Abstract
Chemical derivatization coupled with nano-electrospray ionization (nESI) and ultra-high resolution accurate mass spectrometry (UHRAMS) is an established approach to overcome isobaric and isomeric mass interference limitations, and improve the analytical performance, of direct-infusion (i.e., “shotgun”) lipidome analysis strategies for “sum composition” level identification and quantification of individual lipid species from within complex mixtures. Here, we describe a protocol for sequential functional group selective derivatization of aminophospholipids and O-alk-1′-enyl (i.e., plasmalogen) lipids, that when integrated into a shotgun lipidomics workflow involving deuterium-labeled internal lipid standard addition, monophasic lipid extraction, and nESI-UHRAMS analysis, enables the routine identification and quantification of >500 individual lipid species at the “sum composition” level, across four lipid categories and from >30 lipid classes and subclasses.
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This work was supported by research grants APP1156778 and APP1142750 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and research grant DP190102464 from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
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Hofferek, V., Su, H., Reid, G.E. (2021). Chemical Derivatization-Aided High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Shotgun Lipidome Analysis. In: Hsu, FF. (eds) Mass Spectrometry-Based Lipidomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2306. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1410-5_5
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