Journal
NMR IN BIOMEDICINE
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4770
Keywords
cancer; imaging; MALDI; mass spectrometry; NMR; spectroscopy
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NMR spectroscopy and MALDI MSI are commonly used methods in metabolomic and lipidomic studies. This study successfully combined these two techniques and highlighted their advantages and capabilities in advancing metabolomic and lipidomic research.
NMR spectroscopy and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI MSI) are both commonly used to detect large numbers of metabolites and lipids in metabolomic and lipidomic studies. We have demonstrated a new workflow, highlighting the benefits of both techniques to obtain metabolomic and lipidomic data, which has realized for the first time the combination of these two complementary and powerful technologies. NMR spectroscopy is frequently used to obtain quantitative metabolite information from cells and tissues. Lipid detection is also possible with NMR spectroscopy, with changes being visible across entire classes of molecules. Meanwhile, MALDI MSI provides relative measures of metabolite and lipid concentrations, mapping spatial information of many specific metabolite and lipid molecules across cells or tissues. We have used these two complementary techniques in combination to obtain metabolomic and lipidomic measurements from triple-negative human breast cancer cells and tumor xenograft models. We have emphasized critical experimental procedures that ensured the success of achieving NMR spectroscopy and MALDI MSI in a combined workflow from the same sample. Our data show that several phospholipid metabolite species were differentially distributed in viable and necrotic regions of breast tumor xenografts. This study emphasizes the power of combined NMR spectroscopy-MALDI imaging to advance metabolomic and lipidomic studies.
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