Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Analysis of inositol phosphate metabolism by capillary electrophoresis electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

  • Danye Qiu,
  • Miranda S. Wilson,
  • Verena B. Eisenbeis,
  • Robert K. Harmel,
  • Esther Riemer,
  • Thomas M. Haas,
  • Christopher Wittwer,
  • Nikolaus Jork,
  • Chunfang Gu,
  • Stephen B. Shears,
  • Gabriel Schaaf,
  • Bernd Kammerer,
  • Dorothea Fiedler,
  • Adolfo Saiardi,
  • Henning J. Jessen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19928-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Myo-Inositol phosphates (InsPs) and pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are important second messengers but their analysis remains challenging. Here, the authors develop a capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry method for the identification and quantitation of InsP and PP-InsP isomers in cells and tissues.