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Multidimensional
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Wangjie Lv a, b, #, Xianzhe Shi a, #, Shuangyuan Wang a, Guowang Xu a, *
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CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Dalian 116023, China. Tel. / Fax: 0086-411-84379530. E-mail:
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Abstract As important components of omics, metabolomics and lipidomics are dedicated
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to detecting as many metabolites and lipids as possible, respectively, in biological
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samples. Because the physicochemical properties of metabolites and lipids greatly
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differ, the comprehensive analysis of metabolomics and lipidomics using one
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dimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is extremely difficult.
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approach for the analysis of complex samples. In this review, the construction modes
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field of metabolomics and lipidomics analysis are summarized in details. In addition
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to common interfaces (i.e., heart-cutting, stop-flow and comprehensive mode with a
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storage loop and trap column), the novel construction modes (i.e., selective
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comprehensive and pulsed-elution 2DLC, stop-flow 3DLC) and modulation modes
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1. Introduction Metabolomics is committed to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of all
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small molecular metabolites (<1500 Da) in specific biological samples. Lipidomics,
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as a part of metabolomics, aims to systematically study all lipids in a biological
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system, ranging from their structures and functions to their interactions [1]. The latest
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updated Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) has already recorded 114,100
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compounds, including 23,746 metabolites and 90,354 lipids [2]. These metabolites
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exhibit a wide range of diversity in their structures. As a result, their physicochemical
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properties (e.g., polarity, charged state, and acidity or basicity) and tandem mass
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(MS/MS) spectra are different from each other. Lipids are primarily the esters of
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long-chain fatty acids with alcohols and their derivatives. They have many important
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functions in energy deposition, the formation of cellular membranes, and cellular
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signalling pathways. Based on the work of Fahy, lipids can be classified into eight
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glycerophospholipids (GP), sphingolipids (SP), saccharolipids (SL), sterol lipids (ST),
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prenol lipids (PR), respectively [3, 4]. Each category also consists of numerous
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classes and subclasses. Unlike those of metabolites, the MS/MS spectra of lipids are
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predictive and in-silico libraries can be used. According to the records of LipidBlast
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software, 119,200 lipids from 26 lipid classes and a total of 212,516 MS/MS spectra
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Liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has hitherto
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three most commonly used liquid chromatography techniques are reversed-phase
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liquid chromatography (RPLC), hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) and 4
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differences in hydrophobicity, so all compounds except for highly polar metabolites
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can be well separated using the RPLC mode. Generally, metabolomics methods use
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acetonitrile or methanol and water as mobile phases, while lipidomics methods use
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iso-propanol, acetonitrile and water as mobile phases. In addition, the hydrophobicity
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of a lipid is closely related to the numbers of carbon and double bonds contained in its
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fatty acid chains, which in turn makes its retention time present a certain degree of
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regularity [8, 9]. As complementary tools to RPLC, HILIC and NPLC yield
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satisfactory separation towards (highly) polar metabolites (e.g., amino acids, organic
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acids, polyamines and sugars) [10-12]. Lipids can also be separated by HILIC and
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NPLC based on the polarities of their polar head groups, thus allowing separation at
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separate these complex metabolites and lipids, we can only make use of one property
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of these substances. Therefore, each LC mode has its own application scope and
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limitations. For example, water-soluble and highly polar metabolites, which co-elute
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close to the dead time of RPLC, can be finely isolated by HILIC and NPLC and vice
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versa for non-polar compounds. The serious co-elution phenomenon can cause some
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negative effects, such as ion suppression and the obscured detection of low abundance
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compounds, which are harmful for the following qualitative and quantitative
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processes. To resolve these issues and improve their coverage, multiple injection
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analyses have been performed by employing different complementary LC modes [20].
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Multidimensional
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separation mechanisms, including RPLC, NPLC and HILIC. Therefore, MDLC is
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resolution and large peak capacity [21, 22]. Over the past decade, many new
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construction modes and modulation modes have been developed and employed to
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build MDLC, which have enhanced its flexibility and universality [22, 23]. Technical
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advances in MDLC have greatly extended its application fields from foods to
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traditional Chinese medicine, polymers, environmental and life sciences [24-28]. Due
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to its strong separation power, MDLC coupled with mass spectrometry (MDLC-MS)
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has exhibited obvious superiority in the enhanced resolution and coverage of
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metabolomes and lipidomes compared with 1DLC [29, 30]. Comprehensive
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metabolomics and lipidomics analyses can promote not only a deeper understanding
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hardware design [23, 32] and applications of this technique in food analysis [24] and
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described the use of MDLC in lipidomics and metabolomics. Because of the
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complexity and properties of omics samples, MDLC usually employs an electrospray
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ionization-mass spectrometer as the detector (e.g., triple-quadrupole MS for targeted
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analysis and quadrupole-time-of-flight (Q-TOF) for non-targeted analysis). There
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heart-cutting 2DLC and comprehensive 2DLC. Heart-cutting 2DLC, which is the
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earliest and simplest form, is mainly used to enhance the separation of targeted
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components. Usually, the first dimension (1D) is performed to pre-separate one or
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several targeted components from other interfering matrices, and only targeted
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fractions are transferred to the second dimension (2D) for further separation. The
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superiority of heart-cutting 2DLC is in 2D to enable the fine separation of interesting
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regions from 1D, and both dimensions are generally carried out under conventional
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LC conditions, especially the flow rate, which is very suitable for the detection of
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low-abundance components and the purity analysis of pharmaceutical components
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[35]. For comprehensive 2DLC, all fractions from 1D are transferred into 2D for
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further analysis, which is suitable for the non-targeted and comprehensive analysis of
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complex samples to obtain as much information as possible. Every 1D peak should be
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cut into at least 3 or 4 portions to remain the resolution of 1D in light of the previous
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pioneering work of Murphy, Schure and Foley [36]. As a result, the first dimension
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generally uses a long and microbore column and a lower flow rate (e.g. 10-50
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restricted by each other. Therefore, the practical peak capacity of comprehensive
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2DLC is often far less than the theoretical value. As an ingenious combination of
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comprehensive 2DLC and multi-heart cutting (MHC) 2DLC, selective comprehensive
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analysis time should be sufficiently long to ensure satisfactory resolution. As a readily
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associated strategy, the stop-flow 2DLC pattern was developed, in which the 1D flow
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first dimension was situated in a no-elution state with weak-strength eluent between
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the pulses, which made the first dimensional analysis almost stagnant [44]. Therefore,
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relationship between each dimensional sampling time and analysis time. Recently, an
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online 3DLC was developed by coupling 1D pre-separation with a conventional
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comprehensive 2DLC in stop-flow mode [45]. The flow scheme of the 3DLC system
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the 1D pre-separation based on their different features. Then, each fraction was
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transferred into the following LC × LC part for further analysis. In theory, the total
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time. Although the operation of this modulation is convenient, the separation in the
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second dimension can be seriously worsened, and peak deterioration will occur when
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the loop volume reaches tens or even hundreds of microliters [46]. Another issue with
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this modulation is the incompatibility of mobile phases (i.e., immiscibility and
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mismatch in elution strength) in the two dimensions [47]. These problems can be
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partly resolved if the loops are replaced by trap columns in which the analytes are
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focused and the solvents from the 1D fractions are removed. Usually, a counter
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make-up flow is added to the 1D effluent for effective trapping [48, 49]. However,
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retention matching may become difficult due to the slight discrepancy between the
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two trap columns and the incomplete re-equilibration of the trap columns. Missing
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some components is apparently inevitable during the capture process. Stoll et al.
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hardware for make-up flow. The ASM technique was executed on a specially-made
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8-port/4-position valve, where two normal sample loops were used to transfer the 1D
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fractions and a bypass connector behind the 2D pump was applied to dilute them prior
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to 2D separation. The fixed solvent modulation (FSM) consisted of a normal
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Compared with FSM, ASM can toggle the diluent flow during each 2D separation
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overall sensitivity of the practical 2DLC system was obviously enhanced. Analogously, a vacuum evaporation interface (VEI) [51-53] and airflow-assisted
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adsorption (AAA) interface [54] were designed to solve the serious immiscibility
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existing in the NPLC × RPLC system. The loop in the VEI was heated and connected
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to a vacuum pump to remove the solvents, but some volatile compounds were easily
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lost. Later, the VEI was ameliorated and built based on a 2-position 10-port valve with
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two loops instead of a 2-position 6-port valve with one loop to realize the
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not-stop-flow NPLC × RPLC system [55-57]. The central section of the AAA
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interface was a double enrichment unit and a blowing airflow. This technique included
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three procedures: sweeping eluents from the 1D NPLC into NP enrichment columns
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columns with the assistance of water make-up flow, and flushing analytes to the 2D
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RP column. Afterwards, a vacuum evaporation assisted adsorption (VEAA) interface
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developed [59]. The main advantage of the VEAA and TEAA interfaces over the AAA
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interface was that they could rapidly evaporate and remove the NPLC solvent under
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vacuum conditions or heating conditions. Later, Fornells et al. designed an
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evaporation membrane modulation (EMM) based on a membrane evaporation device
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(see Figure 3) [60]. At this interface, the solvent from the 1D effluent was evaporated
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through a porous polytetrafluoroethylene hydrophobic membrane, and the heating
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were significantly improved compared with those using loop modulation. Thermal modulation is the common modulation interface for comprehensive two
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first time in off-line 2DLC [61]. Here, the temperature-cycled modulator was based
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on the retention of compounds with changing when low temperature for capture to
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high temperature for release. Creese et al. developed a longitudinal on-column
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thermal modulation technique for comprehensive 2DLC. A highly retentive porous
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graphitic carbon (PGC) packed column was used as a modulation column to connect
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the 1D and 2D columns without any switching valves. Through the alternating
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metabolites in the flowers of L. caerulea [63]. Fifty-one metabolites including
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Gackowski et al. established a similar MHC-2D-RPLC-MS system to quantify five
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panax notoginseng saponins [64] and analyse modified and unmodified nucleosides
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[65], respectively. The latter used a trap column; thus, the detection sensitivity of
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nucleosides was higher. In addition, stable isotope-labelled nucleosides were added
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for reliable identification and quantification. Three modified nucleosides were found
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to have lower contents in colorectal carcinoma tissue than in normal tissue. In
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addition to the frequently used RP column, a molecular imprinted column (MIC),
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the detection of metabolites with specific functional groups. For example, estradiol in
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cosmetics [66], clenbuterol residues in biological samples [67] and sulfonylurea
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using this technique. To achieve a very important application of heart-cutting 2DLC,
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2DLC, such as lactate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, citrulline, ornithine, aspartic acid, glutamic
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acid and alanine [69-76]. Usually, a C18 column was used in 1D to isolate targeted
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eluting at dead time were transferred and separated on a RPLC column through a
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heart-cutting interface with a trap column and dilution flow. This 2DLC-MS method
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was employed to investigate the pharmacodynamic effect of ginsenoside Rg3 on the
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metabolome of liver-tumour-bearing rats [79]. A total of 5686 polar and 1808 apolar
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counter-current chromatography (CCC) × RPLC approach was developed for the
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separation of toad venom, in which the CCC was performed at a controlled flow rate
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[80]. As a result, the elution time of each fraction in the first dimension was the same
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as the analysis time of the last fraction in the second dimension. Then, Qiu’s group
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techniques to preparatively isolate coumarin derivatives from Peucedanum
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praeruptorum Dunn [81]. Using interface integrating trapping columns and make-up
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separation and identification of triterpenoid saponins in ginseng extract [83]. HILIC
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was used as the first dimension, and RPLC was used as the second dimension. The
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flow rate. A total of 94 triterpenoid saponins in ginseng were characterized and 19 of
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them were found to be different in ginsengs with different growth years. Ren and
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comprehensive RPLC × RPLC system to identify modified nucleosides from RNA
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metabolism [85]. This analysis involved a Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 column in the first
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dimension followed by a Zorbax Bonus-RP column in the second dimension. The use
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of water/methanol and water/acetonitrile gradient elution programs in 1D and 2D,
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respectively, improved the chromatographic resolution. Finally 28 modified
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nucleosides in urine samples and 26 modified nucleosides in cell cultures were
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detected using this 2DLC approach. Although the comprehensive RPLC × RPLC
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up to a polymerization degree of 10 [90]. Montero et al. utilized a similar HILIC ×
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as the detector [97]. The 1D HILIC could distinguish the lipid classes and the 2D
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redundant data. Metabolomes and lipidomes have different physicochemical properties; typically,
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metabolomics analysis. The second fraction (lipidome) was retained on the
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lipidomics analysis. The total ion chromatogram for plasma is presented in Figure 6B,
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non-polar lipids, such as TGs, could not be completely covered due to their
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indissolubility in the reconstitution solvent (50/50, isopropanol/water), which is the
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primary limitation of this method. Later, this 2DLC method was successfully
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employed to discover potential metabolic biomarkers for esophageal squamous cell
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carcinoma (ESCC) [100]. A total of 120 differential metabolites and lipids including
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amino acids, free fatty acids, carnitines, choline and PCs were identified, which was
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helpful for investigating the molecular mechanisms of ESCC progression. By
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changing the pH of the mobile phases in the 2D parallel analysis, this 2DLC was
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Dugo et al. developed a stop-flow HILIC × RPLC-MS method to separate
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phospholipids in biological samples. Although 23 fractions with volumes as large as
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cow’s milk and plasma, respectively [103]. In our system, stop-flow 2DLC with a trap
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column-based interface was employed to comprehensively profile lipids in plasma,
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capillary SAX- nanoflow RPLC method for lipid profiling [104]. Capillary SAX
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electrical features: neutral, weak anionic, anionic and special lipids. A short C18
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tumours, p-chlorophenylalanine-treated mice and lacunar infarction patients [56, 105,
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designed by Berkecz et al. and then used for the phospholipid and sphingomyelin
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analysis of mouse brains. Over 150 lipid species were detected, of which 37 were
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found to be differentially expressed in mice with anxiety disorders [107]. In contrast
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[108]. In total, 143 lipids from 4 categories and 10 classes were detected from human
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detected using the aforementioned methods. This is partly due to the serious diluent
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a high splitting ratio of 8:100 prior to mass spectrometry detection. Later, Baglai et al.
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the second dimension. Thus, a splitting ratio of 1:3 prior to MS detection was adopted,
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and the sensitivity was improved [109]. More recently, Mondello’s group established
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RPLC system, with an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) MS as the
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detector [111-113]. This strategy was verified as an efficient tool for profiling TGs in
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plant oil, milk fat and mouse tissue [114]. More recently, Byrdwell et al. developed a
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analyse DGs and TGs from seed oils [115]. The first dimension was equipped with
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tocopherol, while high-resolution ESI-MS was used for the identification of a
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previously unreported oxidized TG. The 2D silver-ion UPLC coupled with two mass
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depolymerized lignin samples [116]. The RPLC × SFC system showed a high degree
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Fig. 1. Flow scheme of the established 3DLC system. Position A is loading position:
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five Panax
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D column
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nucleosides in DNA
Kinetics C18,
µm X-select C18 CSH,
gradient/ACN- H2O
from human and
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porcine tissues minor compounds in
Acquity CSH C18,
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Piermaria
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clenbuterol in pork
homemade MIC, 4.6 × 100
Phenyl-Hexyl , 3.0 × 50 mm, 2.7 µm
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D column
D elution system
heart-cuttin PCs in rat liver
heart-cuttin g
lipids in bovine brain
×150 mm, 2.7 µm
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Caltech adsorb sphere NH2
MetaChem Inertsil ODS-3
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gradient/IPA-n-hexane-E
UV+ELSD
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both gradient/ACN- H2O
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MS
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layers PLs in milk and
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Ascentis Express C18,
gradient/ACN-EtOH-
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4.6 × 150 mm, 2.7 µm
lipids in human
Acquity BEH HILIC,
Acquity BEH C8,
H2O/0.1 mL/min
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stop-flow plasma
µm × 50 mm, 5 µm-100 Å
µm × 70 mm, 3 µm-100 Å
lipids in human
Rx-SIL silica,
Poroshell 120 EC C8,
step elution/EtOH
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gradient/IPA-ACN-EtO
2-pos 6-port valve MS
H- H2O /16 µl/min
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VEI/2-pos 10-port MS
mL/min
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mL/min
lipids in human Acquity BEH C18,
Cortecs HILIC,
plasma and ive
1.0 × 150 mm, 1.7 µm
3.0 × 50 mm, 2.7 µm
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gradient/IPA-ACN-
TGs in soybean and
homemade Ag+ column,
H2O /0.02 mL/min
linseed oils
1.0 × 150 mm, 5 µm
mm
/5 mL/min
[108] loops
120s gradient/n-hexane-AC
monolithic C18, 4.6 × 100
ive
2-pos 8-port valve MS
ChromolithTM Performance
comprehens
60s gradient/ACN- H2O
2-pos 8-port gradient/IPA-ACN/4
N/ 11 µL/min
MS
[113] valve/loops
mL/min
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