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ArticleMetabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society

Mass spectrometry imaging of amino neurotransmitters: a comparison of derivatization methods and application in mouse brain tissue.

Clara Esteve, Else A Tolner, Reinald Shyti, Arn M J M van den Maagdenberg, Liam A McDonnell

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Article in Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Clara EsteveCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Else A TolnerDepartment of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Reinald ShytiDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Arn M J M van den MaagdenbergDepartment of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Liam A McDonnellCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands ; Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Pisa, Italy.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLFondazione Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detection of small polar compounds such as amino neurotransmitters by MALDI mass spectrometry imaging has been hindered by low-detection sensitivity and background interferences. Recently, several of on-tissue chemical derivatization strategies have been independently reported that enable their detection. Here, we present a comparison between these methods, and demonstrate the visualization of the distributions of up to 23 amino metabolites in tissue. We applied this methodology to detect alterations of these compounds after inducing an experimental cortical spreading depression in mouse brain, which causes profound transient alterations in key neurotransmitters in one hemisphere and is relevant for migraine and various other neurological disorders.

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Amino acidsChemical derivatizationMass spectrometry imagingMouse brainNeurotransmitters

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PMID26793043
PMCPMC4705126
OpenAlexW2223450594

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