Quantitation of Intact Proteins in Human Plasma Using Top-Down Parallel Reaction Monitoring-MS
Author(s) -
Yuchao Chen,
Pan Mao,
Daojing Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
analytical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.117
H-Index - 332
eISSN - 1520-6882
pISSN - 0003-2700
DOI - 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02699
Subject(s) - chemistry , human plasma , chromatography , mass spectrometry , microfluidic chip , microfluidics , selected reaction monitoring , liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry , tandem mass spectrometry , nanotechnology , materials science
Direct quantitation of proteins in complex biological matrices by mass spectrometry remains a challenge. Here, we describe a novel top-down parallel reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (PRM-MS) assay, enabled by microflow LC-nanospray MS using a silicon microfluidic LC-MS chip. We demonstrated direct analysis of intact proteins such as somatropin in human plasma, achieving sensitivity (0.1-1.0 fmole) and speed (1-5 min) on par with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
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