prm-PASEF

prm-PASEF: enabling high-throughput, high sensitivity targeted proteomics

抽象的

prm-PASEF

已经开发了PRM-Pasef采集方法来将平行积累串行片段化(PASEF)采集策略的优势转化为靶向蛋白质组学领域。

抽象的

In comparison with standard selected and parallel reaction monitoring (SRM and PRM), the prm-PASEF increases the number of peptides that can be targeted in a single acquisition method, without compromising the selectivity or the sensitivity. Using a prototype acquisition software, we targeted 201 isotope-labeled synthetic peptides (AQUA peptides) spiked into a 100 ng human HeLa cell line digest. The prm-PASEF excelled with limits of quantification of 17,2 amol for some peptides utilizing an acquisition method that can monitor 216 precursors over a 30 min LC gradient. The new prm-PASEF method has a high reproducibility between injections and enables accurate quantification.

Authors

Antoine Metur1, Pierre-Olivier Schmit2, Christopher Adams3,Gunnar Dittmar1;
1 LIH, Strassen, Luxembourg; 2 Bruker France S.A. Wissembourg, France; 3 Bruker Daltonics Inc, San Jose, USA

Keywords:

4D蛋白质组学,PRM-Pasef,Timstof Pro,Pasef,LFQ,绝对定量,靶向蛋白质组学

Introduction

prm-PASEF

Introduction

Targeted mass spectrometry is a powerful technique to support hypothesis-driven proteomics experiments, for instance, the verification of biomarker candidates in large sample cohorts. It alleviates the problem of missing values between samples but also increases the overall sensitivity compared to data-dependent (DDA) and data-independent (DIA) acquisition methods. Targeted proteomics uses synthetic peptides as an internal standard to normalize the MS signal and confirms the detection of the endogenous peptides with maximum confidence.

靶向蛋白质组学的一个主要局限性是在单个运行中测得的目标数量,液相色谱分离的持续时间和整体灵敏度之间必须找到的折衷。当前一代(包括SRM和PRM)的有针对性的采集方法仍然如此。因此,只有通过使用更长的色谱分离或妥协MS灵敏度和选择性来实现大量靶向肽的完整数据完整性。诸如DIA之类的替代方法可以部分解决此问题,并依赖于使用宽M/Z隔离窗口进行系统的共隔离和共隔离的碎片。这种方法测量了大多数肽,但是在可实现的MS循环期间,特异性和灵敏度有限(所有片段都混合在一起)(分析仪的扫描速度必须最小化),并且不容易与短色谱梯度结合。

在本应用注释中,我们介绍了PRM-Pasef方法,这是Pasef采集策略的创新实现,该策略克服了与当前目标蛋白质组学技术相关的约束。

Methods

prm-PASEF

Methods

人类细胞系消化(100 ng /µL)飙升with 201 heavy aqua peptides and 15 light synthetic peptides as described in Figure 1. A dilution curve of nine concentration points ranging from 5.5 to 50,000 amol/µl was generated using 15 heavy AQUA peptides and their light counterpart. This set of peptides served as the internal standard. The other 186 AQUA peptides were spiked at the constant concentration of 2 fmol/µl in all samples.

将样品和对照三级注入技术,并在纳米HPLC(纳米ELUTE,BRUKER DALTONICS)上使用250毫米拉的发射极柱(澳大利亚Ionopticks),其梯度梯度为2-30%,范围为2-30%。在PRM-PASEF模式下运行的Pro质谱仪(Bruker Daltonics)上分析肽。本研究使用了一种单个PRM-Pasef方法:TIMS的积累时间固定为50 ms,而TIMS分离持续时间设置为100 ms。迁移率值的范围为0.65-1.3 1/k0覆盖的m/z范围为100-1700m/z。每天天际线(20.1.1.83)处理数据。

图2: Confinement and release of the ions within the tims cell. All ions accumulated for 100 ms are concentrated in 5 ms width Ion Mobility Separated peaks, ensuring a dramatic increase in both acquisition speed and sensitivity. The dual tims cell architecture allows for parallel accumulation with close to 100% duty cycle: ions are still accumulated in the first cell as they are released from the second cell.
图1:实验设置概述

评估定量性能,通过确定相应的浓度准确性和相对标准偏差来测量每个浓度水平下的15个重/光比。作为质量控制,通过第一曲线的线性回归对两条曲线的浓度进行了反计。定量限制(LOQ)定义为80%<精度<精度<120%的信号高于平均值(空白)+3×SD(空白)的最低浓度点。

The multiplexing performance was evaluated by measuring the areas of the prm-PASEF traces for the 186 heavy AQUA peptides spiked at a constant concentration. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of the areas and the number of data points across the chromatographic peak (using the highest PRM transition) was calculated over the 30 prm-PASEF runs.

结果与讨论

prm-PASEF

结果与讨论

PRM-PASEF利用被困的离子迁移率(TIMS)设备可大大提高该方法的多路复用能力。这允许对目标采集进行大规模并行化,对快速LC和UHPLC的敏感性和更大的实施灵活性没有不利影响。TIMS单元的捕获和洗脱原理(图2)允许在100ms TIMS扫描事件中获取所有目标肽,即在离子迁移率维度中依次洗脱的所有目标肽。此外,时间聚焦效应会增加灵敏度,因为积累了100ms的肽然后在5ms峰中洗脱至MS。

The elution times of the 216 precursors spread over 22 min on a 30 min gradient. In prm-PASEF the acquisitionwindows are three-dimensional and an isolation window must be defined according to chromatographic elution time, ion mobility, and the quadrupole isolation m/z. As we set the retention windows to 40 s per precursor, it generated substantial overlapping on the LC retention time dimension. However, the IMS dimension reduces the final acquisition window overlap as shown in Figure 5a. Precursor ions with overlapping acquisition windows, which can still be separated in the ion mobility dimension are measured within the same prm-PASEF frame (Figure 3).

图4:化合物CO的分布在两个不同的PRM-PASEF框架中的保留时间和离子迁移率尺寸中洗脱

The absolute quantitation potential of prm-PASEF was evaluated by studying heavy/light ratios for the 15 spiked-in peptides pairs. The combination of selectivity and sensitivity allowed for good signal detection, even at low concentrations (Figure 7). The detailed analysis of the ATVVYQGER heavy/light pair revealed that the signal response can be fitted by linear regression over a concentration factor of 2900 (from 17.2 to 50,000 amol injected column). Moreover, the back-calculation of the concentration for two of the triplicates, based on the calibration curve established with the first one, confirmed that the quantitation can be determined with a ± 20% accuracy at all concentrations (Table 1). The Limit of Quantification (LOQ) was defined as the lowest concentration point within 80% < accuracy < 120% associated with a signal higher than the mean (blanks) + 3X SD(blanks).

图3:在单个PRM-PASEF事件中选择靶向肽前体离子。可以在100 ms的IMS扫描中选择几个前体,并在碰撞电池中连续碎片。通过将离子Mo.bibil(绿色条)与四极杆隔离窗(蓝色条)相结合(绿色条),可以获得前体选择的高选择性

在此实验中,在每个PRM-PaseF框架(图5B)中平均测量了4个目标离子,而不会影响灵敏度或周期时间。当IMS和LC尺寸重叠几种化合物时,它们以连续的PaseF帧进行测量(图4)。平均而言,在PRM-PaseF周期中有4个不同的PRM-PaseF帧。在最高的前体密度下,每个MS循环最多使用10帧(图5C)。每个MS周期的帧数不会影响敏感性,而是定义色谱峰的数据点的数量。尽管如此,色谱峰的采样不足(图5D),每个色谱峰的数据点中位数为25,这表明可以使用更短的梯度进行实验。良好的峰采样和保留的灵敏度允许即使没有内标准化,也可以用正确的RSD测量所有峰区域(图6)。

表1:PRM-PASEF定量性能显示。100%意味着与预期价值无偏差
图5:多路复用能力的插图。(a)在保留时间和离子移动尺寸中分布216个目标窗口。(b)在每个PRM-PASEF框架中并行测量的不同目标的数量。(c)覆盖所有共同洗脱化合物所需的PRM-PaseF帧数。(d)所有靶向化合物的数据点 / LC峰的数量。
图6: RSD(%) of the peak areas of all peptides monitored in 30 prm-PASEF runs (label free data)
图7: Representative prm-PASEF traces of the peptide ATVVYQGER. (A) Internal standard (light form). (B) Heavy form, 524.3 amol/µL. (C) Blank (Hela 100 ng). (D) Heavy form, 17.2 amol/µL

Conclusion

prm-PASEF

Conclusion

我们建立了PRM-Pasef方法作为充分利用被困离子移动技术的Timstof Pro的新应用。PRM-PASEF采集方法结合了灵敏度,速度和选择性,对大量目标或使用短色谱梯度(即5分钟)提供了高可重现性和准确的定量。这使得该方法对于临床靶向蛋白质组学实验特别有希望,在该实验中,必须在大型样品队列中以高准确性和鲁棒性来量化肽标记的列表。

仅用于研究。不用于临床诊断程序。