基于M13噬菌体展示单链抗体文库的新型蛋白质均衡器的研制及其在肾病患者尿蛋白分析中的应用

通过将展示单链抗体(scFv)文库的M13噬菌体固定于冷凝胶整体柱表面制备了一种新型蛋白质均衡器。由于展示的scFv片段具有种类多、数目大以及与蛋白质结合的特异性强等优点,因此其非常适合用于复杂蛋白质样品的预处理。将肾病患者尿蛋白在平衡器上反复上样5次后,依次使用2 mol/L NaCl、50 mmol/L Gly-HCl(pH 2.5)和凝血酶溶液洗脱与均衡器结合的蛋白质,收集各馏分,并采用串联微柱反相液相色谱-电喷雾质谱进行蛋白质的分离鉴定。与未经均衡器处理的样品相比,鉴定的蛋白质数目由142个提高到396个。此外,凝胶电泳的分析结果显示,在上样流出液中蛋白质的浓度差异明显变小,大量的高丰度蛋白质存在于NaCl洗脱液中。上述结果表明,基于M13噬菌体展示scFv文库的新型蛋白质均衡器能够有效减小样品中蛋白质的浓度差异,有利于发现更多的低丰度蛋白质。

A novel protein equalizer based on single chain variable fragment display M13 phage library for nephropathy patient urine study

A novel protein equalizer was developed with single chain variable fragment (scFv) library displaying M13 phage covalently bonded on monolithic cryogel. Due to the great number and various kinds of displayed scFv fragments, as well as strong and specific binding capacity between scFv fragments and proteins, a new protein equalizer technology is preferable in the pretreatment of complex protein samples. After the sample dissolved in phosphate buffer solution (PBS), it was repeatedly loaded onto the equalizer for five times, the bound proteins were in sequence eluted by 2 mol/L NaCl and 50 mmol/L Gly-HCl (pH 2.5) solution, followed by digestion with thrombin. All proteins or peptides collected from each fraction were further analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (RPLC-ESI-MS/MS) with a serially coupled long microcolumn. Compared with the untreated samples, the identified protein number was increased from 142 to 396. Furthermore, from sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis results, it was found that the protein concentration difference was reduced obviously in the eluant of direct sample loading, and most high abundance proteins were identified in the eluant of NaCl. All these results demonstrate that the novel protein equalizer with scFv display M13 phage library immobilized on cyrogel could effectively reduce the dynamic range of proteins in complex samples, enabling the identification of more low abundance proteins.