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Miller SA, Jeanne Dit Fouque K, Mebel AM, Chandler KB, Fernandez-Lima F. Gas-Phase Structures of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides: Alkali Metal and Halogen Influences. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:8869-8877. [PMID: 39226480 PMCID: PMC11421426 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c02696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2024]
Abstract
Fucosylated carbohydrate antigens play critical roles in physiology and pathology with function linked to their structural details. However, the separation and structural characterization of isomeric fucosylated epitopes remain challenging analytically. Here, we report for the first time the influence of alkali metal cations (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+) and halogen anions (Cl-, Br-, and I-) on the gas-phase conformational landscapes of common fucosylated trisaccharides (Lewis A, X, and H types 1 and 2) and tetrasaccharides (Lewis B and Y) using trapped ion mobility spectrometry coupled to mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations. Inspection of the mobility profiles of individual standards showed a dependence on the number of mobility bands with the oligosaccharide and the alkali metal and halogen; collision cross sections are reported for all of the observed species. Results showed that trisaccharides (Lewis A, X, and H types 1 and 2) can be best mobility resolved in the positive mode using the [M + Li]+ molecular ion form (baseline resolution r ≈ 2.88 between Lewis X and A); tetrasaccharides can be best mobility resolved in the negative mode using the [M + I]- molecular ion form (baseline separation r ≈ 1.35 between Lewis B and Y). The correlation between the number of oligosaccharide conformers as a function of the molecular ion adduct was studied using density functional theory. Theoretical calculations revealed that smaller cations can form more stable structures based on the number of coordinations, while larger cations induced greater oligosaccharide reorganizations; candidate structures are proposed to better understand the gas-phase oligosaccharide rearrangement trends. Inspection of the candidate structures suggests that the interplay between ion size/charge density and molecular structure dictated the conformational preferences and, consequently, the number of mobility bands and the mobility separation across isomers. This work provides a fundamental understanding of the gas-phase structural dynamics of fucosylated oligosaccharides and their interaction with alkali metals and halogens.
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- Samuel A Miller
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Translational Glycobiology Institute, Department of Translational Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, 11200 SW Eighth Street, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Gass DT, Quintero AV, Hatvany JB, Gallagher ES. Metal adduction in mass spectrometric analyses of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:615-659. [PMID: 36005212 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Glycans, carbohydrates, and glycoconjugates are involved in many crucial biological processes, such as disease development, immune responses, and cell-cell recognition. Glycans and carbohydrates are known for the large number of isomeric features associated with their structures, making analysis challenging compared with other biomolecules. Mass spectrometry has become the primary method of structural characterization for carbohydrates, glycans, and glycoconjugates. Metal adduction is especially important for the mass spectrometric analysis of carbohydrates and glycans. Metal-ion adduction to carbohydrates and glycoconjugates affects ion formation and the three-dimensional, gas-phase structures. Herein, we discuss how metal-ion adduction impacts ionization, ion mobility, ion activation and dissociation, and hydrogen/deuterium exchange for carbohydrates and glycoconjugates. We also compare the use of different metals for these various techniques and highlight the value in using metals as charge carriers for these analyses. Finally, we provide recommendations for selecting a metal for analysis of carbohydrate adducts and describe areas for continued research.
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- Darren T Gass
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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Mischnick P, Schleicher S. Potential of ion mobility mass spectrometry in cellulose ether analysis: substitution pattern of hydroxyethyl celluloses. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024:10.1007/s00216-024-05224-w. [PMID: 38436692 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05224-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Ion mobility mass spectrometry (ESI-tims-ToF-MS, syringe pump infusion) has been applied to glucose and oligosaccharide ethers derived from hydroxyethyl-methyl celluloses (HEMC) and hydroxyethyl celluloses (HEC) after permethylation and partial depolymerization: by hydrolysis without or with subsequent reductive amination with m-amino benzoic acid (mABA) or by reductive cleavage. As model compounds without tandem substitution methoxyethylated methylcellulose was used. Regioisomeric glucose ethers were separated according to their ion mobility, and positions of substitution could be assigned. Glucose ethers including isomers with tandem substitution showed additional signals with a smaller collision cross-section (CCS) than core-substituted isomers. Positional isomers of cellobiose ethers were only partly resolved due to too high complexity but showed a characteristic fingerprint that might allow classifying samples. Relative intensities of signals of glucose ether isomers could only be quantified in case of ABA derivatives with its fixed charge, while sodium adducts of methoxyethyl ethers showed an influence of the MeOEt position on ion yield. Results were in very good agreement with reference analysis. [M + Na]+ adducts of α- and β-anomers of glucose derivatives were separated in IM, complicating position assignment. This could be overcome by reductive cleavage of the permethylated HE(M)C yielding 1,5-anhydroglucitol-terminated oligosaccharides, showing the best resolved fingerprints of the cellobiose ethers of a particular cellulose ether. With this first application of ion mobility MS to the analysis of complex cellulose ethers, the promising potential of this additional separation dimension in mass spectrometry is demonstrated and discussed.
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- Petra Mischnick
- Institute of Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 20, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 20, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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Bonnet V, Clodic G, Sonnendecker C, Zimmermann W, Przybylski C. Ion mobility mass spectrometry enables the discrimination of positional isomers and the detection of conformers from cyclic oligosaccharides-metals supramolecular complexes. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 320:121205. [PMID: 37659808 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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Cyclic oligosaccharides are well known to interact with various metals, able to form supramolecular complexes with distinct sizes and shapes. However, the presence of various isomers in a sample, including positional isomers and conformers, can significantly impact molecular recognition, encapsulation ability and chemical reactivity. Therefore, it is crucial to have tools for deep samples probing and correlation establishments. The emerging ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) has the advantages to be rapid and sensitive, but is still in its infancy for the investigation of supramolecular assemblies. In the herein study, it was demonstrated that IM-MS is suitable to discriminate several isomers of cyclodextrins (CD)-metals complexes, used as cyclic oligosaccharide models. In this sense, we investigated branched 6-O-α-glucosyl- or 6-O-α-maltosyl-β-cyclodextrins (G1-β-CD and G2-β-CD) and their purely cyclic isomers: CD8 (γ-CD) and CD9 (δ-CD). The corresponding collision cross section (CCS) values were deducted for the main positive singly and doubly charged species. Experimental CCS values were matched with models obtained from molecular modelling. The high mobility resolving power and resolution enabled discrimination of positional isomers, identification of various conformers and accurate relative content estimation. These results represent a milestone in the identification of carbohydrate conformers that cannot be easily reached by other approaches.
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- Véronique Bonnet
- Laboratoire de Glycochimie, des Antimicrobiens et des Agroressources, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 80039 Amiens, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Mass Spectrometry Sciences Sorbonne University, MS3U Platform, UFR 926, UFR 927, Paris, France
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, IPCM, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, CNRS, LAMBE, Evry-Courcouronnes 91000, France.
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Zhang W, Cai J, Gao W, Han R, Wang H, Wu Y, Wu J, Wu Y, Wang C, Tang K, Yu J. Overlapping peak separation algorithm for ion mobility spectra based on multistrategy JAYA. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9603. [PMID: 37580846 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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RATIONALE In the field of separation science, ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) plays an important role as an analytical tool. However, the lack of sufficient structural resolution is a common problem in qualitative and quantitative analysis using IMS. A method is needed to solve the problem of overlapping peaks caused by insufficient resolution. METHODS The method uses multiple strategies to more effectively use population information to balance exploration and exploitation capabilities, prevent local optimization, accurately resolve overlapping peaks, quickly obtain optimal spectral peak model coefficients, and accurately identify compounds. RESULTS Multistrategy JAYA algorithm's (MSJAYA) performance is compared with improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO), dynamic inertia weight particle swarm optimization (DIWPSO), and multiobjective dynamic teaching-learning-based optimization (MDTLBO). The analysis shows that MSJAYA's maximum separation error is within 0.6%, a level of accuracy not guaranteed by the other algorithms. In addition, the separation error fluctuates within a much smaller range, demonstrating MSJAYA's superior robustness. CONCLUSIONS Compared with other overlapping peak separation algorithms, MSJAYA is more applicable because no special parameters are used. The method allows fast deconvolution analysis of strong overlapping peaks with multiple components, which greatly improves the resolution of IMS.
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- Weiyang Zhang
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Academic Affairs Department, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Monitoring and Control of Zhejiang Province, National Anti-Drug Laboratory Zhejiang Regional Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Monitoring and Control of Zhejiang Province, National Anti-Drug Laboratory Zhejiang Regional Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Monitoring and Control of Zhejiang Province, National Anti-Drug Laboratory Zhejiang Regional Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Zhu P, Chen D, Jiang K, Zhu S, Su W, Van Schepdael A, Adams E. Differentiation of tetracyclines and their 4-epimers by mass spectrometry of the alkali metal adduct ions. Talanta 2023; 254:124201. [PMID: 36549141 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.124201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Tetracyclines (TCs) are a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics. During the manufacturing process or storage, epimerization of tetracyclines could occur, leading to 4-epimers which are nearly inactive. From an analytical point of view, isomers are often difficult to distinguish. Previously, four pairs of TCs (oxytetracycline, tetracycline, doxycycline, chlortetracycline and their respective 4-epimers) were differentiated by mass spectrometry (MS) through protonated ions. However, they do not follow common rules and so it is still quite difficult to differentiate between them. In order to solve this, the four pairs were differentiated in the current study by collision induced dissociation (CID) spectra of the alkali adduct ions, including lithium, sodium and potassium. In the spectra of the sodium adducts, all studied tetracyclines showed a tendency to form [M+Na-NH3]+ ions, while the 4-epimers liked to form [M+Na-NH3-H2O]+ ions. Meanwhile, energy resolved mass spectrometry (ERMS) showed that all four 4-epimers' sodium adducts had the tendency to fragment at higher energy points. In the CID spectra of lithium adducts of TCs, a similar trend was observed for three pairs, except for doxycycline. For potassium adducts, the fragmentation was found to be less discriminative. As was derived from the 3D model, the four pairs all interact with the alkali metal through the dimethyl amino group at the C-4 position. The lithium adduct species also bound through the hydroxyl group at the C-5 position. If the TCs did not have a hydroxyl group at the C-5 position, they bound with the hydroxyl group at the C-6 position. For the same TC, with an increase of the diameter of the metal ion, the loss of H2O decreased gradually. As sodium adduct ions are common during the ionization process, TCs and their 4-epimers could be differentiated rapidly by ERMS of the sodium adduct ions.
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- Peixi Zhu
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China; KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, O&N2, PB, 923, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology, Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang, China
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- National Anti-Drug Laboratory Zhejiang Regional Center (Zhejiang Anti-Drug Technology Center), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, O&N2, PB, 923, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, O&N2, PB, 923, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Ji X, Liu R, Hao J, Wang C, Li J, Gao W, Yu J, Tang K. Two-step particle swarm optimization algorithm for effective deconvolution and resolution enhancement of various overlapping peaks. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9429. [PMID: 36346291 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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RATIONALE The existing particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms are only effective in deconvoluting the overlapping peaks in ion mobility spectra with fewer than four component peaks, which limits the applicability of these algorithms. METHODS A high-performance two-step particle swarm optimization (TSPSO) algorithm was developed. Compared to the existing PSO algorithms, TSPSO can narrow the search ranges of all coefficients for the overlapping peaks through Gaussian model calculation, and thus can deconvolute various overlapping peaks with high accuracy, even for 30-component overlapping peaks. In addition, the TSPSO could be further applied to enhance the resolution of the spectra by narrowing the peak widths after the peak deconvolution. RESULTS Simulated overlapping peaks were first used to evaluate the performance of TSPSO as compared to the dynamic inertia weight particle swarm optimization (DIWPSO) algorithm. The results showed that the profiles of the peaks deconvoluted by using TSPSO were more consistent with the original ones. The fitness values and the standard deviations of the fitness values from TSPSO were also at least an order of magnitude less than those from DIWPSO. By applying TSPSO, the overlapping peaks from both mass spectrometry (MS) and field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) spectra can also be well deconvoluted. In addition, the resolutions of the MS and FAIMS spectra can be effectively enhanced after peak deconvolution. The enhanced spectra matched excellently with the experimental ones acquired at high-resolution modes. CONCLUSIONS The experiment results convincingly demonstrate that the TSPSO algorithm is capable of both deconvoluting complex overlapping peaks and enhancing the spectrum resolution with high accuracy.
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- Xiaoli Ji
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Liu L, Wang Z, Zhang Q, Mei Y, Li L, Liu H, Wang Z, Yang L. Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry for the Separation and Characterization of Small Molecules. Anal Chem 2023; 95:134-151. [PMID: 36625109 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Longchan Liu
- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing100871, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines, The SATCM Key Laboratory of New Resources and Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicines, The Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicines, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China.,Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of TCM Chemical Biology, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai201203, China
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Xie C, Chen Y, Wang X, Song Y, Shen Y, Diao X, Zhu L, Wang J, Cai Z. Chiral derivatization-enabled discrimination and on-tissue detection of proteinogenic amino acids by ion mobility mass spectrometry. Chem Sci 2022; 13:14114-14123. [PMID: 36540812 PMCID: PMC9728562 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03604e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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The importance of chiral amino acids (AAs) in living organisms has been widely recognized since the discovery of endogenous d-AAs as potential biomarkers in several metabolic disorders. Chiral analysis by ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) has the advantages of high speed and sensitivity but is still in its infancy. Here, an N α-(2,4-dinitro-5-fluorophenyl)-l-alaninamide (FDAA) derivatization is combined with trapped ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (TIMS-MS) for chiral AA analysis. For the first time, we demonstrate the simultaneous separation of 19 pairs of chiral proteinogenic AAs in a single fixed condition TIMS-MS run. The utility of this approach is presented for mouse brain extracts by direct-infusion TIMS-MS. The robust separation ability in complex biological samples was proven in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) TIMS mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) as well by directly depositing 19 pairs of chiral AAs on a tissue slide following on-tissue derivatization. In addition, endogenous chiral amino acids were also detected and distinguished. The developed methods show compelling application prospects in biomarker discovery and biological research.
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- Chengyi Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
- Institute for Research and Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR China +852-34117348 +852-34117070
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Li J, Li L, Gao W, Shi S, Yu J, Tang K. Two-Dimensional FAIMS-IMS Characterization of Peptide Conformers with Resolution Exceeding 1000. Anal Chem 2022; 94:6363-6370. [PMID: 35412805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A high-performance field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS)-IMS-MS platform was developed and applied to explore the conformational diversity of the singly and doubly charged bradykinin (BK + H+)+ and (BK + 2H+)2+ ions. With pure N2 as the FAIMS carrier gas, more than ten conformers of (BK + H+)+ can be resolved using FAIMS-IMS, as compared to only four conformers resolved using either FAIMS or IMS alone. Interestingly, multiple conformers of (BK + H+)+ were found to have completely different values of FAIMS compensation voltage (CV), while their IMS drift times were essentially the same, which were also proven experimentally to not result from the structural annealing by the collisional heating in the ion funnel. The separations in the FAIMS and IMS dimensions are substantially orthogonal, and the overall resolving power of two-dimensional FAIMS-IMS separation is largely proportional to the product of the separation resolving powers of FAIMS and IMS. Using a gas mixture of N2/He to further improve the resolving power of the FAIMS separation, the total resolving powers of the combined FAIMS and IMS separation were estimated to be about 1020 and 1400 for (BK + H+)+ and (BK + 2H+)2+ ions, respectively, which are significantly higher than the resolving power of any ion mobility-based separation techniques demonstrated so far. The combined FAIMS-IMS can thus be a much more powerful technique to explore the structural diversity of biomolecules.
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- Junhui Li
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.,Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.,School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.,School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.,Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center of Advanced Mass spectrometry and Clinical Application, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.,School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China
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Gao R, Li J, Gao W, Li L, Wang X, Wu B, Wu Y, Yu J. An overlapping peaks separation algorithm for ion mobility spectrometry based on second-order differentiation and dynamic inertia weight particle swarm optimization algorithm. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9220. [PMID: 34741365 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful analytical tool extensively applied in numerous domains. However, there still exists the phenomenon of peaks overlapping in the analysis of isomers with similar structures due to the limited resolution of IMS. In this paper, a dynamic inertia weight particle swarm optimization (DIWPSO) algorithm combined with second-order differentiation is proposed to separate the IMS overlapping peaks efficiently and precisely. METHODS It can identify the component number of overlapping peaks and limit those parameters (ion mobility, intensity, and full-width at half maximum of each single peak) of the peak model in a small range using second-order differentiation. Based on this, DIWPSO that has been set the best operating parameters is capable of accurately separating IMS overlapping peaks to identify the compound within a short time. RESULTS A comparison between the performance of DIWPSO and the improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) found that DIWPSO with separation errors less than 2.34% overall outperforms IPSO whose maximum error is up to 5.58%. Moreover, the running time of DIWPSO is 30-80 times less than that of IPSO, and DIWPSO exhibits stronger robustness. CONCLUSIONS This method can automatically identify the component number of IMS overlapping peaks and resolve them with muticomponents and different overlapped degrees rapidly and accurately, which further improves the structural resolution of IMS.
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- Ren Gao
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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Liu J, Wang K, Li Y, Zhou B, Tseng K, Zhang X, Su Y, Sun W, Guo Y. Rapid Discrimination of Citrus reticulata 'Chachi' by Electrospray Ionization-Ion Mobility-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Molecules 2021; 26:7015. [PMID: 34834108 PMCID: PMC8622672 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26227015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
A common idea is that some dishonest businessmen often disguise Citrus reticulata Blanco varieties as Citrus reticulata 'Chachi', which places consumers at risk of economic losses. In this work, we combined high-resolution ion mobility (U-shaped mobility analyzer) with high-resolution mass spectrometry to rapidly distinguish Citrus reticulata 'Chachi' from other Citrus species. The samples were analyzed directly through simple extraction and the analytes were separated in one second. It only took about 1 min to perform a cycle of sample analysis and data acquisition. The results showed that polymethoxylated flavones and their isomers were separated easily by the ion mobility analyzer and preliminarily identified according to the accurate mass. Moreover, the collision cross-section values of all analytes, which could be used as auxiliary parameters to characterize and identify the compounds in the samples, were measured. Twenty-four samples were grouped as two clusters by multivariate analysis, which meant that Citrus reticulata 'Chachi' could be effectively differentiated. It was confirmed that the developed method had the potential to rapidly separate polymethoxylated flavones and distinguish between Citrus reticulata 'Chachi' and other Citrus reticulata Blanco varieties.
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- Juan Liu
- Center for Chinese Medicine Therapy and Systems Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai 201203, China;
- National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China; (Y.L.); (B.Z.)
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China; (K.W.); (K.T.); (X.Z.)
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- National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China; (Y.L.); (B.Z.)
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- National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China; (Y.L.); (B.Z.)
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China; (K.W.); (K.T.); (X.Z.)
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China; (K.W.); (K.T.); (X.Z.)
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- Center for Chinese Medicine Therapy and Systems Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai 201203, China;
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China; (K.W.); (K.T.); (X.Z.)
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- National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China; (Y.L.); (B.Z.)
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Guan P, Xie C, Li L, Fang X, Wu F, Hu JJ, Tang K. Structural resolution of disaccharides through halogen anion complexation using negative trapped ion mobility spectrometry. Talanta 2021; 230:122348. [PMID: 33934797 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Carbohydrates are an indispensable part of early life evolution. The determination of their structures is a key step to analyze their critical roles in biological systems. A variation of composition, glycosidic linkage, and (or) configuration between carbohydrate isomers induces structure diversity and brings challenges for their structural determination. Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), an emerging gas-phase ion separation technology, has been considered as a promising tool for performing carbohydrate structure elucidation. In this work, eight disaccharides were analyzed by trapped ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (TIMS-MS) in the negative ion mode as the complexed form of [M + X]-, where M = disaccharide, and X = Cl, Br, and I. As compared to the positive ion analysis of the selected disaccharide in a sodiated form, a reversal charge state provided the ability to eliminate or even reverse the collision cross section (CCS) difference between disaccharide isomers. By the combination of TIMS analysis and the calculation of density functional theory, the only observed two conformers of ions [lactulose + I]- may result from different adduction sites for an iodide anion. Based on the comparison of different halogen adducts, the [M + I]- ion form exhibited more powerful ability for isomeric disaccharide differentiation with an average resolution (RP-P) of 1.17, which results in a 34.5% improvement as compared to the corresponding chloride adducts. This result indicates that the use of negative charge states, especially the complexation of an iodide anion, could be a supplemental strategy to commonly used positive ion analysis for carbohydrate separation.
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- Pengfei Guan
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China; School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, PR China.
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