Ratiometric Raman spectroscopy for quantification of protein oxidative damage |
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Authors: | Dongmao Zhang Dongping Jiang Sige Zou |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA b National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA |
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Abstract: | A novel ratiometric Raman spectroscopic (RMRS) method has been developed for quantitative determination of protein carbonyl levels. Oxidized bovine serum albumin (BSA) and oxidized lysozyme were used as model proteins to demonstrate this method. The technique involves conjugation of protein carbonyls with dinitrophenyl hydrazine (DNPH), followed by drop coating deposition Raman spectral acquisition (DCDR). The RMRS method is easy to implement because it requires only one conjugation reaction, uses a single spectral acquisition, and does not require sample calibration. Characteristic peaks from both protein and DNPH moieties are obtained in a single spectral acquisition, allowing the protein carbonyl level to be calculated from the peak intensity ratio. Detection sensitivity for the RMRS method is approximately 0.33 pmol carbonyl per measurement. Fluorescence and/or immunoassay-based techniques only detect a signal from the labeling molecule and, thus, yield no structural or quantitative information for the modified protein, whereas the RMRS technique allows protein identification and protein carbonyl quantification in a single experiment. |
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Keywords: | Raman DCDR Carbonyl Protein oxidation Protein modification Biomolecule modification |
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