A simple desalting method for direct MALDI mass spectrometry profiling of tissue lipids.
Direct MALDI-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) profiling of tissue lipids often observes isobaric phosphatidylcholine (PC) species caused by the endogenous alkali metal ions that bias the relative abundance of tissue lipids. Fresh rat brain cryosections were washed with 70% ethanol (EtOH), water (H₂O), or 150 mM ammonium acetate (NH₄Ac), and the desalting effectiveness of each fluid was evaluated by MALDI-MS profiling of PC and sphingomyelin (SM) species in tissue and in the washing runoff. The results indicated that EtOH and H₂O only partially desalted the tissue lipids, yet both substantially displaced the tissue lipids to the washing runoffs. On the other hand, NH₄Ac effectively desalted the tissue lipids and produced a runoff containing no detectable PCs or SMs. NH₄Ac wash also unveiled the underlying changes of PCs and SMs in the infarcted rat cortex previously masked by edema-caused increase of tissue sodium. The MS/MS of an isobaric PC in the infarcted cortex revealed the precursor change as the result of NH₄Ac wash and confirmed the desalting effectiveness of such wash. Other than desalting, NH₄Ac wash also removes contaminants in tissue, enhances the overall spectral quality, and benefits additionally in profiling of biological molecules in tissue.
Department of Biological Sciences, Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hyjwang@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw
Hay-Yan J
HY
Wang
Cheng Bin
CB
Liu
Hsuan-Wen
HW
Wu
D000818:Animals; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000032:analysis
D008055:Lipids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013109:Sphingomyelins
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