MALDI HiPLEX-IHC: multiomic and multimodal imaging of targeted intact proteins in tissues
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) is one of the most widely used methods for imaging the spatial distribution of unlabeled small molecules such as metabolites, lipids and drugs in tissues. Recent progress has enabled many improvements including the abi...
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Published in | Frontiers in chemistry Vol. 11; p. 1182404 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
02.05.2023
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Summary: | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) is one of the most widely used methods for imaging the spatial distribution of unlabeled small molecules such as metabolites, lipids and drugs in tissues. Recent progress has enabled many improvements including the ability to achieve single cell spatial resolution, 3D-tissue image reconstruction, and the precise identification of different isomeric and isobaric molecules. However, MALDI-MSI of high molecular weight intact proteins in biospecimens has thus far been difficult to achieve. Conventional methods normally require
proteolysis and peptide mass fingerprinting, have low spatial resolution, and typically detect only the most highly abundant proteins in an untargeted manner. In addition, MSI-based multiomic and multimodal workflows are needed which can image both small molecules and intact proteins from the same tissue. Such a capability can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the vast complexity of biological systems at the organ, tissue, and cellular levels of both normal and pathological function. A recently introduced top-down spatial imaging approach known as MALDI HiPLEX-IHC (MALDI-IHC for short) provides a basis for achieving this high-information content imaging of tissues and even individual cells. Based on novel photocleavable mass-tags conjugated to antibody probes, high-plex, multimodal and multiomic MALDI-based workflows have been developed to image both small molecules and intact proteins on the same tissue sample. Dual-labeled antibody probes enable multimodal mass spectrometry and fluorescent imaging of targeted intact proteins. A similar approach using the same photocleavable mass-tags can be applied to lectin and other probes. We detail here several examples of MALDI-IHC workflows designed to enable high-plex, multiomic and multimodal imaging of tissues at a spatial resolution as low as 5 µm. This approach is compared to other existing high-plex methods such as imaging mass cytometry, MIBI-TOF, GeoMx and CODEX. Finally, future applications of MALDI-IHC are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Heath Patterson, Vanderbilt University, United States Reviewed by: Alessandra Tata, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of the Venezie (IZSVe), Italy Gongyu Li, Nankai University, China |
ISSN: | 2296-2646 2296-2646 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fchem.2023.1182404 |