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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to directly sequence peptides from biological cells using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) with postsource decay (PSD) and collision-induced dissociation (CID) fragment ion mass analysis is explored. Three different sample preparation methods are described for sequencing peptides in tissue samples and in single neurons from the invertebrate model Aplysia californica. To characterize peptides from the atrial gland, MALDI-PSD/CID is applied directly to a tissue blot covered with the matrix alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA). The resulting fragment ions combined with database searching confirm the structure of several novel peptides encoded by egg-laying hormone genes. Moreover, MS profiling of a single unidentified neuron detects peptides with molecular weights of myomodulins C and E; this assignment is confirmed using MALDI-PSD with the matrix 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB). DHB does not always provide adequate fragmentation for PSD experiments; therefore, a unique dual-matrix sampling method, employing both DHB and CHCA, is developed to directly sequence a decapeptide from a single cerebral ganglion B cell. Mass accuracy of fragment ions from cellular samples is typical for the instrument employed and is not deleteriously affected by the morphology and complexity of the samples.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5451-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
In situ sequencing of peptides from biological tissues and single cells using MALDI-PSD/CID analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.