Customized metabolomics database for the analysis of NMR ¹H-¹H TOCSY and ¹³C-¹H HSQC-TOCSY spectra of complex mixtures

Anal Chem. 2014 Jun 3;86(11):5494-501. doi: 10.1021/ac500979g. Epub 2014 May 20.

Abstract

A customized metabolomics NMR database, termed (1)H((13)C)-TOCCATA, is introduced, which contains complete (1)H and (13)C chemical shift information on individual spin systems and isomeric states of common metabolites. Since this information directly corresponds to cross sections of 2D (1)H-(1)H TOCSY and 2D (13)C-(1)H HSQC-TOCSY spectra, it allows the straightforward and unambiguous identification of metabolites of complex metabolic mixtures at (13)C natural abundance from these types of experiments. The (1)H((13)C)-TOCCATA database, which is complementary to the previously introduced TOCCATA database for the analysis of uniformly (13)C-labeled compounds, currently contains 455 metabolites, and it can be used through a publicly accessible web portal. We demonstrate its performance by applying it to 2D (1)H-(1)H TOCSY and 2D (13)C-(1)H HSQC-TOCSY spectra of a cell lysate from E. coli, which yields a substantial improvement over other databases, as well as 1D NMR-based approaches, in the number of compounds that can be correctly identified with high confidence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Complex Mixtures / chemistry*
  • Databases, Chemical*
  • Escherichia coli / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Metabolomics / methods*

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Complex Mixtures