Because of the extreme complexity of metabolomic samples, the effectiveness of quantitative gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry depends substantially on the expansion of the linear dynamic range. Facing the existence of numerous saturated detector signals, a data processing method based on monitoring isotopologues has been developed. The monoisotopic ion kept the high mass spectrometry sensitivity, and the less abundant isotopologue ions extended the linear dynamic range. This alternative method was proved to extend the linear dynamic range to five orders of magnitude successfully and overcome the quantitative problems induced by the ion detector saturation. Finally, to validate the applicability, the method was applied to a metabolomic assay of Alzheimer's disease. Comparing with the traditional monoisotopic method, the use of monitoring isotopologues helped us to discover an additional eight metabolites with significant difference and to conduct a more reliable principal component analysis as well. The results demonstrated that monitoring isotopologues in quantitative gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry could improve the authenticity of metabolomic analysis.
[1]Shanghai Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Ctr Chinese Med Therapy & Syst Biol, 1200 Cailun Rd, Shanghai 201203, Peoples R China.
[2]Shanghai Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Dept Biochem, 1200 Cailun Rd, Shanghai 201203, Peoples R China.
[3]Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Organ Chem, Natl Ctr Organ Mass Spectrometry Shanghai, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, Peoples R China.
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