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Souza IDD, Lanças FM, Hallak JEC, Queiroz MEC. Fiber-in-tube SPME-CapLC-MS/MS method to determine Aβ peptides in cerebrospinal fluid obtained from Alzheimer's patients. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1723:464913. [PMID: 38642449 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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Mass spectrometry is characterized by its high sensitivity, ability to measure very low analyte concentrations, specificity to distinguish between closely related compounds, availability to generate high-throughput methods for screening, and high multiplexing capacity. This technique has been used as a platform to analyze fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. However, more effective sample preparation procedures, preferably antibody-independent, and more automated mass spectrometry platforms with improved sensitivity, chromatographic separation, and high throughput are needed for this purpose. This short communication discusses the development of a fiber-in-tube SPME-CapLC-MS/MS method to determine Aβ peptides in cerebrospinal fluid obtained from Alzheimer's disease patients. To obtain the fiber-in-tube SPME capillary, we longitudinally packed 22 nitinol fibers coated with a zwitterionic polymeric ionic liquid into the same length of the PEEK tube. In addition, this communication compares this fiber-in-tube SPME method with the conventional HPLC scale (HPLC-MS/MS) and when directly coupled to CapESI-MS/MS without chromatographic separation, and, as a case study, discusses the benefits and challenges inherent in miniaturizing the flow scale of the sample preparation technique (fiber-in-tube SPME) to the CapLC-MS/MS system. Fiber-in-tube SPME-CapLC-MS/MS provided LLOQ ranging from 0.09 to 0.10 ng mL-1, accuracy ranging from 91 to 117 % (recovery), and reproducibility of less than 18 % (RSD). Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid samples obtained from Alzheimer's disease patients evidenced that the method is robust. At the capillary scale (10 µL min-1), this innovative method presented higher analytical sensitivity than the conventional HPLC-MS/MS scale. Although fiber-in-tube SPME directly coupled to CapESI-MS/MS offers advantages in terms of high throughput, the sample was dispersed and non-quantitatively desorbed from the capillary at low flow rate. These results highlighted that chromatographic separation is important to decrease the matrix effect and to achieve higher detectability, which is indispensable for bioanalysis.
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- Israel Donizeti de Souza
- Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (DQ-FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC), Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (DQ-FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Silvestre MPC, da Silva MC, de Souza MWS, Silva VDM, de Aguiar MJB, Silva MR. Hydrolysis degree, peptide profile and phenylalanine removal from whey protein concentrate hydrolysates obtained by various proteases. Int J Food Sci Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.12003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG); Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627; Belo Horizonte; Minas Gerais; Brazil
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- EDETEC Indústria Alimentícia S/A; Av. José Cândido da Silveira, 2100 sala 24; Belo Horizonte; Minas Gerais; Brazil
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- EDETEC Indústria Alimentícia S/A; Av. José Cândido da Silveira, 2100 sala 24; Belo Horizonte; Minas Gerais; Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG); Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627; Belo Horizonte; Minas Gerais; Brazil
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- EDETEC Indústria Alimentícia S/A; Av. José Cândido da Silveira, 2100 sala 24; Belo Horizonte; Minas Gerais; Brazil
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Silvestre MP, Silva MC, Silva VD, Silva MR, Amorin LL. WPC Hydrolysates Obtained by the Action of a Pancreatin: Preparation, Analysis and Phenylalanine Removal. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2011.302.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Coelho Sil MP, Oliveira A WD, Lopes Juni CDO, Medeiros S VD, Morais HA, de Souza MWS, Silva MR. Use of Subtilisin and Pancretin for Hydrolyzing Whey Protein Concentrate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3923/ajft.2011.647.660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Souza MWS, Biasutti EAR, Carreira RL, Afonso WDO, Silva VDM, Silvestre MPC. Obtaining Oligopeptides from Whey: Use of Subtilisin and Pancreatin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.3923/ajft.2008.315.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Del Lama Soares R, Capobiango M, Rolim Biasutti EA, Pinto Coelho Silvestre M. Enzyme-catalyzed Production of Oligopeptides from Skim Milk. FOOD BIOTECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/08905430701191148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Roe MR, Griffin TJ. Gel-free mass spectrometry-based high throughput proteomics: Tools for studying biological response of proteins and proteomes. Proteomics 2006; 6:4678-87. [PMID: 16888762 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Revolutionary advances in biological mass spectrometry (MS) have provided a basic tool to make possible comprehensive proteomic analysis. Traditionally, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has been used as a separation method coupled with MS to facilitate analysis of complex protein mixtures. Despite the utility of this method, the many challenges of comprehensive proteomic analysis has motivated the development of gel-free MS-based strategies to obtain information not accessible using two-dimensional gel separations. These advanced strategies have enabled researchers to dig deeper into complex proteomes, gaining insights into the composition, quantitative response, covalent modifications and macromolecular interactions of proteins that collectively drive cellular function. This review describes the current state of gel-free, high throughput proteomic strategies using MS, including (i) the separation approaches commonly used for complex mixture analysis; (ii) strategies for large-scale quantitative analysis; (iii) analysis of post-translational modifications; and (iv) recent advances and future directions. The use of these strategies to make new discoveries at the proteome level into the effects of disease or other cellular perturbations is discussed in a variety of contexts, providing information on the potential of these tools in electromagnetic field research.
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- Mikel R Roe
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Katsuki M, Chuang VTG, Nishi K, Kawahara K, Nakayama H, Yamaotsu N, Hirono S, Otagiri M. Use of Photoaffinity Labeling and Site-directed Mutagenesis for Identification of the Key Residue Responsible for Extraordinarily High Affinity Binding of UCN-01 in Human α1-Acid Glycoprotein. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:1384-91. [PMID: 15509559 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411076200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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7-Hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) is a protein kinase inhibitor anticancer drug currently undergoing a phase II clinical trial. The low distribution volumes and systemic clearance of UCN-01 in human patients have been found to be caused in part by its extraordinarily high affinity binding to human alpha1-acid glycoprotein (hAGP). In the present study, we photolabeled hAGP with [3H]UCN-01 without further chemical modification. The photolabeling specificity of [3H]UCN-01 was confirmed by findings in which other hAGP binding ligands inhibited formation of covalent bonds between hAGP and [3H]UCN-01. The amino acid sequence of the photolabeled peptide was concluded to be SDVVYTDXK, corresponding to residues Ser-153 to Lys-161 of hAGP. No PTH derivatives were detected at the 8th cycle, which corresponded to the 160th Trp residue. This strongly implies that Trp-160 was photolabeled by [3H]UCN-01. Three recombinant hAGP mutants (W25A, W122A, and W160A) and wild-type recombinant hAGP were photolabeled by [3H]UCN-01. Only mutant W160A showed a marked decrease in the extent of photoincorporation. These results strongly suggest that Trp-160 plays a prominent role in the high affinity binding of [3H]UCN-01 to hAGP. A docking model of UCN-01 and hAGP around Trp-160 provided further details of the binding site topology.
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- Masaaki Katsuki
- Department of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto, 862-0973, Japan
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Le Bihan T, Robinson MD, Stewart II, Figeys D. Definition and Characterization of a “Trypsinosome” from Specific Peptide Characteristics by Nano-HPLC−MS/MS and in Silico Analysis of Complex Protein Mixtures. J Proteome Res 2004; 3:1138-48. [PMID: 15595722 DOI: 10.1021/pr049909x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although HPLC-ESI-MS/MS is rapidly becoming an indispensable tool for the analysis of peptides in complex mixtures, the sequence coverage it affords is often quite poor. Low protein expression resulting in peptide signal intensities that fall below the limit of detection of the MS system in combination with differences in peptide ionization efficiency plays a significant role in this. A second important factor stems from differences in physicochemical properties of each peptide and how these properties relate to chromatographic retention and ultimate detection. To identify and understand those properties, we compared data from experimentally identified peptides with data from peptides predicted by in silico digest of all corresponding proteins in the experimental set. Three different complex protein mixtures extracted were used to define a training set to evaluate the amino acid retention coefficients based on linear regression analysis. The retention coefficients were also compared with other previous hydrophobic and retention scale. From this, we have constructed an empirical model that can be readily used to predict peptides that are likely to be observed on our HPLC-ESI-MS/MS system based on their physicochemical properties. Finally, we demonstrated that in silico prediction of peptides and their retention coefficients can be used to generate an inclusion list for a targeted mass spectrometric identification of low abundance proteins in complex protein samples. This approach is based on experimentally derived data to calibrate the method and therefore may theoretically be applied to any HPLC-MS/MS system on which data are being generated.
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- Thierry Le Bihan
- Protana Inc., 251 Attwell Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 7H4.
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Beisler AT, Schaefer KE, Weber SG. Simple method for the quantitative examination of extra column band broadening in microchromatographic systems. J Chromatogr A 2003; 986:247-51. [PMID: 12597631 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)02018-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years capillary chromatography has gained popularity for trace analyses. Most often UV or electrochemical detection is employed because the small peak volumes make post-column derivatization challenging. We have developed a simple method based on flow injection for determining contributions to peak broadening from post-column reactors. The only requirement for application of our methodology is that diffusion be in the Taylor regime so that radial concentration gradients are relaxed enabling mixing purely by diffusion.
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- Amy T Beisler
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Pramanik BN, Mirza UA, Ing YH, Liu YH, Bartner PL, Weber PC, Bose AK. Microwave-enhanced enzyme reaction for protein mapping by mass spectrometry: a new approach to protein digestion in minutes. Protein Sci 2002; 11:2676-87. [PMID: 12381849 PMCID: PMC2373716 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0213702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Accelerated proteolytic cleavage of proteins under controlled microwave irradiation has been achieved. Selective peptide fragmentation by endoproteases trypsin or lysine C led to smaller peptides that were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) or liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization (LC-ESI) techniques. The efficacy of this technique for protein mapping was demonstrated by the mass spectral analyses of the peptide fragmentation of several biologically active proteins, including cytochrome c, ubiquitin, lysozyme, myoglobin, and interferon alpha-2b. Most important, using this novel approach digestion of proteins occurs in minutes, in contrast to the hours required by conventional methods.
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Keire DA, Anton P, Faull KF, Ruth E, Walsh JH, Chew P, Quisimoro D, Territo M, Reeve JR. Diethyl phthalate, a chemotactic factor secreted by Helicobacter pylori. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:48847-53. [PMID: 11677249 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109811200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The structure of a small-molecule, non-peptide chemotactic factor has been determined from activity purified to apparent homogeneity from Helicobacter pylori supernatants. H. pylori was grown in brucella broth media until one liter of solution had 0.9 absorbance units. The culture was centrifuged, and the bacteria re-suspended in physiological saline and incubated at 37 degrees C for 4 h. A monocyte migration bioassay revealed the presence of a single active chemotactic factor in the supernatant from this incubation. The chemotactic factor was concentrated by solid phase chromatography and purified by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography. The factor was shown to be indistinguishable from diethyl phthalate (DEP) on the basis of multiple criteria including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electron impact mass spectroscopy, UV visible absorption spectrometry, GC and high pressure liquid chromatography retention times, and chemotactic activity toward monocytes. Control experiments with incubated culture media without detectable bacteria did not yield detectable DEP, suggesting it is bacterially derived. It is not known if the bacteria produce diethyl phthalate de novo or if it is a metabolic product of a precursor molecule present in culture media. DEP produced by H. pylori in addition to DEP present in man-made products may contribute to the high levels of DEP metabolites observed in human urine. DEP represents a new class of chemotactic factor.
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- D A Keire
- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Henzel WJ, Stults JT. Reversed-phase isolation of peptides. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; Chapter 10:Unit 10.14. [PMID: 18265054 DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1014s54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In reversed-phase HPLC, peptides are separated on a hydrophobic stationary phase and eluted with a gradient of increasing organic solvent concentration. Protocols describing the separation of peptides in 5- to 500-pmol quantities via narrow-bore (2-mm-i.d.) or microbore (1-mm-i.d.) columns, as well as for the separation of peptides in quantities <5 pmol are provided in this unit. Capillary HPLC columns require a gradient flow rate of 3 to 5 omponents present in a small sample prior to automated sequencing is possible via the procedures for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis.
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- W J Henzel
- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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We describe a microflow-based instrument, consisting of multiple rotary valves, capillary tubing, and miniaturized reaction vessels, for the purpose of performing automated chemical and biochemical reations on a very small scale (i.e. submicroliter volumes). The novelty is that close to 100% of the reaction end products are available in a minimal volume (< or = 5 microL) inside a pressurized microvial for subsequent analysis. This makes the system compatible with capillary HPLC and, in principle, with continuous-flow nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. Total control of flow path combinations and directions, temperatures, and gas pressures enables precise execution of complex biochemical laboratory procedures. Instrument performance was convincingly demonstrated by partially sequencing 100 fmol of an intact protein using classical Edman chemistry in combination with capillary-bore liquid chromatography. To our knowledge, this is the smallest amount of protein ever reported to be successfully analyzed in this way. Additional applications that merge enzymatic and chemical procedures with high-sensitivity analytical devices can be envisioned in the future.
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- M Powell
- Protein Center and Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Optimization of Casein Hydrolysis for Obtaining High Contents of Small Peptides: Use of Subtilisin and Trypsin. J Food Compost Anal 2000. [DOI: 10.1006/jfca.2000.0912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Foster MD, Arnold MA, Nichols JA, Bakalyar SR. Performance of experimental sample injectors for high-performance liquid chromatography microcolumns. J Chromatogr A 2000; 869:231-41. [PMID: 10720239 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00957-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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An experimental injector for HPLC microcolumns and a 3-nl conductivity detector connected directly to the injector outlet with a 19-nl tube were used to study injector dispersion, guide the design of improved injectors, and suggest appropriate injection techniques. With regard to the small injection volumes required when no on-column concentration technique is used, we show that in some circumstances: (i) there are two volumes to be considered, the sample volume (that which is intended to be injected) and the effective injection volume (that which contains all the sample after it has completely emerged from the injector). Due to dispersion, the latter is often many times the former. An injector performance factor is defined as the ratio of the two volumes. (ii) A smaller sample chamber volume in an injector does not necessarily produce a proportionately smaller effective injection volume, in which case there is a reduction of peak height that degrades sensitivity without a commensurate reduction in peak width that would improve resolution. (iii) Adjusting the geometry of the sample chamber and stator passage can significantly improve injector performance, as illustrated for sample volumes from 2 nl to 1 microl. (iv) In some cases, reducing the diameter of an injector passageway in an attempt to reduce dispersion actually causes performance to worsen.
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- M D Foster
- Rheodyne, L.P., Rohnert Park, CA 94927-1909, USA
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Chuang VT, Kuniyasu A, Nakayama H, Matsushita Y, Hirono S, Otagiri M. Helix 6 of subdomain III A of human serum albumin is the region primarily photolabeled by ketoprofen, an arylpropionic acid NSAID containing a benzophenone moiety. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1434:18-30. [PMID: 10556556 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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It is well known that the subdomain III A (site II) of human serum albumin (HSA) binds a variety of endogenous and exogenous substances. However, the nature of the microenvironment of the binding site remains unclear. Ketoprofen (KP), an arylpropionic acid NSAID which contains a benzophenone moiety, was used as a photoaffinity labeling agent to label the binding region. Subsequent CNBr cleavage of the photolabeled HSA revealed that the 11.6 kDa and 9.4 kDa fragments contained most of the incorporated radioactivity. Competition experiments showed that the 11.6 kDa fragment contains the common binding region for site II ligands. This fragment was redigested with Achromobacter lyticus protease I (AP-I) and the amino acid sequence of the photolabeled peptide was determined to be XCTESLVNRR, which corresponds to the sequence 476C-485K of HSA. The complete amino acid sequence of the corresponding AP-I digested HSA peptide encompasses residues 476 to 499, which form helices 5 and 6 of subdomain III A. The HSA-Myr X-ray crystallography data showed that helix 5 is involved to the least extent in ligand binding. A docking model provided further support that helix 6 represents the photolabeled region of KP.
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- V T Chuang
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto, Japan
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Klarskov K, Leys D, Backers K, Costa HS, Santos H, Guisez Y, Van Beeumen JJ. Cytochrome c" from the obligate methylotroph Methylophilus methylotrophus, an unexpected homolog of sphaeroides heme protein from the phototroph Rhodobacter sphaeroides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1412:47-55. [PMID: 10354493 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(99)00050-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The complete primary structure of an unusual soluble cytochrome c isolated from the obligate methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus has been determined to contain 124 amino acids and to have an average molecular mass of 14293.0 Da. The sequence has two unusual features: firstly, the location of the heme-binding cysteines is far downstream from the N-terminus, namely at positions 49 and 52; secondly, an extra pair of cysteine residues is present near the C-terminus. In both respects, cytochrome c" is similar to the oxygen-binding heme protein SHP from the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In contrast to SHP, cytochrome c" changes from low-spin to high-spin upon reduction, due to dissociation of a sixth heme ligand histidine which is identified as His-95 by analogy to the class I cytochromes c. The distance of His-95 from the heme (41 residues) and the presence of certain consensus residues suggests that cytochrome c" is the second example of a variant class I cytochrome c.
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- K Klarskov
- Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, State University of Gent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium
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Brockman AH, Orlando R, Tarleton RL. A new liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric approach for the identification of class I major histocompatibility complex associated peptides that eliminates the need for bioassays. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 1999; 13:1024-1030. [PMID: 10368978 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19990615)13:11<1024::aid-rcm601>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Cell-surface class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules present processed self- and nonself-peptides to thymus-derived (T) lymphocytes, allowing the intracellular compartment of cells to be sampled in order to detect infection. Since the class I MHC-peptide complex plays a critical role in cell-mediated immunity, it is important to obtain sequence information on the MHC-associated peptides unique to infected cells as a prelude to the development of vaccines. Here, we outline and test an alternative strategy for identifying the proteins that are processed through the MHC pathway. This new strategy eliminates the necessity of developing and maintaining cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) lines for peptide identification. In this new approach genome sequences from the infecting agent are scanned for stretches of amino acids that match a particular MHC binding motif. Molecular masses from these putative MHC-binding peptide sequences are calculated and compared to those found for peptides isolated from pathogen-infected host cells using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Peptides with masses matching those in the database are then analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to determine their identity. Using this approach we were able to confirm the processing and presentation of two Trypanosoma cruzi proteins by the MHC class I pathway. These data suggest that a rigorous approach employing two-dimensional separations in conjunction with MS/MS and bioinformatics is a feasible means of identifying pathogen gene products of immunological interest when a CTL assay is unavailable or unsuccessful.
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- A H Brockman
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Furuya K, Hackett M, Cirelli MA, Schegg KM, Wang H, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Schooley DA. A cardioactive peptide from the southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania. Peptides 1999; 20:53-61. [PMID: 10098624 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(98)00148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A cardioactive peptide was isolated from extracts of whole heads of the southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania. This peptide has the sequence ENFAVGCTPGYQRTADGRCKPTF (Mr = 2516.8), determined from both Edman sequencing and tandem mass spectrometry in combination with off-line micropreparative capillary liquid chromatography. This peptide, termed Spoer-CAP23, has excitatory effects on a semi-isolated heart from larval Manduca sexta, causing an inotropic effect at low concentrations of peptide and chronotropic and inotropic effects at high doses. The threshold concentration for stimulatory effects of the synthetic peptide on the semi-isolated heart was about 1 nM, suggesting a physiological role as a neuropeptide.
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- K Furuya
- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Wilbert SM, Ericsson LH, Gordon MP. Quantification of jasmonic acid, methyl jasmonate, and salicylic acid in plants by capillary liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 1998; 257:186-94. [PMID: 9514789 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jasmonic acid, methyl jasmonate, and salicylic acid have been reported to occur in plants and are thought to be essential for the regulation of systemic defense responses. This work describes a method for the quantitation in plant tissue of these regulators by reverse-phase capillary liquid chromatography interfaced to an electrospray tandem mass spectrometer. Inclusion during sample preparation of hydrogenated and/or deuterated internal standards corresponding to analogs of the regulators compensated for sample loss and permitted quantitation using the multiple reaction monitoring mode of the mass spectrometer. The free acids were analyzed in a negative-ion mode, whereas methyl jasmonate was analyzed in a positive-ion mode. Using these procedures an extract of fresh hybrid poplar leaves was found to contain per gram of leaf tissue 2.6 micrograms of jasmonic acid, 1.3 micrograms of methyl jasmonate, and 31.0 micrograms of salicylic acid. The techniques used should be applicable to other plant materials.
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- S M Wilbert
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7350, USA
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Fligge TA, Bruns K, Przybylski M. Analytical development of electrospray and nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry in combination with liquid chromatography for the characterization of proteins. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1998; 706:91-100. [PMID: 9544811 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00535-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mass spectrometry has significantly extended its applicability in the area of characterization of protein structures. Electrospray ionization enables on-line coupling with liquid chromatography which has become a powerful tool for the characterization of peptide and protein mixtures. The most recent development of a nanoelectrospray source, using capillary forces for a particularly mild analyte transport and ionization into the mass spectrometer, opens a wide field for applications to protein structure analysis. In this paper, the analytical development of liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, adapted to an electrospray ionization quadrupole mass spectrometer and its application to the characterization of noncovalent protein complexes are described.
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- T A Fligge
- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Konstanz, Germany
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Jedrzejewski PT, Girod A, Tholey A, König N, Thullner S, Kinzel V, Bossemeyer D. A conserved deamidation site at Asn 2 in the catalytic subunit of mammalian cAMP-dependent protein kinase detected by capillary LC-MS and tandem mass spectrometry. Protein Sci 1998; 7:457-69. [PMID: 9521123 PMCID: PMC2143929 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The N-terminal sequence myr-Gly-Asn is conserved among the myristoylated cAPK (protein kinase A) catalytic subunit isozymes Calpha, Cbeta, and Cgamma. By capillary LC-MS and tandem MS, we show that, in approximately one third of the Calpha and Cbeta enzyme populations from cattle, pig, rabbit, and rat striated muscle, Asn 2 is deamidated to Asp 2. This deamidation accounts for the major isoelectric variants of the cAPK C-subunits formerly called CA and CB. Deamidation also includes characteristic isoaspartate isomeric peptides from Calpha and Cbeta. Asn 2 deamidation does not occur during C-subunit preparation and is absent in recombinant myristoylated Calpha (rCalpha) from Escherichia coli. Deamidation appears to be the exclusive pathway for introduction of an acidic residue adjacent to the myristoylated N-terminal glycine, verified by the myristoylation negative phenotype of an rCalpha(Asn 2 Asp) mutant. This is the first report thus far of a naturally occurring myr-Gly-Asp sequence. Asp 2 seems to be required for the well-characterized (auto)phosphorylation of the native enzyme at Ser 10. Our results suggest that the myristoylated N terminus of cAPK is a conserved site for deamidation in vivo. Comparable myr-Gly-Asn sequences are found in several signaling proteins. This may be especially significant in view of the recent knowledge that negative charges close to myristic acid in some proteins contribute to regulating their cellular localization.
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- P T Jedrzejewski
- Department of Central Spectroscopy, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Tomlinson AJ, Johnson KL, Lam-Holt J, Mays DC, Lipsky JJ, Naylor S. Inhibition of human mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase by the disulfiram metabolite S-methyl-N,N-diethylthiocarbamoyl sulfoxide: structural characterization of the enzyme adduct by HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry. Biochem Pharmacol 1997; 54:1253-60. [PMID: 9416976 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00359-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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S-Methyl-N,N-diethylthiocarbamoyl sulfoxide (MeDTC-SO) is a known metabolite of the aversion therapy drug disulfiram (DSF). MeDTC-SO is also a potent inhibitor of human mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (hmALDH) with an IC50 of 1.5 microM. Inhibition of the enzyme by MeDTC-SO resulted in the addition of approximately 100 Da to the molecular mass of the intact protein, as determined by on-line HPLC-electrospray ionization MS (LC-MS). Dialysis of the inhibited protein did not reverse the inhibition, and the molecular mass of 54,533 Da (+/- 0.01%) remained unchanged, indicating that a covalent modification of the protein had occurred. Proteolytic digestion of hmALDH under basic conditions using trypsin at pH 7.8 revealed that the adduct was base labile. However, treating the adducted protein with endopeptidase-Glu-C at pH 3.7 produced a peptide adduct at MH+ = 4924, tentatively attributable to a carbamoylated peptide. This peptide contains three adjacent cysteines, one of which has been implicated as a key amino acid in the highly conserved active site region of ALDH. A pepsin digestion of hmALDH carried out at pH 3.7 and subsequent LC-MS analysis revealed an ion at MH2(2+) = 501.5, corresponding to the carbamoylated peptide FNQGQC1C2C3. This peptide contains the same adjacent active site cysteines. This latter peptide was subjected to LC-MS/MS, which enabled us to determine that the site of carbamoylation was at Cys2. The MS/MS product ion data also confirmed the presence of a carbamoyl group as the adduct species.
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- A J Tomlinson
- Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Wang H, Lim KB, Lawrence RF, Howald WN, Taylor JA, Ericsson LH, Walsh KA, Hackett M. Stability enhancement for peptide analysis by electrospray using the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Anal Biochem 1997; 250:162-8. [PMID: 9245434 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Electrospray ionization sources, used with triple quadrupole mass spectrometers from PE/Sciex (API III+), Micromass (Quattro II), and Finnigan (TSQ 7000), were modified with a 35-gauge stainless steel needle. The dimensions of the needle were 63 microm i.d. by 145 microm o.d. with variable length, depending on the specific instrument. This modification led to enhanced signal stability, improved signal/noise ratios, and lowered sample consumption for a wide range of peptides. Stable baselines were observed with flow rates in the range of 50 nL/min to 5 microL/min. An alternative design, based on a metal wire housed within a fused silica capillary, led to the most stable signals of all during infusion, but caused excessive peak broadening with capillary chromatography. The Finnigan interface was further modified with an external postcolumn addition tee, used in conjunction with capillary liquid chromatography columns of 30 and 50 microm internal diameter. The best results with the modified Finnigan interface were acquired using the 50-microm column at a flow rate of 150 to 200 nL/min.
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- H Wang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Bakalyar SR, Phipps C, Spruce B, Olsen K. Choosing sample volume to achieve maximum detection sensitivity and resolution with high-performance liquid chromatography columns of 1.0, 2.1 and 4.6 mm I.D. J Chromatogr A 1997; 762:167-85. [PMID: 9098975 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(96)00851-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The relationship between sample volume and the chromatographic performance factors of detection sensitivity and resolution were explored for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns of 1.0, 2.1 and 4.6 mm I.D. Performance was evaluated for isocratic and gradient elution in systems having low, intermediate and high extracolumn dispersion. Sample volumes ranged from 0.4 microliter to 2 ml. This paper provides guideline for selecting sample injection parameters so that the performance of microbore columns is not needlessly sacrificed by using too small or too large a sample volume. The guidelines are extracted from the works of others and are modified by our own experimental results. Comments are also made on the relative merits of various injection techniques.
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Jedrzejewski PT, Lehmann WD. Detection of modified peptides in enzymatic digests by capillary liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry and a programmable skimmer CID acquisition routine. Anal Chem 1997; 69:294-301. [PMID: 9030047 DOI: 10.1021/ac9606618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A method for the identification of multiple covalent protein modifications in enzymatic protein digests by specific marker ion signals in a single analysis is described. This method is based on the combined strengths of capillary liquid chromatography (microLC) to purify, concentrate, and resolve complex mixtures and electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) to selectively and sensitively detect ions. A variety of modification-specific marker ions can be generated using a programmable skimmer collision-induced dissociation (sCID) acquisition routine, which allows for flexibility in the (i) number of marker ions monitored under single-ion monitoring conditions, (ii) selection of optimal polarity for both marker ions and molecular ions, (iii) use of variable dwell times for marker ions, and (iv) selection of optimal sCID offset. Using this combined method of microLC/ESI/sCID-MS, phosphorylated, sulfated, acrylamide-modified, and glycosylated peptides were identified in a model enzymatic digest at 200 fmol. The capability of reversed-phase LC to resolve isomeric compounds which cannot be identified by low-energy CID underscores the utility of this combined method. Further capabilities of this technique are demonstrated by the analysis of biologically important proteins.
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- P T Jedrzejewski
- Department of Central Spectroscopy, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Resing KA, Ahn NG. Protein phosphorylation analysis by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. Methods Enzymol 1997; 283:29-44. [PMID: 9251009 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(97)83005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- K A Resing
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
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Stahl DC, Swiderek KM, Davis MT, Lee TD. Data-controlled automation of liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry analysis of peptide mixtures. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1996; 7:532-540. [PMID: 24203425 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(96)00057-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/1995] [Revised: 01/17/1996] [Accepted: 01/22/1996] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The structural characterization of proteins and peptides isolated in minute quantities requires the most efficient use of available sample. A mass spectrometer data system was programmed to continuously evaluate incoming liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry data against a user-defined array of information. The resulting conclusions were used to automatically set and modify acquisition parameters in real time to collect collision-induced dissociation spectra for selected ions (tandem mass spectrometry). This approach has provided a mechanism to target specific subsets of masses in a complex mixture and/or to discriminate selectively against masses that are known or not of interest. Masses of contaminants or peptide masses derived from known proteins can be automatically recorded and removed from further consideration for collision-induced dissociation analysis. Once recorded, these "libraries" of masses can be used across multiple analyses. This technique directs the mass spectrometer data system to focus on the analysis of masses significant to the user, even if their signal intensities are well below the intensities of contaminating masses. When combined with a database search program to correlate tandem mass spectra to known protein sequences, the identity of the protein can be established unequivocally by using less than 100 fmol of sample.
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- D C Stahl
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1450 East Duarte Road, 91010, Duarte, CA
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Behnke B, Schlotterbeck G, Tallarek U, Strohschein S, Tseng LH, Keller T, Albert K, Bayer E. Capillary HPLC−NMR Coupling: High-Resolution 1H NMR Spectroscopy in the Nanoliter Scale. Anal Chem 1996; 68:1110-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ac950925a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Beate Behnke
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Silberstreifen, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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Wu AM, Chen W, Raubitschek A, Williams LE, Neumaier M, Fischer R, Hu SZ, Odom-Maryon T, Wong JY, Shively JE. Tumor localization of anti-CEA single-chain Fvs: improved targeting by non-covalent dimers. IMMUNOTECHNOLOGY : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 1996; 2:21-36. [PMID: 9373325 DOI: 10.1016/1380-2933(95)00027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Genetic engineering can produce novel antibody fragments with improved properties for applications such as tumor targeting in vivo. OBJECTIVES To produce stable monomeric (27 kDa) and dimeric (55 kDa) forms of a single-chain Fv (scFv) from the anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (anti-CEA) antibody T84.66, and assess the targeting and biodistribution properties in an animal model. STUDY DESIGN ScFv were constructed with either a 28 or 14 amino acid connecting peptide and expressed by secretion from E. coli. Following affinity purification, proteins were characterized by gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Binding properties were assessed by size exclusion HPLC after incubation with antigen, and affinities determined by surface plasmon resonance. The shorter linker favored formation of dimers (and higher multimers) which showed unusual stability. ScFv were radiolabeled with 125I for tumor targeting and biodistribution studies of monomeric or dimeric forms were conducted in athymic mice bearing LS174T human colorectal carcinoma xenografts. RESULTS 125I-scFv monomers and dimers targeted exhibited rapid clearance kinetics in tumor-bearing mice. Nevertheless, the anti-CEA scFvs targeted very well to xenografts, leading to high tumor: normal organ ratios (greater than 20:1 at 24 h) for both forms. Tumor localization of the non-covalent dimers was much higher than monomers, reaching 10-15% injected dose per gram at 1 h. CONCLUSION Non-covalent dimers of scFv (also known as diabodies) are stable, easy to produce and show excellent targeting as compared to monomeric scFv, probably due to increased mass and valency.
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- A M Wu
- Department of Molecular Biochemistry, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Thomas EK, Connelly RJ, Pennathur S, Dubrovsky L, Haffar OK, Bukrinsky MI. Anti-idiotypic antibody to the V3 domain of gp120 binds to vimentin: a possible role of intermediate filaments in the early steps of HIV-1 infection cycle. Viral Immunol 1996; 9:73-87. [PMID: 8822624 DOI: 10.1089/vim.1996.9.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Although the CD4 molecule is the major cellular receptor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), several lines of evidence suggest participation of additional molecules that are engaged after the binding of HIV to the CD4 receptor and that may facilitate viral entry into the target cell. Some of the post-CD4 binding, perfusion events involve the third hypervariable region (V3 loop) of the viral envelope protein gp120. To identify cellular proteins that interact with the V3 loop, we chose as a probe an antiidiotypic monoclonal antibody (MAb), anti-id2, which was prepared against the neutralizing MAb 110.4 that binds the V3 domain in the envelope glycoprotein gp120 of the LAI isolate of HIV-1. Anti-id2 reacted specifically with a 55- to 60-kDa protein in human T cell and monocytoid cell lines, and in a mouse melanoma cell line. This protein was identified immunologically and by protein sequence analysis as vimentin, an intermediate filament protein of lymphoid and other cells of mesodermal origin. Antiserum raised against vimentin inhibited nuclear translocation of HIV-1 DNA following infection of monocytes and CD4+ T cells with live virus, and reduced the amount of HIV-1 gag-specific RNA in the nuclei of monocytes following inoculation with HIV-1 pseudovirions. These data suggest that vimentin may participate in the early steps of HIV-1 replication, perhaps during the uptake of HIV-1 preintegration complexes into the nuclear compartment.
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- E K Thomas
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98121, USA
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Berger SJ, Resing KA, Taylor TC, Melançon P. Mass-spectrometric analysis of ADP-ribosylation factors from bovine brain: identification and evidence for homogeneous acylation with the C14:0 fatty acid (myristate). Biochem J 1995; 311 ( Pt 1):125-32. [PMID: 7575443 PMCID: PMC1136128 DOI: 10.1042/bj3110125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The two proteins from bovine brain previously shown to be required for the guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate-dependent inhibition of a well-characterized intra-Golgi transport assay, termed GGBF and GGBF, have been definitively identified as members of the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family by electrospray MS analysis of the intact proteins, and of their tryptic fragments. Extensive protein-sequence information obtained from this analysis identified GGBF and GGBF as bovine ARF1 and ARF3 respectively. The sequence of bovine ARF3, which had not previously been determined, appears identical to that predicted from the rat and human ARF3 cDNAs. Further analysis of the N-terminal tryptic fragments of both bovine ARFs demonstrates N-terminal acylation solely with the C14:0 fatty acid (myristate). This finding establishes that the previously reported specific-activity difference between ARF1 and ARF3 in the intra-Golgi transport assay is not due to lipid heterogeneity at the N-terminus. This finding also indicates that the heterogeneity of N-terminal fatty-acyl groups previously observed on other myristoylated proteins is not universal.
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- S J Berger
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder 80309-0215, USA
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Feistner GJ, Hsieh LL. On the collision-activated fragmentation of proferrioxamines: Evidence for a succinimide-mediated mechanism. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1995; 6:836-846. [PMID: 24214426 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00324-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/1994] [Revised: 03/28/1995] [Accepted: 04/05/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The fragmentation mechanism of acyclic proferrioxamines has been studied by tandem mass spectrometry in a triple stage quadrupole mass analyzer by using activation in the collision cell as well as in the high pressure region prior to the first mass analyzer. The data suggest that proferrioxamines fragment preferentially at the hydroxamate bonds via cyclic rearrangement to succinimide derivatives. This pattern was observed most clearly for the peracetyl derivatives, in which the influence of terminal functional groups was masked. Free amino or carboxylic acid functions may modify this basic fragmentation pattern. Using hydrogen-deuterium exchange, we also were able to show that the hydrogen atoms that are "recruited" in the formation of ammonium ions are "acidic" ones from elsewhere in the molecule or the matrix. At the same time, this rules out that they originate from "activated" methylene groups, as previously proposed.
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- G J Feistner
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
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Davis MT, Stahl DC, Lee TD. Low flow high-performance liquid chromatography solvent delivery system designed for tandem capillary liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1995; 6:571-577. [PMID: 24214354 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00192-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/1994] [Revised: 01/17/1995] [Accepted: 02/08/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A solvent delivery system is described that is designed to increase the efficiency of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) analyses. Gradients formed by using two low pressure syringe pumps are stored in a length of narrow bore tubing (gradient loop) mounted on a standard high pressure switching valve. The preformed gradient is pushed through the column by using a high pressure syringe pump. The system is fully automated and can be controlled with either a personal computer or the mass spectrometer data system. Advantages include gradient operation without the use of split flows, pressure programed flow control for rapid sample loading and recycling to initial conditions, and a flow rate range of 0.1-20 μL/min, which is suitable for packed capillary columns 50-500 μm in diameter. The system has been used extensively for rapid molecular weight determinations of intact protein samples, as well as LC/MS and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analyses of complex peptide mixtures.
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- M T Davis
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1450 East Duarte Road, 91010, Duarte, CA
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Winter N, Triccas JA, Rivoire B, Pessolani MC, Eiglmeier K, Lim EM, Hunter SW, Brennan PJ, Britton WJ. Characterization of the gene encoding the immunodominant 35 kDa protein of Mycobacterium leprae. Mol Microbiol 1995; 16:865-76. [PMID: 7476185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Analysis of the interaction between the host immune system and the intracellular parasite Mycobacterium leprae has identified a 35 kDa protein as a dominant antigen. The native 35 kDa protein was purified from the membrane fraction of M. leprae and termed MMPI (major membrane protein I). As the purified protein was not amenable to N-terminal sequencing, partial proteolysis was used to establish the sequences of 21 peptides. A fragment of the 35 kDa protein-encoding gene was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction from M. leprae chromosomal DNA with oligonucleotide primers derived from internal peptide sequences and the whole gene was subsequently isolated from a M. leprae cosmid library. The nucleotide sequence of the gene revealed an open reading frame of 307 amino acids containing most of the peptide sequences derived from the native 35 kDa protein. The calculated subunit mass was 33.7 kDa, but the native protein exists as a multimer of 950 kDa. Database searches revealed no identity between the 35 kDa antigen and known protein sequences. The gene was expressed in Mycobacterium smegmatis under the control of its own promoter or at a higher level using an 'up-regulated' promoter derived from Mycobacterium fortuitum. The gene product reacted with monoclonal antibodies raised to the native protein. Using the bacterial alkaline phosphatase reporter system, we observed that the 35 kDa protein was unable to be exported across the membrane of recombinant M. smegmatis. The 35 kDa protein-encoding gene is absent from members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, but homologous sequences were detected in Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium haemophilum and M. smegmatis. The availability of the recombinant 35 kDa protein will permit dissection of both antibody- and T-cell-mediated immune responses in leprosy patients.
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- N Winter
- Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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Simpson RC. Modification of a conventional high-performance liquid chromatography autoinjector for use with capillary liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(94)01053-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Comparison of ESI-MS, LSIMS and MALDI-TOF-MS for the primary structure analysis of a monoclonal antibody. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1080-8914(06)80006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Battersby JE, Guzzetta AW, Hancock WS. Application of capillary high-performance liquid chromatography to biotechnology, with reference to the analysis of recombinant DNA-derived human growth hormone. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1994; 662:335-42. [PMID: 7719487 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)00312-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Using capillary HPLC, femtomole amounts of recombinant DNA-derived human growth hormone (rhGH) have been successfully detected from solutions at nanomolar concentrations. The separation used capillaries of 15 cm x 320 microns I.D. and detection was with a UV absorbance detector containing a capillary Z-shaped flow-cell. A sample of rhGH that was recovered from rat serum was analyzed by capillary reversed-phase HPLC, using both acidic- and neutral-pH mobile phases, as well as by capillary ion-exchange chromatography. When compared to HPLC separations performed at flow-rates of 1 ml/min, the sensitivity of the detection was increased 200 times, without any loss in resolution. Sub-microgram amounts of rhGH were also analyzed by tryptic mapping using capillary HPLC and peptides were identified by capillary LC-MS.
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Feistner GJ. Profiling of basic amino acids and polyamines in microbial culture supernatants by electrospray mass spectrometry. BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY 1994; 23:784-92. [PMID: 7841213 DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200231211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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As part of our efforts to investigate the biosynthesis of proferrioxamines in Erwinia amylovora, it was of interest to develop a methodology with which a large number of basic amino acids, di- and polyamines, and C- and N-hydroxy derivatives thereof could be monitored simultaneously. Towards this end, the on-line coupling of electrospray mass spectrometry with ion chromatography or reversed-phase chromatography was explored. Tandem mass spectrometry was found to be an excellent method for obtaining relevant structural information on underivatized polyamines and basic amino acid, including N-hydroxy derivatives. However, the coupling of ion chromatography with electrospray mass spectrometry for on-line extraction and separation of the underivatized compounds is hampered by compatibility problems. For most target compounds, on-line reversed-phase liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry was the method of choice but required derivatization and in this respect dansylation was preferred over benzoylation. Neither derivatization method is suitable for N-hydroxy compounds, which are base-sensitive.
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- G J Feistner
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 011010-0269
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Feistner GJ. Metabolism of polyamines and basic amino acids in Erwinia amylovora: application of liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry to proferrioxamine precursor feeding and inhibition studies. BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY 1994; 23:793-803. [PMID: 7841214 DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200231212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Erwinia amylovora, the etiological agent of fire blight, produces a family of proferrioxamine siderophores, which may be essential for the pathogen to establish itself in its hosts. If so, then control of fire blight may perhaps be possible via interference with proferrioxamine biosynthesis. Proof of this hypothesis requires prior knowledge of the corresponding biosynthetic pathways in E. amylovora. As a first step towards understanding proferrioxamine biosynthesis, it was of interest to investigate the ability of the fire blight bacterium to utilize various potential biosynthetic pathways for diamines. Feeding of lysine, ornithine and diaminobutyric acid gave rise to highly elevated levels of cadaverine, putrescine and diaminopropane, respectively, indicating that the corresponding decarboxylase activities are all present in E. amylovora. The conclusion for lysine decarboxylase was confirmed with (15N2)lysine, which was converted to (15N2)cadaverine. Arginine did not increase putrescine levels substantially, but (13C6)arginine nevertheless gave rise to (13C4)putrescine while suppressing excretion of non-labeled putrescine. A serendipitous result of this study was the finding that the growth of E. amylovora can be inhibited with 5-hydroxylysine and 1,4-diamino-2-butanone. The mechanism of inhibition appears complex and is not yet understood. For 5-hydroxylysine, preliminary investigations point to a competitive inhibition of lysine decarboxylase. However, the growth inhibition cannot be reversed by providing cadaverine, the decarboxylation product of lysine.
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- G J Feistner
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010
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Chen S, Clarke PE, Martino PA, Deng PS, Yeh CH, Lee TD, Prochaska HJ, Talalay P. Mouse liver NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase: protein sequence analysis by tandem mass spectrometry, cDNA cloning, expression in Escherichia coli, and enzyme activity analysis. Protein Sci 1994; 3:1296-304. [PMID: 7527260 PMCID: PMC2142921 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The amino acid sequence of mouse liver NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2) has been determined by tandem mass spectrometry and deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA encoding for the enzyme. The electrospray mass spectral analyses revealed, as previously reported (Prochaska HJ, Talalay P, 1986, J Biol Chem 261:1372-1378), that the 2 forms--the hydrophilic and hydrophobic forms--of the mouse liver quinone reductase have the same molecular weight. No amino acid sequence differences were found by tandem mass spectral analyses of tryptic peptides of the 2 forms. Moreover, the amino-termini of the mouse enzymes are acetylated as determined by tandem mass spectrometry. Further, only 1 cDNA species encoding for the quinone reductase was found. These results suggest that the 2 forms of the mouse quinone reductase have the same primary sequences, and that any difference between the 2 forms may be attributed to a labile posttranslational modification. Analysis of the mouse quinone reductase cDNA revealed that the enzyme is 273 amino acids long and has a sequence homologous to those of rat and human quinone reductases. In this study, the mouse quinone reductase cDNA was also ligated into a prokaryotic expression plasmid pKK233.2, and the constructed plasmid was used to transform Escherichia coli strain JM109. The E. coli-expressed mouse quinone reductase was purified and characterized. Although mouse quinone reductase has an amino acid sequence similar to those of the rat and human enzymes, the mouse enzyme has a higher NAD(P)H-menadione reductase activity and is less sensitive to flavones and dicoumarol, 2 known inhibitors of the enzyme.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Chen
- Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010
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Elicone C, Lui M, Geromanos S, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P. Microbore reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic purification of peptides for combined chemical sequencing-laser-desorption mass spectrometric analysis. J Chromatogr A 1994; 676:121-37. [PMID: 7921170 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(94)00089-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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An optimized microbore RP-HPLC system (1.0 mm I.D. columns) for the purification of low picomole amounts (< 5 pmol) of peptides is described. It is comprised of commercially available columns, instrument components and parts. These were selected on the basis of a comparative evaluation and to yield the highest resolution and most efficient peak collection. The sensitivity of this system equals, probably surpasses, that of advanced chemical microsequencing for which 2-4 pmol of peptide are minimally required. As an automated sequencer cannot be "on-line" connected with a micro-preparative HPLC system, fractions must be collected and transferred. With a typical flow of 30 microliters, efficient manual collection is possible and fractions (about 20 microliters in volume) can still be handled without unacceptable losses, albeit with great precaution. Furthermore, major difficulties were encountered to efficiently and quantitatively load low- or sub-picomole amounts of peptide mixtures onto the RP-HPLC column for separation. Discipline and rigorous adherence to sample handling protocols are thus on order when working at those levels of sensitivity. With adequate instrumentation and handling procedures in place, we demonstrate that low picomole amounts of peptides can now be routinely prepared for analysis by combined Edman-chemical sequencing-matrix-assisted laser-desorption mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). The integrated method was applied to covalent structural characterization of minute quantities of a gel-purified protein of known biological function but unknown identity. The results allowed unambiguous identification and illustrated the power of MALDI-MS-aided interpretation of chemical sequencing data: accurate peptide masses were crucial for (i) confirmation of the results, (ii) deconvolution of mixed sequences, (iii) proposal of complete structures on the basis of partial sequences, and (iv) confirmation of protein identification (obtained by database search with a single, small stretch of peptide sequence) by "mass matching" of several more peptides with predicted proteolytic fragments.
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- C Elicone
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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Pessolani MC, Smith DR, Rivoire B, McCormick J, Hefta SA, Cole ST, Brennan PJ. Purification, characterization, gene sequence, and significance of a bacterioferritin from Mycobacterium leprae. J Exp Med 1994; 180:319-27. [PMID: 8006590 PMCID: PMC2191570 DOI: 10.1084/jem.180.1.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The study of tissue-derived Mycobacterium leprae provides insights to the immunopathology of leprosy and helps identify broad molecular features necessary for mycobacterial parasitism. A major membrane protein (MMP-II) of in vivo-derived M. leprae previously recognized (Hunter, S.W., B. Rivoire, V. Mehra, B.R. Bloom, and P.J. Brennan. 1990. J. Biol. Chem. 265:14065) was purified from extracts of the organism and partial amino acid sequence obtained. This information allowed recognition, within one of the cosmids that encompass the entire M. leprae genome, of a complete gene, bfr, encoding a protein of subunit size 18.2 kD. The amino acid sequence deduced from the major membrane protein II (MMP-II) gene revealed considerable homology to several bacterioferritins. Analysis of the native protein demonstrated the iron content, absorption spectrum, and large native molecular mass (380 kD) of several known bacterioferritins. The ferroxidase-center residues typical of ferritins were conserved in the M. leprae product. Oligonucleotides derived from the amino acid sequence of M. leprae bacterioferritin enabled amplification of much of the MMP-II gene and the detection of homologous sequences in Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. The role of this iron-rich protein in the virulence of M. leprae is discussed.
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- M C Pessolani
- Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523
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Rahbar S, Lee TD, Davis M, Novotny WF, Ranney HM. A second case of Hb Hanamaki [alpha 2 139(HC1)Lys->Glu beta 2] in an American family with erythrocytosis. Hemoglobin 1994; 18:221-6. [PMID: 7928378 DOI: 10.3109/03630269409043622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- S Rahbar
- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010
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Lin HY, Voyksner RD. Analysis of neuropeptides by perfusion liquid chromatography/electrospray ion-trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 1994; 8:333-338. [PMID: 8199358 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1290080411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Perfusion high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry (ITMS) was evaluated for the determination of neuropeptides in plasma. Perfusion HPLC offers the capability of resolving neuropeptides spiked into plasma in 5 min compared to the 30-60 min separations performed on packed capillary C18 columns. Electrospray combined with the ITMS provides the ability to ionize these neuropeptides and mass analyze them with high sensitivity and specificity. Sub-picomole quantities of neuropeptides injected on-column could be specifically detected in a plasma matrix. The electrospray-ITMS mass spectrum of each neuropeptide showed multiply charged ions which could be used to determine or confirm their molecular weights.
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- H Y Lin
- Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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