Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Proteomics. 2011 Jan;11(2):309-18. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201000378. Epub 2010 Dec 17.
Trypsin-coated magnetic nanoparticles (EC-TR/NPs), prepared via a simple multilayer random crosslinking of the trypsin molecules onto magnetic nanoparticles, were highly stable and could be easily captured using a magnet after the digestion was complete. EC-TR/NPs showed a negligible loss of trypsin activity after multiple uses and continuous shaking, whereas the conventional immobilization of covalently attached trypsin on NPs resulted in a rapid inactivation under the same conditions due to the denaturation and autolysis of trypsin. A single model protein, a five-protein mixture, and a whole mouse brain proteome were digested at atmospheric pressure and 37°C for 12 h or in combination with pressure cycling technology at room temperature for 1 min. In all cases, EC-TR/NPs performed equally to or better than free trypsin in terms of both the identified peptide/protein number and the digestion reproducibility. In addition, the concomitant use of EC-TR/NPs and pressure cycling technology resulted in very rapid (∼1 min) and efficient digestions with more reproducible digestion results.
胰蛋白酶包覆的磁性纳米颗粒(EC-TR/NPs)是通过将胰蛋白酶分子随机多层交联到磁性纳米颗粒上制备而成的,具有高度的稳定性,在消化完成后可以很容易地用磁铁捕获。EC-TR/NPs 在多次使用和连续摇晃后,胰蛋白酶活性几乎没有损失,而传统的将共价连接的胰蛋白酶固定在 NPs 上,由于胰蛋白酶的变性和自溶,在相同条件下会迅速失活。单一的模型蛋白、五蛋白混合物和整个小鼠脑蛋白质组在大气压和 37°C 下孵育 12 小时,或与压力循环技术在室温下孵育 1 分钟。在所有情况下,与游离胰蛋白酶相比,EC-TR/NPs 在鉴定的肽/蛋白数量和消化重现性方面都表现出同等或更好的性能。此外,EC-TR/NPs 和压力循环技术的同时使用可实现非常快速(约 1 分钟)且高效的消化,并获得更可重现的消化结果。