| Title: | Laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of lipids using etched silver substrates |
| Author(s): | Schnapp A; Niehoff AC; Koch A; Dreisewerd K; |
| Address: | "University of Munster, Institute for Hygiene, Robert-Koch-Str. 41, 48149 Munster, Germany. University of Munster, Institute for Hygiene, Robert-Koch-Str. 41, 48149 Munster, Germany; University of Munster, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Corrensstr. 30, 48149 Munster, Germany; NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, University of Munster, Munster, Germany. University of Munster, Institute for Hygiene, Robert-Koch-Str. 41, 48149 Munster, Germany; University of Munster, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) Munster, Domagkstr. 3, 48149 Munster, Germany. Electronic address: Klaus.dreisewerd@uni-muenster.de" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.01.014 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1095-9130 (Electronic) 1046-2023 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Silver-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry can be used for the analysis of small molecules. For example, adduct formation with silver cations enables the molecular analysis of long-chain hydrocarbons, which are difficult to ionize via conventional matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI). Here we used highly porous silver foils, produced by etching with nitric acid, as sample substrates for LDI mass spectrometry. As model system for the analysis of complex lipid mixtures, cuticular extracts of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and worker bees (Apis mellifera) were investigated. The mass spectra obtained by spotting extract onto the etched silver substrates demonstrate the sensitive detection of numerous lipid classes such as long-chain saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, fatty acyl alcohols, wax esters, and triacylglycerols. MS imaging of cuticular surfaces with a lateral resolution of a few tens of micrometers became possible after blotting, i.e., after transferring lipids by physical contact with the substrate. The examples of pheromone-producing male hindwings of the squinting bush brown butterfly (Bicyclus anynana) and a fingermark are shown. Because the substrates are also easy to produce, they provide a viable alternative to colloidal silver nanoparticles and other so far described silver substrates" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Bees/chemistry Drosophila melanogaster/chemistry *Lasers Lipids/chemistry/*isolation & purification Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry Silver/*chemistry Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/*methods Blotting Cuticular lipids;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSchnapp, Andreas Niehoff, Ann-Christin Koch, Annika Dreisewerd, Klaus eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2016/02/02 Methods. 2016 Jul 15; 104:194-203. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.01.014. Epub 2016 Jan 28" |
