Development of a Relative Quantification Method for Infrared Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Arabidopsis Seedlings

Overview

Journal Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2019 Oct 29

PMID 31658400

Citations 9

Authors

M Caleb Bagley

Anna N Stepanova

Mans Ekelof

Jose M Alonso

David C Muddiman

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Abstract

Rationale: Mass spectrometry imaging of young seedlings is an invaluable tool in understanding how mutations affect metabolite accumulation in plant development. However, due to numerous biological considerations, established methods for the relative quantification of analytes using infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization (IR-MALDESI) mass spectrometry imaging are not viable options. In this study, we report a method for the quantification of auxin-related compounds using stable-isotope-labelled (SIL) indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) doped into agarose substrate.

Methods: Wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, sur2 and wei8 tar2 loss-of-function mutants, and YUC1 gain-of-function line were grown for 3 days in the dark in standard growth medium. SIL-IAA was doped into a 1% low-melting-point agarose gel and seedlings were gently laid on top for IR-MALDESI imaging with Orbitrap mass spectrometry analysis. Relative quantification was performed post-acquisition by normalization of auxin-related compounds to SIL-IAA in the agarose. Amounts of auxin-related compounds were compared between genotypes to distinguish the effects of the mutations on the accumulation of indolic metabolites of interest.

Results: IAA added to agarose was found to remain stable, with repeatability and abundance features of IAA comparable with those of other compounds used in other methods for relative quantification in IR-MALDESI analyses. Indole-3-acetaldoxime was increased in sur2 mutants compared with wild-type and other mutants. Other auxin-related metabolites were either below the limits of quantification or successfully quantified but showing little difference among mutants.

Conclusions: Agarose was shown to be an appropriate sampling surface for IR-MALDESI mass spectrometry imaging of Arabidopsis seedlings. SIL-IAA doping of agarose was demonstrated as a viable technique for relative quantification of metabolites in live seedlings or tissues with similar biological considerations.

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