Mass Spectrometry Imaging Techniques Enabling Visualization of Lipid Isomers in Biological Tissues

Anal Chem. 2022 Mar 29;94(12):4889-4900. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05108. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

Abstract

This Feature focuses on a review of recent developments in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of lipid isomers in biological tissues. The tandem MS techniques utilizing online and offline chemical derivatization procedures, ion activation techniques such as ozone-induced dissociation (OzID), ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD), or electron-induced dissociation (EID), and other techniques such as coupling of ion mobility with MSI are discussed. The importance of resolving lipid isomers in diseases is highlighted.

Publication types

  • News
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Isomerism
  • Lipids / analysis
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Ozone* / chemistry
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Lipids
  • Ozone