J-Oil Mills Innovation Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan.
Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan.
J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2021 Sep 1;32(9):2399-2409. doi: 10.1021/jasms.1c00039. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
Lipid oxidation is involved in various biological phenomena (e.g., oxylipin generation and oxidative stress). Of oxidized lipid structures, the hydroperoxyl group position of lipid hydroperoxides (LOOHs) is a critical factor in determining their biological roles. Despite such interest, current methods to determine hydroperoxyl group positions possess some drawbacks such as selectivity. While we previously reported mass spectrometric methods using Na for the highly selective determination of hydroperoxyl group positions, nothing was known except for the fact that sodiated LOOHs (mainly linoleate) provide specific fragment ions. Thus, this study was aimed to investigate the effects of different alkali metals on the fragmentation of LOOHs, assuming its further application to analysis of other complex LOOHs. From the analysis of PC 16:0/18:2;OOH (phosphatidylcholine) and FA 18:2;OOH (fatty acid), we found that fragmentation pathways and ion intensities largely depend on the binding position and type of alkali metals (i.e., Li, Hock fragmentation; Na and K, α-cleavage (Na > K); Rb and Cs, no fragmentation). Furthermore, we proved that this method can be applied to determine the hydroperoxyl group position of esterified lipids (e.g., phospholipids and cholesterol esters) as well as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) including n-3, n-6, and n-9 FA. We anticipate that the insights described in this study provide additional unique insights to conventional lipid oxidation research.
脂质氧化参与各种生物现象(例如,氧化脂质的生成和氧化应激)。在氧化的脂质结构中,脂质过氧化物(LOOH)的过氧基位置是决定其生物学作用的关键因素。尽管人们对此很感兴趣,但目前用于确定过氧基位置的方法存在一些缺点,例如选择性。虽然我们之前曾报道过使用 Na 进行高度选择性测定过氧基位置的质谱方法,但除了证实加钠的 LOOH(主要是亚油酸酯)提供特定的碎片离子之外,对此一无所知。因此,本研究旨在研究不同碱金属对 LOOH 断裂的影响,假设其进一步应用于分析其他复杂的 LOOH。通过对 PC 16:0/18:2;OOH(磷脂酰胆碱)和 FA 18:2;OOH(脂肪酸)的分析,我们发现断裂途径和离子强度在很大程度上取决于碱金属的结合位置和类型(即 Li,Hock 断裂;Na 和 K,α-断裂(Na>K);Rb 和 Cs,无断裂)。此外,我们证明该方法可用于确定酯化脂质(例如磷脂和胆固醇酯)以及多不饱和脂肪酸(PUFAs)的过氧基位置,包括 n-3、n-6 和 n-9 FA。我们预计,本研究中描述的见解将为传统的脂质氧化研究提供更多独特的见解。