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ArticleJournal of lipid research2014

Characterization of acyl chain position in unsaturated phosphatidylcholines using differential mobility-mass spectrometry.

Alan T Maccarone, Jackson Duldig, Todd W Mitchell, Stephen J Blanksby, Eva Duchoslav, J Larry Campbell

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alan T MaccaroneSchool of Chemistry University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Jackson DuldigSchool of Chemistry University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Todd W MitchellSchool of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Stephen J BlanksbyCentral Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland 4000, Australia.
Eva DuchoslavAB SCIEX, Concord, Ontario L4K 4V8, Canada.
J Larry CampbellAB SCIEX, Concord, Ontario L4K 4V8, Canada.
University of Wollongong · AUQueensland University of Technology · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycerophospholipids (GPs) that differ in the relative position of the two fatty acyl chains on the glycerol backbone (i.e., sn-positional isomers) can have distinct physicochemical properties. The unambiguous assignment of acyl chain position to an individual GP represents a significant analytical challenge. Here we describe a workflow where phosphatidylcholines (PCs) are subjected to ESI for characterization by a combination of differential mobility spectrometry and MS (DMS-MS). When infused as a mixture, ions formed from silver adduction of each phospholipid isomer {e.g., [PC (16:0/18:1) + Ag](+) and [PC (18:1/16:0) + Ag](+)} are transmitted through the DMS device at discrete compensation voltages. Varying their relative amounts allows facile and unambiguous assignment of the sn-positions of the fatty acyl chains for each isomer. Integration of the well-resolved ion populations provides a rapid method (< 3 min) for relative quantification of these lipid isomers. The DMS-MS results show excellent agreement with established, but time-consuming, enzymatic approaches and also provide superior accuracy to methods that rely on MS alone. The advantages of this DMS-MS method in identification and quantification of GP isomer populations is demonstrated by direct analysis of complex biological extracts without any prior fractionation.

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Mass SpectrometryPhosphatidylcholinesPhosphatidylcholinesdifferential mobility spectrometrylipid isomersmass spectrometrysn-positional isomers

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PMID24939921
PMCPMC4109761
OpenAlexW1514397955

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