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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 18, Issue 23, Pages 2849-2858Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1686
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Lineloyl-palmitoyl (PLPC) and arachidonoyl-palmitoyl (PAPC) phosphatidylcholine were oxidized under Fenton reaction conditions (H2O2 and Fe2+), and the short-chain products formed were identified by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The short-chain products resulted from beta-cleavage of oxygen-centered radicals and comprised aldehydes, hydroxyaldehydes and dicarboxylic acids that yielded both [MH](+) and [MNa](+) ions. The fragmentation of the [MH](+) and [MNa](+) ions of the peroxidation products was studied by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The MS/MS spectra of both ions showed ions resulting from characteristic losses of glycerophosphatidylcholine. Other product ions, resulting from C-C cleavages occurring in the vicinity of the functional group, and fragmentations involving the hydroxy groups, were the most informative since they allowed us to obtain structural information relating to the sn-2 acyl residue. Both fragmentation pathways are due to charge-remote fragmentation occurring by a 1,4-hydrogen elimination mechanism and/or by homolytic cleavage. Furthermore, the fragmentation pathway of some ions observed in the ESI-MS spectrum was not consistent with the fragmentation behavior expected for some of the short-chain species identified in the literature and allowed the reassignment of the ions as different structures. Isobaric ions were observed in the ESI-MS spectra of both oxidized phospholipids, and were differentiated based on distinct fragmentation. The detailed knowledge of lipid peroxidation degradation products is of major importance and should be very valuable in providing new markers for oxidative stress signaling and for disease states monitoring. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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