To determine the differences in metabolites between offspring exposed to antibiotics during pregnancy and Control, we collected the feces of the two groups at 6 weeks old and performed non-targeted metabolomics analysis based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC), which was carried out by Shanghai Personal Biotechnology.
After metabolite extraction, we used liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis to identify and quantify the metabolites. The samples were separated using an
Agilent 1290 Infinity LC Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (Agilent)(Waters, ACQUITY UPLC BEH Amide 1.7 μm, 2.1 mm × 100 mm column). The quadrupole time of flight (QTOF) mass spectrometry conditions comprised: Electrospray ionization (ESI) positive and negative ion modes for detection, separation of the samples using UHPLC, and mass spectrometry performed using a
Triple TOF 6600 mass spectrometer (AB SCIEX, Framingham, MA USA).
Data processing: The raw data was converted to the .mzXML format using ProteoWizard, and then peak aligned using the XCMS program. Retention time correction and extraction of the peak area were performed. Metabolite structure identification using accurate mass matching (< 25 ppm) and secondary, The method of spectral matching comprised retrieving the self-built database of the laboratory.
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