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Lim H, Lee S, Jin JS, Kim MS. High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis of Amino Acids in Freeze-Dried Drops Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2024; 96:3717-3721. [PMID: 38262943 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has become a promising analytical tool for molecular profiling in biological applications. However, its ultrahigh vacuum environment and matrix effects hamper the absolute quantitation of solution samples. Herein, we present a rapid high-throughput platform for quantitative ToF-SIMS analysis of amino acids in matrix deposits formed from freeze-dried solution drops through ice sublimation on a parylene film microarray substrate. Droplets of the amino acid solutions, which were mixed with stable isotope-labeled phenylalanine (F*) of high concentration (10 mM), were loaded on wells of the microarray, then frozen and evaporated slowly below the freezing point, forming continuous solid-phase F* matrix deposits. The amino acids (≤500 μM), adequately well dispersed throughout the F* matrix deposits on each well, were quantitatively analyzed by ToF-SIMS in a rapid and high-throughput fashion. The lower limit of quantitation reached below 10 μM.
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- Heejin Lim
- Center for Scientific Instrumentation, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
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- School of Undergraduate Studies, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Busan Center, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Busan 46742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
- New Biology Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
- Center for Cell Fate Reprogramming and Control, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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Weintraut T, Heiles S, Gerbig D, Henss A, Junck J, Düring RA, Rohnke M. Lipid-related ion suppression on the herbicide atrazine in earthworm samples in ToF-SIMS and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging and the role of gas-phase basicity. Biointerphases 2024; 19:021003. [PMID: 38602440 DOI: 10.1116/6.0003437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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In mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), ion suppression can lead to a misinterpretation of results. Particularly phospholipids, most of which exhibit high gas-phase basicity (GB), are known to suppress the detection of metabolites and drugs. This study was initiated by the observation that the signal of an herbicide, i.e., atrazine, was suppressed in MSI investigations of earthworm tissue sections. Herbicide accumulation in earthworms was investigated by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI). Additionally, earthworm tissue sections without accumulation of atrazine but with a homogeneous spray deposition of the herbicide were analyzed to highlight region-specific ion suppression. Furthermore, the relationship of signal intensity and GB in binary mixtures of lipids, amino acids, and atrazine was investigated in both MSI techniques. The GB of atrazine was determined experimentally through a linear plot of the obtained intensity ratios of the binary amino acid mixtures, as well as theoretically. The GBs values for atrazine of 896 and 906 kJ/mol in ToF-SIMS and 933 and 987 kJ/mol in MALDI-MSI were determined experimentally and that of 913 kJ/mol by quantum mechanical calculations. Compared with the GB of a major lipid component, phosphatidylcholine (GBPC = 1044.7 kJ/mol), atrazine's experimentally and computationally determined GBs in this work are significantly lower, making it prone to ion suppression in biological samples containing polar lipids.
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- Timo Weintraut
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, Dortmund 44139, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstrasse 5, Essen 45141, Germany
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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Kim H, Gorman BL, Taylor MJ, Anderton CR. Atomistic simulations for investigation of substrate and salt effects on lipid in-source fragmentation in secondary ion mass spectrometry: A follow-up study. Biointerphases 2024; 19:011003. [PMID: 38341772 DOI: 10.1116/6.0003281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
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In-source fragmentation (ISF) poses a significant challenge in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). These fragment ions increase the spectral complexity and can lead to incorrect annotation of fragments as intact species. The presence of salt that is ubiquitous in biological samples can influence the fragmentation and ionization of analytes in a significant manner, but their influences on SIMS have not been well characterized. To elucidate the effect of substrates and salt on ISF in SIMS, we have employed experimental SIMS in combination with atomistic simulations of a sphingolipid on a gold surface with various NaCl concentrations as a model system. Our results revealed that a combination of bond dissociation energy and binding energy between N-palmitoyl-sphingomyelin and a gold surface is a good predictor of fragment ion intensities in the absence of salt. However, ion-fragment interactions play a significant role in determining fragment yields in the presence of salt. Additionally, the charge distribution on fragment species may be a major contributor to the varying effects of salt on fragmentation. This study demonstrates that atomistic modeling can help predict ionization potential when salts are present, providing insights for more accurate interpretations of complex biological spectra.
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- Hoshin Kim
- Physical and Computational Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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Daphnis T, Tomasetti B, Delmez V, Vanvarenberg K, Préat V, Thieffry C, Henriet P, Dupont-Gillain C, Delcorte A. Improvement of Lipid Detection in Mouse Brain and Human Uterine Tissue Sections Using In Situ Matrix Enhanced Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:2259-2268. [PMID: 37712225 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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The potential of mass spectrometry imaging, and especially ToF-SIMS 2D and 3D imaging, for submicrometer-scale, label-free molecular localization in biological tissues is undisputable. Nevertheless, sensitivity issues remain, especially when one wants to achieve the best lateral and vertical (nanometer-scale) resolution. In this study, the interest of in situ matrix transfer for tissue analysis with cluster ion beams (Bin+, Arn+) is explored in detail, using a series of six low molecular weight acidic (MALDI) matrices. After estimating the sensitivity enhancements for phosphatidylcholine (PC), an abundant lipid type present in almost any kind of cell membrane, the most promising matrices were softly transferred in situ on mouse brain and human uterine tissue samples using a 10 keV Ar3000+ cluster beam. Signal enhancements up to 1 order of magnitude for intact lipid signals were observed in both tissues under Bi5+ and Ar3000+ bombardment. The main findings of this study lie in the in-depth characterization of uterine tissue samples, the demonstration that the transferred matrices also improve signal efficiency in the negative ion polarity and that they perform as well when using Bin+ and Arn+ primary ions for analysis and imaging.
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- Thomas Daphnis
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanoscience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanoscience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanoscience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 73, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 73, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut De Duve, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut De Duve, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanoscience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanoscience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Tomasetti B, Lauzin C, Delcorte A. Enhancing Ion Signals and Improving Matrix Selection in Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry with Microvolume Expansion Using Large Argon Clusters. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13620-13628. [PMID: 37610942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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The molecular environment has an important impact on the ionization mechanism in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). In complex samples, desorption/ionization, and thus the detection of a molecular signal, can be hampered by molecular entanglement, ionization-suppressive neighbors, or even an unfavorable sample substrate. Here, a method called microvolume expansion is developed to overcome these negative effects. Large argon clusters are able to transfer biomolecules from a target to a collector in vacuum. In this study, argon gas cluster ion beams (Arn+-GCIB with n centered around 3000 or 5000) are used to expand a microvolume from the sample to a collector, which is a material ideally enhancing the ionization yield. The collector is then analyzed using a liquid metal ion gun. The signal amplification factor corresponding to the expansion of phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipid on collectors partially covered with acidic matrices was evaluated as an initial proof of concept. In one experiment, the PC expansion on a pattern of four drop-casted matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization matrices led to the selection of α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic (CHCA) as the optimal candidate for cationic PC detection. The ion signal is increased by at least three orders of magnitude when PC was expanded using 10 keV Ar3000+ and Ar5000+ on a sublimated layer of CHCA. Finally, the expansion of the gray matter of a mouse on different materials (Si, Au-coated Si, CHCA, and polyethylene) was achieved with varying degrees of success, demonstrating the potential of the method to further analyze complex and fragile biological assemblies.
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- Benjamin Tomasetti
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Aoyagi S, Matsuda K. Quantitative analysis of ToF-SIMS data of a two organic compound mixture using an autoencoder and simple artificial neural networks. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9445. [PMID: 36457202 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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RATIONALE Matrix effects cause a nonlinear relationship between ion intensities and concentrations in mass spectrometry, including time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Here, two artificial neural network (ANN)-based methods, autoencoder-based and simple ANN methods, were employed for the quantitative and qualitative analyses of a two organic compound mixture via ToF-SIMS. METHODS The multilayer model sample contained a mixture of Irganox 1010 and Fmoc-pentafluoro-L-phenylalanine (Fmoc-PFLPA). The sample's positive and negative ion depth profiles were collected through ToF-SIMS. ToF-SIMS-derived cross-sectional image datasets were analyzed using three unsupervised methods, namely principal component analysis (PCA), multivariate curve resolution (MCR), and use of a sparse autoencoder (SAE). The supervised simple ANN method was optimized based on the spectra and validated by predicting the test dataset ratios of Irganox 1010. RESULTS The results obtained using the SAE demonstrated linear calibration curves and appropriate material distribution images. The Irganox 1010 and Fmoc-PFLPA positive and negative ion datasets exhibited >0.97 correlation coefficients. The PCA and MCR results demonstrated lower linearity than that of SAE. Moreover, SAE weights indicated the ions important for each organic compound. The simple ANN method accurately predicted the ratios in the test dataset and indicated the important ions. CONCLUSIONS Both the supervised and unsupervised methods based on ANN, which were employed in regulating nonlinear relationships, were effective in the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the ToF-SIMS data of the two organic compound mixtures. Regarding qualitative analysis, both ANN-based methods indicated specific ions from the molecules in the sample.
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- Satoka Aoyagi
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Surface Science Laboratories, Toray Research Center, Inc., Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Schneemann J, Schäfer KC, Spengler B, Heiles S. IR-MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging with Plasma Post-Ionization of Nonpolar Metabolites. Anal Chem 2022; 94:16086-16094. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Julian Schneemann
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
- Lipidomics, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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Lorenz M, Zhang J, Shard AG, Vorng JL, Rakowska PD, Gilmore IS. Method for Molecular Layer Deposition Using Gas Cluster Ion Beam Sputtering with Example Application In Situ Matrix-Enhanced Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3436-3444. [PMID: 33571411 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We introduce a technique for the directed transfer of molecules from an adjacent reservoir onto a sample surface inside the vacuum chamber of a ToF-SIMS instrument using gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) sputtering. An example application for in situ matrix-enhanced secondary ion mass spectrometry (ME SIMS) is provided. This protocol has attractive features since most modern SIMS instruments are equipped with a GCIB gun. No solvents are required that would delocalize analytes at the surface, and the transfer of matrix molecules can be interlaced with SIMS depth profiling and 3D imaging sputtering and analysis cycles, which is not possible with conventional ME SIMS strategies. The amount of molecular deposition can be finely tuned, which is important for such a surface sensitive technique as SIMS. To demonstrate the concept, we used 2,5-DHB as a matrix for the enhancement of three drug molecules embedded in a tissue homogenate. By automatic operation of sputter deposition and erosion (cleanup) cycles, depth profiling could be achieved with ME SIMS with good repeatability (<4% RSD). Furthermore, we explored several different matrix compounds, including α-CHCA and aqueous solutions of Brønsted acids (formic acid) and 3-nitrobenzonitrile, a volatile compound known to spontaneously produce ions. The latter two matrix compounds were applied at cryogenic measurement conditions, which extend the range of matrices applicable for ME SIMS. Enhancement ratios range from 2 to 13, depending on the analytes and matrix. The method works in principle, but enhancement ratios for the drug molecules are rather limited at this point. Further study and optimization is needed, and the technique introduced here provides a tool to perform systematic studies of matrix compounds and experimental conditions for their potential for signal enhancement in ME SIMS.
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- Matthias Lorenz
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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Delmez V, Degand H, Poleunis C, Moshkunov K, Chundak M, Dupont-Gillain C, Delcorte A. Deposition of Intact and Active Proteins In Vacuo Using Large Argon Cluster Ion Beams. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:952-957. [PMID: 33443416 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Providing inert materials with a biochemical function, for example using proteins, is a cornerstone technology underlying many applications. However, the controlled construction of protein thin films remains a major challenge. Here, an innovative solvent-free approach for protein deposition is reported, using lysozyme as a model. By diverting a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (ToF-SIMS) from its standard analytical function, large argon clusters were used to achieve protein transfer. A target consisting of a pool of proteins was bombarded with 10 keV Ar5000+ ions, and the ejected proteins were collected on a silicon wafer. The ellipsoidal deposition pattern was evidenced by ToF-SIMS analysis, while SDS-PAGE electrophoresis confirmed the presence of intact lysozyme on the collector. Finally, enzymatic activity assays demonstrated the preservation of the three-dimensional structure of the transferred proteins. These results pave the way to well-controlled protein deposition using ion beams and to the investigation of more complex multilayer architectures.
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- Vincent Delmez
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Group of Molecular Physiology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Bio & Soft Matter, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Vlasak PR, Pacholski ML, Kang JH, Kearns KL, Reinhardt CW. Part II: The influence of substrate type, film thickness, and primary ion type on molecular weight characterization of linear polydimethyl siloxane films by secondary ion mass spectrometry. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Analytical Science Dow Chemical Co Midland Michigan USA
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Gulin AA, Nadtochenko VA, Pogorelova VN, Melnikov MY, Pogorelov AG. Sample Preparation of Biological Tissues and Cells for the Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s106193482006009x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tsypin M, Asmellash S, Meyer K, Touchet B, Roder H. Extending the information content of the MALDI analysis of biological fluids via multi-million shot analysis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226012. [PMID: 31815946 PMCID: PMC6901224 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Reliable measurements of the protein content of biological fluids like serum or plasma can provide valuable input for the development of personalized medicine tests. Standard MALDI analysis typically only shows high abundance proteins, which limits its utility for test development. It also exhibits reproducibility issues with respect to quantitative measurements. In this paper we show how the sensitivity of MALDI profiling of intact proteins in unfractionated human serum can be substantially increased by exposing a sample to many more laser shots than are commonly used. Analytical reproducibility is also improved. METHODS To assess what is theoretically achievable we utilized spectra from the same samples obtained over many years and combined them to generate MALDI spectral averages of up to 100,000,000 shots for a single sample, and up to 8,000,000 shots for a set of 40 different serum samples. Spectral attributes, such as number of peaks and spectral noise of such averaged spectra were investigated together with analytical reproducibility as a function of the number of shots. We confirmed that results were similar on MALDI instruments from different manufacturers. RESULTS We observed an expected decrease of noise, roughly proportional to the square root of the number of shots, over the whole investigated range of the number of shots (5 orders of magnitude), resulting in an increase in the number of reliably detected peaks. The reproducibility of the amplitude of these peaks, measured by CV and concordance analysis also improves with very similar dependence on shot number, reaching median CVs below 2% for shot numbers > 4 million. Measures of analytical information content and association with biological processes increase with increasing number of shots. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that substantially increasing the number of laser shots in a MALDI-TOF analysis leads to more informative and reliable data on the protein content of unfractionated serum. This approach has already been used in the development of clinical tests in oncology.
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- Maxim Tsypin
- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Seah MP, Havelund R, Spencer SJ, Gilmore IS. Quantifying SIMS of Organic Mixtures and Depth Profiles-Characterizing Matrix Effects of Fragment Ions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:309-320. [PMID: 30353290 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-2086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Sets of matrix factors, Ξ, are reported for the first time for secondary ions in secondary ion mass spectrometry for several binary organic systems. These show the interplay of the effects of ion velocity, fragment chemistry, and the secondary ion point of origin. Matrix factors are reported for negative ions for Irganox 1010 with FMOC or Irganox 1098 and, for both positive and negative ions, with Ir(ppy)2(acac). For Irganox 1010/FMOC, the Ξ values for Irganox 1010 fall with m/z, whereas those for FMOC rise. For m/z < 250, Ξ scales very approximately with (m/z)0.5, supporting a dependence on the ion velocity at low mass. Low-mass ions generally have low matrix factors but |Ξ| may still exceed 0.5 for m/z < 50. Analysis of ion sequences with addition or loss of a hydrogen atom shows that the Ξ values for Irganox 1010 and FMOC ions change by - 0.026 and 0.24 per hydrogen atom, respectively, arising from the changing charge transfer rate constant. This effect adds to that of velocity and may be associated with the nine times more hydrogen atoms in the Irganox 1010 molecule than in FMOC. For Irganox 1098/Irganox 1010, the molecular similarity leads to small |Ξ|, except for the pseudo molecular ions where the behavior follows Irganox 1010/FMOC. For Ir(ppy)2(acac)/Irganox 1010, the positive secondary ions show twice the matrix effects of negative ions. These data provide the first overall assessment of matrix factors in organic mixtures necessary for improved understanding for quantification and the precise localization of species. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- M P Seah
- Analytical Science Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK.
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- Analytical Science Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK
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- Analytical Science Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK
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- Analytical Science Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK
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Alnajeebi AM, Vickerman JC, Lockyer NP. The influence of polyatomic primary ion chemistry on matrix effects in secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2018; 32:1962-1970. [PMID: 30133034 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RATIONALE The application of mass spectrometry imaging techniques to determine two- (2D) and three- (3D) dimensional chemical distribution ideally provides uniform, high sensitivity to multiple components and reliable quantification. These criteria are typically not met due to variations in sensitivity due to the chemistry of the analyte and surrounding surface chemistry. Here we explore the influence of projectile beam chemistry and sample chemistry in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). To the authors' knowledge this is the first time the combined effects of projectile chemistry and sample environment on the quantitative determination of mixed samples have been systematically studied. METHODS Secondary ion yields of lipid and amino acid mixtures were measured under 20 keV C60 , Arn , and (H2 O)n cluster ion bombardment (n = 2000 or 4000) using TOF-SIMS. Ion suppression/enhancement effects were studied in dry sample films and in trehalose and water ice matrices. RESULTS The extent of the matrix effects and the secondary ion yield were found to depend on the chemistry of the primary ion beam and (for C60 , Arn ) on the nature of the sample matrix. Under (H2 O)n bombardment the sample matrix had negligible effect on the analysis. CONCLUSIONS Compared with C60 and Arn , water-containing cluster projectiles enhanced the sensitivity of TOF-SIMS determination of the chosen analytes and reduced the effect of signal suppression/enhancement in multicomponent samples and in different sample matrices. One possible explanation for this is that the (H2 O)4000 projectile initiates on impact a nanoscale matrix environment that is very similar to that in frozen-hydrated samples in terms of the resulting ionisation effects. The competition between analytes for protons and the effect of the sample matrix are reduced with water-containing cluster projectiles. These chemically reactive projectile beams have improved characteristics for quantitative chemical imaging by TOF-SIMS compared with their non-reactive counterparts.
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- Afnan M Alnajeebi
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Toward multiplexed quantification of biomolecules on surfaces using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. Biointerphases 2018; 13:03B413. [DOI: 10.1116/1.5019749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Evaluation of matrix effects on TOF-SIMS data of leu-enkephalin and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine mixed samples. Biointerphases 2018; 13:03B403. [DOI: 10.1116/1.5013219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Taylor AJ, Dexter A, Bunch J. Exploring Ion Suppression in Mass Spectrometry Imaging of a Heterogeneous Tissue. Anal Chem 2018; 90:5637-5645. [PMID: 29461803 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this study we have explored several aspects of regional analyte suppression in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of a heterogeneous sample, transverse cryosections of mouse brain. Olanzapine was homogeneously coated across the section prior to desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging. We employed the concept of a tissue extinction coefficient (TEC) to assess suppression of an analyte on tissue relative to its intensity in an off tissue region. We expanded the use of TEC, by first segmenting anatomical regions using graph-cuts clustering and calculating a TEC for each cluster. The single ion image of the olanzapine [M + H]+ ion was seen to vary considerably across the image, with anatomical features such as the white matter and hippocampus visible. While trends in regional ion suppression were conserved across MSI modalities, significant changes in the magnitude of relative regional suppression effects between techniques were seen. Notably the intensity of olanzapine was less suppressed in DESI than for MALDI. In MALDI MSI, significant differences in the concentration dependence of regional TECs were seen, with the TEC of white matter clusters exhibiting a notably stronger correlation with concentration than for clusters associated with gray matter regions. We further employed cluster-specific TECs as regional normalization factors. In comparison to published pixel-by-pixel normalization methods, regional TEC normalization exhibited superior reduction ion suppression artifacts. We also considered the usefulness of a segmentation-based approach to compare spectral information obtained from complementary modalities.
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- Adam J Taylor
- National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) , National Physical Laboratory , Hampton Road , Teddington , TW11 0LW , U.K
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- National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) , National Physical Laboratory , Hampton Road , Teddington , TW11 0LW , U.K
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- National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) , National Physical Laboratory , Hampton Road , Teddington , TW11 0LW , U.K.,Department of Surgery and Cancer , Imperial College London , South Kensington Campus, London , SW7 2AZ , U.K
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Soft depth-profiling of mixed peptide/lipid samples by means of cluster induced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry-High depth resolution and low matrix effect. Biointerphases 2018; 13:03B405. [PMID: 29390611 DOI: 10.1116/1.5013151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mixed peptide/lipid samples were analyzed with respect to their chemical composition by means of desorption/ionization induced by neutral SO2 clusters (DINeC) in combination with mass spectrometry (MS). Depth profiles of the mixed films indicated a segregation layer of lipid on top of all samples. The thickness of this layer as obtained by DINeC-MS was in the order of one nanometer what can be seen as an upper limit for the depth resolution of DINeC-MS. The relative amounts of the substance of peptide and lipid derived for the bulk material of mixed samples with different compositions were found to be close to the nominal values indicating a low matrix effect. Throughout the depth profiles, only intact molecular ions [M+H]+ as well as dimers of peptides and lipids were detectable, indicating the soft nature of DINeC even when used for depth profiling of biomolecular samples.
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Huang D, Hua X, Xiu GL, Zheng YJ, Yu XY, Long YT. Secondary ion mass spectrometry: The application in the analysis of atmospheric particulate matter. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 989:1-14. [PMID: 28915935 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Currently, considerable attention has been paid to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) investigation due to its importance in human health and global climate change. Surface characterization, single particle analysis and depth profiling of PM is important for a better understanding of its formation processes and predicting its impact on the environment and human being. Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a surface technique with high surface sensitivity, high spatial resolution chemical imaging and unique depth profiling capabilities. Recent research shows that SIMS has great potential in analyzing both surface and bulk chemical information of PM. In this review, we give a brief introduction of SIMS working principle and survey recent applications of SIMS in PM characterization. Particularly, analyses from different types of PM sources by various SIMS techniques were discussed concerning their advantages and limitations. The future development and needs of SIMS in atmospheric aerosol measurement are proposed with a perspective in broader environmental sciences.
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- Di Huang
- State Environmental Protection Key Lab of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources & Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Lab of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources & Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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Matrix effects in biological SIMS using cluster ion beams of different chemical composition. Biointerphases 2016; 11:02A317. [DOI: 10.1116/1.4941009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fujiwara Y, Saito N. Effects of a proton-conducting ionic liquid on secondary ion formation in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:239-249. [PMID: 26661991 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE A protic ionic liquid, diethylmethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([dema][TfO]), has low vapor pressure and high protonic conductivity even at room temperature. Since [dema][TfO] has a mobile proton in its salt structure, its primary beam is expected to enhance the formation of protonated molecular ions. However, mass spectrometric characteristics of [dema][TfO] are not well known. In order to develop an ionic-liquid primary beam source, it is necessary to investigate such characteristics. METHODS The first time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) experiment using an Ar(+) primary ion beam was performed to analyze two samples: a neat [dema][TfO] sample and a mixed sample of arginine and [dema][TfO]. Beam characteristics of [dema][TfO] generated by vacuum electrospray were investigated using an apparatus for measuring transient responses of a beam current. The second TOF-SIMS experiment using a [dema][TfO] primary beam was performed to analyze three samples: arginine, a mixture of arginine and [dema][TfO], and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG300). RESULTS The [dema][TfO] primary beam was useful in generating protonated arginine; however, it was not helpful in detecting PEG300. The results were explained by considering gas-phase basicities and proton affinities of analytes and [dema][TfO] constituents. Projectile energy per nucleon of the [dema][TfO] beam was examined; it would be necessary to reduce m/z values of ionic-liquid charged droplets. In addition, a screening method was proposed to select ionic liquids suitable for primary ion beams. CONCLUSIONS Since [dema][TfO] can act as a proton source, its primary beam can effectively generate protonated secondary ions of analytes. Consequently, proton-conducting ionic liquids such as [dema][TfO] are expected to have great potentials as primary ion beams in TOF-SIMS.
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- Yukio Fujiwara
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-8568, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-8568, Japan
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Körsgen M, Pelster A, Vens-Cappell S, Roling O, Arlinghaus HF. Molecular ME-ToF-SIMS yield as a function of DHB matrix layer thicknesses obtained from brain sections coated by sublimation/deposition techniques. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.5885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Martin Körsgen
- Physikalisches Institut; Wilhelm Klemm Str. 10 Münster 48149 Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut; Wilhelm Klemm Str. 10 Münster 48149 Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene; University of Münster; Robert-Koch-Str. 41 Münster 48149 Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF); University of Münster; Domagkstr. 3 Münster 48149 Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Institute, Center for Soft Nanoscience and Graduate School of Chemistry; University of Münster; Corrensstr. 40 Münster 48149 Germany
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Kutuzov N, Gulin A, Lyaskovskiy V, Nadtochenko V, Maksimov G. ATP-Mediated Compositional Change in Peripheral Myelin Membranes: A Comparative Raman Spectroscopy and Time-Of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142084. [PMID: 26544552 PMCID: PMC4636249 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In the present paper we addressed a mechanism of the myelin reorganization initiated by extracellular ATP and adenosine in sciatic nerves of the frog Rana temporaria. In combination with Raman microspectroscopy, allowing noninvasive live-cell measurements, we employed time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) to follow the underlying changes in chemical composition of myelin membranes triggered by the purinergic agents. The simultaneous increase in lipid ordering degree, decrease in membrane fluidity and the degree of fatty acid unsaturation were induced by both ATP and adenosine. Mass spectrometry measurements revealed that ATP administration also led to the marked elevation of membrane cholesterol and decrease of phosphotidylcholine amounts. Vesicular lipid transport pathways are considered as possible mechanisms of compositional and structural changes of myelin.
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- Nikolay Kutuzov
- Biophysics Department, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/12, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
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- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS, Kosigin str. 4, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
- Chemistry Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1–3, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
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- All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements, Ozernaya 46, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119361
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- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS, Kosigin str. 4, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
- Chemistry Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1–3, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology State University, Institutskiy per. 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, 141700
- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, Academician Semenov avenue 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russian Federation, 142432
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- Biophysics Department, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/12, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
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Razo IB, Sheraz SNR, Henderson A, Lockyer NP, Vickerman JC. Mass spectrometric imaging of brain tissue by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry--How do polyatomic primary beams C₆₀⁺, Ar₂₀₀₀⁺, water-doped Ar₂₀₀₀⁺ and (H₂O)₆₀₀₀⁺ compare? RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:1851-62. [PMID: 26411506 PMCID: PMC4989468 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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RATIONALE To discover the degree to which water-containing cluster beams increase secondary ion yield and reduce the matrix effect in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) imaging of biological tissue. METHODS The positive SIMS ion yields from model compounds, mouse brain lipid extract and mouse brain tissue together with mouse brain images were compared using 20 keV C60(+), Ar2000(+), water-doped Ar2000(+) and pure (H2O)6000(+) primary beams. RESULTS Water-containing cluster beams where the beam energy per nucleon (E/nucleon) ≈ 0.2 eV are optimum for enhancing ion yields dependent on protonation. Ion yield enhancements over those observed using Ar2000(+) lie in the range 10 to >100 using the (H2 O)6000 (+) beam, while with water-doped (H2O)Ar2000(+) they lie in the 4 to 10 range. The two water-containing beams appear to be optimum for tissue imaging and show strong evidence of increasing yields from molecules that experience matrix suppression under other primary beams. CONCLUSIONS The application of water-containing primary beams is suggested for biological SIMS imaging applications, particularly if the beam energy can be raised to 40 keV or higher to further increase ion yield and enhance spatial resolution to ≤1 µm.
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- Irma Berrueta Razo
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Shard AG, Havelund R, Spencer SJ, Gilmore IS, Alexander MR, Angerer TB, Aoyagi S, Barnes JP, Benayad A, Bernasik A, Ceccone G, Counsell JDP, Deeks C, Fletcher JS, Graham DJ, Heuser C, Lee TG, Marie C, Marzec MM, Mishra G, Rading D, Renault O, Scurr DJ, Shon HK, Spampinato V, Tian H, Wang F, Winograd N, Wu K, Wucher A, Zhou Y, Zhu Z. Measuring Compositions in Organic Depth Profiling: Results from a VAMAS Interlaboratory Study. J Phys Chem B 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alexander G. Shard
- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory
of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CEA-LITEN/DTNM, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Via E. Fermi 2749, TP125, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, East
Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1UB, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Faculty
of Physics, University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47048 Duisburg, Germany
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 267 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Corporate
Research Analytical Laboratory (CRAL), 3M Deutschland GmbH, Carl-Schurz-Straße
1, Neuss 41460, Germany
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- ION-TOF GmbH, Heisenberg Straße
15, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory
of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 267 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea
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- Istituto di Fisica dei Plasmi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Faculty
of Physics, University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47048 Duisburg, Germany
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- EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Cobice DF, Goodwin RJA, Andren PE, Nilsson A, Mackay CL, Andrew R. Future technology insight: mass spectrometry imaging as a tool in drug research and development. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:3266-83. [PMID: 25766375 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In pharmaceutical research, understanding the biodistribution, accumulation and metabolism of drugs in tissue plays a key role during drug discovery and development. In particular, information regarding pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and transport properties of compounds in tissues is crucial during early screening. Historically, the abundance and distribution of drugs have been assessed by well-established techniques such as quantitative whole-body autoradiography (WBA) or tissue homogenization with LC/MS analysis. However, WBA does not distinguish active drug from its metabolites and LC/MS, while highly sensitive, does not report spatial distribution. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) can discriminate drug and its metabolites and endogenous compounds, while simultaneously reporting their distribution. MSI data are influencing drug development and currently used in investigational studies in areas such as compound toxicity. In in vivo studies MSI results may soon be used to support new drug regulatory applications, although clinical trial MSI data will take longer to be validated for incorporation into submissions. We review the current and future applications of MSI, focussing on applications for drug discovery and development, with examples to highlight the impact of this promising technique in early drug screening. Recent sample preparation and analysis methods that enable effective MSI, including quantitative analysis of drugs from tissue sections will be summarized and key aspects of methodological protocols to increase the effectiveness of MSI analysis for previously undetectable targets addressed. These examples highlight how MSI has become a powerful tool in drug research and development and offers great potential in streamlining the drug discovery process.
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- D F Cobice
- University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Drug Metabolism and Distribution, Mass Spectrometry Imaging, AstraZeneca R&D, Macclesfield, UK
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- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, National Center for Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, National Center for Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- SIRCAMS, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Angerer TB, Dowlatshahi Pour M, Malmberg P, Fletcher JS. Improved molecular imaging in rodent brain with time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry using gas cluster ion beams and reactive vapor exposure. Anal Chem 2015; 87:4305-13. [PMID: 25799886 DOI: 10.1021/ac504774y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Imaging mass spectrometry has shown to be a valuable method in medical research and can be performed using different instrumentation and sample preparation methods, each one with specific advantages and drawbacks. Time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) has the advantage of high spatial resolution imaging but is often restricted to low mass molecular signals and can be very sensitive to sample preparation artifacts. In this report we demonstrate the advantages of using gas cluster ion beams (GCIBs) in combination with trifluoracetic acid (TFA) vapor exposure for the imaging of lipids in mouse brain sections. There is an optimum exposure to TFA that is beneficial for increasing high mass signal as well as producing signal from previously unobserved species in the mass spectrum. Cholesterol enrichment and crystallization on the sample surface is removed by TFA exposure uncovering a wider range of lipid species in the white matter regions of the tissue, greatly expanding the chemical coverage and the potential application of TOF-SIMS imaging in neurological studies. Ar4000(+) (40 keV) in combination with TFA treatment facilitates high resolution, high mass imaging closing the gap between TOF-SIMS and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI).
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- Tina B Angerer
- †Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- †Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Winograd N. Imaging mass spectrometry on the nanoscale with cluster ion beams. Anal Chem 2015; 87:328-33. [PMID: 25458665 PMCID: PMC4287836 DOI: 10.1021/ac503650p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Imaging with cluster secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is reaching a mature level of development. Using a variety of molecular ion projectiles to stimulate desorption, 3-dimensional imaging with the selectivity of mass spectrometry can now be achieved with submicrometer spatial resolution and <10 nm depth resolution. In this Perspective, stock is taken regarding what it will require to routinely achieve these remarkable properties. Issues include the chemical nature of the projectile, topography formation, differential erosion rates, and perhaps most importantly, ionization efficiency. Shortcomings of existing instrumentation are also noted. Speculation about how to successfully resolve these issues is a key part of the discussion.
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- Nicholas Winograd
- Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16875, United States
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Lanni EJ, Masyuko R, Driscoll CM, Dunham SJB, Shrout JD, Bohn PW, Sweedler JV. Correlated imaging with C60-SIMS and confocal Raman microscopy: Visualization of cell-scale molecular distributions in bacterial biofilms. Anal Chem 2014; 86:10885-91. [PMID: 25268906 PMCID: PMC4221875 DOI: 10.1021/ac5030914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and confocal Raman microscopy (CRM) are combined to analyze the chemical composition of cultured Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, providing complementary chemical information for multiple analytes within the sample. Precise spatial correlation between SIMS and CRM images is achieved by applying a chemical microdroplet array to the sample surface which is used to navigate the sample, relocate regions of interest, and align image data. CRM is then employed to nondestructively detect broad molecular constituent classes-including proteins, carbohydrates, and, for the first time, quinolone signaling molecules-in Pseudomonas-derived biofilms. Subsequent SIMS imaging at the same location detects quinolone distributions in excellent agreement with the CRM, discerns multiple quinolone species which differ slightly in mass, resolves subtle differences in their distributions, and resolves ambiguous compound assignments from CRM by determining specific molecular identities via in situ tandem MS.
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- Eric J. Lanni
- Department
of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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N. Masyuko
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Lanni EJ, Dunham SJB, Nemes P, Rubakhin SS, Sweedler JV. Biomolecular imaging with a C60-SIMS/MALDI dual ion source hybrid mass spectrometer: instrumentation, matrix enhancement, and single cell analysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2014; 25:1897-907. [PMID: 25183225 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0978-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We describe a hybrid MALDI/C(60)-SIMS Q-TOF mass spectrometer and corresponding sample preparation protocols to image intact biomolecules and their fragments in mammalian spinal cord, individual invertebrate neurons, and cultured neuronal networks. A lateral spatial resolution of 10 μm was demonstrated, with further improvement feasible to 1 μm, sufficient to resolve cell outgrowth and interconnections in neuronal networks. The high mass resolution (>13,000 FWHM) and tandem mass spectrometry capability of this hybrid instrument enabled the confident identification of cellular metabolites. Sublimation of a suitable matrix, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, significantly enhanced the ion signal intensity for intact glycerophospholipid ions from mammalian nervous tissue, facilitating the acquisition of high-quality ion images for low-abundance biomolecules. These results illustrate that the combination of C60-SIMS and MALDI mass spectrometry offers particular benefits for studies that require the imaging of intact biomolecules with high spatial and mass resolution, such as investigations of single cells, subcellular organelles, and communities of cells.
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- Eric J Lanni
- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Kucher A, Jackson LM, Lerach JO, Bloom AN, Popczun NJ, Wucher A, Winograd N. Near Infrared (NIR) Strong Field Ionization and Imaging of C60 Sputtered Molecules: Overcoming Matrix Effects and Improving Sensitivity. Anal Chem 2014; 86:8613-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501586d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Andrew Kucher
- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany
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- Chemistry
Department, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Karras G, Lockyer NP. Quantitative surface analysis of a binary drug mixture--suppression effects in the detection of sputtered ions and post-ionized neutrals. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2014; 25:832-840. [PMID: 24658806 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0847-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A systematic mass spectrometric study of two of the most common analgesic drugs, paracetamol and ibuprofen, is reported. The drugs were studied by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and secondary neutral mass spectrometry (SNMS) using laser post-ionization (LPI) both in pure samples and in a two-component mixture. Ion suppression within the two-component system observed in SIMS mode is ameliorated using LPI under room temperature analysis. However, suppression effects are apparent in LPI mode on performing the analysis at cryogenic temperatures, which we attribute to changes in the desorption characteristics of sputtered molecules, which influences the subsequent post-ionization efficiency. This suggests different mechanisms of ion suppression in SIMS and LPI modes.
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Kraft ML, Klitzing HA. Imaging lipids with secondary ion mass spectrometry. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2014; 1841:1108-19. [PMID: 24657337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 03/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This review discusses the application of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and magnetic sector SIMS with high lateral resolution performed on a Cameca NanoSIMS 50(L) to imaging lipids. The similarities between the two SIMS approaches and the differences that impart them with complementary strengths are described, and various strategies for sample preparation and to optimize the quality of the SIMS data are presented. Recent reports that demonstrate the new insight into lipid biochemistry that can be acquired with SIMS are also highlighted. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Tools to study lipid functions.
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- Mary L Kraft
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Masyuko R, Lanni EJ, Sweedler JV, Bohn PW. Correlated imaging--a grand challenge in chemical analysis. Analyst 2013; 138:1924-39. [PMID: 23431559 PMCID: PMC3718397 DOI: 10.1039/c3an36416j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Correlated chemical imaging is an emerging strategy for acquisition of images by combining information from multiplexed measurement platforms to track, visualize, and interpret in situ changes in the structure, organization, and activities of interesting chemical systems, frequently spanning multiple decades in space and time. Acquiring and correlating information from complementary imaging experiments has the potential to expose complex chemical behavior in ways that are simply not available from single methods applied in isolation, thereby greatly amplifying the information gathering power of imaging experiments. However, in order to correlate image information across platforms, a number of issues must be addressed. First, signals are obtained from disparate experiments with fundamentally different figures of merit, including pixel size, spatial resolution, dynamic range, and acquisition rates. In addition, images are often acquired on different instruments in different locations, so the sample must be registered spatially so that the same area of the sample landscape is addressed. The signals acquired must be correlated in both spatial and temporal domains, and the resulting information has to be presented in a way that is readily understood. These requirements pose special challenges for image cross-correlation that go well beyond those posed in single technique imaging approaches. The special opportunities and challenges that attend correlated imaging are explored by specific reference to correlated mass spectrometric and Raman imaging, a topic of substantial and growing interest.
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- Rachel Masyuko
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Wang P, Li Y, Wang R, Zhang W, Cheng J, Wang J, Su X, Ye Z. Determination of β2-Agonists in Porcine Urine by Molecularly Imprinted Solid Phase Extraction Followed Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Detection. ANAL LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.738347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Seetharaman Vaidyanathan
- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; The University of Sheffield; Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD
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Fletcher JS, Vickerman JC. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry: Characterizing Complex Samples in Two and Three Dimensions. Anal Chem 2012; 85:610-39. [DOI: 10.1021/ac303088m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- John S. Fletcher
- Manchester Institute
of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Manchester Institute
of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Lanni EJ, Rubakhin SS, Sweedler JV. Mass spectrometry imaging and profiling of single cells. J Proteomics 2012; 75:5036-5051. [PMID: 22498881 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mass spectrometry imaging and profiling of individual cells and subcellular structures provide unique analytical capabilities for biological and biomedical research, including determination of the biochemical heterogeneity of cellular populations and intracellular localization of pharmaceuticals. Two mass spectrometry technologies-secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS)-are most often used in micro-bioanalytical investigations. Recent advances in ion probe technologies have increased the dynamic range and sensitivity of analyte detection by SIMS, allowing two- and three-dimensional localization of analytes in a variety of cells. SIMS operating in the mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) mode can routinely reach spatial resolutions at the submicron level; therefore, it is frequently used in studies of the chemical composition of subcellular structures. MALDI MS offers a large mass range and high sensitivity of analyte detection. It has been successfully applied in a variety of single-cell and organelle profiling studies. Innovative instrumentation such as scanning microprobe MALDI and mass microscope spectrometers enables new subcellular MSI measurements. Other approaches for MS-based chemical imaging and profiling include those based on near-field laser ablation and inductively-coupled plasma MS analysis, which offer complementary capabilities for subcellular chemical imaging and profiling.
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- Eric J Lanni
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute of Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute of Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute of Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA.
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Wilson RL, Frisz JF, Hanafin WP, Carpenter KJ, Hutcheon ID, Weber PK, Kraft ML. Fluorinated colloidal gold immunolabels for imaging select proteins in parallel with lipids using high-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry. Bioconjug Chem 2012; 23:450-60. [PMID: 22284327 PMCID: PMC3951754 DOI: 10.1021/bc200482z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The local abundance of specific lipid species near a membrane protein is hypothesized to influence the protein's activity. The ability to simultaneously image the distributions of specific protein and lipid species in the cell membrane would facilitate testing these hypotheses. Recent advances in imaging the distribution of cell membrane lipids with mass spectrometry have created the desire for membrane protein probes that can be simultaneously imaged with isotope labeled lipids. Such probes would enable conclusive tests to determine whether specific proteins colocalize with particular lipid species. Here, we describe the development of fluorine-functionalized colloidal gold immunolabels that facilitate the detection and imaging of specific proteins in parallel with lipids in the plasma membrane using high-resolution SIMS performed with a NanoSIMS. First, we developed a method to functionalize colloidal gold nanoparticles with a partially fluorinated mixed monolayer that permitted NanoSIMS detection and rendered the functionalized nanoparticles dispersible in aqueous buffer. Then, to allow for selective protein labeling, we attached the fluorinated colloidal gold nanoparticles to the nonbinding portion of antibodies. By combining these functionalized immunolabels with metabolic incorporation of stable isotopes, we demonstrate that influenza hemagglutinin and cellular lipids can be imaged in parallel using NanoSIMS. These labels enable a general approach to simultaneously imaging specific proteins and lipids with high sensitivity and lateral resolution, which may be used to evaluate predictions of protein colocalization with specific lipid species.
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- Robert L. Wilson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Glenn Seaborg Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Glenn Seaborg Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Glenn Seaborg Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Gnaser H, Ichiki K, Matsuo J. Strongly reduced fragmentation and soft emission processes in sputtered ion formation from amino acid films under large Ar(n)+ (n ≤ 2200) cluster ion bombardment. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2012; 26:1-8. [PMID: 22215571 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The analysis of organic and biological substances by secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has greatly benefited from the use of cluster ions as primary bombarding species. Thereby, depth profiling and three-dimensional (3D) imaging of such systems became feasible. Large Ar(n)(+) cluster ions may constitute a further improvement in this direction. To explore this option, size-selected Ar(n)(+) cluster ions with 300 ≤ n ≤ 2200 (bombarding energies 5.5 and 11 keV) were used to investigate the emission of positive secondary ions from four amino acid specimens (arginine, glycine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine) by time-of-flight SIMS. For all cluster sizes, the protonated molecule of the respective amino acid is observed in the mass spectra. With increasing cluster size the number of fragment ions decreases strongly in relation to the intact molecules, to the extent that the fraction of fragment ions amounts to less than 10% in some cases. Such 'soft' emission processes also lead the ejection of dimers and even multimers of the amino acid molecules. In the case of the phenylalanine, secondary ion species composed of up to at least seven phenylalanine moieties were observed. Tentatively, the ionization probability of the emitted molecules is envisaged to depend on the presence of free protons in the emission zone. Their number can be expected to decrease concurrently with the decreasing amount of fragmentation for large Ar(n)(+) cluster ions (i.e. for low energies per cluster atom).
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- Hubert Gnaser
- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Fletcher JS, Vickerman JC, Winograd N. Label free biochemical 2D and 3D imaging using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2011; 15:733-40. [PMID: 21664172 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) provides a method for the detection of native and exogenous compounds in biological samples on a cellular scale. Through the development of novel ion beams the amount of molecular signal available from the sample surface has been increased. Through the introduction of polyatomic ion beams, particularly C(60), ToF-SIMS can now be used to monitor molecular signals as a function of depth as the sample is eroded thus proving the ability to generate 3D molecular images. Here we describe how this new capability has led to the development of novel instrumentation for 3D molecular imaging while also highlighting the importance of sample preparation and discuss the challenges that still need to be overcome to maximise the impact of the technique.
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- John S Fletcher
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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Fletcher JS, Rabbani S, Henderson A, Lockyer NP, Vickerman JC. Three-dimensional mass spectral imaging of HeLa-M cells--sample preparation, data interpretation and visualisation. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:925-932. [PMID: 21416529 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToFSIMS) is being applied increasingly to the study of biological systems where the chemical specificity of mass spectrometry and the high lateral resolution imaging capabilities can be exploited. Here we report a comparison of two cell sample preparation methods and demonstrate how they influence the outcome of the ToFSIMS analysis for three-dimensional (3D) imaging of biological cells using our novel buncher-ToF instrument (J105 3D Chemical Imager) equipped with a C(60) primary ion beam. Cells were analysed fixed and freeze-dried and non-fixed, frozen-hydrated. It is concluded that maintaining the cells in a non-fixed frozen-hydrated state during the analysis helps reduce chemical redistribution, producing cleaner spectra and improved chemical contrast in both 2D and 3D imaging. Insights into data interpretation are included and we present methods for 3D reconstruction of the data using multivariate analysis techniques.
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- John S Fletcher
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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Vickerman JC. Molecular imaging and depth profiling by mass spectrometry—SIMS, MALDI or DESI? Analyst 2011; 136:2199-217. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an00008j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fletcher JS, Lockyer NP, Vickerman JC. Developments in molecular SIMS depth profiling and 3D imaging of biological systems using polyatomic primary ions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2011; 30:142-74. [PMID: 20077559 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In principle mass spectral imaging has enormous potential for discovery applications in biology. The chemical specificity of mass spectrometry combined with spatial analysis capabilities of liquid metal cluster beams and the high yields of polyatomic ion beams should present unprecedented ability to spatially locate molecular chemistry in the 100 nm range. However, although metal cluster ion beams have greatly increased yields in the m/z range up to 1000, they still have to be operated under the static limit and even in most favorable cases maximum yields for molecular species from 1 µm pixels are frequently below 20 counts. However, some very impressive molecular imaging analysis has been accomplished under these conditions. Nevertheless although molecular ions of lipids have been detected and correlation with biology is obtained, signal levels are such that lateral resolution must be sacrificed to provide a sufficient signal to image. To obtain useful spatial resolution detection below 1 µm is almost impossible. Too few ions are generated! The review shows that the application of polyatomic primary ions with their low damage cross-sections offers hope of a new approach to molecular SIMS imaging by accessing voxels rather than pixels to thereby increase the dynamic signal range in 2D imaging and to extend the analysis to depth profiling and 3D imaging. Recent data on cells and tissue analysis suggest that there is, in consequence, the prospect that a wider chemistry might be accessible within a sub-micron area and as a function of depth. However, these advances are compromised by the pulsed nature of current ToF-SIMS instruments. The duty cycle is very low and results in excessive analysis times, and maximum mass resolution is incompatible with maximum spatial resolution. New instrumental directions are described that enable a dc primary beam to be used that promises to be able to take full advantage of all the capabilities of the polyatomic ion beam. Some new data are presented that suggest that the aspirations for these new instruments will be realized. However, although prospects are good, the review highlights the continuing challenges presented by the low ionization efficiency and the complications that arise from matrix effects.
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- John S Fletcher
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
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Garrison BJ. Molecular ions in cluster bombardment: what clues do the molecular dynamics simulations provide? SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.3502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Willingham D, Brenes DA, Winograd N, Wucher A. Investigating the Fundamentals of Molecular Depth Profiling Using Strong-field Photoionization of Sputtered Neutrals. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2010; 43:45-48. [PMID: 26269660 DOI: 10.1002/sia.3401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Molecular depth profiles of model organic thin films were performed using a 40 keV C60+ cluster ion source in concert with TOF-SIMS. Strong-field photoionization of intact neutral molecules sputtered by 40 keV C60+ primary ions was used to analyze changes in the chemical environment of the guanine thin films as a function of ion fluence. Direct comparison of the secondary ion and neutral components of the molecular depth profiles yields valuable information about chemical damage accumulation as well as changes in the molecular ionization probability. An analytical protocol based on the erosion dynamics model is developed and evaluated using guanine and trehalose molecular secondary ion signals with and without comparable laser photoionization data.
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- D Willingham
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany
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Willingham D, Brenes DA, Wucher A, Winograd N. Strong-field Photoionization of Sputtered Neutral Molecules for Molecular Depth Profiling. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2010; 114:5391-5399. [PMID: 20495665 PMCID: PMC2873046 DOI: 10.1021/jp9054632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Molecular depth profiles of an organic thin film of guanine vapor deposited onto a Ag substrate are obtained using a 40 keV C(60) cluster ion beam in conjunction with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometric (ToF-SIMS) detection. Strong-field, femtosecond photoionization of intact guanine molecules is used to probe the neutral component of the profile for direct comparison with the secondary ion component. The ability to simultaneously acquire secondary ions and photoionized neutral molecules reveals new fundamental information about the factors that influence the properties of the depth profile. Results show that there is an increased ionization probability for protonated molecular ions within the first 10 nm due to the generation of free protons within the sample. Moreover, there is a 50% increase in fragment ion signal relative to steady state values 25 nm before reaching the guanine/Ag interface as a result of interfacial chemical damage accumulation. An altered layer thickness of 20 nm is observed as a consequence of ion beam induced chemical mixing. In general, we show that the neutral component of a molecular depth profile using the strong-field photoionization technique can be used to elucidate the effects of variations in ionization probability on the yield of molecular ions as well as to aid in obtaining accurate information about depth dependent chemical composition that cannot be extracted from TOF-SIMS data alone.
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- D Willingham
- Chemistry Department, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Advance of Peptide Detectability Prediction on Mass Spectrometry Platform in Proteomics. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2010. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1096.2010.00286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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XU CM, ZHANG JY, LIU H, SUN HC, ZHU YP, XIE HW. Advance of Peptide Detectability Prediction on Mass Spectrometry Platform in Proteomics. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(09)60023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fletcher JS, Vickerman JC. A new SIMS paradigm for 2D and 3D molecular imaging of bio-systems. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 396:85-104. [PMID: 19669735 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2986-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
With the implementation of focused primary ion beams, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has become a significant technique in the rapidly emerging field of mass spectral imaging in the biological sciences. Liquid metal ion guns (LMIG) offered the prospect of sub-100 nm spatial resolution, however this aspiration has yet to be reached for molecular imaging. This brief review shows that using LMIG the limitations of the static limit and low ionization probability will restrict useful imaging to around 2 mum spatial resolution with high-yield molecules. The only prospect of going beyond this in the absence of factors of 100 increase in ionization probability is to use polyatomic ion beams such as C (60) (+) , for which bombardment induced damage is low. In these cases sub-micron imaging becomes possible, using voxels together with molecular depth profiling and 3D imaging. The discussion shows that conventional ToF-SIMS instrumentation then becomes a limitation in that the pulsed ion beam has a very low duty cycle which results in inordinately long analysis times, and pulsing the beam means that high-mass resolution and high spatial resolution are mutually incompatible. New instrumental configurations are described that allow the use of a dc ion beam and separate the mass spectrometry for the ion formation process. Early results from these instruments suggest that sub-micron analysis and imaging with high mass resolution and good ion yields are now realizable, although the low ion yield issue still needs to be solved.
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Affiliation(s)
- John S Fletcher
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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