Table 1.
Reagent | Structure | Sample | Target | Platform | Application | Reference |
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Aliphatic alcohols, phenols, and thiols | ||||||
Betaine aldehyde | Atherosclerotic plaque (human) | Cholesterol | Reactive DESI‐ MSI | Lipidomics | Manicke et al. (2009) | |
Brain (rat) | Cholesterol | Reactive DESI‐ MSI | Lipidomics | C. Wu et al. (2009) | ||
Adrenal gland (pig) | Cholesterol | Reactive DESI‐ MSI | Lipidomics | Wu et al. (2010) | ||
1,1‐thiocarbonyldiimidazole (TCDI) | Liver and kidney (mouse) | 3‐methoxysalicylamine(3‐MoSA) (hydroxyl group) | MALDI‐MSI | Pharmacology | Chacon et al. (2011) | |
2‐fluoro‐1‐methylpyridinium p‐tolunesolfonate (FMTPS) | Hair (human) | Cannabinoids (hydroxyl group) | MALDI‐MSI | Illicit Drug Use Testing/Forensics | Beasley et al. (2016) | |
(E)‐2‐cyano‐N‐(2‐(2,5‐dioxo‐2,5‐dihydro‐1H‐pyrrol‐1‐yl) ethyl)‐3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl) acrylamide (CHC‐Mal) |
Xenograft tumors (mouse) Liver and Pancreas (pig) |
sulfhydryl groups | MALDI‐MSI (reactive matrix) | Pharmacology | Fülöp et al. (2020) | |
Carboxylic acids | ||||||
2‐picolamine (PA) | Brain (rat) | Fatty acids (carboxyl group) | MALDI‐ MSI | Lipidomics | Q. Wu et al. (2016) | |
Seeds and leaves (maize plant) | Carboxylic acids | MALDI‐MSI | Plant metabolomics | Dueñas et al. (2019) | ||
N,N‐dimethylpiperazine iodide (DMPI) | Thyroid carcinoma (human) | Fatty acids (carboxyl group) | MALDI‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | S. S. Wang et al. (2019) | |
N,N,N‐trimethyl‐2‐(piperazin‐1‐yl)ethan‐1‐aminium iodide (TMPA) | Kidney and brain (rat) | Carboxyl‐Containing Metabolites | MALDI‐MSI | Metabolomics | Sun et al. (2020) | |
4‐(N‐methyl)‐pyridinium boronic acid | Adrenal gland (pig) | Catecholamines |
LDI‐MSI SIMS‐MSI |
Endocrinology | Kaya et al. (2018) | |
Ethyl esterification and dimethylamidation Two‐step reaction: Step 1: |
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Leiomyosarcoma and colon carcinoma (human) | N‐glycans (linkage‐specific sialic acid) | MALDI‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | Holst et al. (2016) |
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Unsaturated systems (alkenes) | ||||||
Paternò–Büchi reaction |
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Brain (mouse) | C═C double‐bond (db) positional isomers | MALDI‐MSI | Lipidomics | Bednařík et al. (2018) |
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Brain (mouse) | C═C double‐bond (db) positional isomers | MALDI‐MSI | Lipidomics | Wäldchen et al. (2019) | ||
Ozone | Brain (rat) | C═C double‐bond (db) positional isomers | MALDI‐MSI | Lipidomics | Paine et al. (2018) | |
Brain (mouse) Colon (human) |
C═C double‐bond (db) positional isomers | MALDI‐MSI | Lipidomics | Bednařík et al. (2020) | ||
meta‐Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) |
Kidney (mouse) Metastatic lung (mouse) |
C═C double‐bond (db) positional isomers | Reactive DESI‐MSI | Lipidomics | Kuo et al., 2019) | |
Amines | ||||||
p‐N, N, N trimethylammonioanilyl N′‐hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate iodide (TAHS) | Metastatic liver (mouse) | Amino acids | MALDI‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | Toue et al. (2014) | |
Brain (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Esteve et al. (2016) | ||
Liver (mouse) | Amino acids | MALDI‐MSI | Proteomics | Arts et al. (2017) | ||
Adrenal gland with Pheochromocytoma (human) | Catecholamine | MALDI ‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | Takeo et al. (2019) | ||
4‐Hydroxy‐3‐methoxycinna‐maldehyde (CA) | Lung (rabbit) | Isoniazid (antituberculosis drug) | MALDI‐MSI | Pharmacology | Manier et al. (2011) | |
Adrenal gland (pig) Brian (rat) |
Amine metabolites and neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Proteomics/Neurosciences | Manier et al. (2014) | ||
Brain (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Esteve et al. (2016) | ||
Brain (rat) | Amino Acids | MALDI‐MSI | Metabolomics | Guo et al. (2019) | ||
Roots and leaves (maize plant) | Amino acids | MALDI‐MSI | Plant metabolomics | Dueñas et al. (2019) | ||
Root (maize plant) | Amino acids | MALDI‐MSI | Plant metabolomics | O'Neill and Lee (2020) | ||
2,4‐diphenyl‐pyrylium (DPP) | Brain (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Sugiyama et al. (2019) | |
2,4‐diphenyl‐pyranylium tetrafluoroborate (DPP‐TFB) | Brain (rat, mouse, rhesus monkey) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI (reactive matrix) | Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2014) | |
Brain (rat, mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI (reactive matrix) | Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2015) | ||
Brain (rat, mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | DESI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2016) | ||
Brain (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Esteve et al. (2016) | ||
Brain glioma (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters/metabolites | MALDI‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | Dilillo et al., 2017) | ||
Whole head (Drosophila) | γ‐ aminobutyric acid (GABA) | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Y. Enomoto, Phan, et al. (2018) | ||
Brain (crustacean) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Cao et al. (2019) | ||
Brain (mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | DESI‐MSI | Neuroscience | Davison et al. (2019) | ||
Pyrilium salts (general) | Brain (rat, mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters | MALDI‐MSI (reactive matrix) | Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2015) | |
Fluoromethylpyridinium (FMP) | Brain (rat, rhesus monkey, human) | Amino transmitters and their metabolites (phenolic hydroxyl groups) | MALDI–MSI (reactive matrix) | Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2019) | |
2‐(4‐bromo‐phenyl)‐4,6‐ diphenyl‐pyranylium (Br‐TPP) | Brain (rat, mouse) | Amino neurotransmitters |
MALDI–MSI (reactive matrix) DESI‐MSI |
Neuroscience | Shariatgorji et al. (2020) | |
Mass differential tags for relative and absolute quantification (mTRAQ®)Δ0 | Brain (rat) | Amino acids and Neurotransmitters | (MALDI ‐MSI) | Neuroscience | Ito and Hiramoto (2019) | |
N‐succinimidyloxycarbony methyl) tris(2,4,6 trimethoxy phenyl) phosphonium bromide (TMPP) | Brain (rat) | Peptides and Proteins | MALDI‐MSI | Proteomics | Franck et al. (2009) | |
3‐Sulfobenzoic acid succinimidyl ester (3‐SBASE) | ||||||
4‐Sulfophenyl isothiocyanate (4‐SPITC) | ||||||
Ketones/Aldehydes | ||||||
Girard's reagent T (GT) | Brain (rat, mouse) Adrenal gland (rat, mouse) | Corticsteroids | MALDI‐MSI | Intracrinology | Cobice et al. (2013) | |
Cartilage (human) | Triamcinolone acetonide (osteoarthritis drug) | MALDI‐MSI | Pharmacology | Barré et al. (2016) | ||
Testes (mouse) | Androgens | MALDI‐MSI | Endocrinology | Cobice et al. (2016) | ||
Testes (mouse) | Testosterone | MALDI‐MSI | Intracrinology | Shimma et al. (2016) | ||
Brain (mouse) | Corticsteroids | MALDI‐MSI | Pharmacology | Cobice et al. (2018) | ||
Bean seeds | Acids | MALDI‐MSI | Plant metabolomics | H. Enomoto, Sensu, et al. (2018) | ||
Adrenal gland (rat, human) | Corticosteroids | MALDI‐MSI | Intracrinology | Sugiura et al. (2018) | ||
Brain (rat) | Steroids | MALDI ‐MSI | Intracrinology | Guo et al. (2019) | ||
Adrenal gland (rat, human) | Steroids | MALDI ‐MSI | Cancer metabolomics | Takeo et al. (2019) | ||
Girard's reagent P (GP) | Brain (mouse) | Sterols and Oxysterols | MALDI‐MSI | Metabolomics | Yutuc et al. (2020) | |
2,4‐Dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) | Spinal cord (rat) | Malondialdehyde | DESI‐MSI (reactive) | Lipidomics (peroxidation) | Girod et al. (2012) | |
Lung (rat) | Fluticasone proprionate (asthma drug‐steroid) | MADLI‐MSI (Reactive matrix) | Pharmacology | Flinders et al. (2015) | ||
4‐dimethylamino‐6‐(4‐methoxy‐1‐naphthyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2‐hydrazine (DMNTH) | Lung (rat) | Fluticasone proprionate (asthma drug‐steroid) | MADLI‐MSI (Reactive matrix) | Pharmacology | Flinders et al. (2015) | |
Platinum‐containing compounds | ||||||
Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) | Three‐dimensional multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTS) | Oxaliplatin (chemotherapy drug) | MALDI‐MSI | Pharmacology | Liu and Hummon (2016) | |
Vitamin‐D metabolites | ||||||
Amplifex™ | Kidney (mouse) | Vitamin‐D metabolites |
MALDI‐MSI DESI−MSI |
Metabolomics | Smith et al. (2020) |
Abbreviations: DESI, desorption electrospray ionization; LDI, laser desorption ionization; MALDI, matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization; MSI, mass spectrometry imaging; OTCD, on‐tissue chemical derivatization.