Focused Electrospray Deposition for Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry
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- Title
- Focused Electrospray Deposition for Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry
- Authors
- Jeong, KH; SEO, JONGCHEOL; Yoon, HJ; Shin, SK
- Date Issued
- 2010-08-20
- Publisher
- KOREAN CHEMICAL SOC
- Abstract
- Focused electrospray (FES) deposition method is presented for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. FES ion optics consists of two cylindrical focusing electrodes capped with a truncated conical electrode through which an electrospray emitter passes along the cylindrical axis. A spray of charged droplets is focused onto a sample well on a MALDI target plate under atmospheric pressure. The shape and size distributions of matrix crystals are visualized by scanning electron microscope and the mass spectra are obtained by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Angiotensin II, bradykinin, and substance P are used as test samples, while alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid and dihydroxybenzoic acid are employed as matrices. FES of a sample/matrix mixture produces fine crystal grains on a 1-3 mm spot and reproducibly yields the mass spectra with little shot-to-shot and spot-to-spot variations. Although FES greatly stabilizes the signals, the space charge due to matrix ions limits the detection sensitivity of peptides. To avoid the space charge problem, we adopted a dual FES/FES mode, which separately deposits matrix and sample by FES in sequence. The dual FES/FES mode reaches the detection sensitivity of 0.88 amol, enabling ultrasensitive detection of peptides by homogeneously depositing matrix and sample under atmospheric pressure.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/25509
- DOI
- 10.5012/BKCS.2010.31.8.2293
- ISSN
- 0253-2964
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- BULLETIN OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 31, no. 8, page. 2293 - 2298, 2010-08-20
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