LC-MS/MS-based mediator lipidomics was performed as previously described (41 (
link)). Lung tissues were homogenized in ice-cold methanol and kept in -20°C overnight. The methanolic extract was then diluted with water, acidified with HCl to a pH of 3.5, and applied to
Sep-Pak C18 cartridges (Waters) for solid phase extraction. Deuterated internal standards (1 ng of leukotriene (LT) B
4-d4, LTD
4-d5, prostaglandin (PG) E
2-d4, and
15-HETE-d8 (Cayman Chemical, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) were added to the supernatants prior to extraction. For LC-MS/MS analysis, a triple quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometer (
QTRAP 5500; AB Sciex, Foster City, CA) equipped with a 1.7-μm, 1.0 × 150 mm
Acquity UPLC™ BEH C18 column (Waters Corp., Milford, MA) was used. MS/MS analyses were conducted in negative ion mode, and the eicosanoids and docosanoids were identified and quantified by multiple reaction monitoring. Calibration curves were obtained over a range of 1–1,000 pg. The LC retention times for each compound were determined using the corresponding synthetic standards. PD1 and PDX, stereoisomers, were not separable under this LC-MS/MS setting.
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