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In this technical note, we investigated the effects of solvent evaporation equipment and storage condition on high-coverage cellular metabolomics. We previously introduced a robust CIL LC-MS-based cellular metabolomics workflow that encompasses various steps, including cell harvest, metabolic quenching, cell lysis, metabolite extraction, differential chemical isotope labeling, and LC-MS analysis. This workflow has consistently served as the cornerstone of our collaborative research and service projects. As a core facility catering to users with diverse research needs and financial resources, we have encountered scenarios requiring short-term sample storage. For example, the need often arises to transport samples at room temperature from user sites to our core facility. Herein, we present a study in which we compared different solvent evaporation methods (specifically, the nitrogen blowdown evaporator, SpeedVac concentrator, and lyophilizer) and diverse storage conditions (including dried samples stored in a freezer, samples stored in a freezer with methanol, dried samples stored at room temperature, and samples stored at room temperature with methanol). Our findings indicate that the choice of solvent evaporation equipment did not significantly impact the cellular metabolome. However, we observed a noteworthy change in the metabolome after 7 days of storage when cells were stored with methanol, regardless of whether they were kept at \u221280 \u00b0C or room temperature, in contrast to cells that were dried and frozen. Importantly, we detected no significant alterations in cells that were dried and stored at room temperature. In conclusion, to ensure the production of high-quality CIL LC-MS metabolomics results, we strongly recommend that, in situations where low-temperature storage is not feasible, cell samples should be thoroughly dried before storage or shipment at room temperature.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/metabo13101052","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,5]],"date-time":"2023-10-05T09:14:22Z","timestamp":1696497262000},"page":"1052","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Effects of Solvent Evaporation Methods and Short-Term Room Temperature Storage on High-Coverage Cellular Metabolome Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1026-845X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xian","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9347-2108","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151","DOI":"10.1007\/s11306-016-1104-8","article-title":"Removing the Bottlenecks of Cell Culture Metabolomics: Fast Normalization Procedure, Correlation of Metabolites to Cell Number, and Impact of the Cell Harvesting Method","volume":"12","author":"Muschet","year":"2016","journal-title":"Metabolomics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"546","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.analchem.0c04363","article-title":"Mass Spectrometry-Based Cellular Metabolomics: Current Approaches, Applications, and Future Directions","volume":"93","author":"Domenick","year":"2021","journal-title":"Anal. 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