PMID- 37709460 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230918 LR - 20230918 IS - 1873-4324 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2670 (Linking) VI - 1278 DP - 2023 Oct 16 TI - Rapid and sensitive determination of free fatty acids based on in-source microdroplet-driven derivatization coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry. PG - 341717 LID - S0003-2670(23)00938-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341717 [doi] AB - Accurate and sensitive measurements of free fatty acids (FFAs) in biological samples are valuable for diagnosing and prognosing diseases. In this study, an in-source microdroplet derivation strategy combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry was developed to analyze FFAs in lipid extracts of biological samples directly. FFAs were rapidly derivated with 2-picolylamine (PA) in the microdroplet which is derived by electrospray. With the proposed method, twelve typical FFAs were determined reliably with high sensitivity and acceptable linearities (R(2) >/= 0.94). The LODs and LOQs for the twelve FFAs were 9-76 pg mL(-1) and 30-253 pg mL(-1), respectively. The developed method was applied to analyze the alteration of FFAs in liver and kidney samples of rats induced by perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure. The good results demonstrate that the established analysis technique is dependable and has promising applications in detecting FFAs associated with complex biological samples. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Cui, Jiaqi AU - Cui J AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Zhang, Jianxun AU - Zhang J AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Sun, Shihao AU - Sun S AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Fan, Wu AU - Fan W AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Xi, Hui AU - Xi H AD - The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Xu, Xiujuan AU - Xu X AD - The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Ji, Lingbo AU - Ji L AD - The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Zhang, Shusheng AU - Zhang S AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; Center of Advanced Analysis and Gene Sequencing, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. FAU - Wang, Dingzhong AU - Wang D AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; The Key Laboratory of Tobacco Flavor Basic Research of CNTC, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address: wdz426@163.com. FAU - Zhao, Wuduo AU - Zhao W AD - Flavor Research Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China; Center of Advanced Analysis and Gene Sequencing, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address: zhaowuduo@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230815 PL - Netherlands TA - Anal Chim Acta JT - Analytica chimica acta JID - 0370534 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Rats MH - *Fatty Acids, Nonesterified MH - *Kidney MH - Limit of Detection MH - Liver MH - Mass Spectrometry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Free fatty acids (FFAs) OT - High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) OT - In-source microdroplet-driven derivatization OT - Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure OT - Rapid determination COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/09/15 00:42 MHDA- 2023/09/18 12:44 CRDT- 2023/09/14 21:00 PHST- 2023/04/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/18 12:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/15 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/14 21:00 [entrez] AID - S0003-2670(23)00938-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341717 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chim Acta. 2023 Oct 16;1278:341717. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341717. Epub 2023 Aug 15.