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High-speed tandem mass spectrometric in situ imaging by nanospray desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

ABSTRACT: Nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nano-DESI) combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), high-resolution mass analysis of the fragment ions (m/?m = 17?500 at m/z 200), and rapid spectral acquisition enabled simultaneous imaging and identification of a large number of metabolites and lipids from 92 selected m/z windows (±1 Da) with a spatial resolution of better than 150 ?m. Mouse uterine sections of implantation sites on day 6 of pregnancy were analyzed in the ambient environment without any sample pretreatment. MS/MS imaging was performed by scanning the sample under the nano-DESI probe at 10 ?m/s, while higher-energy collision-induced dissociation (HCD) spectra were acquired for a targeted inclusion list of 92 m/z values at a rate of ?6.3 spectra/s. Molecular ions and their corresponding fragments, separated by high-resolution mass analysis, were assigned on the basis of accurate mass measurement. Using this approach, we were able to identify and image both abundant and low-abundance isobaric and isomeric species within each m/z window. MS/MS analysis enabled efficient separation and identification of isomeric and isobaric phospholipids that are difficult to separate in full-scan mode. Furthermore, we identified several metabolites associated with early pregnancy and obtained the first 2D images of these molecules.

SUBMITTER: Lanekoff I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3867692 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High-speed tandem mass spectrometric in situ imaging by nanospray desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

Lanekoff Ingela I Burnum-Johnson Kristin K Thomas Mathew M Short Joshua J Carson James P JP Cha Jeeyeon J Dey Sudhansu K SK Yang Pengxiang P Prieto Conaway Maria C MC Laskin Julia J

Analytical chemistry 20131003 20

Nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nano-DESI) combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), high-resolution mass analysis of the fragment ions (m/Δm = 17 500 at m/z 200), and rapid spectral acquisition enabled simultaneous imaging and identification of a large number of metabolites and lipids from 92 selected m/z windows (±1 Da) with a spatial resolution of better than 150 μm. Mouse uterine sections of implantation sites on day 6 of pregnancy were analyzed in the ambient environment ...[more]

PMID: 24040919

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High-speed tandem mass spectrometric in situ imaging by nanospray desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

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High-speed tandem mass spectrometric in situ imaging by nanospray desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

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