Evaluation of LC-MS and LC×LC-MS in analysis of zebrafish embryo samples for comprehensive lipid profiling

Mengmeng Xu*, Jessica Legradi, Pim Leonards

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Abstract

In this study, both conventional one-dimensional liquid chromatography (1DLC) and comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2DLC) coupled to a high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer (HR-TOF MS) were used for full-scale lipid characterization of lipid extracts from zebrafish embryos. We investigated the influence on annotated lipids and different separation mechanisms (HILIC, C18, and PFP), and their different orders arranged in the first and the second dimensions. As a result, the number of lipid species annotated by conventional one-dimensional LC-MS was between 212 and 448. In contrast, the number of individual lipids species annotated by C18×HILIC, HILIC×C18, and HILIC×PFP were 1784, 1059, and 1123, respectively. Therefore, it was evident that the performance of comprehensive 2DLC, especially the C18×HILIC method, considerably exceeded 1DLC. Interestingly, a comparison of the HILIC×C18 and C18×HILIC approaches showed, under the optimized conditions, similar orthogonality, but the effective separation power of the C18×HILIC was much higher. A comparison of the HILIC×C18 and the HILIC×PFP methods demonstrated that the HILIC×PFP separation had superior orthogonality with a small increase on its effective peak capacity, indicating that the HILIC×PFP combination maybe a promising platform for untargeted lipidomics in complex samples. Finally, from the comprehensive lipid profiling respective, the C18×HILIC was selected for further studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4313-4325
JournalAnalytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Volume412
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Apr 2020

Funding

The author (Mengmeng Xu) was supported by China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201806320126).

FundersFunder number
China Scholarship Council
China Scholarship Council201806320126

    Keywords

    • Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography
    • Conventional one-dimensional liquid chromatography
    • Untargeted lipidomics
    • Zebrafish

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