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Kalita S, Bergman H, Dubey KD, Shaik S. How Can Static and Oscillating Electric Fields Serve in Decomposing Alzheimer's and Other Senile Plaques? J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3543-3553. [PMID: 36735972 PMCID: PMC9936589 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative conditions, which are ascribed to extracellular accumulation of β-amyloid peptides into plaques. This phenomenon seems to typify other related neurodegenerative diseases. The present study uses classical molecular-dynamics simulations to decipher the aggregation-disintegration behavior of β-amyloid peptide plaques in the presence of static and oscillating oriented external electric fields (OEEFs). A long-term disintegration of such plaques is highly desirable since this may improve the prospects of therapeutic treatments of Alzheimer's disease and of other neurodegenerative diseases typified by senile plaques. Our study illustrates the spontaneous aggregation of the β-amyloid, its prevention and breakdown when OEEF is applied, and the fate of the broken aggregate when the OEEF is removed. Notably, we demonstrate that the usage of an oscillating OEEF on β-amyloid aggregates appears to lead to an irreversible disintegration. Insight is provided into the root causes of the various modes of aggregation, as well as into the different fates of OEEF-induced disintegration in oscillating vs static fields. Finally, our simulation results are compared to the well-established TTFields and the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapies, which are currently used options for treatments of Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Surajit Kalita
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology (Physiology), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Faculty, Jerusalem, Israel 91120
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201314, India
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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Rivera-Albarran ME, Ray SJ. A Novel Combined Microstrip Resonator/Nanospray Ionization Source for Microwave-Assisted Trypsin Digestion of Proteins. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:1684-1696. [PMID: 32573245 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Enzymatic digestion of proteins is a critical step in bottom-up and middle-down proteomics. Here, we demonstrate a method for decreasing the time required for proteolytic digestion of proteins from multiple hours to minutes by using an in-line microstrip cavity for programmed microwave heating. When a nanospray emitter tip, containing a digestion sample, is exposed to a region of highly focused microwave field, the rate of proteolytic digestion is enhanced and the time required for digestion greatly decreased. The design is advantageous for mass spectrometry because the solution-based digestion can then be directly sprayed from a nanoelectrospray tip emitter, decreasing sample transfer loss and allowing the system to be used in a flow-through proteolytic workflow. Microwave-assisted digestion using this method is evaluated against standard overnight digestion protocols using a variety of proteins, evaluating sequence coverage and observed peptide location, digestion rate, and overall efficacy. The influence of applied microwave power is investigated, and enzymatic kinetic parameters are evaluated to estimate temperature within the microreactor. Finally, the modulation of the proteolytic digestion of proteins based upon the modulation of applied microwave power is demonstrated on a time scale of seconds in a flow-through system.
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- Maria E Rivera-Albarran
- Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Jorge S, Araújo J, Pimentel-Santos F, Branco JC, Santos HM, Lodeiro C, Capelo J. Unparalleled sample treatment throughput for proteomics workflows relying on ultrasonic energy. Talanta 2018; 178:1067-1076. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.07.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Devi S, Wu BH, Chu PY, Liu YP, Wu HL, Ho YP. Studying the effect of microwave heating on the digestion process and identification of proteins. Electrophoresis 2016; 38:429-440. [PMID: 27770443 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The impact of microwave irradiation on the in-solution digestion processes and the detection limit of proteins are systematically studied. Kinetic processes of many peptides produced through the trypsin digestion of various proteins under microwave heating at 50°C were investigated with MALDI-MS. This study also examines the detection limits and digestion completeness of individual proteins under microwave heating at 50°C and at different time intervals (1, 5 and 30 min) using LC-MS. We conclude that if the peptides without missed cleavage dictate the detection limit, conventional digestion will lead to a better detection limit. The detection limit may not differ between the microwave and conventional heating if the peptides with missed cleavage sites and strong intensity are formed at the very early stage (i.e., less than 1 min) and are not further digested throughout the entire digestion process. The digestion of Escherichia coli lysate was compared under conventional and short time (microwave) conditions. The number of proteins identified under conventional heating exceeded that obtained from microwave heating over heating periods less than 5 min. The overall results show that the microwave-assisted digestion is not complete. Although the sequence coverage might be better, the detection limit might be worse than that under conventional heating.
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- Shobha Devi
- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Deng J, Lazar IM. Proteolytic Digestion and TiO2 Phosphopeptide Enrichment Microreactor for Fast MS Identification of Proteins. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:686-698. [PMID: 26883530 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1332-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 12/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The characterization of phosphorylation state(s) of a protein is best accomplished by using isolated or enriched phosphoprotein samples or their corresponding phosphopeptides. The process is typically time-consuming as, often, a combination of analytical approaches must be used. To facilitate throughput in the study of phosphoproteins, a microreactor that enables a novel strategy for performing fast proteolytic digestion and selective phosphopeptide enrichment was developed. The microreactor was fabricated using 100 μm i.d. fused-silica capillaries packed with 1-2 mm beds of C18 and/or TiO2 particles. Proteolytic digestion-only, phosphopeptide enrichment-only, and sequential proteolytic digestion/phosphopeptide enrichment microreactors were developed and tested with standard protein mixtures. The protein samples were adsorbed on the C18 particles, quickly digested with a proteolytic enzyme infused over the adsorbed proteins, and further eluted onto the TiO2 microreactor for enrichment in phosphopeptides. A number of parameters were optimized to speed up the digestion and enrichments processes, including microreactor dimensions, sample concentrations, digestion time, flow rates, buffer compositions, and pH. The effective time for the steps of proteolytic digestion and enrichment was less than 5 min. For simple samples, such as standard protein mixtures, this approach provided equivalent or better results than conventional bench-top methods, in terms of both enzymatic digestion and selectivity. Analysis times and reagent costs were reduced ~10- to 15-fold. Preliminary analysis of cell extracts and recombinant proteins indicated the feasibility of integration of these microreactors in more advanced workflows amenable for handling real-world biological samples. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Jingren Deng
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 1981 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 1981 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
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Cheng S, Wang J, Cai Y, Loo JA, Chen H. Enhancing Performance of Liquid Sample Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Using Trap and Capillary Columns. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 392:73-79. [PMID: 27239159 PMCID: PMC4878830 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) is a recent and important advance in the field that has extensive applications in surface analysis of solid samples but has also been extended to analysis of liquid samples. The liquid sample DESI typically employs a piece of fused silica capillary to transfer liquid sample for ionization. In this study, we present the improvement of liquid sample DESI-MS by replacing the sample transfer silica capillary with a trap column filled with chromatographic stationary phase materials (e.g., C4, C18). This type of trap column/liquid sample DESI can be used for trace analysis of organics and biomolecules such as proteins/peptides (in nM concentration) in high salt content matrices. Furthermore, when the sample transfer capillary is modified with enzyme covalently bound on its inside capillary wall, fast digestion (< 6 min) of proteins such as phosphoproteins can be achieved and the online digested proteins can be directly ionized using DESI with high sensitivity. The latter is ascribed to the freedom to select favorable spray solvent for the DESI analysis. Our data shows that liquid sample DESI-MS with a modified sample transfer capillary has significantly expanded its utility in bioanalysis.
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- Si Cheng
- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA ; Department of forensic science, Jiangsu Police Institute, Nanjing, Jiang Su, 210031, China
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- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and UCLA/DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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Taverna D, Norris JL, Caprioli RM. Histology-directed microwave assisted enzymatic protein digestion for MALDI MS analysis of mammalian tissue. Anal Chem 2014; 87:670-6. [PMID: 25427280 PMCID: PMC4287167 DOI: 10.1021/ac503479a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This study presents on-tissue proteolytic
digestion using a microwave
irradiation and peptide extraction method for in situ analysis of proteins from spatially defined regions of a tissue
section. The methodology utilizes hydrogel discs (1 mm diameter) embedded
with trypsin solution. The enzyme-laced hydrogel discs are applied
to a tissue section, directing enzymatic digestion to a spatially
confined area of the tissue. By applying microwave radiation, protein
digestion is performed in 2 min on-tissue, and the extracted peptides
are then analyzed by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass
spectrometry (MALDI MS) and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
(LC-MS/MS). The reliability and reproducibility of the microwave assisted
hydrogel mediated on-tissue digestion is demonstrated by the comparison
with other on-tissue digestion strategies, including comparisons with
conventional heating and in-solution digestion. LC-MS/MS data were
evaluated considering the number of identified proteins as well as
the number of protein groups and distinct peptides. The results of
this study demonstrate that rapid and reliable protein digestion can
be performed on a single thin tissue section while preserving the
relationship between the molecular information obtained and the tissue
architecture, and the resulting peptides can be extracted in sufficient
abundance to permit analysis using LC-MS/MS. This approach will be
most useful for samples that have limited availability but are needed
for multiple analyses, especially for the correlation of proteomics
data with histology and immunohistochemistry.
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- Domenico Taverna
- Department of Chemistry and Technological Chemistry, University of Calabria , Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza 87036, Italy
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Santos HM, Kouvonen P, Capelo JL, Corthals GL. On-target ultrasonic digestion of proteins. Proteomics 2013; 13:1423-7. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Hugo M. Santos
- Departamento de Química; Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia; (CQFB); REQUIMTE; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, (FCT); Universidade Nova de Lisboa, (UNL); Caparica Portugal
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology; University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University; Turku Finland
- Department of Biology; Institute of Molecular Systems Biology; ETH; Zurich Switzerland
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- Departamento de Química; Centro de Química Fina e Biotecnologia; (CQFB); REQUIMTE; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, (FCT); Universidade Nova de Lisboa, (UNL); Caparica Portugal
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology; University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University; Turku Finland
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Vale G, Santos HM, Carreira RJ, Fonseca L, Miró M, Cerdà V, Reboiro-Jato M, Capelo JL. An assessment of the ultrasonic probe-based enhancement of protein cleavage with immobilized trypsin. Proteomics 2011; 11:3866-76. [PMID: 21805637 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2011] [Revised: 04/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The use of ultrasonic probe, in conjunction with immobilized trypsin, has been explored in this work for potential enhancement of protein digestion. Several solid supports commonly used to immobilize trypsin were subjected to different ultrasonication amplitudes and time in order to investigate their mechanical resistance to ultrasonic energy when provided by the ultrasonic probe. Glass beads and magnetic particles were found to remain intact in most conditions studied. It was found that immobilized trypsin cannot be reused after ultrasonication since the enzymatic activity was greatly diminished. For comparative purposes, vortex shaking was also explored for protein cleavage. Four standard proteins--bovine serum albumin, α-lactalbumin, carbonic anhydrase and ovalbumin--were successfully identified using peptide mass fingerprint, or peptide fragment fingerprint. In addition, the performance of the classical protein cleavage (overnight, 12 h) and the ultrasonic methods was found to be similar when the digestion of a complex proteome, human plasma, was assessed through 18-O quantification. The digestion yields found were 90-117% for the ultrasonic and 5-21% for the vortex when those methods were compared with the classical overnight digestion.
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- Gonçalo Vale
- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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Overview on modern approaches to speed up protein identification workflows relying on enzymatic cleavage and mass spectrometry-based techniques. Anal Chim Acta 2009; 650:151-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2009] [Revised: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Liu T, Bao H, Zhang L, Chen G. Integration of electrodes in a suction cup-driven microchip for alternating current-accelerated proteolysis. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:3265-8. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ma J, Liu J, Sun L, Gao L, Liang Z, Zhang L, Zhang Y. Online Integration of Multiple Sample Pretreatment Steps Involving Denaturation, Reduction, and Digestion with Microflow Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography−Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry for High-Throughput Proteome Profiling. Anal Chem 2009; 81:6534-40. [DOI: 10.1021/ac900971w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junfeng Ma
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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Wang S, Liu T, Zhang L, Chen G, Yang P. Chymotryptic proteolysis accelerated by alternating current for MALDI-TOF-MS peptide mapping. J Proteomics 2009; 72:640-7. [PMID: 19171206 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2009] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Alternating current (AC) has been employed to enhance the efficiency of chymotryptic proteolysis for peptide mapping. It was allowed to flow through the mixture solution of proteins and chymotrypsin via a pair of platinum wire electrodes. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and cytochrome c (Cyt-c) were digested by the novel proteolysis approach to demonstrate its feasibility and performance. The results indicated that AC significantly accelerated in-solution chymotryptic proteolysis and the digestion time was substantially reduced to 5 min. The digests were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) with sequence coverages of 46% (BSA) and 90% (Cyt-c) that were much better than those obtained by using 12-h conventional in-solution chymotryptic proteolysis. In addition, AC-assisted chymotryptic proteolysis was employed to digest human serum to demonstrate its suitability to complex protein sample. The present proteolysis strategy is simple and efficient and will find a wide range of applications in proteomic research.
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- Sheng Wang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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