Mass spectrometry imaging is a valuable tool for visualizing the localization of drugs in tissues, a critical issue especially in cancer pharmacology where treatment failure may depend on poor drug distribution within the tumours. Proper preprocessing procedures are mandatory to obtain quantitative data of drug distribution in tumours, even at low intensity, through reliable ion peak identification and integration. We propose a simple preprocessing and quantification pipeline. This pipeline was designed starting from classical peak integration methods, developed when “microcomputers” became available for chromatography, now applied to MSI. This pre-processing approach is based on a novel method using the fixed mass difference between the analyte and its 5 d derivatives to set up a mass range gate. We demonstrate the use of this pipeline for the evaluating the distribution of the anticancer drug paclitaxel in tumour sections. The procedure takes advantage of a simple peak analysis and allows to quantify the drug concentration in each pixel with a limit of detection below 0.1 pmol mm-2 or 10 μg g−1. Quantitative images of paclitaxel distribution in different tumour models were obtained and average paclitaxel concentrations were compared with HPLC measures in the same specimens, showing <20% difference. The scripts are developed in Python and available through GitHub, at github.com/FrancescaFalcetta/Imaging_of_drugs_distribution_and_quantifications.git.

Falcetta, F.; Morosi, L.; Ubezio, P.; Giordano, S.; Decio, A.; Giavazzi, R.; Frapolli, R.; Prasad, M.; Franceschi, P.; D'Incalci, M.; Davoli, E. (2018). Past-in-the-Future: peak detection improves targeted mass spectrometry imaging. ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA, 1042: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.06.067 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/52823

Past-in-the-Future: peak detection improves targeted mass spectrometry imaging

Prasad, M.;Franceschi, P.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Mass spectrometry imaging is a valuable tool for visualizing the localization of drugs in tissues, a critical issue especially in cancer pharmacology where treatment failure may depend on poor drug distribution within the tumours. Proper preprocessing procedures are mandatory to obtain quantitative data of drug distribution in tumours, even at low intensity, through reliable ion peak identification and integration. We propose a simple preprocessing and quantification pipeline. This pipeline was designed starting from classical peak integration methods, developed when “microcomputers” became available for chromatography, now applied to MSI. This pre-processing approach is based on a novel method using the fixed mass difference between the analyte and its 5 d derivatives to set up a mass range gate. We demonstrate the use of this pipeline for the evaluating the distribution of the anticancer drug paclitaxel in tumour sections. The procedure takes advantage of a simple peak analysis and allows to quantify the drug concentration in each pixel with a limit of detection below 0.1 pmol mm-2 or 10 μg g−1. Quantitative images of paclitaxel distribution in different tumour models were obtained and average paclitaxel concentrations were compared with HPLC measures in the same specimens, showing <20% difference. The scripts are developed in Python and available through GitHub, at github.com/FrancescaFalcetta/Imaging_of_drugs_distribution_and_quantifications.git.
Mass spectrometry images
Preprocessing
Tumour drug distribution
Imaging data analysis
Quantitative imaging
Settore CHIM/01 - CHIMICA ANALITICA
2018
Falcetta, F.; Morosi, L.; Ubezio, P.; Giordano, S.; Decio, A.; Giavazzi, R.; Frapolli, R.; Prasad, M.; Franceschi, P.; D'Incalci, M.; Davoli, E. (2018). Past-in-the-Future: peak detection improves targeted mass spectrometry imaging. ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA, 1042: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.06.067 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/52823
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