Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8302309 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The lipidome of the human lens is unique in that cholesterol and dihydrosphingomyelin are the dominant classes. Moreover, the lens lipidome is not static with dramatic changes in several sphingolipid classes associated with both aging and cataract. Accordingly, there is a clear need to expand knowledge of the molecular species that constitute the human lens sphingolipidome. In this study, human lens lipids have been extracted and separated by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Direct analysis of the TLC plates by desorption electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) allowed the detection over 30 species from 11 classes of sphingolipids. Significantly, novel classes of lens lipids including sulfatides, dihydrosulfatides, lactosylceramide sulfates and dihydrolactosylceramide sulfates were identified.
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Authors
Jo Ann Seng, Shane R. Ellis, Jessica R. Hughes, Alan T. Maccarone, Roger J.W. Truscott, Stephen J. Blanksby, Todd W. Mitchell,