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Camunas-Alberca SM, Moran-Garrido M, Sáiz J, Gil-de-la-Fuente A, Barbas C, Gradillas A. Integrating the potential of ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry in the separation and structural characterisation of lipid isomers. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1112521. [PMID: 37006618 PMCID: PMC10060977 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1112521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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It is increasingly evident that a more detailed molecular structure analysis of isomeric lipids is critical to better understand their roles in biological processes. The occurrence of isomeric interference complicates conventional tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)-based determination, necessitating the development of more specialised methodologies to separate lipid isomers. The present review examines and discusses recent lipidomic studies based on ion mobility spectrometry combined with mass spectrometry (IMS-MS). Selected examples of the separation and elucidation of structural and stereoisomers of lipids are described based on their ion mobility behaviour. These include fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, and sterol lipids. Recent approaches for specific applications to improve isomeric lipid structural information using direct infusion, coupling imaging, or liquid chromatographic separation workflows prior to IMS-MS are also discussed, including: 1) strategies to improve ion mobility shifts; 2) advanced tandem MS methods based on activation of lipid ions with electrons or photons, or gas-phase ion-molecule reactions; and 3) the use of chemical derivatisation techniques for lipid characterisation.
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- Sandra M. Camunas-Alberca
- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
- Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
- *Correspondence: Ana Gradillas,
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Influence of the Column Inner Diameter on Chromatographic Efficiency in Miniaturized and Conventional Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Chromatographia 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-023-04237-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lima NM, Dos Santos GF, da Silva Lima G, Vaz BG. Advances in Mass Spectrometry-Metabolomics Based Approaches. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1439:101-122. [PMID: 37843807 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41741-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Highly selective and sensitive analytical techniques are necessary for microbial metabolomics due to the complexity of the microbial sample matrix. Hence, mass spectrometry (MS) has been successfully applied in microbial metabolomics due to its high precision, versatility, sensitivity, and wide dynamic range. The different analytical tools using MS have been employed in microbial metabolomics investigations and can contribute to the discovery or accelerate the search for bioactive substances. The coupling with chromatographic and electrophoretic separation techniques has resulted in more efficient technologies for the analysis of microbial compounds occurring in trace levels. This book chapter describes the current advances in the application of mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in the search for new biologically active agents from microbial sources; the development of new approaches for in silico annotation of natural products; the different technologies employing mass spectrometry imaging to deliver more comprehensive analysis and elucidate the metabolome involved in ecological interactions as they enable visualization of the spatial dispersion of small molecules. We also describe other ambient ionization techniques applied to the fingerprint of microbial natural products and modern techniques such as ion mobility mass spectrometry used to microbial metabolomic analyses and the dereplication of natural microbial products through MS.
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Masike K, de Villiers A, de Beer D, Joubert E, Stander MA. Application of direct injection-ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (DI-IMS-MS) for the analysis of phenolics in honeybush and rooibos tea samples. J Food Compost Anal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Masike K, Stander MA, de Villiers A. Recent applications of ion mobility spectrometry in natural product research. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2021; 195:113846. [PMID: 33422832 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a rapid separation technique capable of extracting complementary structural information to chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS). IMS, especially in combination with MS, has experienced inordinate growth in recent years as an analytical technique, and elicited intense interest in many research fields. In natural product analysis, IMS shows promise as an additional tool to enhance the performance of analytical methods used to identify promising drug candidates. Potential benefits of the incorporation of IMS into analytical workflows currently used in natural product analysis include the discrimination of structurally similar secondary metabolites, improving the quality of mass spectral data, and the use of mobility-derived collision cross-section (CCS) values as an additional identification criterion in targeted and untargeted analyses. This review aims to provide an overview of the application of IMS to natural product analysis over the last six years. Instrumental aspects and the fundamental background of IMS will be briefly covered, and recent applications of the technique for natural product analysis will be discussed to demonstrate the utility of the technique in this field.
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- Keabetswe Masike
- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa; Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.
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The use of UHPLC, IMS, and HRMS in multiresidue analytical methods: A critical review. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1158:122369. [PMID: 33091675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Residue chemists who analyse pesticides in vegetables or veterinary drugs in animal-based food are currently facing a situation where there is a requirement to detect more and more compounds at lower and lower concentrations. Conventional tandem quadrupole instruments provide sufficient sensitivity, but speed and selectivity appear as future limitations. This will become an even larger issue when there is a need to not only detect active compounds but also their degradation products and metabolites. This will likely lead to a situation in which the conventional targeted approach must be expanded or augmented by a certain non-targeted strategy. High-resolution mass spectrometry provides such capabilities, but it frequently requires an additional degree of selectivity for the unequivocal confirmation of analytes present at trace levels in highly complex and variable food matrices. The hyphenation of ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography with ion mobility and high-resolution mass spectrometry provides analytical chemists with a new tool for performing such a demanding multiresidue analysis. The objective of this paper is to investigate the benefits of the added ion mobility dimension as well as to critically discuss the current limitations of this commercially available technology.
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Drouin N, Mielcarek A, Wenz C, Rudaz S. Evaluation of ion mobility in capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry for the identification in metabolomics. Electrophoresis 2020; 42:342-349. [PMID: 32744343 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Currently, feature annotation remains one of the main challenges in untargeted metabolomics. In this context, the information provided by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) in addition to accurate mass can improve the quality of metabolite annotation, and MS/MS fragmentation patterns are widely used. Accurate mass and a separation index, such as retention time or effective mobility (μeff ), in chromatographic and electrophoretic approaches, respectively, must be used for unequivocal metabolite identification. The possibility of measuring collision cross-section (CCS) values by using ion mobility (IM) is becoming increasingly popular in metabolomic studies thanks to the new generation of IM mass spectrometers. Based on their similar separation mechanisms involving electric field and the size of the compounds, the complementarity of DT CCSN2 and μeff needs to be evaluated. In this study, a comparison of DT CCSN2 and μeff was achieved in the context of feature identification ability in untargeted metabolomics by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) coupled with HRMS. This study confirms the high correlation of DT CCSN2 with the mass of the studied metabolites as well as the orthogonality between accurate mass and μeff , making this combination particularly interesting for the identification of several endogenous metabolites. The use of IM-MS remains of great interest for facilitating the annotation of neutral metabolites present in the electroosmotic flow (EOF) that are poorly or not separated by CZE.
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- Nicolas Drouin
- Division of Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, The Netherlands.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Agilent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Waldbronn, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Wu Q, Li Y, Wang Y, Lu H. Quantitative mass spectrometry imaging of amino acids with isomer differentiation in brain tissue via exhaustive liquid microjunction surface sampling–tandem mass tags labeling–ultra performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1621:461086. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kelly K, Bell S, Maleki H, Valentine S. Synthetic Small Molecule Characterization and Isomer Discrimination Using Gas-Phase Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange IMS-MS. Anal Chem 2019; 91:6259-6265. [PMID: 30999746 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) combined with gas-phase hydrogen-deuterium exchange has been used to characterize novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) which are small synthetic compounds designed to mimic the effects of other illicit substances. Here, NPSs containing labile heteroatom hydrogens were evaluated for HDX reactivity in the presence of either deuterated water (D2O) or ammonia (ND3) within the drift tube. An initial evaluation of exchange propensity was performed for six NPSs. Five compounds exchanged in the presence of ND3 while only one NPS (benzyl piperazine) exchanged with D2O. The exchange mechanism of D2O requires stabilization with a nearby charged site; the diamine ring of benzyl piperazine provided this charge site at a fixed length. Three disubstituted benzene isomers ( o-, m-, and p-fluorophenyl piperazine) containing the diamine ring structure and a fluorine atom were subsequently analyzed. Having identical isotopic composition and nearly identical drift time distributions, these isomers could not be distinguished by IMS-MS alone. However, upon undergoing HDX in the drift tube, a t test of means (α = 0.05) showed that discrimination was possible if the exchange data from both reagent gases were included. Molecular dynamics simulations show that the proximity of the fluorine to the diamine ring hinders the dihedral angle rotation between the benzene and the diamine ring; this may partially account for the observed exchange differences.
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