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High Throughput Workflow for Global Metabolomic Profiling of Biological Samples with RapidFire online SPE/MS system Michelle Romm, Ph.D. RapidFire Senior Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc. Sumit Shah, B.Pharm., Ph.D. Metabolomics Applications Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc. 10/8/2014 1

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High Throughput Workflow for Global Metabolomic Profiling of Biological Samples

with RapidFire online SPE/MS system

Michelle Romm, Ph.D.

RapidFire Senior Scientist,

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Sumit Shah, B.Pharm., Ph.D.

Metabolomics Applications Scientist,

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

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Metabolomics/Lipidomics Platforms

Separate

Detect

Analyze

LC SFC

TOF QTOFIMS

QTOF

ICP

MS

NMR

GC CE

MassHunterQual

Quant

Profinder

Mass Profiler

Professional

QQQ

Online

SPE

SQ

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RapidFire 365 Online SPE/MS System

For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.

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~12sec cycle time BenchBot plate handling robot

63 plate capacity (384 well plates = 24,192 samples)

Off-deck reach capability

Quaternary pumps

Solvent switching capability

Capable of running multiple disparate methods in one batch

Automated Method Development

Perform multiple injections of a single sample with different SPE cartridges and mobile phases

C18, C8, C4, CN, Phenyl, HILIC, Graphitic Carbon

Simply run multiple samples overnight and select your ideal conditions the next morning

12 position automated cartridge changer

Aspirate Load/Wash Elute Re-equilibrate

600ms 3000ms 8000ms 500ms

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High Throughput Metabolomics Profiling Workflow

Batch Data

ProcessingData Analysis

Verification/

Confirmation/

Validation

High Throughput

Quantitation

High Throughput

Acquisition

MassHunter

Profinder(NEW)

.d data input

Recursive

MFE

Features

.cef output

Mass Profiler

Professional (MPP)

Statistics

Database Search

Pathway Analysis

Potential

Targets

Pooled Sample/

Random Samples

LC/MS

AcquisitionFindbyFormula

Verify Targets

LC/MS/MS

AcquisitionMetlin Library/

SimLipid/

MSC

Confirm Targets

Validate with

Reference

Standard

RapidFire 365

iFunnel

6550 Q-TOF

RapidFire 365

iFunnel

6490 QQQ

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Rapid Method

Development

Large Batch

Profiling

Targeted

Profiling

Life Sciences

Pharma

BioPharma

Food/Nutrition

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Human Urine Metabolomics Profiling

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Human Urine Sample Prep

Human urine, collected and pooled from healthy subjects (males and females),

was purchased from Innovative Research Inc. (Novi, MI)

Filter 400µL urine through a 0.22µm Ultrafree-MC® centrifugal filter units

(Millipore) by centrifugation @ 12,000xg for 20min @ 4°C

Pipette 50µL of filtered urine (10 replicates) into the Amicon Ultra-0.5mL

Centrifugal Filter (3kDa Cut-off Ultracel-3 membrane) from Millipore

Dilute with 350µL of Milli-Q quality water containing 0.2% Acetic acid, 1mM

Ammonium acetate, and centrifuge @ 12000xg, 4°C for 30min to concentrate

The flow-through represents the metabolomics sample

Inject 10µL of flow-through for SPE/MS as well as LC/MS analysis

Reverse-phase and HILIC chromatography were used for metabolite separation

Human urine equivalent to 1.25µL was used for the metabolomics profiling studies

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Ionization Positive ESI (Dual AJS)

Drying Gas Temp. 225°C

Drying Gas Flow 17 L/min

Sheath Gas Temp. 275°C

Sheath Gas Flow 12 L/min

Nebulizer 35 psi

Capillary Voltage 3500 V

Nozzle Voltage 1000 V

Fragmentor 100V

Scan Mode Extended Dynamic Range (2GHz)

MS Scan Rate 5 spectra/sec (RF-MS); 2 spectra/sec (LC-MS)

Mass Range 50-1700 m/z

MS Source Conditions

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Reverse Phase RapidFire Method

Column Agilent C, C18 [Part # G9205A]

Injection Volume 10 µL

Flow-rate 0.6 mL/min

Mobile Phase A 0.1% Formic Acid in Water

Mobile Phase B 0.1% Formic Acid in Methanol

Aspirate Load/Wash Elute Re-equilibrate

600ms 3000ms 8000ms 500ms

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HILIC RapidFire Method

Column Agilent H, HILIC [Part # G9209A ]

Injection Volume 10 µL

Flow-rate 0.6 mL/min

Mobile Phase A Hexane

Mobile Phase B 0.1% Formic Acid in Methanol

Aspirate Load/Wash Elute Re-equilibrate

600ms 3000ms 8000ms 1000ms

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EIC Overlay of a Single Feature in Urine on C18 RapidFire SPE/MS

EIC (C18, Pos ESI)

Male Urine

Female Urine

Female Urine

Male Urine

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EIC of a Single Injection of Urine Sample

on C18 RapidFire SPE/MS

Female Urine

+ESI

Male Urine

+ESI

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Profinder for High Throughput Batch Analysis of Samples

Female Urine

Male UrineFemale Urine

Male Urine

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C18-PosESI

Mass Profiler Professional (MPP)

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734 features (all 10 reps, CV < 15%) 593 features (un-paired t-test, p < 0.05)

138 features (Fold-change > 5)Cluster Analysis (138 features)

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Annotation of Creatinine in Female Urine Samples

by C18 RapidFire SPE/MS

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Compound (RF-C18)

Hippuric acid

AFMK

Ser Arg Ser

4-Oxo-4-(3-pyridyl)-butanoic acid

Phe Asn Leu

Glycerol

DL-Methionine sulfoxide

Creatinine

N(alpha)-t-Butoxycarbonyl-L-leucine

4-Chloroacetophenone

D-Xylulose

N,N-Hexamethyleneamiloride

1-Nitronaphthalene-7,8-oxide

L-Tryptophan

Onitin

Nap-Gly-OH

Gly Cys Cys

2-Methylguanosine

6-Hydroxykynurenate

Pro Phe

Indoleacrylic acid

Phe-Abu-OH

Tegaserod

1-Hydro-1,1a-dihydroxy-9-fluorenone

Dopamine

Compound (RF-HILIC)

Glycerol

Mycophenolic Acid

Glu Glu

3-Methyl-L-histidine

Creatinine

Aniline

Pro Ile

1-Aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid

Ser Arg Ser

Asp Pro Arg

L-Histidine

7,8-Diaminononanoate

Quinone

Hippuric acid

N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine

Asp Arg Tyr

L-Glutamic acid n-butyl ester

N1-Acetylspermidine

Pro Gln Gly

Phe Asn Leu

Thr His

3-hexanoyl-NBD Cholesterol

2-Hydroxy-6-oxonona-2,4-diene-1,9-dioate

3,4-Dihydroxyphenylpropanoate

AFMK

Select High Abundant Metabolites in Human Urine Annotated by SPE/MS

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Glucose Homeostasis Pathway (WP661_45308)

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Dynamic Range of Annotated Metabolites: C18 SPE/MS

Ser-Arg-Ser

Male Urine

Female Urine

Female Urine

Male Urine

Threo-Isocitric acid

Female Urine

Male Urine

N-Acetylputrescine

Compound RF-C18-Male-Avg RF-C18-Female-Avg

Ser Arg Ser 1156619 872143

threo-Isocitric acid 4027 13795

N-Acetylputrescine 207 811

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Dynamic Range of Annotated Metabolites: HILIC SPE/MS

3-Methyl-L-histidine

Male Urine

Female Urine

1-Methylhistamine

Male Urine

Female Urine

S-Adenosylhomocysteine

Female Urine

Male Urine

Compound RF-HILIC-Male-Avg RF-HILIC-Female-Avg

3-Methyl-L-histidine 1496426 1144011

1-Methylhistamine 41234 27579

S-Adenosylhomocysteine 72 2701

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LC/MS/MS Confirmation of L-HistidineCID@10

CID@20

CID@40

L-Histidine

MS/MS @ 40

Metlin Spectral Library

MFG for MS/MS Spectral Peaks

L-Histidine

RapidFire HILIC SPE/MS +ESI

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Male Urine

Female Urine

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Metabolome Profiling: C18 vs. HILIC SPE/MS (+ESI)

Filter features present in all replicates in a group with CV<15%

Features searched against Metlin® Database

526 metabolites annotated by C18 SPE/MS

270 metabolites annotated by HILIC SPE/MS

49 annotated metabolites common between HILIC and C18 SPE/MS

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HILIC

221

C18

47749

Utilize multiple unique chemistries to increase the metabolite coverage

747 unique metabolites

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Human Serum Lipidomics Profiling

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Human serum, collected and pooled from healthy subjects (males and females),

was purchased from Innovative Research Inc. (Novi, MI)

Filter 400µL serum through a 0.22µm Ultrafree-MC® centrifugal filter units

(Millipore) by centrifugation @ 12,000xg for 20min @ 4°C

Pipette 100µL filtered serum into a Protein LoBind® Eppendorf tube

Add 700µL ice-cold Methanol:Isopropanol, 1% Acetic Acid, vortex 30sec

Equilibrate for 10min at room temp and Centrifuge at ~12000xg, 20min, 4°C

The organic supernatant represents the lipidomics sample

Inject 10µL for SPE/MS as well as LC/MS analysis

Reverse-phase chromatography were used for resolving the lipids

Human Serum Sample Prep

Human serum equivalent to 1.25µL was used for the lipidomics studies

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Ionization Positive or Negative ESI (Dual AJS)

Drying Gas Temp. 275°C

Drying Gas Flow 15 L/min

Sheath Gas Temp. 325°C

Sheath Gas Flow 12 L/min

Nebulizer 45 psi

Capillary Voltage 4000 V

Nozzle Voltage 1000 V

Fragmentor 100V

Scan Mode Extended Dynamic Range (2GHz)

MS Scan Rate 5 spectra/sec (RF/MS); 2 spectra/sec (LC/MS)

Mass Range 100-3000 m/z

MS Source Conditions

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Reverse Phase RF Method

Column Agilent C, C18 [Part # G9205A]

Injection Volume 10 µL

Flow-rate 0.6 mL/min

Mobile Phase A 0.1% Acetic Acid in Water, 1mM Ammonium Acetate

Mobile Phase B 0.1% Acetic Acid in Methanol:IPA (30:70), 1mM Ammonium

Acetate

Aspirate Load/Wash Elute Re-equilibrate

600ms 3000ms 8000ms 500ms

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EIC of a Single Injection of Serum Sample

on C18 RapidFire SPE/MSFemale Serum

+ESI

Male Serum

+ESI

Female Serum

-ESI

Male Serum

-ESI

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Profinder for High Throughput Batch Analysis of Samples

Female Serum

Male Serum Female Serum

Male Serum

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Annotation of a Carnitine in Female Serum Samples

by C18 RapidFire SPE/MS in +ESI

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Compound (-ESI)

Palmitic acid

16-methyl-6Z,9Z-heptadecadienoic acid

18-methyl-5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-nonadecatetraenoic acid

16-methyl-6Z,9Z,12Z-heptadecatrienoic acid

7-Methoxy-9-methyl-4E,8E-hexadecadienoic acid

PE(18:0/0:0)

7,4'-Dihydroxyflavan

PS(16:0/22:1(11Z))

2,4-dimethyl-2E-tetradecenoic acid

Ximaosteroid D

PS(17:0/21:0)

PS(18:0/22:1(11Z))

1a,1b-dihomo-15-deoxy-delta-12,14-PGJ2

PA(16:0/0:0)

PA(18:2(9Z,12Z)/0:0)

8Z-decen-4,6-diynoic acid

PE(20:0/0:0)

PS(18:1(9Z)/22:2(13Z,16Z))

4,8,12,15,18-eicosapentaenoic acid

PC(O-12:0/O-12:0)

PS(18:0/22:2(13Z,16Z))

18-methyl-8Z,11Z,14Z-nonadecatrienoic acid

7E,9E,11-Dodecatrienyl acetate

PS(20:1(11Z)/22:2(13Z,16Z))

PI(18:0/20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z))

Select High Abundant Lipids in Human Serum (C18 SPE/MS)

Compound (+ESI)

PC(16:0/18:1(9Z))

PC(18:0/18:2(10Z,12Z))

PC(O-16:0/2:0)

PC(16:0/18:2(10E,12Z))

PC(10:0/24:0)

PC(O-16:1(11Z)/2:0)

SM(d18:1/16:0)

PE(19:1(9Z)/22:4(7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z))

TG(17:0/17:2(9Z,12Z)/18:0)[iso6]

TG(17:1(9Z)/17:2(9Z,12Z)/18:0)[iso6]

PE(19:0/22:6(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z))

PC(18:2(2E,4E)/0:0)

3a-Hydroxy-6-oxo-5beta-cholan-24-oic Acid

PE(17:1(9Z)/22:4(7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z))

PC(20:3(8Z,11Z,14Z)/0:0)

SM(d18:1/24:1(15Z))

DG(18:2(9Z,12Z)/20:0/0:0)[iso2]

TG(17:2(9Z,12Z)/17:2(9Z,12Z)/18:0)[iso3]

TG(16:0/17:1(9Z)/17:1(9Z))[iso3]

SM(d18:2/24:1)

TG(16:0/16:0/18:1(11E))

PC(18:0/22:6(4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z))

PC(O-16:0/20:4(5E,8E,11E,14E))

NeuAcalpha2-3Galbeta-Cer(d18:1/18:0)

PE(O-20:0/17:2(9Z,12Z))

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Lipidomics Profiling of Human Serum by C18 SPE/MS

Filter features present in all replicates in a group with CV<15%

Features searched against SimLipid® Database

169 lipids annotated in +ESI mode

275 lipids annotated in –ESI mode

29 annotated lipids common between +ESI and –ESI modes

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+ESI

140

-ESI

24629

415 unique lipids

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LC/MS/MS Identification of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PC

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LC/MS/MS Confirmation of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PC

1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PC

MS/MS @ 40

Metlin Spectral Library

1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PC

RapidFire C18 SPE/MS +ESI

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1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PC

C18 LC/MS +ESI

Female Serum

Male Serum

Female

Serum

Male

Serum

CID@10

CID@20

CID@40

CID@0

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SUMMARY

Performed “high throughput” profiling of biological samples with

RapidFire SPE/MS

747 metabolites were annotated in human urine

415 lipids were annotated in human serum

RapidFire data were fully integrated and compatible with Agilent

software solutions (MassHunter, ProFinder, MPP, Metlin,

SimLipid*)

Demonstrated reproducibility and fidelity of the current high

throughput workflow for data processing and analysis

Verified the annotated metabolites by LC/MS analysis

Confirmed select metabolites/lipids by MS/MS analysis

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The Bottom Line…..

RapidFire Urine Study

Time

40 Inj = 40 x 14sec

~10min

Solvent

40 Inj = 0.6mL/min x 10min

~6mL

Equivalent LC/MS Study

Time

40 Inj = 40 x 30min

~20hr

Solvent

40 Inj = 0.3mL/min x 1200min

~360mL

Actual LC/MS Study

Time

2 Inj = 2 x 30min

~1hr

Solvent

2 Inj = 0.3mL/min x 60min

~18mL

120X Faster

60X Less

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The Big Picture

The RapidFire work-flow is not meant to replace LC/MS based

work-flows.

It is meant to streamline your profiling/discovery platform by

finding the differences between large experimental groups in

the highest throughput, highest capacity, and most

ECONOMICAL manner.

The RapidFire data should then be confirmed and validated by

conventional LC/MS.

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MassHunter Qual: Data Mining Process

Monoisotopic

mass

(varies in ppm)

Isotope spacing (varies in ppm)

Isotope distribution (varies in %)

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