在现场衍生结合DESI-MRM-MS/MS用于空间映射内组织氨基含有代谢物,三甲基胺作为一个案例
Zhihao Zhou1, Kangrui Hu1, Nan Jia1
1Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China.
Analytical chemistry
|February 7, 2026
概括
一种新的现场衍生方法提高了对含氨酸代谢物的质谱成像灵敏度. 这项技术可视化了小鼠大脑中的三甲基胺分布,揭示了老年动物的积累.
科学领域:
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 生物医学成像技术 生物医学成像技术
- 代谢学 代谢学 代谢学
背景情况:
- 质谱成像 (MSI) 能够对代谢物进行空间映射,但对低丰度,低分子量化合物的灵敏度有所困难.
- 含氨酸的代谢物是关键的生物标记物,但由于矩阵效应和信号不稳定性,难以分析.
- 现有的MSI方法缺乏对这些重要的内源代谢物进行常规分析的灵敏度.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种通用的现场衍生工作流程,用于增强含氨酸代谢物的MSI.
- 为了提高低分子量内源性化合物的灵敏度和可重复性,使用脱电喷射电离化MS/MS (DESI-MS/MS).
- 作为一个案例研究,研究三甲基胺 (TMA) 在小鼠组织中的分布和积累.
主要方法:
- 使用 tert-butyl乙酸盐 (TBBA) 与 DESI-MS/MS 结合的现场衍生化工作流程的开发.
- 通过控制组织表面的性和喷雾/提取溶剂来优化衍生效率.
- 优化工作流的应用,用于视觉分析内源性TMA分布在小鼠大脑和血清中.
主要成果:
- 新型的TBBA衍生物显著提高了低分子量氨酸含有代谢物的敏感性和可重复性.
- 对于衍生代谢产物,DESI-MS/MS显示出良好的线性,可重现性和稳定性.
- 视觉分析显示,在老鼠皮质和海马体中存在特定的TMA丰富,在老年动物中观察到严重的积累.
结论:
- 与DESI-MS/MS结合开发的in situ衍生提供了一种敏感和可重复的方法,用于绘制内源氨基含有代谢物的地图.
- 这种方法克服了低分子量化合物传统MSI的局限性,使常规量化成为可能.
- 该方法有可能在分析不同生物样本中的各种代谢物方面具有更广泛的应用.
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