Metabolite extraction from adherently growing mammalian cells for metabolomics studies: optimization of harvesting and extraction protocols

Dettmer, Katja and Nuernberger, Nadine and Kaspar, Hannelore and Gruber, Michael A. and Almstetter, Martin F. and Oefner, Peter J. (2011) Metabolite extraction from adherently growing mammalian cells for metabolomics studies: optimization of harvesting and extraction protocols. ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 399 (3). pp. 1127-1139. ISSN 1618-2642,

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Abstract

Trypsin/ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) treatment and cell scraping in a buffer solution were compared for harvesting adherently growing mammalian SW480 cells for metabolomics studies. In addition, direct scraping with a solvent was tested. Trypsinated and scraped cell pellets were extracted using seven different extraction protocols including pure methanol, methanol/water, pure acetone, acetone/water, methanol/chloroform/ water, methanol/isopropanol/water, and acid-base methanol. The extracts were analyzed by GC-MS after methoximation/ silylation and derivatization with propyl chloroformate, respectively. The metabolic fingerprints were compared and 25 selected metabolites including amino acids and intermediates of energy metabolism were quantitatively determined. Moreover, the influence of freeze/thaw cycles, ultrasonication and homogenization using ceramic beads on extraction yield was tested. Pure acetone yielded the lowest extraction efficiency while methanol, methanol/water, methanol/isopropanol/water, and acid-base methanol recovered similar metabolite amounts with good reproducibility. Based on overall performance, methanol/water was chosen as a suitable extraction solvent. Repeated freeze/thaw cycles, ultrasonication and homogenization did not improve overall metabolite yield of the methanol/water extraction. Trypsin/EDTA treatment caused substantial metabolite leakage proving it inadequate for metabolomics studies. Gentle scraping of the cells in a buffer solution and subsequent extraction with methanol/water resulted on average in a sevenfold lower recovery of quantified metabolites compared with direct scraping using methanol/water, making the latter one the method of choice to harvest and extract metabolites from adherently growing mammalian SW480 cells.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ESCHERICHIA-COLI; IDENTIFICATION; YEAST; Metabolomics; GC-MS; Adherent cells; Detachment; Extraction; Amino acids
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie
Medicine > Institut für Funktionelle Genomik > Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Genomik (Prof. Oefner)
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2020 06:53
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2020 06:53
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/21464

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