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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| Visualising Cholesterol in Brain by On-Tissue Derivatisation and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.369447
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Author
| Roberto Angelini (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-5921
Eylan Yutuc (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-1950
Mark F. Wyatt (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4107-5941
Jillian Newton (Sheffield Hallam University)Sheffield Hallam UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-7391
Fowzi Adam Yusuf (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4922-3398
Lauren Griffiths (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-3687
Benjamin Cooze (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-4815
Dana El Assad (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)Luxembourg Institute of Science and TechnologyORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7454-4236
Gilles Frache (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)Luxembourg Institute of Science and TechnologyORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-9475
Wei Rao (Waters (United States), Waters (United Kingdom))Waters (United States), Waters (United Kingdom)ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7237-0874
Luke B. Allen (University of Nebraska Medical Center)University of Nebraska Medical CenterORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-3376
Željka Korade (University of Nebraska Medical Center)University of Nebraska Medical CenterORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-4507
Thu T. A. Nguyen (University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago)University of Illinois Chicago, University of ChicagoORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-3305
Rathnayake A. C. Rathnayake (University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago)University of Illinois Chicago, University of ChicagoORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8115-2812
Stephanie M. Cologna (University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago)University of Illinois Chicago, University of ChicagoORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-3361
Owain W. Howell (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-9157
Malcolm R. Clench (Sheffield Hallam University)Sheffield Hallam UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-831X
Yuqin Wang (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3063-3066
William J. Griffiths (Swansea University)Swansea UniversityORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4129-6616 |
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| Summary Despite being a critical molecule for neurobiology and brain health, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of cholesterol has been under reported compared to other lipids, due to the difficulty in ionising the sterol molecule. In the present work we have employed an on-tissue enzyme-assisted derivatisation strategy to improve detection of cholesterol in brain tissue sections. We report distribution and levels of cholesterol across specific brain structures of the mouse brain, in a model of Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease, and during brain development. MSI revealed how cholesterol changes during development and that in the adult is highest in pons and medulla of the brain stem. Cholesterol was significantly reduced in the corpus callosum and other brain regions in the Npc1 null mouse, confirming hypomyelination at the molecular level. Our study demonstrates the potential of MSI to the study of sterols in neuroscience. (2020-11-07)
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Subject
| Chemistry; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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Keyword
| Mass spectrometry imaging
Corpus callosum
Cholesterol
Pons
Sterol
Brain tissue
Medulla
Mass spectrometry
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
Neuroscience
Biology
Internal medicine
Chemistry
Endocrinology
Medicine
Chromatography |
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Topic Classification
| HIV Research and Treatment
Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior |
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Deposit Date
| 2020-11-07 |
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Data Type
| Preprint |
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Data Source
| bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) |