Abstract
Unambiguous identification of detected species is essential in complex biomedical samples. To date, there are not many mass spectrometry imaging techniques that can provide both high spatial resolution and identification capabilities. A new and patented imaging tandem mass spectrometer, exploiting the unique characteristics of the nanoTOF II (Physical Electronics, USA) TOF-SIMS TRIFT instrument, was developed to address this.
Tandem mass spectrometry is based on the selection of precursor ions from the full secondary ion spectrum (MS1), followed by energetic activation and fragmentation, and collection of the fragment ions to obtain a tandem MS spectrum (MS2). The PHI NanoTOF II mass spectrometer is equipped with a high-energy collision induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation cell as well as a second time-of-flight analyzer developed for simultaneous ToF-SIMS and tandem MS imaging experiments.
We describe here the results of a ToF-SIMS imaging experiment on a thin tissue section of an infected zebrafish as a model organism for tuberculosis. The focus is on the obtained ion distribution plot of a fatty acid as well as its identification by tandem mass spectrometry.
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Bruinen, A.L., Fisher, G.L., Heeren, R.M.A. (2017). ToF-SIMS Parallel Imaging MS/MS of Lipid Species in Thin Tissue Sections. In: Cole, L. (eds) Imaging Mass Spectrometry . Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1618. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7051-3_14
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