Flexible Automated Sample Prep Workflows
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This document discusses the modification of the Perfinity workstation to enhance automated sample preparation workflows for targeted proteomics. It highlights the implementation of rapid digestion techniques, the adaptation of non-tryptic workflows, and the use of various chemistries to improve specificity and efficiency in experiments. Overall, the work outlines novel approaches that facilitate automation and flexibility in sample preparation, making it applicable to a wider range of proteomic applications.
Flexible Automated Sample Prep Workflows
- 1. 1 / 9 Flexible Automated Sample Preparation Workflows: Modified Automated Systems for Specific Immuno-MS and MS Workflows David Colquhoun1, M. Nazim Boutaghou1, Nishi Rochelle1, Brett Nole2, Laurie Parker2, Kevin Meyer3, Scott Kuzdzal1, and Brian Feild1. 1Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, MD; 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 3Perfinity Biosciences, West Lafayette, IN
- 2. 2 / 92 / 9 Introduction The automation of sample preparation has become an increasingly important component for reproducible and operator-independent experiments. The Perfinity Workstation has provided researchers established applications in affinity capture and digestion for targeted proteomic workflows, utilizing specific affinity, IMER and reversed phase components coupled directly to a mass spectrometer. This approach offers the benefits of both specificity and resolution. However, utilizing alternative existing chemistries and multi-dimensional approaches, it is possible to reconfigure systems with a great deal of flexibility (e.g, pepsin digestion, HILIC, fraction collectors (FRC) or intact protein separation). The automated systems can then be utilized for a host of applications including targeting post- translationally modified proteins, non-tryptic peptides, and intact proteins. This work outlines novel strategies that are being utilized for automated online and offline sample preparation to achieve these specific goals.
- 3. 3 / 93 / 12 Methods Protein standards included BSA, IgG and insulin (10 µg/mL). Methods, valve and column positions were modified as needed. To rapidly assess the digestion efficiency (over 1-8 min), the RPC column was removed and peptides eluted in acetonitrile to a fraction collector (0.5 – 1.0 mL). Eluents were dried in a SpeedVac for 30-45 minutes at 50 C. amples were spotted onto a stainless steel target place with 10 mg/mL CHCA and analyzed by using an Axima Performance MALDI-TOF MS in reflectron mode with a PE of 3000 and a mass range of m/z 500 – 4,000. Calibration was carried out using a peptide calibration mix. Spectra were processed for baseline correction and smoothing using standard parameters.
- 4. 4 / 94 / 12 Methods To assess alternate digestion, a custom Perfinity IMER pepsin column was used (Perfinity Biosciences, West Lafayette, IN). Buffer and digestion conditions were optimized by monitoring the digestion of insulin by UV over 1-8 minutes. Initial use of 40 mM HCl resulted in the leaching of metals from the sinkers, so alternative buffers were surveyed. The standard workstation configuration was used with the pepsin column replacing the trypsin column. Wash buffer was 5 % ACN and 5 % IPA in 20 % acetic acid. Reversed phase separation was carried out using a gradient of 5 – 50 % acetonitrile over 5 minutes, with detection at 214 nm. For additional workflows, specified customizations were utilized and the Perfinity Workstation was combined with the relevant instrumentation (e.g., LCMS-8050).
- 5. 5 / 95 / 9 Rapid Digest Optimization Using MALDI-TOF MS Figure 1. Rapid digestion coupled with MALDI analysis. Digestion was carried out in 1-8 minutes using a Perfinity Workstation. The resulting digest was trapped and eluted in a single fraction, dried and spotted for MALDI-TOF MS analysis. MALDI spectra revealed that increased digestion time resulted in improved digestion, with optimal signal observed at 4 minutes. The entire method was completed in less than 2 hours.
- 6. 6 / 96 / 12 Non-Tryptic Digestions With a UV Workflow Figure 2. Digestion using a non-tryptic immobilized enzyme column. The column was prepared using immobilized pepsin. The digestion buffers and conditions are shown in the key above. The configuration used was a standard digestion to UV method, with modified buffers (see key). Insulin digestion was optimized over 1 – 8 minutes (top right). Following optimization, the reproducibility of digest was measured using consecutive injections (bottom right panel). Column: • Custom Perfinity Immobilized Pepsin column Buffers: • Digestion buffer (B): 100 mM sodium acetate pH 4.5 in water • Wash buffer (D): 5 % IPA/ 5 % ACN/ 20 % acetic acid in water Samples: • 1.0 mg/mL insulin or 1.0 mg/mL hemoglobin • In 90 % Buffer B/ 10 % (50:50 Tris: 6 M Guanidine HCl)
- 7. 7 / 97 / 12 Future Directions Depletion By placing the trypsin column inline with the affinity column and using NoRA digestion buffer, abundant protein removal followed directly by digestion can be achieved. Alternative chemistries Using alternative chemistries, such as HILIC, coupled with a fraction collector, allows the multi-dimensional separation required for complex proteomics discovery LC-MS/MS workflows.
- 8. 8 / 98 / 9 Summary The Perfinity Workstation was modified from its standard configuration to allow workflow-specific methodologies Rapid digestion and desalting was coupled with MALDI for simple digest identification and characterization Non-tryptic workflows were accommodated using modified digestion and wash buffers Depletion and alternative chemistries can be applied as viable workflows
- 9. 9 / 99 / 9 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the Shimadzu Applications Lab team for their assistance and input for this work. For research purposes only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
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