Selective Visualization of Administrated Arachidonic and Docosahexaenoic Acids in Brain Using Combination of Simple Stable Isotope-Labeling Technique and Imaging Mass Spectrometry

Anal Chem. 2020 Jul 7;92(13):8685-8690. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01289. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Abstract

We developed a new method for monitoring the distribution of administrated fatty acids in the body by combination of a stable isotope-labeling technique and imaging mass spectrometry (IMS). The developed stable isotope-labeling technique is very simple and able to adapt to all the fatty acid species. In this study, we synthesized stable isotope-labeled arachidonic acid (AA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and they were simultaneously administrated to mice to examine their migrations and distributions in the brain. The administrated AA and DHA have two more molecular weights compared to the originals and apparently were distinguished from the originally accumulated AA and DHA in the brain using IMS. As a result, we reveal that the administered AA and DHA first accumulated in the hippocampus and cerebellar cortex in the brain. This technique does not use radio isotopes and would appear to elucidate the role of all kinds of fatty acid species in the body.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachidonic Acid / analysis*
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Cerebellar Cortex / chemistry
  • Cerebellar Cortex / metabolism
  • Deuterium / chemistry
  • Docosahexaenoic Acids / analysis*
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Female
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hippocampus / chemistry
  • Hippocampus / metabolism
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Molecular Weight
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Docosahexaenoic Acids
  • Arachidonic Acid
  • Deuterium