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ArticleJournal of lipid research2011

Quantification of sterol lipids in plants by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Vera Wewer, Isabel Dombrink, Katharina vom Dorp, Peter Dörmann

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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4 authors.

Vera WewerInstitute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Isabel Dombrink
Katharina vom Dorp
Peter Dörmann

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycerolipids, sphingolipids, and sterol lipids constitute the major lipid classes in plants. Sterol lipids are composed of free and conjugated sterols, i.e., sterol esters, sterol glycosides, and acylated sterol glycosides. Sterol lipids play crucial roles during adaption to abiotic stresses and plant-pathogen interactions. Presently, no comprehensive method for sterol lipid quantification in plants is available. We used nanospray ionization quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Q-TOF MS) to resolve and identify the molecular species of all four sterol lipid classes from Arabidopsis thaliana. Free sterols were derivatized with chlorobetainyl chloride. Sterol esters, sterol glycosides, and acylated sterol glycosides were ionized as ammonium adducts. Quantification of molecular species was achieved in the positive mode after fragmentation in the presence of internal standards. The amounts of sterol lipids quantified by Q-TOF MS/MS were validated by comparison with results obtained with TLC/GC. Quantification of sterol lipids from leaves and roots of phosphate-deprived A. thaliana plants revealed changes in the amounts and molecular species composition. The Q-TOF method is far more sensitive than GC or HPLC. Therefore, Q-TOF MS/MS provides a comprehensive strategy for sterol lipid quantification that can be adapted to other tandem mass spectrometers.

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ArabidopsisCholesterolChromatography, GasChromatography, Thin LayerLipidsMass SpectrometryPhytosterolsPlantsSitosterolsSterolsStigmasterolcampesterolCholesterolgamma-sitosterolLipidsPhytosterolsSitosterolsSterolsStigmasterol

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PMCPMC3073460

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