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Fast Confirmation of Antibody Identity by MALDI-TOF MS Fingerprints. Antibodies (Basel) 2020; 9:antib9020008. [PMID: 32224944 PMCID: PMC7362173 DOI: 10.3390/antib9020008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Thousands of antibodies for diagnostic and other analytical purposes are on the market. However, it is often difficult to identify duplicates, reagent changes, and to assign the correct original publications to an antibody. This slows down scientific progress and might even be a cause of irreproducible research and a waste of resources. Recently, activities were started to suggest the sole use of recombinant antibodies in combination with the open communication of their sequence. In this case, such uncertainties should be eliminated. Unfortunately, this approach seems to be rather a long-term vision since the development and manufacturing of recombinant antibodies remain quite expensive in the foreseeable future. Nearly all commercial antibody suppliers also may be reluctant to publish the sequence of their antibodies, since they fear counterfeiting. De novo sequencing of antibodies is also not feasible today for a reagent user without access to the hybridoma clone. Nevertheless, it seems to be crucial for any scientist to have the opportunity to identify an antibody undoubtedly to guarantee the traceability of any research activity using antibodies from a third party as a tool. For this purpose, we developed a method for the identification of antibodies based on a MALDI-TOF MS fingerprint. To circumvent lengthy denaturation, reduction, alkylation, and enzymatic digestion steps, the fragmentation was performed with a simple formic acid hydrolysis step. Eighty-nine unknown monoclonal antibodies were used for this study to examine the feasibility of this approach. Although the molecular assignment of peaks was rarely possible, antibodies could be easily recognized in a blinded test, simply from their mass-spectral fingerprint. A general protocol is given, which could be used without any optimization to generate fingerprints for a database. We want to propose that, in most scientific projects relying critically on antibody reagents, such a fingerprint should be established to prove and document the identity of the used antibodies, as well as to assign a specific reagent to a datasheet of a commercial supplier, public database record, or antibody ID.
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Tsypin M, Asmellash S, Meyer K, Touchet B, Roder H. Extending the information content of the MALDI analysis of biological fluids via multi-million shot analysis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226012. [PMID: 31815946 PMCID: PMC6901224 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Reliable measurements of the protein content of biological fluids like serum or plasma can provide valuable input for the development of personalized medicine tests. Standard MALDI analysis typically only shows high abundance proteins, which limits its utility for test development. It also exhibits reproducibility issues with respect to quantitative measurements. In this paper we show how the sensitivity of MALDI profiling of intact proteins in unfractionated human serum can be substantially increased by exposing a sample to many more laser shots than are commonly used. Analytical reproducibility is also improved. METHODS To assess what is theoretically achievable we utilized spectra from the same samples obtained over many years and combined them to generate MALDI spectral averages of up to 100,000,000 shots for a single sample, and up to 8,000,000 shots for a set of 40 different serum samples. Spectral attributes, such as number of peaks and spectral noise of such averaged spectra were investigated together with analytical reproducibility as a function of the number of shots. We confirmed that results were similar on MALDI instruments from different manufacturers. RESULTS We observed an expected decrease of noise, roughly proportional to the square root of the number of shots, over the whole investigated range of the number of shots (5 orders of magnitude), resulting in an increase in the number of reliably detected peaks. The reproducibility of the amplitude of these peaks, measured by CV and concordance analysis also improves with very similar dependence on shot number, reaching median CVs below 2% for shot numbers > 4 million. Measures of analytical information content and association with biological processes increase with increasing number of shots. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that substantially increasing the number of laser shots in a MALDI-TOF analysis leads to more informative and reliable data on the protein content of unfractionated serum. This approach has already been used in the development of clinical tests in oncology.
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- Maxim Tsypin
- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- Biodesix Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Bashir S, Liu JL, Derrick PJ. Effect of Structured Surfaces on MALDI Analyte Peak Intensities. Aust J Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1071/ch17456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A surface modification method is presented: a sodium chloride crystal, a transparent wide bandgap insulator, was deposited onto a stainless steel surface. The surface was subjected to various stimuli to induce surface defects either on the steel surface or salt crystal and the ion yield of substance P, a model peptide, was investigated as a function of stimuli. The interaction of the laser at potential defect sites resulted in an increase in the ion yield of substance P (3–17 fold increase relative to no stimuli).
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Demian WLL, Kottari N, Shiao TC, Randell E, Roy R, Banoub JH. Direct targeted glycation of the free sulfhydryl group of cysteine residue (Cys-34) of BSA. Mapping of the glycation sites of the anti-tumor Thomsen-Friedenreich neoglycoconjugate vaccine prepared by Michael addition reaction. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2014; 49:1223-1233. [PMID: 25476939 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present in this manuscript the characterization of the exact glycation sites of the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen-BSA vaccine (TF antigen:BSA) prepared using a Michael addition reaction between the saccharide antigen as an electrophilic acceptor and the nucleophilic thiol and L-Lysine ε-amino groups of BSA using different ligation conditions. Matrix laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of the neoglycoconjugates prepared with TF antigen:protein ratios of 2:1 and 8:1, allowed to observe, respectively, the protonated molecules for each neoglycoconjugates: [M + H](+) at m/z 67,599 and 70,905. The measurements of these molecular weights allowed us to confirm exactly the carbohydrate:protein ratios of these two synthetic vaccines. These were found to be closely formed by a TF antigen:BSA ratios of 2:1 and 8:1, respectively. Trypsin digestion and liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry allowed us to identify the series of released glycopeptide and peptide fragments. De novo sequencing affected by low-energy collision dissociation tandem mass spectrometry was then employed to unravel the precise glycation sites of these neoglycoconjugate vaccines. Finally, we identified, respectively, three diagnostic and characteristic glycated peptides for the synthetic glycoconjugate possessing a TF antigen:BSA ratio 2:1, whereas we have identified for the synthetic glycoconjugate having a TF:BSA ratio 8:1 a series of 14 glycated peptides. The net increase in the occupancy sites of these neoglycoconjugates was caused by the large number of glycoforms produced during the chemical ligation of the synthetic carbohydrate antigen onto the protein carrier.
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- Wael L L Demian
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland, A1B 3X9, Canada
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Demian WLL, Jahouh FM, Stansbury D, Randell E, Brown RJ, Banoub JH. Characterizing changes in snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) cryptocyanin protein during molting using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:355-369. [PMID: 24395503 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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RATIONALE We report the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric (MALDI-MS) characterization of the cryptocyanin proteins of the juvenile Chionoecetes opilio crabs during their molting and non-molting phases. In order to assess the structural cryptocyanin protein differences between the molting and non-molting phases, the obtained peptides were sequenced by MALDI low-energy collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CID-MS/MS). METHODS The cryptocyanin protein was isolated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and analyzed by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS. The purified cryptocyanin protein was sequenced, using the 'bottom-up' approach. After tryptic digestion, the peptide mixture was analyzed by MALDI-QqTOF-MS/MS and the data obtained were used for the peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) identification by means of the Mascot database. RESULTS It was demonstrated using MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS that the actual molecular weights of the non-molting and molting cryptocyanin proteins were different; these were, respectively, 67.6 kDa and 68.1 kDa. Using low-energy CID-MS/MS we have sequenced the trytic peptides to monitor the differences and similarities between the cryptocyanin molecular structures during the molting and non-molting stages. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated for the first time that the actual molecular masses of the cryptocyanin protein during the molting and non-molting phases were different. The MALDI-CID-MS/MS analyses allowed the sequencing of the cryptocyanins after tryptic digestion, during the molting and non-molting stages, and showed some similarities and staggering differences between the identified cryptocyanin peptides.
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- Wael L L Demian
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, 232 Elizabeth Avenue, A1B 3X9, Canada
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Glycoconjugate Vaccines Used for Prevention from Biological Agents: Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis. DETECTION OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR AGENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF TERRORISM 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9238-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Baum F, Fedorova M, Ebner J, Hoffmann R, Pischetsrieder M. Analysis of the Endogenous Peptide Profile of Milk: Identification of 248 Mainly Casein-Derived Peptides. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5447-62. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4003273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Florian Baum
- Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Food Chemistry, Emil Fischer Center, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schuhstrasse 19, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz
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- Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Food Chemistry, Emil Fischer Center, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schuhstrasse 19, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz
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- Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Food Chemistry, Emil Fischer Center, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schuhstrasse 19, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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Hessling B, Büttner K, Hecker M, Becher D. Global relative quantification with liquid chromatography-matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (LC-MALDI-TOF)--cross-validation with LTQ-Orbitrap proves reliability and reveals complementary ionization preferences. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:2911-20. [PMID: 23788530 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.023457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Quantitative LC-MALDI is an underrepresented method, especially in large-scale experiments. The additional fractionation step that is needed for most MALDI-TOF-TOF instruments, the comparatively long analysis time, and the very limited number of established software tools for the data analysis render LC-MALDI a niche application for large quantitative analyses beside the widespread LC-electrospray ionization workflows. Here, we used LC-MALDI in a relative quantification analysis of Staphylococcus aureus for the first time on a proteome-wide scale. Samples were analyzed in parallel with an LTQ-Orbitrap, which allowed cross-validation with a well-established workflow. With nearly 850 proteins identified in the cytosolic fraction and quantitative data for more than 550 proteins obtained with the MASCOT Distiller software, we were able to prove that LC-MALDI is able to process highly complex samples. The good correlation of quantities determined via this method and the LTQ-Orbitrap workflow confirmed the high reliability of our LC-MALDI approach for global quantification analysis. Because the existing literature reports differences for MALDI and electrospray ionization preferences and the respective experimental work was limited by technical or methodological constraints, we systematically compared biochemical attributes of peptides identified with either instrument. This genome-wide, comprehensive study revealed biases toward certain peptide properties for both MALDI-TOF-TOF- and LTQ-Orbitrap-based approaches. These biases are based on almost 13,000 peptides and result in a general complementarity of the two approaches that should be exploited in future experiments.
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- Bernd Hessling
- Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Institute for Microbiology, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straβe 15, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Li J, Inutan ED, Wang B, Lietz CB, Green DR, Manly CD, Richards AL, Marshall DD, Lingenfelter S, Ren Y, Trimpin S. Matrix assisted ionization: new aromatic and nonaromatic matrix compounds producing multiply charged lipid, peptide, and protein ions in the positive and negative mode observed directly from surfaces. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 23:1625-43. [PMID: 22895857 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0413-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Matrix assisted inlet ionization (MAII) is a method in which a matrix:analyte mixture produces mass spectra nearly identical to electrospray ionization without the application of a voltage or the use of a laser as is required in laserspray ionization (LSI), a subset of MAII. In MAII, the sample is introduced by, for example, tapping particles of dried matrix:analyte into the inlet of the mass spectrometer and, therefore, permits the study of conditions pertinent to the formation of multiply charged ions without the need of absorption at a laser wavelength. Crucial for the production of highly charged ions are desolvation conditions to remove matrix molecules from charged matrix:analyte clusters. Important factors affecting desolvation include heat, vacuum, collisions with gases and surfaces, and even radio frequency fields. Other parameters affecting multiply charged ion production is sample preparation, including pH and solvent composition. Here, findings from over 100 compounds found to produce multiply charged analyte ions using MAII with the inlet tube set at 450 °C are presented. Of the compounds tested, many have -OH or -NH(2) functionality, but several have neither (e.g., anthracene), nor aromaticity or conjugation. Binary matrices are shown to be applicable for LSI and solvent-free sample preparation can be applied to solubility restricted compounds, and matrix compounds too volatile to allow drying from common solvents. Our findings suggest that the physical properties of the matrix such as its morphology after evaporation of the solvent, its propensity to evaporate/sublime, and its acidity are more important than its structure and functional groups.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Jahouh F, Hou SJ, Kováč P, Banoub JH. Determination of the glycation sites of Bacillus anthracis neoglycoconjugate vaccine by MALDI-TOF/TOF-CID-MS/MS and LC-ESI-QqTOF-tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2011; 46:993-1003. [PMID: 22012665 PMCID: PMC3427925 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We present herein an efficient mass spectrometric method for the localization of the glycation sites of a model neoglycoconjugate vaccine formed by a construct of the tetrasaccharide side chain of the Bacillus anthracis exosporium and the protein carrier bovine serum albumin. The glycoconjugate was digested with both trypsin and GluC V8 endoproteinases, and the digests were then analyzed by MALDI-TOF/TOF-CID-MS/MS and nano-LC-ESI-QqTOF-CID-MS/MS. The sequences of the unknown peptides analyzed by MALDI-TOF/TOF-CID-MS/MS, following digestion with the GluC V8 endoproteinase, allowed us to recognize three glycopeptides whose glycation occupancies were, respectively, on Lys 235, Lys 420, and Lys 498. Similarly, the same analysis was performed on the tryptic digests, which permitted us to recognize two glycation sites on Lys 100 and Lys 374. In addition, we have also used LC-ESI-QqTOF-CID-MS/MS analysis for the identification of the tryptic digests. However, this analysis identified a higher number of glycopeptides than would be expected from a glycoconjugate composed of a carbohydrate-protein ratio of 5.4:1, which would have resulted in glycation occupancies of 18 specific sites. This discrepancy was due to the large number of glycoforms formed during the synthetic carbohydrate-spacer-carrier protein conjugation. Likewise, the LC-ESI-QqTOF-MS/MS analysis of the GluC V8 digest also identified 17 different glycation sites on the synthetic glycoconjugate.
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- Farid Jahouh
- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Saint John’s, NL, Canada
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- NIDDK, LBC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0815, USA
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- NIDDK, LBC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0815, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Saint John’s, NL, Canada
- Science Branch, Special Projects, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Saint John’s, NL A1C 5X1, Canada
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Improved peptide mass fingerprinting matches via optimized sample preparation in MALDI mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2008; 627:162-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2008] [Revised: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tummala M, Ryzhov V, Ravi K, Black SM. Identification of the cysteine nitrosylation sites in human endothelial nitric oxide synthase. DNA Cell Biol 2008; 27:25-33. [PMID: 17941803 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2007.0655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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S-nitrosylation, or the replacement of the hydrogen atom in the thiol group of cysteine residues by a -NO moiety, is a physiologically important posttranslational modification. In our previous work we have shown that S-nitrosylation is involved in the disruption of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) dimer and that this involves the disruption of the zinc (Zn) tetrathiolate cluster due to the S-nitrosylation of Cysteine 98. However, human eNOS contains 28 other cysteine residues whose potential to undergo S-nitrosylation has not been determined. Thus, the goal of this study was to identify the cysteine residues within eNOS that are susceptible to S-nitrosylation in vitro. To accomplish this, we utilized a modified biotin switch assay. Our modification included the tryptic digestion of the S-nitrosylated eNOS protein to allow the isolation of S-nitrosylated peptides for further identification by mass spectrometry. Our data indicate that multiple cysteine residues are capable of undergoing S-nitrosylation in the presence of an excess of a nitrosylating agent. All these cysteine residues identified were found to be located on the surface of the protein according to the available X-ray structure of the oxygenase domain of eNOS. Among those identified were Cys 93 and 98, the residues involved in the formation of the eNOS dimer through a Zn tetrathiolate cluster. In addition, cysteine residues within the reductase domain were identified as undergoing S-nitrosylation. We identified cysteines 660, 801, and 1113 as capable of undergoing S-nitrosylation. These cysteines are located within regions known to bind flavin mononucleotide (FMN), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADPH) although from our studies their functional significance is unclear. Finally we identified cysteines 852, 975/990, and 1047/1049 as being susceptible to S-nitrosylation. These cysteines are located in regions of eNOS that have not been implicated in any known biochemical functions and the significance of their S-nitrosylation is not clear from this study. Thus, our data indicate that the eNOS protein can be S-nitrosylated at multiple sites other than within the Zn tetrathiolate cluster, suggesting that S-nitrosylation may regulate eNOS function in ways other than simply by inducing dimer collapse.
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- Monorama Tummala
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Soeryapranata E, Powers JR, Ünlü G. Degradation of αs1-CN f1-23 by aminopeptidase N and endopeptidases E, O, O2, and O3 of Lactobacillus helveticus WSU19 under cheese ripening conditions. Int Dairy J 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Matters D, Cooper HJ, McDonnell L, Iniesta J, Heptinstall J, Derrick P, Walton D, Peterson I. Mass spectrometry in demonstrating the site-specific nitration of hen egg white lysozyme by an improved electrochemical method. Anal Biochem 2006; 356:171-81. [PMID: 16899211 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2006] [Revised: 05/30/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In producing a method for selective protein nitration, we previously demonstrated the electrochemical nitration of hen egg white lysozyme to be at Tyr23 initially, followed by bisnitration at Tyr20, but with no trisnitration at Tyr53. The nitration site was determined by sequencing a tryptic peptide that included Tyr23 and Tyr20, but possible effects on other regions of the protein were not determined. Moreover, the electrooxidation conditions were harsh, involving an oxidation potential of +1.2V (vs. saturated calomel electrode [SCE]), no added nitrogen source except the lysozyme itself, and long reaction periods with copper flag electrodes. Here we report a gentler procedure using much shorter reaction times with nitrite as the nitration source, a lower potential (+0.85V vs. SCE), and a platinum basket electrode. Intact protein analysis by electrospray Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry identified mono- and bisnitration products with mass increases of +45 and +90 Da, respectively, consistent with the substitution of NO(2) for H. In addition, the results revealed that no other covalent change in the protein occurred following electrooxidation. Nozzle skimmer dissociation of the intact mononitrated species localized the modification site to Tyr20 or Tyr23. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight and electrospray ionization time-of-flight analysis of the tryptic peptides of mononitrated lysozyme identified the site of nitration as Tyr23.
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- Dominic Matters
- Centre for Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
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Kinumi T, Shimomae Y, Arakawa R, Tatsu Y, Shigeri Y, Yumoto N, Niki E. Effective detection of peptides containing cysteine sulfonic acid using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and laser desorption/ionization on porous silicon mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2006; 41:103-12. [PMID: 16382481 DOI: 10.1002/jms.973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides, being typical acidic peptides, exhibit low response in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. In this study, matrix conditions and the effect of diammonium hydrogencitrate (DAHC) as additive were investigated for ionization of cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides in MALDI. A matrix-free ionization method, desorption/ionization on porous silicon (DIOS), was also utilized to evaluate the effect of DAHC. When equimolar three-component mixtures of peptides carrying free cysteine, cysteine sulfonic acid, and carbamidomethyl cysteine were measured by MALDI using a common matrix, alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA), no signal corresponding to cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptide could be observed in the mass spectrum. However, by addition of DAHC to CHCA, the peaks of cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides were successfully observed, as well as when using 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone (THAP) and 2,6-dihydroxyacetophenone with DAHC. In the DIOS mass spectra of these analytes, the use of DAHC also enhanced the peak intensity of the cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides. On the basis of studies with these model peptides, tryptic digests of oxidized peroxiredoxin 6 were examined as a complex peptide mixture by MALDI and DIOS. In MALDI, the peaks of cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides were observed when using THAP/DAHC as the matrix, but this was not so with CHCA. In DIOS, the signal from cysteine sulfonic acid-containing peptides was suppressed; however, the use of DAHC significantly enhanced the signal intensity with an increase in the number of observed peptides and increased signal-to-noise ratio in the DIOS spectra. The results show that DAHC in the matrix or on the DIOS chip decreases discrimination and suppression effects in addition to suppressing alkali-adduct ions, which leads to a beneficial effect on protonation of peptides containing cysteine sulfonic acid.
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- Tomoya Kinumi
- Human Stress Signal Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.
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Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) is a very widely used analytical method, but has been developed in a highly empirical manner. Deeper understanding of ionization mechanisms could help to design better methods and improve interpretation of mass spectra. This review summarizes current mechanistic thinking, with emphasis on the most common MALDI variant using ultraviolet laser excitation. A two-step framework is gaining acceptance as a useful model for many MALDI experiments. The steps are primary ionization during or shortly after the laser pulse, followed by secondary reactions in the expanding plume of desorbed material. Primary ionization in UV-MALDI remains somewhat controversial, the two main approaches are the cluster and pooling/photoionization models. Secondary events are less contentious, ion-molecule reaction thermodynamics and kinetics are often invoked, but details differ. To the extent that local thermal equilibrium is approached in the plume, the mass spectra may be straightforwardly interpreted in terms of charge transfer thermodynamics.
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Tummala R, Limbach PA. Serum protein profiling using surfactant-aided matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2005.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tummala R, Green-Church KB, Limbach PA. Interactions between sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles and peptides during matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) of proteolytic digests. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:1438-1446. [PMID: 16006141 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2004] [Revised: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Although sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is routinely used as a denaturing agent for proteins, its presence is highly detrimental on the analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry. It has been found, however, that when SDS is present in concentrations near to or above its critical micelle concentration (CMC), improvements in the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) analysis of peptide mixtures or hydrophobic proteins are obtained. To elucidate possible explanations for such improvements, here we have undertaken a study examining the effect of SDS micelles on peptide mixtures. Fluorescently labeled peptides were used as probes to determine whether hydrophobic or hydrophilic peptides interact exclusively with SDS micelles. In addition, four globular proteins were digested with trypsin and then various amounts of SDS were added before MALDI mass spectrometry. To examine the role of mixture complexity on the mass spectral results, the tryptic digest of bovine serum albumin was also fractionated according to hydrophobicity before SDS treatment. Results from these experiments suggest that micelle-peptide interactions increase peptide-matrix cocrystallization irrespective of analyte hydrophobicity. As these studies were performed using the dried-droplet method of sample spotting, the presence of micelles is also hypothesized to reduce Marangoni effects during the crystallization process.
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- Rama Tummala
- 429K Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, 45221-0172, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- 429K Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, 45221-0172, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- 429K Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, 45221-0172, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Lecchi P, Olson M, Brancia FL. The role of esterification on detection of protonated and deprotonated peptide ions in matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:1269-74. [PMID: 15975823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2004] [Revised: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Esterification was used to investigate how introduction of aliphatic chains within the peptide structure affects the MALDI response of ions analyzed in both polarity regimes. In binary mixtures containing equimolar amounts of a peptide with its correspondent alkyl ester, derivatization of the carboxylic groups has the tendency to increase MALDI detection of the modified protonated peptide ions. This positive effect on ion yield is more pronounced when longer alcohols are employed. In negative mode, the situation is antithetic and esterification produces a deleterious effect on the ion yield of the corresponding deprotonated species. From the data reported here we postulate that modifications of the acidic character of peptides prevent formation of anionic species under MALDI analysis. Furthermore, suppression of the formation pathway for anions alters the overall number of molecules which can undergo protonation. This results in an increased ion yield for the protonated esters.
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- Paolo Lecchi
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Chapter 5 Phosphorylation-specific analysis strategies for mass spectrometry: enhanced detection of phosphorylated proteins and peptides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-526x(05)46005-5] [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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Shinohara Y, Furukawa JI, Niikura K, Miura N, Nishimura SI. DirectN-Glycan Profiling in the Presence of Tryptic Peptides on MALDI-TOF by Controlled Ion Enhancement and Suppression upon Glycan-Selective Derivatization. Anal Chem 2004; 76:6989-97. [PMID: 15571351 DOI: 10.1021/ac0492766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Even though the formidably laborious and time-consuming nature of oligosaccharide analysis limits certain attempts to analyze the glycosylation profile, the significant elucidation of carbohydrate modifications is largely dependent on it. Aiming to substantially improve the sample preparation procedure, a novel protocol allowing glycan-specific detection in the presence of other species, such as tryptic peptides, on MALDI-TOF was proposed and then evaluated. The new protocol is based on the concept that the desorption/ionization efficiency of glycans could be selectively and substantially enhanced while drastically suppressing the other ion species upon glycan-selective derivatization. A series of known and novel labeling reagents, all of which carry hydrazide functionality to allow glycan-specific derivatization, were prepared and evaluated in terms of their abilities to enhance the detection sensitivity of glycans, suppress ions of other contaminants (e.g., peptides), and detect acidic oligosaccharides. Several novel reagents that possess hydrophobic residue(s) together with quaternary ammonium/pyridinium or guanidino functionalities significantly enhanced the detection sensitivity of oligosaccharides. When enzymatically deglycosylated tryptic ovalbumin digest was directly derivatized by these reagents and subjected to MALDI-TOF analysis without any prior purification, we observed that a single type of analyte ion (labeled glycan) could suppress a large majority of peptide ions while allowing a low-femtomole level detection of oligosaccharides. The efficacy of this approach was further evaluated using several other model glycoproteins, including alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein that contains a variety of sialylated oligosaccharides.
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- Yasuro Shinohara
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genomic Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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Stapels MD, Barofsky DF. Complementary Use of MALDI and ESI for the HPLC-MS/MS Analysis of DNA-Binding Proteins. Anal Chem 2004; 76:5423-30. [PMID: 15362902 DOI: 10.1021/ac030427z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Proteins from Escherichia coli were isolated based on their ability to bind DNA and digested in-solution with trypsin; the resulting peptides were separated using HPLC and subsequently analyzed using MALDI TOF/TOF and ESI Q-TOF instruments. Various properties of the peptides observed with the two ionization techniques were compared taking into account the differences between the mass analyzers. This empirical analysis of a data set containing hundreds of peptides and thousands of individual amino acids supports some of the currently held notions regarding the complementary nature of the two ionization processes. Specifically, ESI tends to favor the identification of hydrophobic peptides whereas MALDI tends to lead to the identification of basic and aromatic species. Findings from the present study suggest that ESI and MALDI may be complementary due to the biases of the two ionization techniques for certain classes of amino acids. From a practical standpoint, these biases indicate that, for the present at least, analyses must be performed on both types of instruments in order to gain the most information possible out of a given set of samples in a proteomics study.
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- Martha D Stapels
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Moritz RL, Ji H, Schütz F, Connolly LM, Kapp EA, Speed TP, Simpson RJ. A Proteome Strategy for Fractionating Proteins and Peptides Using Continuous Free-Flow Electrophoresis Coupled Off-Line to Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Anal Chem 2004; 76:4811-24. [PMID: 15307793 DOI: 10.1021/ac049717l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Extensive prefractionation is now considered to be a necessary prerequisite for the comprehensive analysis of complex proteomes where the dynamic range of protein abundances can vary from approximately 10(6) for cells to approximately 10(10) for tissues such as blood. Here, we describe a high-resolution 2D protein separation system that uses a continuous free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) device to fractionate complex protein mixtures by solution-phase isoelectric focusing (IEF) into 96 well-defined pools, each separated by approximately 0.02-0.10 pH unit depending on the gradient created, followed by rapid (approximately 6 min per analysis) reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) of each FFE pool. Fractionated proteins are readily visualized in a virtual 2D format using software that plots protein loci, pI in the first dimension and relative hydrophobicity (i.e., RP-HPLC retention time) in the second dimension. By coupling a diode-array detector in line with a multiwavelength fluorescence detector, separated proteins can be monitored in the RP-HPLC eluent by both UV absorbance and intrinsic fluorescence simultaneously from a single experiment. Triplicate analyses of standard proteins using a pH 3-10 gradient conducted over a 3-day period revealed a high system reproducibility with a SD of 0.57 (0.05 pH unit) within the FFE pools and 0.003 (0.18 s) for protein retention times in the second-dimension RP-HPLC step. In addition, we demonstrate that the FFE-IEF/RP-HPLC separation strategy can also be applied to complex mixtures of low molecular weight compounds such as peptides. With the facile ability to measure the pH of the isoelectric focused pools, peptide pI values can be estimated and used to qualify peptide identifications made using either MS/MS sequencing approaches or pI discriminated peptide mass fingerprinting. The calculated peak capacity of this 2D liquid-based FFE-IEF/RP-HPLC system is 6720.
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- Robert L Moritz
- Joint ProteomicS Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Parkville, 3050, Victoria, Australia
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