Advances in ion mobility-mass spectrometry instrumentation and techniques for characterizing structural heterogeneity

The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (20) ◽  
pp. 6782-6798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan M. Maurer ◽  
Gregory C. Donohoe ◽  
Stephen J. Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Structural Heterogeneity ◽  
Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

Enabling IM-MS instrumentation and techniques for characterizing sample structural heterogeneity have developed rapidly over the last five years.

scholarly journals The molecular chaperone β-casein prevents amorphous and fibrillar aggregation of α-lactalbumin by stabilisation of dynamic disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry M. Sanders ◽  
Blagojce Jovcevski ◽  
John A. Carver ◽  
Tara L. Pukala
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Molecular Chaperone ◽  
Structural Heterogeneity ◽  
Fibril Formation ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
High Molecular Weight Complex ◽  
Parkinson’S Diseases

Deficits in protein homeostasis (proteostasis) are typified by the partial unfolding or misfolding of native proteins leading to amorphous or fibrillar aggregation, events that have been closely associated with diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Molecular chaperones are intimately involved in maintaining proteostasis, and their mechanisms of action are in part dependent on the morphology of aggregation-prone proteins. This study utilised native ion mobility–mass spectrometry to provide molecular insights into the conformational properties and dynamics of a model protein, α-lactalbumin (α-LA), which aggregates in an amorphous or amyloid fibrillar manner controlled by appropriate selection of experimental conditions. The molecular chaperone β-casein (β-CN) is effective at inhibiting amorphous and fibrillar aggregation of α-LA at sub-stoichiometric ratios, with greater efficiency against fibril formation. Analytical size-exclusion chromatography demonstrates the interaction between β-CN and amorphously aggregating α-LA is stable, forming a soluble high molecular weight complex, whilst with fibril-forming α-LA the interaction is transient. Moreover, ion mobility–mass spectrometry (IM-MS) coupled with collision-induced unfolding (CIU) revealed that α-LA monomers undergo distinct conformational transitions during the initial stages of amorphous (order to disorder) and fibrillar (disorder to order) aggregation. The structural heterogeneity of monomeric α-LA during fibrillation is reduced in the presence of β-CN along with an enhancement in stability, which provides a potential means for preventing fibril formation. Together, this study demonstrates how IM-MS and CIU can investigate the unfolding of proteins as well as examine transient and dynamic protein–chaperone interactions, and thereby provides detailed insight into the mechanism of chaperone action and proteostasis mechanisms.

Rapid Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease from Sebum using Paper Spray Ionisation Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Depanjan Sarkar ◽  
Drupad Trivedi ◽  
Eleanor Sinclair ◽  
Sze Hway Lim ◽  
Caitlin Walton-Doyle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Neurodegenerative Disorder ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Paper Spray ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Validation Set

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder for which identification of robust biomarkers to complement clinical PD diagnosis would accelerate treatment options and help to stratify disease progression. Here we demonstrate the use of paper spray ionisation coupled with ion mobility mass spectrometry (PSI IM-MS) to determine diagnostic molecular features of PD in sebum. PSI IM-MS was performed directly from skin swabs, collected from 34 people with PD and 30 matched control subjects as a training set and a further 91 samples from 5 different collection sites as a validation set. PSI IM-MS elucidates ~ 4200 features from each individual and we report two classes of lipids (namely phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin) that differ significantly in the sebum of people with PD. Putative metabolite annotations are obtained using tandem mass spectrometry experiments combined with accurate mass measurements. Sample preparation and PSI IM-MS analysis and diagnosis can be performed ~5 minutes per sample offering a new route to for rapid and inexpensive confirmatory diagnosis of this disease.

P‐97: Separation of Isomeric OLED Materials Using Ion Mobility‐Mass Spectrometry (IM‐MS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1444-1447
Author(s):  
Hirotaka Shioji ◽  
Azusa Uematsu ◽  
Motoshi Onoda ◽  
Keiko Matsuda ◽  
Keisuke Sawada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

scholarly journals Ion Mobility–Mass Spectrometry for Bioanalysis

Separations ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Xavier Garcia ◽  
Maria del Mar Sabaté ◽  
Jorge Aubets ◽  
Josep Maria Jansat ◽  
Sonia Sentellas
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Ion Mobility Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Biological Samples ◽  
Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Exogenous Compounds ◽  
Analytical Separation

This paper aims to cover the main strategies based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) for the analysis of biological samples. The determination of endogenous and exogenous compounds in such samples is important for the understanding of the health status of individuals. For this reason, the development of new approaches that can be complementary to the ones already established (mainly based on liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry) is welcomed. In this regard, ion mobility spectrometry has appeared in the analytical scenario as a powerful technique for the separation and characterization of compounds based on their mobility. IMS has been used in several areas taking advantage of its orthogonality with other analytical separation techniques, such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, or supercritical fluid chromatography. Bioanalysis is not one of the areas where IMS has been more extensively applied. However, over the last years, the interest in using this approach for the analysis of biological samples has clearly increased. This paper introduces the reader to the principles controlling the separation in IMS and reviews recent applications using this technique in the field of bioanalysis.

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