School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Electrophoresis. 2012 Feb;33(4):661-5. doi: 10.1002/elps.201100447.
Herein, we report an immobilized pH gradient (IPG) capillary isoelectric focusing-matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (CIEF-MALDI MS) platform designed for the separation of complex neuropeptides. This platform features a poly(glycidyl methacrylate-divinylbenzene) (GMA-DVB)-based monolithic column for CIEF separation. Different from regular CIEF, carrier ampholytes are preimmobilized on the monolithic surface instead of being added to the sample. An off-line coupling of IPG-CIEF to MALDI MS has been established. Comparison with regular CIEF and optimizations are performed with bovine serum albumin tryptic peptides and extracted neuropeptide mixtures from crustacean Callinectes sapidus. It has been demonstrated that the separation of complex peptide mixtures in neutral and basic pH ranges can be achieved in less than 10 min with comparable separation efficiency with regular CIEF, while the MS signal is significantly enhanced when employing IPG-CIEF. Enhanced neuropeptide detection is also observed after coupling IPG-CIEF with MALDI MS.
本文报道了一种固定化 pH 梯度(IPG)毛细管等电聚焦-基质辅助激光解吸/电离质谱(CIEF-MALDI MS)平台,用于分离复杂的神经肽。该平台的特点是采用聚(甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯-二乙烯基苯)(GMA-DVB)为基质的整体柱进行 CIEF 分离。与常规 CIEF 不同,载体两性电解质预先固定在整体柱表面,而不是添加到样品中。建立了 IPG-CIEF 与 MALDI MS 的离线耦合。采用牛血清白蛋白胰蛋白酶肽和甲壳类动物中国对虾提取的神经肽混合物进行比较和优化。结果表明,在中性和碱性 pH 范围内,复杂肽混合物的分离可以在不到 10 分钟内完成,与常规 CIEF 相比具有相当的分离效率,而采用 IPG-CIEF 时,MS 信号显著增强。将 IPG-CIEF 与 MALDI MS 耦合后,还观察到神经肽的检测得到增强。