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Dong H, Cuthbertson AA, Plewa MJ, Weisbrod CR, McKenna AM, Richardson SD. Unravelling High-Molecular-Weight DBP Toxicity Drivers in Chlorinated and Chloraminated Drinking Water: Effect-Directed Analysis of Molecular Weight Fractions. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:18788-18800. [PMID: 37418586 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
Abstract
As disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are ubiquitous sources of chemical exposure in disinfected drinking water, identifying unknown DBPs, especially unknown drivers of toxicity, is one of the major challenges in the safe supply of drinking water. While >700 low-molecular-weight DBPs have been identified, the molecular composition of high-molecular-weight DBPs remains poorly understood. Moreover, due to the absence of chemical standards for most DBPs, it is difficult to assess toxicity contributions for new DBPs identified. Based on effect-directed analysis, this study combined predictive cytotoxicity and quantitative genotoxicity analyses and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (21 T FT-ICR-MS) identification to resolve molecular weight fractions that induce toxicity in chloraminated and chlorinated drinking waters, along with the molecular composition of these DBP drivers. Fractionation using ultrafiltration membranes allowed the investigation of <1 kD, 1-3 kD, 3-5 kD, and >5 kD molecular weight fractions. Thiol reactivity based predictive cytotoxicity and single-cell gel electrophoresis based genotoxicity assays revealed that the <1 kD fraction for both chloraminated and chlorinated waters exhibited the highest levels of predictive cytotoxicity and direct genotoxicity. The <1 kD target fraction was used for subsequent molecular composition identification. Ultrahigh-resolution MS identified singly charged species (as evidenced by the 1 Da spacing in 13C isotopologues), including 3599 chlorine-containing DBPs in the <1 kD fraction with the empirical formulas CHOCl, CHOCl2, and CHOCl3, with a relative abundance order of CHOCl > CHOCl2 ≫ CHOCl3. Interestingly, more high-molecular-weight CHOCl1-3 DBPs were identified in the chloraminated vs chlorinated waters. This may be due to slower reactions of NH2Cl. Most of the DBPs formed in chloraminated waters were composed of high-molecular-weight Cl-DBPs (up to 1 kD) rather than known low-molecular-weight DBPs. Moreover, with the increase of chlorine number in the high-molecular-weight DBPs detected, the O/C ratio exhibited an increasing trend, while the modified aromaticity index (AImod) showed an opposite trend. In drinking water treatment processes, the removal of natural organic matter fractions with high O/C ratio and high AImod value should be strengthened to minimize the formation of known and unknown DBPs.
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- Huiyu Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Nisson DM, Walters CC, Chacón-Patiño ML, Weisbrod CR, Kieft TL, Sherwood Lollar B, Warr O, Castillo J, Perl SM, Cason ED, Freifeld BM, Onstott TC. Radiolytically reworked Archean organic matter in a habitable deep ancient high-temperature brine. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6163. [PMID: 37789019 PMCID: PMC10547683 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41900-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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Investigations of abiotic and biotic contributions to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are required to constrain microbial habitability in continental subsurface fluids. Here we investigate a large (101-283 mg C/L) DOC pool in an ancient (>1Ga), high temperature (45-55 °C), low biomass (102-104 cells/mL), and deep (3.2 km) brine from an uranium-enriched South African gold mine. Excitation-emission matrices (EEMs), negative electrospray ionization (-ESI) 21 tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS), and amino acid analyses suggest the brine DOC is primarily radiolytically oxidized kerogen-rich shales or reefs, methane and ethane, with trace amounts of C3-C6 hydrocarbons and organic sulfides. δ2H and δ13C of C1-C3 hydrocarbons are consistent with abiotic origins. These findings suggest water-rock processes control redox and C cycling, helping support a meagre, slow biosphere over geologic time. A radiolytic-driven, habitable brine may signal similar settings are good targets in the search for life beyond Earth.
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- Devan M Nisson
- Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA.
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B1, Canada
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Université Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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Maillard J, Carrasco N, Rüger CP, Chatain A, Schmitz-Afonso I, Weisbrod CR, Bailly L, Petit E, Gautier T, McKenna AM, Afonso C. Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone. Astrobiology 2023; 23:723-732. [PMID: 37229532 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Abstract Photochemical hazes are expected to form and significantly contribute to the chemical and radiative balance of exoplanets with relatively moderate temperatures, possibly in the habitable zone of their host star. In the presence of humidity, haze particles might thus serve as cloud condensation nuclei and trigger the formation of water droplets. In the present work, we are interested in the chemical impact of such a close interaction between photochemical hazes and humidity on the organic content composing the hazes and on the capacity to generate organic molecules with high prebiotic potential. For this purpose, we explore experimentally the sweet spot by combining N-dominated super-Earth exoplanets in agreement with Titan's rich organic photochemistry and humid conditions expected for exoplanets in habitable zones. A logarithmic increase with time is observed for the relative abundance of oxygenated species, with O-containing molecules dominating after 1 month only. The rapidity of the process suggests that the humid evolution of N-rich organic haze provides an efficient source of molecules with high prebiotic potential.
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- Julien Maillard
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS, LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS, LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
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- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS, LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014 et FR 3038 Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen; CNRS IRCOF, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Castro DC, Smith KW, Norsworthy MD, Rubakhin SS, Weisbrod CR, Hendrickson CL, Sweedler JV. Single-Cell and Subcellular Analysis Using Ultrahigh Resolution 21 T MALDI FTICR Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2023; 95:6980-6988. [PMID: 37070980 PMCID: PMC10190686 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The mammalian brain contains ∼20,000 distinct lipid species that contribute to its structural organization and function. The lipid profiles of cells change in response to a variety of cellular signals and environmental conditions that result in modulation of cell function through alteration of phenotype. The limited sample material combined with the vast chemical diversity of lipids makes comprehensive lipid profiling of individual cells challenging. Here, we leverage the resolving power of a 21 T Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometer for chemical characterization of individual hippocampal cells at ultrahigh mass resolution. The accuracy of the acquired data allowed differentiation of freshly isolated and cultured hippocampal cell populations, as well as finding differences in lipids between the soma and neuronal processes of the same cell. Differences in lipids include TG 42:2 observed solely in the cell bodies and SM 34:1;O2 found only in the cellular processes. The work represents the first mammalian single cells analyzed at ultrahigh resolution and is an advance in the performance of mass spectrometry (MS) for single-cell research.
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- Daniel C. Castro
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1801 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana IL 61801, United States
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1801 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1801 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana IL 61801, United States
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1406 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
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Bahureksa W, Borch T, Young RB, Weisbrod CR, Blakney GT, McKenna AM. Improved Dynamic Range, Resolving Power, and Sensitivity Achievable with FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry at 21 T Reveals the Hidden Complexity of Natural Organic Matter. Anal Chem 2022; 94:11382-11389. [PMID: 35917115 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Fourier transform ion-cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) is the only mass analyzer that can resolve the molecular complexity of natural organic matter at the level of elemental composition assignment. Here, we leverage the high dynamic range, resolving power, resistance to peak coalescence, and maximum ion number and ion trapping duration in a custom built, 21 tesla hybrid linear ion trap /FT-ICR mass spectrometer for a dissolved organic matter standard (Suwanne River Fulvic Acid). We compare the effect of peak-picking threshold (3σ, 4σ, 5σ, and 6σ) on number of elemental composition assignments, mass measurement accuracy, and dynamic range for a 6.3 s transient across the mass range of m/z 200-1200 that comprises the highest achieved resolving power broadband FT-ICR mass spectrum collected to date. More than 36 000 species are assigned with signal magnitude greater than 3σ at root-mean-square mass error of 36 ppb, the most species identified reported to date for dissolved organic matter. We identify 18O and 17O isotopologues and resolve isobaric overlaps on the order of a few electrons across a wide mass range (up to m/z 1000) leveraging mass resolving powers (3 000 000 at m/z 200) only achievable by 21 T FT-ICR MS and increased by ∼30% through absorption mode data processing. Elemental compositions unique to the 3σ span a wide compositional range of aromaticity not detected at higher peak-picking thresholds. Furthermore, we leverage the high dynamic range at 21 T FT-ICR MS to provide a molecular catalogue of a widely utilized reference standard (SRFA) to the analytical community collected on the highest performing mass analyzer for complex mixture analysis to date. This instrument is available free of charge to scientists worldwide.
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- William Bahureksa
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 United States.,Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1170, United States
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- Chemical Analysis & Instrumentation Laboratory, New Mexico State University, MSC 3RES, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1170, United States.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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Weisbrod CR, Anderson LC, Hendrickson CL, Schaffer LV, Shortreed MR, Smith LM, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF. Advanced Strategies for Proton-Transfer Reactions Coupled with Parallel Ion Parking on a 21 T FT-ICR MS for Intact Protein Analysis. Anal Chem 2021; 93:9119-9128. [PMID: 34165955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Proton-transfer reactions (PTRs) have emerged as a powerful tool for the study of intact proteins. When coupled with m/z-selective kinetic excitation, such as parallel ion parking (PIP), one can exert exquisite control over rates of reaction with a high degree of specificity. This allows one to "concentrate", in the gas phase, nearly all the signals from an intact protein charge state envelope into a single charge state, improving the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) by 10× or more. While this approach has been previously reported, here we show that implementing these technologies on a 21 T FT-ICR MS provides a tremendous advantage for intact protein analysis. Advanced strategies for performing PTR with PIP were developed to complement this unique instrument, including subjecting all analyte ions entering the mass spectrometer to PTR and PIP. This experiment, which we call "PTR-MS1-PIP", generates a pseudo-MS1 spectrum derived from ions that are exposed to the PTR reagent and PIP waveforms but have not undergone any prior true mass filtering or ion isolation. The result is an extremely rapid and significant improvement in the spectral S/N of intact proteins. This permits the observation of many more proteoforms and reduces ion injection periods for subsequent tandem mass spectrometry characterization. Additionally, the product ion parking waveform has been optimized to enhance the PTR rate without compromise to the parking efficiency. We demonstrate that this process, called "rapid park", can improve reaction rates by 5-10× and explore critical factors discovered to influence this process. Finally, we demonstrate how coupling PTR-MS1 and rapid park provides a 10-fold reduction in ion injection time, improving the rate of tandem MS sequencing.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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McKenna AM, Chen H, Weisbrod CR, Blakney GT. Molecular Comparison of Solid-Phase Extraction and Liquid/Liquid Extraction of Water-Soluble Petroleum Compounds Produced through Photodegradation and Biodegradation by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:4611-4618. [PMID: 33660499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We apply two widely used extraction techniques, liquid/liquid extraction and solid-phase extraction with styrene-divinylbenzene polymer with a proprietary nonpolar surface priority pollutant (PPL) to water-soluble compounds generated through photodegradation and biodegradation of petroleum. We compare the molecular composition of bio- and photodegraded water-soluble organic (WSO) acids by 21 T negative-ion electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). We highlight the compositional differences between the two extraction techniques for abiotic and biotic degradation processes and identify known toxic species (naphthenic acids) produced through hydrocarbon biodegradation identified by liquid/liquid extraction (LLE) that are not detected with solid-phase extraction (SPE) of the same sample. Photodegraded WSO compounds extracted by SPE-PPL correspond to species with higher O/C ratio and carbon number compared to LLE extracted compounds. Naphthenic acids, a recalcitrant class of nonaromatic carboxylic acids and known acute toxicants formed through biodegradation of oil, are detected in LLE extracts (up to C30 and double-bond equivalents, DBE < 3) but are not detected in SPE-PPL extracts. This suggests that LLE and SPE-PPL retain different water-soluble oil species based on the dominant type of oil weathering process.
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- Amy M McKenna
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University,1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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Weisbrod CR, Anderson LC, Greer JB, DeHart CJ, Hendrickson CL. Increased Single-Spectrum Top-Down Protein Sequence Coverage in Trapping Mass Spectrometers with Chimeric Ion Loading. Anal Chem 2020; 92:12193-12200. [PMID: 32812743 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Fourier transform mass spectrometers routinely provide high mass resolution, mass measurement accuracy, and mass spectral dynamic range. In this work, we utilize 21 T Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) to analyze product ions derived from the application of multiple dissociation techniques and/or multiple precursor ions within a single transient acquisition. This ion loading technique, which we call, "chimeric ion loading", saves valuable acquisition time, decreases sample consumption, and improves top-down protein sequence coverage. In the analysis of MCF7 cell lysate, we show collision-induced dissociation (CID) and electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) on each precursor on a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) timescale and improve mean sequence coverage dramatically (CID-only 15% vs chimeric 33%), even during discovery-based acquisition. This approach can also be utilized to multiplex the acquisition of product ion spectra of multiple charge states from a single protein precursor or multiple ETD/proton-transfer reactions (PTR) reaction periods. The analytical utility of chimeric ion loading is demonstrated for top-down proteomics, but it is also likely to be impactful for tandem mass spectrometry applications in other areas.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- National Resource for Translational and Developmental Proteomics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- NCI RAS Initiative, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Srzentić K, Fornelli L, Tsybin YO, Loo JA, Seckler H, Agar JN, Anderson LC, Bai DL, Beck A, Brodbelt JS, van der Burgt YEM, Chamot-Rooke J, Chatterjee S, Chen Y, Clarke DJ, Danis PO, Diedrich JK, D'Ippolito RA, Dupré M, Gasilova N, Ge Y, Goo YA, Goodlett DR, Greer S, Haselmann KF, He L, Hendrickson CL, Hinkle JD, Holt MV, Hughes S, Hunt DF, Kelleher NL, Kozhinov AN, Lin Z, Malosse C, Marshall AG, Menin L, Millikin RJ, Nagornov KO, Nicolardi S, Paša-Tolić L, Pengelley S, Quebbemann NR, Resemann A, Sandoval W, Sarin R, Schmitt ND, Shabanowitz J, Shaw JB, Shortreed MR, Smith LM, Sobott F, Suckau D, Toby T, Weisbrod CR, Wildburger NC, Yates JR, Yoon SH, Young NL, Zhou M. Interlaboratory Study for Characterizing Monoclonal Antibodies by Top-Down and Middle-Down Mass Spectrometry. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2020; 31:1783-1802. [PMID: 32812765 PMCID: PMC7539639 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The Consortium for Top-Down Proteomics (www.topdownproteomics.org) launched the present study to assess the current state of top-down mass spectrometry (TD MS) and middle-down mass spectrometry (MD MS) for characterizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) primary structures, including their modifications. To meet the needs of the rapidly growing therapeutic antibody market, it is important to develop analytical strategies to characterize the heterogeneity of a therapeutic product's primary structure accurately and reproducibly. The major objective of the present study is to determine whether current TD/MD MS technologies and protocols can add value to the more commonly employed bottom-up (BU) approaches with regard to confirming protein integrity, sequencing variable domains, avoiding artifacts, and revealing modifications and their locations. We also aim to gather information on the common TD/MD MS methods and practices in the field. A panel of three mAbs was selected and centrally provided to 20 laboratories worldwide for the analysis: Sigma mAb standard (SiLuLite), NIST mAb standard, and the therapeutic mAb Herceptin (trastuzumab). Various MS instrument platforms and ion dissociation techniques were employed. The present study confirms that TD/MD MS tools are available in laboratories worldwide and provide complementary information to the BU approach that can be crucial for comprehensive mAb characterization. The current limitations, as well as possible solutions to overcome them, are also outlined. A primary limitation revealed by the results of the present study is that the expert knowledge in both experiment and data analysis is indispensable to practice TD/MD MS.
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- Kristina Srzentić
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Spectroswiss, EPFL Innovation Park, Building I, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Centre d'immunologie Pierre Fabre, 74160 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
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- Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1031, United States
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- The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Consortium for Top-Down Proteomics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3411, United States
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- The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Spectroswiss, EPFL Innovation Park, Building I, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080-4990, United States
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- Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1031, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Leeds, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3411, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Liberatore HK, Westerman DC, Allen JM, Plewa MJ, Wagner ED, McKenna AM, Weisbrod CR, McCord JP, Liberatore RJ, Burnett DB, Cizmas LH, Richardson SD. High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Identification of Novel Surfactant-Derived Sulfur-Containing Disinfection Byproducts from Gas Extraction Wastewater. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:9374-9386. [PMID: 32600038 PMCID: PMC7469867 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Introduction of oil and gas extraction wastewaters (OGWs) to surface water leads to elevated halide levels from geogenic bromide and iodide, as well as enhanced formation of brominated and iodinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) when treated. OGWs contain high levels of chemical additives used to optimize extraction activities, such as surfactants, which have the potential to serve as organic DBP precursors in OGW-impacted water sources. We report the first identification of olefin sulfonate surfactant-derived DBPs from laboratory-disinfected gas extraction wastewater. Over 300 sulfur-containing DBPs, with 43 unique molecular formulas, were found by high-resolution mass spectrometry, following bench-scale chlor(am)ination. DBPs consisted of mostly brominated species, including bromohydrin sulfonates, dihalo-bromosulfonates, and bromosultone sulfonates, with chlorinated/iodinated analogues formed to a lesser extent. Disinfection of a commercial C12-olefin sulfonate surfactant mixture revealed dodecene sulfonate as a likely precursor for most detected DBPs; disulfur-containing DBPs, like bromosultone sulfonate and bromohydrin disulfonate, originated from olefin disulfonate species, present as side-products of olefin sulfonate production. Disinfection of wastewaters increased mammalian cytotoxicity several orders of magnitude, with chloraminated water being more toxic. This finding is important to OGW-impacted source waters because drinking water plants with high-bromide source waters may switch to chloramination to meet DBP regulations.
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- Hannah K Liberatore
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Safe Global Water Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, United States
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Smith DF, Blakney GT, Beu SC, Anderson LC, Weisbrod CR, Hendrickson CL. Ultrahigh Resolution Ion Isolation by Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform 21 T Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2020; 92:3213-3219. [PMID: 32011122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Stored waveform inverse Fourier transform (SWIFT) is a versatile method to generate complex isolation/ejection waveforms for precursor isolation prior to tandem mass spectrometry experiments. Here, we report ultrahigh resolving power ion isolation by SWIFT on a 21 T Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometer. Individual histone proteoforms are isolated (0.6 m/z isolation window) with near 100% efficiency using a 52 ms SWIFT isolation, followed by in-cell fragmentation by ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD). Ion isolation resolving power of 175 000 (m/Δm) is demonstrated by isolation of individual peaks at a spacing of 0.0034 Da at m/z 597 from a complex mixture of Canadian bitumen. An individual m/z ion, which corresponds to a single elemental composition, from a complex mixture is isolated and fragmented by infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD). Theoretical and experimental considerations that limit achievable ion isolation resolving power are discussed.
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- Donald F Smith
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , Florida State University , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , Florida State University , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States
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- S.C. Beu Consulting , 12449 Los Indios Trail, Austin , Texas 78729 , United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , Florida State University , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , Florida State University , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , Florida State University , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive , Tallahassee , Florida 32310 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way , Tallahassee , Florida 32306 , United States
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He L, Rockwood AL, Agarwal AM, Anderson LC, Weisbrod CR, Hendrickson CL, Marshall AG. Top-down proteomics-a near-future technique for clinical diagnosis? Ann Transl Med 2020; 8:136. [PMID: 32175429 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lidong He
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.,Rockwood Scientific Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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Fornelli L, Srzentić K, Toby TK, Doubleday PF, Huguet R, Mullen C, Melani RD, Dos Santos Seckler H, DeHart CJ, Weisbrod CR, Durbin KR, Greer JB, Early BP, Fellers RT, Zabrouskov V, Thomas PM, Compton PD, Kelleher NL. Thorough Performance Evaluation of 213 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation for Top-down Proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2020; 19:405-420. [PMID: 31888965 PMCID: PMC7000117 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.tir119.001638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Top-down proteomics studies intact proteoform mixtures and offers important advantages over more common bottom-up proteomics technologies, as it avoids the protein inference problem. However, achieving complete molecular characterization of investigated proteoforms using existing technologies remains a fundamental challenge for top-down proteomics. Here, we benchmark the performance of ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) using 213 nm photons generated by a solid-state laser applied to the study of intact proteoforms from three organisms. Notably, the described UVPD setup applies multiple laser pulses to induce ion dissociation, and this feature can be used to optimize the fragmentation outcome based on the molecular weight of the analyzed biomolecule. When applied to complex proteoform mixtures in high-throughput top-down proteomics, 213 nm UVPD demonstrated a high degree of complementarity with the most employed fragmentation method in proteomics studies, higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD). UVPD at 213 nm offered higher average proteoform sequence coverage and degree of proteoform characterization (including localization of post-translational modifications) than HCD. However, previous studies have shown limitations in applying database search strategies developed for HCD fragmentation to UVPD spectra which contains up to nine fragment ion types. We therefore performed an analysis of the different UVPD product ion type frequencies. From these data, we developed an ad hoc fragment matching strategy and determined the influence of each possible ion type on search outcomes. By paring down the number of ion types considered in high-throughput UVPD searches from all types down to the four most abundant, we were ultimately able to achieve deeper proteome characterization with UVPD. Lastly, our detailed product ion analysis also revealed UVPD cleavage propensities and determined the presence of a product ion produced specifically by 213 nm photons. All together, these observations could be used to better elucidate UVPD dissociation mechanisms and improve the utility of the technique for proteomic applications.
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- Luca Fornelli
- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, California 95134
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208; Proteinaceous Inc., Evanston, Illinois 60201
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and the Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208.
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He L, Rockwood AL, Agarwal AM, Anderson LC, Weisbrod CR, Hendrickson CL, Marshall AG. Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathy and β-Thalassemia by 21 Tesla Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry and Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Hemoglobin from Blood. Clin Chem 2019; 65:986-994. [PMID: 31040099 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.295766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias are the most common genetically determined disorders. Current screening methods include cation-exchange HPLC and electrophoresis, the results of which can be ambiguous because of limited resolving power. Subsequently, laborious genetic testing is required for confirmation. METHODS We performed a top-down tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) approach with a fast data acquisition (3 min), ultrahigh mass accuracy, and extensive residue cleavage by use of positive electrospray ionization 21 Tesla Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance-tandem mass spectrometry (21 T FT-ICR MS/MS) for hemoglobin (Hb) variant de novo sequencing and β-thalassemia diagnosis. RESULTS We correctly identified all Hb variants in blind analysis of 18 samples, including the first characterization of homozygous Hb Himeji variant. In addition, an Hb heterozygous variant with isotopologue mass spacing as small as 0.0194 Da (Hb AD) was resolved in both precursor ion mass spectrum (MS1) and product ion mass spectrum (MS2). In blind analysis, we also observed that the abundance ratio between intact δ and β subunits (δ/β) or the abundance ratio between intact δ and α subunits (δ/α) could serve to diagnose β-thalassemia trait caused by a mutation in 1 HBB gene. CONCLUSIONS We found that 21 T FT-ICR MS/MS provides a benchmark for top-down MS/MS analysis of blood Hb. The present method has the potential to be translated to lower resolving power mass spectrometers (lower field FT-ICR mass spectrometry and Orbitrap) for Hb variant analysis (by MS1 and MS2) and β-thalassemia diagnosis (MS1).
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- Lidong He
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.,Rockwood Scientific Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT.,University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.,ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; .,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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Holden DD, Sanders JD, Weisbrod CR, Mullen C, Schwartz JC, Brodbelt JS. Implementation of Fragment Ion Protection (FIP) during Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD) Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:8583-8591. [PMID: 29927232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) is a nonselective activation method in which both precursor and fragment ions may absorb photons and dissociate. Photoactivation of fragment ions may result in secondary or multiple generations of dissociation, which decreases the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of larger fragment ions owing to the prevalent subdivision of the ion current into many smaller, often less informative, fragment ions. Here we report the use of dipolar excitation waveforms to displace fragment ions out of the laser beam path, thus alleviating the extent of secondary dissociation during 193 nm UVPD. This fragment ion protection (FIP) strategy increases S/N of larger fragment ions and improves the sequence coverage obtained for proteins via retaining information deeper into the midsection of protein sequences.
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- Dustin D Holden
- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , 355 River Oaks Parkway , San Jose , California 95134 , United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , 355 River Oaks Parkway , San Jose , California 95134 , United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , 355 River Oaks Parkway , San Jose , California 95134 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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Vreven T, Schweppe DK, Chavez JD, Weisbrod CR, Shibata S, Zheng C, Bruce JE, Weng Z. Integrating Cross-Linking Experiments with Ab Initio Protein-Protein Docking. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1814-1828. [PMID: 29665372 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Ab initio protein-protein docking algorithms often rely on experimental data to identify the most likely complex structure. We integrated protein-protein docking with the experimental data of chemical cross-linking followed by mass spectrometry. We tested our approach using 19 cases that resulted from an exhaustive search of the Protein Data Bank for protein complexes with cross-links identified in our experiments. We implemented cross-links as constraints based on Euclidean distance or void-volume distance. For most test cases, the rank of the top-scoring near-native prediction was improved by at least twofold compared with docking without the cross-link information, and the success rate for the top 5 predictions nearly tripled. Our results demonstrate the delicate balance between retaining correct predictions and eliminating false positives. Several test cases had multiple components with distinct interfaces, and we present an approach for assigning cross-links to the interfaces. Employing the symmetry information for these cases further improved the performance of complex structure prediction.
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- Thom Vreven
- Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Nygren PJ, Mehta S, Schweppe DK, Langeberg LK, Whiting JL, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE, Zhang J, Veesler D, Scott JD. Intrinsic disorder within AKAP79 fine-tunes anchored phosphatase activity toward substrates and drug sensitivity. eLife 2017; 6:30872. [PMID: 28967377 PMCID: PMC5653234 DOI: 10.7554/elife.30872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Scaffolding the calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase 2B (PP2B, calcineurin) focuses and insulates termination of local second messenger responses. Conformational flexibility in regions of intrinsic disorder within A-kinase anchoring protein 79 (AKAP79) delineates PP2B access to phosphoproteins. Structural analysis by negative-stain electron microscopy (EM) reveals an ensemble of dormant AKAP79-PP2B configurations varying in particle length from 160 to 240 Å. A short-linear interaction motif between residues 337–343 of AKAP79 is the sole PP2B-anchoring determinant sustaining these diverse topologies. Activation with Ca2+/calmodulin engages additional interactive surfaces and condenses these conformational variants into a uniform population with mean length 178 ± 17 Å. This includes a Leu-Lys-Ile-Pro sequence (residues 125–128 of AKAP79) that occupies a binding pocket on PP2B utilized by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin. Live-cell imaging with fluorescent activity-sensors infers that this region fine-tunes calcium responsiveness and drug sensitivity of the anchored phosphatase. Signaling molecules such as the hormone epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) activate a range of responses inside cells. The responses often involve proteins being chemically modified to change how active they are, which in turn controls specific processes happening inside the cell. One type of modification involves certain enzymes adding or removing molecules known as phosphate groups from specific proteins. For example, an enzyme called PP2B (also known as calcineurin) is able to remove phosphate groups from a variety of proteins. PP2B plays crucial roles in many different processes in animals including immune responses, nerve cell signaling and heart activity, and is the target of several medicinal drugs that suppress the immune system. Since PP2B plays so many roles in the body, these drugs often have unintended side effects. Therefore, studying how the body regulates this enzyme may help us to understand what causes these side effects. Previous studies have shown that PP2B is activated by calcium ions, which can act as signals in many different situations inside cells. A protein called AKAP79 anchors PP2B to specific locations in the cell so that it only operates where it is needed. Some evidence suggests that calcium ions affect how AKAP79 and PP2B interact, but it is not known how this works. Nygren et al. investigated how the PP2B enzyme and AKAP79 protein interact inside human cells and in cell-free systems. The experiments showed that short regions within the AKAP79 protein are responsible for binding to PP2B. These regions and the flexible structure of the entire AKAP79 protein work together to fine-tune how PP2B responds to calcium ions. In the presence of higher levels of calcium ions, another ‘auxiliary’ region of AKAP79 also binds to PP2B. This auxiliary region binds to a site on the enzyme where an immunosuppressive drug called cyclosporine can also bind. This suggests that AKAP79 binding to PP2B may affect the sensitivity of the PP2B enzyme to cyclosporine. This study demonstrates that the activity of PP2B can be precisely controlled by interactions with proteins such as AKAP79. Further work on these interactions may help develop more effective drugs that cause fewer side effects in patients.
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- Patrick J Nygren
- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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Weisbrod CR, Kaiser NK, Syka JEP, Early L, Mullen C, Dunyach JJ, English AM, Anderson LC, Blakney GT, Shabanowitz J, Hendrickson CL, Marshall AG, Hunt DF. Front-End Electron Transfer Dissociation Coupled to a 21 Tesla FT-ICR Mass Spectrometer for Intact Protein Sequence Analysis. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2017; 28:1787-1795. [PMID: 28721671 PMCID: PMC5711562 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1702-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
High resolution mass spectrometry is a key technology for in-depth protein characterization. High-field Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) enables high-level interrogation of intact proteins in the most detail to date. However, an appropriate complement of fragmentation technologies must be paired with FTMS to provide comprehensive sequence coverage, as well as characterization of sequence variants, and post-translational modifications. Here we describe the integration of front-end electron transfer dissociation (FETD) with a custom-built 21 tesla FT-ICR mass spectrometer, which yields unprecedented sequence coverage for proteins ranging from 2.8 to 29 kDa, without the need for extensive spectral averaging (e.g., ~60% sequence coverage for apo-myoglobin with four averaged acquisitions). The system is equipped with a multipole storage device separate from the ETD reaction device, which allows accumulation of multiple ETD fragment ion fills. Consequently, an optimally large product ion population is accumulated prior to transfer to the ICR cell for mass analysis, which improves mass spectral signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, and scan rate. We find a linear relationship between protein molecular weight and minimum number of ETD reaction fills to achieve optimum sequence coverage, thereby enabling more efficient use of instrument data acquisition time. Finally, real-time scaling of the number of ETD reactions fills during method-based acquisition is shown, and the implications for LC-MS/MS top-down analysis are discussed. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA, 95134, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4319, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4319, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4319, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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Wu X, Chavez JD, Schweppe DK, Zheng C, Weisbrod CR, Eng JK, Murali A, Lee SA, Ramage E, Gallagher LA, Kulasekara HD, Edrozo ME, Kamischke CN, Brittnacher MJ, Miller SI, Singh PK, Manoil C, Bruce JE. In vivo protein interaction network analysis reveals porin-localized antibiotic inactivation in Acinetobacter baumannii strain AB5075. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13414. [PMID: 27834373 PMCID: PMC5114622 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide and is a challenge for treatment due to its evolved resistance to antibiotics, including carbapenems. Here, to gain insight on A. baumannii antibiotic resistance mechanisms, we analyse the protein interaction network of a multidrug-resistant A. baumannii clinical strain (AB5075). Using in vivo chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry, we identify 2,068 non-redundant cross-linked peptide pairs containing 245 intra- and 398 inter-molecular interactions. Outer membrane proteins OmpA and YiaD, and carbapenemase Oxa-23 are hubs of the identified interaction network. Eighteen novel interactors of Oxa-23 are identified. Interactions of Oxa-23 with outer membrane porins OmpA and CarO are verified with co-immunoprecipitation analysis. Furthermore, transposon mutagenesis of oxa-23 or interactors of Oxa-23 demonstrates changes in meropenem or imipenem sensitivity in strain AB5075. These results provide a view of porin-localized antibiotic inactivation and increase understanding of bacterial antibiotic resistance mechanisms. The bacterial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii has evolved resistance to many antibiotics, including carbapenems. Here, Wu et al. show that the carbapenemase Oxa-23 interacts with the outer membrane porin CarO in an A. baumannii isolate, indicative of porin-localised antibiotic inactivation.
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- Xia Wu
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Brotman Building Room 154, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Riley NM, Mullen C, Weisbrod CR, Sharma S, Senko MW, Zabrouskov V, Westphall MS, Syka JEP, Coon JJ. Enhanced Dissociation of Intact Proteins with High Capacity Electron Transfer Dissociation. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2016; 27:520-31. [PMID: 26589699 PMCID: PMC4758868 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1306-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) is a valuable tool for protein sequence analysis, especially for the fragmentation of intact proteins. However, low product ion signal-to-noise often requires some degree of signal averaging to achieve high quality MS/MS spectra of intact proteins. Here we describe a new implementation of ETD on the newest generation of quadrupole-Orbitrap-linear ion trap Tribrid, the Orbitrap Fusion Lumos, for improved product ion signal-to-noise via ETD reactions on larger precursor populations. In this new high precursor capacity ETD implementation, precursor cations are accumulated in the center section of the high pressure cell in the dual pressure linear ion trap prior to charge-sign independent trapping, rather than precursor ion sequestration in only the back section as is done for standard ETD. This new scheme increases the charge capacity of the precursor accumulation event, enabling storage of approximately 3-fold more precursor charges. High capacity ETD boosts the number of matching fragments identified in a single MS/MS event, reducing the need for spectral averaging. These improvements in intra-scan dynamic range via reaction of larger precursor populations, which have been previously demonstrated through custom modified hardware, are now available on a commercial platform, offering considerable benefits for intact protein analysis and top down proteomics. In this work, we characterize the advantages of high precursor capacity ETD through studies with myoglobin and carbonic anhydrase.
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- Nicholas M Riley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA, 95134, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Hendrickson CL, Quinn JP, Kaiser NK, Smith DF, Blakney GT, Chen T, Marshall AG, Weisbrod CR, Beu SC. 21 Tesla Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer: A National Resource for Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Analysis. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2015; 26:1626-32. [PMID: 26091892 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1182-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
We describe the design and initial performance of the first 21 tesla Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer. The 21 tesla magnet is the highest field superconducting magnet ever used for FT-ICR and features high spatial homogeneity, high temporal stability, and negligible liquid helium consumption. The instrument includes a commercial dual linear quadrupole trap front end that features high sensitivity, precise control of trapped ion number, and collisional and electron transfer dissociation. A third linear quadrupole trap offers high ion capacity and ejection efficiency, and rf quadrupole ion injection optics deliver ions to a novel dynamically harmonized ICR cell. Mass resolving power of 150,000 (m/Δm(50%)) is achieved for bovine serum albumin (66 kDa) for a 0.38 s detection period, and greater than 2,000,000 resolving power is achieved for a 12 s detection period. Externally calibrated broadband mass measurement accuracy is typically less than 150 ppb rms, with resolving power greater than 300,000 at m/z 400 for a 0.76 s detection period. Combined analysis of electron transfer and collisional dissociation spectra results in 68% sequence coverage for carbonic anhydrase. The instrument is part of the NSF High-Field FT-ICR User Facility and is available free of charge to qualified users.
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- Christopher L Hendrickson
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA,
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Wu X, Held K, Zheng C, Staudinger BJ, Chavez JD, Weisbrod CR, Eng JK, Singh PK, Manoil C, Bruce JE. Dynamic Proteome Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Tobramycin Antibiotic Treatment. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:2126-37. [PMID: 26018413 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.050161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Genetically susceptible bacteria become antibiotic tolerant during chronic infections, and the mechanisms responsible are poorly understood. One factor that may contribute to differential sensitivity in vitro and in vivo is differences in the time-dependent tobramycin concentration profile experienced by the bacteria. Here, we examine the proteome response induced by subinhibitory concentrations of tobramycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells grown under planktonic conditions. These efforts revealed increased levels of heat shock proteins and proteases were present at higher dosage treatments (0.5 and 1 μg/ml), while less dramatic at 0.1 μg/ml dosage. In contrast, many metabolic enzymes were significantly induced by lower dosages (0.1 and 0.5 μg/ml) but not at 1 μg/ml dosage. Time course proteome analysis further revealed that the increase of heat shock proteins and proteases was most rapid from 15 min to 60 min, and the increased levels sustained till 6 h (last time point tested). Heat shock protein IbpA exhibited the greatest induction by tobramycin, up to 90-fold. Nevertheless, deletion of ibpA did not enhance sensitivity to tobramycin. It seemed possible that the absence of sensitization could be due to redundant functioning of IbpA with other proteins that protect cells from tobramycin. Indeed, inactivation of two heat shock chaperones/proteases in addition to ibpA in double mutants (ibpA/clpB, ibpA/PA0779 and ibpA/hslV) did increase tobramycin sensitivity. Collectively, these results demonstrate the time- and concentration-dependent nature of the P. aeruginosa proteome response to tobramycin and that proteome modulation and protein redundancy are protective mechanisms to help bacteria resist antibiotic treatments.
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- Xia Wu
- From the ‡Department of Genome Sciences
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- ¶Department of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- ¶Department of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- From the ‡Department of Genome Sciences, §Department of Chemistry,
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Chavez JD, Weisbrod CR, Zheng C, Eng JK, Bruce JE. Protein interactions, post-translational modifications and topologies in human cells. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:1451-67. [PMID: 23354917 PMCID: PMC3650351 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.024497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The unique and remarkable physicochemical properties of protein surface topologies give rise to highly specific biomolecular interactions, which form the framework through which living systems are able to carry out their vast array of functions. Technological limitations undermine efforts to probe protein structures and interactions within unperturbed living systems on a large scale. Rapid chemical stabilization of proteins and protein complexes through chemical cross-linking offers the alluring possibility to study details of the protein structure to function relationships as they exist within living cells. Here we apply the latest technological advances in chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry to study protein topologies and interactions from living human cells identifying a total of 368 cross-links. These include cross-links from all major cellular compartments including membrane, cytosolic and nuclear proteins. Intraprotein and interprotein cross-links were also observed for core histone proteins, including several cross-links containing post-translational modifications which are known histone marks conferring distinct epigenetic functions. Excitingly, these results demonstrate the applicability of cross-linking to make direct topological measurements on post-translationally modified proteins. The results presented here provide new details on the structures of known multi-protein complexes as well as evidence for new protein-protein interactions.
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- Juan D. Chavez
- From the ‡Department of Genome Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡Department of Genome Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡Department of Genome Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡Department of Genome Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the ‡Department of Genome Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109
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Weisbrod CR, Hoopmann MR, Senko MW, Bruce JE. Performance evaluation of a dual linear ion trap-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer for proteomics research. J Proteomics 2013; 88:109-19. [PMID: 23590889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
UNLABELLED A novel dual cell linear ion trap Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FT-ICR MS) and its performance characteristics are reported. A linear ion trap-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer has been modified to incorporate a LTQ-Velos mass spectrometer. This modified instrument features efficient ion accumulation and fast MS/MS acquisition capabilities of dual cell linear RF ion trap instruments coupled to the high mass accuracy, resolution, and dynamic range of a FT-ICR for improved proteomic coverage. The ion accumulation efficiency is demonstrated to be an order of magnitude greater than that observed with LTQ-FT Ultra instrumentation. The proteome coverage with yeast was shown to increase over the previous instrument generation by 50% (100% increase on the peptide level). In addition, many lower abundance level yeast proteins were only detected with this modified instrument. This novel configuration also enables beam type CID fragmentation using a dual cell RF ion trap mass spectrometer. This technique involves accelerating ions between traps while applying an elevated DC offset to one of the traps to accelerate ions and induce fragmentation. This instrument design may serve as a useful option for labs currently considering purchasing new instrumentation or upgrading existing instruments. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE A novel hybrid mass spectrometer that allows increased MS/MS acquisition rates with high mass measurement accuracy and new ion fragmentation methods greatly improves the number of proteins, posttranslational modifications and protein-protein interactions that can be identified from cells.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Nygren PJ, Gold MG, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE, Scott JD. Molecular basis for a bipartite phosphatase interaction with the anchoring protein AKAP79. FASEB J 2013. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1043.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Neuroscience, Physiology & PharmacologyUniversity College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWA
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWA
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Zheng C, Weisbrod CR, Chavez JD, Eng JK, Sharma V, Wu X, Bruce JE. XLink-DB: database and software tools for storing and visualizing protein interaction topology data. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1989-95. [PMID: 23413830 DOI: 10.1021/pr301162j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
As large-scale cross-linking data becomes available, new software tools for data processing and visualization are required to replace manual data analysis. XLink-DB serves as a data storage site and visualization tool for cross-linking results. XLink-DB accepts data generated with any cross-linker and stores them in a relational database. Cross-linked sites are automatically mapped onto PDB structures if available, and results are compared to existing protein interaction databases. A protein interaction network is also automatically generated for the entire data set. The XLink-DB server, including examples, and a help page are available for noncommercial use at http://brucelab.gs.washington.edu/crosslinkdbv1/ . The source code can be viewed and downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/crosslinkdb/?source=directory .
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- Chunxiang Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, United States
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Weisbrod CR, Chavez JD, Eng JK, Yang L, Zheng C, Bruce JE. In vivo protein interaction network identified with a novel real-time cross-linked peptide identification strategy. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1569-79. [PMID: 23413883 DOI: 10.1021/pr3011638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein interaction topologies are critical determinants of biological function. Large-scale or proteome-wide measurements of protein interaction topologies in cells currently pose an unmet challenge that could dramatically improve understanding of complex biological systems. A primary impediment includes direct protein topology and interaction measurements from living systems since interactions that lack biological significance may be introduced during cell lysis. Furthermore, many biologically relevant protein interactions will likely not survive the lysis/sample preparation and may only be measured with in vivo methods. As a step toward meeting this challenge, a new mass spectrometry method called Real-time Analysis for Cross-linked peptide Technology (ReACT) has been developed that enables assignment of cross-linked peptides "on-the-fly". Using ReACT, 708 unique cross-linked (<5% FDR) peptide pairs were identified from cross-linked E. coli cells. These data allow assembly of the first protein interaction network that also contains topological features of every interaction, as it existed in cells during cross-linker application. Of the identified interprotein cross-linked peptide pairs, 40% are derived from known interactions and provide new topological data that can help visualize how these interactions exist in cells. Other identified cross-linked peptide pairs are from proteins known to be involved within the same complex, but yield newly discovered direct physical interactors. ReACT enables the first view of these interactions inside cells, and the results acquired with this method suggest cross-linking can play a major role in future efforts to map the interactome in cells.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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Chavez JD, Cilia M, Weisbrod CR, Ju HJ, Eng JK, Gray SM, Bruce JE. Cross-linking measurements of the Potato leafroll virus reveal protein interaction topologies required for virion stability, aphid transmission, and virus-plant interactions. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:2968-81. [PMID: 22390342 PMCID: PMC3402239 DOI: 10.1021/pr300041t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein interactions are critical determinants of insect transmission for viruses in the family Luteoviridae. Two luteovirid structural proteins, the capsid protein (CP) and the readthrough protein (RTP), contain multiple functional domains that regulate virus transmission. There is no structural information available for these economically important viruses. We used Protein Interaction Reporter (PIR) technology, a strategy that uses chemical cross-linking and high resolution mass spectrometry, to discover topological features of the Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) CP and RTP that are required for the diverse biological functions of PLRV virions. Four cross-linked sites were repeatedly detected, one linking CP monomers, two within the RTP, and one linking the RTP and CP. Virus mutants with triple amino acid deletions immediately adjacent to or encompassing the cross-linked sites were defective in virion stability, RTP incorporation into the capsid, and aphid transmission. Plants infected with a new, infectious PLRV mutant lacking 26 amino acids encompassing a cross-linked site in the RTP exhibited a delay in the appearance of systemic infection symptoms. PIR technology provided the first structural insights into luteoviruses which are crucially lacking and are involved in vector-virus and plant-virus interactions. These are the first cross-linking measurements on any infectious, insect-transmitted virus.
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- Juan D. Chavez
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, 14853
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- Department of Agricultural Biology and Plant Medicinal Research Center, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Deokjin-Dong 1Ga Deokjin-Gu Jeonju Jeonbuk 561-756, South Korea
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, 14853
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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Weisbrod CR, Eng JK, Hoopmann MR, Baker T, Bruce JE. Accurate peptide fragment mass analysis: multiplexed peptide identification and quantification. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:1621-32. [PMID: 22288382 DOI: 10.1021/pr2008175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Fourier transform-all reaction monitoring (FT-ARM) is a novel approach for the identification and quantification of peptides that relies upon the selectivity of high mass accuracy data and the specificity of peptide fragmentation patterns. An FT-ARM experiment involves continuous, data-independent, high mass accuracy MS/MS acquisition spanning a defined m/z range. Custom software was developed to search peptides against the multiplexed fragmentation spectra by comparing theoretical or empirical fragment ions against every fragmentation spectrum across the entire acquisition. A dot product score is calculated against each spectrum to generate a score chromatogram used for both identification and quantification. Chromatographic elution profile characteristics are not used to cluster precursor peptide signals to their respective fragment ions. FT-ARM identifications are demonstrated to be complementary to conventional data-dependent shotgun analysis, especially in cases where the data-dependent method fails because of fragmenting multiple overlapping precursors. The sensitivity, robustness, and specificity of FT-ARM quantification are shown to be analogous to selected reaction monitoring-based peptide quantification with the added benefit of minimal assay development. Thus, FT-ARM is demonstrated to be a novel and complementary data acquisition, identification, and quantification method for the large scale analysis of peptides.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , 815 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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Yang L, Zheng C, Weisbrod CR, Tang X, Munske GR, Hoopmann MR, Eng JK, Bruce JE. In vivo application of photocleavable protein interaction reporter technology. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:1027-41. [PMID: 22168182 DOI: 10.1021/pr200775j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In vivo protein structures and protein-protein interactions are critical to the function of proteins in biological systems. As a complementary approach to traditional protein interaction identification methods, cross-linking strategies are beginning to provide additional data on protein and protein complex topological features. Previously, photocleavable protein interaction reporter (pcPIR) technology was demonstrated by cross-linking pure proteins and protein complexes and the use of ultraviolet light to cleave or release cross-linked peptides to enable identification. In the present report, the pcPIR strategy is applied to Escherichia coli cells, and in vivo protein interactions and topologies are measured. More than 1600 labeled peptides from E. coli were identified, indicating that many protein sites react with pcPIR in vivo. From those labeled sites, 53 in vivo intercross-linked peptide pairs were identified and manually validated. Approximately half of the interactions have been reported using other techniques, although detailed structures exist for very few. Three proteins or protein complexes with detailed crystallography structures are compared to the cross-linking results obtained from in vivo application of pcPIR technology.
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- Li Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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Gold MG, Reichow SL, O'Neill SE, Weisbrod CR, Langeberg LK, Bruce JE, Gonen T, Scott JD. AKAP2 anchors PKA with aquaporin-0 to support ocular lens transparency. EMBO Mol Med 2011; 4:15-26. [PMID: 22095752 PMCID: PMC3272850 DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201100184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A decline in ocular lens transparency known as cataract afflicts 90% of individuals by the age 70. Chronic deterioration of lens tissue occurs as a pathophysiological consequence of defective water and nutrient circulation through channel and transporter proteins. A key component is the aquaporin-0 (AQP0) water channel whose permeability is tightly regulated in healthy lenses. Using a variety of cellular and biochemical approaches we have discovered that products of the A-kinase anchoring protein 2 gene (AKAP2/AKAP-KL) form a stable complex with AQP0 to sequester protein kinase A (PKA) with the channel. This permits PKA phosphorylation of serine 235 within a calmodulin (CaM)-binding domain of AQP0. The additional negative charge introduced by phosphoserine 235 perturbs electrostatic interactions between AQP0 and CaM to favour water influx through the channel. In isolated mouse lenses, displacement of PKA from the AKAP2-AQP0 channel complex promotes cortical cataracts as characterized by severe opacities and cellular damage. Thus, anchored PKA modulation of AQP0 is a homeostatic mechanism that must be physically intact to preserve lens transparency.
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- Matthew G Gold
- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Zheng C, Yang L, Hoopmann MR, Eng JK, Tang X, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE. Cross-linking measurements of in vivo protein complex topologies. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.006841. [PMID: 21697552 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.006841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Identification and measurement of in vivo protein interactions pose critical challenges in the goal to understand biological systems. The measurement of structures and topologies of proteins and protein complexes as they exist in cells is particularly challenging, yet critically important to improve understanding of biological function because proteins exert their intended function only through the structures and interactions they exhibit in vivo. In the present study, protein interactions in E. coli cells were identified in our unbiased cross-linking approach, yielding the first in vivo topological data on many interactions and the largest set of identified in vivo cross-linked peptides produced to date. These data show excellent agreement with protein and complex crystal structures where available. Furthermore, our unbiased data provide novel in vivo topological information that can impact understanding of biological function, even for cases where high resolution structures are not yet available.
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- Chunxiang Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Chavez JD, Hoopmann MR, Weisbrod CR, Takara K, Bruce JE. Quantitative proteomic and interaction network analysis of cisplatin resistance in HeLa cells. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19892. [PMID: 21637840 PMCID: PMC3102677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cisplatin along with other platinum based drugs are some of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents. However drug resistance is a major problem for the successful chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer. Current evidence suggests that drug resistance is a multifactorial problem due to changes in the expression levels and activity of a wide number of proteins. A majority of the studies to date have quantified mRNA levels between drug resistant and drug sensitive cell lines. Unfortunately mRNA levels do not always correlate with protein expression levels due to post-transcriptional changes in protein abundance. Therefore global quantitative proteomics screens are needed to identify the protein targets that are differentially expressed in drug resistant cell lines. Here we employ a quantitative proteomics technique using stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) coupled with mass spectrometry to quantify changes in protein levels between cisplatin resistant (HeLa/CDDP) and sensitive HeLa cells in an unbiased fashion. A total of 856 proteins were identified and quantified, with 374 displaying significantly altered expression levels between the cell lines. Expression level data was then integrated with a network of protein-protein interactions, and biological pathways to obtain a systems level view of proteome changes which occur with cisplatin resistance. Several of these proteins have been previously implicated in resistance towards platinum-based and other drugs, while many represent new potential markers or therapeutic targets.
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- Juan D. Chavez
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Hoopmann MR, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE. Improved strategies for rapid identification of chemically cross-linked peptides using protein interaction reporter technology. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:6323-33. [PMID: 20886857 DOI: 10.1021/pr100572u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein interaction reporter (PIR) technology can enable identification of in vivo protein interactions with the use of specialized chemical cross-linkers, liquid chromatography, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. PIR-cross-linkers contain labile bonds that are specifically fragmented under low energy collision or photodissociation conditions in the mass spectrometer source, thus releasing cross-linked peptides. Successful analysis of PIR-cross-linked proteins requires the use of expected mathematical relationships between cross-linked complexes and released peptides after fragmentation of the labile PIR bonds. Presented here is a next-generation software tool, BLinks, for use in the analysis and identification of PIR-cross-linked proteins. BLinks is an advancement beyond our previous efforts by incorporation of chromatographic profiles that must match between cross-linked complexes and released peptides to enable estimation of p-values to help filter true relationships from complex data sets. Additionally, BLinks was used to incorporate Mascot database searching results from subsequent MS/MS analysis of the released peptides to facilitate identification of cross-linked proteins. BLinks was used in the analysis of human serum albumin, and 46 interpeptide relationships were found spanning 30 proximal residues with a 2.2% false discovery rate. BLinks was also used to track peptides involved in multiple, coeluting relationships that make accurate identification of protein interactions difficult. An additional 10 interpeptide relationships were identified despite poor correlation using the profiling tools provided with BLinks. Additionally, BLinks can be used to globally map all interpeptide relationships from the data analysis and customize subsequent analysis to target specific peptides of interest, thus making it a useful tool for both discovery of protein interactions and mapping protein topology.
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- Michael R Hoopmann
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Weisbrod CR, Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Bruce JE. Excite-coupled trapping ring electrode cell (eTREC): radial trapping field control, linearized excitation, and improved detection. Anal Chem 2010; 82:6281-6. [PMID: 20575529 DOI: 10.1021/ac100461c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel excite-coupled Trapping Ring Electrode Cell (eTREC) was designed and developed. eTREC technology provides greater linearity in the excitation electric field along with minimized variation in radial trapping field during detection. The variation in the radial trapping electric field is reduced through postexcitation modulation of the trapping potentials applied to the Trapping Ring Electrode Cell (TREC). Linearization of the electric field generated during radio frequency (RF) excitation is accomplished by coupling the RF excitation to a novel electrode arrangement superimposed onto the trapping rings of a TREC. The coupling of RF excitation to the trap plates effectively reduces z-axis ejection and allows for a more uniform postexcitation radius for the entire ion population. Using this technology, sensitivity was increased by >50%, resolution of (13)C(2) and (34)S fine structure peaks was achieved with the peptide MMMMG (approximately 330,000 RP) on a 3 T system, and the limit of detection was significantly reduced.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-8050, USA
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Yang L, Tang X, Weisbrod CR, Munske GR, Eng JK, von Haller PD, Kaiser NK, Bruce JE. A photocleavable and mass spectrometry identifiable cross-linker for protein interaction studies. Anal Chem 2010; 82:3556-66. [PMID: 20373789 DOI: 10.1021/ac902615g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this paper, we present the results of proof-of-concept experiments using a novel photocleavable and mass spectrometry identifiable cross-linker pcPIR (photocleavable protein interaction reporter). pcPIR can be dissociated under UV irradiation either off- or online before the introduction to the mass spectrometers. Photo dissociation of cross-linkers is different from either the gas phase or the chemical cleavage of cross-linkers. Different types of cross-links can be identified using the pcPIR mass relationships, where the mass of cross-linked precursor equals the sum of the masses of the released products and reporter. Since pcPIR is cleaved prior to the entrance to the mass spectrometer, the released peptides are available to be sequenced with routine collision-induced dissociation (CID) MS/MS experiments and database search algorithms. In this report, the pcPIR strategy of identifying the cross-linked peptides with on- and off-line photocleavage coupled with novel targeted data dependent LC-MS/MS is demonstrated with the use of standard peptides, bovine serum albumin (BSA), and human hemoglobin tetramer protein complex.
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- Li Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE. A novel Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer with improved ion trapping and detection capabilities. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2009; 20:755-62. [PMID: 19200753 PMCID: PMC2763776 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Revised: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 12/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A novel Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer has been developed for improved biomolecule analysis. A flared metal capillary and an electrodynamic ion funnel were installed in the source region of the instrument for improved ion transmission. The transfer quadrupole is divided into 19 segments, with the capacity for independent control of DC voltage biases for each segment. Restrained ion population transfer (RIPT) is used to transfer ions from the ion accumulation region to the ICR cell. The RIPT ion guide reduces mass discrimination that occurs as a result of time-of-flight effects associated with gated trapping. Increasing the number of applied DC bias voltages from 8 to 18 increases the number of ions that are effectively trapped in the ICR cell. The RIPT ion guide with a novel voltage profile applied during ion transfer provides a 3- to 4-fold increase in the number of ions that are trapped in the ICR cell compared with gated trapping for the same ion accumulation time period. A novel ICR cell was incorporated in the instrument to reduce radial electric field variation for ions with different z-axis oscillation amplitudes. With the ICR cell, called trapping ring electrode cell (TREC), we can tailor the shape of the trapping electric fields to reduce dephasing of coherent cyclotron motion of an excited ion packet. With TREC, nearly an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity is observed. The performance of the instrument with the combination of RIPT, TREC, flared inlet, and ion funnel is presented.
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- Nathan K. Kaiser
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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Weisbrod CR, Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Bruce JE. Trapping ring electrode cell: a FTICR mass spectrometer cell for improved signal-to-noise and resolving power. Anal Chem 2008; 80:6545-53. [PMID: 18681460 DOI: 10.1021/ac800535e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel FTICR cell called the trapping ring electrode cell (TREC) has been conceived, simulated, developed, and tested. The performance of the TREC is compared to a closed cylindrical cell at different excited cyclotron radii. The TREC permits the ability to maintain coherent ion motion at larger initial excited cyclotron radii by decreasing the change in radial electric field with respect to z-axis position in the cell. This is accomplished through postexcitation modulation of the trapping potentials applied to segmented trap plates. Resolving power approaching the theoretical limit was achieved using the novel TREC technology; over 420,000 resolving power was observed on melittin [M + 4H] (4+) species when employed under modest magnetic field strength (3T) and a data acquisition duration of 13 s. A 10-fold gain in signal-to-noise ratio is demonstrated over the closed cylindrical cell optimized with common potentials on all ring electrodes. The observed frequency drift during signal acquisition over long time periods was also significantly reduced, resulting in improved resolving power.
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- Chad R Weisbrod
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, USA
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Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Weisbrod CR, Wu S, Zhang K, Prior DC, Buschbach MA, Anderson GA, Bruce JE. Restrained ion population transfer: a novel ion transfer method for mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2008; 22:1955-1964. [PMID: 18489013 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometers function such that the ion accumulation event takes place in a region of higher pressure outside the magnetic field which allows ions to be thermally cooled before being accelerated toward the ICR cell where they are decelerated and re-trapped. This transfer process suffers from mass discrimination due to time-of-flight effects. Also, trapping ions with substantial axial kinetic energy can decrease the performance of the FTICR instrument compared with the analysis of thermally cooled ions located at the trap center. Therefore, it is desirable to limit the energy imparted to the ions which results in lower applied trap plate potentials and reduces the spread in axial kinetic energy. The approach presented here for ion transfer, called restrained ion population transfer or RIPT, is designed to provide complete axial and radial containment of an ion population throughout the entire transfer process from the accumulation region to the ICR cell, eliminating mass discrimination associated with time-of-flight separation. This was accomplished by use of a number of quadrupole segments arranged in series with independent control of the direct current (DC) bias voltage applied to each segment of the quadrupole ion guide. The DC bias voltage is applied in such a way as to minimize the energy imparted to the ions allowing transfer of ions with low kinetic energy from the ion accumulation region to the ICR cell. Initial FTICR mass spectral data are presented that illustrate the feasibility of RIPT. A larger m/z range for a mixture of peptides is demonstrated compared with gated trapping. The increase in ion transfer time (3 ms to 130 ms) resulted in an approximately 11% decrease in the duty cycle; however this can be improved by simultaneously transferring multiple ion populations with RIPT. The technique was also modeled with SIMION 7.0 and simulation results that support our feasibility studies of the ion transfer process are presented.
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- Nathan K Kaiser
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630, USA
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Kaiser NK, Weisbrod CR, Webb BN, Bruce JE. Reduction of axial kinetic energy induced perturbations on observed cyclotron frequency. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2008; 19:467-78. [PMID: 18262433 PMCID: PMC2387069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Revised: 12/18/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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With Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry one determines the mass-to-charge ratio of an ion by measuring its cyclotron frequency. However, the need to confine ions to the trapping region of the ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) cell with electric fields induces deviations from the unperturbed cyclotron frequency. Additional perturbations to the observed cyclotron frequency are often attributed to changes in space charge conditions. This study presents a detailed investigation of the observed ion cyclotron frequency as a function of ion z-axis kinetic energy. In a perfect three-dimensional quadrupolar field, cyclotron frequency is independent of position within the trap. However, in most ICR cell designs, this ideality is approximated only near the trap center and deviations arise from this ideal quadrupolar field as the ion moves both radially and axially from the center of the trap. To allow differentiation between deviations in observed cyclotron frequency caused from changes in space charge conditions or differences in oscillation amplitude, ions with identical molecular weights but different axial kinetic energy, and thus amplitude of z-axis motion, were simultaneously trapped within the ICR cell. This allows one to attribute deviations in observed cyclotron frequency to differences in the average force from the radial electric field experienced by ions of different axial amplitude. Experimentally derived magnetron frequency is compared with the magnetron frequency calculated using SIMION 7.0 for ions of different axial amplitude. Electron promoted ion coherence, or EPIC, is used to reduce the differences in radial electric fields at different axial positions. Thus with the application of EPIC, the differences in observed cyclotron frequencies are minimized for ions of different axial oscillation amplitudes.
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- Nathan K. Kaiser
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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