On-tissue pyrene-1-boronic acid labeling assisted MALDI imaging of catecholamines in porcine adrenal gland

【作者】 Chen, Di; Bu, Xin-Miao; Zhang, Man-Yu; Xu, Xin-Li; Wang, Bin; Gan, Yu-Mei; Li, Kai-Xuan; Xu, Xia*; Han, Jun*; Shi, Nian*

【期刊名】 Journal of Chromatography A

【影响因子】 2021年: 4.601

【作者单位】 Key Laboratory of Targeting Therapy and Diagnosis for Critical Diseases of Henan Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China

【年，卷(期)：页码】2022, 1678: 463361

【关键词】 Catecholamine; Pyrene-1-boronic acid; On-tissue labeling; MALDI imaging; adrenal gland

【摘要】In this study, an on-tissue chemical labeling - matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) method was developed for visualization of the distribution of three catecholamine (CA) compounds (dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine) in porcine adrenal gland. Commercially available pyrene-1-boronic acid (PBA) was employed as an effective in situ derivatizing reagent dissolved in acetonitrile containing 0.1% pyridine for the chemical labeling and the matrix coating. Without extra matrix coating, the tissue section was directly analyzed by MALDI-MS. The detection specificity and sensitivity were greatly improved with the on-tissue PBA labeling and successful imaging of the three CAs in porcine adrenal gland was achieved. Compared with previously reported methods for MALDI-MSI of the CAs, the analytical strategy proposed in the study provided a robust, easy-to-use and low-cost on-tissue chemical derivatization method that facilitated simultaneous molecular imaging of the three compounds.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463361