Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Classic metabolomic methods have proven to be very useful to study functional biology and variation in the chemical composition of different tissues. However, they do not provide any information in terms of spatial localization within fine structures. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass...

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Autores principales: Elvira Sgobba, Yohann Daguerre, Marco Giampà
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f0270a05e1be499999886e9966f8924d2021-11-25T17:56:12ZUnravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging10.3390/ijms2222123931422-00671661-6596https://doaj.org/article/f0270a05e1be499999886e9966f8924d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/22/12393https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067Classic metabolomic methods have proven to be very useful to study functional biology and variation in the chemical composition of different tissues. However, they do not provide any information in terms of spatial localization within fine structures. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI MSI) does and reaches at best a spatial resolution of 0.25 μm depending on the laser setup, making it a very powerful tool to analyze the local complexity of biological samples at the cellular level. Here, we intend to give an overview of the diversity of the molecules and localizations analyzed using this method as well as to update on the latest adaptations made to circumvent the complexity of samples. MALDI MSI has been widely used in medical sciences and is now developing in research areas as diverse as entomology, microbiology, plant biology, and plant–microbe interactions, the rhizobia symbiosis being the most exhaustively described so far. Those are the fields of interest on which we will focus to demonstrate MALDI MSI strengths in characterizing the spatial distributions of metabolites, lipids, and peptides in relation to biological questions.Elvira SgobbaYohann DaguerreMarco GiampàMDPI AGarticleMALDI MSImetabolomicsimagingplantsmicrobiologylipidomicsBiology (General)QH301-705.5ChemistryQD1-999ENInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 12393, p 12393 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic MALDI MSI
metabolomics
imaging
plants
microbiology
lipidomics
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Chemistry
QD1-999
spellingShingle MALDI MSI
metabolomics
imaging
plants
microbiology
lipidomics
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Chemistry
QD1-999
Elvira Sgobba
Yohann Daguerre
Marco Giampà
Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
description Classic metabolomic methods have proven to be very useful to study functional biology and variation in the chemical composition of different tissues. However, they do not provide any information in terms of spatial localization within fine structures. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI MSI) does and reaches at best a spatial resolution of 0.25 μm depending on the laser setup, making it a very powerful tool to analyze the local complexity of biological samples at the cellular level. Here, we intend to give an overview of the diversity of the molecules and localizations analyzed using this method as well as to update on the latest adaptations made to circumvent the complexity of samples. MALDI MSI has been widely used in medical sciences and is now developing in research areas as diverse as entomology, microbiology, plant biology, and plant–microbe interactions, the rhizobia symbiosis being the most exhaustively described so far. Those are the fields of interest on which we will focus to demonstrate MALDI MSI strengths in characterizing the spatial distributions of metabolites, lipids, and peptides in relation to biological questions.
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author Elvira Sgobba
Yohann Daguerre
Marco Giampà
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title Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
title_short Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
title_full Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
title_fullStr Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
title_full_unstemmed Unravel the Local Complexity of Biological Environments by MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
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