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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 89, Issue 16, Pages 8251-8258Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01096
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- NIH [GM094802, AI095125, GM097509, SI0RR029121, ES024105, EY022306]
- NSF [IOS-1355045]
- Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), R.O.C. [MOST 105-2113-M-002-004-MY2]
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Mass spectrometry-based protein analysis has become an important methodology for proteogenomic mapping by providing evidence for the existence of proteins predicted at the genomic level. However, screening and identification of proteins directly on tissue samples, where histological information is preserved, remain challenging. Here we demonstrate that the ambient ionization source, nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nanoDESI), interfaced with light microscopy allows for protein profiling directly on animal tissues at the microscopic scale. Peptide fragments for mass spectrometry analysis were obtained directly on ganglia of the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) without in-gel digestion. We found that a hypothetical protein, which is predicted by the leech genome, is highly expressed on the specialized neural cells that are uniquely found in adult sex segmental ganglia. Via this top-down analysis, a post-translational modification (PTM) of tyrosine sulfation to this neuropeptide was resolved. This three-in-one platform, including mass spectrometry, microscopy, and genome mining, provides an effective way for mappings of proteomes under the lens of a light microscope.
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