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Application   No. B61
    News


                                                                  (x1,000,000)
                                                                 7.5               646.037
                                                                 5.0
                                                                 2.5
                                                                        618.005
                                                                 0.0
                                                                  600  610  620  630  640  650  660  670  680  690  700
                                                                                      m/z

                                                                              Mass Spectrum of Tissue Section
                                                                            (Detail of m/z 600 to 700 Range)


                       Section of lung tissue with    administered
                                 (stained with HE)










                                                                    MS Image (Corresponding to Molecular Weight of Metabolite)

                       Section of lung tissue with amiodarone administered
                                                                                    Slide of unstained histological
                            (Unstained for MS imaging analysis)
                                                                                    section
                                                                        Matrix coating

                                                                       MS imaging analysis


                                                                        Matrix removed

                                                                         HE staining

                                                                                    Slide of HE-stained histological
                                                                                    section
                            MS image (unchanged amiodarone)

                   HE-Stained Image and Optical Image for Analysis (Serial   Workflow for HE Staining After MS Imaging Analysis

                           Sections) and MS Image
                                                               „  Prospects in Perfectly Matching MS and HE-

            „  Analysis of Localization of Amiodarone             Stained Images
               Metabolites                                     Since MS imaging is not possible on a section stained
            In rats, administered amiodarone is reported to be     with HE, in this experiment MS imaging analysis was
            N-deethylated in the body. In this experiment we   performed  on an unstained section that was
            performed MS scan analysis, and a strong peak was also   consecutive to the one stained with HE. However, even
            observed 28 Da lower, at m/z 618.0, corresponding to   with serial sections the tissue morphology is only
            deethylation  of unchanged amiodarone (Fig. 5). By   similar and not a perfect match, and the images have
            drawing the  MS image for  m/z 618, we  obtained an   to be aligned by relying on distinctive  landmarks.
            image similar to that of the localization of amiodarone,   Currently, in order to solve this problem, we are
            as shown in Fig. 6. This also indicates a high probability   considering  perfectly  matching  the  position
            that the MS image of m/z 618.0 depicts a product of N-  information of the HE-stained image and MS image by
            deethylation of amiodarone.                        removing the matrix from the section that has been
                                                               subjected to MS imaging with an organic solvent and
                                                               then staining it with HE, as shown in Fig. 7.

            Acknowledgments
            We would like to thank Mr. Hidefumi Kaji and Mr. Hiroyuki Hashimoto of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Ltd. very
            much for their great cooperation with obtaining data for this Application News and the writing of this article.
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