Nucleosides have been found to suffer in-source fragmentation (ISF) in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, which leads to reduced sensitivity and ambiguous identification. In this work, a combination of theoretical calculations and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis revealed the key role of protonation at N3 near the glycosidic bond during ISF. Therefore, an ultrasensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry system for 5-formylcytosine detection was developed with 300 fold signal enhancement. Also, we established a MS1-only platform for nucleoside profiling and successfully identified sixteen nucleosides in the total RNA of MCF-7 cells. Taking ISF into account, we can realize analysis with higher sensitivity and less ambiguity, not only for nucleosides, but for other molecules with similar protonation and fragmentation behaviors.
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