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ArticleNature communications2020

Fast and sensitive flow-injection mass spectrometry metabolomics by analyzing sample-specific ion distributions.

Boris Sarvin, Shoval Lagziel, Nikita Sarvin, Dzmitry Mukha, Praveen Kumar, Elina Aizenshtein, Tomer Shlomi

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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Boris Sarvin *Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-1562
Shoval Lagziel *Faculty of Computer Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1657-2076
Nikita SarvinFaculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.
Dzmitry MukhaFaculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.
Praveen KumarFaculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.
Elina AizenshteinLokey Center for Life Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel.
Tomer ShlomiFaculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel. tomersh@cs.technion.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-5156

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mass spectrometry based metabolomics is a widely used approach in biomedical research. However, current methods coupling mass spectrometry with chromatography are time-consuming and not suitable for high-throughput analysis of thousands of samples. An alternative approach is flow-injection mass spectrometry (FI-MS) in which samples are directly injected to the ionization source. Here, we show that the sensitivity of Orbitrap FI-MS metabolomics methods is limited by ion competition effect. We describe an approach for overcoming this effect by analyzing the distribution of ion m/z values and computationally determining a series of optimal scan ranges. This enables reproducible detection of ~9,000 and ~10,000 m/z features in metabolomics and lipidomics analysis of serum samples, respectively, with a sample scan time of ~15 s and duty time of ~30 s; a ~50% increase versus current spectral-stitching FI-MS. This approach facilitates high-throughput metabolomics for a variety of applications, including biomarker discovery and functional genomics screens.

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Cell Line, TumorFlow Injection AnalysisHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansIonsLipidomicsMass SpectrometryMetabolomicsSerumIons

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PMID32581242
PMCPMC7314751

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