scholarly journals Recent Advances of Ambient Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Its Applications in Lipid and Metabolite Analysis

Metabolites ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 780
Author(s):  
Keke Qi ◽  
Liutian Wu ◽  
Chengyuan Liu ◽  
Yang Pan

Ambient mass spectrometry imaging (AMSI) has attracted much attention in recent years. As a kind of unlabeled molecular imaging technique, AMSI can enable in situ visualization of a large number of compounds in biological tissue sections in ambient conditions. In this review, the developments of various AMSI techniques are discussed according to one-step and two-step ionization strategies. In addition, recent applications of AMSI for lipid and metabolite analysis (from 2016 to 2021) in disease diagnosis, animal model research, plant science, drug metabolism and toxicology research, etc., are summarized. Finally, further perspectives of AMSI in spatial resolution, sensitivity, quantitative ability, convenience and software development are proposed.

2017 ◽  
Vol 89 (12) ◽  
pp. 6318-6323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Song ◽  
Zhigang Luo ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Tiegang Li ◽  
Zhonghua Wang ◽  
...  

The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Asta Žukauskaitė ◽  
Ivan Petřík ◽  
Aleš Pěnčík ◽  
Martin Hönig ◽  
...  

Phytohormones (plant hormones) are a group of small signalling molecules that act as important endogenous regulators in the plant development and stress responses. Previous research has identified phytohormone species, jasmonates,...


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler J. Mason ◽  
Harmonie M. Bettenhausen ◽  
Jacqueline M. Chaparro ◽  
Mark E. Uchanski ◽  
Jessica E. Prenni

AbstractHorticulturists are interested in evaluating how cultivar, environment, or production system inputs can affect postharvest quality. Ambient mass spectrometry approaches enable analysis of minimally processed samples under ambient conditions and offer an attractive high-throughput alternative for assessing quality characteristics in plant products. Here, we evaluate direct analysis in real time (DART-MS) mass spectrometry and rapid evaporative ionization-mass spectrometry (REIMS) to assess quality characteristics in various pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars. DART-MS exhibited the ability to discriminate between pod colors and pungency based on chemical fingerprints, while REIMS could distinguish pepper market class (e.g., bell, lunchbox, and popper). Furthermore, DART-MS analysis resulted in the putative detection of important bioactive compounds in human diet such as vitamin C, p-coumaric acid, and capsaicin. The results of this study demonstrate the potential for these approaches as accessible and reliable tools for high throughput screening of pepper quality.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. A. Goodwin ◽  
Anna Nilsson ◽  
C. Logan Mackay ◽  
John G. Swales ◽  
Maria K. Johansson ◽  
...  

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) provides pharmaceutical researchers with a suite of technologies to screen and assess compound distributions and relative abundances directly from tissue sections and offer insight into drug discovery–applicable queries such as blood-brain barrier access, tumor penetration/retention, and compound toxicity related to drug retention in specific organs/cell types. Label-free MSI offers advantages over label-based assays, such as quantitative whole-body autoradiography (QWBA), in the ability to simultaneously differentiate and monitor both drug and drug metabolites. Such discrimination is not possible by label-based assays if a drug metabolite still contains the radiolabel. Here, we present data exemplifying the advantages of MSI analysis. Data of the distribution of AZD2820, a therapeutic cyclic peptide, are related to corresponding QWBA data. Distribution of AZD2820 and two metabolites is achieved by MSI, which [14C]AZD2820 QWBA fails to differentiate. Furthermore, the high mass-resolving power of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance MS is used to separate closely associated ions.


Bioanalysis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard JA Goodwin ◽  
Andrew R Pitt

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