ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023
Sample Preparation for Metabolite Detection in Mass Spectrometry Imaging.
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- The evolution of DESI-MSI: A comprehensive look at preprocessing and quantification strategies for metabolomics.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2026Review
- Spatial multi-omics identifies aggressive prostate cancer signatures highlighting pro-inflammatory chemokine activity in the tumor microenvironment.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Challenges and recent advances in quantitative mass spectrometry-based metabolomics.Analytical science advances · 2024Review
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Abstract
Metabolites reflect the biological state of cells and tissue, and metabolomics is therefore a field of high interest both to understand normal physiological functions and disease development. When studying heterogeneous tissue samples, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a valuable tool as it conserves the spatial distribution of analytes on tissue sections. A large proportion of metabolites are, however, small and polar, making them vulnerable to delocalizing through diffusion during sample preparation. Here we present a sample preparation method optimized to limit diffusion and delocalization of small polar metabolites in fresh frozen tissue sections. This sample preparation protocol includes cryosectioning, vacuum frozen storage, and matrix application. The methods described were primely developed for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MSI, but the protocol describing cryosectioning and vacuum freezing storage can also be applied before desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) MSI. Our vacuum drying and vacuum packing approach offers a particular advantage to limit delocalization and safe storage.
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