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Naylor CN, Nagy G. Recent advances in high-resolution traveling wave-based ion mobility separations coupled to mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024. [PMID: 39087820 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
Abstract
Recently, ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) has become more readily incorporated into various omics-based workflows. These growing applications are due to developments in instrumentation within the last decade that have enabled higher-resolution ion mobility separations. Two such platforms are the cyclic (cIMS) and structures for lossless ion manipulations (SLIM), both of which use traveling wave ion mobility spectrometry (TWIMS). High-resolution separations achieved with these techniques stem from the drastically increased pathlengths, on the order of 10 s of meters to >1 km, in both cIMS-MS and SLIM IMS-MS, respectively. Herein, we highlight recent developments and advances, for the period 2019-2023, in high-resolution traveling wave-based IMS-MS through instrumentation, calibration strategies, hyphenated techniques, and applications. Specifically, we will discuss applications including CCS calculations in multipass IMS-MS separations, coupling of IMS-MS with chromatography, imaging, and cryogenic infrared spectroscopy, and isomeric separations of glycans, lipids, and other small metabolites.
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- Cameron N Naylor
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Palm EH, Engelhardt J, Tshepelevitsh S, Weiss J, Kruve A. Gas Phase Reactivity of Isomeric Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:1021-1029. [PMID: 38640444 PMCID: PMC11066962 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Identification of stereo- and positional isomers detected with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) is often challenging due to near-identical fragmentation spectra (MS2), similar retention times, and collision cross-section values (CCS). Here we address this challenge on the example of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) with the aim to (1) distinguish between isomers of OH-PCBs using two-dimensional ion mobility spectrometry (2D-IMS) and (2) investigate the structure of the fragments of OH-PCBs and their fragmentation mechanisms by ion mobility spectrometry coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (IMS-HRMS). The MS2 spectra as well as CCS values of the deprotonated molecule and fragment ions were measured for 18 OH-PCBs using flow injections coupled to a cyclic IMS-HRMS. The MS2 spectra as well as the CCS values of the parent and fragment ions were similar between parent compound isomers; however, ion mobility separation of the fragment ions is hinting at the formation of isomeric fragments. Different parent compound isomers also yielded different numbers of isomeric fragment mobilogram peaks giving new insights into the fragmentation of these compounds and indicating new possibilities for identification. For spectral interpretation, Gibbs free energies and CCS values for the fragment ions of 4'-OH-CB35, 4'-OH-CB79, 2-OH-CB77 and 4-OH-CB107 were calculated and enabled assignment of structures to the isomeric mobilogram peaks of [M-H-HCl]- fragments. Finally, further fragmentation of the isomeric fragments revealed different fragmentation pathways depending on the isomeric fragment ions.
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- Emma H. Palm
- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16, 114
18 Stockholm, Sweden
- Luxembourg
Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University
of Luxembourg, 6 avenue du Swing, 4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16, 114
18 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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Song XC, Canellas E, Dreolin N, Goshawk J, Lv M, Qu G, Nerin C, Jiang G. Application of Ion Mobility Spectrometry and the Derived Collision Cross Section in the Analysis of Environmental Organic Micropollutants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:21485-21502. [PMID: 38091506 PMCID: PMC10753811 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a rapid gas-phase separation technique, which can distinguish ions on the basis of their size, shape, and charge. The IMS-derived collision cross section (CCS) can serve as additional identification evidence for the screening of environmental organic micropollutants (OMPs). In this work, we summarize the published experimental CCS values of environmental OMPs, introduce the current CCS prediction tools, summarize the use of IMS and CCS in the analysis of environmental OMPs, and finally discussed the benefits of IMS and CCS in environmental analysis. An up-to-date CCS compendium for environmental contaminants was produced by combining CCS databases and data sets of particular types of environmental OMPs, including pesticides, drugs, mycotoxins, steroids, plastic additives, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), as well as their well-known transformation products. A total of 9407 experimental CCS values from 4170 OMPs were retrieved from 23 publications, which contain both drift tube CCS in nitrogen (DTCCSN2) and traveling wave CCS in nitrogen (TWCCSN2). A selection of publicly accessible and in-house CCS prediction tools were also investigated; the chemical space covered by the training set and the quality of CCS measurements seem to be vital factors affecting the CCS prediction accuracy. Then, the applications of IMS and the derived CCS in the screening of various OMPs were summarized, and the benefits of IMS and CCS, including increased peak capacity, the elimination of interfering ions, the separation of isomers, and the reduction of false positives and false negatives, were discussed in detail. With the improvement of the resolving power of IMS and enhancements of experimental CCS databases, the practicability of IMS in the analysis of environmental OMPs will continue to improve.
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- Xue-Chao Song
- School
of the Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research
I3A, EINA, University of Zaragoza, Maria de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research
I3A, EINA, University of Zaragoza, Maria de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Waters
Corporation, Stamford
Avenue, Altrincham Road, SK9 4AX Wilmslow, United Kingdom
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- Waters
Corporation, Stamford
Avenue, Altrincham Road, SK9 4AX Wilmslow, United Kingdom
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Research
Center for Analytical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of
Sciences, Northeastern University, 110819 Shenyang, China
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- School
of the Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Institute
of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research
I3A, EINA, University of Zaragoza, Maria de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- School
of the Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Institute
of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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Poad BLJ, Jekimovs LJ, Young RSE, Wongsomboon P, Marshall DL, Hansen FKM, Fulloon T, Pfrunder MC, Dodgen T, Ritchie M, Wong SCC, Blanksby SJ. Revolutions in Lipid Isomer Resolution: Application of Ultrahigh-Resolution Ion Mobility to Reveal Lipid Diversity. Anal Chem 2023; 95:15917-15923. [PMID: 37847864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Many families of lipid isomers remain unresolved by contemporary liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry approaches, leading to a significant underestimation of the structural diversity within the lipidome. While ion mobility coupled to mass spectrometry has provided an additional dimension of lipid isomer resolution, some isomers require a resolving power beyond the capabilities of conventional platforms. Here, we present the application of high-resolution traveling-wave ion mobility for the separation of lipid isomers that differ in (i) the location of a single carbon-carbon double bond, (ii) the stereochemistry of the double bond (cis or trans), or, for glycerolipids, (iii) the relative substitution of acyl chains on the glycerol backbone (sn-position). Collisional activation following mobility separation allowed identification of the carbon-carbon double-bond position and sn-position, enabling confident interpretation of variations in mobility peak abundance. To demonstrate the applicability of this method, double-bond and sn-position isomers of an abundant phosphatidylcholine composition were resolved in extracts from a prostate cancer cell line and identified by comparison to pure isomer reference standards, revealing the presence of up to six isomers. These findings suggest that ultrahigh-resolution ion mobility has broad potential for isomer-resolved lipidomics and is attractive to consider for future integration with other modes of ion activation, thereby bringing together advanced orthogonal separations and structure elucidation to provide a more complete picture of the lipidome.
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- Berwyck L J Poad
- Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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- Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia
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Sharon EM, Henderson LW, Clemmer DE. Resolving Hidden Solution Conformations of Hemoglobin Using IMS-IMS on a Cyclic Instrument. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:1559-1568. [PMID: 37418419 PMCID: PMC10916761 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00032] [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: 07/09/2023]
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Ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) experiments on a cyclic IMS instrument were used to examine heterogeneous distributions of structures found in the 15+ to 18+ charge states of the hemoglobin tetramer (Hb). The resolving power of IMS measurements is known to increase with increasing drift-region length. This effect is not significant for Hb charge states as peaks were shown to broaden with increasing drift-region length. This observation suggests that multiple structures with similar cross sections may be present. To examine this hypothesis, selections of drift time distributions were isolated and subsequently reinjected into the mobility region for additional separation. These IMS-IMS experiments demonstrate that selected regions separate further upon additional passes around the drift cell, consistent with the idea that initial resolving power was limited due to the presence of many closely related conformations. Additional variable temperature electrospray ionization (vT-ESI) experiments were conducted to study how changing the solution temperature affects solution conformations. Some features in these IMS-IMS studies were observed to change similarly with solution temperature compared to features in the single IMS distribution. Other features changed differently in the selected mobility data, indicating that solution structures that were obscured upon IMS analysis because of the complex heterogeneity of the original distribution are discernible after reducing the number of conformers that are analyzed by further IMS analysis. These results illustrate that the combination of vT-ESI with IMS-IMS is useful for resolving and exploring conformer distributions and stabilities in systems that exhibit a large degree of structural heterogeneity.
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- Edie M Sharon
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Zercher BP, Gozzo TA, Wageman A, Bush MF. Enhancing the Depth of Analyses with Next-Generation Ion Mobility Experiments. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2023; 16:27-48. [PMID: 37000959 PMCID: PMC10545071 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091522-031329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent developments in ion mobility (IM) technology have expanded the capability to separate and characterize gas-phase ions of biomolecules, especially when paired with mass spectrometry. This next generation of IM technology has been ushered in by creative innovation focused on both instrument architectures and how electric fields are applied. In this review, we focus on the application of high-resolution and multidimensional IM to biomolecular analyses, encompassing the fields of glycomics, lipidomics, peptidomics, and proteomics. We highlight selected research that demonstrates the application of the new IM toolkit to challenging biomolecular systems. Through our review of recently published literature, we outline the current strengths of respective technologies and perspectives for future applications.
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- Benjamin P Zercher
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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Li X, Wang H, Jiang M, Ding M, Xu X, Xu B, Zou Y, Yu Y, Yang W. Collision Cross Section Prediction Based on Machine Learning. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28104050. [PMID: 37241791 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) is a powerful separation technique providing an additional dimension of separation to support the enhanced separation and characterization of complex components from the tissue metabolome and medicinal herbs. The integration of machine learning (ML) with IM-MS can overcome the barrier to the lack of reference standards, promoting the creation of a large number of proprietary collision cross section (CCS) databases, which help to achieve the rapid, comprehensive, and accurate characterization of the contained chemical components. In this review, advances in CCS prediction using ML in the past 2 decades are summarized. The advantages of ion mobility-mass spectrometers and the commercially available ion mobility technologies with different principles (e.g., time dispersive, confinement and selective release, and space dispersive) are introduced and compared. The general procedures involved in CCS prediction based on ML (acquisition and optimization of the independent and dependent variables, model construction and evaluation, etc.) are highlighted. In addition, quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, and CCS theoretical calculations are also described. Finally, the applications of CCS prediction in metabolomics, natural products, foods, and the other research fields are reflected.
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- Xiaohang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-Based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, Tianjin 301617, China
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Williamson DL, Trimble TK, Nagy G. Hydrogen-Deuterium-Exchange-Based Mass Distribution Shifts in High-Resolution Cyclic Ion Mobility Separations. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023. [PMID: 37098274 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The mass distribution of ions influences separations in ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS). Herein, we introduce a method to induce mass distribution shifts for various analytes using hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) immediately prior to ionization using a dual syringe approach. By replacing labile hydrogens on analytes with deuteriums, we were able to differentiate isomers using separations of isotopologues. For each analyte studied, every possible level of deuteration (from undeuterated to fully deuterated) was generated and then separated using cyclic ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (cIMS-MS). The information gained from such separations (relative arrival times; tRel. values) was found to be orthogonal to conventional IMS-MS separations. Additionally, the observed shifts were linearly additive with increasing deuteration, suggesting that this methodology could be extended to analytes with a larger number of labile hydrogens. For one isomer pair, as few as two deuteriums were able to produce a large enough mass distribution shift to differentiate isomers. In another experiment, we found that the mass distribution shift was large enough to overcome the reduced mass contribution, resulting in a "flipped" arrival time where the heavier deuterated isotopologue arrived before the lighter one. In this work, we present a proof-of-concept demonstration that mass-distribution-based shifts, tRel. values, could potentially act as an added dimension to characterize molecules in IMS-MS. We anticipate, along with future work in this area, that mass-distribution-based shifts could enable the identification of unknown molecules through a database-driven approach in an analogous fashion to collision cross section (CCS) measurements.
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- David L Williamson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Luo M, Yin Y, Zhou Z, Zhang H, Chen X, Wang H, Zhu ZJ. A mass spectrum-oriented computational method for ion mobility-resolved untargeted metabolomics. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1813. [PMID: 37002244 PMCID: PMC10066191 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37539-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Ion mobility (IM) adds a new dimension to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomics which significantly enhances coverage, sensitivity, and resolving power for analyzing the metabolome, particularly metabolite isomers. However, the high dimensionality of IM-resolved metabolomics data presents a great challenge to data processing, restricting its widespread applications. Here, we develop a mass spectrum-oriented bottom-up assembly algorithm for IM-resolved metabolomics that utilizes mass spectra to assemble four-dimensional peaks in a reverse order of multidimensional separation. We further develop the end-to-end computational framework Met4DX for peak detection, quantification and identification of metabolites in IM-resolved metabolomics. Benchmarking and validation of Met4DX demonstrates superior performance compared to existing tools with regard to coverage, sensitivity, peak fidelity and quantification precision. Importantly, Met4DX successfully detects and differentiates co-eluted metabolite isomers with small differences in the chromatographic and IM dimensions. Together, Met4DX advances metabolite discovery in biological organisms by deciphering the complex 4D metabolomics data.
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- Mingdu Luo
- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Aging Studies, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China.
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Anyaeche RO, Kaur J, Li W, Kenttämaa H. Tandem Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Petroleum-Based Compounds. Anal Chem 2023; 95:128-133. [PMID: 36625111 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Ruth O Anyaeche
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Next Challenges for the Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Complex Organic Mixtures in the Field of Sustainable Energy. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27248889. [PMID: 36558021 PMCID: PMC9786309 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass by pyrolysis or hydrothermal liquefaction gives access to a wide variety of molecules that can be used as fuel or as building blocks in the chemical industry. For such purposes, it is necessary to obtain their detailed chemical composition to adapt the conversion process, including the upgrading steps. Petroleomics has emerged as an integral approach to cover a missing link in the investigation bio-oils and linked products. It relies on ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry to attempt to unravel the contribution of many compounds in complex samples by a non-targeted approach. The most recent developments in petroleomics partially alter the discriminating nature of the non-targeted analyses. However, a peak referring to one chemical formula possibly hides a forest of isomeric compounds, which may present a large chemical diversity concerning the nature of the chemical functions. This identification of chemical functions is essential in the context of the upgrading of bio-oils. The latest developments dedicated to this analytical challenge will be reviewed and discussed, particularly by integrating ion source features and incorporating new steps in the analytical workflow. The representativeness of the data obtained by the petroleomic approach is still an important issue.
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High-end ion mobility mass spectrometry: A current review of analytical capacity in omics applications and structural investigations. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Alhajji E, Boulghobra A, Bonose M, Berthias F, Moussa F, Maître P. Multianalytical Approach for Deciphering the Specific MS/MS Transition and Overcoming the Challenge of the Separation of a Transient Intermediate, Quinonoid Dihydrobiopterin. Anal Chem 2022; 94:12578-12585. [PMID: 36074025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Despite recent technological developments in analytical chemistry, separation and direct characterization of transient intermediates remain an analytical challenge. Among these, separation and direct characterization of quinonoid dihydrobiopterin (qH2Bip), a transient intermediate of tetrahydrobiopterin (H4Bip)-dependent hydroxylation reactions, essential in living organisms, with important and varied human pathophysiological impacts, are a clear illustration. H4Bip regeneration may be impaired by competitive nonenzymatic autoxidation reactions, such as isomerization of qH2Bip into a more stable 7,8-H2Bip (H2Bip) isomer, and subsequent nonenzymatic oxidation reactions. The quinonoid qH2Bip intermediate thus plays a key role in H4Bip-dependent hydroxylation reactions. However, only a few experimental results have indirectly confirmed this finding while revealing the difficulty of isolating qH2Bip from H4Bip-containing solutions. As a result, no current H4Bip assay method allows this isomer to be quantified even by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Here, we report isolation, structural characterization, and abundance of qH2Bip formed upon H4Bip autoxidation using three methods integrated into MS/MS. First, we characterized the structure of the two observed H2B isomers using IR photodissociation spectroscopy in conjunction with quantum chemical calculations. Then, we used differential ion mobility spectrometry to fully separate all oxidized forms of H4Bip including qH2Bip. These data are consistent and show that qH2Bip can also be unambiguously identified thanks to its specific MS/MS transition. This finding paves the way for the quantification of qH2Bip with MS/MS methods. Most importantly, the half-life value of this intermediate is nearly equivalent to that of H4Bip (tens of minutes), suggesting that an accurate method of H4Bip analysis should include the quantification of qH2Bip.
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- Eskander Alhajji
- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Williamson DL, Nagy G. Isomer and Conformer-Specific Mass Distribution-Based Isotopic Shifts in High-Resolution Cyclic Ion Mobility Separations. Anal Chem 2022; 94:12890-12898. [PMID: 36067027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herein, we present the use of mass distribution-based isotopic shifts in high-resolution cyclic ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (cIMS-MS)-based separations to characterize various isomeric species as well as conformers. Specifically, by using the observed relative arrival time values for the isotopologues found in the isotopic envelope after long pathlength cIMS-MS separations, we were able to distinguish dibromoaniline, dichloroaniline, and quaternary ammonium salt isomers, as well as a pair of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 conformers based on their respective mass distribution-based shifts. Our observed shifts were highly reproducible and broadly applied to the isotopologues of various atoms (i.e., Cl, Br, and C). Additionally, through a control experiment, we determined that such shifts are indeed pathlength-independent, thus demonstrating that our presented methodology could be readily extended to other high-resolution IMS-MS platforms. These results are the first characterization of conformers using mass distribution-based IMS-MS shifts, as well as the first use of a commercial cIMS-MS platform to characterize isomers via their mass distribution-based shifts. We anticipate that our methodology will have broad applicability for biological analytes and that mass distribution-based shifts could potentially act as an added dimension of analysis in existing IMS-MS workflows in omics-based research. Specifically, we envision that the development of a database of these mass distribution-based shifts could, for example, enable the identification of unknown metabolites in complex matrices.
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- David L Williamson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Breen J, Hashemihedeshi M, Amiri R, Dorman FL, Jobst KJ. Unwrapping Wrap-around in Gas (or Liquid) Chromatographic Cyclic Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2022; 94:11113-11117. [PMID: 35913896 PMCID: PMC9387526 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gas chromatography multiplexed with cyclic ion mobility mass spectrometry is a comprehensive two-dimensional separation technique that can resolve compounds that would otherwise coelute in a single-dimension separation. The cyclic geometry of the ion mobility cell enables ions to travel multiple passes, increasing their drift times to the detector and relative separation. However, the quality of the separation may be obfuscated when "wrap-around" occurs, during which speedier ions catch up with slower ion populations when allowed to travel through more than one pass. Consequently, cyclic ion mobility is incorrectly perceived as a targeted approach that requires preselection of ions prior to separation. The present study demonstrates that "wrap-around" can be mitigated by comparing drift times measured during single- and multipass experiments and extrapolating the number of passes experienced by each ion. This straightforward calculation results in the "unwrapping" of cyclic ion mobility data so that the experiments can be interpreted in a nontargeted way while reaping the benefit of peak capacities that rival those achieved using other comprehensive two-dimensional separations.
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- Jake Breen
- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 45 Arctic Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5S7
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- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 45 Arctic Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5S7
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- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 45 Arctic Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5S7
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States.,Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 45 Arctic Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 5S7
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Cooper-Shepherd DA, Olivos HJ, Wu Z, Palmer ME. Exploiting Self-Association to Evaluate Enantiomeric Composition by Cyclic Ion Mobility–Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2022; 94:8441-8448. [PMID: 35657797 PMCID: PMC9201813 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The characterization
of enantiomers is an important analytical
challenge in the chemical and life sciences. Thorough evaluation of
the purity of chiral molecules is particularly required in the pharmaceutical
industry where safety concerns are paramount. Assessment of the enantiomeric
composition is still challenging and time-consuming, meaning that
alternative approaches are required. In this study, we exploit the
formation of dimers as diastereomeric pairs of enantiomers to affect
separation by high resolution cyclic ion mobility–mass spectrometry.
Using the example of (R/S)-thalidomide,
we show that even though this is not an enantiomer separation, we
can determine which enantiomer is in excess and obtain quantitative
information on the enantiomer composition without the need for a chiral
modifier. Further examples of the approach are presented, including d/l-tryptophan and (R/S)-propanolol, and demonstrate the need for mobility resolving power
in excess of 400 (CCS/ΔCCS).
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757, United States
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757, United States
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- Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Altrincham Road, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, United Kingdom
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Roman-Hubers AT, Cordova AC, Rohde AM, Chiu WA, McDonald TJ, Wright FA, Dodds JN, Baker ES, Rusyn I. Characterization of Compositional Variability in Petroleum Substances. FUEL (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 317:123547. [PMID: 35250041 PMCID: PMC8896784 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In the process of registration of substances of Unknown or Variable Composition, Complex Reaction Products or Biological Materials (UVCBs), information sufficient to enable substance identification must be provided. Substance identification for UVCBs formed through petroleum refining is particularly challenging due to their chemical complexity, as well as variability in refining process conditions and composition of the feedstocks. This study aimed to characterize compositional variability of petroleum UVCBs both within and across product categories. We utilized ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)-MS as a technique to evaluate detailed chemical composition of independent production cycle-derived samples of 6 petroleum products from 3 manufacturing categories (heavy aromatic, hydrotreated light paraffinic, and hydrotreated heavy paraffinic). Atmospheric pressure photoionization and drift tube IMS-MS were used to identify structurally related compounds and quantified between- and within-product variability. In addition, we determined both individual molecules and hydrocarbon blocks that were most variable in samples from different production cycles. We found that detailed chemical compositional data on petroleum UVCBs obtained from IMS-MS can provide the information necessary for hazard and risk characterization in terms of quantifying the variability of the products in a manufacturing category, as well as in subsequent production cycles of the same product.
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- Alina T. Roman-Hubers
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Departments of Statistics and Biological Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry for Structural Elucidation of Petroleum Compounds. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Koomen DC, May JC, McLean JA. Insights and prospects for ion mobility-mass spectrometry in clinical chemistry. Expert Rev Proteomics 2022; 19:17-31. [PMID: 34986717 PMCID: PMC8881341 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2022.2026218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Ion mobility-mass spectrometry is an emerging technology in the clinical setting for high throughput and high confidence molecular characterization from complex biological samples. Ion mobility spectrometry can provide isomer separations on the basis of molecular structure, the ability of which is increasing through technological developments that afford enhanced resolving power. Integrating multiple separation dimensions, such as liquid chromatography-ion mobility-mass spectrometry (LC-IM-MS) provide dramatic enhancements in the mitigation of molecular interferences for high accuracy clinical measurements. AREAS COVERED Multidimensional separations with LC-IM-MS provide better selectivity and sensitivity in molecular analysis. Mass spectrometry imaging of tissues to inform spatial molecular distribution is improved by complementary ion mobility analyses. Biomarker identification in surgical environments is enhanced by intraoperative biochemical analysis with mass spectrometry and holds promise for integration with ion mobility spectrometry. New prospects in high resolving power ion mobility are enhancing analysis capabilities, such as distinguishing isomeric compounds. EXPERT OPINION Ion mobility-mass spectrometry holds many prospects for the field of isomer identification, molecular imaging, and intraoperative tumor margin delineation in clinical settings. These advantages are afforded while maintaining fast analysis times and subsequently high throughput. High resolving power ion mobility will enhance these advantages further, in particular for analyses requiring high confidence isobaric selectivity and detection.
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- David C. Koomen
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Innovative Technology, Institute of Chemical Biology, Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Innovative Technology, Institute of Chemical Biology, Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Innovative Technology, Institute of Chemical Biology, Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Roman-Hubers AT, Cordova AC, Aly NA, McDonald TJ, Lloyd DT, Wright FA, Baker ES, Chiu WA, Rusyn I. Data Processing Workflow to Identify Structurally Related Compounds in Petroleum Substances Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry. ENERGY & FUELS : AN AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL 2021; 35:10529-10539. [PMID: 34366560 PMCID: PMC8341389 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Ion mobility spectrometry coupled with mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) is a post-ionization separation technique that can be used for rapid multidimensional analyses of complex samples. IMS-MS offers untargeted analysis, including ion-specific conformational data derived as collisional cross section (CCS) values. Here, we combine nitrogen gas drift tube CCS (DTCCSN2) and Kendrick mass defect (KMD) analyses based on CH2 and H functional units to enable compositional analyses of petroleum substances. First, polycyclic aromatic compound standards were analyzed by IMS-MS to demonstrate how CCS assists the identification of isomeric species in homologous series. Next, we used case studies of a gasoline standard previously characterized for paraffin, isoparaffin, aromatic, naphthene, and olefinic (PIANO) compounds, and a crude oil sample to demonstrate the application of the KMD analyses and CCS filtering. Finally, we propose a workflow that enables confident molecular formula assignment to the IMS-MS-derived features in petroleum samples. Collectively, this work demonstrates how rapid untargeted IMS-MS analysis and the proposed data processing workflow can be used to provide confident compositional characterization of hydrocarbon-containing substances.
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- Alina T. Roman-Hubers
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Corresponding Author Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD. Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845. ; Phone: +1-979-458-9866
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