中枢神经系统血管母细胞瘤细胞与人脑神经元细胞差异蛋白质分析

以人工培养的中枢神经系统血管母细胞瘤(Central nervous system hemangioblastoma,HB)细胞为研究对象,发展了蛋白质组学分析方法,鉴定了HB细胞与人脑神经元细胞的差异蛋白质.采用在线HPLC串联LTQ-Orbitrap质谱鉴定样品的可溶性蛋白质,得到了HB细胞的蛋白质组表达谱.HB细胞鉴定得到674个蛋白质,神经元细胞鉴定获得531个蛋白质.根据基于肽段鉴定的蛋白质组半定量分析方法对质谱数据进行蛋白质的差异比较分析,发现了波形蛋白(Vimentin),14-3-3 epsilon蛋白和碳酸酐酶Ⅱ(Carbonic anhydrase Ⅱ,CA Ⅱ)等在HB细胞中表达量发生明显变化的蛋白质,并对其进行了免疫组织化学染色分析.结果显示,波形蛋白(Vimentin)、14-3-3 epsilon蛋白以及碳酸酐酶Ⅱ(CA Ⅱ)等蛋白质表达量的改变与HB的发病密切相关,对探索HB的起源有重要意义.     

液相等电聚焦技术结合液相色谱-质谱联用技术分析鼠肝全蛋白

利用液相等电聚焦预分离技术结合液相色谱-质谱(LTQ-Orbitrap)联用技术,研究了C57小鼠肝脏的蛋白质表达谱.质谱分析结果采用Max Quant1.4.1.2软件搜索数据库,共鉴定出3474个蛋白(2个以上唯一肽段).用DAVID在线工具、GO分类工具和IPA软件对鉴定蛋白进行生物信息学分析,单独发现832个新蛋白.研究结果表明,通过基于等电点和亲疏水性的两维分离,提高了质谱鉴定蛋白数,可以鉴定出更多低丰度蛋白.     

微柱高效液相色谱-质谱/质谱快速鉴定混合蛋白质新方法

发展了一种混合蛋白质快速鉴定的新方法.将几种蛋白质的混合物于热变性后直接在溶液中酶解,利用微柱高效液相色谱-离子阱串级质谱进行肽谱/氨基酸序列分析,并结合Mascot数据库搜索处理功能,实现了混合蛋白质快速准确的鉴定.     

脉冲电喷雾现象的初步研究

生物质谱方法的发展得益于生物质谱技术的发展,众所周知,电喷雾与基体辅助激光解吸技术的发展,极大地改善了生物质谱的分析性能,对于复杂生命体系的研究,现有的生物质谱面临着新的挑战,复杂体系要求以很少量的样品（nL-μL级）得到功能蛋白质组的许多信息,如各蛋白质的分子量、肽谱、氨基酸序列以及各类转译后修饰结构等,而现有的生物质谱大多要求足够大的样品量（1－10μL）,因此对低流量样品的高通量信息需求是生物质谱分析领域中的难题。     

蛋白质组学质谱平台肽段可检测性预测研究进展

生物质谱是蛋白质组研究中的核心技术之一,可以实现大规模、高通量的蛋白质定性和定量分析。由于样品和实验过程自身的复杂性,质谱实验的重复性还存在一些问题,肽段鉴定和定量结果有很大的随机性,肽段的质谱检测概率问题在蛋白质组研究中,特别是定量蛋白质组研究中备受关注。本文总结了影响肽段可检测性的重要因素,分析了已经提出的计算预测方法,并对其在实验研究中的应用进行了综述。     

正常组织和胰腺癌组织中差异表达蛋白的鉴定

采用双向凝胶电泳和生物质谱技术, 对12对胰腺癌组织和癌旁组织样品、3个胰腺良性疾病样品、3个正常胰腺组织样品的蛋白质进行了分离和鉴定, 获得了重复性较好的双向凝胶电泳图谱; 鉴定了胰腺癌和癌旁组织的差异表达蛋白质, 发现了30个差异表达蛋白质; 应用MALDI-TOF-MS/MS技术对差异表达蛋白质进行鉴定, 共有24个蛋白质得到鉴定, 其中15个蛋白质在胰腺癌组织中表达上调, 9个蛋白质表达下调. 这些蛋白质与胰腺癌的发生相关, 可能成为胰腺癌的分子标志物和药物治疗的靶蛋白.     

生物质谱--蛋白质组研究的关键技术

介绍了近几年来国际上重点研究的几类新型生物质谱技术,综述了它们在蛋白质组研究中的最新进展,比较了各自的特点,简要评价了它们在蛋白质组研究中的应用和前景。     

胶内差异双向电泳-电喷雾串联质谱筛选UVB损伤皮肤细胞潜在的蛋白质靶标

联用胶内差异双向电泳(2D-DIGE)和高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱(HPLC-nESI MS/MS)鉴定人角质形成细胞HaCaT应答中波紫外线(UVB)损伤的差异表达蛋白,筛选UVB影响皮肤细胞正常生理功能潜在的靶标蛋白.结果表明:UVB辐射明显影响HaCaT细胞的蛋白质表达谱,DeCyder软件在每块DIGE凝胶上...     

纳米颗粒预富集方法辅助质谱分析在蛋白质组学中的最新进展

由于生物样本中蛋白质含量的动态范围跨越多个数量级,快速、高效的蛋白质分离富集是低丰度蛋白质成功鉴定的关键.一些具有重要生物学意义的蛋白质的表达量通常很低,预富集就成了这些蛋白质获得成功质谱鉴定和分析的必备条件.富集的主要目的就是有选择性地从复杂生物样本中分离目标分子,从而达到降低样本复杂程度,辅助后续质谱高灵敏鉴定.近些年来,将纳米颗粒引入到这一领域大大促进了富集技术的发展.在本文中,我们集中介绍了近年来发展起来的,利用不同的纳米颗粒,富集低丰度和特定翻译后修饰的蛋白质或多肽并适合质谱鉴定的蛋白质预处理技术.     

人卵巢癌耐药细胞株的比较蛋白质组分析

本文采用高分辨二维凝胶电泳分离技术对人卵巢癌细胞株COC1及其耐药细胞株COC1/DDP中的蛋白质进行分离和差异表达分析, 应用基质辅助激光解吸电离-飞行时间质谱对酶解多肽进行测定[即测定蛋白质的肽质量指纹图(Peptide mass fingerprinting, PMF)], 并通过相应的数据库搜索来鉴定蛋白质. 为获得更准确的检索结果, 采用串联质谱技术对各肽段进行氨基酸测序, 并应用IPI-HUMAN数据库对上述检索结果进一步加以确认.      

磷酸化肽富集新方法研究进展

对组成复杂的生物样品中的低丰度磷酸化肽进行预富集,能够消除高丰度非磷酸化肽等干扰组分,从而提高磷酸化肽在质谱分析中的灵敏度,获得更好的检出和鉴定结果.在磷酸化肽富集过程中,对磷酸化肽具有选择性亲和作用的富集材料是实现对磷酸化肽特异高效富集的关键,多种具有不同类型亲和作用的富集材料已在磷酸化肽富集研究中得到了应用;而在材料形貌、富集操作形式、磷酸化肽富集特异性等方面,研究者们也不断在现有磷酸化肽富集材料的基础上进行多样化的改进.本文分别从不同类型亲和作用的磷酸化肽富集材料以及磷酸化肽富集方法改进两方面,对近年来磷酸化肽富集方法的研究进展进行了评述.     

Analysis of Acylcarnitine Ester for Neonatal Screening of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Using Tandem Mass-spectrometry

Summary. Tandem mass-spectrometry has been introduced worldwide into neonatal screening programs for the quantitative analysis of acylcarnitine species and amino acids for the diagnosis of organic acidurias, defects of fatty acid oxidation, and amino acidopathies, respectively. Since April 2002 more than 200000 newborn infants have been screened in Austria using tandem mass-spectrometry. In this cohort 37 infants with amino acidopathies and 38 infants with fatty acid oxidation defects or organic acidurias have been diagnosed. The overall incidence of these disorders is 0.036%. The analysis of acylcarnitine species using tandem mass-spectrometry has enabled the diagnosis of infants with inborn errors of metabolism prior to clinical presentation and to initiate therapy early enough to prevent long-term sequelae and to reduce mortality in these disorders.     

Analysis of Acylcarnitine Ester for Neonatal Screening of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Using Tandem Mass-spectrometry

Tandem mass-spectrometry has been introduced worldwide into neonatal screening programs for the quantitative analysis of acylcarnitine species and amino acids for the diagnosis of organic acidurias, defects of fatty acid oxidation, and amino acidopathies, respectively. Since April 2002 more than 200000 newborn infants have been screened in Austria using tandem mass-spectrometry. In this cohort 37 infants with amino acidopathies and 38 infants with fatty acid oxidation defects or organic acidurias have been diagnosed. The overall incidence of these disorders is 0.036%. The analysis of acylcarnitine species using tandem mass-spectrometry has enabled the diagnosis of infants with inborn errors of metabolism prior to clinical presentation and to initiate therapy early enough to prevent long-term sequelae and to reduce mortality in these disorders.     

A comparison between secondary-ion mass-spectrometry and spark-source mass-spectrometry for the quantitative analysis of steel wire

A comparison has been made between the results of the matrix-ion species ratio (MISR) method for quantification of secondary-ion mass-spectrometry data and spark-source mass-spectrometry analysis using photoplate detection for analysis of the steel basis of AlZn coated wire products. For SIMS quantification a suitable set of sensitivity factors, corrected for the actual surface sampling condition, was used. The results of both methods compare well. The SIMS results were, for most elements, within 25% of the concentration determined by SSMS. This could indicate that reasonably accurate results can be obtained by using the matrix-ion species ratio method for SIMS.     

Chromatographic methods for petroleum fractions analysis

The state-of-the-art problem of the analysis of various petroleum fractions by the methods of high performance liquid and capillary gas chromatography, IR-spectroscopy, and mass-spectrometry has been considered. The core principle of high performance liquid chromatography as the principal method for petroleum fractions’ separation has been described. Some methods for the chemical modification of domestic silica have been presented. Methods for aromatic hydrocarbons in benzine, kerosene, and diesel petroleum fractions by the chromatography method have been described.     

An overview on enrichment methods for cell surface proteome profiling

Cell surface proteins are essential for many important biological processes, including cell–cell interactions, signal transduction, and molecular transportation. With the characteristics of low abundance, high hydrophobicity, and high heterogeneity, it is difficult to get a comprehensive view of cell surface proteome by direct analysis. Thus, it is important to selectively enrich the cell surface proteins before liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry analysis. In recent years, a variety of enrichment methods have been developed. Based on the separation mechanism, these methods could be mainly classified into three types. The first type is based on their difference in the physicochemical property, such as size, density, charge, and hydrophobicity. The second one is based on the bimolecular affinity interaction with lectin or antibody. And the third type is based on the chemical covalent coupling to free side groups of surface‐exposed proteins or carbohydrate chains, such as primary amines, carboxyl groups, glycan side chains. In addition, metabolic labeling and enzymatic reaction‐based methods have also been employed to selectively isolate cell surface proteins. In this review, we will provide a comprehensive overview of the enrichment methods for cell surface proteome profiling.     

An ultra-fast and highly efficient multiple proteases digestion strategy using graphene-oxide-based immobilized protease reagents

Highly efficient and rapid proteolytic digestion of proteins into peptides is a crucial step in shotgun-based proteome-analysis strategy.Tandem digestion by two or more proteases is demonstrated to be helpful for increasing digestion efficiency and decreasing missed cleavages,which results in more peptides that are compatible with mass-spectrometry analysis.Compared to conventional solution digestion,immobilized protease digestion has the obvious advantages of short digestion time,no self-proteolysis,and reusability.We proposed a multiple-immobilized proteases-digestion strategy that combines the advantages of the two digestion strategies mentioned above.Graphene-oxide(GO)-based immobilized trypsin and endoproteinase Glu-C were prepared by covalently attaching them onto the GO surface.The prepared GO-trypsin and GO-Glu-C were successfully applied in standard protein digestion and multiple immobilized proteases digestion of total proteins of Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis.Compared to 12-hour solution digestion using trypsin or Glu-C,14%and 7%improvement were obtained,respectively,in the sequence coverage of BSA by one-minute digestion using GO-trypsin and GO-Glu-C.Multiple immobilized-proteases digestion of the total proteins of Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis showed 24.3%and 48.7%enhancement in the numbers of identified proteins than was obtained using GO-trypsin or GO-Glu-C alone.The ultra-fast and highly efficient digestion can be contributed to the high loading capacity of protease on GO,which leads to fewer missed cleavages and more complete digestion.As a result,improved protein identification and sequence coverage can be expected.     

Methods for determining hydrogen in steels

The current status of methods for determining hydrogen in metals is reviewed. Methods based on vacuum techniques, carrier-gas techniques, secondary-ion mass-spectrometry and nuclear reactions are discussed.     

Overview of software options for processing,analysis and interpretation of mass spectrometric proteomic data

Recently, the interests in proteomics have been intensively increased, and the proteomic methods have been widely applied to many problems in cell biology. If the age of 1990s is considered to be a decade of genomics, we can claim that the following years of the new century is a decade of proteomics. The rapid evolution of proteomics has continued through these years, with a series of innovations in separation techniques and the core technologies of two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis and MS. Both technologies are fueled by automation and high throughput computation for profiling of proteins from biological systems. As Patterson ever mentioned, ‘data analysis is the Achilles heel of proteomics and our ability to generate data now outstrips our ability to analyze it’. The development of automatic and high throughput technologies for rapid identification of proteins is essential for large‐scale proteome projects and automatic protein identification and characterization is essential for high throughput proteomics. This review provides a snap shot of the tools and applications that are available for mass spectrometric high throughput biocomputation. The review starts with a brief introduction of proteomics and MS. Computational tools that can be employed at various stages of analysis are presented, including that for data processing, identification, quantification, and the understanding of the biological functions of individual proteins and their dynamic interactions. The challenges of computation software development and its future trends in MS‐based proteomics have also been speculated. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Complexes between recombinant intracellular carriers of vitamin A and their specific ligands investigated by electrospray-mass spectrometry

The intracellular carriers of vitamin A, cellular retinol-binding protein type I, cellular retinol-binding protein type II and cellular retinoic acid-binding protein type I are members of the intracellular lipid-binding proteins family, in which the ligand-binding cavity is located in the interior of a barrel-like structure. The dissociation constants of the specific complexes in water solutions around neutrality are very low (in the 0.1 to 10 nM range). Because of their high stability, they represent ideal systems to verify the adequacy of electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry in the analysis of non-covalent protein-ligand complexes. The electrospray interface parameters were varied to detect the presence of species not present in solution but generated as artefacts during transfer of complexes from the condensed state to the gas-phase. The results clearly indicate that mass-spectrometry data reflect the situation present in solution only if the electrospray conditions are carefully selected. In particular, the values of cone voltage and temperature compatible with persistence of the complexes in the gas phase were determined for each vitamin A carrier. Lack of correlation between complex stability in solution and in the gas phase is attributable to the specific and differential effects of the two environments on protein conformation and ligand-protein interactions.