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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Glycogen In Situ

  • Tara R. Hawkinson
  • , Ramon C. Sun

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15 Scopus citations

Abstract

Histopathological detection and quantitation of glycogen in situ are important for the assessment of glycogen storage diseases and different types of cancer. The current standard method for defining the regionality of glycogen rely almost exclusively on Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) staining, a workflow that lacks specificity and sensitivity. Herein, we describe a new and much improved workflow to detect microenvironmental glycogen in situ using enzyme-assisted matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI). This method provides superior sensitivity and can elucidate the molecular features of glycogen structure, with 50 μm spatial resolution for a next-generation histopathological assessment of glycogen.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
Pages215-228
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2437
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Funding

R.C.S. is supported through NIH R01 grant AG066653-01; St. Baldrick’s career development award; Rally foundation independent investigator grant; V-scholar foundation award; and University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Markey Cancer Center start-up funds. This research was also supported by funding from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the NIH-funded Biospecimen Procurement & Translational Pathology Shared Resource Facility of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center P30CA177558.

FundersFunder number
NIH-funded University of Kentucky Center for Cancer and MetabolismP30CA177558
Departments of Urology, Pathology, The Markey Cancer Center and Department of Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on AgingR01AG066653
National Institute on Aging
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Alzheimer’s disease
    • FFPE tissue
    • Glycogen
    • Glycogen chain length
    • Isoamylase
    • MALDI-MSI

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Biology
    • Genetics

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