基于离子淌度质谱技术的离子光谱研究进展

离子光谱结合了质谱的高灵敏度和光谱的分子结构特异性的优势，可对蛋白质、多肽、糖类、寡核苷酸等复杂体系进行结构表征和鉴定。但当存在同分异构体时，离子光谱难以从叠加的谱图中得到单个异构体的光谱信息。离子淌度质谱技术可通过区分待测离子质荷比和分子空间尺寸差异来实现异构体的分离。离子淌度可以对异构体分离后分别引入到后续的光谱和质谱分析中，减少了由异构体引起的光谱叠加问题，光谱可以进一步验证离子淌度的分离效果，因此质谱、光谱、离子淌度谱的有机结合在得到异构体精确光谱的同时，也为离子淌度质谱分析带来了新的维度和深度。本文概述了近20年来基于各类离子淌度质谱技术的光谱仪器发展和应用情况，总结目前存在的问题，并展望多维度结构质谱的新需求。

Perspective on Developments in Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry Combined with Ion Spectroscopy

Combined with mass spectrometry, ion spectroscopy can obtain a spectrum of the target ion by measuring its intensity change, which is induced by laser strength and wavelength. It integrates the high sensitivity of mass spectrometry and the structural specificity of spectroscopy, and thus proves to be very useful in structure characterization of complex biomolecules, such as proteins, peptides, glycans, oligonucleotides, etc. However, the electronic or vibrational spectra becomes too complex to be resolved when analyzing isomeric ions. Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) allows ionized molecules to be separated on the basis of mobilities in the gas phase, and its coupling with electrospray and MALDI ion sources opens up possibilities for structural studies of a wide range of biomolecules in gas phase. Ion mobility spectrometry coupled with mass spectrometry has seen spectacular growth for the last two decades. The introduction of ion mobility to ion spectroscopy has been of growing attention in recent years. While IMS can be used as an isomer filter to reduce spectral congestion of ions, highly resolved ion spectra facilitates the identification of the isomer peaks separated by IMS. Taken together, spectra and collision cross section (CCS) measurements on the same system prove to be rather useful for structural analysis and provide clearer spectroscopic fingerprint to isomers. Therefore, this paper briefly summarized advances in ion spectroscopy research based on ion mobility-mass spectrometry technology, introduced representative researches, and prospected possible development in multi-dimensional structural mass spectrometry.