Toward Biomarker Development in Large Clinical Cohorts: An Integrated High-Throughput 96-Well-Plate-Based Sample Preparation Workflow for Versatile Downstream Proteomic Analyses

Anal Chem. 2016 Sep 6;88(17):8518-25. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01333. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Abstract

We describe a cheap, robust, fast, high-throughput, and flexible proteomic sample processing method based on a regular 96-well plate by acetone precipitation under low centrifuge speed (96PACS), which enables predigestion processing of 96 samples within 2 h. Tested on a complex Huh-7 total lysate, 96PACS produced comparable proteome coverage and even showed better reproducibility than FASP. Quantitative performance of 96PACS was further tested using data-independent acquisition and parallel reaction monitoring quantitation in a set of 6 benchmark samples consisting of 6 serial dilutions of BSA spiked in complex E. coli proteome background. The protocol was also successfully modified for automation and was validated in a comparative label-free proteomic study to develop serum markers for early detection of liver fibrosis and necroinflammation in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Cohort Studies
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / analysis*
  • Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Inflammation / virology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis / virology
  • Proteomics*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Escherichia coli Proteins