A pH and solvent optimized reverse-phase ion-paring-LC–MS/MS method that leverages multiple scan-types for targeted absolute quantification of intracellular metabolites

Douglas McCloskey, Jon A. Gangoiti, Bernhard O. Palsson, Adam M. Feist

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Abstract

Comprehensive knowledge of intracellular biochemistry is needed to accurately understand, model, and manipulate metabolism for industrial and therapeutic applications. Quantitative metabolomics has been driven by advances in analytical instrumentation and can add valuable knowledge to the understanding of intracellular metabolism. Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC–MS and LC–MS/MS) has become a reliable means with which to quantify a multitude of intracellular metabolites in parallel with great specificity and accuracy. This work details a method that builds and extends upon existing reverse phase ion-paring liquid chromatography methods for separation and detection of polar and anionic compounds that comprise key nodes of intracellular metabolism by optimizing pH and solvent composition. In addition, the presented method utilizes multiple scan types provided by hybrid instrumentation to improve confidence in compound identification. The developed method was validated for a broad coverage of polar and anionic metabolites of intracellular metabolism
Original languageEnglish
JournalMetabolomics
Volume11
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)1338-1350
Number of pages13
ISSN1573-3882
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Reverse-phase ion-pairing liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
  • Intracellular metabolism
  • Absolute quantification
  • Metabolomics

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