Comparison of preparative and analytical two-dimensional electrophoresis for isolation and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometric analysis of transthyretin in cerebrospinal fluid |
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Authors: | Westman-Brinkmalm Ann Davidsson Pia |
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Institution: | Department of Clinical Neuroscience, G?teborg University, M?lndal, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | The variety of posttranslational modifications and the relative abundance of transthyretin (TTR) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) make TTR a suitable model molecule when comparing the performance of different combinations of methods for characterization of CSF proteins. We have compared three different electrophoretic methods: conventional two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), liquid-phase isoelectric focusing (IEF) as a prefractionation step in combination with analytical 2-DE, and preparative 2-DE for isolation and mass spectrometric analysis of TTR in CSF. Using liquid-phase IEF in combination with 2-DE compared with conventional 2-DE improved the sequence coverage of TTR. Only the mass spectrum from the preparative 2-DE fraction contained a tryptic peptide from the first nine amino acids, thereby yielding 100% sequence coverage. Our results show that the use of a prefractionation step before 2-DE or the use of preparative 2-DE increases the sequence coverage and provide low abundant proteins in complex biological systems in sufficient quantities for protein characterization with mass spectrometry. |
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Keywords: | analytical 2-DE cerebrospinal fluid liquid-phase IEF mass spectrometry preparative 2-DE prefractionation transthyretin |
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