Lodén Henrik, Schembri Luke S, Nilsson Anna, Kaya Ibrahim, Shariatgorji Reza, Odell Luke R, Andrén Per E
Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Spatial Mass Spectrometry, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Aug 22;60(69):9238-9241. doi: 10.1039/d4cc02475c.
A one-step, on-tissue chemical derivatisation method for MALDI mass spectrometry imaging was found to improve the detectability of aldehydes and ketones by charge-tagging. The developed reactive matrices, containing a UV-chromophore, ionisable moiety and hydrazide group, showed an equal or higher detection efficiency than Girard's reagent P, enabling improved imaging of brain metabolites without the need for additional co-matrices.