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Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LDI-MS) of Lipids With Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Coated Targets

Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LDI-MS) of Lipids With Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Coated Targets

Maiko Kusano, Shin-Ichirou Kawabata, Yusuke Tamura, Daigou Mizoguchi, Masato Murouchi, Hideya Kawasaki, Ryuichi Arakawa, Koichi Tanaka

Mass Spectrom (Tokyo). 2014;3(1):A0026.

PMID: 24860715

Abstract:

Iron oxide nanoparticle (NP)-coated target plates were employed for the direct detection and analysis of low molecular weight lipids by laser desorption/ionization (LDI) mass spectrometry (MS). We have demonstrated that the use of the iron oxide NP-coated target provides a simple, direct, and rapid detection method for lipid standards and epidermal surface lipids without any cumbersome sample pretreatment as well as mass spectra that are free of background matrix peaks. Lipid standards (1-stearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycerol, 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-3-linoleoyl-rac-glycerol, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) were detected as either protonated or cationated species. Clean MS/MS spectra for each lipid were also successfully obtained. Pre-MS surface cleaning of the target plates with UV-ozone treatment successfully removed organic contaminants that would interfere with the mass spectra especially in the low molecular weight region. Preliminary application of the presented target plate to the detection of endogenous lipids in latent fingerprints showed promising results and for potential use in the visualization and chemical composition determination of latent fingerprints by nanoparticle assistance.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1587935	1-Palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-3-linoleoyl-rac-glycerol		1587-93-5	Price

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