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Probing phospholipid dynamics by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 46; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.plipres.2007.04.001

1873-2194

Anthony D. Postle, David C. Wilton, Alan N. Hunt, George S. Attard,

Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Recent advances in electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) have greatly facilitated the analysis of phospholipid molecular species in a growing diversity of biological and clinical settings. The combination of ESI-MS and metabolic labelling employing substrates labelled with stable isotopes is especially exciting, permitting studies of phospholipid synthesis and turnover in vivo. This review will first describe the methodology involved and will then detail dynamic lipidomic studies that have applied the stable isotope incorporation approach. Finally, it will summarise the increasing number of studies that have used ESI-MS to characterise structural and signalling phospholipid molecular species in development and disease.