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Simone P, Pierri G, Foglia P, Gasparrini F, Mazzoccanti G, Capriotti AL, Ursini O, Ciogli A, Laganà A. Separation of intact proteins on γ-ray-induced polymethacrylate monolithic columns: A highly permeable stationary phase with high peak capacity for capillary high-performance liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2015; 39:264-71. [PMID: 26530449 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201500844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Polymethacrylate-based monolithic capillary columns, prepared by γ-radiation-induced polymerization, were used to optimize the experimental conditions (nature of the organic modifiers, the content of trifluoroacetic acid and the column temperature) in the separation of nine standard proteins with different hydrophobicities and a wide range of molecular weights. Because of the excellent permeability of the monolithic columns, an ion-pair reversed-phase capillary liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry method has been developed by coupling the column directly to the mass spectrometer without a flow-split and using a standard electrospray interface. Additionally, the high working flow and concomitant high efficiency of these columns allowed us to employ a longer column (up to 50 cm) and achieve a peak capacity value superior to 1000. This work is motivated by the need to develop new materials for high-resolution chromatographic separation that combine chemical stability at elevated temperatures (up to 75°C) and a broad pH range, with a high peak capacity value. The advantage of the γ-ray-induced monolithic column lies in the batch-to-batch reproducibility and long-term high-temperature stability. Their proven high loading capacity, recovery, good selectivity and high permeability, moreover, compared well with that of a commercially available poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) monolithic column, which confirms that such monolithic supports might facilitate analysis in proteomics.
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- Patrizia Simone
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche, Area della Ricerca di Roma del CNR, Monterotondo Stazione, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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Vaast A, Terryn H, Svec F, Eeltink S. Nanostructured porous polymer monolithic columns for capillary liquid chromatography of peptides. J Chromatogr A 2015; 1374:171-179. [PMID: 25498556 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The macroporous structure of poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) monolithic capillary columns has been optimized for the gradient separation of peptides. To exploit monolithic supports with porosity exceeding 70%, the thermodynamic properties of the polymerization mixture were carefully tailored to yield homogeneous monolithic materials featuring macropore and polymer microglobule sizes in the range of 50–200 nm. The effects of (i) initiator content, (ii) composition of porogenic mixture, comprising tetrahydrofuran and 1-decanol, (iii) percentage of divinylbenzene crosslinker, and (iv) monomers to porogen ratio on the morphology was investigated. The resulting column structures were investigated using scanning electron microscopy and the prepared monolithic columns were tested for the separation of a tryptic digest of cytochrome c while applying a fixed flow rate and gradient time. To obtain a better understanding of the effects of macropore and microglobule size, and structure homogeneity on the separation performance in gradient elution, both in terms of peak capacity and gradient plate height, separations were also carried out at different flow rates while maintaining a constant gradient steepness. Furthermore, performance limits were determined applying ultra-high pressure conditions up to the maximum system pressure of 80 MPa. The potential of monolithic nanostructured columns is demonstrated for the separation of tryptic digests of cytochrome c and bovine serum albumin.
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- Axel Vaast
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Materials and Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium
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- The Molecular Foundry, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium.
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Zhang R, Li Q, Li J, Zhou W, Ye P, Gao Y, Ma G, Su Z. Covalently coating dextran on macroporous polyglycidyl methacrylate microsphere enabled rapid protein chromatographic separation. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2012.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Elsherbiny AS, Egelhaaf HJ, Oelkrug D. Accessibility and shielding of silanol surface centers on porous silica beads; UV/vis absorption and fluorescence studies. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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High-efficiency liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry separations with 50mm, 250mm, and 1m long polymer-based monolithic capillary columns for the characterization of complex proteolytic digests. J Chromatogr A 2010; 1217:6610-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein- versus peptide fractionation in the first dimension of two-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography-matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry for qualitative proteome analysis of tissue samples. J Chromatogr A 2010; 1217:6159-68. [PMID: 20810122 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The availability of robust and highly efficient separation methods represents a major requirement for proteome analysis. This study investigated the characteristics of two different gel-free proteomic approaches to the fractionation of proteolytic peptides and intact proteins, respectively, in a first separation dimension. Separation and mass spectrometric detection by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS/MS) were performed at the peptide level in both methods. Bottom-up analysis (BU) was carried out employing well established peptide fractionation in the first separation dimension by strong cation-exchange chromatography (SCX), followed by ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography (IP-RPC) in the second dimension. In the semi-top-down approach (STD), which involved intact protein fractionation in the first dimension, the separation mode in both dimensions was IP-RPC utilizing monolithic columns. Application of the two approaches to the proteome analysis of proteins extracted from a tumor tissue revealed that the BU method identified more proteins (1245 in BU versus 920 in STD) while STD analysis offered higher sequence coverage (14.8% in BU versus 17.5% in STD on average). The identification of more basic and larger proteins was slightly favored in the BU approach, most probably due to higher losses of these proteins during intact protein handling and separation in the STD method. A significant degree of complementarity was revealed by an approximately 33% overlap between one BU and STD replicate, while 33% each of the protein identifications were unique to both methods. In the STD method, peptides obtained upon digestion of the proteins contained in fractions of the first separation dimension covered a broad elution window in the second-dimension separation, which demonstrates a high degree of "pseudo-orthogonality" of protein and peptide separation by IP-RPC in both separation dimensions.
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Eeltink S, Dolman S, Detobel F, Desmet G, Swart R, Ursem M. 1 mm ID poly(styrene-co
-divinylbenzene) monolithic columns for high-peak capacity one- and two-dimensional liquid chromatographic separations of intact proteins. J Sep Sci 2009; 32:2504-9. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200900068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gu C, Lin L, Chen X, Jia J, Ren J, Fang N. Fabrication of a poly(styrene-octadecene-divinylbenzene) monolithic column and its comparison with a poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) monolithic column for the separation of proteins. J Sep Sci 2007; 30:1005-12. [PMID: 17566334 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200600397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In this paper, a poly(styrene-octadecene-divinylbenzene) (PS-OD-DVB) monolithic column was prepared in one step by introducing a C18 carbon chain as monomer. N,N-Dimethylformamide and decanol served as porogens to make a homogeneous polymerization mixture in a fused silica capillary (320 microm inner diameter). Its physical and chromatographic properties were compared with those of poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) (PS-DVB) monolithic column, which was also fabricated by in-situ polymerization in a fused silica capillary with the same inner diameter. Six standard proteins were used to evaluate the columns and their potential application for the separation of human hemoglobin was also discussed. It was shown that the PS-OD-DVB and PS-DVB monoliths appeared to have similar efficiency for rapid separation of six proteins within 3.5 min. The PS-OD-DVB monolith was found to have higher loading capacity and higher resolution for the separation of alpha and beta chains of hemoglobin because of the introduction of C18 carbon chains, and shows great potential for the separation of bio-macromolecules.
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- Congying Gu
- College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Cui H, Chen H, Qu R, Wang C, Ji C, Sun C, Zhou W, Yu M. Synthesis of monodisperse crosslinked polystyrene microspheres via dispersion copolymerization with the crosslinker-postaddition method. J Appl Polym Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/app.27427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hsu CY, Lin HY, Thomas JL, Wu BT, Chou TC. Incorporation of styrene enhances recognition of ribonuclease A by molecularly imprinted polymers. Biosens Bioelectron 2006; 22:355-63. [PMID: 16781138 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2006.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ribonuclease A (RNase A) is an RNA-cleaving enzyme characterized by its high conformational stability and strong catalytic activity. This enzyme is ubiquitous in living organisms and is difficult to inactivate. In polymerase chain reaction (PCR) RNase activity is removed by adding inhibitors. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) with high selectivity, high stability, low cost and facile synthesis could prove useful in extraction of target molecules, such as RNase A, from reaction mixtures. In this investigation, MIPs were synthesized from the monomers styrene and polyethyleneglycol 400 dimethacrylate (PEG400DMA) in several different ratios. Styrene as a functional monomer gave MIPs with a higher affinity for RNase A than other functional monomers tested, according to both enzyme-linked immnuosorbent assay (ELISA) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). The optimum volume ratio of styrene/PEG400DMA was 20/100 at 25 degrees C, and this ratio maximized the rebinding efficiency of RNase A to MIPs. Isothermal titration calorimetry was also used, and could be useful to design the composition of molecularly imprinted polymers for various target molecules.
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- Chung-Yi Hsu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, ROC
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Huck CW, Bonn GK. Poly(Styrene-Divinylbenzene) Based Media for Liquid Chromatography. Chem Eng Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200500265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tholey A, Toll H, Huber CG. Separation and Detection of Phosphorylated and Nonphosphorylated Peptides in Liquid Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry Using Monolithic Columns and Acidic or Alkaline Mobile Phases. Anal Chem 2005; 77:4618-25. [PMID: 16013881 DOI: 10.1021/ac050538t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Efficient chromatographic separation is a prerequisite for the sensitive analysis of complex peptide mixtures using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This is especially true for the analysis of mixtures of unmodified and posttranslationally modified peptides, for example, phosphorylated peptides in the presence of their unmodified analogues. Applying monolithic capillary columns based on poly(styrene/divinylbenzene), the influence of acidic eluents based on trifluoroacetic and heptafluorobutyric acid as well as an alkaline eluent based on triethylamine-acetic acid (pH 9.2) on the separation of synthetic phosphopeptides was evaluated. Heptafluorobutyric acid offered the longest retention times and highest selectivities and, hence, the most effective separation. Application of the alkaline eluent in conjunction with detection in negative ion mode electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, on the other hand, allowed the detection of phosphorylated peptides with significantly lower limits of detection, as compared to acidic eluents in combination with detection in positive ion mode. Pairs of phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated synthetic peptides, ranging from 7- to 16-mers, as well as phosphorylated peptides form a tryptic protein digest could be separated both at acidic and alkaline pH. Utilizing a 60 x 0.20-mm-i.d. capillary column, the limit of detection in negative ion detection mode for a 4-fold phosphorylated peptide in a beta-casein digest was 10 fmol. Together with the capability for fast separation of protein digests, monolithic columns, thus, facilitate the effective and sensitive analysis of this important posttranslational modification.
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- Andreas Tholey
- Technische Biochemie and Instrumentelle Analytik und Bioanalytik, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Ro KW, Liu J, Busman M, Knapp DR. Capillary high-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using monolithic columns and carbon fiber electrospray ionization emitters. J Chromatogr A 2004; 1047:49-57. [PMID: 15481459 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.06.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Monolithic columns having long hydrocarbon chains were prepared by in-situ polymerization in capillary fused silica tubing. The capillary columns were coupled with a newly developed carbon fiber electrospray ionization (ESI) emitter for proteomic analysis using sheathless capillary HPLC-ESI mass spectrometry (MS). The sample loading capacity and chromatographic performance of the styrene-based monolithic column, which was prepared by photo-polymerization of octylstyrene (OS) and divinylbenzene (DVB) were compared with that of the methacrylate-based monolithic column composed of lauryl methacrylate (LMA) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA). The sample loading ability of tryptic digested protein in poly-OS (POS)-DVB column was higher than that of poly-LMA (PLMA)-EDMA column, possibly due to the irregular and rugluous surface offering a greater surface area of POS-DVB stationary phase. The POS-DVB column also provided better separation efficiency in the separation of high concentration (10 microg) of tryptic digested albumin bovine serum (BSA). Due to the successful interface of a highly efficient monolithic column and a stable, durable carbon fiber emitter, low femtomole levels of peptides were successfully separated and identified in the presence of large amounts of tryptic digested protein.
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- Kyung Won Ro
- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Huang X, Zhang S, Schultz GA, Henion J. Surface-alkylated polystyrene monolithic columns for peptide analysis in capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2002; 74:2336-44. [PMID: 12038759 DOI: 10.1021/ac011202w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Macroporous poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) (PS-DVB) monoliths were prepared by in situ polymerization in PEEK, fused silica, or stainless steel tubing having an inner diameter of 75 or 125 microm. A process is described for subsequent alkylation of the flow-contacting surfaces of the monoliths. The process treats all the surfaces including through-pore surfaces of the rigid macroporous monolith with a solution containing a dissolved Friedel-Crafts catalyst, an alkyl halide (1-chlorooctadecane), and an organic solvent. This process produces an improved reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation of peptides compared to an unmodified monolithic PS-DVB column. The surface octadecylation is not necessary for a reversed-phase separation of proteins since both unmodified and modified columns provide comparable results. Tryptic protein digests, standard proteins, and standard peptides were used to evaluate the monolithic columns by employing electrospray mass spectrometry detection. Potential applications in proteomics studies by mass spectrometry, which use the alkylated monolithic column engaged onto the nanofabricated electrospray ionization chip, are also discussed.
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- Xian Huang
- Advion BioSciences, Inc., Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.
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Premstaller A, Oberacher H, Walcher W, Timperio AM, Zolla L, Chervet JP, Cavusoglu N, van Dorsselaer A, Huber CG. High-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using monolithic capillary columns for proteomic studies. Anal Chem 2001; 73:2390-6. [PMID: 11403277 DOI: 10.1021/ac010046q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The use of tetrahydrofuran/decanol as porogens for the fabrication of micropellicular poly(styrene/divinylbenzene) monoliths enabled the rapid and highly efficient separation of peptides and proteins by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). In contrast to conventional, granular, porous stationary phases, in which the loading capacity is a function of molecular mass, the loadability of the monoliths both for small peptides and large proteins was within the 0.40.9-pmol range for a 60- x 0.2-mm capillary column. Lower limits of detection obtained by measuring UV-absorbance at 214 nm with a 3-nl capillary detection cell were 500 amol for an octapeptide and 200 amol for ribonuclease A. Upon reduction of the concentration of trifluoroacetic acid in the eluent from the commonly used 0.1-0.2 to 0.05%, the separation system was successfully coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) at the cost of only a small decrease in separation efficiency. Detection limits for proteins with ESI-MS were in the lower femtomole range. High-quality mass spectra were extracted from the reconstructed ion chromatograms, from which the masses of both peptides and proteins were deduced at a mass accuracy of 50-150 ppm. The applicability of monolithic column technology in proteomics was demonstrated by the mass fingerprinting of tryptic peptides of bovine catalase and human transferrin and by the analysis of membrane proteins related to the photosystem II antenna complex of higher plants.
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- A Premstaller
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
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Stella C, Rudaz S, Veuthey JL, Tchapla A. Silica and other materials as supports in liquid chromatography. Chromatographic tests and their importance for evaluating these supports. Part I. Chromatographia 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02490318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oberacher H, Krajete A, Parson W, Huber CG. Preparation and evaluation of packed capillary columns for the separation of nucleic acids by ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2000; 893:23-35. [PMID: 11043584 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00731-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Oligonucleotides and double stranded DNA fragments were separated in 200 microm I.D. capillary columns packed with micropellicular, octadecylated, 2.1 microm poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) particles by ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (IP-RP-HPLC). Both the length and the diameter of the connecting capillaries (150 x 0.020 mm I.D.) as well as the detection volume (3 nl) had to be kept to a minimum in order to maintain the high efficiency of this chromatographic separation system with peak widths at half height in the range of a few seconds. Three different types of frits, namely sintered silica particles, sintered octadecylsilica particles, and monolithic poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) (PS-DVB) frits were evaluated with respect to their influence on chromatographic performance. Best performance for the separation of oligonucleotides and long DNA fragments was observed with the PS-DVB frits, whereas the short DNA fragments were optimally resolved in columns terminated by octadecylsilica frits. The maximum loading capacity of 60 x 0.20 mm I.D. columns ranged from 20 fmol (7.7 ng) for a 587 base pair DNA fragment to 500 fmol (2.4 ng) for a 16-mer oligonucleotide. Lower mass- and concentration detection limits in the low femtomol and low nanomol per liter range, respectively, make capillary IP-RP-HPLC with UV absorbance detection highly attractive for the separation and characterization of minute amounts of synthetic oligonucleotides, DNA restriction fragments, and short tandem repeat sequences amplified by polymerase chain reaction.
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- H Oberacher
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck. Austria
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Corradini D, Huber CG, Timperio AM, Zolla L. Resolution and identification of the protein components of the photosystem II antenna system of higher plants by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with electrospray-mass spectrometric detection. J Chromatogr A 2000; 886:111-21. [PMID: 10950281 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00449-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) was interfaced to mass spectrometry (MS) with an electrospray ion (ESI) source for the separation and accurate molecular mass determination of the individual intrinsic membrane proteins that comprise the photosystem II (PS II) major light-harvesting complex (LHC II) and minor (CP24, CP26 and CP29) antenna system, whose molecular masses range between 22,000 and 29,000. PS II is a supramolecular complex intrinsic of the thylacoid membrane, which plays the important role in photosynthesis of capturing solar energy, and transferring it to photochemical reaction centers where energy conversion occurs. The protein components of the PS II major and minor antenna systems were extracted from spinach thylacoid membranes and separated using a butyl-silica column eluted by an acetonitrile gradient in 0.05% (v/v) aqueous trifluoroacetic acid. On-line electrospray MS allowed accurate molecular mass determination and identification of the protein components of PS II major and minor antenna system. The proposed RPLC-ESI-MS method holds several advantages over sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the conventional technique for studying membrane proteins, including a better protein separation, mass accuracy, speed and efficiency.
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- D Corradini
- Istituto di Cromatografia del CNR, Monterotondo Stazione (Rome), Italy.
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Sinner F, Buchmeiser MR. A New Class of Continuous Polymer Supports Prepared by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: A Straightforward Route to Functionalized Monoliths. Macromolecules 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ma000322n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frank Sinner
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52 a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52 a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Huber CG, Premstaller A. Evaluation of volatile eluents and electrolytes for high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of proteins. I. Liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1999; 849:161-73. [PMID: 10444841 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00532-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Proteins ranging in molecular mass from 14,000 to 80,000 were analyzed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry (RP-HPLC-ESI-MS) using 60 x 1.0 mm I.D. microbore-columns packed with 2.3 microns highly crosslinked, octadecylated poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) particles. Proteins were eluted at temperatures of 80-90 degrees C with gradients of acetonitrile in 0.10-0.50% aqueous solutions of trifluoroacetic acid, formic acid or acetic acid. Substitution of trifluoroacetic acid, the most commonly used mobile phase additive for RP-HPLC, by formic acid resulted in a 35-160-fold improvement in analyte detectability at the cost of an only 32-104% increase in peak width at half height of eluting chromatographic peaks. The lower limits of detection for carbonic anhydrase (M(r) 29,022.7) in full scan and selected ion monitoring mode were 37 and 2.3 fmol, respectively. Measurement of protein masses by RP-HPLC-ESI-MS was accurate and highly reproducible with maximum mass deviations of 0.025% and relative standard deviations of less than 0.011%. Calibration plots of peak area versus concentration allowed the reliable quantitation of proteins in a concentration range of 0.010-1.0 mg/ml. Finally, the optimized method was applied to the separation, identification and quantification of proteins in real samples such as commercial protein preparations, monoclonal antibody fragments, allergen extracts and whey drinks.
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- C G Huber
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Dorsey JG, Cooper WT, Siles BA, Foley JP, Barth HG. Liquid Chromatography: Theory and Methodology. Anal Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/a1980022h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- John G. Dorsey
- Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390
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- Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390
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- Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
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- Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085-1699
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- Central Research and Development Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, P.O. Box 80228, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware 19880
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Kleindienst G, Huber CG, Gjerde DT, Yengoyan L, Bonn GK. Capillary electrophoresis of peptides and proteins in fused-silica capillaries coated with derivatized polystyrene nanoparticles. Electrophoresis 1998; 19:262-9. [PMID: 9548289 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150190220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
High-resolution capillary electrophoretic separation of proteins and peptides was achieved by coating the inner wall of 75 microm ID fused-silica capillaries with 40-140 nm polystyrene particles which have been derivatized with alpha-omega-diamines such as ethylenediamine or 1,10-diaminodecane. A stable and irreversibly adsorbed coating was obtained upon deprotonation of the capillary surface with aqueous sodium hydroxide and subsequent flushing with a suspension of the positively charged particles. At pH 3.1, the detrimental adsorption of proteins to the capillary inner wall was suppressed efficiently because of electrostatic repulsion of the positively charged proteins from the positively charged coating which enabled protein separations with maximum efficiencies of 400000 plates per meter. A substantial improvement of separation efficiency in particle-coated capillaries was observed after in-column derivatization of amino functionalities with 2,3-epoxy-l-propanol, resulting in a more hydrophilic coating. Five basic and four acidic proteins could be separated in less than 7 min with efficiencies up to 1900000 theoretical plates per meter. Finally, coated capillaries were applied to the high-resolution analysis of protein glycoforms and bioactive peptides.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Kleindienst
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
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