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恭喜韩金同学论文发表于《Analytical Chemistry》

2023-08-23

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Direct analysis of micro-biopsy samples by mass spectrometry at single-cell level still faces major challenges. In this work, we developed a polarity gradient focusing dip-and-go strategy (PGF-Dip&Go) during induced electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (iESI-MS) analysis for real-time enrichment and spatial separation of compounds such as lipids, alkaloids, fatty amines, and drugs. Compared with direct iESI-MS analysis, enrichment of analytes (enrichment factor of 5.0–100.0) and spatial separation between different analytes were achieved. Owing to the enrichment effect and salt cleanup effect, the sensitivity of PGF-Dip&Go has been improved by 25–10,000 times compared with direct iESI-MS. PGF-Dip&Go has been successfully applied for the analysis of lipids in a 200 pL micro-biopsy section from an individual fish egg. Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), phosphatidylcholine (PC), and triglyceride (TG) were significantly enriched and separated according to their polarity differences, proving the potential of PGF-Dip&Go to be a noninvasive and powerful analytical tool for in situ analysis of complex small volumes in the future.(DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02425)