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Quantification of Cytokinins Using High-Resolution Accurate-Mass Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry and Parallel Reaction Monitoring (PRM)

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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 91, Issue 23, Pages 15049-15056

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03728

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  1. Canadian Foundation for Innovation
  2. Ontario Research Fund

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Cytokinins (CKs) are adenine derivatives that act as phytohormones. These signaling molecules control plant cell division and differentiation, organ growth, and senescence, and they orchestrate plant interactions with biotic and abiotic environments. While CKs are predominately recognized as plant-based substances, CKs have been found across different domains of life, including microorganisms, insects, mammals, and humans. In plants, CKs act at trace, often low femtomolar concentrations; therefore, sensitive and precise analytical techniques are required to accurately detect and quantify them from complex biological matrices. Here, we report the first comprehensive CK quantification method using a QExactive Orbitrap mass spectrometer in high-resolution with a parallel reaction monitoring (PRM)-based approach. The current method progresses upon multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) methods, previously used for CK profiling on triple quadrupole mass spectrometers. This method offers improved mass accuracy and the complete product ion mass spectra (MS/MS) for compound determination with increased specificity, and sensitivity comparable with triple quadrupole instruments. The presented PRM approach was successfully applied to quantify 32 CKs in several biological samples.

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