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JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages 4191-4198Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/pr800340c
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bead-based technology; SELDI-TOF-MS; 2-D DIGE; mass spectrometry; plasma proteins
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Today biomarker discovery is one of the most active aspects of proteomic investigations, However, the wide dynamic range of plasma proteins makes the analysis very challenging because high abundance proteins tend to mask those of lower abundance. Using a large bead-based library of combinatorial peptide ligands (Equalizer beads or ProteoMiner), the dynamic range of the protein concentration is compressed, the high abundance proteins present in the sample are reduced and the low abundance proteins are enriched, while retaining representatives of all proteins within the sample. In the present study, the combination of beads with surface enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) and two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE) technology were evaluated considering efficiency, reproducibility, sensitivity, and compatibility. The bead technology is easily compatible with both SELDI-TOF-MS and 2-D DIGE and the samples can be analyzed directly without any processing of the sample. The use of the beads prior SELDI-TOF-MS and 2-D DIGE enabled detection of many new protein spots/peaks and increased resolution and improved intensity of low abundance proteins in a reproducible fashion compared with the depletion technique. Several proteins have been identified by the combination of beads, 2-D DIGE and MS for example different kinds of complement factors and cytoskeletal proteins. Our data suggest that integration of the bead technology with our current proteomic technologies will enhance the possibility to deliver new peptide/protein biomarker candidates in our projects.
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