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Sharman K, Patterson NH, Migas LG, Neumann EK, Allen J, Gibson-Corley KN, Spraggins JM, Van de Plas R, Skaar EP, Caprioli RM. MALDI IMS-Derived Molecular Contour Maps: Augmenting Histology Whole-Slide Images. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:905-912. [PMID: 37061946 PMCID: PMC10787559 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) provides untargeted, highly multiplexed maps of molecular distributions in tissue. Ion images are routinely presented as heatmaps and can be overlaid onto complementary microscopy images that provide greater context. However, heatmaps use transparency blending to visualize both images, obscuring subtle quantitative differences and distribution gradients. Here, we developed a contour mapping approach that combines information from IMS ion intensity distributions with that of stained microscopy. As a case study, we applied this approach to imaging data from Staphylococcus aureus-infected murine kidney. In a univariate, or single molecular species, use-case of the contour map representation of IMS data, certain lipids colocalizing with regions of infection were selected using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Contour maps of these lipids overlaid with stained microscopy showed enhanced visualization of lipid distributions and spatial gradients in and around the bacterial abscess as compared to traditional heatmaps. The full IMS data set comprising hundreds of individual ion images was then grouped into a smaller subset of representative patterns using non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). Contour maps of these multivariate NMF images revealed distinct molecular profiles of the major abscesses and surrounding immune response. This contour mapping workflow also enabled a molecular visualization of the transition zone at the host-pathogen interface, providing potential clues about the spatial molecular dynamics beyond what histological staining alone provides. In summary, we developed a new IMS-based contour mapping approach to augment classical stained microscopy images, providing an enhanced and more interpretable visualization of IMS-microscopy multimodal molecular imaging data sets.
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- Kavya Sharman
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Program in Chemical & Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Balluff B, Heeren RM, Race AM. An overview of image registration for aligning mass spectrometry imaging with clinically relevant imaging modalities. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 2022; 23:26-38. [PMID: 35156074 PMCID: PMC8821033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2021.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a powerful molecular imaging technique. Integration with other imaging modalities is essential in clinical MSI. Image integration is performed by image registration techniques. Technical potential of image registration in MSI has not been fully exploited. Roadmap proposed to improve registration accuracy.
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is used in many aspects of clinical research, including pharmacokinetics, toxicology, personalised medicine, and surgical decision-making. Maximising its potential requires the spatial integration of MSI images with imaging data from existing clinical imaging modalities, such as histology and MRI. To ensure that the information is properly integrated, all contributing images must be accurately aligned. This process is called image registration and is the focus of this review. In light of the ever-increasing spatial resolution of MSI instrumentation and a diversification of multi-modal MSI studies (e.g., spatial omics, 3D-MSI), the accuracy, versatility, and precision of image registration must increase accordingly. We review the application of image registration to align MSI data with different clinically relevant ex vivo and in vivo imaging techniques. Based on this, we identify steps in the current image registration processes where there is potential for improvement. Finally, we propose a roadmap for community efforts to address these challenges in order to increase registration quality and help MSI to fully exploit its multi-modal potential.
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Cordes J, Enzlein T, Marsching C, Hinze M, Engelhardt S, Hopf C, Wolf I. M2aia-Interactive, fast, and memory-efficient analysis of 2D and 3D multi-modal mass spectrometry imaging data. Gigascience 2021; 10:giab049. [PMID: 34282451 PMCID: PMC8290197 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giab049] [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: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a label-free analysis method for resolving bio-molecules or pharmaceuticals in the spatial domain. It offers unique perspectives for the examination of entire organs or other tissue specimens. Owing to increasing capabilities of modern MSI devices, the use of 3D and multi-modal MSI becomes feasible in routine applications-resulting in hundreds of gigabytes of data. To fully leverage such MSI acquisitions, interactive tools for 3D image reconstruction, visualization, and analysis are required, which preferably should be open-source to allow scientists to develop custom extensions. FINDINGS We introduce M2aia (MSI applications for interactive analysis in MITK), a software tool providing interactive and memory-efficient data access and signal processing of multiple large MSI datasets stored in imzML format. M2aia extends MITK, a popular open-source tool in medical image processing. Besides the steps of a typical signal processing workflow, M2aia offers fast visual interaction, image segmentation, deformable 3D image reconstruction, and multi-modal registration. A unique feature is that fused data with individual mass axes can be visualized in a shared coordinate system. We demonstrate features of M2aia by reanalyzing an N-glycan mouse kidney dataset and 3D reconstruction and multi-modal image registration of a lipid and peptide dataset of a mouse brain, which we make publicly available. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, M2aia is the first extensible open-source application that enables a fast, user-friendly, and interactive exploration of large datasets. M2aia is applicable to a wide range of MSI analysis tasks.
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- Jonas Cordes
- Faculty of Computer Science, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Heidelberg, Theodor Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
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- Working Group “Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Medicine” (AICM), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Paul-Wittsack-Straße 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany
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Tian S, Hou Z, Zuo X, Xiong W, Huang G. Automatic Registration of the Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data of Sagittal Brain Slices to the Reference Atlas. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1789-1797. [PMID: 34096712 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The registration of the mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) data with mouse brain tissue slices from the atlases could perform automatic anatomical interpretation, and the comparison of MSI data in particular brain regions from different mice could be accelerated. However, the current registration of MSI data with mouse brain tissue slices is mainly focused on the coronal. Although the sagittal plane is able to provide more information about brain regions on a single histological slice than the coronal, it is difficult to directly register the complete sagittal brain slices of a mouse as a result of the more significant individualized differences and more positional shifts of brain regions. Herein, by adding the auxiliary line on the two brain regions of central canal (CC) and cerebral peduncle (CP), the registration accuracy of the MSI data with sagittal brain slices has been improved (∼2-5-folds for different brain regions). Moreover, the histological sections with different degrees deformation and different dyeing effects have been used to verify that this pipeline has a certain universality. Our method facilitates the rapid comparison of sagittal plane MSI data from different animals and accelerates the application in the discovery of disease markers.
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- Shuangshuang Tian
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Neurodegenerative Disorder Research Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Neurodegenerative Disorder Research Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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Vos DRN, Ellis SR, Balluff B, Heeren RMA. Experimental and Data Analysis Considerations for Three-Dimensional Mass Spectrometry Imaging in Biomedical Research. Mol Imaging Biol 2021; 23:149-159. [PMID: 33025328 PMCID: PMC7910367 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-020-01541-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) enables the visualization of molecular distributions on complex surfaces. It has been extensively used in the field of biomedical research to investigate healthy and diseased tissues. Most of the MSI studies are conducted in a 2D fashion where only a single slice of the full sample volume is investigated. However, biological processes occur within a tissue volume and would ideally be investigated as a whole to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the spatial and molecular complexity of biological samples such as tissues and cells. Mass spectrometry imaging has therefore been expanded to the 3D realm whereby molecular distributions within a 3D sample can be visualized. The benefit of investigating volumetric data has led to a quick rise in the application of single-sample 3D-MSI investigations. Several experimental and data analysis aspects need to be considered to perform successful 3D-MSI studies. In this review, we discuss these aspects as well as ongoing developments that enable 3D-MSI to be routinely applied to multi-sample studies.
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- D R N Vos
- The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia
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- The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zhang W, Claesen M, Moerman T, Groseclose MR, Waelkens E, De Moor B, Verbeeck N. Spatially aware clustering of ion images in mass spectrometry imaging data using deep learning. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:2803-2819. [PMID: 33646352 PMCID: PMC8007517 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03179-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Computational analysis is crucial to capitalize on the wealth of spatio-molecular information generated by mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) experiments. Currently, the spatial information available in MSI data is often under-utilized, due to the challenges of in-depth spatial pattern extraction. The advent of deep learning has greatly facilitated such complex spatial analysis. In this work, we use a pre-trained neural network to extract high-level features from ion images in MSI data, and test whether this improves downstream data analysis. The resulting neural network interpretation of ion images, coined neural ion images, is used to cluster ion images based on spatial expressions. We evaluate the impact of neural ion images on two ion image clustering pipelines, namely DBSCAN clustering, combined with UMAP-based dimensionality reduction, and k-means clustering. In both pipelines, we compare regular and neural ion images from two different MSI datasets. All tested pipelines could extract underlying spatial patterns, but the neural network-based pipelines provided better assignment of ion images, with more fine-grained clusters, and greater consistency in the spatial structures assigned to individual clusters. Additionally, we introduce the relative isotope ratio metric to quantitatively evaluate clustering quality. The resulting scores show that isotopical m/z values are more often clustered together in the neural network-based pipeline, indicating improved clustering outcomes. The usefulness of neural ion images extends beyond clustering towards a generic framework to incorporate spatial information into any MSI-focused machine learning pipeline, both supervised and unsupervised.
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- Wanqiu Zhang
- KU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
- Aspect Analytics NV, C-mine 12, 3600, Genk, Belgium.
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- Aspect Analytics NV, C-mine 12, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N1, Herestraat 49, Box 901, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Strittmatter N, England RM, Race AM, Sutton D, Moss JI, Maglennon G, Ling S, Wong E, Rose J, Purvis I, Macdonald R, Barry ST, Ashford MB, Goodwin RJA. Method to Investigate the Distribution of Water-Soluble Drug-Delivery Systems in Fresh Frozen Tissues Using Imaging Mass Cytometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3742-3749. [PMID: 33606520 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Imaging mass cytometry (IMC) offers the opportunity to image metal- and heavy halogen-containing xenobiotics in a highly multiplexed experiment with other immunochemistry-based reagents to distinguish uptake into different tissue structures or cell types. However, in practice, many xenobiotics are not amenable to this analysis, as any compound which is not bound to the tissue matrix will delocalize during aqueous sample-processing steps required for IMC analysis. Here, we present a strategy to perform IMC experiments on a water-soluble polysarcosine-modified dendrimer drug-delivery system (S-Dends). This strategy involves two consecutive imaging acquisitions on the same tissue section using the same instrumental platform, an initial laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MSI) experiment followed by tissue staining and a standard IMC experiment. We demonstrated that settings can be found for the initial ablation step that leave sufficient residual tissue for subsequent antibody staining and visualization. This workflow results in lateral resolution for the S-Dends of 2 μm followed by imaging of metal-tagged antibodies at 1 μm.
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- Nicole Strittmatter
- Imaging and Data Analytics, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg 35037, Germany
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- Imaging and Data Analytics, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Bioscience, Discovery, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Oncology Safety, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Imaging and Data Analytics, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Animal Sciences and Technologies, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Animal Sciences and Technologies, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Animal Sciences and Technologies, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Bioscience, Discovery, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K
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- Imaging and Data Analytics, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB2 0AA, U.K.,Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Race AM, Sutton D, Hamm G, Maglennon G, Morton JP, Strittmatter N, Campbell A, Sansom OJ, Wang Y, Barry ST, Takáts Z, Goodwin RJA, Bunch J. Deep Learning-Based Annotation Transfer between Molecular Imaging Modalities: An Automated Workflow for Multimodal Data Integration. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3061-3071. [PMID: 33534548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
An ever-increasing array of imaging technologies are being used in the study of complex biological samples, each of which provides complementary, occasionally overlapping information at different length scales and spatial resolutions. It is important to understand the information provided by one technique in the context of the other to achieve a more holistic overview of such complex samples. One way to achieve this is to use annotations from one modality to investigate additional modalities. For microscopy-based techniques, these annotations could be manually generated using digital pathology software or automatically generated by machine learning (including deep learning) methods. Here, we present a generic method for using annotations from one microscopy modality to extract information from complementary modalities. We also present a fast, general, multimodal registration workflow [evaluated on multiple mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) modalities, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization, desorption electrospray ionization, and rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry] for automatic alignment of complex data sets, demonstrating an order of magnitude speed-up compared to previously published work. To demonstrate the power of the annotation transfer and multimodal registration workflows, we combine MSI, histological staining (such as hematoxylin and eosin), and deep learning (automatic annotation of histology images) to investigate a pancreatic cancer mouse model. Neoplastic pancreatic tissue regions, which were histologically indistinguishable from one another, were observed to be metabolically different. We demonstrate the use of the proposed methods to better understand tumor heterogeneity and the tumor microenvironment by transferring machine learning results freely between the two modalities.
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- Alan M Race
- Imaging and AI, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Imaging and AI, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Imaging and AI, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Oncology Safety, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1BD, U.K
- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, U.K
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- Imaging and AI, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1BD, U.K
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1BD, U.K
- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, U.K
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- Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Bioscience, Early Oncology, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Imaging and AI, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
- National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI), National Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, U.K
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Grélard F, Legland D, Fanuel M, Arnaud B, Foucat L, Rogniaux H. Esmraldi: efficient methods for the fusion of mass spectrometry and magnetic resonance images. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:56. [PMID: 33557761 PMCID: PMC7869484 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-020-03954-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a family of acquisition techniques producing images of the distribution of molecules in a sample, without any prior tagging of the molecules. This makes it a very interesting technique for exploratory research. However, the images are difficult to analyze because the enclosed data has high dimensionality, and their content does not necessarily reflect the shape of the object of interest. Conversely, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans reflect the anatomy of the tissue. MRI also provides complementary information to MSI, such as the content and distribution of water. Results We propose a new workflow to merge the information from 2D MALDI–MSI and MRI images. Our workflow can be applied to large MSI datasets in a limited amount of time. Moreover, the workflow is fully automated and based on deterministic methods which ensures the reproducibility of the results. Our methods were evaluated and compared with state-of-the-art methods. Results show that the images are combined precisely and in a time-efficient manner. Conclusion Our workflow reveals molecules which co-localize with water in biological images. It can be applied on any MSI and MRI datasets which satisfy a few conditions: same regions of the shape enclosed in the images and similar intensity distributions.
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- Florent Grélard
- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France. .,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.
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- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France
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- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France
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- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France
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- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France
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- UR BIA, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France.,BIBS Facility, INRAE, 44316, Nantes, France
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Ščupáková K, Balluff B, Tressler C, Adelaja T, Heeren RM, Glunde K, Ertaylan G. Cellular resolution in clinical MALDI mass spectrometry imaging: the latest advancements and current challenges. Clin Chem Lab Med 2020; 58:914-929. [PMID: 31665113 PMCID: PMC9867918 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2019-0858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Mass spectrometry (MS) is the workhorse of metabolomics, proteomics and lipidomics. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), its extension to spatially resolved analysis of tissues, is a powerful tool for visualizing molecular information within the histological context of tissue. This review summarizes recent developments in MSI and highlights current challenges that remain to achieve molecular imaging at the cellular level of clinical specimens. We focus on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-MSI. We discuss the current status of each of the analysis steps and remaining challenges to reach the desired level of cellular imaging. Currently, analyte delocalization and degradation, matrix crystal size, laser focus restrictions and detector sensitivity are factors that are limiting spatial resolution. New sample preparation devices and laser optic systems are being developed to push the boundaries of these limitations. Furthermore, we review the processing of cellular MSI data and images, and the systematic integration of these data in the light of available algorithms and databases. We discuss roadblocks in the data analysis pipeline and show how technology from other fields can be used to overcome these. Finally, we conclude with curative and community efforts that are needed to enable contextualization of the information obtained.
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- Klára Ščupáková
- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Cancer Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Cancer Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Corresponding author: Ron M.A. Heeren, Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands,
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Cancer Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Unit Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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Jones MA, Cho SH, Patterson NH, Van de Plas R, Spraggins JM, Boothby MR, Caprioli RM. Discovering New Lipidomic Features Using Cell Type Specific Fluorophore Expression to Provide Spatial and Biological Specificity in a Multimodal Workflow with MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2020; 92:7079-7086. [PMID: 32298091 PMCID: PMC7456589 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Identifying the spatial distributions of biomolecules in tissue is crucial for understanding integrated function. Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) allows simultaneous mapping of thousands of biosynthetic products such as lipids but has needed a means of identifying specific cell-types or functional states to correlate with molecular localization. We report, here, advances starting from identity marking with a genetically encoded fluorophore. The fluorescence emission data were integrated with IMS data through multimodal image processing with advanced registration techniques and data-driven image fusion. In an unbiased analysis of spleens, this integrated technology enabled identification of ether lipid species preferentially enriched in germinal centers. We propose that this use of genetic marking for microanatomical regions of interest can be paired with molecular information from IMS for any tissue, cell-type, or activity state for which fluorescence is driven by a gene-tracking allele and ultimately with outputs of other means of spatial mapping.
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- Marissa A Jones
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center, Station B 351822, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III Suite 9160, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, MCN AA-4214B, MCN A-5301, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III Suite 9160, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III Suite 9160, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III Suite 9160, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, MCN AA-4214B, MCN A-5301, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center, Station B 351822, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III Suite 9160, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Verbeeck N, Caprioli RM, Van de Plas R. Unsupervised machine learning for exploratory data analysis in imaging mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2020; 39:245-291. [PMID: 31602691 PMCID: PMC7187435 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is a rapidly advancing molecular imaging modality that can map the spatial distribution of molecules with high chemical specificity. IMS does not require prior tagging of molecular targets and is able to measure a large number of ions concurrently in a single experiment. While this makes it particularly suited for exploratory analysis, the large amount and high-dimensional nature of data generated by IMS techniques make automated computational analysis indispensable. Research into computational methods for IMS data has touched upon different aspects, including spectral preprocessing, data formats, dimensionality reduction, spatial registration, sample classification, differential analysis between IMS experiments, and data-driven fusion methods to extract patterns corroborated by both IMS and other imaging modalities. In this work, we review unsupervised machine learning methods for exploratory analysis of IMS data, with particular focus on (a) factorization, (b) clustering, and (c) manifold learning. To provide a view across the various IMS modalities, we have attempted to include examples from a range of approaches including matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization, desorption electrospray ionization, and secondary ion mass spectrometry-based IMS. This review aims to be an entry point for both (i) analytical chemists and mass spectrometry experts who want to explore computational techniques; and (ii) computer scientists and data mining specialists who want to enter the IMS field. © 2019 The Authors. Mass Spectrometry Reviews published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass SpecRev 00:1-47, 2019.
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- Nico Verbeeck
- Delft Center for Systems and ControlDelft University of Technology ‐ TU DelftDelftThe Netherlands
- Aspect Analytics NVGenkBelgium
- STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing, and Data Analytics, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT)KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Research CenterVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
- Department of BiochemistryVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
- Department of ChemistryVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
- Department of PharmacologyVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
- Department of MedicineVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
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- Delft Center for Systems and ControlDelft University of Technology ‐ TU DelftDelftThe Netherlands
- Mass Spectrometry Research CenterVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
- Department of BiochemistryVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTN
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Perry WJ, Weiss A, Van de Plas R, Spraggins JM, Caprioli RM, Skaar EP. Integrated molecular imaging technologies for investigation of metals in biological systems: A brief review. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2020; 55:127-135. [PMID: 32087551 PMCID: PMC7237308 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Metals play an essential role in biological systems and are required as structural or catalytic co-factors in many proteins. Disruption of the homeostatic control and/or spatial distributions of metals can lead to disease. Imaging technologies have been developed to visualize elemental distributions across a biological sample. Measurement of elemental distributions by imaging mass spectrometry and imaging X-ray fluorescence are increasingly employed with technologies that can assess histological features and molecular compositions. Data from several modalities can be interrogated as multimodal images to correlate morphological, elemental, and molecular properties. Elemental and molecular distributions have also been axially resolved to achieve three-dimensional volumes, dramatically increasing the biological information. In this review, we provide an overview of recent developments in the field of metal imaging with an emphasis on multimodal studies in two and three dimensions. We specifically highlight studies that present technological advancements and biological applications of how metal homeostasis affects human health.
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- William J Perry
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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Thompson CG, Rosen EP, Prince HMA, White N, Sykes C, de la Cruz G, Mathews M, Deleage C, Estes JD, Charlins P, Mulder LR, Kovarova M, Adamson L, Arora S, Dellon ES, Peery AF, Shaheen NJ, Gay C, Muddiman DC, Akkina R, Garcia JV, Luciw P, Kashuba ADM. Heterogeneous antiretroviral drug distribution and HIV/SHIV detection in the gut of three species. Sci Transl Med 2019; 11:eaap8758. [PMID: 31270274 PMCID: PMC8273920 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aap8758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
HIV replication within tissues may increase in response to a reduced exposure to antiretroviral drugs. Traditional approaches to measuring drug concentrations in tissues are unable to characterize a heterogeneous drug distribution. Here, we used mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to visualize the distribution of six HIV antiretroviral drugs in gut tissue sections from three species (two strains of humanized mice, macaques, and humans). We measured drug concentrations in proximity to CD3+ T cells that are targeted by HIV, as well as expression of HIV or SHIV RNA and expression of the MDR1 drug efflux transporter in gut tissue from HIV-infected humanized mice, SHIV-infected macaques, and HIV-infected humans treated with combination antiretroviral drug therapy. Serial 10-μm sections of snap-frozen ileal and rectal tissue were analyzed by MSI for CD3+ T cells and MDR1 efflux transporter expression by immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry, respectively. The tissue slices were analyzed for HIV/SHIV RNA expression by in situ hybridization and for antiretroviral drug concentrations by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The gastrointestinal tissue distribution of the six drugs was heterogeneous. Fifty percent to 60% of CD3+ T cells did not colocalize with detectable drug concentrations in the gut tissue. In all three species, up to 90% of HIV/SHIV RNA was found to be expressed in gut tissue with no exposure to drug. These data suggest that there may be gut regions with little to no exposure to antiretroviral drugs, which may result in low-level HIV replication contributing to HIV persistence.
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- Corbin G Thompson
- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick, MD, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick, MD, USA
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- W.M. Keck FTMS Laboratory for Human Health Research, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Wüllems K, Kölling J, Bednarz H, Niehaus K, Hans VH, Nattkemper TW. Detection and visualization of communities in mass spectrometry imaging data. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:303. [PMID: 31164082 PMCID: PMC6549267 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2890-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The spatial distribution and colocalization of functionally related metabolites is analysed in order to investigate the spatial (and functional) aspects of molecular networks. We propose to consider community detection for the analysis of m/z-images to group molecules with correlative spatial distribution into communities so they hint at functional networks or pathway activity. To detect communities, we investigate a spectral approach by optimizing the modularity measure. We present an analysis pipeline and an online interactive visualization tool to facilitate explorative analysis of the results. The approach is illustrated with synthetical benchmark data and two real world data sets (barley seed and glioblastoma section). Results For the barley sample data set, our approach is able to reproduce the findings of a previous work that identified groups of molecules with distributions that correlate with anatomical structures of the barley seed. The analysis of glioblastoma section data revealed that some molecular compositions are locally focused, indicating the existence of a meaningful separation in at least two areas. This result is in line with the prior histological knowledge. In addition to confirming prior findings, the resulting graph structures revealed new subcommunities of m/z-images (i.e. metabolites) with more detailed distribution patterns. Another result of our work is the development of an interactive webtool called GRINE (Analysis of GRaph mapped Image Data NEtworks). Conclusions The proposed method was successfully applied to identify molecular communities of laterally co-localized molecules. For both application examples, the detected communities showed inherent substructures that could easily be investigated with the proposed visualization tool. This shows the potential of this approach as a complementary addition to pixel clustering methods. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12859-019-2890-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Karsten Wüllems
- International Research Training Group "Computational Methods for the Analysis of the Diversity and Dynamics of Genomes", Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany. .,Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany. .,Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany.
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- International Research Training Group "Computational Methods for the Analysis of the Diversity and Dynamics of Genomes", Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany.,Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany.,Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany.,Proteome and Metabolome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Clinical Pathology, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Klinikum, Salvador-Allende-Straße 30, Neubrandenburg, 17036, Germany.,Department of Neuropathology, Essen University Hospital (AöR), Hufelandstraße 55, Essen, 45147, Germany
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- Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33613, Germany
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Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Integration with Other Imaging Modalities for Greater Molecular Understanding of Biological Tissues. Mol Imaging Biol 2019; 20:888-901. [PMID: 30167993 PMCID: PMC6244545 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-018-1267-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Over the last two decades, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has been increasingly employed to investigate the spatial distribution of a wide variety of molecules in complex biological samples. MSI has demonstrated its potential in numerous applications from drug discovery, disease state evaluation through proteomic and/or metabolomic studies. Significant technological and methodological advancements have addressed natural limitations of the techniques, i.e., increased spatial resolution, increased detection sensitivity especially for large molecules, higher throughput analysis and data management. One of the next major evolutions of MSI is linked to the introduction of imaging mass cytometry (IMC). IMC is a multiplexed method for tissue phenotyping, imaging signalling pathway or cell marker assessment, at sub-cellular resolution (1 μm). It uses MSI to simultaneously detect and quantify up to 30 different antibodies within a tissue section. The combination of MSI with other molecular imaging techniques can also provide highly relevant complementary information to explore new scientific fields. Traditionally, classical histology (especially haematoxylin and eosin–stained sections) is overlaid with molecular profiles obtained by MSI. Thus, MSI-based molecular histology provides a snapshot of a tissue microenvironment and enables the correlation of drugs, metabolites, lipids, peptides or proteins with histological/pathological features or tissue substructures. Recently, many examples combining MSI with other imaging modalities such as fluorescence, confocal Raman spectroscopy and MRI have emerged. For instance, brain pathophysiology has been studied using both MRI and MSI, establishing correlations between in and ex vivo molecular imaging techniques. Endogenous metabolite and small peptide modulation were evaluated depending on disease state. Here, we review advanced ‘hot topics’ in MSI development and explore the combination of MSI with established molecular imaging techniques to improve our understanding of biological and pathophysiological processes.
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Han J, Permentier H, Bischoff R, Groothuis G, Casini A, Horvatovich P. Imaging of protein distribution in tissues using mass spectrometry: An interdisciplinary challenge. Trends Analyt Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Van Malderen SJM, Van Acker T, Laforce B, De Bruyne M, de Rycke R, Asaoka T, Vincze L, Vanhaecke F. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the distribution of elemental tags in single cells using laser ablation ICP-mass spectrometry via registration approaches. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:4849-4859. [PMID: 30790022 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-01677-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
This paper describes a workflow towards the reconstruction of the three-dimensional elemental distribution profile within human cervical carcinoma cells (HeLa), at a spatial resolution down to 1 μm, employing state-of-the-art laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) instrumentation. The suspended cells underwent a series of fixation/embedding protocols and were stained with uranyl acetate and an Ir-based DNA intercalator. A priori, laboratory-based absorption micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) was applied to acquire a reference frame of the morphology of the cells and their spatial distribution before sectioning. After CT analysis, a trimmed 300 × 300 × 300 μm3 block was sectioned into a sequential series of 132 sections with a thickness of 2 μm, which were subjected to LA-ICP-MS imaging. A pixel acquisition rate of 250 pixels s-1 was achieved, through a bidirectional scanning strategy. After acquisition, the two-dimensional elemental images were reconstructed using the timestamps in the laser log file. The synchronization of the data required an improved optimization algorithm, which forces the pixels of scans in different ablation directions to be spatially coherent in the direction orthogonal to the scan direction. The volume was reconstructed using multiple registration approaches. Registration using the section outline itself as a fiducial marker resulted into a volume which was in good agreement with the morphology visualized in the μ-CT volume. The 3D μ-CT volume could be registered to the LA-ICP-MS volume, consisting of 2.9 × 107 voxels, and the nucleus dimensions in 3D space could be derived.
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- Stijn J M Van Malderen
- Atomic & Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Atomic & Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- X-ray Microspectroscopy and Imaging (XMI) Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Ghent University Expertise Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy and VIB BioImaging Core, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Ghent University Expertise Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy and VIB BioImaging Core, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- X-ray Microspectroscopy and Imaging (XMI) Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Atomic & Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281 - S12, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Xiong J, Ren J, Luo L, Horowitz M. Mapping Histological Slice Sequences to the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas Without 3D Reconstruction. Front Neuroinform 2018; 12:93. [PMID: 30618698 PMCID: PMC6297281 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2018.00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Histological brain slices are widely used in neuroscience to study the anatomical organization of neural circuits. Systematic and accurate comparisons of anatomical data from multiple brains, especially from different studies, can benefit tremendously from registering histological slices onto a common reference atlas. Most existing methods rely on an initial reconstruction of the volume before registering it to a reference atlas. Because these slices are prone to distortions during the sectioning process and often sectioned with non-standard angles, reconstruction is challenging and often inaccurate. Here we describe a framework that maps each slice to its corresponding plane in the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas (2015) to build a plane-wise mapping and then perform 2D nonrigid registration to build a pixel-wise mapping. We use the L2 norm of the histogram of oriented gradients difference of two patches as the similarity metric for both steps and a Markov random field formulation that incorporates tissue coherency to compute the nonrigid registration. To fix significantly distorted regions that are misshaped or much smaller than the control grids, we train a context-aggregation network to segment and warp them to their corresponding regions with thin plate spline. We have shown that our method generates results comparable to an expert neuroscientist and is significantly better than reconstruction-first approaches. Code and sample dataset are available at sites.google.com/view/brain-mapping.
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- Jing Xiong
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Patterson NH, Tuck M, Van de Plas R, Caprioli RM. Advanced Registration and Analysis of MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry Measurements through Autofluorescence Microscopy. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12395-12403. [PMID: 30272960 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The correlation of imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) with histopathology can help relate novel molecular findings obtained through IMS to the well-characterized and validated histopathology knowledge base. The quality of correlation between these two modalities is limited by the quality of the spatial mapping that is obtained by registration of the two image types. In this work, we develop novel workflows for MALDI IMS-to-microscopy data registration and analysis using nondestructive IMS-compatible wide field autofluorescence (AF) microscopy combined with computational image registration. First, a substantially automated procedure for high-accuracy registration between IMS and microscopy data of the same section is described that explicitly links the MALDI laser ablation pattern imaged by microscopy to its corresponding IMS pixel. Subsequent examination of the registered data allows for high-confidence colocalization of image features between the two modalities, down to single-cell scales within tissue. Building on this IMS-microscopy spatial mapping, we furthermore demonstrate the automated spatial correlation between IMS measurements from serial sections. This AF-registration-driven inter-section analysis, using a combination of nonlinear AF-to-AF and IMS-to-AF image registrations, can be applied to tissue sections that are prepared and imaged with different sample preparations (e.g., lipids vs proteins) and/or that are measured using different spatial resolutions. Importantly, all registrations, whether within a single section or across serial sections, are entirely independent of the IMS intensity signal content and thus unbiased by it.
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- Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC) , Delft University of Technology , 2628 CD Delft , The Netherlands
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Viewing the Future of IR through Molecular Histology: An Overview of Imaging Mass Spectrometry. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018; 29:1543-1546.e1. [PMID: 30274858 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Bond NJ, Koulman A, Griffin JL, Hall Z. massPix: an R package for annotation and interpretation of mass spectrometry imaging data for lipidomics. Metabolomics 2017; 13:128. [PMID: 28989334 PMCID: PMC5608769 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-017-1252-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) experiments result in complex multi-dimensional datasets, which require specialist data analysis tools. OBJECTIVES We have developed massPix-an R package for analysing and interpreting data from MSI of lipids in tissue. METHODS massPix produces single ion images, performs multivariate statistics and provides putative lipid annotations based on accurate mass matching against generated lipid libraries. RESULTS Classification of tissue regions with high spectral similarly can be carried out by principal components analysis (PCA) or k-means clustering. CONCLUSION massPix is an open-source tool for the analysis and statistical interpretation of MSI data, and is particularly useful for lipidomics applications.
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- Nicholas J. Bond
- MRC Human Nutrition Research, 120 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NL UK
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- MRC Human Nutrition Research, 120 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NL UK
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- MRC Human Nutrition Research, 120 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NL UK
- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA UK
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- MRC Human Nutrition Research, 120 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NL UK
- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA UK
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Prentice BM, Caprioli RM, Vuiblet V. Label-free molecular imaging of the kidney. Kidney Int 2017; 92:580-598. [PMID: 28750926 PMCID: PMC6193761 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this review, we will highlight technologies that enable scientists to study the molecular characteristics of tissues and/or cells without the need for antibodies or other labeling techniques. Specifically, we will focus on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy.
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- Boone M Prentice
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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- Biophotonic Laboratory, UMR CNRS 7369 URCA, Reims, France; Nephropathology, Department of Biopathology Laboratory, CHU de Reims, Reims, France; Nephrology and Renal Transplantation department, CHU de Reims, Reims, France.
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Bobroff V, Chen HH, Delugin M, Javerzat S, Petibois C. Quantitative IR microscopy and spectromics open the way to 3D digital pathology. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2017; 10:598-606. [PMID: 27248698 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201600051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Currently, only mass-spectrometry (MS) microscopy brings a quantitative analysis of chemical contents of tissue samples in 3D. Here, the reconstruction of a 3D quantitative chemical images of a biological tissue by FTIR spectro-microscopy is reported. An automated curve-fitting method is developed to extract all intense absorption bands constituting IR spectra. This innovation benefits from three critical features: (1) the correction of raw IR spectra to make them quantitatively comparable; (2) the automated and iterative data treatment allowing to transfer the IR-absorption spectrum into a IR-band spectrum; (3) the reconstruction of an 3D IR-band matrix (x, y, z for voxel position and a 4th dimension with all IR-band parameters). Spectromics, which is a new method for exploiting spectral data for tissue metadata reconstruction, is proposed to further translate the related chemical information in 3D, as biochemical and anatomical tissue parameters. An example is given with oxidative stress distribution and the reconstruction of blood vessels in tissues. The requirements of IR microscopy instrumentation to propose 3D digital histology as a clinical routine technology is briefly discussed.
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- Vladimir Bobroff
- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1029 LAMC, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hillaire, Bat B2, F33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1029 LAMC, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hillaire, Bat B2, F33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1029 LAMC, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hillaire, Bat B2, F33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1029 LAMC, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hillaire, Bat B2, F33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1029 LAMC, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hillaire, Bat B2, F33600, Pessac, France
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Angel PM, Baldwin HS, Gottlieb Sen D, Su YR, Mayer JE, Bichell D, Drake RR. Advances in MALDI imaging mass spectrometry of proteins in cardiac tissue, including the heart valve. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1865:927-935. [PMID: 28341601 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Significant progress has been made for tissue imaging of proteins using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI IMS). These advancements now facilitate mapping of a wide range of proteins, peptides, and post-translational modifications in a wide variety of tissues; however, the use of MALDI IMS to detect proteins from cardiac tissue is limited. This review discusses the most recent advances in protein imaging and demonstrates application to cardiac tissue, including the heart valve. Protein imaging by MALDI IMS allows multiplexed histological mapping of proteins and protein components that are inaccessible by antibodies and should be considered an important tool for basic and clinical cardiovascular research. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: MALDI Imaging, edited by Dr. Corinna Henkel and Prof. Peter Hoffmann.
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- Peggi M Angel
- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA; Medical University of South Carolina Proteomics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Cell Development and Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA; Medical University of South Carolina Proteomics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
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Van Malderen SJM, Laforce B, Van Acker T, Nys C, De Rijcke M, de Rycke R, De Bruyne M, Boone MN, De Schamphelaere K, Borovinskaya O, De Samber B, Vincze L, Vanhaecke F. Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Tissue-Specific Multielemental Distribution within Ceriodaphnia dubia via Multimodal Registration Using Laser Ablation ICP-Mass Spectrometry and X-ray Spectroscopic Techniques. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4161-4168. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Stijn J. M. Van Malderen
- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Ghent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Ghent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Ghent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Analytical
Chemistry, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281-S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Verbeeck N, Spraggins JM, Murphy MJM, Wang HD, Deutch AY, Caprioli RM, Van de Plas R. Connecting imaging mass spectrometry and magnetic resonance imaging-based anatomical atlases for automated anatomical interpretation and differential analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1865:967-977. [PMID: 28254588 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is a molecular imaging technology that can measure thousands of biomolecules concurrently without prior tagging, making it particularly suitable for exploratory research. However, the data size and dimensionality often makes thorough extraction of relevant information impractical. To help guide and accelerate IMS data analysis, we recently developed a framework that integrates IMS measurements with anatomical atlases, opening up opportunities for anatomy-driven exploration of IMS data. One example is the automated anatomical interpretation of ion images, where empirically measured ion distributions are automatically decomposed into their underlying anatomical structures. While offering significant potential, IMS-atlas integration has thus far been restricted to the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas (AMBA) and mouse brain samples. Here, we expand the applicability of this framework by extending towards new animal species and a new set of anatomical atlases retrieved from the Scalable Brain Atlas (SBA). Furthermore, as many SBA atlases are based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, a new registration pipeline was developed that enables direct non-rigid IMS-to-MRI registration. These developments are demonstrated on protein-focused FTICR IMS measurements from coronal brain sections of a Parkinson's disease (PD) rat model. The measurements are integrated with an MRI-based rat brain atlas from the SBA. The new rat-focused IMS-atlas integration is used to perform automated anatomical interpretation and to find differential ions between healthy and diseased tissue. IMS-atlas integration can serve as an important accelerator in IMS data exploration, and with these new developments it can now be applied to a wider variety of animal species and modalities. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: MALDI Imaging, edited by Dr. Corinna Henkel and Prof. Peter Hoffmann.
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- Nico Verbeeck
- Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands.
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center (MSRC), Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Ave. South, 9160 Medical Research Building III, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, 607 Light Hall, Nashville, TN 37205, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center Station B 351822, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
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- Program in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, U-1205 Medical Research Building III, 465 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Dr. Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Program in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, U-1205 Medical Research Building III, 465 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Dr. Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 460B Preston Research Building, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center (MSRC), Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Ave. South, 9160 Medical Research Building III, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, 607 Light Hall, Nashville, TN 37205, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center Station B 351822, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave. South, D-3100 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands; Mass Spectrometry Research Center (MSRC), Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Ave. South, 9160 Medical Research Building III, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, 607 Light Hall, Nashville, TN 37205, USA.
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Francese S, Bradshaw R, Denison N. An update on MALDI mass spectrometry based technology for the analysis of fingermarks – stepping into operational deployment. Analyst 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7an00569e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Expanded range of retrievable intelligence from fingermarksviaMALDI MS based methods and increased operational capabilities of the technology.
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- S. Francese
- Centre for Mass Spectrometry Imaging
- Biomolecular Research Centre
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Sheffield
- UK
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- Centre for Mass Spectrometry Imaging
- Biomolecular Research Centre
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Sheffield
- UK
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- Identification Services Yorkshire and the Humber Region
- Wakefield
- UK WF27UA
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Over the last decade mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has been integrated in to many areas of drug discovery and development. It can have significant impact in oncology drug discovery as it allows efficacy and safety of compounds to be assessed against the backdrop of the complex tumour microenvironment. We will discuss the roles of MSI in investigating compound and metabolite biodistribution and defining pharmacokinetic -pharmacodynamic relationships, analysis that is applicable to all drug discovery projects. We will then look more specifically at how MSI can be used to understand tumour metabolism and other applications specific to oncology research. This will all be described alongside the challenges of applying MSI to industry research with increased use of metrology for MSI.
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Galli M, Zoppis I, Smith A, Magni F, Mauri G. Machine learning approaches in MALDI-MSI: clinical applications. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:685-96. [PMID: 27322705 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2016.1200470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Despite the unquestionable advantages of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging in visualizing the spatial distribution and the relative abundance of biomolecules directly on-tissue, the yielded data is complex and high dimensional. Therefore, analysis and interpretation of this huge amount of information is mathematically, statistically and computationally challenging. AREAS COVERED This article reviews some of the challenges in data elaboration with particular emphasis on machine learning techniques employed in clinical applications, and can be useful in general as an entry point for those who want to study the computational aspects. Several characteristics of data processing are described, enlightening advantages and disadvantages. Different approaches for data elaboration focused on clinical applications are also provided. Practical tutorial based upon Orange Canvas and Weka software is included, helping familiarization with the data processing. Expert commentary: Recently, MALDI-MSI has gained considerable attention and has been employed for research and diagnostic purposes, with successful results. Data dimensionality constitutes an important issue and statistical methods for information-preserving data reduction represent one of the most challenging aspects. The most common data reduction methods are characterized by collecting independent observations into a single table. However, the incorporation of relational information can improve the discriminatory capability of the data.
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- Manuel Galli
- a Department of Medicine and Surgery , University of Milano Bicocca , Monza Brianza , Italy
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- b Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication , University of Milano Bicocca , Milano , Italy
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- a Department of Medicine and Surgery , University of Milano Bicocca , Monza Brianza , Italy
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- a Department of Medicine and Surgery , University of Milano Bicocca , Monza Brianza , Italy
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- b Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication , University of Milano Bicocca , Milano , Italy
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Fernández R, Garate J, Lage S, Terés S, Higuera M, Bestard-Escalas J, Martin ML, López DH, Guardiola-Serrano F, Escribá PV, Barceló-Coblijn G, Fernández JA. Optimized Protocol To Analyze Changes in the Lipidome of Xenografts after Treatment with 2-Hydroxyoleic Acid. Anal Chem 2016; 88:1022-9. [PMID: 26607740 PMCID: PMC5017204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Xenografts are a popular model for the study of the action of new antitumor drugs. However, xenografts are highly heterogeneous structures, and therefore it is sometimes difficult to evaluate the effects of the compounds on tumor metabolism. In this context, imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) may yield the required information, due to its inherent characteristics of sensitivity and spatial resolution. To the best of our knowledge, there is still no clear analysis protocol to properly evaluate the changes between samples due to the treatment. Here we present a protocol for the evaluation of the effect of 2-hydroxyoleic acid (2-OHOA), an antitumor compound, on xenografts lipidome based on IMS. Direct treated/control comparison did not show conclusive results. As we will demonstrate, a more sophisticated protocol was required to evaluate these changes including the following: (1) identification of different areas in the xenograft, (2) classification of these areas (necrotic/viable) to compare similar types of tissues, (3) suppression of the effect of the variation of adduct formation between samples, and (4) normalization of the variables using the standard deviation to eliminate the excessive impact of the stronger peaks in the statistical analysis. In this way, the 36 lipid species that experienced the largest changes between treated and control were identified. Furthermore, incorporation of 2-hydroxyoleic acid to a sphinganine base was also confirmed by MS/MS. Comparison of the changes observed here with previous results obtained with different techniques demonstrates the validity of the protocol.
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- Roberto Fernández
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Unité de recherche Inserm 0916, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB)-INSERM, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Institut d’Investigació Sanitária de Palma (IdISPa), Carretera Valldemossa 79, E-07010 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 415 East 68th Street, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Institut d’Investigació Sanitária de Palma (IdISPa), Carretera Valldemossa 79, E-07010 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, E-07122 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Institut d’Investigació Sanitária de Palma (IdISPa), Carretera Valldemossa 79, E-07010 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Škrášková K, Khmelinskii A, Abdelmoula WM, De Munter S, Baes M, McDonnell L, Dijkstra J, Heeren RMA. Precise Anatomic Localization of Accumulated Lipids in Mfp2 Deficient Murine Brains Through Automated Registration of SIMS Images to the Allen Brain Atlas. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 26:948-57. [PMID: 25916600 PMCID: PMC4422856 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1146-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a powerful tool for the molecular characterization of specific tissue regions. Histochemical staining provides anatomic information complementary to MSI data. The combination of both modalities has been proven to be beneficial. However, direct comparison of histology based and mass spectrometry-based molecular images can become problematic because of potential tissue damages or changes caused by different sample preparation. Curated atlases such as the Allen Brain Atlas (ABA) offer a collection of highly detailed and standardized anatomic information. Direct comparison of MSI brain data to the ABA allows for conclusions to be drawn on precise anatomic localization of the molecular signal. Here we applied secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging at high spatial resolution to study brains of knock-out mouse models with impaired peroxisomal β-oxidation. Murine models were lacking D-multifunctional protein (MFP2), which is involved in degradation of very long chain fatty acids. SIMS imaging revealed deposits of fatty acids within distinct brain regions. Manual comparison of the MSI data with the histologic stains did not allow for an unequivocal anatomic identification of the fatty acids rich regions. We further employed an automated pipeline for co-registration of the SIMS data to the ABA. The registration enabled precise anatomic annotation of the brain structures with the revealed lipid deposits. The precise anatomic localization allowed for a deeper insight into the pathology of Mfp2 deficient mouse models.
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- Karolina Škrášková
- />FOM-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- />TI-COAST, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />FOM-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- />Percuros B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands
- />Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- />Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- />Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- />Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- />Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Pisa, Italy
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- />Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- />FOM-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- />TI-COAST, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- />M4I, The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Crecelius AC, Schubert US, von Eggeling F. MALDI mass spectrometric imaging meets “omics”: recent advances in the fruitful marriage. Analyst 2015; 140:5806-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an00990a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric imaging (MALDI MSI) is a method that allows the investigation of the molecular content of surfaces, in particular, tissues, within its morphological context.
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- A. C. Crecelius
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
| | - F. von Eggeling
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
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