Precise identification of photosynthetic glycerolipids in microalga Tetraselmis chuii by UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS  

作　　者：LI HaiYing, YAN XiaoJun, Xu JiLin & ZHOU ChengXu Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211 China, 

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2008年第12期1101-1107,共7页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities (PCSIRT) (Grant No. IRT0734);Project of National Ocean Bureau (Grant No. 200805067);Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant No. 2007BAD43B09);K. C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University

摘　　要：Precise structural identification of photosynthetic polar glycerolipids in microalga Tetraselmis chuii has been established using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray ionization-Quadrupole-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS) by direct analysis of the total lipids extract. The mass spectrometry was performed in reflective time-of-flight using electron spraying ionization in both positive and negative modes. The structural determination was based on the char-acteristic product ions yielded by different glycerolipids under ESI-MS/MS mode, and confirmed the molecular species by the carboxylate anions produced by glycerolipids in the negative mode. As a result, more than 40 lipid molecular species, including 11 monogalactosyldiacylglycerols (MGDG), 7 digalactosyldiacylglycerols (DGDG), 16 sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols (SQDG), and 9 phosphatidyl-glycerols (PG), were detected in Tetraselmis chuii, which had never been identified before in this mi-croalga. Furthermore, some intact lipid molecules with hydroxylated fatty acids that could not be de-tected by the traditional GC-MS method were found this time, providing novel information for the pho-tosynthetic lipidome of Tetraselmis chuii. Comparative studies on fatty acids at the sn-2 position showed that SQDG and MGDG are dominantly biosynthesized through the prokaryotic pathway, PG is a typically mixed biosynthetic pathway, while DGDG is somewhat peculiar with C14:0 and C16:0 at its sn-2 position. This method could provide a full structural profile of intact photosynthetic lipid molecular species, which may be applied to study the physiological and ecological functions of lipid by monitor-ing their individual changes.Precise structural identification of photosynthetic polar glycerolipids in microalga Tetraselmis chuii has been established using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray ionization-Quadrupole-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS) by direct analysis of the total lipids extract. The mass spectrometry was performed in reflective time-of-flight using electron spraying ionization in both positive and negative modes. The structural determination was based on the char-acteristic product ions yielded by different glycerolipids under ESI-MS/MS mode, and confirmed the molecular species by the carboxylate anions produced by glycerolipids in the negative mode. As a result, more than 40 lipid molecular species, including 11 monogalactosyldiacylglycerols (MGDG), 7 digalactosyldiacylglycerols (DGDG), 16 sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols (SQDG), and 9 phosphatidyl-glycerols (PG), were detected in Tetraselmis chuii, which had never been identified before in this mi-croalga. Furthermore, some intact lipid molecules with hydroxylated fatty acids that could not be de-tected by the traditional GC-MS method were found this time, providing novel information for the pho-tosynthetic lipidome of Tetraselmis chuii. Comparative studies on fatty acids at the sn-2 position showed that SQDG and MGDG are dominantly biosynthesized through the prokaryotic pathway, PG is a typically mixed biosynthetic pathway, while DGDG is somewhat peculiar with C14:0 and C16:0 at its sn-2 position. This method could provide a full structural profile of intact photosynthetic lipid molecular species, which may be applied to study the physiological and ecological functions of lipid by monitor-ing their individual changes.

关 键 词：TETRASELMIS chuii PHOTOSYNTHESIS GLYCEROLIPIDS UPLC-Q-TOF-MS 

分 类 号：Q946[生物学—植物学]