Metabolomics 3 Flashcards
Mass Spec in Drug Discovery
- LIBRARY GENERATION
- verify identity and determine purity
- purify drug candidates - HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREEENING
- screen combinatorial libraries for activity - ADME (ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND EXCRETION)
- determine PK in animal models
- in vitro screen for permeability and metabolism
- metabolite identification
- mass balance - BIOMOLECULES, OMICS
- proteomics
- variant and degradation products (etc AB lacking a light chain)
- QC testing lot-to-lot for recombinant protein therapeutics
- in process monitoring
- metabolomics, pharmaco-metabolomics
Mass Spec in MS Method
LIBRARY GENERATION
- flow injection analysis MS (FIA-MS)
- parallel multiple column with on-line MS
- ultra fast HPLC ESI/TOF
- dual column m/z triggered fraction collection
- also NMR
HIGH TROUGHPUT SCREENING
- affinity capillary electrophoresis MS
- affinity MALDI-TOF
ADME (ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND EXCRETION)
- LC-MS/MS, 96 well solid-phase extraction, Ce-MS for direct urine or plasma analysis
- 96 well SPE coupled with LC-MS
- ESI triple quadrupole, ESI/Q-TOF, ESI/ion trap, many NMR methods
- continous flow-isotrope ratio MS
BIOMOLEUCLES, OMICS
- various PC-MS and MS/MS
- MALDI-TOF-MS, LC-ESI-MS
- MALDI
- LC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS
- various assorted MS methods, NMR
The Mass Spec Market
In 2009 global sales, instrument service contracts and ancillary services were approximately $3.3 billion (21). The sector has continued strong growth prospects and is projected to experience annual growth of 8-10% through 2012. At least 27 different companies manufacture and sell a wide range of MS instrumentation.
Aufbau eines Massenspektrometers
Inlet = introduction of sample
Source = Formation of ions
Mass Analyzer = separation of ions
Detector = detection of ions
Vacuum system (combines source, mass analyzer and detector) = minimize ion deactivation
Data system = data analysis
Upfront separation: chromatography
- The separation of components in a mixture that involves passing the mixture dissolved in a “mobile phase” through a stationary phase, which separates the analyte to be measured from other molecules in the mixture based on differential partitioning between the mobile and stationary phases
- Column, thin layer, liquid, gas, affinity, ion exchange, size exclusion, reverse phase, normal phase, gravity, high pressure
HPLC Schematic
- Solvent (Mobile Phase) Reservoir
- Pump/Solvent Manager/Solvent Delivery System
- Sample
- Injector/AutoSampler/Sample Manager
- HPLC Column/Packing Material
- Detector
- Chromatogram/Computer Data Station
- Waste
High Pressure (Performance) Liquid Chromatography HPLC
- Developed in 1970’s
- Uses high pressures (6000 psi) and smaller (5 μm), pressure-stable particles
- Allows compounds to be detected at ppt (parts per trillion) level
- Allows separation of many types of polar and nonpolar compounds
HPLC Modalities
- Reversed phase–for separation of non-polar molecules (non-polar stationary phase, polar mobile phase)
- Normal phase–for separation of non-polar molecules (polar stationary phase, non-polar/organic mobile phase)
- HILIC–hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography for separation of polar molecules (polar stationary phase, mixed polar/nonpolar mobile phase)
HPLC Separation Efficiency
umso länger die HPLC Röhre umso besser die Auftrennung
Mass Spectrometry - definition
What is Mass Spectrometry?
John B. Fenn, the originator of electrospray ionization for biomolecules and the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, probably gave the most apt answer to this question:
Mass spectrometry is the art of measuring atoms and molecules to determine their molecular weight. Such mass or weight information is sometimes sufficient, frequently necessary, and always useful in determining the identity of a species. To practice this art one puts charge on the molecules of interest, i.e., the analyte, then measures how the trajectories of the resulting ions respond in vacuum to various combinations of electric and magnetic fields.
Clearly, the sine qua non of such a method is the conversion of neutral analyte molecules into ions. For small and simple species the ionization is readily carried by gas-phase encounters between the neutral molecules and electrons, photons, or other ions. In recent years, the efforts of many investigators have led to new techniques for producing ions of species too large and complex to be vaporized without substantial, even catastrophic, decomposition.
Mass Spec Principles
- Sample
- Ion Source
- generation of intact molecular ions in the gas phase
(- MALDI - solid phase) - Mass Analyzer
- separation of ions according to their mass to charge ratio (m/z) - Ion Detector
- intensity measurements of different m/z ratios
-> Mass spec requires a high vacuum: 10^-3 - 10^-7 hPa
Molecules can be separated by unique masses
Butorphanol: MW = 327.1
L-DOPA: MW = 197.2
Ethanol: MW = 46.1
Typical mass spectrum
- Monoisotopic mass is the mass determined using the masses of the most abundant isotopes
- Average mass is the abundance weighted mass of all isotopic components
Mass Spec - what is measured
m/z – only the mass/charge ratio can be measured!
x-axis = m/z value
y-axis = relative abundance / intensity
Different ionisation methods
- Electron ionisation (EI – hard method)
-> Small molecules 1-1000 Daltons, structure - Chemical ionisation (CI – semi-hard)
-> Small molecules 1-1000 Daltons, simple spectra - Electrospray ionisation (ESI – soft)
-> Small molecules, peptides, proteins, up to 200,000 Daltons - Matrix-assisted-laser-desorption (MALDI – soft)
-> Peptides, proteins, DNA, up to 500kD
-> Can identify viruses (MALDI-typing)
Electron Impact (EI)
- Sample introduced into instrument by heating it until it evaporates
- Gas phase sample is bombarded with electrons coming from rhenium or tungsten filament (energy = 70 eV)
- Molecule is “shattered” into fragments (70 eV»_space; 5 eV bonds)
- Fragments sent to mass analyzer
- Data bases used to identify molecules
- Most commonly used in GC-MS
Electron Impact (EI) Ionization Source
The method, or mechanism, of electron ejection for positive ion formation proceeds as follows:
- The sample is thermally vaporized.
- Electrons ejected from a heated filament are accelerated through an electric field at 70 V to form a continuous
electron beam.
- The sample molecule is passed through the electron beam.
- The electrons, containing 70 V of kinetic energy (70 electron volts or 70 eV), transfer some of their kinetic energy
to the molecule. This transfer results in ionization (electron ejection) with the ion internally retaining usually no
more than 6 eV excess energy. M + e- (70 eV) → M+ (~5 eV) + 2e- (~65 eV)
- Excess internal energy (6 eV) in the molecule leads to some degree of fragmentation. M+ → molecular ions +
fragment ions + neutral fragments
Electron capture is usually much less efficient than electron ejection, yet it is sometimes used in the following way for high sensitivity work with compounds having a high electron affinity: M + e- → M-.
Disadvantages:
- involatility of large molecules,
- thermal decomposition, and
- excessive fragmentation.
-> EI breaks up molecules in predictable ways
Chemical Impact
- Chemical ionization uses gas phase ion-molecule reactions within the vacuum of the mass spectrometer to produce ions from the sample molecule.
- The chemical ionization process is initiated with a reagent gas such as methane, isobutane, or ammonia, which is ionized by electron impact.
- High gas pressure in the ionization source results in ion-molecule reactions between the reagent gas ions and reagent gas neutrals.
- Some of the products of the ion-molecule reactions can react with the analyte molecules to produce ions.A possible mechanism for ionization in CI occurs as follows:
- M+XH+ →[M+H]+ +X
- M+X+ →[M+X]+
Methan CI ion forming reactions
- methane molecular ion formation
- carbocation formation
- protonated analyte formation
- alternative carbocation formation
- alternative analyte ion formation
- side reaction carbocation formation
- analyte adduct ion formation
Soft ionization methods
MALDI: 337 nm UV laser
ESI: Fluid (no salt) -> gold tip needle
Electrospray Ionisation - ESI
Sprüher ist an eine high voltage power supply angeschlossen aus der die Elektronen in For eines Taylor cones herausgespült werden. An dem Sprüher kommt es zur Oxidation und die Elektronen wandern zur Scheibe, wo sie aufgefangen/detektiert und letztendlich reduziert werden.
John Bennett Fenn, Nobel Prize 2002
* Under high voltage Taylor cone emits a jet of liquid drops
* The solvent from the droplets evaporates
* Droplets get more and more charged
* When the charge exceeds the Rayleigh limit the droplet explosively dissociates, leaving a stream of charged (positive) ions
- sovent evaporation
- droplet fission at Rayleigh limit
- formation of desolated ions by further droplet fissions and/or ion evaporation
Electronspray Ionization -> Details
- Can be modified to “nanospray” system with flow < 1 μL/min
- Very sensitive technique, requires less than a picomole of material
- Strongly affected by salts & detergents
- Positive ion mode measures (M + H)+ (add formic acid to solvent)
- Negative ion mode measures (M - H)- (add ammonia to solvent)
Electrospray Ionization -> Vor- und Nachteile
Vorteile:
* very soft ionization technique
* low consumption of material
* normal ESI: 20.0 – 1 μL/min
* nano-ESI: 0.01-0.1 μL/min
* online-coupling of HPLC and CE à LC-MS
(-> large masses proteins)
Nachteile:
* multiply charged analytes : [M+nH] +n
* Intolerant to salts
* ESI needs different spray solution for detection in the positive and negative ion mode
Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation -> MALDI
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) was first introduced in 1988 by Tanaka, Karas, and Hillenkamp.
Widespread use for peptides, proteins, and most other biomolecules (oligonucleotides, carbohydrates, natural products, and lipids).
The efficient and directed energy transfer provides high ion yields of the intact analyte, and allows for the measurement of compounds with sub-picomole sensitivity.
MALDI matrix — A nonvolatile solid material facilitates the desorption and ionization process by absorbing the laser radiation. As a result, both the matrix and any sample embedded in the matrix are vaporized. The matrix also serves to minimize sample damage from laser radiation by absorbing most of the incident energy.
Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/ionisation -> MALDI
-> Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
* Practical mass range of up to 300,000 Da.
* Species of much greater mass have been observed using a high current detector
* Typical sensitivity on the order of low femtomole to low picomole. Attomole sensitivity is possible
* Soft ionization with little to no fragmentation observed
* Tolerance of salts in millimolar concentrations
* Suitable for the analysis of complex mixtures
Disadvantages
* Matrix background, which can be a problem for compounds below a mass of 700 Da.
* This background interferences is highly dependent on the matrix material
* Possibility of photo-degradation by laser desorption/ionization
* Acidic matrix used in MALDI my cause degradation on some compounds
Matrices for MALDI
1,8,9-Trihydroxyanthracen (dithranol) -> used for: Polymere !!
2,5-Dihydroxy-benzoesäure (DHB) -> used for: Proteine, Peptide, Polymere !!
3,5-Dimethoxy-4-hydroxyzimtsäure (Sinapinsäure) -> used for: Proteine, Polymere
alpha-cyano-4-hydroxyzimtsäure -> used for: Peptide, (Polymere)
4-Hydroxypicolinsäure -> used for: Oligonucleotide
Trans-Indol-3-acrylsäure (IAA) -> used for: Polymere
Vitamin A-Säure -> used for: polymere
Sample Prep for MALDI
- feste Proben (Protein oder Matrix)
- lösen
- auftropfen der Lösung
- 0.5-10µL jeder Lösung
- trocknen
- Massenspektrometer
Important Ion Sources
-> Electron Impact (EI)
SAMPLE
- gaseous
PRESSURE MBAR
- 10^-4 - 10^-6
MODE OF ACTION
- 70 eV electrons hit the neutral molecules in the gas phase
CHARACTERSTICS
- molecules <1000 u, GC-MS mainly fragment ions
Important Ion Sources
-> Chemical impact (CI)
SAMPLE
- gaseous
PRESSUR MBAR
- 1
MODE OF ACTION
- low energy ion hit the neutral molecules in the gas-Hase
CHARACTERSTICS
- molecules < 1000u, GC-MS mainly molecular ions
Important Ion Sources
-> electrspray ionizatioon (ESI)
SAMPLE
- fluid
PRESSURE MBAR
- atmospheric pressure
MODE OF ACTION
- spray production in an electric field
- desolation of highly charged droplets
CHARACTERSITICS
- soft ionization/desolvation
- multiple charged molecular ions
- LC-MS, CE-MS
Important Ion Sources
-> Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization
SAMPLE
- solid
PRESSURE MBAR
- 10^-3 - 10^-6
MODE OF ACTION
- matrix enhanced absorption of energetic photons decompose the solid matrix-sample mixture
CHARACTERSTICS
- soft desorption/ioniuzation -> mainly singly charged ions
- high mass range imaging
Important Ion Sources
-> older or not so frequently used ion sources
SAMPLE
- FD: field desorption
- PD: plasma desorption
- FAB: fast atom bombardment
MODE OF ACTION
- ICP-MS: inductively coupled plasma mass spec. SIMS: secondary ion mass spectrometry
- LD: laser desorption mass spectrometry