Ultrafast quantitative 2D NMR: an efficient tool for the measurement of specific isotopic enrichments in complex biological mixtures.

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Ultrafast quantitative 2D NMR: an efficient tool for the measurement of specific isotopic enrichments in complex biological mixtures.

Ultrafast quantitative 2D NMR: an efficient tool for the measurement of specific isotopic enrichments in complex biological mixtures.

Anal Chem. 2011 Apr 15;83(8):3112-9

Authors: Giraudeau P, Massou S, Robin Y, Cahoreau E, Portais JC, Akoka S

Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (2D NMR) is a promising tool for studying metabolic fluxes by measuring (13)C-enrichments in complex mixtures of (13)C-labeled metabolites. However, the methods reported so far are hampered by very long acquisition durations limiting the use of 2D NMR as a quantitative tool for fluxomics. In this paper, we propose a new approach for measuring specific (13)C-enrichments in a very fast way, by using new experiments based on ultrafast 2D NMR. Two homonuclear 2D experiments (ultrafast COSY and zTOCSY) are proposed to measure (13)C-enrichments in a single scan. Their advantages and limitations are discussed, and their high analytical potentialities are highlighted. Both methods are characterized by an accuracy of 1-2%, an average precision of 3%, and an excellent linearity. The analytical performance is equivalent or better than any of the conventional methods previously reported. The two ultrafast experiments are applied to the measurement of (13)C-enrichments on a biomass hydrolyzate, showing the first known application of ultrafast 2D NMR to a real biological extract. The experiment duration is divided by 200 compared to the conventional methods, while preserving 80% of the quantitative information. This new approach opens new perspectives of application for fluxomics and metabonomics.

PMID: 21417426 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



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