Integration of mass cytometry and mass spectrometry imaging for spatially resolved single-cell metabolic profiling.

Nunes, Joana B; Ijsselsteijn, Marieke E; Abdelaal, Tamim; Ursem, Rick; van der Ploeg, Manon; Giera, Martin; Everts, Bart; Mahfouz, Ahmed et al. · Nat Methods · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The integration of spatial omics technologies can provide important insights into the biology of tissues. Here we combined mass spectrometry imaging-based metabolomics and imaging mass cytometry-based immunophenotyping on a single tissue section to reveal metabolic heterogeneity at single-cell resolution within tissues and its association with specific cell populations such as cancer cells or immune cells. This approach has the potential to greatly increase our understanding of tissue-level interplay between metabolic processes and their cellular components.

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