PMID- 30747410 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20190405 LR - 20200212 IS - 1879-1123 (Electronic) IS - 1044-0305 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Quantitation of Glutathione by Quinoline-5, 8-Dione-Based Tag Strategy Using MALDI Mass Spectrometry. PG - 625-633 LID - 10.1007/s13361-019-02135-4 [doi] AB - In the present work, we developed an UV-absorptive and highly reactive tag aromatic molecule, quinoline-5,8-dione (QLD), for robust quantitative analysis of GSH by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. The QLD could react with GSH with high efficiency at room temperature, and the resultant QLD-GSH conjugate could be readily detected by MALDI MS without interferences. By using the QLD tag, the detection limit of GSH was lowered to 10 fmol muL(-1), which was four orders of magnitude higher than that detected without using the QLD tag. Furthermore, accurate quantitative measurements of GSH in solution were successfully demonstrated by using glutamic acid-cysteine-alanine (ECA) as an internal standard. By properly adjusting the ECA concentrations, the intensity ratio value of QLD-tagged GSH (QLD-GSH) to QLD-tagged ECA (QLD-ECA) displayed a good linearity with GSH concentrations in a broad range from 4 to 4000 muM. Finally, the GSH level in HeLa cell lysates was also successfully detected, and the results are consistent with that obtained by a colorimetric assay. In summary, the proposed QLD-based tag method should be a rapid, cost-/time-effective, and sensitive new method for quantitative determination of GSH by MALDI MS. Graphical Abstract. FAU - Guo, Liming AU - Guo L AD - State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. FAU - Xiao, Chunsheng AU - Xiao C AD - Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China. xiaocs@ciac.ac.cn. FAU - Wang, Sheng AU - Wang S AD - State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. FAU - Gao, Tianyang AU - Gao T AD - State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. FAU - Ling, Ling AU - Ling L AD - State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. FAU - Guo, Xinhua AU - Guo X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3503-0440 AD - State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. guoxh@jlu.edu.cn. AD - Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. guoxh@jlu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 21874054/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 21675060/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 21175056/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2017266/Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190211 PL - United States TA - J Am Soc Mass Spectrom JT - Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry JID - 9010412 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cells OT - Glutathione OT - Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry OT - Quantification EDAT- 2019/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/13 06:01 CRDT- 2019/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/13 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s13361-019-02135-4 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s13361-019-02135-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2019 Apr;30(4):625-633. doi: 10.1007/s13361-019-02135-4. Epub 2019 Feb 11.