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PEPPI-MS: Polyacrylamide-Gel-Based Prefractionation for Analysis of Intact Proteoforms and Protein Complexes by Mass Spectrometry

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Takemori, Ayako, Butcher, David S., Harman, Victoria M., Brownridge, Philip, Shima, Keisuke, Higo, Daisuke, Ishizaki, Jun, Hasegawa, Hitoshi +7 more·2020·Journal of Proteome Research

Abstract

Prefractionation of complex mixtures of proteins derived from biological samples is indispensable for proteome analysis via top-down mass spectrometry (MS). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), which enables high-resolution protein separation based on molecular size, is a widely used technique in biochemical experiments and has the potential to be useful in sample fractionation for top-down MS analysis. However, the lack of a means to efficiently recover the separated proteins in-gel has always been a barrier to its use in sample prefractionation. In this study, we present a novel experimental workflow, called Passively Eluting Proteins from Polyacrylamide gels as Intact species for MS (“PEPPI-MS”), which allows top-down MS of PAGE-separated proteins. The optimization of Coomassie brilliant blue staining followed by the passive extraction step in the PEPPI-MS workflow enabled the efficient recovery of proteins, separated on commercial precast gels, from a wide range of molecular weight regions in under 10 min. Two-dimensional separation combining offline PEPPI-MS with online reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation resulted in identification of over 1000 proteoforms recovered from the target region of the gel (≤50 kDa). Given the widespread availability and relatively low cost of traditional sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-PAGE equipment, the PEPPI-MS workflow will be a powerful prefractionation strategy for top-down proteomics.

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  • Using PEPPI, good protein recovery and high-resolution separation were achieved for top-down proteomics of proteins <50 kDa.

    “Using PEPPI, good protein recovery, and high-resolution separation was achieved for top-down proteomics of protein <50 kDa.”
  • PEPPI-MS was introduced as an alternative gel-based separation technique.

    “More recently, PEPPI (passively eluting protein from polyacrylamide gel as intact species)-MS was introduced as an alternative gel-based separation technique [85].”
  • Progress in native purification methods (GeLFrEE separation, native gel electrophoresis, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and online buffer exchange) has made these methods more applicable for complex mixtures and for characterisation of endogenous ligands.

    “In recent years, important progress in native purification methods such as native gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis (GeLFrEE) separation,36 native gel electrophoresis,37 ion exchange chromatography (IEX),38 hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC),39,40 and online buffer exchange, has made these methods more applicable for complex mixtures and for characterisation of endo”

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Takemori, A., Butcher, D. S., Harman, V. M., Brownridge, P., Shima, K., Higo, D., Ishizaki, J., Hasegawa, H., Suzuki, J., Yamashita, M., Loo, J. A., Loo, R. R. O., Beynon, R. J., Anderson, L. C., & Takemori, N.
Affiliations
  • Ehime University (JP)
  • Florida State University (US)
  • University of Liverpool (GB)
  • Shimadzu (Japan) (JP)
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Japan) (JP)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
  • Anderson, Lissa C.
  • Takemori, Nobuaki
Venue
Journal of Proteome Research
Published
2020-06-15
Volume
19
Issue
9
Pages
3779-3791
ISSN
  • 1535-3893 (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-3907
OpenAlex
W3034535568
Cited by
90
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 7
FWCI
4.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Proteome Research (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (R01GM103479, R01GM104610)
  • National Science Foundation (DMR-1644779)
  • Research Councils UK (BB/M025756/1, BB/R005311/1)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (16K08937, 18H04559, 19K05526)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Keywords
top-down proteomics, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, proteoforms, protein complexes, Coomassie blue staining, two-dimensional separation, reversed-phase liquid chromatography
MeSH terms
Polyacrylamides, Acrylic Resins, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Mass Spectrometry

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