title: Mass spectrometry in bioinorganic analytical chemistry.
abstract: A considerable momentum has recently been gained by in vitro and in vivo studies of interactions of trace elements in biomolecules due to advances in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS) used as a detector in chromatography and capillary and planar electrophoresis. The multi-isotopic (including non-metals such as S, P, or Se) detection capability, high sensitivity, tolerance to matrix, and large linearity range regardless of the chemical environment of an analyte make ICP MS a valuable complementary technique to electrospray MS and MALDI MS. This review covers different facets of the recent progress in metal speciation in biochemistry, including probing in vitro interactions between metals and biomolecules, detection, determination, and structural characterization of heteroatom-containing molecules in biological tissues, and protein monitoring and quantification via a heteroelement (S, Se, or P) signal. The application areas include environmental chemistry, plant and animal biochemistry, nutrition, and medicine.
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique, CNRS UMR 5034, Hélioparc, 2, av. du Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France. ryszard.lobinski@univ-pau.fr
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lobiński
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schaumlöffel
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szpunar
mesh_terms: D015393:Chemistry, Bioinorganic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014131:Trace Elements