Solid phase isobaric mass tag reagent for simultaneous protein identification and assay

Anal Chem. 2010 Jul 1;82(13):5552-60. doi: 10.1021/ac1004212.

Abstract

The solid phase isobaric mass tagging (SPIMT) approach is presented for simultaneous protein quantitation and identification. The novelty of the SPIMT strategy relies on a CID-based differentiation of regioisomeric species for quantitation of tagged proteolytic peptides. SPIMTs are unlabeled mass-tagging reagents, which consist of a reporter group, a mass balance group, and a spacer with a amine-specific reactive group, able to be linked to any N-terminal peptide. Therefore SPIMT-linked peptides from a two-plex set appear as a single unresolved precursor ion in MS, whereas the reporter groups lead to quantitation signals of m/z 168.2 and 182.2 Da upon tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis with matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight/time-of-flight (MALDI TOF/TOF). This strategy allows ease protein identification by direct submission of MS and MS/MS data to the MASCOT database. SPIMT approach showed an excellent quantitation linearity, detecting any relative concentration differences of peptides in two solutions over a 5-fold concentration range without losing sequencing information. Therefore, SPIMTs are an attractive, simple, and low cost alternative for two-plex quantitation of proteins and offer possibilities of tuning the two-plex signal mass window by replacing the spacer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • Glutathione / chemistry
  • Peptides / analysis
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Proteins / analysis*
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Trypsin / metabolism

Substances

  • Peptides
  • Proteins
  • Trypsin
  • Glutathione