Low-attomole electrospray ionization MS and MS/MS analysis of protein tryptic digests using 20-μm-i.d. polystyrene-divinylbenzene monolithic capillary columns
Low-attomole electrospray ionization MS and MS/MS analysis of protein tryptic digests using 20-μm-i.d. polystyrene-divinylbenzene monolithic capillary columns
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DOI:
10.1021/ac030163g
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发表时间:
2003-10-15
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7.4
通讯作者:
Karger, BL
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作者:
Ivanov, AR;Zang, L;Karger, BL
This work explores the use of 20-mum-i.d. polymeric polystyrene-divinylbenzene monolithic nanocapillary columns for the LC-ESI-MS analysis of tryptic digest peptide mixtures. In contrast to the packing of microparticles, capillary columns were prepared, without the need of high pressure, in fused-silica capillaries, by thermally induced in situ copolymerization of styrene and divinylbenzene. The polymerization conditions and mobile-phase composition were optimized for chromatographic performance leading to efficiencies over 100 000 plates/m for peptide separations. High mass sensitivity (similar to10 amol of peptides) in the MS and MS/MS modes using an ion trap MS was found, a factor of up to 20-fold improvement over 75-mum-i.d. nanocolumns. A wide linear dynamic range (similar to4 orders of magnitude) was achieved, and good run-to-run and column-to-column reproducibility of isocratic and gradient elution separations were found. As samples, both model proteins and tissue extracts were employed. Gradient nano-LC-MS analysis of a proteolytic digest of a tissue extract, equivalent to a sample size of similar to1000 cells injected, is presented.