Mass spectrometric recommendations for Quan/Qual analysis using liquid-chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Dubbelman, A.C.; Cuyckens, F.; Dillen, L.; Gross, G.; Vreeken, R.J.; Hankemeier, T.

doi:doi:10.1016/j.aca.2018.02.055

High-throughput simultaneous quantitative and qualitative (Quan/Qual) analysis is attractive to combine targeted with non-targeted analysis, e.g. in pharmacometabolomics and drug metabolism studies. This study aimed to investigate the possibilities and limitations of high-throughput Quan/Qual analysis by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), to develop a widely applicable Quan/Qual UHPLC-HRMS method and to provide recommendations for Quan/Qual method development. A widely applicable 4.25-min UHPLC method for small-molecules was used to investigate and optimize mass spectrometric parameters of a Synapt G2S for Quan/Qual analysis. The method was applied on a rat metabolomics study investigating the effect of the fasting state and administration of a dosing vehicle on the rat plasma metabolic profile. scan mode with a short scan time of 30 ms. This 4.25-min Quan/Qual analysis method enabled quantification with...Show moreHigh-throughput simultaneous quantitative and qualitative (Quan/Qual) analysis is attractive to combine targeted with non-targeted analysis, e.g. in pharmacometabolomics and drug metabolism studies. This study aimed to investigate the possibilities and limitations of high-throughput Quan/Qual analysis by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), to develop a widely applicable Quan/Qual UHPLC-HRMS method and to provide recommendations for Quan/Qual method development. A widely applicable 4.25-min UHPLC method for small-molecules was used to investigate and optimize mass spectrometric parameters of a Synapt G2S for Quan/Qual analysis. The method was applied on a rat metabolomics study investigating the effect of the fasting state and administration of a dosing vehicle on the rat plasma metabolic profile. scan mode with a short scan time of 30 ms. This 4.25-min Quan/Qual analysis method enabled quantification with accuracy and precision values ≤ 20% at the lowest quality control (QC) level and ≤15% at higher QC levels for 16 out of 19 tested analytes. It provided both parent m/z values and fragmentation spectra for compound identification with limited loss of chromatographic resolution and it revealed biologically relevant metabolites in its application to the metabolomics study. Quan/Qual method development requires balancing between the amount of qualitative data, the quality of the quantitative data and the analysis time. Recommendations are provided for MS resolution, scan mode, scan rate, smoothing and peak integration in Quan/Qual method development and analysis. BACKGROUND METHODS RESULTS CONCLUSIONShow less

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