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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2020

Double Bond Characterization of Free Fatty Acids Directly from Biological Tissues by Ultraviolet Photodissociation.

Clara L Feider, Luis A Macias, Jennifer S Brodbelt, Livia S Eberlin

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clara L FeiderDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3972-7533
Luis A MaciasDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Jennifer S BrodbeltDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3207-0217
Livia S EberlinDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3885-3215
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

UVPD-MS Characterization of LipopolysaccharidesR01GM103655 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BRODBELT, JENNIFER S. · 2012 to 2019
$2.3M
Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis of Human CancersR00CA190783 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI SCHIAVINATO EBERLIN, LIVIA · 2016 to 2018
$677k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA190783NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Free fatty acids (FA) are a vital component of cells and are critical to cellular structure and function, so much so that alterations in FA are often associated with cell malfunction and disease. Analysis of FA from biological samples can be achieved by mass spectrometry (MS), but these analyses are often not capable of distinguishing the fine structural alterations within FA isomers and often limited to global profiling of lipids without spatial resolution. Here, we present the use of ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) for the characterization of double bond positional isomers of charge inverted dication·FA complexes and the subsequent implementation of this method for online desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) MS imaging of FA isomers from human tissue sections. This method allows relative quantification of FA isomers from heterogeneous biological tissue sections, yielding spatially resolved information about alterations in double bond isomers within these samples. Applying this method to the analysis of the monounsaturated FA 18:1 within breast cancer subtypes uncovered a correlation between double bond positional isomer abundance and the hormone receptor status of the tissue sample, an important factor in the prognosis and treatment of breast cancer patients. This result further validates similar studies that suggest FA synthase activity and FA isomer abundances are significantly altered within breast cancer tissue.

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Ultraviolet RaysBreast NeoplasmsFatty AcidsFemaleHumansMass SpectrometryMolecular StructurePhotochemical ProcessesFatty Acids

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PMID32421308
PMCPMC7433749
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