PMID- 29533656 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190415 LR - 20190415 IS - 1520-6882 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2700 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 7 DP - 2018 Apr 3 TI - Quantitative Isotope-Dilution High-Resolution-Mass-Spectrometry Analysis of Multiple Intracellular Metabolites in Clostridium autoethanogenum with Uniformly (13)C-Labeled Standards Derived from Spirulina. PG - 4470-4477 LID - 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04758 [doi] AB - We have investigated the applicability of commercially available lyophilized spirulina ( Arthrospira platensis), a microorganism uniformly labeled with (13)C, as a readily accessible source of multiple (13)C-labeled metabolites suitable as internal standards for the quantitative determination of intracellular bacterial metabolites. Metabolites of interest were analyzed by hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry. Multiple internal standards obtained from uniformly (U)-(13)C-labeled extracts from spirulina were used to enable isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) in the identification and quantification of intracellular metabolites. Extraction of the intracellular metabolites of Clostridium autoethanogenum using 2:1:1 chloroform/methanol/water was found to be the optimal method in comparison with freeze-thaw, homogenization, and sonication methods. The limits of quantification were /= 0.99) for 74 metabolites. The precision and accuracy were found to be within relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 15% for 49 of the metabolites and within RSDs of 20% for all of the metabolites. The method was applied to study the effects of feeding different levels of carbon monoxide (as a carbon source) on the central metabolism and Wood-Ljungdahl pathway of C. autoethanogenum grown in continuous culture over 35 days. Using LC-IDMS with U-(13)C spirulina allowed the successful quantification of 52 metabolites in the samples, including amino acids, carboxylic acids, sugar phosphates, purines, and pyrimidines. The method provided absolute quantitative data on intracellular metabolites that was suitable for computational modeling to understand and optimize the C. autoethanogenum metabolic pathways active in gas fermentation. FAU - Schatschneider, Sarah AU - Schatschneider S AD - Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Abdelrazig, Salah AU - Abdelrazig S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6231-1267 AD - Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Safo, Laudina AU - Safo L AD - Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Henstra, Anne M AU - Henstra AM AD - Clostridia Research Group, SBRC-Nottingham, a BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Millat, Thomas AU - Millat T AD - Clostridia Research Group, SBRC-Nottingham, a BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Kim, Dong-Hyun AU - Kim DH AD - Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Winzer, Klaus AU - Winzer K AD - Clostridia Research Group, SBRC-Nottingham, a BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Minton, Nigel P AU - Minton NP AD - Clostridia Research Group, SBRC-Nottingham, a BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, School of Life Sciences , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. FAU - Barrett, David A AU - Barrett DA AD - Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham NG7 2RD , U.K. LA - eng GR - BB/K00283X/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180321 PL - United States TA - Anal Chem JT - Analytical chemistry JID - 0370536 RN - 0 (Carbon Isotopes) SB - IM MH - Carbon Isotopes MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Clostridium/cytology/*metabolism MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - *Indicator Dilution Techniques MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Spirulina/*metabolism EDAT- 2018/03/14 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/16 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/14 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04758 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chem. 2018 Apr 3;90(7):4470-4477. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04758. Epub 2018 Mar 21.