Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 119, Issue 29, Pages -Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114365119
Keywords
single-cell mass spectrometry; t-MALDI-2-MSI; cellular heterogeneity; lipidomics
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [DR416/12-1, SO976/3-1, 290343045, SO976/5-1, 400912714]
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of the University of Munster Medical School [Drei2/018/17]
- fund Innovative Medical Research of the University of Munster Medical School [SO 12 19 11]
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Molecular analysis on the single-cell level is rapidly growing in the life sciences. This study presents a sensitive approach to single-cell mass spectrometry based on high-resolution imaging and optical microscopy. The multimodal datasets allow for statistical analysis and direct connection of MS data with microscopy information, providing insights into intracellular lipid distributions and subcellular molecular profiles.
Molecular analysis on the single-cell level represents a rapidly growing field in the life sciences. While bulk analysis from a pool of cells provides a general molecular profile, it is blind to heterogeneities between individual cells. This heterogeneity, however, is an inherent property of every cell population. Its analysis is fundamental to understanding the development, function, and role of specific cells of the same genotype that display different phenotypical properties. Single-cell mass spectrometry (MS) aims to provide broad molecular information for a significantly large number of cells to help decipher cellular heterogeneity using statistical analysis. Here, we present a sensitive approach to single-cell MS based on high-resolution MALDI-2-MS imaging in combination with MALDI-compatible staining and use of optical microscopy. Our approach allowed analyzing large amounts of unperturbed cells directly from the growth chamber. Confident coregistration of both modalities enabled a reliable compilation of single-cell mass spectra and a straightforward inclusion of optical as well as mass spectrometric features in the interpretation of data. The resulting multimodal datasets permit the use of various statistical methods like machine learning-driven classification and multivariate analysis based on molecular profile and establish a direct connection of MS data with microscopy information of individual cells. Displaying data in the form of histograms for individual signal intensities helps to investigate heterogeneous expression of specific lipids within the cell culture and to identify subpopulations intuitively. Ultimately, t-MALDI-2-MSI measurements at 2-mu m pixel sizes deliver a glimpse of intracellular lipid distributions and reveal molecular profiles for subcellular domains.
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