Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Combination with Product Ion Mobility for the Identification of Phospholipids

Anal Chem. 2017 Jan 3;89(1):916-921. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04047. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

Abstract

Concerted tandem and traveling wave ion mobility mass spectrometry (CTS analysis) is a unique method that results in a four-dimensional data set including nominal precursor ion mass, product ion mobility, accurate mass of product ion, and ion abundance. This nontargeted lipidomics CTS approach was applied in both positive- and negative-ion mode to phospholipids present in human serum, and the data set was used to evaluate the value of product ion mobility in identifying lipids in a complex mixture. It was determined that the combination of diagnostic product ions and unique collisional cross-section values of product ions is a powerful tool in the structural identification of lipids in a complex biological sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phospholipids / blood*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Phospholipids