Positive Effect of Acetylation on Proteomic Analysis Based on Liquid Chromatography with Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization and Photoionization Mass Spectrometry

0572296 - ÚOCHB 2024 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Sedláčková, Simona - Hubálek, Martin - Vrkoslav, Vladimír - Blechová, Miroslava - Kozlík, P. - Cvačka, Josef
Positive Effect of Acetylation on Proteomic Analysis Based on Liquid Chromatography with Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization and Photoionization Mass Spectrometry.
Molecules. Roč. 28, č. 9 (2023), č. článku 3711. E-ISSN 1420-3049
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-09126S
Institutional support: RVO:61388963
Keywords : chemical ionization * photoionization * peptides acetylation
OECD category: Analytical chemistry
Impact factor: 4.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28093711

A typical bottom-up proteomic workflow comprises sample digestion with trypsin, separation of the hydrolysate using reversed-phase HPLC, and detection of peptides via electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry. Despite the advantages and wide usage of protein identification and quantification, the procedure has limitations. Some domains or parts of the proteins may remain inadequately described due to inefficient detection of certain peptides. This study presents an alternative approach based on sample acetylation and mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI). These ionizations allowed for improved detection of acetylated peptides obtained via chymotrypsin or glutamyl peptidase I (Glu-C) digestion. APCI and APPI spectra of acetylated peptides often provided sequence information already at the full scan level, while fragmentation spectra of protonated molecules and sodium adducts were easy to interpret. As demonstrated for bovine serum albumin, acetylation improved proteomic analysis. Compared to ESI, gas-phase ionizations APCI and APPI made it possible to detect more peptides and provide better sequence coverages in most cases. Importantly, APCI and APPI detected many peptides which passed unnoticed in the ESI source. Therefore, analytical methods based on chymotrypsin or Glu-C digestion, acetylation, and APPI or APCI provide data complementary to classical bottom-up proteomics.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0343040