Integrated selective enrichment target--a microtechnology platform for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry applied on protein biomarkers in prostate diseases

Electrophoresis. 2004 Nov;25(21-22):3769-77. doi: 10.1002/elps.200406094.

Abstract

The performance of a miniaturized sample processing platform for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), manufactured by silicon microfabrication, called integrated selective enrichment target (ISET) technology was evaluated in a biological context. The ISET serves as both sample treatment device and MALDI-MS target, and contains an array of 96 perforated nanovials, which each can be filled with 40 nL of reversed-phase beads. This methodology minimizes the number of sample transfers and the total surface area available for undesired adsorption of the analytes in order to provide high-sensitivity analysis. ISET technology was successfully applied for characterization of proteins coisolated by affinity chromatography of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) from human seminal fluid. The application of ISET sample preparation enabled multiple analyses to be performed on a limited sample volume, which resulted in the discovery that prolactin inducible protein (PIP) was coisolated from the samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Carrier Proteins / analysis
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Glycoproteins / analysis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Microarray Analysis / instrumentation
  • Microarray Analysis / methods*
  • Microspheres
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / analysis
  • Prostatic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Proteins / analysis*
  • Semen / chemistry*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / instrumentation
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • PIP protein, human
  • Proteins
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen