Chromatographic fingerprinting has been perceived as an essential tool for assessing quality and chemical equivalence of traditional Chinese medicine.However,this pattern-oriented approach still has some weak points i...Chromatographic fingerprinting has been perceived as an essential tool for assessing quality and chemical equivalence of traditional Chinese medicine.However,this pattern-oriented approach still has some weak points in terms of chemical coverage and robustness.In this work,we proposed a multiple reaction monitoring(MRM)-based fingerprinting method in which approximately 100 constituents were simultaneously detected for quality assessment.The derivative MRM approach was employed to rapidly design MRM transitions independent of chemical standards,based on which the large-scale fingerprinting method was efficiently established.This approach was exemplified on QiShenYiQi Pill(QSYQ),a traditional Chinese medicine-derived drug product,and its robustness was systematically evaluated by four indices:clustering analysis by principal component analysis,similarity analysis by the congruence coefficient,the number of separated peaks,and the peak area proportion of separated peaks.Compared with conventional ultraviolet-based fingerprints,the MRM fingerprints provided not only better discriminatory capacity for the tested normal/abnormal QSYQ samples,but also higher robustness under different chromatographic conditions(i.e.,flow rate,apparent pH,column temperature,and column).The result also showed for such large-scale fingerprints including a large number of peaks,the angle cosine measure after min-max normalization was more suitable for setting a decision criterion than the unnormalized algorithm.This proof-of-concept application gives evidence that combining MRM technique with proper similarity analysis metrices can provide a highly sensitive,robust and comprehensive analytical approach for quality assessment of traditional Chinese medicine.展开更多
Synaptic dysfunction occurs early in Alzheimer＇s disease （AD） and is acknowledged as a primary pathologic target for treatment. Synaptic degeneration is the pathological feature most strongly correlated with loss o...Synaptic dysfunction occurs early in Alzheimer＇s disease （AD） and is acknowledged as a primary pathologic target for treatment. Synaptic degeneration is the pathological feature most strongly correlated with loss of cognitive function ante mortern （Terry et al., 1991）. Synapses are heavily damaged in hippocampal and neocortical regions of AD brain, whereas motor and occipital cortices are relatively spared （Honer et al., 1992）. Despite extensive work, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic degeneration are largely unknown.展开更多
Attributing to the rapid demand expansion for the edible medicinal materials in the market,the limited throughput of highperformance liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring(HPLC-MRM)cannot fully address the...Attributing to the rapid demand expansion for the edible medicinal materials in the market,the limited throughput of highperformance liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring(HPLC-MRM)cannot fully address the measurement workload for a huge number of testing samples.Hence,it is urgent to pursue more efficient approaches for the quality evaluation.Because of the greater selectivity of MRM cubed(MRM^(3))over MRM,there might be a chance to omit the time-intensive LC separation.In current study,we attempted to develop a direct infusion(DI)-MRM^(3) program,and the applicability was thereafter assessed through simultaneous determination of four ganoderic acids(GAs)in one of the most famous tonic herbal medicines namely Ganoderma(Chinese name:Lingzhi).Primary parameters such as Q1>Q3>QLIT ion transitions,collision energy(CE),and excitation energy were optimized by programming online energy-resolved mass spectrometry with authentic compounds.A single DI-MRM measurement merely costed four minutes,and in spite of the wide occurrences of isomers,satisfactory selectivity was achieved.Method validation assays demonstrated the method to be sensitive,precise,accurate,and reproducible.The quantitative results from DI-MRM^(3) were also justified by conducting LC-MRM measurements in parallel.Significant differences occurred for the content patterns between the two original sources namely Ganoderma lucidum and G.sinense,and,moreover,either cultivar or harvest time showed dramatical influence on the quantitative features of the four targeted GAs.More importantly,DI-MRM3 is a meaningful analytical option for rapid quantitative analysis of herbal medicines,because of the comparable reliability,nonetheless,less consumptions of both measurement time and solvent,compared with LC-MRM.展开更多
目的基于线性离子阱质谱的多重反应监测-信息依赖采集-增强子离子扫描(multiple reaction monitoring-information dependent acquisition-enhanced product ion scan,MRM-IDA-EPI)二级谱图筛查方法,建立超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法(ultr...目的基于线性离子阱质谱的多重反应监测-信息依赖采集-增强子离子扫描(multiple reaction monitoring-information dependent acquisition-enhanced product ion scan,MRM-IDA-EPI)二级谱图筛查方法,建立超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法(ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-MS/MS)定量检测和定性筛查野生菌中15种蘑菇毒素。方法野生菌样本通过甲酸-甲醇-水-乙腈(1:40:40:19,V:V:V:V)混合溶液超声提取,QuEChERS试剂提取净化,采用UPLC-MS/MS和MRM-IDA-EPI方法对15种蘑菇毒素进行定量分析和定性筛查。结果通过野生菌样本前处理方法和色谱条件优化,对15种蘑菇毒素进行0.04、0.10和0.40 mg/kg三水平加标回收实验,方法准确度为76.6%~109.2%,精密度为0.3%~7.6%;15种蘑菇毒素的线性范围为10~1000μg/L,线性相关系数(r)在0.9980~0.9994之间;其中α-鹅膏毒肽、β-鹅膏毒肽、γ-鹅膏毒肽、光盖伞素和鹅膏蕈氨酸的方法检出限(limits of detection,LODs)和定量限(limits of quantification,LOQs)分别为10μg/kg和30μg/kg,二羟鬼笔毒肽、羧基二羟鬼笔毒肽、羧基三羟鬼笔毒肽、毒蝇碱、蝇蕈醇、甲基裸盖菇素、鹿花菌素、脱磷酸裸盖菇素、奥来毒素和鬼伞菌素的LODs和LOQs分别为20μg/kg和60μg/kg,采用QuEChERS前处理方法对野生菌样本进行处理,样本基质效应系数K值在0.91~1.08之间。结论所建立的野生菌样本前处理方法对15种蘑菇毒素的定量测定无基质干扰,15种蘑菇毒素的UPLC-MS/MS和MRM-IDA-EPI分析方法结果准确、重现性好、灵敏度高,该方法适用于有毒野生菌引起的食源性中毒定量分析和定性筛查。展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81803714)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2019QNA7041).
文摘Chromatographic fingerprinting has been perceived as an essential tool for assessing quality and chemical equivalence of traditional Chinese medicine.However,this pattern-oriented approach still has some weak points in terms of chemical coverage and robustness.In this work,we proposed a multiple reaction monitoring(MRM)-based fingerprinting method in which approximately 100 constituents were simultaneously detected for quality assessment.The derivative MRM approach was employed to rapidly design MRM transitions independent of chemical standards,based on which the large-scale fingerprinting method was efficiently established.This approach was exemplified on QiShenYiQi Pill(QSYQ),a traditional Chinese medicine-derived drug product,and its robustness was systematically evaluated by four indices:clustering analysis by principal component analysis,similarity analysis by the congruence coefficient,the number of separated peaks,and the peak area proportion of separated peaks.Compared with conventional ultraviolet-based fingerprints,the MRM fingerprints provided not only better discriminatory capacity for the tested normal/abnormal QSYQ samples,but also higher robustness under different chromatographic conditions(i.e.,flow rate,apparent pH,column temperature,and column).The result also showed for such large-scale fingerprints including a large number of peaks,the angle cosine measure after min-max normalization was more suitable for setting a decision criterion than the unnormalized algorithm.This proof-of-concept application gives evidence that combining MRM technique with proper similarity analysis metrices can provide a highly sensitive,robust and comprehensive analytical approach for quality assessment of traditional Chinese medicine.
基金Financial support was provided by the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation Scholarship Program(AAR Postgraduate Research Scholarship),Alzheimer’s Association(USA)under grant#RG1-96-005the Judith Jane Mason and Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation+1 种基金The Queensland Brain Bank,part of Australian Brain Bank Networksupported by an NHMRC(Australia)Enabling Grant No.605210
文摘Synaptic dysfunction occurs early in Alzheimer＇s disease （AD） and is acknowledged as a primary pathologic target for treatment. Synaptic degeneration is the pathological feature most strongly correlated with loss of cognitive function ante mortern （Terry et al., 1991）. Synapses are heavily damaged in hippocampal and neocortical regions of AD brain, whereas motor and occipital cortices are relatively spared （Honer et al., 1992）. Despite extensive work, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic degeneration are largely unknown.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81973444)the Open Research Project Programme of the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine(University of Macao)(SKLQRCM-OP21011).
文摘Attributing to the rapid demand expansion for the edible medicinal materials in the market,the limited throughput of highperformance liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring(HPLC-MRM)cannot fully address the measurement workload for a huge number of testing samples.Hence,it is urgent to pursue more efficient approaches for the quality evaluation.Because of the greater selectivity of MRM cubed(MRM^(3))over MRM,there might be a chance to omit the time-intensive LC separation.In current study,we attempted to develop a direct infusion(DI)-MRM^(3) program,and the applicability was thereafter assessed through simultaneous determination of four ganoderic acids(GAs)in one of the most famous tonic herbal medicines namely Ganoderma(Chinese name:Lingzhi).Primary parameters such as Q1>Q3>QLIT ion transitions,collision energy(CE),and excitation energy were optimized by programming online energy-resolved mass spectrometry with authentic compounds.A single DI-MRM measurement merely costed four minutes,and in spite of the wide occurrences of isomers,satisfactory selectivity was achieved.Method validation assays demonstrated the method to be sensitive,precise,accurate,and reproducible.The quantitative results from DI-MRM^(3) were also justified by conducting LC-MRM measurements in parallel.Significant differences occurred for the content patterns between the two original sources namely Ganoderma lucidum and G.sinense,and,moreover,either cultivar or harvest time showed dramatical influence on the quantitative features of the four targeted GAs.More importantly,DI-MRM3 is a meaningful analytical option for rapid quantitative analysis of herbal medicines,because of the comparable reliability,nonetheless,less consumptions of both measurement time and solvent,compared with LC-MRM.
文摘目的基于线性离子阱质谱的多重反应监测-信息依赖采集-增强子离子扫描(multiple reaction monitoring-information dependent acquisition-enhanced product ion scan,MRM-IDA-EPI)二级谱图筛查方法,建立超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法(ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-MS/MS)定量检测和定性筛查野生菌中15种蘑菇毒素。方法野生菌样本通过甲酸-甲醇-水-乙腈(1:40:40:19,V:V:V:V)混合溶液超声提取,QuEChERS试剂提取净化,采用UPLC-MS/MS和MRM-IDA-EPI方法对15种蘑菇毒素进行定量分析和定性筛查。结果通过野生菌样本前处理方法和色谱条件优化,对15种蘑菇毒素进行0.04、0.10和0.40 mg/kg三水平加标回收实验,方法准确度为76.6%~109.2%,精密度为0.3%~7.6%;15种蘑菇毒素的线性范围为10~1000μg/L,线性相关系数(r)在0.9980~0.9994之间;其中α-鹅膏毒肽、β-鹅膏毒肽、γ-鹅膏毒肽、光盖伞素和鹅膏蕈氨酸的方法检出限(limits of detection,LODs)和定量限(limits of quantification,LOQs)分别为10μg/kg和30μg/kg,二羟鬼笔毒肽、羧基二羟鬼笔毒肽、羧基三羟鬼笔毒肽、毒蝇碱、蝇蕈醇、甲基裸盖菇素、鹿花菌素、脱磷酸裸盖菇素、奥来毒素和鬼伞菌素的LODs和LOQs分别为20μg/kg和60μg/kg,采用QuEChERS前处理方法对野生菌样本进行处理,样本基质效应系数K值在0.91~1.08之间。结论所建立的野生菌样本前处理方法对15种蘑菇毒素的定量测定无基质干扰,15种蘑菇毒素的UPLC-MS/MS和MRM-IDA-EPI分析方法结果准确、重现性好、灵敏度高,该方法适用于有毒野生菌引起的食源性中毒定量分析和定性筛查。
