Biology:LIPID MAPS

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LIPID MAPS
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DescriptionLipidomics
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Primary citationPMID 17584797
Release date2003
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Websitewww.lipidmaps.org

LIPID MAPS (Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy) is a web portal designed to be a gateway to Lipidomics resources. The resource has spearheaded a classification of biological lipids, dividing them into eight general categories.[1] LIPID MAPS provides standardised methodologies for mass spectrometry analysis of lipids, e.g.[2][3][4]

LIPID MAPS has been cited as evidence of a growing appreciation of the study of lipid metabolism[5] and the rapid development and standardisation of the lipidomics field [6][7]

Key LIPID MAPS resources include:

  • LIPID MAPS Structure Database (LMSD) - a database of structures and annotations of biologically relevant lipids,[8] containing over 46000 different lipids. The paper describing this resource has, according to PubMed, been cited more than 200 times.
  • LIPID MAPS In-Silico Structure Database (LMISSD) - a database of computationally predicted lipids generated by expansion of headgroups for commonly occurring lipid classes
  • LIPID MAPS Gene/Proteome Database (LMPD) - a database of genes and gene products which are involved in lipid metabolism[9]

Tools available from LIPID MAPS enable scientists to identify likely lipids in their samples from mass spectrometry data, a common method to analyse lipids in biological specimens. In particular, LipidFinder [10] enables analysis of MS data. Tutorials and educational material on lipids are also available at the site.[11]

In January 2020, LIPID MAPS became an ELIXIR service.[12]

History

LIPID MAPS was founded in 2003 with NIH funding.[13] Since 2016, it has been a joint project between the University of Cardiff led by Prof Valerie O'Donnell, the Babraham Institute under Michael Wakelam, and UCSD scientists Shankar Subramaniam and Ed Dennis funded by the Wellcome Trust. Wakelam's obituary describes LIPID MAPS as unifying the field of lipidomics.[14]

LIPID MAPS is sponsored by Avanti Polar lipids and Cayman Chemicals

References

  1. "Update of the LIPID MAPS comprehensive classification system for lipids". Journal of Lipid Research 50 Suppl (S1): S9-14. April 2009. doi:10.1194/jlr.R800095-JLR200. PMID 19098281. 
  2. "STUDY OF LIPID BIOMARKERS OF PATIENTS WITH POLYPS AND COLORECTAL CÂNCER". Arquivos de Gastroenterologia 56 (4): 399–404. 2019. doi:10.1590/S0004-2803.201900000-80. PMID 31800736. 
  3. "Characterization of pharmaceutic structured triacylglycerols by high‐performance liquid chromatography/tandem high‐resolution mass spectrometry and its application to structured fat emulsion injection". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 34 (1): e8557. 2020. doi:10.1002/rcm.8557. PMID 31429125. 
  4. "Aggregation Behavior of an Ultra-Pure Lipopolysaccharide that Stimulates TLR-4 Receptors". Biophysical Journal 95 (2): 986–993. 2008. doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129197. PMID 18375521. Bibcode2008BpJ....95..986S. 
  5. "Role of lipids in brain injury and diseases". Future Lipidology 2 (4): 403–422. 2007. doi:10.2217/17460875.2.4.403. PMID 18176634. 
  6. "Phat on potential, lipidomics is gaining weight". Eureka Alert. 10 January 2019. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/bi-pop011019.php. 
  7. "Lipidomics – A Niche but Rapidly Growing Field". Technology Networks. 11 September 2019. https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/articles/lipidomics-a-niche-but-rapidly-growing-field-323858. 
  8. "LMSD: LIPID MAPS structure database". Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (Database issue): D527–32. January 2007. doi:10.1093/nar/gkl838. PMID 17098933. 
  9. "LMPD: LIPID MAPS proteome database". Nucleic Acids Res. 34 (90001): D507–10. January 2006. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj122. PMID 16381922. 
  10. "LipidFinder on LIPID MAPS: peak filtering, MS searching and statistical analysis for lipidomics". Bioinformatics 35 (4): 685–687. 2019. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bty679. PMID 30101336. 
  11. "LIPID MAPS-Nature Lipidomics Gateway: An Online Resource for Students and Educators Interested in Lipids". Journal of Chemical Education 89 (2): 291–292. December 2011. doi:10.1021/ed200088u. PMID 24764601. 
  12. "Service list". https://elixir-europe.org/services/list?field_scientific_domain_tid=All&field_elixir_badge_tid=All&field_type_of_service_tid=All&field_elixir_node_target_id=992&combine=lipid. 
  13. Conroy, Matthew J; Andrews, Robert M; Andrews, Simon; Cockayne, Lauren; Dennis, Edward A; Fahy, Eoin; Gaud, Caroline; Griffiths, William J et al. (19 October 2023). "LIPID MAPS: update to databases and tools for the lipidomics community". Nucleic Acids Research. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad896. 
  14. Ferry, Georgina (24 April 2020). "Michael Wakelam obituary". The Guardian (Manchester). https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/24/michael-wakelam-obituary.