Metabolic and gut microbial remodeling in captive Amur tigers under uniform feeding

ABSTRACT:

Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) was conducted using a Vanquish UHPLC system (Thermo Fisher), coupled with a Q Exactive™ HF/Q Exactive™ HF-X mass spectrometer for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. To ensure high resolution and effective analyte retention, a Hypesil Gold chromatographic column (100 × 2.1 mm, 1.9 µm) was used to separate the samples by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). In both positive and negative electrospray ionization (ESI) modes, the chromatographic parameters were as follows: flow rate: 0.2 mL/min, column temperature: 40℃, mobile phase A = 0.1% formic acid, B = methanol. The separated metabolites were then analyzed via mass spectrometry, with a scanning range of m/z 100–1500. The MS/MS secondary scan was performed using a data-dependent acquisition mode, and QC samples were used to correct instrument drift and signal fluctuation. Subsequently, the raw LC-MS data files were processed using Compound Discoverer 3.3 (CD3.3; Thermo Fisher Scientific) (Cooper and Yang, 2024). Initially, each metabolite was screened, and the peak area was normalized using the first QC sample. In the subsequent steps, high-resolution molecular ion peaks and characteristic fragment ions were used to predict molecular formulas, and compared with the mzCloud, mzVault, and MassList databases to achieve accurate metabolite identification and relative quantification.

INSTRUMENT(S): Liquid Chromatography MS - positive - hilic, Liquid Chromatography MS - negative - hilic

PROVIDER: MTBLS14159 | MetaboLights | 2026-06-05

REPOSITORIES: MetaboLights