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Simeoli R, Cairoli S, Greco M, Bellomo F, Mancini A, Rossi C, Dionisi Vici C, Emma F, Goffredo BM. A New and Rapid LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Cysteamine Plasma Levels in Cystinosis Patients. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:649. [PMID: 38794219 PMCID: PMC11124818 DOI: 10.3390/ph17050649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Cystinosis is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by autosomal recessive mutations in the CTNS gene that encodes for the cystine transporter cystinosin, which is expressed on the lysosomal membrane mediating the efflux of cystine. Cysteamine bitartrate is a cystine-depleting aminothiol agent approved for the treatment of cystinosis in children and adults. In this study, we developed and validated a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the determination of cysteamine levels in plasma samples. This LC-MS/MS method was validated according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s guidelines for bioanalytical method validation. An ultra-performance liquid chromatograph (UPLC) coupled with a 6470 mass spectrometry system was used for cysteamine determination. Our validated method was applied to plasma samples from n = 8 cystinosis patients (median, interquartile range (IQR) = 20.5, 8.5-26.0 years). The samples were collected before cysteamine oral administration (pre-dose) and 1 h after (post-dose). Our bioanalytical method fulfilled the regulatory guidelines for method validation. The cysteamine plasma levels in pre-dose samples were 2.57 and 1.50-3.31 μM (median and IQR, respectively), whereas the post-dose samples reported a cysteamine median concentration of 28.00 μM (IQR: 17.60-36.61). Our method allows the rapid determination of cysteamine plasma levels. This method was successfully used in cystinosis patients and, therefore, could be a useful tool for the evaluation of therapy adherence and for future pharmacokinetic (PK) studies involving a higher number of subjects.
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- Raffaele Simeoli
- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (M.G.); (F.E.)
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- Laboratory of Nephrology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy;
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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- Division of Nephrology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (M.G.); (F.E.)
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases and Hepatology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy; (R.S.); (S.C.); (A.M.); (C.R.); (C.D.V.)
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Lu H, Zhang H, Li L. Chemical tagging mass spectrometry: an approach for single-cell omics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:6901-6913. [PMID: 37466681 PMCID: PMC10729908 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04850-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Single-cell (SC) analysis offers new insights into the study of fundamental biological phenomena and cellular heterogeneity. The superior sensitivity, high throughput, and rich chemical information provided by mass spectrometry (MS) allow MS to emerge as a leading technology for molecular profiling of SC omics, including the SC metabolome, lipidome, and proteome. However, issues such as ionization suppression, low concentration, and huge span of dynamic concentrations of SC components lead to poor MS response for certain types of molecules. It is noted that chemical tagging/derivatization has been adopted in SCMS analysis, and this strategy has been proven an effective solution to circumvent these issues in SCMS analysis. Herein, we review the basic principle and general strategies of chemical tagging/derivatization in SCMS analysis, along with recent applications of chemical derivatization to single-cell metabolomics and multiplexed proteomics, as well as SCMS imaging. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities for the improvement of chemical derivatization strategies in SCMS analysis are discussed.
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- Haiyan Lu
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
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Zhang J, Abdulkhaleq AMA, Wang J, Zhou X. Rational design of a novel acryl-modified CQDs fluorescent probe for highly selective detection and imaging of cysteine in vitro and in vivo. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:331. [PMID: 37501043 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05919-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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A novel fluorescent nanoprobe CQDs-O-Acryl has been designed and synthesized to directly and accurately identify Cys over other biothiols in PBS (10 mM, pH 7.4) buffer. The carbon quantum dots (CQDs-OH) (λex/em maxima = 495/525 nm) were fabricated by a solvothermal method using resorcinol as the carbon source. The CQDs-O-Acryl was achieved through covalently grafting the acryloyl group on the surface of carbon quantum dots by nuclear reaction based on static quenching. The structure and morphology of CQDs-OH and CQDs-O-Acryl have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. Upon the addition of Cys, the ester bond of CQDs-O-Acryl has been broken, and the free CQDs were released by conjugated addition and cyclization reactions successively, emitting strong green fluorescence at 525 nm (λex = 495 nm). Under the optimized conditions, CQDs-O-Acryl exhibited good sensing of Cys within the range 0.095-16 μM (the LOD of 0.095 μM). Due to the high sensitivity, reliability, fast fluorescence response (10 min), and low toxicity of CQDs-O-Acryl, it was successfully applied to fluorescence imaging of Cys in A549 cells and zebrafish.
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- Jie Zhang
- College of Pharmacy, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, People's Republic of China.
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Saunders KDG, Lewis HM, Beste DJ, Cexus O, Bailey MJ. Spatial single cell metabolomics: Current challenges and future developments. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2023; 75:102327. [PMID: 37224735 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.102327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Single cell metabolomics is a rapidly advancing field of bio-analytical chemistry which aims to observe cellular biology with the greatest detail possible. Mass spectrometry imaging and selective cell sampling (e.g. using nanocapillaries) are two common approaches within the field. Recent achievements such as observation of cell-cell interactions, lipids determining cell states and rapid phenotypic identification demonstrate the efficacy of these approaches and the momentum of the field. However, single cell metabolomics can only continue with the same impetus if the universal challenges to the field are met, such as the lack of strategies for standardisation and quantification, and lack of specificity/sensitivity. Mass spectrometry imaging and selective cell sampling come with unique advantages and challenges which, in many cases are complementary to each other. We propose here that the challenges specific to each approach could be ameliorated with collaboration between the two communities driving these approaches.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Gao S, Zhou X, Yue M, Zhu S, Liu Q, Zhao XE. Advances and perspectives in chemical isotope labeling-based mass spectrometry methods for metabolome and exposome analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.117022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Lanekoff I, Sharma VV, Marques C. Single-cell metabolomics: where are we and where are we going? Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 75:102693. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zhu B, Bryant DT, Akbarinejad A, Travas-Sejdic J, Pilkington LI. A novel electrochemical conducting polymer sensor for the rapid, selective and sensitive detection of biothiols. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py01394g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A rapid, selective and sensitive, novel conducting-polymer sensing platform for the detection and analysis of biothiols.
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- Bicheng Zhu
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
- Polymer Biointerface Centre, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Polymer Biointerface Centre, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
- Polymer Biointerface Centre, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Polymer Biointerface Centre, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Chang L, Lin F, Cheng K, Li J, Sun X, Figeys D, Jiang J, Ye Y, Liu J. A simultaneous identification and quantification strategy for determination of sulfhydryl-containing metabolites in normal- and high-fat diet hamsters using stable isotope labeling combined with LC-MS. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1184:339016. [PMID: 34625243 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sulfur-containing metabolites are related to several physiologic disorders and metabolic diseases. In this study, a simultaneous identification and quantification strategy in one batch for determination of sulfhydryl-containing metabolites was developed using stable isotope labeling combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SIL-LC-MS). In the proposed method, a pair of isotope labeling reagents, D0/D5-N-ethylmaleimide (D0/D5-NEM), was used to derivatize sulfhydryl-containing metabolites in blood and plasma of normal- and high-fat-diet (NFD and HFD) hamsters for reduced (-SH) and total (-SH, -S-S-, S-glutathionylated proteins) analysis. Quality control (QC) samples and test samples were prepared for LC-MS analysis. First, both QC samples and stable isotope labeled internal standards were used to monitor the status of the instrument and ensure the reliability of the analysis. Subsequently, an inhouse database containing 45 sulfhydryl-containing metabolites was established by MS1 based on QC samples. Then, qualitatively differential sulfhydryl-containing metabolites were found by MS2 between the NFD and HFD hamsters of the test samples, including 3 in reduced and 8 in total analysis of blood samples, and 2 in reduced and 2 in total analysis of plasma samples. Next, in quantitative analysis, satisfied linearities for 6 sulfhydryl-containing metabolites were obtained with the correlation coefficient (R2) > 0.99 and absolute quantification was carried out. The results showed that glutathione and cysteine have different concentrations in blood and plasma of hamsters. Finally, the correlation of sulfhydryl-containing metabolites with blood lipid and oxidative stress levels was determined, which provided insight into the hyperlipidemia-related oxidative stress. Taken together, the developed method of simultaneous identification with the inhouse database and MS2 and quantification with standards in one batch provides a promising strategy for the analysis of sulfhydryl-containing metabolites in biological samples, which may promote the in-depth investigation on sulfhydryl-containing metabolites and related diseases.
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- Lu Chang
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China
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- SIMM-University of Ottawa Joint Research Center in Systems and Personalized Pharmacology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China
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- SIMM-University of Ottawa Joint Research Center in Systems and Personalized Pharmacology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
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Shu Y, Dai T, Ye Q, Jin D, Xu Q, Hu X. A Dual-emitting Two-dimensional Nickel-based Metal-organic Framework Nanosheets: Eu 3+/Ag + Functionalization Synthesis and Ratiometric Sensing in Aqueous Solution. J Fluoresc 2021; 31:1947-1957. [PMID: 34546469 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-021-02826-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Using two-dimensional (2D) nickel-based metal organic framework (Ni-MOF) nanosheets as a matrix, Eu3+ and Ag+ were incorporated to synthesize Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF with double luminescence centers of Eu3+ ion (615 nm) and organic ligand (524 nm). And a ratiometric luminescence sensor is constructed based on Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF for sensitive detection of biothiols in aqueous solutions. The dual-emissive fluorescence properties can be tuned by changing the amounts of Ag+ ions doping. The results of temperature and pH effects on the fluorescence of Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF indicates that the Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF is a temperature-sensitive material and the fluorescence of Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF can keep stable over a wide pH range. Due to the binding of -SH in cysteine (Cys) and glutathione (GSH) with Ag+, the ligand luminescence was significantly inhibited by weakening the Ag + influence on the energy transfer process in the MOFs. Therefore, ratiometric fluorescent sensing of biomolecular thiols was realized based on the dual-emission Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF. More importantly, the fluorescence color change can be observed with naked eyes to realize visual detection. The ratiometric fluorescent sensor exhibits high performance for Cys and GSH detection with a wide linear range of 5-250 µM and a relatively low detection limit of 0.20 µM and 0.17 µM, respectively. Furthermore, the biothiols content in human serum was determined with satisfactory results. It proves the Ni-MOF nanosheets can be used as a stable matrix for construction luminescent MOFs for the first time, and validate the great potential of Ag/Eu@Ni-MOF as a ratiometric fluorescent probe for point-of-care testing (POCT) in disease diagnosis.
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- Yun Shu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 225002, Yangzhou, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 225002, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 225002, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou Polytechnic Institute, 225127, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 225002, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 225002, Yangzhou, China.
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Ma Q, Li XL, Qi C, Zhang M, Zheng Y, Shi Q, Jin Y, Di L, Nan J, Min JZ. Simultaneous Determination of Chiral Thiol Compounds and Monitoring of Dynamic Changes in Human Urine after Drinking Chinese Korean Ethnic Rice Wine. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:5416-5427. [PMID: 33908777 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c07870] [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]
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Chinese Korean ethnic rice wine, a traditional fermented wine made from rice or corn, has antioxidant and antihypertensive activities. Although the determination of amino acids and other nutrients in rice wine has been reported, the existence of chiral thiol compounds has not been published in the literature. Therefore, we established a highly sensitive and selective ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry method for simultaneous determination and chiral separation of dl-Cys-GSH, dl-Cys-Cys, and dl-Cys-Hcy based on (R)-(5-(3-isothiocyanatopyrrolidin-1-yl)-5-oxopentyl) triphenylphosphonium derivatization. Three thiol diastereomers were completely separated on a YMC Triart C18 (2.0 × 150 mm, 1.9 μm) column with a resolution value (Rs) ≥ 1.52. The correlation coefficients were ≥0.9996, limit of detection was 2.40-7.20 fmol, and mean recoveries were 83.33-98.59%. Furthermore, fitted curves for dynamic changes in three kinds of chiral thiols in 10 human urine samples after drinking rice wine were drawn. Meanwhile, the metabolic changes in d/l-thiol compounds in human urine were investigated.
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- Qingkun Ma
- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy Yanbian University, and Department of Pharmacy, Department of Orthopaedics, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
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Liu FL, Ye TT, Ding JH, Yin XM, Yang XK, Huang WH, Yuan BF, Feng YQ. Chemical Tagging Assisted Mass Spectrometry Analysis Enables Sensitive Determination of Phosphorylated Compounds in a Single Cell. Anal Chem 2021; 93:6848-6856. [PMID: 33882236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Polar phosphorylated metabolites are involved in a variety of biological processes and play vital roles in energetic metabolism, cofactor regeneration, and nucleic acid synthesis. However, it is often challenging to interrogate polar phosphorylated metabolites and compounds from biological samples. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) now plays a central role in metabolomic studies. However, LC/MS-based approaches have been hampered by the issues of the low ionization efficiencies, low in vivo concentrations, and less chemical stability of polar phosphorylated metabolites. In this work, we synthesized paired reagents of light and heavy isotopomers, 2-(diazomethyl)phenyl)(9-methyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-2-yl)methanone (DMPI) and d3-(2-(diazomethyl)phenyl)(9-methyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-2-yl)methanone (d3-DMPI). The paired reagents of DMPI and d3-DMPI carry diazo groups that can efficiently and selectively react with the phosphate group on polar phosphorylated metabolites under mild conditions. As a proof of concept, we found that the transfer of the indole heterocycle group from DMPI/d3-DMPI to ribonucleotides led to the significant increase of ionization efficiencies of ribonucleotides during LC/MS analysis. The detection sensitivities of these ribonucleotides increased by 25-1137-fold upon DMPI tagging with the limits of detection (LODs) being between 7 and 150 amol. With the developed method, we achieved the determination of all the 12 ribonucleotides from a single mammalian cell and from a single stamen of Arabidopsis thaliana. The method provides a valuable tool to investigate the dynamic changes of polar phosphorylated metabolites in a single cell under particular conditions.
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- Fei-Long Liu
- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.,School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.,School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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Zaikin VG, Borisov RS. Options of the Main Derivatization Approaches for Analytical ESI and MALDI Mass Spectrometry. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2021; 52:1287-1342. [PMID: 33557614 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2021.1873100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The inclusion of preliminary chemical labeling (derivatization) in the analysis process by such powerful and widespread methods as electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) is a popular and widely used methodological approach. This is due to the need to remove some fundamental limitations inherent in these powerful analytic methods. Although a number of special reviews has been published discussing the utilization of derivatization approaches, the purpose of the present critical review is to comprehensively summarize, characterize and evaluate most of the previously developed and practically applied, as well as recently proposed representative derivatization reagents for ESI-MS and MALDI-MS platforms in their mostly sensitive positive ion mode and frequently hyphenated with separation techniques. The review is focused on the use of preliminary chemical labeling to facilitate the detection, identification, structure elucidation, quantification, profiling or MS imaging of compounds within complex matrices. Two main derivatization approaches, namely the introduction of permanent charge-fixed or highly proton affinitive residues into analytes are critically evaluated. In situ charge-generation, charge-switch and charge-transfer derivatizations are considered separately. The potential of using reactive matrices in MALDI-MS and chemical labeling in MS-based omics sciences is given.
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- Vladimir G Zaikin
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Atallah C, Charcosset C, Greige-Gerges H. Challenges for cysteamine stabilization, quantification, and biological effects improvement. J Pharm Anal 2020; 10:499-516. [PMID: 33425447 PMCID: PMC7775854 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2020.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The aminothiol cysteamine, derived from coenzyme A degradation in mammalian cells, presents several biological applications. However, the bitter taste and sickening odor, chemical instability, hygroscopicity, and poor pharmacokinetic profile of cysteamine limit its efficacy. The use of encapsulation systems is a good methodology to overcome these undesirable properties and improve the pharmacokinetic behavior of cysteamine. Besides, the conjugation of cysteamine to the surface of nanoparticles is generally proposed to improve the intra-oral delivery of cyclodextrin-drug inclusion complexes, as well as to enhance the colorimetric detection of compounds by a gold nanoparticle aggregation method. On the other hand, the detection and quantification of cysteamine is a challenging mission due to the lack of a chromophore in its structure and its susceptibility to oxidation before or during the analysis. Derivatization agents are therefore applied for the quantification of this molecule. To our knowledge, the derivatization techniques and the encapsulation systems used for cysteamine delivery were not reviewed previously. Thus, this review aims to compile all the data on these methods as well as to provide an overview of the various biological applications of cysteamine focusing on its skin application.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carla Atallah
- Bioactive Molecules Research Laboratory, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon
- Laboratory of Automatic Control, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France
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- Laboratory of Automatic Control, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France
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- Bioactive Molecules Research Laboratory, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon
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Lan LA, Wu SY, Meng XG, Jiang JJ, Zheng MY, Fan GR. A simple liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric method for fast detection of hydrogen sulfide based on thiolysis of 7-nitro-2, 1, 3-benzoxadiazole ether. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1625:461243. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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