title: An Improved Molecular Histology Method for Ion Suppression Monitoring and Quantification of Phosphatidyl Cholines During MALDI MSI Lipidomics Analyses.
abstract: Tissue lipidomics is one of the latest omics approaches for biomarker discovery in pharmacology, pathology, and the life sciences at large. In this context, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is the most versatile tool to map compounds within tissue sections. However, ion suppression events occurring during MALDI MSI analyses make it impossible to use this method for quantitative investigations without additional validation steps. This is especially true for lipidomics, since different lipid classes are responsible for important ion suppression events. We propose here an improved lipidomics method to assess local ion suppression of phospatidylcholines in tissues. Serial tissue sections were spiked with different amounts of PC(16:0 d31/18:1) using a nebulization device. Settings for standard nebulization were strictly controlled for a detection similar to when using spiked tissue homogenates. The sections were simultaneously analyzed by MALDI MSI using a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance analyzer. Such a spray-based approach allows taking into account the biochemical heterogeneity of the tissue for the detection of PC(16:0 d31/18:1). Thus, here we present the perspective to use this method for quantification purposes. The linear regression lines are considered as calibration curves and we calculate PC(16:0/18:1) quantification values for different ROIs. Although those values need to be validated by a using a different independent approach, the workflow offers an insight into new quantitative mass spectrometry imaging (q-MSI) methods. This approach of ion suppression monitoring of phosphocholines in tissues may be highly interesting for a large range of applications in MALDI MSI, particularly for pathology using translational science workflows.
authors.affiliation: 1 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GIGA-Research, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jadoul
authors.affiliation: 1 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GIGA-Research, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smargiasso
authors.affiliation: 2 Imabiotech, MALDI Imaging Service Department, Loos, France .
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pamelard
authors.affiliation: 1 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GIGA-Research, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alberts
authors.affiliation: 3 Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noël
authors.affiliation: 1 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GIGA-Research, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Pauw
authors.affiliation: 1 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GIGA-Research, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liège , Liège, Belgium .|4 Present affiliation: Proteopath, Trier, Germany .
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Longuespée
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012015:Reference Standards; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines