含有28个氨基酸的复杂多肽的串级质谱全序列分析研究

利用MALDI-TOF/TOF MS和ESI-MS/MS对一种含有多达28个氨基酸的复杂合成多肽成功进行了全序列测定. 通过调节激光强度、碰撞诱导解离(CID)能量等质谱参数以及依据不同序列分析软件, 获得了涵盖所有b型和y型碎片离子的串级质谱图. 结果显示这种方法可以有效地解决de novo测序方法遇到的谱峰过于复杂导致运算死机等问题. 通过讨论如何对含有超过20个氨基酸片断的多肽进行合格串级质谱实验, 为蛋白质组学肽段序列测定提供了新的方法和思路.     

反相高效液相色谱-电喷雾质谱法分析食源血管紧张素转换酶抑制肽

利用反相高效液相色谱/电喷雾离子阱质谱法,直接分析从牦牛乳酪蛋白中酶水解得到的血管紧张素转换酶抑制肽粗产物。RP-HPLC显示具有活性的多肽粗产物含有3个主要成分,质谱同步测定各组分的分子量(m/z)分别为815.2,1680.1,962.2,然后选择[M H] 离子通过串联质谱(MS/MS)得到碎片离子,利用b离子和y离子互补的方法鉴定了多肽序列。三条肽分别为Leu-Pro-Tyr-Tyr,Pro-Leu-Pro-Leu-Leu-Gln,Phe-Leu-Pro-Pro-Tyr-Tyr。结果显示,所获得的多肽序列与牛乳酪蛋白一级结构中相应肽段的序列一致。     

肽适体修饰纳米孔道对L-精氨酸的灵敏检测

氨基酸是生命之源,其中L-精氨酸(L-Arg)是生物体进行新陈代谢的一种重要氨基酸,同时也是重要的肿瘤标志物之一.因此，开发高选择性的L-Arg检测方法在生物分析领域十分重要.本文在Uniprot数据库29185个蛋白质序列中筛选出特异性结合L-Arg的多肽序列(序列为CFGHIHEGY),经ITC验证后,将其作为识别元件固定在子弹形纳米孔道尖端表面.在纳米空间限域效应下,利用多肽与L-Arg特异性结合前后构象由伸展状态向蜷缩状态的变化,调控纳米孔道离子输运特性变化,从而实现对L-Arg的选择性检测.实验结果表明,多肽修饰纳米孔道对L-Arg具有高灵敏度和高选择性,线性范围为1～100 nmol/L,检出限低至1 nmol/L.该研究为氨基酸高选择性、高灵敏检测提供了新方法,同时也为多肽修饰仿生离子通道的构建提供了新思路.     

超高效液相串联质谱法检测牛肉中的马肉

利用超高效液相串联质谱法(UPLC-MS/MS)对牛肉中牛血清白蛋白(BSA)和马肉中马血清白蛋白(ESA)经胰蛋白酶消化后的目标肽进行鉴定,采用多反应监测(MRM)方法对结果进行验证,建立了一种检测牛肉中掺杂马肉的方法.对UPLC-MS/MS数据的深入研究表明,共检测到9个牛特异性多肽和17个马特异性多肽.其中DAFLGSFLYEYSR(m/z 784.3,Charge 2+)和ADFAEVSK(m/z 433.7,Charge 2+)的质谱响应最好,被选为牛肉和马肉定量的靶肽.所建方法在5.5～550.0和4.875～487.5 mg/L范围内线性关系较好(r~20.99),检测限、选择性、精密度、回收率和稳定性完全满足分析要求.     

高效液相色谱/质谱法识别不同明胶酶解产物中特征多肽

在不同动物胶原蛋白序列比对基础上,利用高效液相色谱/质谱联用技术(HPLC/MS)建立一种通过特征多肽进行明胶鉴别的方法。实验以牛明胶和猪明胶为对象,序列比对结果表明,牛和猪的Ⅰ型胶原蛋白α1链和α2链均存在氨基酸序列差异。利用胰蛋白酶将牛明胶和猪明胶降解,通过HPLC/MS分析了两种明胶酶解产物中的多肽片段。结果表明:牛明胶和猪明胶酶解产物中均可检测出存在序列差异的特征性多肽,其氨基酸序列差异与两种胶原蛋白序列比对结果中的序列差异一致;酶解产物中特征多肽上的脯氨酸存在不同程度的羟基化修饰,特征多肽的相对含量主要受明胶分子量范围影响。利用HPLC/MS检测明胶酶解产物中的特征多肽是一种鉴别牛明胶和猪明胶的有效方法。     

纳升电喷雾串联质谱鉴定重组人甲状旁腺素(1-34)

用先进的纳升电喷雾-四极杆-飞行时间串联质谱鉴定重组人PTH(1-34)。通过ESI-MS测定重组人PTH(1-34)分子量及MS/MS对其胰蛋白酶酶解后的肽段的序列和数据库查询进行结构鉴定。重组PTH(1-34)测定分子量为4115.21,与理论值相比测定相差0.06%。MS/MS测定出其中双电荷离子峰m/z728.4肽段序列为VSEIQLMHNLG,以及其他3个单电荷离子峰的序列。数据库检索后确定重组表达的PTH(1-34)一级结构完全正确,纳升电喷雾串联质谱以其灵敏、快速和准确为蛋白质鉴定提供了有效的手段。     

具有内皮细胞选择性的细胞膜仿生支架材料的研究

利用AIBN引发自由基反应,由单体2-(甲基丙烯酰氧基)乙基-2-(三甲基氨基)乙基磷酸酯(MPC)、甲基丙烯酸十八酯(SMA)、对硝基苯氧羰基聚乙二醇甲基丙烯酸酯(MEONP)合成了一种新型类细胞膜仿生涂层材料.MPC可以阻抗非特异性吸附;MEONP可以结合抗体或多肽促进特异性识别.通过表面固定的方法引入多肽序列Arg-Glu-Asp-Val(REDV),使涂层具有内皮细胞选择性.核磁、紫外吸收、红外光谱表征证实聚合物的组成以及REDV多肽在表面的固定;并通过血浆复钙化实验表征涂层的血液相容性.细胞黏附与增殖实验反映REDV多肽构建的涂层表面具备良好的特异性识别并结合内皮细胞的能力.     

多肽序列的结构特征与其MHC限制性

从多肽序列的一级结构出发,基于多肽序列中氨基酸侧链间距离和氨基酸侧链的电性特征,构建了多肽序列特征矢量,简称ζ矢量,选取文献中主要组织相容性复合物(MHC)中的14个A^d限制性和14个非A^d限制性多肽序列作为训练集建立辅助性T细胞(helperTlymphocytc,Th)表位预测的定量模型,为了检验该预报系统的精确性,进行了随机抽样检验和交互检验.结果表明,该预报系统具有稳定性好、预测能力强的特点,该方法可用于人的MHCⅠ和Ⅱ类表位的预测、蛋白质抗原免疫识别、亚单位疫苗分子设计及研制.     

钛表面固定特异性识别内皮祖细胞的多肽适配子

在钛表面固定可与循环血液中的内皮祖细胞(EPC)特异性结合的多肽适配子,构建内皮祖细胞的特异性识别表面,用于心血管材料的表面改性.首先,采用固相合成法合成可与EPC特异性结合的多肽适配子,其序列为TPSLEQRTVYAK,并在羧基端进行生物素修饰;然后,采用磷酸处理钛表面,在钛表面获得化学键合的羟基,该羟基化表面与3-...     

肿瘤特异性多肽探针及其在生物成像中的应用

肿瘤是由细胞、细胞外基质及微环境等多因素组成的复杂系统,不同因素在肿瘤的发生和发展中发挥关键作用.肿瘤细胞、细胞外基质及微环境的特异性分析对于肿瘤的精准诊断和靶向治疗至关重要.多肽探针具有特异性高、生物相容性好、组织穿透能力强和易于制备等优点,已被广泛用于肿瘤的特异性成像研究.本文综述了多肽探针对肿瘤细胞、免疫细胞等细胞靶点的特异性成像;并介绍了以胶原蛋白、纤维蛋白等外基质蛋白为靶点的肿瘤特异性多肽探针的成像研究.本文还总结了对肿瘤微环境中弱酸性、高酶活性等因素响应的肿瘤特异性多肽探针及其生物成像应用.最后,本文总结并讨论了肿瘤特异性多肽探针所面临的挑战与机遇,展望了其在肿瘤精准诊断和个性化治疗领域的前景.     

Microwave-assisted acid hydrolysis of proteins combined with liquid chromatography MALDI MS/MS for protein identification

Simple and efficient digestion of proteins, particularly hydrophobic membrane proteins, is of significance for comprehensive proteome analysis using the bottom-up approach. We report a microwave-assisted acid hydrolysis (MAAH) method for rapid protein degradation for peptide mass mapping and tandem mass spectrometric analysis of peptides for protein identification. It uses 25% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) aqueous solution to dissolve or suspend proteins, followed by microwave irradiation for 10 min. This detergent-free method generates peptide mixtures that can be directly analyzed by liquid chromatography (LC) matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) without the need of extensive sample cleanup. LC-MALDI MS/MS analysis of the hydrolysate from 5 microg of a model transmembrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin, resulted in almost complete sequence coverage by the peptides detected, including the identification of two posttranslational modification sites. Cleavage of peptide bonds inside all seven transmembrane domains took place, generating peptides of sizes amenable to MS/MS to determine possible sequence errors or modifications within these domains. Cleavage specificity, such as glycine residue cleavage, was observed. Terminal peptides were found to be present in relatively high abundance in the hydrolysate, particularly when low concentrations of proteins were used for MAAH. It was shown that these peptides could still be detected from MAAH of bacteriorhodopsin at a protein concentration of 1 ng/microl or 37 fmol/microl. To evaluate the general applicability of this method, it was applied to identify proteins from a membrane protein enriched fraction of cell lysates of human breast cancer cell line MCF7. With one-dimensional LC-MALDI MS/MS, a total of 119 proteins, including 41 membrane-associated or membrane proteins containing one to 12 transmembrane domains, were identified by MS/MS database searching based on matches of at least two peptides to a protein.     

Accurate mass precursor ion data and tandem mass spectrometry identify a class I human leukocyte antigen A*0201-presented peptide originating from vaccinia virus

We have used accurate mass precursor ion data generated on a hybrid linear-ion trap-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer to augment tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) data generated on two different instrument types. Results from these experiments have allowed us for the first time to identify a naturally processed peptide presented by a class I human leukocyte antigen allele (HLA-A*0201) that was isolated from B cells infected by live vaccinia, the viral agent of the smallpox vaccine. The accurate mass data, in conjunction with MS/MS data, was able to identify the sequence IVIEAIHTV (aa 187-195) from the protein thymidylate kinase of vaccinia, distinguishing it from a similar sequence IVLEAIAEH: a "self-peptide" from the human protein phospholipase Cbeta3. Accurate mass data for the doubly charged species from the naturally processed and presented peptide was 497.8006, which was within 0.8 ppm of the calculated m/z of 497.8002, while being -37.3 ppm from the calculated m/z (497.7820) of the second-ranked peptide sequence IVLEAIAEH. Accurate mass data ranged from less than 0.1 to 1.2 ppm for other peptides identified in this sample. A BLAST search shows this sequence, IVIEAIHTV, is conserved in the same protein of a number of other orthopoxviruses, including the variola (smallpox) virus. Additionally, accurate mass data were able to uncover a false positive search result that was not distinguished by scoring of the match to the MS/MS data.     

Anomalous reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic behavior of synthetic peptides related to antigenic helper T cell sites.

Sets of overlapping synthetic peptides for three well characterized proteins (sperm whale myoglobin, hen egg lysozyme, and the circumsporozoite protein from Plasmodium falciparum) were prepared and examined by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Using retention coefficients to predict the retention time of each peptide, several peptides in each protein set were found that exhibited anomalous behavior (i.e. eluted significantly later than predicted). Previous work with model peptides has shown that this anomalous behavior can be attributed to specific amphipathic arrangements induced by the lipid stationary phase during the RP-HPLC process. In the current study it was found that although not all of the peptides containing an antigenic T cell site displayed anomalously late behavior, all of the peptides which eluted anomalously late during RP-HPLC included the regions of these proteins known from earlier studies to be antigenic T cell sites.     

Peptide mapping with mobile phases of intermediate pH value using capillary reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry

This investigation describes the separation of tryptic peptides by capillary reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) with eluents in the intermediate pH range, followed by in-line electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) analysis. For these purposes, gradient elution procedures with an aqueous eluent containing 20 mM ammonium formate, and an increasing content of acetonitrile or methanol, were employed. Compared to the analysis of the same tryptic peptides under low-pH conditions with an ion-pairing reagent, the increase in the pH with the 20 mM ammonium formate mobile phase led to significant changes in both peptide retention to the reversed-phase column and the collision-induced dissociation at the MS/MS stage as a consequence of the changes in the physico-chemical properties of these peptides, such as their overall charge, polarity and relative hydrophobicity. Thus, improved selectivity for the peptide separation and favourable tandem mass spectrometry analysis could be obtained with eluents in this intermediate pH range. The number of tryptic peptides identified by the new approach for the proteins investigated were significantly higher than that obtained by the conventional low-pH methods. Moreover, analysis of protein digests at very low concentrations was also performed under both acidic and intermediate pH conditions and similar improvements in selectivity and MS/MS detection limits were observed, i.e. identification of more distinct peptides and higher sequence coverage of the protein was obtained when eluents of intermediate pH were employed. This study therefore highlights the potential of conducting peptide mapping in the intermediate pH range to achieve more reliable and sensitive protein identifications with capillary RP-HPLC–ESI-MS/MS.     

On-line capillary liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry on an ion trap/ reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer using the sequence tag database search approach for peptide sequencing and protein identification

Capillary high-performance liquid chromatography has been coupled on-line with an ion trap storage/reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer to perform tandem mass spectrometry for tryptic peptides. Selection and fragmentation of the precursor ions were performed in a three-dimensional ion trap, and the resulting fragment ions were pulsed out of the trap into a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer for mass analysis. The stored waveform inverse Fourier transform waveform was applied to perform ion selection and an improved tickle voltage optimization scheme was used to generate collision-induced dissociation. Tandem mass spectra of various doubly charged tryptic peptides were investigated where a conspicuous y ion series over a certain mass range defined a partial amino acid sequence. The partial sequence was used to determine the identity of the peptide or even the protein by database search using the sequence tag approach. Several peptides from tryptic digests of horse heart myoglobin and bovine cytochrome c were selected for tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) where it was demonstrated that the proteins could be identified based on sequence tags derived from MS/MS spectra. This approach was also utilized to identify protein spots from a two-dimensional gel separation of a human esophageal adenocarcinoma cell line.     

采用高效液相色谱-质谱考察家福捕鸟蛛粗毒中多肽和蛋白质的多样性

家福捕鸟蛛(Selenocosmia jiafu)是一种生活在中国广西、云南等边远山区、中等个体、产毒量较大和毒性较强的蜘蛛新种。为了对家福捕鸟蛛粗毒成分进行初步探索,采用反相高效液相色谱、基质辅助激光解吸离子化飞行时间质谱和十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳方法对粗毒多肽和蛋白质的多样性进行了分析。结果表明:家福捕鸟蛛粗毒经色谱分离后得到40多个色谱峰,经质谱鉴定得到238个多肽,且多肽的相对分子质量呈现出双峰分布,其中62.5%的多肽的相对分子质量分布在3000~4500 之间,33.2%的多肽的相对分子质量分布在1000~3000之间。这种相对分子质量的分布模式不同于其他已经报道的蜘蛛粗毒中多肽的分布模式。电泳分析结果表明:除了相对分子质量在10000以下的多肽分子,粗毒在50、72和90 kD附近有3条明显的条带,粗毒电泳条带经液相色谱-电喷雾四极杆飞行时间质谱鉴定,主要是一些血蓝蛋白、钾离子通道蛋白、钙蛋白酶等。说明家福捕鸟蛛粗毒中多肽和蛋白质种类丰富。     

A method for rapidly confirming protein N-terminal sequences by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

The N-terminal sequence is important for the identification of a protein and the confirmation of its N-terminal processing. Although mass spectrometry (MS) is a sensitive and high-throughput method to sequence and identify peptides and proteins, N-terminal peptides, diluted among most of the peptides that do not originate at the N-termini, are not easy to identify directly with MS. To develop a simple and rapid method to identify and sequence the N-terminal peptide of a protein, a new strategy based on specific sulfonation of terminal amino groups and selective monitoring of the sulfonated peptide was introduced. After a protein had been guanidinated, 2-sulfobenzoylated, and reduced, it was digested with trypsin and analyzed by MS. Because of the strong acidity of sulfonic groups and the specific sulfonation of alpha-amino groups, the sulfonated N-terminal peptide dominated as base peak in the negative mode peptide mass fingerprint (PMF) and was easy to identify. The N-terminal peptide was then selected as precursor ion for tandem mass spectrometric (MS/MS) analysis. Four proteins were tested with this method and their N-terminal peptides were successfully recognized and sequenced. The results suggest that the addition of a sulfonic acid group facilitates the identification and de novo sequencing of N-terminal peptides.     

Miniaturized on-line proteolysis-capillary liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for peptide mapping of lactate dehydrogenase

In this study, methodology was developed for on-line and miniaturized enzymatic digestion with liquid chromatographic (LC) separation and mass spectrometric (MS) detection. A packed capillary LC-MS system was combined with on-line trypsin cleavage of a model protein, lactate dehydrogenase, to provide an efficient system for peptide mapping. The protein was injected onto an enzymatic capillary reactor and the resulting peptides were efficiently trapped on a capillary trapping column. Different trapping columns were evaluated to achieve a high binding capacity for the peptides generated in the enzyme reactor. The peptides were further eluted from the pre-column and separated on an analytical capillary column by a buffer more suitable for the following an electrospray ionisation (ESI) MS process. An important aspect of the on-line approach was the desalting of peptides performed in the trapping column to avoid detrimental signal suppression in the ESI process. The developed on-line system was finally compared to a classical digestion in solution, with reference to peptide sequence coverage and sensitivity. It was shown that the on-line system gave more than 100% higher peptide sequence coverage than traditional digestion methods.     

CHASE, a charge-assisted sequencing algorithm for automated homology-based protein identifications with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight post-source decay fragmentation data

We describe CHASE, a novel algorithm for automated de novo sequencing based on the mass spectrometric (MS) fragmentation analysis of tryptic peptides. This algorithm is used for protein identification from sequence similarity criteria and consists of four steps: (1) derivatization of tryptic peptides at the N-terminus with a negatively charged reagent; (2) post-source decay (PSD) fragmentation analysis of peptides; (3) interpretation of the mass peaks with the CHASE algorithm and reconstruction of the amino acid sequence; (4) transfer of these data to software for protein identifications based on sequence homology (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, BLAST). This procedure deduced the correct amino acid sequence of tryptic peptide samples and also was able to deduce the correct sequence from difficult mass patterns and identify the amino acid sequence. This allows complete automation of the process starting from MS fragmentation of complex peptide mixtures at low concentration (e.g. from silver-stained gel bands) to identification of the protein. We also show that if PSD data are collected in a single spectrum (instead of the segmented mode offered by conventional matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) instrumentation), the complete workflow from MS-PSD data acquisition to similarity-based identification can be completely automated. This strategy may be applied to proteomic studies for protein identification based on automated de novo sequencing instead of MS or tandem MS patterns. We describe the Charge Assisted Sequencing Engine (CHASE) algorithm, the working protocol, the performance of the algorithm on spectra from MALDI-TOFMS and the data comparison between a TOF and a TOF-TOF instrument.     

Analysis of peptides and protein digests by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry using neutral pH elution conditions

In this study, the advantages of carrying out the analysis of peptides and tryptic digests of proteins under gradient elution conditions at pH 6.5 by reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and in-line electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) are documented. For these RP separations, a double endcapped, bidentate anchored n-octadecyl wide pore silica adsorbent was employed in a capillary column format. Compared to the corresponding analysis of the same peptides and protein tryptic digests using low pH elution conditions for their RP-HPLC separation, this alternative approach provides improved selectivity and more efficient separation of these analytes, thus allowing a more sensitive identification of proteins at different abundance levels, i.e. more tryptic peptides from the same protein could be confidently identified, enabling higher sequence coverage of the protein to be obtained. This approach was further evaluated with very complex tryptic digests derived from a human plasma protein sample using an online two-dimensional (2D) strong cation-exchange (SCX)-RP-HPLC-ESI-MS/MS system. Again, at pH 6.5, with mobile phases of different compositions, improved chromatographic selectivities were obtained, concomitant with more sensitive on-line electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometric (ESI-MS/MS) analysis. As a consequence, more plasma proteins could be confidently identified, highlighting the potential of these RP-HPLC methods with elution at pH 6.5 to extend further the scope of proteomic investigations.