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Mass spectrometric immunoassay of intact insulin and related variants for population proteomics studies
Author(s) -
Oran Paul E.,
Jarvis Jason W.,
Borges Chad R.,
Sherma Nisha D.,
Nelson Randall W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proteomics – clinical applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1862-8354
pISSN - 1862-8346
DOI - 10.1002/prca.201000112
Subject(s) - immunoassay , proteomics , population , insulin , computational biology , chromatography , biology , chemistry , medicine , genetics , endocrinology , antibody , environmental health , gene
Purpose: The purpose of the work presented herein was to develop a high‐throughput assay for the quantification of human insulin in plasma samples while simultaneously detecting, with high mass accuracy, any additional variant forms of insulin that might be present in each sample. Experimental design: A mass spectrometric immunoassay (MSIA) was designed in which anti‐human insulin antibodies were immobilized to commercially available mass spectrometric immunoassay pipette tips and used to capture insulin and related protein variants from human plasma. Results: Standard curves for insulin exhibited linearity (average R 2 for three days of analysis=0.99) and assay concentration limits of detection and limits of quantification for insulin were found to be 1 and 15 pM, respectively. Estimated coefficient of variations for inter‐day experiments ( n =3 days) were <8%. Simultaneously, the assay was shown to detect and identify insulin metabolites and synthetic insulin analogs (e.g. Lantus). Notably, insulin variants not known to exist in plasma were detected in diabetics. Conclusions and clinical relevance: This introductory study sets a foundation toward the screening of large populations to investigate insulin isoforms, isoform frequencies, and their quantification.