INVESTIGADORES
CAMPERI Silvia Andrea
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Optimization of MALDI-TOF MS methods for the analysis of peptide beads selected from the screening of one bead-one peptide combinatorial libraries
Autor/es:
M. C. MARTÍNEZ-CERON; S. L. GIUDICESSI; M. M. MARANI; R. ERRA-BALSELLS; F. ALBERICIO; S. A. CAMPERI; O. CASCONE
Lugar:
Villa Carlos Paz. Córdoba. Argentina
Reunión:
Congreso; SAIB XLIV Reunión Anual (Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Bioquímica y Biología Molecular); 2008
Resumen:
One bead-one peptide combinatorial libraries, an important tool for new ligand identification, involves the synthesis of millions of peptides on beads so that each bead displays only one peptide entity. The library is screened against specific targets. Positive beads are isolated and analyzed. We reported a rapid and inexpensive method based on MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Contaminants, matrix clusters and metal ion adducts interfere with peptide ionization and mass spectrum interpretation. In this work we analyzed different strategies to improve MALDI spectra. We replaced the guanidine used for bead washing before MALDI analysis with a mixture of acetonitrile (MeCN), acetic acid (AcOH) and H2O. Removal of guanidine as contaminant improved matrix crystallization. We optimized peptide-bead cleavage and peptide elution: beads were placed into microtubes in a drying chamber together with a flask containing NH4OH. Cleaved peptides were eluted from the beads with 20 µl of AcOH- MeCN-H2O and 0,5 µl of sample was loaded onto the sample plate. Elution of peptides in microtubes instead of placing the bead in the sample plate increased sample aliquots in case spectrum had to be repeated. Among the matrices analyzed, a-Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid induced higher peptide ionization. To minimize clusters and adducts, serine or NH4H2PO4 were added to the sample yielding higher signal-to-noise ratio.