Abstract
Sampling thin tissue sections with cellular precision can be accomplished using laser ablation microsampling for mass spectrometry analysis. In this work, the use of a pulsed mid-infrared (IR) laser for selecting small regions of interest (ROI) in tissue sections for offline liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is described. The laser is focused onto the tissue section, which is rastered as the laser is fired. The ablated tissue is captured in a microwell array and processed in situ through reduction, alkylation, and digestion with a low liquid volume workflow. The resulting peptides from areas as small as 0.01mm2 containing 5 ng of protein are analyzed for protein identification and quantification using offline LC-MS/MS.
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