論文

査読有り
2019年8月20日

Ultrasensitive Single Cell Metabolomics by Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry with a Thin-Walled Tapered Emitter and Large-Volume Dual Sample Preconcentration

Analytical Chemistry
  • Takayuki Kawai
  • ,
  • Nobutoshi Ota
  • ,
  • Kaori Okada
  • ,
  • Akiko Imasato
  • ,
  • Yuri Owa
  • ,
  • Makiko Morita
  • ,
  • Misa Tada
  • ,
  • Yo Tanaka

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開始ページ
10564
終了ページ
10572
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01578

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Single cell metabolome analysis is essential for studying microscale life phenomena such as neuronal networks and tumor microenvironments. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS) is one of the most sensitive technologies; however, its sensitivity is still not enough for single cell analysis on general human cells such as HeLa. To address these issues, we first developed an efficient ionization emitter, named as a "nanoCESI" emitter, that had a thin-walled (∼10 μm) and tapered (5-10 μm) end. The thin conductive wall enabled sheathless ionization and minimized the flow rate of ionizing sample, and the tapered end efficiently ionized analytes via an electrospray ionization mechanism, providing up to 3.5-fold increase in sensitivity compared with a conventional sheathless emitter. Fifty repetitive analyses on 20 amino acids were successfully achieved with a nanoCESI emitter. Relative standard deviations of 50 analyses were 1.5%, 4.4%, and 6.8% for migration time, peak height, and peak area, respectively, where a limit of detection (LOD) of 170 pM (850 zmol) was achieved. Second, a sample enrichment method, large-volume dual preconcentration by isotachophoresis and stacking (LDIS), was applied to a newly designed protocol of nanoCESI-MS. This approach achieved up to 380-fold enhanced sensitivity and LOD of 450 fM. Compared with normal sheathless CE-MS, coupling of nanoCESI and LDIS provided up to 800-fold increase of sensitivity in total. Finally, metabolome analyses of single HeLa cells were performed, where 20 amino acids were successfully quantified with triple-quadrupole MS and 40 metabolites were identified with quadrupole-time-of-flight MS, as a promising analytical platform for microscale bioanalysis for the next generation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01578
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357863
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ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01578
  • ISSN : 0003-2700
  • eISSN : 1520-6882
  • PubMed ID : 31357863
  • SCOPUS ID : 85070573905

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