尺寸排阻-反相液相色谱-质谱联用技术在大鼠肾脏翻译后修饰蛋白质鉴定中的应用

LC-MS联用技术在蛋白质组学研究中具有重要的作用,但是在复杂的生物体系中,由于样品的高度复杂性和其中蛋白质含量的巨大差异,执行全面且无倾向的蛋白质组分析是一项挑战。因此,在液相色谱分离中采用基于不同原理的色谱分离方法来降低蛋白质样本的复杂度,并对微量蛋白质进行富集,对后续采用质谱方法进行信息的采集和深入分析至关重要。在这里我们开发了一种基于尺寸排阻色谱(SEC)与反相液相色谱(RPLC)结合的新方法来进行复杂体系蛋白质的分离和鉴定,特别是对于微量蛋白质的分析。首先使用SEC对蛋白质进行分离和富集,并酶解成多肽,再通过RPLC-MS联用的方法对酶解后的多肽进行分离和鉴定。结果显示使用上述方法可以有效降低蛋白质样本的复杂度,并有效提高微量蛋白质的鉴定能力,可从大鼠肾脏鉴定出23621个肽段及1345个蛋白质,比常规的二维强阳离子交换-反相液相色谱法(2D SCX-RPLC)鉴定到的肽段及蛋白质分别多出69%及27%。此外,该方法对肾脏翻译后修饰(PTM)蛋白质的鉴定显示出更多的优势,翻译后修饰的多肽鉴定率显著增加,特别是磷酸化肽段的鉴定效率可达到靶向富集策略的水平。在此展示的SEC-RPLC-MS可以更好地了解蛋白质翻译后修饰对肾脏的影响,最终将有助于增加我们对正常的生理性肾功能以及病理过程机制的理解。     

多肽荧光探针在蛋白质检测中的应用

荧光探针法是痕量蛋白质检测的重要方法,其中多肽荧光探针得到了广泛的应用.本文综述了3种主要类型多肽荧光探针,即单荧光标记探针、双荧光标记探针和与其他材料形成复合物的探针的结构特点、检测原理以及不同类型多肽荧光探针在蛋白质定性、定量检测和酶活性测定等方面的应用,并对多肽荧光探针的未来发展方向进行了展望.     

反相液相色谱在蛋白质及多肽分离分析中的应用

反相液相色谱是一种以疏水作用为基础的色谱分离模式。由于它具有分辨率高、重复性好、回收率高等优点,在蛋白质及多肽的分离分析中得到了极为广泛的应用。本文简要介绍了反相液相色谱及其分离机理,对其在蛋白质和多肽研究中的应用如分离纯化、肽图分析、酶活测定、构象变化检测及疏水作用研究等作系统综述,并展望了反相液相色谱在这一领域的发展前景。     

凝胶过滤/离子交换全二维液相色谱系统的构建与评价

基于蛋白质的尺寸及带电性质,将凝胶过滤色谱(GFC)与离子交换色谱(IEC)两种分离模式结合,采用双捕集柱接口构建了GFC/2×IEC二维液相色谱(2-D LC)分离系统,同时考虑离子交换色谱分离蛋白质对等电点范围的限制,进一步结合中心切割平行柱的方法实现对蛋白质的全二维分离。为与后续蛋白质在线酶解、多肽分离及质谱鉴定匹配,系统中采用常规柱以保证蛋白质质谱鉴定对样品量的要求,3种常规分离柱分别选用凝胶过滤色谱柱TSK-GEL G3000SW_(XL)(300 mm×7.8 mm,5μm)、强阴离子交换色谱柱Hypersil SAX(100 mm×4.6 mm,10μm)和强阳离子交换色谱柱Hypersil SCX(100 mm×4.6 mm,10μm)。最终以酵母细胞蛋白质提取液为样品,对构建的二维系统加以评价,在总蛋白质浓度13.5 mg/mL、上样体积100μL的条件下,将第一维分离等时间切割17次,并将切割馏分全部导入第二维继续分离,二维系统在148 min内获得的总峰容量达到884。说明所构建的系统可以用于蛋白质的在线全二维分离。     

毛细管电泳法在测定蛋白多肽理化特性中的应用

蛋白质是生命物质基础,蛋白质性质和功能研究是生命科学现在和将来的研究热点之一。理化特性参数是分离、鉴定多肽或蛋白质的基础,已成为蛋白质组学重要研究内容之一。毛细管电泳是将电泳和色谱有机地结合在一起的快速分离技术,分离机制涉及到物质的荷电、分子空间结构和大小、扩散特性、相互作用等理化性质。通过对样品的定量分析或不同条件下迁移时间的变化,利用理化参数与浓度或迁移时间的定量关系,可以计算出多肽或蛋白质的理化特性参数。本文对近年来毛细管电泳测定蛋白质或多肽理化特性原理和方法进行了综述。     

化学标记与蛋白质/多肽的识别检测

化学标记技术可以实现选择性地标记蛋白质/多肽分子,从而极大地提高了对蛋白质/多肽的识别效率和检测灵敏度,是突破蛋白质/多肽化学组成局限和仪器分析检测能力瓶颈的有效途径.本文对目前这一领域的研究现状扼要地进行了综述,主要包括针对蛋白质/多肽分子中内源氨基酸残基的标记策略、蛋白质/多肽分子中翻译后修饰基团的标记策略、基因编码表达肽段的标记策略以及配体/抗体亲和标记策略.透过这些研究所取得的成果,可以断定化学标记技术将会不断发展并将在蛋白质及蛋白质组学研究中发挥重要作用.     

化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统

化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统设计集成了一种可用于分离检测氨基酸、多肽和蛋白质等复杂样品的化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统.该系统采用双检测器同时检测第一维和第二维的分离峰信息,可获得样品的二维分离谱图,满足了对多种复杂结构微流控芯片分离特性进行研究的要求.     

酪氨酸磷酸化多肽的化学选择性富集

酪氨酸激酶在生物分子的信号转导中起着非常重要的作用,目前除抗体技术外尚无有效的化学方法能够实现对酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白或多肽的选择性富集,然而抗体通常成本较高,而且往往会有模体序列的选择性识别。本文发展了一种基于化学反应的酪氨酸磷酸化肽段的选择性富集,该方法利用了β消除反应只能发生在丝氨酸和苏氨酸磷酸化多肽的特性,以反相选择方法,从而实现对酪氨酸磷酸化肽段的选择性富集。以标准多肽对其反应效率和回收率进行了考察,20分钟内丝氨酸磷酸化多肽的β消除反应效率可达99%以上,而同时酪氨酸磷酸化肽段可保持70%的回收率。进一步以六种标准蛋白混合物的酶解产物对其进行考察,经β消除反应和亲和富集之后,只有酪氨酸磷酸化多肽可以被检测出来,该方法为蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化的分析提供了一种新的手段。     

毛细管电泳法在测定蛋白质或多肽的理化特性中的应用

蛋白质是生命物质的基础,蛋白质性质和功能研究是生命科学现在和将来的研究热点之一。理化特性参数是分离、鉴定多肽或蛋白质的基础,已成为蛋白质组学的重要研究内容之一。毛细管电泳是将电泳和色谱有机地结合在一起的快速分离技术,分离机制涉及到物质的荷电、分子空间结构和大小、扩散特性、相互作用等理化性质。通过对样品的定量分析或不同条件下迁移时间的变化的测定,利用理化参数与浓度或迁移时间的定量关系可以计算出多肽或蛋白质的理化特性参数。本文对近年来毛细管电泳测定蛋白质或多肽理化特性的原理和方法方面的进展进行了综述。     

色谱技术在蛋白质组学研究中的应用引言

蛋白质组是指一个有机体的基因组所表达的全部蛋白质。蛋白质组学是研究有机体蛋白质的组成及其变化规律的科学。蛋白质组成的高度复杂性和随时间、空间变化的特点,对蛋白质组的研究技术和方法提出了巨大挑战。色谱作为现代分离科学的核心技术之一,在蛋白质组研究中发挥了重要作用。我们可以通过对组织、细胞或体液中成千上万种蛋白质/多肽的色谱预分离,降低样本的复杂程度,提高蛋白质的鉴定率;我们可以通过亲和色谱对翻译后修饰的蛋白质/多肽进行特异性富集分离,去除非修饰的蛋白质/多肽,实现修饰蛋白的成功鉴定;我们还可以通过色谱 质谱联用技术,获得蛋白质/多肽在色谱分离中的保留时间或峰面积,实现蛋白质的规模化定量与鉴定等。 为了集中展示我国科学家在色谱技术及其在蛋白质组学研究中的应用方面所取得的成果,《色谱》杂志特此在2010年第2期编辑出版了“色谱技术在蛋白质组学研究中的应用”专栏。我们邀请了在该领域具有突出成绩或学术造诣的部分专家、学者撰写了相关的学术论文和综述。希望通过这些文章所介绍的工作,为进一步提高色谱技术在蛋白质组学研究中的应用水平,推动我国蛋白质组学的发展和取得创新性的研究成果作出贡献。     

Two-dimensional supercritical fluid chromatography/mass spectrometry for the enantiomeric analysis and purification of pharmaceutical samples

A new analytical two-dimensional supercritical fluid chromatography/mass spectrometry system (2D SFC/SFC/MS) has been designed and implemented to enhance the efficiency and quality of analytical support in drug discovery. The system consists of a Berger analytical SFC pump and a modifier pump, a Waters ZQ 2000 mass spectrometer, a set of switching valves, and a custom software program. The system integrates achiral and chiral separations into a single run to perform enantiomeric analysis and separation of a racemic compound from a complex mixture without prior clean up. The achiral chromatography in the first dimension separates the racemate from all other impurities, such as un-reacted starting materials and by-products. Mass-triggered fractionation is used to selectively fractionate the targeted racemic compound based on its molecular weight. The purified racemate from the achiral chromatography in the first dimension is then transferred to the chiral column in the second dimension to conduct the enantiomeric separation and analysis. A control software program, we coined SFC2D, was developed and integrated with MassLynx to retrieve acquisition status, current sample information, and real time mass spectrometric data as they are acquired. The SFC2D program also monitors the target ion signal to carry out mass-triggered fractionation by switching the valve to fractionate the desired peak. The 2D SFC/SFC/MS system uses one CO(2) pump and one modifier pump for both first and second dimension chromatographic separations using either gradient or isocratic elution. Similarly, a preparative 2D SFC/SFC/MS system has been constructed by modifying an existing Waters preparative LC/MS system. All components except the back pressure regulator are from the original LC/MS system. Applications of the 2D SFC/SFC/MS methods to the separation and the analysis of racemic pharmaceutical samples in complex mixtures demonstrated that an achiral separation (in first dimension) and a chiral separation (in second dimension) can be successfully combined into a single, streamlined process both in analytical and preparative scale.     

High‐performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry: Characterization,data management,and applications

The combination of high‐performance liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry facilitates the two‐dimensional separation of complex mixtures in the retention and drift time plane. The ion mobility spectrometer presented here was optimized for flow rates customarily used in high‐performance liquid chromatography between 100 and 1500 μL/min. The characterization of the system with respect to such parameters as the peak capacity of each time dimension and of the 2D spectrum was carried out based on a separation of a pesticide mixture containing 24 substances. While the total ion current chromatogram is coarsely resolved, exhibiting coelutions for a number of compounds, all substances can be separately detected in the 2D plane due to the orthogonality of the separations in retention and drift dimensions. Another major advantage of the ion mobility detector is the identification of substances based on their characteristic mobilities. Electrospray ionization allows the detection of substances lacking a chromophore. As an example, the separation of a mixture of 18 amino acids is presented. A software built upon the free mass spectrometry package OpenMS was developed for processing the extensive 2D data. The different processing steps are implemented as separate modules which can be arranged in a graphic workflow facilitating automated processing of data.     

A theoretical basis for parameter selection and instrument design in comprehensive size-exclusion chromatography x liquid chromatography

A novel approach for the selection of the operational parameters (linear velocity, column length) for a comprehensive 2D-LC system is discussed. Starting point for the calculations is a given second dimension ((2)D) separation and a desired peak capacity for the 2D system. Using the theory developed here the optimum settings for the first dimension ((1)D) column can be derived. Theory clearly indicates that the choice of the (1)D conditions is basically limited to just one set of column lengths and linear velocities. The new method is tested on a comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography system which uses size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) followed by reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). A novel LC/LC interface, using a six-port valve rather than storage loops, joins the two chromatographic dimensions. From a theoretical comparison of continuous low flow and stop-flow operation the latter method was found to be an attractive mode of interfacing. The common idea that stop-flow operation results in additional band broadening is shown to be incorrect. The new interface design operated in the stop-flow mode permits the use of conventional analytical diameter HPLC columns, 7.8mm for SEC and 4.6mm for RPLC. The reversed phase chromatography utilizes a monolithic C-18 modified silica column, which produces fast and efficient analyses. As test samples complex mixtures of peptides were analyzed.     

Optimal gradient operation in comprehensive liquid chromatography × liquid chromatography systems with limited orthogonality

A novel strategy is described for designing optimal second dimension (²D) gradient conditions for a comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography system where the two dimensions are not fully orthogonal. Using the approach developed here, the initial and final organic modifier content values resulting in the highest coverage of separation space can be derived for each ²D gradient run. Theory indicates that these values can be determined by adapting ²D gradient operation to the degree of orthogonality. The new method is tested on a comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography system that uses reversed phase (RP) columns showing different selectivities in the two dimensions. A comparison between analyses carried out using normal and optimized ²D gradients showed that the latter allow a more efficient use of analysis time. This can result either in an improved peak capacity or in decreasing total analysis time, depending on the final goal of the experiment. In the latter scenario, the number of separated peaks is comparable to that obtained using gradients spanning a wide range of organic modifier but, now, in half the time. As test samples complex mixtures of peptides were analyzed.     

Two-dimensional capillary liquid chromatography: pH gradient ion exchange and reversed phase chromatography for rapid separation of proteins

In the present work, an orthogonal two-dimensional (2D) capillary liquid chromatography (LC) method for fractionation and separation of proteins using wide range pH gradient ion exchange chromatography (IEC) in the first dimension and reversed phase (RP) in the second dimension, is demonstrated. In the first dimension a strong anion exchange (SAX) column subjected to a wide range (10.5-3.5) descending pH gradient was employed, while in the second dimension, a large pore (4,000 A) polystyrene-divinylbenzene (PS-DVB) RP analytical column was used for separation of the protein pH-fractions from the first dimension. The separation power of the off-line 2D method was demonstrated by fractionation and separation of human plasma proteins. Seventeen pH-fractions were manually collected and immediately separated in the second dimension using a column switching capillary RP-LC system. Totally, more than 200 protein peaks were observed in the RP chromatograms of the pH-fractions. On-line 2D analysis was performed for fractionation and separation of ten standard proteins. Two pH-fractions (basic and acidic) from the first dimension were trapped on PS-DVB RP trap columns prior to back-flushed elution onto the analytical RP column for fast separation of the proteins with UV/MS detection.     

Two-dimensional separation system of coupling capillary liquid chromatography to capillary electrophoresis for analysis of Escherichia coli metabolites

A two-dimensional (2-D) separation system of coupling chromatography to electrophoresis was developed for profiling Escherichia coli metabolites. Capillary liquid chromatography (LC) with a monolithic silica-octadecyl silica column (500 x 0.2 mm ID) was used as the first dimension, from which the effluent fractions were further analyzed by capillary electrophoresis (CE) acting as the second dimension. Field-enhanced stacking was selectively employed as a concentration strategy to interface the two dimensions, which proved to be beneficial for the detection of metabolites. An artificial sample containing 118 standards, some of which lack chromophores or have weak UV absorbance, was used to optimize the 2-D separation system. Under the optimum conditions, 63 components in the artificial sample having absorbance at 254 nm could be well resolved and detected. The utility of the system was demonstrated by comprehensive analysis of E. coli metabolites. Comparing with the previous 2-D separation system we published in Anal. Chem. 2004, 76, 1419-1428, using a longer monolithic column in the first dimension improved the separation efficiency and offered the possibility of increasing the injection volume without compromising the separation efficiency. In the second dimension, field-enhanced stacking was used to improve the concentration sensitivity of the metabolites, and more metabolites in E. coli cell extract were detected and identified using the developed 2-D separation system. In addition, preliminary investigation for future CE-mass spectrometry coupling was also made in the study by using volatile buffers in the capillary LC and CE techniques.     

Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometric detection in the analyses of triacylglycerols in natural lipidic matrixes

Triacylglycerols (TAGs), the major components in fats and oils, are a good example of natural complex mixtures. The best technique for the separation of such samples is certainly high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Monodimensional HPLC separations are often not sufficient to resolve all the components of interest. The present investigation reports the employment of a comprehensive LC system, based on the different separation mechanisms of silver ion (Ag) and non-aqueous reversed phase (RP) HPLC, used respectively in the first and second dimension, and applied to the analysis of plant-derived natural lipidic matrixes. The results obtained show that the approach enables both the separation of a high number of components and the attainment of structural information due to the formation of group-type patterns on the bidimensional (2D) plane. The employment of atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation (APCI) mass spectrometry as detection system was of substantial support for reliable TAG assignment, thus increasing the identification power of this comprehensive chromatographic approach.     

Development of a comprehensive multidimensional liquid chromatography system with tandem mass spectrometry detection for detailed characterization of recombinant proteins

A multidimensional comprehensive liquid-phase separation system (2DLC) coupled on-line to an electrospray-ionization time-of-flight (ESI-TOF) mass spectrometer (MS) was used to resolve structural alterations and/or post-translational modifications for detailed protein characterization. The system described in this work consists of cation-exchange chromatography in the first dimension and reversed-phase chromatography in the second dimension. A unique spiked gradient was employed in the first dimension to enhance recovery of peptides. This combination of separation followed by MS detection offered the advantages of unique selectivity and high efficiency of the separation methods combined with the mass specificity and sensitivity of MS. During the course of this study it was determined that altered or modified peptides were shown to be better resolved than during a one-dimensional separation. The 2DLC/ESI methodology allowed for a comprehensive evaluation of post-translational modifications and chemical reactions of recombinant proteins, providing a meaningful evaluation of product quality that was not possible with other current analytical approaches. In addition, the system can be used to provide sequence coverage of complex proteins.     

Improvement of the sensitivity of 2D LC-MEKC separation of phenolic acids and flavonoids natural antioxidants using the on-line preconcentration step

A 2D method was developed for separation of phenolic acids and flavonoids natural antioxidants combining LC with MEKC. The in-capillary preconcentration step was applied for the improvement of the sensitivity of 2D method before the second dimension MEKC analysis. The influence of first dimension LC mobile phase composition on migration times in the second MEKC dimension was evaluated. When gradient elution is applied in the first dimension of 2D LC-MEKC system, increasing concentration of organic solvent in the mobile phase and in fractions transferred from LC influences the electroosmotic flow, partitioning equilibria of samples in micelles and properties of the micelles, which results in shifts of migration times during the consecutive runs in the second MEKC separation dimension. The shifts of migration times caused by the influence of increasing concentration of ACN on MEKC separation in second dimension of 2D LC-MEKC system were compensated by aligning the time axis using electroosmotic flow and micellar marker migration times. The optimized LC-MEKC method was applied on the separation of natural antioxidants in the plant extracts samples.