Lipidomic analysis was performed at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Lipidomic Core. A modified Bligh and Dyer extraction (93 (link)) was carried out on HAEC lysates or conditioned medium aliquots. Before biphasic extraction, a standard mixture of 75 lipid standards (Avanti, 330820, 861809, 330729, 330727, and 791642) was added to each sample. Following two successive extractions, pooled organic layers were dried down in a Thermo SpeedVac SPD300DDA using ramp setting 4 at 35°C for 45 min with a total run time of 90 min. Lipid samples were resuspended in 1:1 methanol:dichloromethane with 10 mM ammonium acetate and transferred to robovials (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 10800107) for analysis.
Samples were analyzed by direct infusion on a Sciex 5500 with Differential Mobility Device (DMS) (comparable to Sciex Lipidyzer platform) with a targeted acquisition list consisting of 1450 lipid species across 17 subclasses. The DMS was tuned with EquiSPLASH LIPIDOMIX (Avanti, 330731). Data analysis was performed with in-house data analysis workflow. Instrument settings, multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) lists, and analysis method are previously described (94 (link)). Quantitative values were normalized to cell counts or medium volume.