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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Cystine-Containing Neuropeptides in Histological Sections of Human FFPE Tissue Banks [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1004948
OpenAlex ID: https://openalex.org/W4398204819 |
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Author
| Peter Verhaert (University of the Witwatersrand, KU Leuven) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-087X
Gilles Frache (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-9475
Dhaka Ram Bhandari (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, TransMIT (Germany)) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2658-6065
Luuk Van Oosten
Remco P. Crefcoeur
Bernhard Spengler (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, TransMIT (Germany)) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-5653
Marthe Verhaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel)
Aletta M. E. Millen (University of the Witwatersrand) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-7336
Sooraj Baijnath (University of the Witwatersrand) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7860-1779
Ann‐Christin Niehoff
Raf Sciot (KU Leuven) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2244-5839 |
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Description
| Using our earlier developed protocol, mass spectrometry imaging of small endogenous peptides (and a selection of small metabolites) can be successfully performed directly in tissue sections of formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, such as those available in Homo sapiens biobanks. In analogy with immunohistochemistry (IHC) which employs antibodies as detection probes, this method was designated mass spectrometry histochemistry (MSHC) as it solely relies on (top-down) mass spectrometry for analyte detection. We demonstrate that MSHC enables the localization of cystine-containing neuropeptides in histological sections of human FFPE biobanked tissue and illustrate this on pituitary adenomas and non-diseased pituitary tissues archived for several years in an academic hospital pathology biobank. The instrumental setup consists of high-resolution mass spectrometers (several orbitrap systems and one dedicated hybrid TOF instrument) fitted with atmospheric pressure (AP) scanning matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MALDI. Currently, the best spatial resolution routinely achievable with such (MALDI) apparatus is 5 μm. The high mass spectrometric resolution obtained allows revealing the full isotope envelopes of the peptides. As such both reduced and oxidized cysteine-containing ‘proteoforms’ of e.g., the neurosecretory nonapeptides vasopressin and oxytocin can be visualized in biobanked FFPE tissue, demonstrating yet a novel application of MSHC. (2024-05-22)
***This entry has been automatically imported via OpenAlex by LIST harvest scripts. Please refer to https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1004948 for the original and latest version of the publication*** (2026-07-01) |
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Subject
| Chemistry; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Physics |
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Keyword
| Mass spectrometry
Chemistry
Mass spectrometry imaging
Neuropeptide
Chromatography
Biochemistry |
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Topic Classification
| Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies |
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Deposit Date
| 2024-05-22 |
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Data Type
| Book Chapter |
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Data Source
| Biochemistry |