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Palomino TV, Muddiman DC. Mass spectrometry imaging of N-linked glycans: Fundamentals and recent advances. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024. [PMID: 38934211 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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With implications in several medical conditions, N-linked glycosylation is one of the most important posttranslation modifications present in all living organisms. Due to their nontemplate synthesis, glycan structures are extraordinarily complex and require multiple analytical techniques for complete structural elucidation. Mass spectrometry is the most common way to investigate N-linked glycans; however, with techniques such as liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry, there is complete loss of spatial information. Mass spectrometry imaging is a transformative analytical technique that can visualize the spatial distribution of ions within a biological sample and has been shown to be a powerful tool to investigate N-linked glycosylation. This review covers the fundamentals of mass spectrometry imaging and N-linked glycosylation and highlights important findings of recent key studies aimed at expanding and improving the glycomics imaging field.
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- Tana V Palomino
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Kumar BS. Recent Developments and Application of Mass Spectrometry Imaging in N-Glycosylation Studies: An Overview. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2024; 13:A0142. [PMID: 38435075 PMCID: PMC10904931 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Among the most typical posttranslational modifications is glycosylation, which often involves the covalent binding of an oligosaccharide (glycan) to either an asparagine (N-linked) or a serine/threonine (O-linked) residue. Studies imply that the N-glycan portion of a glycoprotein could serve as a particular disease biomarker rather than the protein itself because N-linked glycans have been widely recognized to evolve with the advancement of tumors and other diseases. N-glycans found on protein asparagine sites have been especially significant. Since N-glycans play clearly defined functions in the folding of proteins, cellular transport, and transmission of signals, modifications to them have been linked to several illnesses. However, because these N-glycans' production is not template driven, they have a substantial morphological range, rendering it difficult to distinguish the species that are most relevant to biology and medicine using standard techniques. Mass spectrometry (MS) techniques have emerged as effective analytical tools for investigating the role of glycosylation in health and illness. This is due to developments in MS equipment, data collection, and sample handling techniques. By recording the spatial dimension of a glycan's distribution in situ, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) builds atop existing methods while offering added knowledge concerning the structure and functionality of biomolecules. In this review article, we address the current development of glycan MSI, starting with the most used tissue imaging techniques and ionization sources before proceeding on to a discussion on applications and concluding with implications for clinical research.
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Palomino TV, Muddiman DC. Achieving Cross-Ring Fragmentation of N-Linked Glycans by IR-MALDESI. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:166-171. [PMID: 38113534 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00283] [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: 12/21/2023]
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Glycans are complex structures that require MS/MS for detailed structural elucidation. Incorporating metals can provide more structural information by inhibiting glycosidic cleavage and enhancing cross-ring fragmentation. A direct analysis was performed using lithium doping and IR-MALDESI to induce cross-ring fragmentation of glycans. The protonated and lithiated versions of the two glycans were isolated and subjected to HCD. For protonated glycans, only glycosidic cleavages were observed. Using lithium doping, MS/MS consisted of abundant cross-ring fragments. Seventeen cross-ring fragments were detected across both glycans using lithium-doped ESI. This is the first incorporation of metal doping in IR-MALDESI to achieve cross-ring fragments in MS/MS analysis.
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- Tana V Palomino
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Wang MF, Ritter MM, Kullman SW, Muddiman DC. Comparative analysis of sucrose-embedding for whole-body zebrafish MSI by IR-MALDESI. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:6389-6398. [PMID: 37640826 PMCID: PMC11132179 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04914-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (IR-MALDESI) conventionally utilizes fresh-frozen biological tissues with an ice matrix to improve the detection of analytes. Sucrose-embedding with paraformaldehyde fixation has demonstrated feasibility as an alternative matrix for analysis by IR-MALDESI by preserving tissue features and enhancing ionization of lipids. However, investigating multi-organ systems provides broader context for a biological study and can elucidate more information about a disease state as opposed to a single organ. Danio rerio, or zebrafish, are model organisms for various disease states and can be imaged as a multi-organ sample to analyze morphological and metabolomic preservation as a result of sample preparation. Herein, whole-body zebrafish were imaged to compare sucrose-embedding with paraformaldehyde fixation against conventional fresh-frozen sample preparation. Serial sections were analyzed with and without an ice matrix to evaluate if sucrose functions as an alternative energy-absorbing matrix for IR-MALDESI applications across whole-body tissues. The resulting four conditions were compared in terms of total putative lipid annotations and category diversity, coverage across the entire m/z range, and ion abundance. Ultimately, sucrose-embedded zebrafish had an increase in putative lipid annotations for the combination of putative annotations with and without the application of an ice matrix relative to fresh-frozen tissues which require the application of an ice matrix. Upon the use of an ice matrix, a greater number of high mass putative lipid annotations (e.g., glycerophospholipids, glycerolipids, and sphingolipids) were identified. Conversely, without an ice matrix, sucrose-embedded sections elucidated more putative annotations in lower molecular weight lipids, including fatty acyls and sterol lipids. Similar to the mouse brain model, sucrose-embedding increased putative lipid annotation and abundance for whole-body zebrafish.
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- Mary F Wang
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Toxicology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Toxicology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Joignant AN, Ritter MM, Knizner KT, Garrard KP, Kullman SW, Muddiman DC. Maximized Spatial Information and Minimized Acquisition Time of Top-Hat IR-MALDESI-MSI of Zebrafish Using Nested Regions of Interest (nROIs). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:2043-2050. [PMID: 37526449 PMCID: PMC11137852 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Increasing the spatial resolution of a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) method results in a more defined heatmap of the spatial distribution of molecules across a sample, but it is also associated with the disadvantage of increased acquisition time. Decreasing the area of the region of interest to achieve shorter durations results in the loss of potentially valuable information in larger specimens. This work presents a novel MSI method to reduce the time of MSI data acquisition with variable step size imaging: nested regions of interest (nROIs). Using nROIs, a small ROI may be imaged at a higher spatial resolution while nested inside a lower-spatial-resolution peripheral ROI. This conserves the maximal spatial and chemical information generated from target regions while also decreasing the necessary acquisition time. In this work, the nROI method was characterized on mouse liver and applied to top-hat MSI of zebrafish using a novel optical train, which resulted in a significant improvement in both acquisition time and spatial detail of the zebrafish. The nROI method can be employed with any step size pairing and adapted to any method in which the acquisition time of larger high-resolution ROIs poses a practical challenge.
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- Alena N Joignant
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Toxicology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Toxicology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Samal J, Palomino TV, Chen J, Muddiman DC, Segura T. Enhanced Detection of Charged N-Glycans in the Brain by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Imaging. Anal Chem 2023; 95:10913-10920. [PMID: 37427925 PMCID: PMC10640919 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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N-linked glycosylation represents a structurally diverse, complex, co- and posttranslational protein modification that bridges metabolism and cellular signaling. Consequently, aberrant protein glycosylation is a hallmark of most pathological scenarios. Due to their complex nature and non-template-driven synthesis, the analysis of glycans is faced with several challenges, underlining the need for new and improved analytical technologies. Spatial profiling of N-glycans through direct imaging on tissue sections reveals the regio-specific and/or disease pathology correlating tissue N-glycans that serve as a disease glycoprint for diagnosis. Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) is a soft hybrid ionization technique that has been used for diverse mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) applications. Here, we report the first spatial analysis of the brain N-linked glycans by IR-MALDESI MSI, leading to a significant increase in the detection of the brain N-sialoglycans. A formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded mouse brain tissue was analyzed in negative ionization mode after tissue washing, antigen retrieval, and pneumatic application of PNGase F for enzymatic digestion of N-linked glycans. We report a comparative analysis of section thickness on the N-glycan detection using IR-MALDESI. One hundred thirty-six unique N-linked glycans were confidently identified in the brain tissue (with an additional 132 unique N-glycans, not reported in GlyConnect), where more than 50% contained sialic acid residues, which is approximately 3-fold higher than the previous reports. This work demonstrates the first application of IR-MALDESI in N-linked glycan imaging of the brain tissue, leading to a 2.5-fold increase in the in situ total brain N-glycan detection compared to the current gold standard of positive-mode matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging. This is also the first report of the application of the MSI toward the identification of sulfoglycans in the rodent brain. Overall, IR-MALDESI-MSI presents a sensitive glycan detection platform to identify tissue-specific and/or disease-specific glycosignature in the brain while preserving the sialoglycans without any chemical derivatization.
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- Juhi Samal
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0274, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7001, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0274, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7001, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0274, United States
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Palomino TV, Muddiman DC. Predicting Sialic Acid Content of N-Linked Glycans Using the Isotopic Pattern of Chlorine. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023. [PMID: 37289618 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Sialic acids play several roles in both physiological and pathological processes; however, due to their labile nature, they are difficult to analyze using mass spectrometry. Previous work has shown that infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) is able to detect intact sialylated N-linked glycans without the use of chemical derivatization. In this work, we describe a new rule that can predict the number of sialic acids on a glycan. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human kidney tissue was prepared using previously established methods and analyzed using IR-MALDESI in negative-ion mode mass spectrometry. Using the experimental isotopic distribution of a detected glycan, we can predict the number of sialic acids on the glycan; #sialic acids is equal to the charge state minus the number of chlorine adducts, or z - #Cl-. This new rule grants confident glycan annotations and compositions beyond accurate mass measurements, thereby further improving the capability of IR-MALDESI to study sialylated N-linked glycans within biological tissues.
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- Tana V Palomino
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Guo X, Wang X, Tian C, Dai J, Zhao Z, Duan Y. Development of mass spectrometry imaging techniques and its latest applications. Talanta 2023; 264:124721. [PMID: 37271004 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a novel molecular imaging technology that collects molecular information from the surface of samples in situ. The spatial distribution and relative content of various compounds can be visualized simultaneously with high spatial resolution. The prominent advantages of MSI promote the active development of ionization technology and its broader applications in diverse fields. This article first gives a brief introduction to the vital parts of the processes during MSI. On this basis, provides a comprehensive overview of the most relevant MS-based imaging techniques from their mechanisms, pros and cons, and applications. In addition, a critical issue in MSI, matrix effects is also discussed. Then, the representative applications of MSI in biological, forensic, and environmental fields in the past 5 years have been summarized, with a focus on various types of analytes (e.g., proteins, lipids, polymers, etc.) Finally, the challenges and further perspectives of MSI are proposed and concluded.
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- Xing Guo
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, PR China
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- Aliben Science and Technology Company Limited, Chengdu, 610064, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, PR China; Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, PR China.
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Wang MF, Sohn AL, Samal J, Erning K, Segura T, Muddiman DC. Lipidomic Analysis of Mouse Brain to Evaluate the Efficacy and Preservation of Different Tissue Preparatory Techniques by IR-MALDESI-MSI. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:869-877. [PMID: 36988291 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Numerous preparatory methods have been developed to preserve the cellular and structural integrity of various biological tissues for different -omics studies. Herein, two preparatory methods for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) were evaluated, fresh-frozen and sucrose-embedded, paraformaldehyde (PFA) fixed, in terms of ion abundance, putative lipid identifications, and preservation of analyte spatial distributions. Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI)-MSI was utilized to compare the preparatory methods of interest with and without the use of the conventional ice matrix. There were 2.5-fold and 1.6-fold more lipid species putatively identified in positive- and negative-ion modes, respectively, for sucrose-embedded, PFA-fixed tissues without an ice matrix relative to the current IR-MALDESI-MSI gold-standard, fresh-frozen tissue preparation with an exogenous ice matrix. Furthermore, sucrose-embedded tissues demonstrated improved spatial distribution of ions resulting from the cryo-protective property of sucrose and paraformaldehyde fixation. Evidence from these investigations supports sucrose-embedding without ice matrix as an alternative preparatory technique for IR-MALDESI-MSI.
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- Mary F Wang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Caleb Bagley M, Garrard KP, Muddiman DC. The development and application of matrix assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization: The teenage years. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023; 42:35-66. [PMID: 34028071 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In the past 15 years, ambient ionization techniques have witnessed a significant incursion into the field of mass spectrometry imaging, demonstrating their ability to provide complementary information to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization. Matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization is one such technique that has evolved since its first demonstrations with ultraviolet lasers coupled to Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers to extensive use with infrared lasers coupled to orbitrap-based mass spectrometers. Concurrently, there have been transformative developments of this imaging platform due to the high level of control the principal group has retained over the laser technology, data acquisition software (RastirX), instrument communication, and image processing software (MSiReader). This review will discuss the developments of MALDESI since its first laboratory demonstration in 2005 to the most recent advances in 2021.
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- Michael Caleb Bagley
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- The Precision Engineering Consortium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Joignant AN, Bai H, Manni JG, Muddiman DC. Improved spatial resolution of infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging using a reflective objective. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9392. [PMID: 36057935 PMCID: PMC9643617 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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RATIONALE The level of visual detail of a mass spectrometry image is dependent on the spatial resolution with which it is acquired, which is largely determined by the focal diameter in infrared laser ablation-based techniques. While the use of mid-IR light for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has advantages, it results in a relatively large focal diameter and spatial resolution. The continual advancement of infrared matrix-assisted electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) for MSI warranted novel methods to decrease laser ablation areas and thus improve spatial resolution. METHODS In this work, a Schwarzschild-like reflective objective was incorporated into the novel NextGen IR-MALDESI source and characterized on both burn paper and mammalian tissue using an ice matrix. Ablation areas, mass spectra, and annotations obtained using the objective were compared against the current optical train on the NextGen system without modification. RESULTS The effective resolution was determined to be 55 μm by decreasing the step size until oversampling was observed. Use of the objective improved the spatial resolution by a factor of three as compared against the focus lens. CONCLUSIONS A Schwarzschild-like reflective objective was successfully incorporated into the NextGen source and characterized on mammalian tissue using an ice matrix. The corresponding improvement in spatial resolution facilitates the future expansion of IR-MALDESI applications to include those that require fine structural detail.
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- Alena N. Joignant
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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Joignant AN, Bai H, Guymon JP, Garrard KP, Pankow M, Muddiman DC. Developing transmission mode for infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9386. [PMID: 36056474 PMCID: PMC9541130 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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RATIONALE The development and characterization of the novel NextGen infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) source catalyzed new advancements in IR-MALDESI instrumentation, including the development of a new analysis geometry. METHODS A vertically oriented transmission mode (tm)-IR-MALDESI setup was developed and optimized on thawed mouse tissue. In addition, glycerol was introduced as an alternative energy-absorbing matrix for tm-IR-MALDESI because the new geometry does not currently allow for the formation of an ice matrix. The tm geom was evaluated against the optimized standard geometry for the NextGen source in reflection mode (rm). RESULTS It was found that tm-IR-MALDESI produces comparable results to rm-IR-MALDESI after optimization. The attempt to incorporate glycerol as an alternative matrix provided little improvement to tm-IR-MALDESI ion abundances. CONCLUSIONS This work has successfully demonstrated the adaptation of the NextGen IR-MALDESI source through the feasibility of tm-IR-MALDESI mass spectrometry imaging on mammalian tissue, expanding future biological applications of the method.
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- Alena N. Joignant
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Precision Engineering Consortium, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
- Precision Engineering Consortium, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Precision Engineering Consortium, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
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Sohn AL, Ping L, Glass JD, Seyfried NT, Hector EC, Muddiman DC. Interrogating the Metabolomic Profile of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Post-Mortem Human Brain by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization (IR-MALDESI) Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI). Metabolites 2022; 12:1096. [PMID: 36355179 PMCID: PMC9696666 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12111096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an idiopathic, fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of motor function with an average survival time of 2-5 years after diagnosis. Due to the lack of signature biomarkers and heterogenous disease phenotypes, a definitive diagnosis of ALS can be challenging. Comprehensive investigation of this disease is imperative to discovering unique features to expedite the diagnostic process and improve diagnostic accuracy. Here, we present untargeted metabolomics by mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) for comparing sporadic ALS (sALS) and C9orf72 positive (C9Pos) post-mortem frontal cortex human brain tissues against a control cohort. The spatial distribution and relative abundance of metabolites were measured by infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) MSI for association to biological pathways. Proteomic studies on the same patients were completed via LC-MS/MS in a previous study, and results were integrated with imaging metabolomics results to enhance the breadth of molecular coverage. Utilizing METASPACE annotation platform and MSiPeakfinder, nearly 300 metabolites were identified across the sixteen samples, where 25 were identified as dysregulated between disease cohorts. The dysregulated metabolites were further examined for their relevance to alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, glutathione metabolism, and arginine and proline metabolism. The dysregulated pathways discussed are consistent with reports from other ALS studies. To our knowledge, this work is the first of its kind, reporting on the investigation of ALS post-mortem human brain tissue analyzed by multiomic MSI.
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- Alexandria L. Sohn
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Knizner KT, Bagley MC, Garrard KP, Hauschild JP, Pu F, Elsen NL, Williams JD, Muddiman DC. Optimized C-Trap Timing of an Orbitrap 240 Mass Spectrometer for High-Throughput Screening and Native MS by IR-MALDESI. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:328-334. [PMID: 35073091 PMCID: PMC9944060 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (IR-MALDESI) is a hybrid mass spectrometry ionization source that combines the benefits of electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) making it a great analytical tool for high-throughput screening (HTS) analyses. IR-MALDESI is coupled to an Orbitrap Exploris 240 mass spectrometer that utilizes a bent quadrupole (C-trap) to inject accumulated ions into the high-field Orbitrap mass analyzer. Here, we present a study on the optimized C-trap timing for HTS analyses by IR-MALDESI mass spectrometry. The timing between initial ion generation and the C-trap opening time was optimized to reduce unnecessary ambient ion accumulation in the mass spectrometer. The time in which the C-trap was held open, the ion accumulation time, was further optimized to maximize the accumulation of analyte ions generated using IR-MALDESI. The resulting C-trap opening scheme benefits small-molecule HTS analyses by IR-MALDESI by maximizing target ion abundances, minimizing ambient ion abundances, and minimizing the total analysis time per sample. The proposed C-trap timing scheme for HTS does not translate to large molecules; a NIST monoclonal antibody standard reference material was analyzed to demonstrate that larger analytes require longer ion accumulation times and that IR-MALDESI can measure intact antibodies in their native state.
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- Kevan T. Knizner
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Precision Engineering Consortium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Drug Discovery Science and Technology, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
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- Drug Discovery Science and Technology, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
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- Drug Discovery Science and Technology, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Pace CL, Angel PM, Drake RR, Muddiman DC. Mass Spectrometry Imaging of N-Linked Glycans in a Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Human Prostate by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization. J Proteome Res 2022; 21:243-249. [PMID: 34860526 PMCID: PMC9944006 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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N-Linked glycans are structurally diverse polysaccharides that represent significant biological relevance due to their involvement in disease progression and cancer. Due to their complex nature, N-linked glycans pose many analytical challenges requiring the continued development of analytical technologies. Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) is a hybrid ionization technique commonly used for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) applications. Previous work demonstrated IR-MALDESI to significantly preserve sialic acid containing N-linked glycans that otherwise require chemical derivatization prior to detection. Here, we demonstrate the first analysis of N-linked glycans in situ by IR-MALDESI MSI. A formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human prostate tissue was analyzed in negative ionization mode after tissue washing, antigen retrieval, and pneumatic application of PNGase F for enzymatic digestion of N-linked glycans. Fifty-three N-linked glycans were confidently identified in the prostate sample where more than 60% contained sialic acid residues. This work demonstrates the first steps in N-linked glycan imaging of biological tissues by IR-MALDESI MSI. Raw data files are available in MassIVE (identifier: MSV000088414).
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- Crystal L. Pace
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27606
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA, 29425
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA, 29425
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27606,Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695,Author for Correspondence: David C. Muddiman, Ph.D., FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Phone: 919-513-0084,
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Xi Y, Muddiman DC. Enhancing Metabolomic Coverage in Positive Ionization Mode Using Dicationic Reagents by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization. Metabolites 2021; 11:810. [PMID: 34940568 PMCID: PMC8708802 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11120810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mass spectrometry imaging is a powerful tool to analyze a large number of metabolites with their spatial coordinates collected throughout the sample. However, the significant differences in ionization efficiency pose a big challenge to metabolomic mass spectrometry imaging. To solve the challenge and obtain a complete data profile, researchers typically perform experiments in both positive and negative ionization modes, which is time-consuming. In this work, we evaluated the use of the dicationic reagent, 1,5-pentanediyl-bis(1-butylpyrrolidinium) difluoride (abbreviated to [C5(bpyr)2]F2) to detect a broad range of metabolites in the positive ionization mode by infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (IR-MALDESI MSI). [C5(bpyr)2]F2 at 10 µM was doped in 50% MeOH/H2O (v/v) electrospray solvent to form +1 charged adducted ions with anionic species (-1 charged) through post-electrospray ionization. This method was demonstrated with sectioned rat liver and hen ovary. A total of 73 deprotonated metabolites from rat liver tissue sections were successfully adducted with [C5(bpyr)2]2+ and putatively identified in the adducted positive ionization polarity, along with 164 positively charged metabolite ions commonly seen in positive ionization mode, which resulted in 44% increased molecular coverage. In addition, we were able to generate images of hen ovary sections showing their morphological features. Following-up tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) indicated that this dicationic reagent [C5(bpyr)2]2+ could form ionic bonds with the headgroup of glycerophospholipid ions. The addition of the dicationic reagent [C5(bpyr)2]2+ in the electrospray solvent provides a rapid and effective way to enhance the detection of metabolites in positive ionization mode.
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- Ying Xi
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Bagley MC, Muddiman DC. Investigations of β-carotene radical cation formation in infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI). RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2021; 35:e9133. [PMID: 34038981 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RATIONALE Radical cationization of endogenous hydrocarbons in cherry tomatoes was previously reported using infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI), a mass spectrometry imaging technique that operates at ambient conditions and requires no sample derivatization. Due to the surprising nature of this odd-electron ionization, subsequent experiments were performed on β-carotene to determine the amount of radical cationization across different sampling conditions. METHODS β-Carotene was analyzed across a variety of sample states using IR-MALDESI followed by Orbitrap mass spectrometric analysis: first, as a standard in ethanol in a well plate; second, as particulates on printer paper; and third, as particulates covered by an ice matrix. These techniques were also performed with a β-carotene standard either in solution with a reducing agent (ascorbic acid) or with ascorbic acid in the electrospray solution. RESULTS Tandem mass spectrometry confirmed the presence of the radical cation of β-carotene by comparing fragments against NIST and METLIN databases. It was always analyzed as a radical cation when sampled from solution, where ascorbic acid increased radical cation abundance when in solution with β-carotene. Mixed-mode ionization between radical cationization and proton adduction was observed from dried particulates using IR-MALDESI. CONCLUSIONS There are several potential mechanisms for β-carotene radical cationization prior to IR-MALDESI analysis, with multiphoton ionization, thermal degradation, and/or reaction with oxygen appearing to be the most logical explanations. Furthermore, although not the primary cause, changing certain aspects of sample conditions can result in significant mixed-mode ionization with competing protonation.
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- M Caleb Bagley
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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Tu A, Said N, Muddiman DC. Spatially resolved metabolomic characterization of muscle invasive bladder cancer by mass spectrometry imaging. Metabolomics 2021; 17:70. [PMID: 34287708 PMCID: PMC8893274 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-021-01819-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is an advanced stage of bladder cancer which poses a severe threat to life. Cancer development is usually accompanied by remarkable alterations in cell metabolism, and hence deep insights into MIBC at the metabolomic level can facilitate the understanding of the biochemical mechanisms involved in the cancer development and progression. METHODS In this proof-of-concept study, the optimal cutting temperature (OCT)-embedded MIBC samples were first washed with pure water to remove the polymer compounds which could cause severe signal suppression during mass spectrometry. Further, the tissue sections were analyzed by infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (IR-MALDESI MSI), providing an overview on the spatially resolved metabolomic profiles. RESULTS The MSI data enabled the discrimination between not only the cancerous and normal tissues, but also the subregions within a tissue section associated with different disease states. Using t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE), the hyperdimensional MSI data was mapped into a two-dimensional space to visualize the spectral similarity, providing evidence that metabolomic alterations might have occurred outside the histopathological tumor border. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) was further employed to classify sample pathology in a pixel-wise manner, yielding excellent prediction sensitivity and specificity up to 96% based on the statistically characteristic spectral features. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate great promise of IR-MALDESI MSI to identify molecular changes derived from cancer and unveil tumor heterogeneity, which can potentially promote the discovery of clinically relevant biomarkers and allow for applications in precision medicine.
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- Anqi Tu
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Departments of Cancer Biology, Pathology, and Urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Tu A, Garrard KP, Said N, Muddiman DC. In situ detection of fatty acid C=C positional isomers by coupling on-tissue mCPBA epoxidation with infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2021; 35:e9119. [PMID: 33942403 PMCID: PMC8988907 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RATIONALE Unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) play vital roles in regulating cellular functions. In-depth structural characterization of UFAs such as localizing carbon-carbon double bonds is fundamentally important but poses considerable challenges in mass spectrometry (MS) given that the most widely accessible ion activation method, low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID), primarily generates uninformative fragments (e.g., neutral loss of CO2 ) that are not suggestive of the double-bond positions. METHODS m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) was uniformly deposited onto the sample slides using a TM Sprayer, converting the carbon-carbon double bonds into epoxides under ambient conditions. The epoxidation product was ionized in situ by infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (IR-MALDESI-MS), and subsequently cleaved via CID, generating a diagnostic ion pair associated with the double-bond position. The reaction efficiency, sensitivity and relative quantification capability of the method were validated with five UFA standards dried on glass slides, and then this strategy was demonstrated on thin tissue sections of rat liver and human bladder. RESULTS The mCPBA reaction yielded conversion rates in the range of 44-60% in 10 min with high specificity and sensitivity. Further tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) of the mono-epoxidized products generated informative fragment ions specific to the double-bond positions, and relative quantification of positional isomers in binary mixtures was performed across a wide mole fraction from 0 to 1. An innovative spiral scan pattern was utilized during data acquisition, elucidating the major isomeric compositions of multiple UFAs from a tissue section in a single run. CONCLUSIONS The on-tissue mCPBA epoxidation was implemented into an ambient MS imaging workflow to offer a rapid and simple way for in situ identification and relative quantification of double-bond positional isomers without the requirement for instrument modification. The method can be readily implemented on many other MS platforms to reveal the role of double-bond positional isomers in lipid biology and to discover potential biomarkers.
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- Anqi Tu
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Precision Engineering Consortium, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Departments of Cancer Biology, Pathology, and Urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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Hoang TPT, Touboul D. Comparison of internal energy distributions generated by supercritical fluid chromatography versus liquid chromatography hyphenated with electrospray high resolution mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1634:461703. [PMID: 33234292 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The internal energy distributions of thermometer ions dissolved in supercritical and liquid solvents and produced in the gas phase by electrospray (ESI) were measured and compared by the survival yield method. The influence of different chromatographic conditions such as the nature of solvents, the composition of the mobile phase, the pressure of the back pressure regulator was studied for supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) whereas the influence of the composition and of the flow rate of the mobile phase was investigated for liquid chromatography (LC). The MS instrumental parameters were studied in parallel for SFC and LC showing that the drying gas temperature and the fragmentor voltage affected the internal energy distribution, whereas the capillary voltage did not modify the internal energy distribution. A comparison of the internal energy distributions generated by SFC and LC was carried out leading to conclude that SFC led to higher internal energy, i.e. more in-source fragment ions, than LC.
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- Thi Phuong Thuy Hoang
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Xi Y, Tu A, Muddiman DC. Lipidomic profiling of single mammalian cells by infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI). Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:8211-8222. [PMID: 32989513 PMCID: PMC7606626 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02961-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To better understand cell-to-cell heterogeneity, advanced analytical tools are in a growing demand for elucidating chemical compositions of each cell within a population. However, the progress of single-cell chemical analysis has been restrained by the limitations of small cell volumes and minute cellular concentrations. Here, we present a rapid and sensitive method for investigating the lipid profiles of isolated single cells using infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (IR-MALDESI-MS). In this work, HeLa cells were dispersed onto a glass slide, and the cellular contents were ionized by IR-MALDESI and measured using a Q-Exactive HF-X mass spectrometer. Importantly, this approach does not require extraction and/or enrichment of analytes prior to MS analysis. Using this approach, 45 distinct lipid species, predominantly phospholipids, were detected and putatively annotated from the single HeLa cells. The proof-of-concept study demonstrates the feasibility and efficacy of IR-MALDESI-MS for rapid lipidomic profiling of single cells, which provides an important basis for future work on differentiation between normal and diseased cells at various developmental states, which can offer new insights into cellular metabolic pathways and pathological processes. Although not yet accomplished, we believe this approach can be readily used as an assessment tool to compare the number of identified species during source evolution and method optimization (intra-laboratory), and also disclose the complementary nature of different direct analytical approaches for the coverage of different types of endogenous analytes (inter-laboratory).Graphical abstract.
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- Ying Xi
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Pace CL, Muddiman DC. Direct Analysis of Native N-Linked Glycans by IR-MALDESI. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:10.1021/jasms.0c00176. [PMID: 32603137 PMCID: PMC8285077 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Glycan analysis by mass spectrometry has rapidly progressed due to the interest in understanding the role of glycans in disease and tumor progression. Glycans are complex molecules that pose analytical challenges due to their isomeric compositions, labile character, and ionization preferences. This study sought to demonstrate infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) as a novel approach for the direct analysis of N-linked glycans. The glycoprotein bovine fetuin was chosen for this analysis as its glycome is well-characterized and heavily composed of sialylated glycans. Native N-linked glycans produced by enzymatic cleavage (via PNGase F) of bovine fetuin were analyzed directly by IR-MALDESI in both positive and negative ionization mode. In this study, we detected 12 N-linked glycans in negative mode and 4 N-linked glycans in positive mode, a significant increase in the amount of underivatized glycans detected by other ionization sources. Importantly, all N-linked glycans detected contained at least one sialic acid residue, which are known to be labile. This work represents a critical first step for N-linked glycan analysis by IR-MALDESI with future efforts directed at mass spectrometry imaging.
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- Crystal L. Pace
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695
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Pace CL, Horman B, Patisaul H, Muddiman DC. Analysis of neurotransmitters in rat placenta exposed to flame retardants using IR-MALDESI mass spectrometry imaging. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:3745-3752. [PMID: 32300844 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02626-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Chemical exposures can adversely impact fetal development. For many compounds, including common flame retardants, the mechanisms by which this occurs remain unclear, but emerging evidence suggests that disruption at the level of the placenta may play a role. Understanding how the placenta might be vulnerable to chemical exposures is challenging due to its complex structure. The primary objective of this study was to develop a method for detecting placental neurotransmitters and related metabolites without chemical derivatization so changes in the abundance and spatial distribution of neurotransmitters in rat placenta following chemical exposure could be determined using infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) mass spectrometry imaging. Without chemical derivatization, 49 neurotransmitters and their related metabolites were putatively identified in untreated rat placenta sections using mass measurement accuracy and spectral accuracy. A few neurotransmitters were less abundant in placentas that were exposed to various flame retardants and were further investigated by KEGG metabolic pathway analysis. Many of these downregulated neurotransmitters shared the same enzyme responsible for metabolism, aromaticl-amino acid decarboxylase, suggesting a mechanistic role. These data constitute a new approach that could help identify novel mechanisms of toxicity in complex tissues. Graphical abstract.
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- Crystal L Pace
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Ekelöf M, Dodds J, Khodjaniyazova S, Garrard KP, Baker ES, Muddiman DC. Coupling IR-MALDESI with Drift Tube Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry for High-Throughput Screening and Imaging Applications. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:642-650. [PMID: 31971795 PMCID: PMC7263366 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Because of its high degree of selectivity and chemical resolution, mass spectrometry (MS) is rapidly becoming the analytical method of choice for high-throughput evaluations and clinical diagnostics. While advances in MS resolving power have increased by an order of magnitude over the past decade, advances in sample introduction are still needed for high-throughput screening applications where the time frame of chromatographic separation would limit the duty cycle. Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) is an ambient ionization source that has been shown to be applicable for direct analyses and mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of complex biological samples in a high-throughput manner. To increase a range of detectable features in IR-MALDESI experiments, we integrated the home-built ion source with a commercially available drift tube ion mobility spectrometer-mass spectrometer (IMS-MS) and analyzed small polar molecules, lipids, carbohydrates, and intact proteins. We also describe in detail how the pulsed ionization source was synchronized with IMS-MS.
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- Måns Ekelöf
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
- Precision Engineering Consortium, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Hale OJ, Cooper HJ. In situ mass spectrometry analysis of intact proteins and protein complexes from biological substrates. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 48:317-326. [PMID: 32010951 PMCID: PMC7054757 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Advances in sample preparation, ion sources and mass spectrometer technology have enabled the detection and characterisation of intact proteins. The challenges associated include an appropriately soft ionisation event, efficient transmission and detection of the often delicate macromolecules. Ambient ion sources, in particular, offer a wealth of strategies for analysis of proteins from solution environments, and directly from biological substrates. The last two decades have seen rapid development in this area. Innovations include liquid extraction surface analysis, desorption electrospray ionisation and nanospray desorption electrospray ionisation. Similarly, developments in native mass spectrometry allow protein-protein and protein-ligand complexes to be ionised and analysed. Identification and characterisation of these large ions involves a suite of hyphenated mass spectrometry techniques, often including the coupling of ion mobility spectrometry and fragmentation techniques. The latter include collision, electron and photon-induced methods, each with their own characteristics and benefits for intact protein identification. In this review, recent developments for in situ protein analysis are explored, with a focus on ion sources and tandem mass spectrometry techniques used for identification.
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- Oliver J. Hale
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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Caleb Bagley M, Ekelöf M, Muddiman DC. Determination of Optimal Electrospray Parameters for Lipidomics in Infrared-Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:319-325. [PMID: 32031399 PMCID: PMC10861021 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (IR-MALDESI) is an ambient mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technique that relies on electrospray ionization (ESI) for ion generation of desorbed neutrals. Although many mechanisms in IR-MALDESI have been studied in depth, there has not yet been a comprehensive study of how the ESI parameters change the profiles of tissue specific lipids. Acetonitrile (ACN)/water and methanol (MeOH)/water solvent systems and compositions were varied across a series of applied ESI voltages during IR-MALDESI analysis of rat liver tissue. Gradients of 12 min were run from 5 to 95% organic solvent in both positive and negative polarities across 11 voltages between 2.25 and 4.5 kV. These experiments informed longer gradients (25-30 min) across shorter solvent gradient ranges with fewer voltages. Optimal ESI parameters for lipidomics were determined by the number and abundance of detected lipids and the relative proportion of background ions. In positive polarity, the best solvent composition was 60-75% ACN/40-25% H2O with 0.2% formic acid at 3.2 kV applied voltage. The best parameters for negative polarity analysis are 45-55% ACN/55-45% H2O with 1 mM of acetic acid for voltages between 2.25 and 3.2 kV. Using these defined parameters, IR-MALDESI positive polarity lipidomics studies can increase lipid abundances 3-fold, with 15% greater coverage, while an abundance increase of 1.5-fold and 10% more coverage can be achieved relative to commonly used parameters in negative polarity.
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Caleb Bagley
- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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- FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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