High throughput peptide mass fingerprinting and protein macroarray analysis using chemical printing strategies

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2002 Jul;1(7):490-9. doi: 10.1074/mcp.m200020-mcp200.

Abstract

We describe a chemical printer that uses piezoelectric pulsing for rapid, accurate, and non-contact microdispensing of fluid for proteomic analysis of immobilized protein macroarrays. We demonstrate protein digestion and peptide mass fingerprinting analysis of human plasma and platelet proteins direct from a membrane surface subsequent to defined microdispensing of trypsin and matrix solutions, hence bypassing multiple liquid-handling steps. Detection of low abundance, alkaline proteins from whole human platelet extracts has been highlighted. Membrane immobilization of protein permits archiving of samples pre-/post-analysis and provides a means for subanalysis using multiple chemistries. This study highlights the ability to increase sequence coverage for protein identification using multiple enzymes and to characterize N-glycosylation modifications using a combination of PNGase F and trypsin. We also demonstrate microdispensing of multiple serum samples in a quantitative microenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay format to rapidly screen protein macroarrays for pathogen-derived antigens. We anticipate the chemical printer will be a major component of proteomic platforms for high throughput protein identification and characterization with widespread applications in biomedical and diagnostic discovery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Blood Platelets / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / chemistry
  • Immunoglobulins / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Mapping / instrumentation*
  • Peptide Mapping / methods*
  • Proteome / analysis*
  • Proteomics* / instrumentation
  • Proteomics* / methods
  • Trypsin / metabolism

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins
  • Proteome
  • Trypsin