Analyzing crude oils from the Junggar Basin(NW China) using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry(GC×GC-TOFMS)

As a new technology of analyzing crude oils, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography cou- pled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry （GCxGC- TOFMS） has received much research attention. Here we present a case study in the Junggar Basin of NW China. Results show that the hydrocarbons, including saturates and aromatics, were all well-separated without large co- elution, which cannot be realized by conventional one-dimensional GC-MS. The GC×GC technique is especially effective for analyzing aromatics and low-to-middle- molecular-weight hydrocarbons, such as diamondoids. The geochemical characteristics of crude oils in the study area were investigated through geochemical parameters extracted by GC×GC-TOFMS, improving upon the understanding obtained by GC-MS. Thus, the work here represents a new successful application of GC×GC- TOFMS, showing its broad usefulness in petroleum geochemistry.

CO₂Absorption Solvent Degradation Compound Identification Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Quadrapole-Time of Flight (LCMSQTOF)

The degradation of the alkanolamine solvent used in the removal of acid gases from natural gas streams due to exposure to contaminants, thermal degradation and presence of oxygen or oxygen containing compounds will change the solvent properties, such as heat transfer coefficient, diffusion coefficient, and mass transfer coefficient of the solvent. Therefore, characterization and quantification of amine degradation product becomes one of the important analyses to determine alkanolamine solvent’s health. In order to identify degradation products of alkanolamine solvent, analytical strategies by using mass spectrometry (MS) as detector have been studied extensively. In this work, due to the low concentration of the amine degradation product, a method was developed for identification of alkanolamine degradation products using LCMS-QTOF technique. A strategy for identification of trace degradation products has been identified. Six (6) alkanolamine degradation products had been identified by using LCMS-QTOF targeted analysis in the blended alkanolamine solvent used in natural gas processing plant. Another fifteen (15) molecular formulas having similarity in chemical structure to alkanolamine degradation products were identified using untargeted analysis strategy, as possible compounds related to degradation products. Using LCMS-QTOF via targeted and untargeted analysis strategy, without tedious column separation and reference standard, enables laboratory to provide a quick and indicative information for alkanolamine solvent’s organic degradation compounds identification in CO2 adsorption, within reasonable analysis time.

The Development of Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry( TOF-MS) and Its Applications in Screening Food Hazard Factors

The time-of-flight mass spectrometry(TOF-MS),one of the mass spectrometry techniques,has been widely applied in the field of rapid screening of food hazard factors as a superior analysis technique because of its wide mass range,high resolution and mass measurement accuracy,high sensitivity and high analysis speed.In this paper,research progresses of TOF-MS on the detection of food additives,food contaminants and residues,illegal additives,pesticide residues,veterinary drug residues and mycotoxin were reviewed,and its probable approaching applications were prospected.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry for detection of protein expression profiles in the hippocampus following closed brain injury

Gene expression profile changes in brain regions following traumatic brain injury at the gene level cannot sufficiently elucidate gene expression time, expression amount, protein post-translational processing or modification. Therefore, it is necessary to quantitatively analyze the gene expression profile using proteomic techniques. In the present study, we established a rat model of closed brain injury using Marmarou＇s weight-drop device, and investigated hippocampal differential protein expression using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry. A total of 364 protein peaks were detected on weak cation exchange-2 protein chips, including 37 differential protein peaks. 345 protein peaks were detected on immobilized metal affinity capture arrays-Cu, including 12 differential protein peaks Further examination of these differential proteins revealed that glucose-regulated protein and proteasome subunit alpha type 3 expression were significantly upregulated post-injury. These results indicate that brain injury can alter protein expression in the hippocampus, and that glucose-regulated protein and proteasome subunit alpha type 3 are closely associated with the occurrence and development of traumatic brain injury.

A novel sample preparation method of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for polystyrene

A novel sample preparation method of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry for polystyrene was reported. Compared to the conventional dried-droplet method, the efficiency of ionization and signal intensity of mass spectra were improved. The mechanism was also analyzed.

Studies on Fragmentation Regularity of 5-Methoxycarbonyl- 4-substituted-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones by Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry

The electron impact time-of-flight(TOF) mass spectra of the title compounds were studied to establish their fragmentation processes. With the high resolution of the TOF instrument, the exact mass for each fragment was determined. These data were used to infer the molecular formulas and the elemental compositions for all the molecular ions and fragments through software interpretation. By further applying the fragmentation regularity, the majority of ions were fully assigned. The main fragmentation pathways of the title compounds include the formation of molecular ions by the loss of R 1 groups in the 4-position and the ester groups in the 5-position. The formed ion can be further fragmented by the elimination of MeOH.

Screening for Plant Toxins in Honey and Herbal Beverage by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Ion Mobility-Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

The standards of plant toxins were separated by a C18 column with gradient elution with 0.1% formic acid/water (V/V) and 0.1% formic acid/acetonitrile (V/V) as mobile phase and acquired by ion mobility-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (IM-QTOF MS) in positive ion mode. A database of 308 plant toxins including retention time, collision cross-section (CCS) and its fragment ions was established. Honey dissolved in water or herbal beverage was extracted by acetonitrile and purified with PSA sorbent, and then acquired by ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography IM-QTOFMS. The acquired data were processed by comparing with the database we established to confirm the target compounds. The average recoveries for samples at two levels ranged from 60.6% - 120.1%, with relative standard deviation (n = 6) less than 25%. The limit of quantitation for plant toxins ranged from 1 - 20 μg/kg. The developed screening method was used in determination of honey, herbal beverage and honey flavored tea beverage samples. The results showed that berberine was detected in one honey with 1 μg/kg and caffeine was present in some beverages with the concentration from 200 and 5500 μg/kg. This method could meet the requirement for rapid screening of plant toxins in honey and herbal beverage. It can be used for the quality control of honey and herbal beverage in enterprises or quality inspection departments. It also can be used in the rapid screening of food poisoning.

Lysophosphatidylcholine Biomarkers of Lung Cancer Detected by Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Quadrupole Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry

Centrifugal ultrafiltration after methanol extraction of whole plasma was used as an optimal condition for the preparation of blood plasma before metabonomic studies. The plasma samples from 102 lung cancer patients and 34 healthy volunteers were prepared with this approach. With ultra-performance liquid chromatography（UPLC） coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry（Q-TOF MS） analysis, the samples were investigated in order to find potential disease biomarkers. After data acquisition, orthogonal signal correction partial least squares models were built to differentiate the healthy volunteers from lung cancer patients and to identify metabolites that showed significantly different expression between the two groups. Several metabolite ions were identified as potential biomarkers according to the variable importance in the project（VIP） value in both ion modes. Five lysophosphatidylcholines were further identified as specifically lysoPC 16：0, isomer of lysoPC 16：0, lysoPC 18：0, lysoPC 18：1 and lysoPC 18：2. These results suggest that UPLC coupled with Q-TOF MS is an effective technique for the analysis of plasma metabolites in metabonomic studies.

MicrobMatcher: a microbial comparison software based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization with Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) was investigated as a method for the rapid identifica-tion of species. Current demand in microbial identi-fication is how to compare unknown strains to the known one quickly, semi-automatically and accurately. In this paper, we present a software tool that allows flexibly microbial matching in a user-friendly way, by letting the users to customize comparison parameters including: in vitro transcription enzyme, mass tolerance,minimum fragment length, intensity threshold and corresponding weights. We provide three spectral scoring functions to compute the affin-ity between the species. Therefore, the precision of microbial comparison increases. To test and verify this tool, we employed experimental spectral data based on MALDI-TOFMS and the gene sequences of E.coli and Salmonella. This software is written in Java for cross-platform intention.

Identification of serum biomarkers for diagnosing stage Ⅰ lung adenocarcinoma by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Objective To identify specific biomarkers that could improve early diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) technology. Methods Serum samples were isolated from 17 patients with stage Ⅰ lung adenocarcinoma and 17 age-and sex-matched healthy controls,and the serum proteomic profiles were obtained by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Results Compared with healthy control group,two highly expressed potential biomarkers were identified with the relative molecular weights of 6 631.64 Da and 4 964.21 Da. The two best novel protein peaks were automatically chosen for the system training and the development of the constructed model. The constructed model was then used to test an independent set of masked serum samples from 15 lung adenocarcinoma patients and 22 healthy individuals. The analysis yielded a sensitivity of 93.3%,and a specificity of 95.5%. Conclusion These results suggest that MALDI-TOF-MS ProteinChip technology is a quick,convenient,and high-output analyzing method that is capable of selecting several relatively potential biomarkers from the serum of lung adenocarcinoma patients and may have a clinical value in the future,and will provide clues to identifying new serologic biomarkers of lung adenocarcinoma.

Characterization of 4-Aryl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-pyrimidin-2(1H)-thiones by EI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

The electron impact （EI） time-of-flight mass spectra （TOFMS） of the title compounds （ thioxo-Biginelli compounds） were studied to establish their fragmentation pathways. With a TOF instrument of high resolution, the exact mass for each fragment was determined. These data were used to infer the molecular formulas and the ionic elemental compositions for all the compounds through interpretation by software. By further applying chemical intuition, majority of the fragmentation ions were fully assigned. All the compounds give strong signals（ average 76% ） for their molecular ions in the El spectra. Two kinds of characteristic fragmentation pathways from the molecular ion were observed. One is related to the loss of the ester group, forming a resonance stabilized ion with a moderate abundance（ average 40% ）. The other concerns the loss of the aromatic-ring radical, forming another resonance stabilized ion at m/z 199 with a high abundance（ average 79% ）, from which further important fragmentations including the formation of an ion at m/z 171 （average 24% ） by the loss of C2H2 （via the McLafferty rearrangement）, and an ion at m/z 153（ average 10% ） by the elimination of a water molecule preceed. In addition, ion [ M - Et ]^＋ with a high abundance（average 62% ） is a characteristic for the Biginelli compounds with an ethoxycarbonyl group. Differences and similarities among the fragmentations observed from the EI-TOFMS of oxo-Biginelli compounds are discussed.

Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with Transaxial Ion Reflector

Two variants of application of a transaxial mirror with stigmatic spatial time-of-flight focusing in the time-of-flight mass spectrometer have been considered. In the first variant, the transaxial mirror is used as an ion reflector in the ordinary scheme of the time-of-flight mass reflectron. In the second variant, the transaxial mirror simultaneously fulfills the function of the ion reflector and corrector of aberrations caused by the energy spread of ions in the package, formed by the ion source of the mass reflectron. The expressions defining the conditions of stigmatic spatial time-of-flight focusing in the transaxial mirror and the combined system consisting of an ion source and a mirror have been derived. The relationships between geometrical and electrical parameters of three- and four-electrode transaxial mirrors realizing these conditions have been obtained by numerical calculations.

基于GC-QTOF-MS对物理回收的食品接触用再生高密度聚乙烯中迁移物的非靶向筛查

以3家企业提供的21?种食品接触用再生高密度聚乙烯(recycled high-density polyethylene,rHDPE)样品在60℃条件下与两种代表性食品模拟物(95%乙醇、4%乙酸溶液)接触10 d作为迁移实验条件,利用气相色谱-串联四极杆飞行时间质谱检测迁移到食品模拟物中的物质。被筛查出的161种物质根据其毒性进行分级(由低至高分为Ⅰ~Ⅳ级),其中毒性Ⅲ和Ⅳ级的有59种,且其预测辛醇/水分配系数大于毒性Ⅰ、Ⅱ级的物质。被筛查的物质中苯及取代衍生物占比最高。邻苯类增塑剂、抗氧剂降解产物以及多环芳烃等物质需要特别关注。使用正交偏最小二乘判别分析迁移物在不同阶段样品中的迁移量变化,发现终产品相较母粒样品中物质的迁移量有所提升。该研究可以为食品接触用r HDPE中迁移物的分析及安全风险评估提供理论基础。

基于UPLC-Q-TOF-MS分析江西特色炮制技术对中药升麻化学成分的影响

目的比较江西特色炮制技术对升麻化学成分的影响,筛选优质饮片品种。方法采用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间串联质谱(ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS)技术,在正、负离子模式下分析升麻不同炮制品的化学成分,通过对照品、相对分子质量、质谱裂解规律和文献信息进行鉴定。利用SIMCA-P13.0软件建立升麻各炮制品主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)和偏最小二乘法-判别分析(partial least squares discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)模型,获取PCA得分图、PLA-DA得分图和变量重要性投影(variable importance plot,VIP)值,筛选造成升麻炮制前后主要差异的物质基础。利用MetaboAnatyst网页绘图工具,制作得到热图,可更直观地观察升麻化学成分经炮制后的变化趋势。结果鉴定出71个化学成分,PCA显示经不同方法炮制后升麻组间差异性大,PLS-DA筛选出VIP值>1的33个化学成分作为炮制前后差异性的主要化学标记物。其中生品和蜜炙升麻中三萜类含量较高,蜜麸、蜜糠炒升麻中酚酸类物质含量较高,蜜麸升麻中阿魏酸含量较高。结论酚酸类和三萜皂苷类是区分升麻不同炮制品最重要的化合物类别,为江西特色升麻饮片的药效物质基础及优势品种研究提供了依据。

基于GC×GC-TOFMS-O分析3种武夷岩茶的关键香气成分

通过感官审评、全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱-嗅辨仪技术及香气活力值法,分析了三个茶树品种(肉桂、水仙、大红袍)毛茶在同一焙火温度下加工制成的三种武夷岩茶的关键香气成分。在香气品质上,肉桂以桂皮香为主,并带有花香;水仙以兰花香为主;大红袍花果香馥郁。3种武夷岩茶中共检测出337种挥发性成分,36种香气活性成分、26种关键香气成分。其中,在肉桂、水仙、大红袍中分别确定17、16、18种关键香气成分。结合热图分析,肉桂中确定香叶醇、3,5-二乙基-2-甲基-吡嗪、异戊酸正己酯、正己醛等8个主要关键香气成分;水仙中确定己酸戊酯、罗勒烯、甲基庚烯酮、吲哚、3-乙基-2,5-甲基吡嗪等10个主要关键香气成分;大红袍中确定苯乙醇、苯甲酸甲酯、十一醛、2-甲基吡嗪、十二醛等8个主要关键香气成分,表明这些化合物对不同武夷岩茶香气品质的形成具有重要贡献。

基于UHPLC-QTOF-MS的兰州百合植物化学成分鉴定

为探究地理标志产品兰州百合(Lilium davidii var.unicolor)的植物化学成分,以甘肃省五个主要产区(兰州市榆中县、兰州市七里河区、定西市临洮县、定西市渭源县、临夏市永靖县)的兰州百合鳞茎为研究对象,基于超高效液相色谱串联四极杆飞行时间质谱法的非靶向代谢组学技术鉴定其植物化学成分。结果表明,在兰州百合鳞茎中初步鉴定出62种植物化学成分,包含谷胱甘肽等22种氨基酸、多肽及其衍生物,溶血磷脂酰胆碱等9种油脂和磷脂类,鼠李糖等7种糖类,阿魏酸、咖啡酸等7种酚酸类,山奈酚等4种黄酮类,核黄素、维生素C等4种天然维生素,阿魏酰腐胺等3种酚胺类,大丁苷等2种香豆素类,葫芦巴碱等2种生物碱,萜类组分松香酸和三萜皂苷类组分刺五加苷E。本研究丰富了兰州百合植物化学成分的现有数据,为兰州百合的研究与利用提供了科学依据。

Establishment and Preliminary Application of Two dimensional Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry in Ovary Study

Objective To apply two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry in the ovary proteome researchMethods Protein extractions from mouse ovaries were run in IPGphor isoelectric focus system with 11 cm and 24 cm IPG strips respectively (pH 3～10, 0.3 mm thick), then the protein spots were identified by mass spectrometry.Results The ovary protein exactions separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis have got high resolution, and identifing protein by mass spectrometry was highly efficient and facilitly. These two techniques should facilitate further investigation of female reproduction proteome research.Conclusion These two rapid high resolutions and efficient techniques have a variety of applications foreground in female reproduction proteome pattern research.

核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测在肺结核诊断中的价值

目的探讨基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)在疑似肺结核(PTB)诊断中的应用价值及其阳性结果的影响因素,以期为临床治疗提供参考。方法选取甘肃省第二人民医院(西北民族大学附属医院)2022年8月—2023年3月收治的疑似PTB患者77例为研究对象。所有患者肺泡灌洗液(BALF)均接受MALDI-TOF MS检测和结核分枝杆菌(MTB)培养。根据MTB培养结果,对核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测进行诊断效能分析,并探讨核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测阳性的影响因素。结果核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测结果显示,MTB阳性共37例(48.1%,37/77),40例阴性(51.9%,40/77)。以培养结果为金标准,核酸MALDI-TOF MS的灵敏度、特异度、阳性预测值(PPV)、阴性预测值(NPV)和准确度分别为90.9%、84.1%、81.1%、92.5%和87.0%,采用Kappa检验法评价核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测和MTB培养法的一致性,结果显示Kappa值为0.739(P<0.05)。2组患者在是否有糖尿病、身体质量指数(BMI)及降钙素原(PCT)方面比较,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示:有糖尿病和PCT异常为核酸MALDITOF MS阳性的独立危险因素(P<0.05)。结论核酸MALDI-TOF MS检测对PTB的早期诊断具有重要价值,可为患者的规范用药提供更好的指导,即为患者的治疗制定更为精准、有效的治疗方案,从而提高治疗效果、改善患者生活质量。