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Supercritical fluid chromatography – Mass spectrometry in metabolomics: Past, present, and future perspectives

Published inJournal of Chromatography. B, vol. 1161, 122444
Publication date2020
Abstract

Metabolomics, which consists of the comprehensive analysis of metabolites within a biological system, has been playing a growing role in the implementation of personalized medicine in modern healthcare. A wide range of analytical approaches are used in metabolomics, notably mass spectrometry (MS) combined to liquid chromatography (LC), gas chromatography (GC), or capillary electrophoresis (CE). However, none of these methods enable a comprehensive analysis of the metabolome, due to its extreme complexity and the large differences in physico-chemical properties between metabolite classes. In this context, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) represents a promising alternative approach to improve the metabolome coverage, while further increasing the analysis throughput. SFC, which uses supercritical CO2 as mobile phase, leads to numerous advantages such as improved kinetic performance and lower environmental impact. This chromatographic technique has gained a significant interest since the introduction of advanced instrumentation, together with the introduction of dedicated interfaces for hyphenating SFC to MS. Moreover, new developments in SFC column chemistry (including sub-2 µm particles), as well as the use of large amounts of organic modifiers and additives in the CO2-based mobile phase, significantly extended the application range of SFC, enabling the simultaneous analysis of a large diversity of metabolites. Over the last years, several applications have been reported in metabolomics using SFC-MS – from lipophilic compounds, such as steroids and other lipids, to highly polar compounds, such as carbohydrates, amino acids, or nucleosides. With all these advantages, SFC-MS is promised to a bright future in the field of metabolomics.

Keywords
  • Supercritical fluid chromatography
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Metabolomics
  • Lipidomics
  • Bioanalysis
  • Unified chromatography
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VAN DE VELDE, Bas, GUILLARME, Davy, KOHLER, Isabelle. Supercritical fluid chromatography – Mass spectrometry in metabolomics: Past, present, and future perspectives. In: Journal of Chromatography. B, 2020, vol. 1161, p. 122444. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122444
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