基质辅助激光解吸离子化质谱及其在生物大分子分析中的应用

近年来质谱离子化技术方面有两项重要成果:基质辅助激光解吸离子化(matrix-assisted laser desorptionionization,MALDI)和电喷雾离子化(electrospray ionization,ESI)。MALDI和ESI的应用使质谱在生物大分子研究方面取得重大突破。本文仅就MALDI的原理、特点、样品准备方法、基质的选择、仪器条件及其在生物大分子应用方面的最新进展进行简要的综述。     

基质中加入少量盐类改善MALDI-TOF MS的谱图信噪比

自20世纪80年代发明基质辅助激光解吸电离(Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization,MALDI)质谱以来,该技术已在生物分子分析方面得到了广泛应用．作为一种离子化方法,MALDI具有灵敏度高,对样品要求低,能耐高浓度盐和缓冲剂等优点．测定过程中使用合适的基质不仅能提高测试灵敏度和分辨率,还能扩增测试样品的种类。     

电喷雾离子化过程中蛋白质超多电荷离子生成方法研究进展

电喷雾离子化(Electrospray ionization, ESI)技术是目前常用的生物分子质谱离子化技术之一。在ESI过程中,蛋白质等生物大分子会携带多重电荷,形成多电荷离子。多电荷离子的形成,可有效降低待测离子的质荷比(Mass-to-charge ratio,m/z),扩大可检测分子量范围,提高检测灵敏度,为生物大分子的质谱分析带来较多便利。近年来,研究者提出了一些可在ESI过程中进一步提高蛋白质分子所带电荷数的方法,并将该方法称为蛋白质超多电荷化(Supercharging of proteins)方法。本文对蛋白质超多电荷化方法进行了系统的归纳和总结,综述了这些方法的离子化机理及影响因素,并对其应用进行了介绍。     

适用小分子化合物MALDI分析的基质研究

基质辅助激光解吸电离技术（matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization,MALDI）是20世纪80年代发展起来的一种应用于质谱分析的电离化技术。MALDI技术在生物大分子的分析和检测方面获得了良好的应用。由于受有机基质分子的干扰,MALDI在小分子化合物分析方面的应用受到很大的限制。近年来为解决这一问题,一些用于MALDI分析的新型材料被设计和开发出来。这些新型材料主要包括：碳、硅、纳米金属等无机材料和新型有机分子等。除此之外,在传统基质中添加表面活性剂和对分析物衍生化等方法也被成功应用于小分子化合物的MALDI质谱分析中。本文对这些可应用于小分子化合物分析的新型MALDI基质进行了综述和展望。     

引言

<正>质谱是一种按照离子的质荷比对不同大小的离子进行分离和检测的方法,测出离子准确质量即可确定相应化合物组成。早期的质谱法主要用于元素的同位素分析、小分子的分子量测定、化学式的确定及结构鉴定等。质谱在生命科学中的应用归功于两个软离子源的出现,即电喷雾电离源(ESI)和基质辅助激光解吸电离源(MALDI),这两种技术所具有的高灵敏度和高质量检测范围,使得质谱检测生物大分子变得更加容易,质谱学由此进入了生物质谱的新时代。2004年,美国普渡大学Cooks教授在ESI离子源研究的基础上,发展了一种电喷雾解吸离子化(DESI)技术,该技术无需复杂的样品前处理、     

基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱和电喷雾电离质谱在辣根过氧化物酶糖肽结构分析中的应用

糖链结构的质谱解析是今后糖蛋白分析中的重要研究内容,其中完整糖肽的分析,由于可以同时获得糖基化位点和对应糖链的结构信息,更具有重要意义和研究前景。本工作对质谱软电离技术在完整糖肽分析中的应用进行了研究,其中包括了基质辅助激光解吸电离(matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization, MALDI)和电喷雾电离(electrospray ionization, ESI)技术。通过平行使用两种串联质谱(tandem mass spectrometry, MS/MS)分析策略: MALDI-MS/MS和ESI-MS/MS对目标糖蛋白——辣根过氧化物酶进行分析,并讨论了其互补性。结果表明,MALDI和ESI技术各有优劣,结合串联质谱分析,可获得糖肽的糖链结构信息;两条路线互补使用,在揭示蛋白质糖基化修饰(位点和结构)的研究中十分必要。     

生物质谱

质谱已成为生物和生物化学研究的一个重要的分析工具，特别是在蛋白质组学研究的作用更显突出，它的分析速度、准确性和灵敏度都是传统分析技术所不可比拟的。主要介绍了两种近年来发展最为迅速、应用最为广泛的软离子化质谱技术：即基体辅助激光解吸离子化质谱（MALDI－MS）和电喷了子化质谱（ESI－MS）的原理、技术的最新进展，并简单介绍了它们在蛋白质和多肽分析中的应用。     

蛋白质组学中基质辅助激光解吸电离的基质研究进展

基质辅助激光解吸电离(MALDI)技术是近年来发展起来的新的质谱离子化技术。本文较为系统地综述了应用于蛋白质组学中的MALDI基质的最新进展以及不同的基质的优缺点及应用范围,并且归纳了其发展趋势。     

双步激光解析/激光电离质谱法及其应用的新进展

激光光电离技术已广泛应用于质谱领域.基于单束激光的基质辅助激光解析(MALDI)质谱分析方法,已成为质谱分析生物大分子的标准方法之一.本文介绍的是另一种新的激光质谱分析方法:双步激光解析/激光电离质谱法(L2MS),与MALDI相比,该方法不需要加入与样品形成共结晶的基质,同时可通过独立地改变两束激光的光强和波长达到优...     

表面等离子体共振-质谱联用技术研究进展

目前,表面等离子体共振(Surface Plasmon Resonance,SPR)与质谱法(Mass Spectrometry,MS)联用主要使用基质辅助激光解吸离子化(Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization,MALDI)和电喷雾离子化(Electrospray Ionization,ESI)来实现样品的离子化,近期也出现了利用敞开式离子化、传感芯片直接电喷雾离子化等方法实现SPR-MS联用的报道。本文将从以上几个方面出发,以联用接口方法为核心,总结概述SPR-MS联用的研究进展。     

Accurate mass measurement of DNA oligonucleotide ions using high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) play an essential role in the analysis of biological molecules, not only peptides and proteins, but also DNA and RNA. Tandem mass spectrometry used for sequence analysis has been a major focus of technological developments in mass spectrometry, but accurate mass measurements by high-resolution TOFMS are equally important. This paper describes the role that high mass measurement accuracy can play in DNA composition assignment and discusses the influence of several parameters on mass measurement accuracy in both MALDI and ESI mass spectra. Five oligonucleotides (5-13mers) were used to test the resolving power and mass measurement accuracy obtained with MALDI and ESI instruments with reflectron TOF mass analyzers. The results from the experimental studies and additional theoretical calculations provide a basis to predict the practical utility of high-resolution TOFMS for the analysis of larger oligonucleotides.     

Applications of mass spectrometry to food proteins and peptides

The application of mass spectrometry (MS) to large biomolecules has been revolutionized in the past decade with the development of electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) techniques. ESI and MALDI permit solvent evaporation and sublimation of large biomolecules into the gaseous phase, respectively. The coupling of ESI or MALDI to an appropriate mass spectrometer has allowed the determination of accurate molecular mass and the detection of chemical modification at high sensitivity (picomole to femtomole). The interface of mass spectrometry hardware with computers and new extended mass spectrometric methods has resulted in the use of MS for protein sequencing, post-translational modifications, protein conformations (native, denatured, folding intermediates), protein folding/unfolding, and protein-protein or protein-ligand interactions. In this review, applications of MS, particularly ESI-MS and MALDI time-of-flight MS, to food proteins and peptides are described.     

十二碳单烯-1-乙酸酯双键位置异构体的质谱研究

本文报道了十二碳单烯-1-乙酸酯双键位置异构体质谱的特征,应用质量分析离子动能谱(MIKES)研究离子的断裂机理,结果表明: 支配此类化合物基本断裂方式的主要是游离基中心引发的各种类型H的重排,双键位移和电荷转移, 离子在断裂前已形成结构上能快速相互转化的异构化离子的混合物, 因此这类双键位置异构体的质谱非常相似.     

Mass spectrometric imaging of synthetic polymers

The analysis of synthetic polymers represents today an important part of polymer science to determine their physical properties and to optimize the performance of polymeric materials for block copolymers as well as blend systems. The characterization can easily and rapidly be performed by mass spectrometry. In particular, the film formation of a synthetic polymer is of interest in material research and quality control, which can be determined by employing mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. MALDI-MSI has been rapidly improved for the analysis of tissue cross-sections due to its soft ionization and accessible m/z range, which both also play an important role in polymer science. On the other hand, SIMS-MSI enables a sub-micrometer molecular spatial resolution, which is limited in MALDI-MSI due to the spatial resolution capabilities of the laser desorption process. The aim of the present contribution is to summarize recent advances in both imaging techniques for the analysis of synthetic polymers and to highlight their capabilities to correlate several imaging modalities in future applications.     

Tandem mass spectrometry of synthetic polymers

The detailed characterization of macromolecules plays an important role for synthetic chemists to define and specify the structure and properties of the successfully synthesized polymers. The search for new characterization techniques for polymers is essential for the continuation of the development of improved synthesis methods. The application of tandem mass spectrometry for the detailed characterization of synthetic polymers using the soft ionization techniques matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI‐MS) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS), which became the basic tools in proteomics, has greatly been increased in recent years and is summarized in this perspective. Examples of a variety of homopolymers, such as poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(ethylene glycol), as well as copolymers, e.g. copolyesters, are given. The advanced mass spectrometric techniques described in this review will presumably become one of the basic tools in polymer chemistry in the near future. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Future of Biological Mass Spectrometry

Biological applications of mass spectrometry have grown exponentially since the discovery of MALDI and electrospray ionization techniques. This growth has been further fueled by the massive volume of DNA sequence information that is now available. An ambitious goal of some of this research is to monitor the level and modification of all proteins and metabolites in a biological sample such as plasma. A major research effort in mass spectrometry and related disciplines has been expended over the past several years toward reaching this and other less ambitious goals, and considerable progress has been made; but the presently available tools are clearly not sufficient for these very difficult tasks. In this “critical insight” discussion we suggest that recent advances in time-of-flight (TOF) technology with MALDI ionization may provide some important new tools for achieving the goals of biological research.     

Investigations of electrospray sample deposition for polymer MALDI mass spectrometry

In the interest of a more thorough understanding of the relationship between sample deposition technique and the quality of data obtained using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry, details of the electrospray (ES) process of sample deposition are investigated using a number of techniques. Sample morphology was observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), while matrix-enhanced secondary ion mass spectrometry (MESIMS) monitored surface coverage. Electrospray deposition reduces the analyte segregation that can occur during traditional dried droplet deposition for MALDI. We attribute statistically significant improvements in the reproducibility of signal intensity and MALDI average molecular mass measurements to the ES sample deposition technique.     

Comparision of FAB and MALDI Mass Spectrometry of Ginsenosides

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Characterization of implant device materials using size-exclusion chromatography with mass spectrometry and with triple detection

A more complete understanding of the raw materials used for making implant device materials becomes increasingly important in the medical device industry. Often such detailed information requires utilization of a combination of analytical techniques. In this work, we characterize a poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) material using on-line size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) techniques. Here, we obtain detailed molecular compositional information such as repeat units, end group chemistry, and identification of impurities in both the high and low mass range. SEC with light scattering, viscosity, and refractive index detection (triple detection) is used to obtain information on a small quantity of high mass impurity that was undetected by both SEC-ESI and MALDI MS techniques. SEC with triple detection measures absolute molecular weights and molecular weight distributions. We compare average molecular weight values of the implantable device polymer obtained by SEC with triple detection, SEC-ESI, and SEC-MALDI MS techniques.