Monolithic Poly(styrene- co-divinylbenzene) Columns for Supercritical Fluid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Polypeptide

Anal Chem. 2020 Sep 1;92(17):11525-11529. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02874. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

Abstract

The organic polymer-based monolithic columns have been evaluated as the separation media for analysis of peptides using supercritical fluid chromatography-mass spectrometry (SFC-MS). We demonstrate for the first time the SFC-MS separation of a mixture of polypeptides carried out using poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) monolithic columns and carbon dioxide/methanol mobile phase. A gradient from 2 to 40% methanol modifier containing 0.1% TFA as an acidic additive was applied for the optimized elution and the separation was achieved in less than 3 min. Selected ion monitoring enabled detection of selected masses characteristic of three ionophoric pentadecapeptide antibiotics gramicidin A, B, and C and their two corresponding isoforms. Furthermore, their identity was confirmed through determination of their [M + 2H]2+, [M + 2Na]2+, and [M + H + Na]2+ ions acquired by positive-ion electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid / methods*
  • Gramicidin / analysis*
  • Gramicidin / isolation & purification*
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Molecular Weight
  • Polystyrenes / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Protein Isoforms / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Polystyrenes
  • Protein Isoforms
  • divinylbenzene-polystyrene copolymer
  • Gramicidin
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Methanol