色谱2024，Vol.42Issue(7)：601-612,12.DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1123.2023.11006
高效液相色谱-质谱技术在蛋白质组学中的应用
Applications of high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in proteomics
摘要
Abstract
Proteomics profiling plays an important role in biomedical studies.Proteomics stud-ies are much more complicated than genome research,mainly because of the complexity and diversity of proteomic samples.High performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS)is a fundamental tool in proteomics research owing to its high speed,resolution,and sensitivity.Proteomics research targets from the peptides and individual proteins to larger protein complexes,the molecular weight of which gradually increases,leading to sustained in-creases in structural and compositional complexity and alterations in molecular properties.Therefore,the selection of various separation strategies and stationary-phase parameters is cru-cial when dealing with the different targets in proteomics research for in-depth proteomics anal-ysis.This article provides an overview of commonly used chromatographic-separation strategies in the laboratory,including reversed-phase liquid chromatography(RPLC),hydrophilic interac-tion liquid chromatography(HILIC),hydrophobic interaction chromatography(HIC),ion-exchange chromatography(IEC),and size-exclusion chromatography(SEC),as well as their applications and selectivity in the context of various biomacromolecules.At present,no single chromatographic or electrophoretic technology features the peak capacity required to resolve such complex mixtures into individual components.Multidimensional liquid chromatography(MDLC),which combines different orthogonal separation modes with MS,plays an important role in proteomics research.In the MDLC strategy,IEC,together with RPLC,remains the most widely used separation mode in proteomics analysis;other chromatographic methods are also frequently used for peptide/protein fractionation.MDLC technologies and their applications in a variety of proteomics analyses have undergone great development.Two strategies in MDLC sep-aration systems are mainly used in proteomics profiling:the"bottom-up"approach and the"top-down"approach.The"shotgun"method is a typical"bottom-up"strategy that is based on the RPLC or MDLC separation of whole-protein-sample digests coupled with MS;it is an ex-cellent technique for identifying a large number of proteins."Top-down"analysis is based on the separation of intact proteins and provides their detailed molecular information;thus,this technique may be advantageous for analyzing the post-translational modifications(PTMs)of proteins.In this paper,the"bottom-up""top-down"and protein-protein interaction(PPI)an-alyses of proteome samples are briefly reviewed.The diverse combinations of different chroma-tographic modes used to set up MDLC systems are described,and compatibility issues between mobile phases and analytes,between mobile phases and MS,and between mobile phases in dif-ferent separation modes in multidimensional chromatography are analyzed.Novel developments in MDLC techniques,such as high-abundance protein depletion and chromatography arrays,are further discussed.In this review,the solutions proposed by researchers when encountering compatibility issues are emphasized.Moreover,the applications of HPLC-MS combined with va-rious sample pretreatment methods in the study of exosomal and single-cell proteomics are ex-amined.During exosome isolation,the combined use of ultracentrifugation and SEC can yield exosomes of higher purity.The use of SEC with ultra-large-pore-size packing materials(200 nm)enables the isolation of exosomal subgroups,and proteomics studies have revealed signifi-cant differences in protein composition and function between these subgroups.In the field of single-cell proteomics,researchers have addressed challenges related to reducing sample pro-cessing volumes,preventing sample loss,and avoiding contamination during sample prepara-tion.Innovative methods and improvements,such as the utilization of capillaries for sample processing and microchips as platforms to minimize the contact area of the droplets,have been proposed.The integration of these techniques with HPLC-MS shows some progress.In summa-ry,this article focuses on the recent advances in HPLC-MS technology for proteomics analysis and provides a comprehensive reference for future research in the field of proteomics.关键词
高效液相色谱/反相液相色谱/亲水相互作用色谱/疏水作用色谱/离子交换色谱/体积排阻色谱/蛋白质组学分类
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刘威,翁凌霄,高明霞,张祥民..高效液相色谱-质谱技术在蛋白质组学中的应用[J].色谱,2024,42(7):601-612,12.基金项目
国家自然科学基金(21974023,22274027).National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21974023,22274027). （21974023,22274027）
