Matrix Sublimation Device for MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Anal Chem. 2019 Jan 2;91(1):803-807. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04765. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

Abstract

Sublimation is a widely used method for matrix deposition in imaging mass spectrometry experiments. Still, most of the time, standard glass sublimators are used for this purpose, which do not enable optimal matrix deposition reproducibility, compromising inter-experiment comparison of the results. Here, we present an in-house designed stainless steel sublimator in which the parameters that have the strongest influence over matrix deposition reproducibility can be easily monitored. Using sections of human colon biopsies, we demonstrate the capabilities of this new prototype.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colon / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lipids / analysis
  • Mice
  • Myocardium / cytology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / instrumentation*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*
  • Sublimation, Chemical

Substances

  • Lipids