The silica-based poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic enzymatic reactor was reported along with its analytical features in coupling with MALDI TOF and ESI MS. Microfluidic chip was fabricated using PDMS cast...The silica-based poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic enzymatic reactor was reported along with its analytical features in coupling with MALDI TOF and ESI MS. Microfluidic chip was fabricated using PDMS casting and O2-plasma techniques, and used for the preparation of enzymatic reactor. Plasma oxidation for PDMS enabled the channel wall of microfluidics to present a layer of silanol (SiOH) groups. These SiOH groups as anchors onto the microchannel wall were linked covalently with the hydroxy groups of trypsin-encapsulated sol matrix. As a result, the leakage of sol-gel matrix from the microchannel was effectively prevented. On-line protein analysis was performed with the microfluidic enzymatic reactor by attachment of stainless steel tubing electrode and replaceable tip, The success of trypsin encapsulation was investigated by capillary electrophoresis (CE) detection, and MALDI TOF and ESI MS analysis. The lab-made device provided excellent extent of digestion even at the fast flow rate of 7.0 μL/min with very short residence time of ca. 2 s. In addition, the encapsulated trypsin exhibits increased stability even after continuous use. These features are the most requisite for high-throughput protein identification.展开更多
The bottom-up strategy for proteome analysis typically employs a multistep sample preparation workflow that suffers from being time-consuming and sample loss or contamination caused by the off-line manual operation.He...The bottom-up strategy for proteome analysis typically employs a multistep sample preparation workflow that suffers from being time-consuming and sample loss or contamination caused by the off-line manual operation.Herein,we developed a hollow fibre membrane(HFM)-aided fully automated sample treatment(FAST)method.Due to the confinement effects of HFMs and the immobilized enzymatic reactor,the proteome samples could be denatured,reduced,desalted and digested within 8–20 min via the one-stop service.This method also showed superiority in trace sample analysis.In one and half hours,we could identify about 1,600 protein groups for 500 HeLa cells as the starting materials,1.5–8 times more than those obtained by previously reported methods.Through the on-line combination of FAST with nano-liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry(nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS),we further established a fully integrated platform for label-free quantification of proteome with high reproducibility and precision.Collectively,FAST presented here represents a major advance in the high throughput sample treatment and quantitative analysis of proteomes.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30572227, 20299030), Shanghai Science Research Foundation (No 03JC14005), National Basic Research Priority Program (No. 001 CB510202) and National High Technology Key Project (No. 2002BAC11A11).
文摘The silica-based poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic enzymatic reactor was reported along with its analytical features in coupling with MALDI TOF and ESI MS. Microfluidic chip was fabricated using PDMS casting and O2-plasma techniques, and used for the preparation of enzymatic reactor. Plasma oxidation for PDMS enabled the channel wall of microfluidics to present a layer of silanol (SiOH) groups. These SiOH groups as anchors onto the microchannel wall were linked covalently with the hydroxy groups of trypsin-encapsulated sol matrix. As a result, the leakage of sol-gel matrix from the microchannel was effectively prevented. On-line protein analysis was performed with the microfluidic enzymatic reactor by attachment of stainless steel tubing electrode and replaceable tip, The success of trypsin encapsulation was investigated by capillary electrophoresis (CE) detection, and MALDI TOF and ESI MS analysis. The lab-made device provided excellent extent of digestion even at the fast flow rate of 7.0 μL/min with very short residence time of ca. 2 s. In addition, the encapsulated trypsin exhibits increased stability even after continuous use. These features are the most requisite for high-throughput protein identification.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(YS2019YFE020015,2018YFC0910202,2017YFA0505002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21974136,21725506,91543201)。
文摘The bottom-up strategy for proteome analysis typically employs a multistep sample preparation workflow that suffers from being time-consuming and sample loss or contamination caused by the off-line manual operation.Herein,we developed a hollow fibre membrane(HFM)-aided fully automated sample treatment(FAST)method.Due to the confinement effects of HFMs and the immobilized enzymatic reactor,the proteome samples could be denatured,reduced,desalted and digested within 8–20 min via the one-stop service.This method also showed superiority in trace sample analysis.In one and half hours,we could identify about 1,600 protein groups for 500 HeLa cells as the starting materials,1.5–8 times more than those obtained by previously reported methods.Through the on-line combination of FAST with nano-liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry(nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS),we further established a fully integrated platform for label-free quantification of proteome with high reproducibility and precision.Collectively,FAST presented here represents a major advance in the high throughput sample treatment and quantitative analysis of proteomes.