Mass Spectrometry Imaging Techniques Enabling Visualization of Lipid Isomers in Biological Tissues
Antonín Bednařík, Vadym Prysiazhnyi, Dominika Bezdeková, Jens Soltwisch, Klaus Dreisewerd, Jan Preisler
Abstract
This Feature focuses on a review of recent developments in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of lipid isomers in biological tissues. The tandem MS techniques utilizing online and offline chemical derivatization procedures, ion activation techniques such as ozone-induced dissociation (OzID), ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD), or electron-induced dissociation (EID), and other techniques such as coupling of ion mobility with MSI are discussed. The importance of resolving lipid isomers in diseases is highlighted.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryMass spectrometryPhotodissociationDerivatizationDissociation (chemistry)Tandem mass spectrometryMass spectrometry imagingUltravioletFragmentation (computing)IonPhotochemistryChromatographyOrganic chemistryPhysicsComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsOperating systemMass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications