Mass spectrometry analysis of polyisoprenoids alcohols and carotenoids via ESI(Li(+))-MS/MS.
Direct analysis of polyisoprenoid alcohols by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) often produces poor results requiring off-line time- and sample-consuming derivatization techniques. In this chapter, we describe a simple ESI-MS approach for the direct analysis of polyisoprenoid alcohols from biological samples. Lithium iodide is used to promote cationization by intense formation of [M+Li](+) adducts. Detection of polyisoprenoids with mass determination can thus be performed with high sensitivity (LOD near 100 pM), whereas characteristic collision-induced dissociations observed for both dolichols and polyprenols permit investigation of their structure. We also describe a simple ESI-MS approach for the direct analysis of carotenoids in biological samples using lithium iodide to promote their ionization and the analysis of several carotenoids as proof-of-principle cases. Finally, we applied ESI(Li(+))-MS and ESI(Li(+))-MS/MS to investigate the presence of carotenoids in Plasmodium falciparum.
D'Alexandri
Fabio Luiz
FL
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tonhosolo
Renata
R
Kimura
Emilia A
EA
Katzin
Alejandro Miguel
AM
D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000737:chemistry; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
D000438:Alcohols; D013729:Terpenes; D002338:Carotenoids