipids and sphingolipids: ionization, adduct formation, and fragmentation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2008; 19:531-43. [PMID: 18258448 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry was evaluated for the characterization of glycerophospholipid standards, including glycerophosphocholine (GPCho), glycerophosphoglycerol (GPGro), glycerophosphoethanolamine (GPEtn), glycerophosphoserine (GPSer), glycerophosphoinositol (GPIns), cardiolipin (CL), and sphingolipid standards, including sulfatides (ST) and sphingomyelin (SM). Of specific interest were the effects of surface and solvent composition on signal stability and intensity, along with the ions observed in the full scan mode and the fragmentations seen upon collisional activation for each of the above classes. These experiments were performed without the addition of matrix compounds to the sample and were conducted in the free ambient environment at atmospheric pressure. The compounds GPSer, GPGro, GPIns, ST, and CL were best analyzed in the negative ion mode while PE was ionized efficiently in both positive and negative ion modes. SM and GPCho, which typically generate more abundant ions in the positive ion mode, could be analyzed in the negative ion mode by the addition of anionic reagents such as acetate to the spray solvent. Full scan DESI mass spectra and tandem (MS/MS) spectra for this representative set of physiological phospho/sphingolipids are presented. Similarities with other ionization methods in terms of fragmentation behavior were strong, although ambient ionization of untreated samples is only available with DESI. The effect of surface and solvent properties on signal intensity and stability were determined by depositing standard compounds on several different surfaces and analyzing with various proportions of methanol in the aqueous spray. Analysis was extended to complex mixtures of phospholipids and sphingolipids by examining the total lipid extract of porcine brain and by direct analysis of rat brain cryotome sections. These types of mixture analyses and molecular imaging studies are likely to represent major areas of application of DESI.
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- Nicholas E Manicke
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Oursel D, Loutelier-Bourhis C, Orange N, Chevalier S, Norris V, Lange CM. Lipid composition of membranes of Escherichia coli by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry using negative electrospray ionization. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2007; 21:1721-8. [PMID: 17477452 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) method using reversed-phase chromatography was developed for the analysis of phospholipids from bacterial extracts of a wild-type strain of Escherichia coli. Product ion mass spectra from [M--H](-) precursor ions allowed an identification of individual phospholipid species that includes both fatty acid composition and fatty acyl location on the glycerol backbone using diagnostic product ions. Thus, complete assignment, including sn-1/sn-2 fatty acyl position, was achieved for this strain of E. coli. In addition, the phospholipids were quantified relative to one another using an internal standard method.
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- Delphine Oursel
- Spectrométrie de Masse Bio-Organique, CNRS UMR 6014, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan cedex, France
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Peterson BL, Cummings BS. A review of chromatographic methods for the assessment of phospholipids in biological samples. Biomed Chromatogr 2006; 20:227-43. [PMID: 16138296 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Phospholipids are important constituents of all living cell membranes. Lipidomics is a rapidly growing field that provides insight as to how specific phospholipids play roles in normal physiological and disease states. There are many analytical methods available for the qualitative and quantitative determination of phospholipids. This review provides a summary of the methods that were historically used such as thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography. In addition, an introduction to applications of interfacing these traditional chromatographic techniques with mass spectrometry is provided.
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- Brianna L Peterson
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, 30602-2352, USA
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Bleijerveld OB, Houweling M, Thomas MJ, Cui Z. Metabolipidomics: Profiling metabolism of glycerophospholipid species by stable isotopic precursors and tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2006; 352:1-14. [PMID: 16564484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 02/13/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Onno B Bleijerveld
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80176, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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HASHIDATE T, ITABASHI Y. Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Regioisomeric 1,2-Diacylglycerols. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2005. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.54.807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Tsuyoshi HASHIDATE
- Laboratory of Bioresouces Chemistry, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Bioresouces Chemistry, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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Houjou T, Yamatani K, Imagawa M, Shimizu T, Taguchi R. A shotgun tandem mass spectrometric analysis of phospholipids with normal-phase and/or reverse-phase liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2005; 19:654-666. [PMID: 15700236 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is used in lipidomics studies. The present research established a top-down liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) shotgun analysis method for phospholipids (PLs) using a normal-phase column or a C30 reverse-phase column with the data-dependent MS/MS scanning mode. A normal-phase column can separate most of the major different classes of PLs. By using LC/ESI-MS/MS with a normal-phase column, approximately 50 molecular species were identified in a PL mixture from rat liver. When the reverse-phase column was used, the PLs could be separated depending on their hydrophobicity, essentially the length of their fatty acyl chains and the number of unsaturated bonds in them. The LC/ESI-MS/MS method using a C30 reverse-phase column was applied to phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) mixtures as test samples. Molecular species with the same molecular mass but with different pairs of fatty acyl chains were separately identified. As a result, about 60 PC and 50 PE species were identified. PLs from rat liver were subjected to LC/ESI-MS/MS using the C30 reverse-phase column and about 110 molecular species were identified. Off-line two-dimensional LC/ESI-MS/MS with the normal-phase and C30 reverse-phase columns allowed more accurate identification of molecular species by using one-dimensional C30 reverse-phase LC/ESI-MS/MS analysis of the collected fractions.
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- Toshiaki Houjou
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 467-8603, Japan
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Isaac G, Bylund D, Månsson JE, Markides KE, Bergquist J. Analysis of phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin molecular species from brain extracts using capillary liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Neurosci Methods 2003; 128:111-9. [PMID: 12948554 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(03)00168-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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One feature of complex lipids is that many subtypes of these molecules exist as a diverse mixture in a biological sample. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of these closely related molecules require sensitive and specific analytical methods to detect intact phospholipids (PL) and sphingomyelin (SM) species and to differentiate between them. Conventional analytical methods require laborious procedures including separation by column, argentation thin-layer chromatography or liquid chromatography (LC) after pre- or post-column derivatization. In the present work, a method based on reversed phase capillary LC coupled on-line to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS) has been developed to gather tools for lipidomic studies, i.e. the profiling of complex mixtures of lipids in small amounts of various cells and tissues. The LC/MS system used consisted of an LC pump in an isocratic elution, a reversed phase capillary column and a single quadrupole mass spectrometer operated in the positive ion mode. A successful separation of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and SM molecular species was obtained with a minimum detectable quantity (MDQ) in the low fmol range injected on column. The method was applied to human brain extracts. Furthermore, the extraction efficiencies of the traditional Folch method and pressurized fluid extraction (PFE) were compared using the human brain. It was found that the intensity of the PC and SM molecular species extracted by PFE is two times that of Folch.
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- Giorgis Isaac
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 599, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Pulfer M, Murphy RC. Electrospray mass spectrometry of phospholipids. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2003; 22:332-64. [PMID: 12949918 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 666] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Phospholipids play a central role in the biochemistry of all living cells. These molecules constitute the lipid bilayer defining the outer confines of a cell, but also serve as the structural entities which confine subcellular components. Mass spectrometry has emerged as a powerful tool useful for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex phospholipids, including glycerophospholipids and the sphingolipid, sphingomyelin. Collision induced decomposition of both positive and negative molecular ion species yield rich information as to the polar head group of the phospholipid and the fatty-acyl substituents esterified to the glycerophospholipid backbone. This review presents the current level of understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation of various product ions following collisional activation of molecular ion species generated by electrospray ionization of the common glycerophospholipids, including phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin, and sphingomyelin. Recent advances in the application of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization is also considered. Several applications of mass spectrometry applied to phospholipid analysis are presented as they apply to physiology as well as pathophysiology.
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- Melissa Pulfer
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cell Biology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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ISHIOKA S, TAOKA Y, ITABASHI Y. Molecular species analysis of phosphatidylglycerols by reversed-phase HPLC/ESI-MS. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2003. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.52.795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Saori ISHIOKA
- Laboratory of Bioresouces Chemistry, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Bioresouces Chemistry, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Bioresouces Chemistry, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
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