González-Domínguez Álvaro, Santos-Martín María, Sayago Ana, Lechuga-Sancho Alfonso María, Fernández-Recamales Ángeles, González-Domínguez Raúl
Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Agrifood Laboratory, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.
Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2625:79-88. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2966-6_7.
Phospholipids are essential components of membrane lipid bilayers and serve as precursors of multiple signaling molecules, so alterations in their homeostasis are associated with the pathogenesis of numerous diseases. In this context, the application of mass spectrometry-based metabolomics has demonstrated great potential to comprehensively characterize the human phospholipidome. In this chapter, we describe an untargeted method for the determination of phospholipids and other related metabolites in a variety of biological matrices, including plasma/serum, erythrocytes, and tissues, based on the combination of high-throughput direct mass spectrometry fingerprinting and subsequent profiling by ultra-high-performance reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Furthermore, we also review the characteristic fragmentation patterns of phospholipids with the aim of providing simple guidelines for their straightforward annotation.
磷脂是膜脂双层的重要组成部分,也是多种信号分子的前体,因此其稳态的改变与多种疾病的发病机制相关。在此背景下,基于质谱的代谢组学应用已显示出全面表征人类磷脂组的巨大潜力。在本章中,我们描述了一种非靶向方法,该方法基于高通量直接质谱指纹图谱以及随后通过超高效反相液相色谱-质谱联用进行的分析,用于测定包括血浆/血清、红细胞和组织在内的多种生物基质中的磷脂和其他相关代谢物。此外,我们还综述了磷脂的特征性裂解模式,旨在为其直接注释提供简单指南。