毛细管等电聚焦和电渗泵驱动聚焦区带分离蛋白质

建立了一种利用电渗泵驱动毛细管内的聚焦区带,实现毛细管电泳等电聚焦分离蛋白质的方法。通过控制电压来调节泵的输出流量,从而调节聚焦区带的迁移速度。适用于毛细管电泳等电聚焦两步法分离蛋白质等两性物质。考察了对牛血清白蛋白和溶菌酶两种粗提蛋白质混合物的分离,迁移时间的RSD分别为1.6%和1.3%,峰面积的RSD均为1.6%,证明方法可行。     

新型固定化pH梯度毛细管等电聚焦方法用于蛋白分离

通过化学键合建立一种固定化pH梯度的方法,用于毛细管等电聚焦分离蛋白质.采用微流控泵驱动毛细管内的聚焦区带,通过调节泵的流量,从而调节聚焦区带的迁移速度.该方法避免了自由溶液聚焦时两性电解质所带来的影响,实现了高灵敏度及检测波长自由选择等优点,适用于两步法毛细管电泳等电聚焦分离蛋白质等两性电解质.本文考察了对牛血清白蛋白和血红蛋白两种蛋白质混合物的分离,证明了该方法可行.     

薄层等电聚焦技术及其在生化分析中的应用

等电聚焦是1966年建立起来的一种高分辨率的蛋白质分离分析新技术,10多年来发展很快。它的基本原理是利用蛋白质分子或其它两性分子等电点的不同,在一稳定、连续、线性的pH梯度中进行蛋白质分离分析。     

肽段固相等电聚焦结合液相色谱-质谱联用技术分析鼠肝蛋白质

利用肽段固相胶条等电聚焦技术对大鼠鼠肝组织蛋白质酶解产物进行预分离,反相色谱分离所得预分离组分后,用LTQ-Orbitrap MS进行分析。共鉴定到2039个蛋白质,包括18个乙酰化蛋白,其中4个乙酰化蛋白未被报道过。对这些蛋白进行了生物信息学分析。结果表明,将肽段等电聚焦与LC-MS/MS结合起来,是一种有效的蛋白质组学分析技术,适合于大规模蛋白质鉴定分析。     

液相等电聚焦结合乙酰化标记在比较蛋白质组学中的应用

建立了液相等电聚焦,一维电泳分离以及肽段乙酰化同位素标记的新技术,此技术在1∶5~5∶1范围内具有较好的动态范围(误差小于20%)。本方法不仅可以提高比较蛋白质组分离的通量,并有助于低丰度差异蛋白中的检出;并成功应用于正常肝脏与癌变肝脏组织的低丰度、偏碱性蛋白的差异比较蛋白质组分析,鉴定出16种差异蛋白,结果令人满意。     

等电聚焦预分离用于肝癌细胞分泌蛋白质组的分级与鉴定

分泌蛋白质组(secretome)是指在特定的时空条件下,细胞、组织等分泌的全部蛋白质。分泌蛋白质组可能包含了大量的疾病诊断生物标志物,因此其相关研究越来越受到重视。分泌蛋白质组的组成高度复杂且浓度范围宽,这对分析方法提出了挑战。建立有效的蛋白质或肽段预分离策略,将有利于分泌蛋白质的高覆盖率鉴定。本研究以肝癌细胞系MHCC97L的无血清培养分泌蛋白质为研究对象,采用一种新型等电聚焦预分离(OFFGEL)系统,考察了肽段水平的分级对蛋白质鉴定结果的影响。结果表明,分离后各馏分中肽段的等电点分布与理论预测基本一致,每个馏分中单独鉴定的肽段比例接近80%,显示了该系统对肽段的高分辨分离能力。结合生物质谱技术,在肝癌细胞分泌系统中鉴定了2995个蛋白质,显示了该系统在复杂体系蛋白质组研究中的应用潜力。     

一步法和两步法毛细管等电聚焦测定蛋白质和多肽等电点的比较

利用一步法和两步法毛细管等电聚焦(cIEF)方法分离测定了蛋白质和多肽的等电点(pI)。讨论了两步法等电聚焦过程所需的溶液组成、样品进样体积、聚焦电压、聚焦时间和分离条件等因素对分离效果的影响。并对一步法和两步法进行了比较。对细胞色素C、血红蛋白、肌红蛋白、转铁蛋白和牛血清白蛋白以及6种多肽的分析结果表明:一步法步骤简单,分离速度快,可测定单一组分的pI,也能快速分离混合蛋白和多肽,但分离度较差,且不能同时准确测定各组分的pI;两步法步骤复杂,分析时间较长,但能够同时分离并准确测定混合样品中各组分的pI,所测的pI值与单一组分进行测定的结果基本一致。两种方法可相互结合、互为补充,可广泛应用于两性生物微粒等电点的快速和准确测定。     

纳升电喷雾毛细管液相色谱-串联质谱鉴定K562细胞株中混合蛋白质

用标准蛋白质混合物建立了一种适用于低丰度混合蛋白质及其异构体分离与鉴定的蛋白质组学方法。通过IPG胶条等电聚焦分离蛋白质,染色后进行混合胶内酶切,采用纳升电喷雾毛细管液相色谱一串联质谱“散弹法（shot-gun）”分析酶切产物,并进行数据库检索鉴定蛋白质。运用该方法从K562细胞株样品中鉴定出14种具有重要功能的蛋白质,部分蛋白质同时在多个条带中出现,可能是异构体。肽段及其碎片离子的平均质量偏差小于0．05U,综合得分大都远远超过有效值。该方法灵敏、准确度高、分辨率高、省时、便于操椎存苍宗罾白甩异构体青而右优势．     

毛细管电泳-电喷雾质谱联用技术及其在蛋白质分析领域中的应用

综述了毛细管电泳与电喷雾质谱联用的接口技术、分离模式及其在蛋白质分析领域中的应用，特别是毛细管等电聚焦与电喷雾质谱联用在蛋白质组学中研究进展。     

毛细管等电聚焦/加压毛细管电色谱二维分离体系在多肽分离中的应用

以毛细管等电聚焦(cIEF)为第一维分离模式,以反相加压毛细管电色谱(pCEC)为第二维分离模式,开展离线二维色谱分离研究,并对复杂肽段进行分离.羟丙基纤维紊(HPC)涂层的毛细管用于cIEF分离,对6种标准蛋白质的平均分离柱效约为31万.在毛细管末端引进电隔离槽,方便了第一维样品的收集.在加电6 kV下,第二维pCE...     

Extension of separation range in capillary isoelectric focusing for resolving highly basic biomolecules

The non-availability of commercial carrier ampholytes in the pH range greater than 11 has contributed to difficulties in focusing and resolving highly basic proteins/peptides using capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF). Two different approaches, involving the use of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) and ampholyte 9-11, are investigated for their effects on the extension of separation range in cIEF. The addition of TEMED into pharmalyte 3-10 not only prevents the peptides/proteins from focusing in sections of the capillary beyond the detection point, but also extends the separation range to at least isoelectric point (pI) 12. The combination of ampholyte 9-11 with pharmalyte 3-10 surprisingly provides baseline resolution between bradykinin (pI 12) and cytochrome c (pI 10.3). The sample mixture, containing bradykinin, the high-pI protein calibration kit (pI 5.2-10.3), and cytochrome c digest, is employed to demonstrate the cIEF separation of proteins and peptides over a wide pH range of 3.7-12.     

Comparison of different capillary isoelectric focusing methods--use of "narrow pH cuts" of carrier ampholytes as original tools to improve resolution

Two capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) systems have first been optimized: one uses a bare silica capillary and 30% (v/v) of glycerol in the separation medium while the other uses a coated capillary and an aqueous background electrolyte. To perform permanent capillary coating, two neutral polymers have been compared: hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) and polyvinylalcohol (PVA). HPC coating gave best results for electroosmotic flow (EOF) limitation on a wide pH range: as compared to a bare silica capillary, it allowed to decrease EOF by 96% at pH 7.2 after acidic and basic treatments, whereas PVA coating lead only to a 76% decrease. The glycerol CIEF system was more satisfying for the separation of model proteins classically used as pI markers. Finally, the use of "narrow pH cuts" of carrier ampholytes added to commercial ampholyte mixtures allowed increasing resolution up to a factor 2.4 at a chosen pH for the separation of pI markers and milk proteins.     

One-step capillary isoelectric focusing for the separation of the recombinant human immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein glycoforms

One-step capillary isoelectric focusing was investigated as a rapid method to resolve the glycoforms of the heterogeneous recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope glycoprotein (rgp 160sMN/LAI). The separation was performed in a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) coated capillary using a mixture of ampholyte of narrow and wide pH range. A combination of saccaharose and 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid was shown to be the most efficient additive to avoid protein precipitation which occurs at a pH close to its pI. Although the calibration curve [isoelectric point (pI) vs. migration times] showed a non-linear relationship, an adequate linearity could be yielded for short pI ranges permitting to exhibit the acidic character of the different glycoforms of the rgp 160s MN/LAI (pI from 4.00 to 4.95). Reproducibility evaluated by comparing the performance of a polyacrylamide and a PVA coated capillary showed that low RSD values were obtained for intra-day (0.5 to 1.9%) and inter-day (1.6 to 7.6%) measurements using the PVA capillary. Moreover, the long term stability of the PVA capillary was demonstrated by measuring the variation of migration times of the protein markers for a long period of use. Finally, this method was able to differentiate the glycoform pattern of two close glycoproteins such as the rgp 160 of two sub-populations of the virus HIV-1.     

A multivariate approach for the determination of isoelectric point of human carbonic anhydrase isoforms by capillary isoelectric focusing

Human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) IX and XII are isoenzymes which are highly overexpressed in many cancer types. Recently, it has been shown that hCA IX contributes to the acidification of the tumor environment leading to chemoresistance with basic antitumoral drugs. The development of selective hCA inhibitors constitutes a new therapeutic axis. In order to elucidate the specific interactions between hCA and inhibitors, physico-chemical properties of hCA must be evaluated. This work reports the determination of the isoelectric point (pI) of a series of hCA isoforms by capillary isoelectric focusing. First, the method was optimized with synthetic UV-detectable pI markers using a central composite design. The separation was performed in a fused-silica capillary chemically derivatized with hydroxypropylcellulose and using a glycerol-water medium as the anticonvective gel. Three main factors (ampholyte content, focusing time and mobilization pressure) were optimized in order to obtain the best resolution, detection threshold and precision on the pI determination. Then, the model was validated through the analysis of standard proteins mixture having known pI values, before investigating the pI of hCA isoforms.     

Charge heterogeneity of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody conjugated with a cytotoxic antitumor antibiotic, calicheamicin

A robust and highly reproducible capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) method for the evaluation of charge heterogeneity of monoclonal antibody (mAb) pharmaceutical which contains covalently bound antitumor compounds was developed using a combination of commercially available dimethylpolysiloxane-coated capillary and carrier ampholyte. In order to optimize major analytical parameters for robust mobilization, experimental responses from three pI markers were selected. The optimized method gave excellent repeatability and intermediate precision in estimated pI values of charge variants with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of not more than 0.06% and 0.95%, respectively, when using IgG(4) as a model. Furthermore, RSDs of charge variant compositions were less than 5.0%. These results suggest that the proposed method can be a powerful tool for reproducible evaluation of charge variants of both naked mAbs and their conjugates with high resolution, and it is applicable to quality testing and detailed characterization in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, it should be noticed that the method provided non-linear pH gradient within the tested ranges, from pI 9.50 to 3.78, and the pH gradient caused the inconsistency of estimated pI ranges between cIEF and gel IEF. This result indicates that selecting appropriate pI markers based on the target pI ranges of charge variants for each mAb related pharmaceutical is highly recommended for the precise determination of pI values.     

Synthesis and characterization of quaternary ammonium dicarboxylic acid isoelectric buffers and their use in pH-biased isoelectric trapping separations

Two approaches are described in this paper for the synthesis of isoelectric buffers that have pI values in the 1.5 < pI < 4.3 range. The first synthesis relies on the alkylation of existing aminodicarboxylic acids and recovery of the ampholyte as an inner salt. The second synthesis method forms low-pI ampholytes by reacting a secondary amine with two equivalents of an alkylester of a haloalkanecarboxylic acid, followed by hydrolysis of the intermediate in an alkaline solution and recovery of the ampholyte as an inner salt. The new ampholytes have been analytically characterized by capillary electrophoresis, high-resolution electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography. The isoionic solutions of the new ampholytes have high buffering capacity and conductivity, making them good pH biasers in the receiving stream in preparative-scale pH-biased isoelectric trapping separations.     

Enantioseparation of derivatized amino acids by capillary isoelectric focusing using cyclodextrin complexation

Enantioseparation of dansylated as well as 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidylcarbamate (AQC)-derivatized amino acids by means of capillary isoelectric focusing using various cyclodextrin derivatives is demonstrated. Separation is based on the enantioselective shift of the isoelectric points upon complexation with the chiral selectors. The zwitterionic, diastereomeric analyte-cyclodextrin complexes exhibited differences in the pI values up to more than 0.25 pI units. Enantioresolution was achieved for a number of derivatized amino acids and various selectors added to the carrier ampholyte solution. The hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin proved to be the best selector for this purpose. Enantioseparation as dependent on the selector concentration was evaluated in a range between 5 and 30 mM. Separation could be attained down to selector concentrations corresponding to a degree of complexation as low as 30%. The peaks appear according to the degree of complexation between the positions adopted without and with full complexation. The kinetics of complex formation and dissociation was fast enough in most instances to produce single peaks, even with complexation degrees near 0.5 and significant pI shifts. Peak widths were slightly enlarged in these instances. The method offers excellent perspectives for preparative applications.     

Capillary isoelectric focusing with UV-induced fluorescence detection

Low-molecular-mass fluorescent compounds excitable in the near UV region with suitable acidobasic and electrophoretic properties are suggested as isoelectric point (pI) markers for isoelectric focusing (IEF) with UV photometric and UV excited fluorometric detection. The experimental set-up of capillary IEF with UV excited fluorometric detection and properties of new UV-induced fluorescent pI markers are given. The pI values of 18 new pI markers determined independently of IEF methods range from 2.1 to 10.3. The examples of separation of new pI markers together with derivatized proteins by capillary IEF with photometric or fluorometric detection are presented.     

Ionic binding properties of carrier ampholytes

Radioactive ampholytes were synthesized with specific activity of 638 microCi/g. These were used in studies of ampholyte binding to target proteins under non-ionic conditions. These radioactive ampholytes bound to target proteins but were dissociable in sodium chloride solutions with dissociation occurring in a concentration dependent way. The ampholytes could be dissociated from target molecules using excess unlabelled ampholytes synthesized in the laboratory as well as commercial ampholytes. Radioactive ampholytes were bound to target proteins with different isoelectric points and the bound ampholytes were eluted and analyzed by recycling isoelectric focusing. The results showed that acidic proteins bound basic ampholytes and basic proteins bound acidic ampholytes. Acidic radioactive ampholytes were selectively bound by Sephacryl S-200 and ampholyte exchange from protein to Sephacryl S-200 was shown.     

Recent advances in electrophoretic techniques for the characterization of protein biomolecules: a poker of aces

The four classical modes of electrophoresis of protein molecules (sodium dodecyl sulphate electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing, IEF, and immobilized pH gradients, IPGs, two-dimensional maps, 2D, and capillary electrophoresis, CE) are here reviewed, with special emphasis on recent innovations. Thus, in the case of SDS-PAGE, a novel method, consisting in focusing SDS-protein micelles against a gradient of cationic charges grafted onto a polyacrylamide gel is presented. In the case of IEF, the recent decoding of the structure, polydispersity, molecular mass distribution and buffering properties of the soluble carrier ampholyte buffers are here discussed. In regard to two dimensional mapping, recent instrumentation for performing 2D maps in horizontal, large gel slabs (up to 30 cm × 40 cm) and in a radial format for the SDS dimension is here evaluated. Finally, in the case of CE, three major applications are presented: a thorough study of capillary IEF and of all experimental variables, a method of importance in screening of rDNA products; the possibility of running proteins and peptide separations in very acidic, amphoteric, isoelectric buffers in absence of any capillary coating; finally, the possibility of producing a facile, user friendly, covalent coating of the wall silanols via bonding of quaternarized piperazines endowed with an iodinated tail. In acidic, volatile buffers, such protein/peptide runs can be directly interfaced with mass spectrometry instrumentation.