Chapter title |
Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Meibomian Gland Lipids.
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Chapter number | 11 |
Book title |
Mass Spectrometry-Based Lipidomics
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2021
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-0716-1410-5_11 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-07-161409-9, 978-1-07-161410-5
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Authors |
Jianzhong Chen, Chen, Jianzhong |
Abstract |
The precorneal tear film keeps the eye surface moist and helps to maintain normal eye function. The outermost lipid layer of the tear film, which attenuates tear film evaporation, contains meibum secreted from the meibomian gland. Most meibum lipids are neutral, including wax esters (WEs), cholesteryl esters (CEs), and diesters (DEs), along with some polar lipids including free fatty acids (FFAs), O-acyl-ω-hydroxy fatty acids (OAHFAs), and trace phospholipids. Detection of neutral lipids by mass spectrometry (MS) is challenging due to interference from impurities, particularly when working with minute-volume meibum samples. Here, we describe procedures for sample preparation and MS analysis of these elusive meibum lipids that can be used to examine dry eye disease mechanisms. Because the method described here minimizes impurity peaks for lipids generally, neutral and otherwise, it may be applied to high-sensitivity analysis of other biological samples. |
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