通过确定初始电离位点预测吲哚类生物碱质谱的特征裂解规律

确定初始电离位点是EI源质谱解析中一个至关重要的环节. 本文提出了一种确定初始电离位点的新方法. 该法通过计算和分析分子离子自旋密度, 进而比较从中性分子到分子离子的电荷变化和键长变化, 从而确定初始电离位点. 对简单吲哚类生物碱质谱的特征裂解机理进行了预测, 结果与标准物质的质谱吻合. 在此基础上, 与传统的根据基团电离能确定电离位点的方法进行了比较. 结果表明, 该法优于电离能方法. 此法不仅可用于预测以α-裂解为主导的吲哚生物碱和其它含氮化合物的质谱裂解规律, 还为揭示其它小分子化合物以及气相多肽离子的裂解机理奠定了基础.     

快速蒸发电离质谱技术及其应用研究进展

近年来,原位电离质谱技术成为质谱分析领域的研究前沿和热点.快速蒸发电离质谱技术源于外科手术中的手术烟雾现象,自2009年报道以来,作为一种新型原位电离质谱技术已被广泛应用于医学、微生物鉴定、食品真伪鉴别、代谢物研究、药用植物成分鉴定等领域.该技术通过电离切割组织或其他生物样品产生的含丰富特定区域生物特征的气溶胶,对其进...     

芹菜素的电喷雾萃取电离串联质谱

采用实验室自制的电喷雾萃取电离源(EESI),结合串联质谱(MSn)技术,对芹菜素这一典型的黄酮类活性化合物的质谱行为进行了研究。实验表明,在正、负离子检测模式下,该化合物均能得到较好的EESI-MS信号,且在负离子检测模式下灵敏度更高。通过对比芹菜素的EESI-MS和电喷雾电离质谱(ESI-MS)谱图发现,芹菜素在EESI-MS和ESI-MS中的裂解规律相似,但是EESI是一种比ESI更软的电离模式。根据对芹菜素EESI-MS特征碎片离子的分析,提出了芹菜素在EESI-MS中裂解的基本规律,为EESI-MS技术用于分析、鉴定复杂基质中痕量芹菜素奠定了理论和实验基础。     

食品非定向筛查样品前处理方法及材料的研究进展

由于化学危害因子种类繁多,且在食品的生产、加工、储藏、销售和运输等多个环节都可能造成食品的污染。非定向筛查是一种全分析技术,一次性地给出食品中的外源性物质的全方位信息。主要介绍了用于食品中的非定向筛查样品前处理方法及已报道的样品前处理材料,列表对比样品前处理方法和材料的优缺点,并展望发展趋势。     

基于质谱裂解机理的深加工羊肉制品中兽药残留非定向筛查技术研究

建立了一种基于质谱断裂机理的非定向筛查7类34种兽药残留的超高效液相色谱-四极杆-静电场轨道阱质谱(UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS)。采用数据非依赖采集模式进行质谱测定,基于标准化合物的保留时间、精确质量数、二级碎片离子信息进行定性筛选,通过解析分子离子的质谱碎裂过程与裂解机理,获得不同类别兽药的特征碎裂片段。结合特征离子,通过同位素离子峰信息与二级碎裂片段丰度比进行确证,构建非定向筛查方法。结果表明,34种兽药在各自的质量浓度范围内线性关系良好,相关系数(r~2)均大于0.99,检出限和定量下限分别为0.04～4.76μg/kg和0.07～8.24μg/kg,回收率为79.4%～110%,相对标准偏差为0.30%～7.5%。将所建方法应用于市售深加工羊肉制品中兽药残留的非定向筛查,检出样品含有磺胺二甲嘧啶以及标准数据库外的双氟沙星。该方法快速、准确、分析通量高,对于复杂基质中未知兽药残留鉴定具有重要意义。     

基于密度泛函理论的橘霉素衍生物质谱裂解行为研究

采用电喷雾离子阱质谱(ESI-IT-MSn),研究了橘霉素衍生物正离子模式下的裂解行为,并结合密度泛函理论(DFT)证明裂解途径的可靠性,为同类化合物的准确鉴定提供实验和理论基础。核磁共振仪对海莲内生真菌代谢产物分离得到的橘霉素衍生物结构进行确认,电喷雾离子阱质谱正离子模式扫描,测定化合物氢氘交换产物多级裂解质谱图,并结合键断裂能和Mulliken电荷分布,进一步验证裂解规律。实验结果表明,分子结构中-COOH和CH3COO-在一级裂解过程中易脱除CO2和COCH2,CID-MS2观测到丢失H2O/HDO、H2O和-CH3或CHCO/CDCO的碎片离子峰,且丰度依次降低,理论计算也证明,这些碎片离子的总能量依次增大,稳定性降低,键断裂能逐渐增大。该结果丰富了橘霉素衍生物的电喷雾质谱裂解规律,有助于橘霉素衍生物结构的准确鉴定,为该类化合物的检测和痕量分析提供了更多支持。     

三磷酸腺苷的电喷雾质谱裂解规律研究

采用电喷雾离子阱质谱仪对正负离子模式下5'-三磷酸腺苷(adenosine 5'-triphosphate,ATP)的各种离子[ATP+H]+、[ATP-nH+(n+1)Na]+(n=0～4)、[ATP-H]-的裂解规律进行了系统研究,并提出可能的裂解过程.实验发现在裂解过程中,ATP脱去γ-磷酸时,不仅是P-O键断裂,还存在三磷酸链上β-P＝O中O先夺去碱基上的氨基或核糖环上的羟基中H、N或O再亲核进攻磷引发结构重排,脱去γ-磷酸得到一系列碎片离子.利用理论计算解释了2种重排途径的可能性与碎片离子的丰度差异.     

尿苷5′-位磷酰胺的合成及电喷雾电离质谱研究

以三氯氧磷为磷酰化试剂,与尿嘧啶核苷反应,将所得中间产物尿苷磷酰二氯进行胺解,生成具有抗病毒活性的尿苷磷酰胺化合物,目标化合物结构通过核磁确认,并用电喷雾电离串联质谱(ESI MS/MS)仪检测产物,研究了此类化合物的质谱裂解规律,发现了1个类似环磷腺苷的环状裂解碎片,该结果得到密度泛函理论的支持,对尿苷含磷衍生物质谱裂解数据库是一个重要的补充.     

液相色谱-同位素比质谱技术发展及应用研究进展

液相色谱-同位素比质谱(LC-IRMS)是一种特征化合物同位素分析技术,该技术利用LC IsoLink接口设备实现液相色谱与同位素比质谱的联用,通过检测目标物质的稳定碳同位素比(δ¹³C),实现样品的产地来源与品质真实性鉴定。该文总结了IRMS与LC-IRMS技术的概况,以及过去20年LC-IRMS的发展历程;归纳整理了LC-IRMS在食品安全、生态与环境、生命科学及考古学等领域的应用情况;评述了LC-IRMS面临的技术局限、挑战及其未来的发展趋势。     

Identification and fragmentation of hydrolyzed aluminum species by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Earlier characterization of some hydrolysis products of AlCl₃·6H₂O was confirmed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry with increasing collision energy of projectile ions. At lower collision energies, the aqua ligands were stripped off. At higher energies, two hydroxo groups formed a bridging oxo group with loss of one water molecule. Aluminum complexes could also capture aqua ligands in the collision chamber so long as the parent ion did not fragment, and the fragment ion spectra broadened toward higher m/z values. The chloro ligands were eliminated as hydrochloric acid. The aluminum cores remained highly intact. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

X-ray ionization and fragmentation for use with time-of-flight mass spectrometry

In this paper, we introduce laser desorption X-ray ionization for producing ions from the previously undetected neutral species present during laser desorption mass spectrometry. Studies involving the laser desorption of simple sugars were conducted to illustrate the differences between spectra with and without the X-ray source. Ionization was made possible by placing a 200 mCi Am X-ray source directly into the ionization chamber of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer.     

Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in the analysis of chemical food contaminants in food

Since its introduction, desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry (MS) has been mainly applied in pharmaceutical and forensic analysis. We expect that DESI will find its way in many different fields, including food analysis. In this review, we summarize DESI developments aimed at controlling chemical contaminants in food. Data are given for analysis of pesticides, natural toxins, veterinary drugs, food additives, adulteration, packaging migrants, and for applications of food forensics.We discuss practical aspects of DESI, including its strengths and weaknesses, highlighting specific features of performing chemical reactions during the desorption/ionization process in order to enhance sensitivity and selectivity.Finally, we discuss the position of DESI with respect to current food-analysis regulation and legislation. We envisage that DESI can be a rapid, qualitative or semi-quantitative, screening tool, ultimately being applied on site prior to sampling and transport of samples to food-control laboratories.     

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of ginsenosides

Ginsenosides R(b1), R(b2), R(c), R(d), R(e), R(f), R(g1), R(g2) and F(11) were studied systematically by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in positive- and negative-ion modes with a mobile-phase additive, ammonium acetate. In general, ion sensitivities for the ginsenosides were greater in the negative-ion mode, but more structural information on the ginsenosides was obtained in the positive-ion mode. [M + H](+), [M + NH(4)](+), [M + Na](+) and [M + K](+) ions were observed for all of the ginsenosides studied, with the exception of R(f) and F(11), for which [M + NH(4)](+) ions were not observed. The signal intensities of [M + H](+), [M + NH(4)](+), [M + Na](+) and [M + K](+) ions varied with the cone voltage. The highest signal intensities for [M + H](+) and [M + NH(4)](+) ions were obtained at low cone voltage (15-30 V), whereas those for [M + Na](+) and [M + K](+) ions were obtained at relatively high cone voltage (70-90 V). Collision-induced dissociation yielded characteristic positively charged fragment ions at m/z 407, 425 and 443 for (20S)-protopanaxadiol, m/z 405, 423 and 441 for (20S)-protopanaxatriol and m/z 421, 439, 457 and 475 for (24R)-pseudoginsenoside F(11). Ginsenoside types were identified by these characteristic ions and the charged saccharide groups. Glycosidic bond cleavage and elimination of H(2)O were the two major fragmentation pathways observed in the product ion mass spectra of [M + H](+) and [M + NH(4)](+). In the product ion mass spectra of [M - H](-), the major fragmentation route observed was glycosidic bond cleavage. Adduct ions [M + 2AcO + Na](-), [M + AcO](-), [M - CH(2)O + AcO](-), [M + 2AcO](2-), [M - H + AcO](2-) and [M - 2H](2-) were observed at low cone voltage (15-30 V) only.     

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry and in-source fragmentation of lutein esters

Negative-ion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mass spectrometry and in-source collisionally induced dissociation (CID) were employed to obtain structural information of lutein esters from marigold extract. Both molecular ions and structurally significant fragments corresponding to the loss of fatty acids were observed in high abundance in the current study. Six lutein diesters including lauroylmyristoyl-lutein (LML), dimyristoyl-lutein (dML), myristoylpalmitoyl-lutein (MPL), dipalmitoyl-lutein (dPL), palmitoylstearoyl-lutein (PSL) and distearoyl-lutein (dSL) were characterized in a marigold flower extract. Breakdown curves (plots of relative ion abundance vs. internal energy) of three lutein diesters were established by monitoring the relative ion abundance of molecular and fragment ions at different cone voltages during negative-ion APCI-LC/MS analysis.     

Pyrolysis chemical ionization mass spectrometry of cellulose ethers

Pyrolysis ammonia chemical ionization (PyCI) mass spectrometry was performed on hy-droxyethyl-, hydroxypropyl-,methyl-, hydroxypropylmethyl-, and ethylhydroxyethyl cel-luloses. The mass peaks in the PyCI mass spectra of these cellulose ethers could be assigned to the ions of pyrolytic dissociation products which form via the [2 + 2 + 2] cycloreversion and the E_i elimination pyrolysis pathway. Structural information about the residual amount of nonderivatized cellulose, the relative chain length distributions of the substituents in hydroxyalkyl celluloses, and the end-capping of hydroxyalkyl substituents by alkyl groups in the mixed cellulose ethers is obtained. Interference of secondary pyrolysis products in the PyCI mass spectra is found to be of minor importance, especially in the lower mass regions. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of terrestrial humic substances and their size fractions

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) was used to evaluate the average molecular mass of terrestrial humic substances, such as humic (HA) and fulvic (FA) acids from a soil, and humic acid from a lignite (NDL). Their ESI mass spectra, by direct infusion, gave average molecular masses comparable to those previously obtained for aquatic humic materials. The soil HA and FA were further separated in size-fractions by preparative high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and analyzed with ESI-MS by both direct infusion and a further on-line analytical HPSEC. Unexpectedly, their average molecular mass was only slightly less than for the bulk sample and, despite different nominal molecular size, did not substantially vary among size-fractions. The values increased significantly (up to around 1200 Da) after on-line analytical HPSEC for the HA bulk sample, at both pH 8 and 4, and for the HA size-fractions when pH was reduced from 8 to 4. It was noticed that HA size-fractions at pH 8 were separated by on-line HPSEC in further peaks showing average masses which progressively increased with elution volume. Furthermore, when the HA and NDL bulk samples were sequentially ultracentrifuged at increasing rotational speed, their supernatants showed mass values which were larger than bulk samples and increased with rotational speed. These variations in mass values indicate that the electrospray ionization is dependent on the composition of the humic molecular mixtures and increases when their heterogeneity is progressively reduced. It is suggested that the dominance of hydrophobic compounds in humic supramolecular associations may inhibit the electrospray ionization of hydrophilic components. Our results show that ESI-MS is reasonably applicable to humic substances only after an extensive reduction of their chemical complexity.     

气相色谱-负化学离子源质谱联用法测定植物性产品中多组分农药残留量

通过气相色谱-负化学离子源质谱技术建立了同时检测18种农药残留的分析方法. 样品经正己烷和丙酮混合溶剂及正己烷提取后, 用活性炭-中性氧化铝混合小柱净化, 再由气相色谱-负化学离子源质谱分时段选择离子监测技术进行测定. 一次进样就能得到18种农药残留结果;各农药在0.005、 0.01和0.02 mg/kg 3个添加水平的平均回收率在70.2%～115.3%之间, RSD<12%, 检出限为0.01～6 μg/kg, 方法可应用于8种植物性产品中的农残检测.     

Determination of binding sites in carboplatin-bound cytochrome c using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry

Interaction of carboplatin with cytochrome c (Cyt. c) has been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). ESI-MS studies revealed that the ring-opened adducts of carboplatin with Cyt. c were formed in the stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 and 2:1 at pH 5.0 and 37 degrees C and in the stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 only at pH 7.0 and 37 degrees C. It was also found that Cyt. c could be cleaved by carboplatin at pH 2.5 and 50 degrees C. The cleaved fragments of Cyt. c were determined by ESI-MS and MS/MS analysis to be Glu66 approximately Met80, Ac-Gly01 approximately Met65, Glu66 approximately Glu104, Ac-Gly01 approximately Met80 and Ile81 approximately Glu104. The carboplatin prefers to anchor to Met65 first, then to Met80. To further confirm the binding site of Met, AcMet-Gly was used as the model molecule to investigate its interaction with carboplatin and its hydrolysis reaction. On the basis of species detected during the reaction monitored by ESI-MS, a possible pathway of the cleavage reaction was proposed.     

High throughput screening various abused drugs and metabolites in urine by liquid chromatography-heated electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry

An integrated method of liquid chromatography-heated electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry was evaluated for high throughput screening of various abused drugs in urine. Chromatographic analysis was performed on a C18 reverse phase column using a linear gradient of 10 mM ammonium acetate containing 0.1% formic acid-methanol as mobile phase and the total separation time was 7 min. A simple and rapid sample preparation method used was by passing urine samples through a 0.22 μm PVDF syringe filter. The detection limits of the studied abused drugs in urine were from 0.6 ng mL⁻¹ (ketamine) to 9.0 ng mL⁻¹ (norcodeine). According to the results, the linear range was from 1 to 1200 ng mL⁻¹ with relative standard deviation (R.S.D.s) value below 14.8% (intra-day) and 24.6% (inter-day). The feasibility of applying the proposed method to determine various abused drugs in real samples was examined by analyzing urine samples from drug-abused suspects. The abused drugs including ketamines and amphetamines were detected in suspected urine samples. The results demonstrate the suitability of LC-HESI-MS/MS for high throughput screening of the various abused drugs in urine.