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LC-quadrupole/Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry enables stable isotope-resolved simultaneous quantification and C-13-isotopic labeling of acyl-coenzyme A thioesters
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LC-quadrupole/Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry enables stable isotope-resolved simultaneous quantification and C-13-isotopic labeling of acyl-coenzyme A thioesters

Alexander J. Frey, Daniel R. Feldman, Sophie Trefely, Andrew J. Worth, Sankha S. Basu and Nathaniel W. Snyder
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, v 408(13), pp 3651-3658
01 May 2016
PMID: 26968563
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Abstract

Biochemical Research Methods Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Chemistry Chemistry, Analytical Life Sciences & Biomedicine Physical Sciences Science & Technology
Acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) thioesters are evolutionarily conserved, compartmentalized, and energetically activated substrates for biochemical reactions. The ubiquitous involvement of acyl-CoA thioesters in metabolism, including the tricarboxylic acid cycle, fatty acid metabolism, amino acid degradation, and cholesterol metabolism highlights the broad applicability of applied measurements of acyl-CoA thioesters. However, quantitation of acyl-CoA levels provides only one dimension of metabolic information and a more complete description of metabolism requires the relative contribution of different precursors to individual substrates and pathways. Using two distinct stable isotope labeling approaches, acyl-CoA thioesters can be labeled with either a fixed [C-13(3) N-15(1)] label derived from pantothenate into the CoA moiety or via variable [C-13] labeling into the acyl chain from metabolic precursors. Liquid chromatography-hybrid quadrupole/Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry using parallel reaction monitoring, but not single ion monitoring, allowed the simultaneous quantitation of acyl-CoA thioesters by stable isotope dilution using the [C-13(3) N-15(1)] label and measurement of the incorporation of labeled carbon atoms derived from [C-13(6)]-glucose, [C-13(5) N-15(2)]-glutamine, and [C-13(3)]-propionate. As a proof of principle, we applied this method to human B cell lymphoma (WSU-DLCL2) cells in culture to precisely describe the relative pool size and enrichment of isotopic tracers into acetyl-, succinyl-, and propionyl-CoA. This method will allow highly precise, multiplexed, and stable isotope-resolved determination of metabolism to refine metabolic models, characterize novel metabolism, and test modulators of metabolic pathways involving acyl-CoA thioesters.

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