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Koek, M.M.; Bakels, F.; Engel, W.; Maagdenberg, A. van den; Ferrari, M.D.; Coulier, L.; Hankemeier, T. (2010)

Metabolic Profiling of Ultrasmall Sample Volumes with GC/MS: From Microliter to Nanoliter Samples

Article / Letter to editor
Profiling of metabolites is increasingly used to study the functioning of biological systems. For some studies the volume of available samples is limited to only a few microliters or even less, for fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of small animals like mice or the analysis of individual oocytes. Here we present an analytical method using in-liner silylation coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), that is suitable for metabolic profiling in ultrasmall sample volumes of 2 mu L down to 10 nL. Method performance was assessed in various biosamples. Derivatization efficiencies for sugars, organic acids, and amino acids were satisfactory (105-120%), and repeatabilities were generally better than 15%, except for amino acids that had repeatabilities up to about 35-40%. For endogenous sugars and organic acids in fetal bovine serum, the response was linear for aliquots from 10 nL up to at least 1 mu L. The developed GC/MS method was applied for the analysis of...Show moreProfiling of metabolites is increasingly used to study the functioning of biological systems. For some studies the volume of available samples is limited to only a few microliters or even less, for fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of small animals like mice or the analysis of individual oocytes. Here we present an analytical method using in-liner silylation coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), that is suitable for metabolic profiling in ultrasmall sample volumes of 2 mu L down to 10 nL. Method performance was assessed in various biosamples. Derivatization efficiencies for sugars, organic acids, and amino acids were satisfactory (105-120%), and repeatabilities were generally better than 15%, except for amino acids that had repeatabilities up to about 35-40%. For endogenous sugars and organic acids in fetal bovine serum, the response was linear for aliquots from 10 nL up to at least 1 mu L. The developed GC/MS method was applied for the analysis of different sample matrixes, i.e., fetal bovine serum, mouse CSF, and aliquots of the intracellular content of Xenopus laevis oocytes. To the best of our knowledge, we present here the first comprehensive GUMS metabolite profiles from mouse CSF and from the intracellular content of a single X. laevis oocyte.Show less
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Koek, M.M.; Bakels, F.; Engel, W.; Maagdenberg, A. van den; Ferrari, M.D.; Coulier, L.; Hankemeier, T.
Date
2010-01-01
Journal
Analytical Chemistry
Volume
82
Issue
1
Pages
156 - 162
DOI
doi:10.1021/ac9015787