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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 962, Issue -, Pages 52-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.01.043
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging; Small molecules; Tissue section
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91542101]
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With the development of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI), molecular interrogation of tissue sections over a wide mass range has become feasible, but small molecule analysis is still far from being fully reached due to the limited sensitivity and matrix interference. Herein, graphene oxide (GO) is used as a MALDI matrix to image small molecules in tissues in negative ion mode. Finally, 212 of molecules including 190 of lipids and 22 of low molecular weight metabolites were detected and spatially visualized in mouse brain tissue sections without the interference of matrix ions/clusters, and the structures of 69 of the lipids were confirmed by using in situ tandem mass spectrometry. A further application of GO matrix could reveal distinct spatio-molecular signatures in viable and necrotic tumor regions derived from a mouse breast cancer tissue. In addition, GO as a MALDI matrix has exhibited a better performance in MSI of lipids relative to N-(1-naphthyl) ethylenediamine dihydrochloride and 9-aminoacridine. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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