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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ; 43(7): 1329-1342, 2024 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38750334

RESUMO

PURPOSE: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens causing bloodstream infection. A rapid characterisation of resistance to methicillin and, occasionally, to aminoglycosides for particular indications, is therefore crucial to quickly adapt the treatment and improve the clinical outcomes of septic patients. Among analytical technologies, targeted liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has emerged as a promising tool to detect resistance mechanisms in clinical samples. METHODS: A rapid proteomic method was developed to detect and quantify the most clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance effectors in S. aureus in the context of sepsis: PBP2a, PBP2c, APH(3')-III, ANT(4')-I, and AAC(6')-APH(2''), directly from positive blood cultures and in less than 70 min including a 30-min cefoxitin-induction step. The method was tested on spiked blood culture bottles inoculated with 124 S.aureus, accounting for the known genomic diversity of SCCmec types and the genetic background of the strains. RESULTS: This method provided 99% agreement for PBP2a (n = 98/99 strains) detection. Agreement was 100% for PBP2c (n = 5/5), APH(3')-III (n = 16/16), and ANT(4')-I (n = 20/20), and 94% for AAC(6')-APH(2'') (n = 16/17). Across the entire strain collection, 100% negative agreement was reported for each of the 5 resistance proteins. Additionally, relative quantification of ANT(4')-I expression allowed to discriminate kanamycin-susceptible and -resistant strains, in all strains harbouring the ant(4')-Ia gene. CONCLUSION: The LC-MS/MS method presented herein demonstrates its ability to provide a reliable determination of S. aureus resistance mechanisms, directly from positive blood cultures and in a short turnaround time, as required in clinical laboratories.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias , Hemocultura , Proteômica , Infecções Estafilocócicas , Staphylococcus aureus , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Humanos , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Staphylococcus aureus/genética , Proteômica/métodos , Hemocultura/métodos , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana/métodos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33199392

RESUMO

Resistance mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) were assessed on a collection of 420 nonredundant strains nonsusceptible to ceftazidime (MIC > 8 µg/ml) and/or imipenem (>4 µg/ml), collected by 36 French hospital laboratories over a one-month period (the GERPA study). Rates of C/T resistance (MIC > 4/4 µg/ml) were equal to 10% in this population (42/420 strains), and 23.2% (26/112) among the isolates resistant to both ceftazidime and imipenem. A first group of 21 strains (50%) was found to harbor various extended-spectrum ß-lactamases (1 OXA-14; 2 OXA-19; 1 OXA-35; 1 GES-9; and 3 PER-1), carbapenemases (2 GES-5; 1 IMP-8; and 8 VIM-2), or both (1 VIM-2/OXA-35 and 1 VIM-4/SHV-2a). All the strains of this group belonged to widely distributed epidemic clones (ST111, ST175, CC235, ST244, ST348, and ST654), and were highly resistant to almost all the antibiotics tested except colistin. A second group was composed of 16 (38%) isolates moderately resistant to C/T (MICs from 8/4 to 16/4 µg/ml), of which 7 were related to international clones (ST111, ST253, CC274, ST352, and ST386). As demonstrated by targeted mass spectrometry, cloxacillin-based inhibition tests, and gene blaPDC deletion experiments, this resistance phenotype was correlated with an extremely high production of cephalosporinase PDC. In part accounting for this strong PDC upregulation, genomic analyses revealed the presence of mutations in the regulator AmpR (D135N/G in 6 strains) and enzymes of the peptidoglycan recycling pathway, such as AmpD, PBP4, and Mpl (9 strains). Finally, all of the 5 (12%) remaining C/T-resistant strains (group 3) appeared to encode PDC variants with mutations known to improve the hydrolytic activity of the ß-lactamase toward ceftazidime and C/T (F147L, ΔL223-Y226, E247K, and N373I). Collectively, our results highlight the importance of both intrinsic and transferable mechanisms in C/T-resistant P. aeruginosa Which mutational events lead some clinical strains to massively produce the natural cephalosporinase PDC remains incompletely understood.


Assuntos
Infecções por Pseudomonas , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Ceftazidima/farmacologia , Cefalosporinas/farmacologia , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genética , Tazobactam/farmacologia , beta-Lactamases
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Anal Chem ; 93(5): 2907-2915, 2021 02 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33522244

RESUMO

Cysteine (Cys) is prone to diverse post-translational modifications in proteins, including oxidation into sulfenic acid (Cys-SOH) by reactive oxygen species generated under oxidative stress. Detection of low-concentration and metastable Cys-SOH within complex biological matrices is challenging due to the dynamic concentration range of proteins in the samples. Herein, visible laser-induced dissociation (LID) implemented in a mass spectrometer was used for streamlining the detection of Cys oxidized proteins owing to proper derivatization of Cys-SOH with a chromophore tag functionalized with a cyclohexanedione group. Once grafted, peptides undergo a high fragmentation yield under LID, leading concomitantly to informative backbone ions and to a chromophore reporter ion. Seventy-nine percent of the Cys-containing tryptic peptides derived from human serum albumin and serotransferrin tracked by parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) were detected as targets subjected to oxidation. These candidates as well as Cys-containing peptides predicted by in silico trypsin digestion of five other human plasma proteins were then tracked in real plasma samples to pinpoint the endogenous Cys-SOH subpopulation. Most of the targeted peptides were detected in all plasma samples by LID-PRM, with significant differences in their relative amounts. By eliminating the signal of interfering co-eluted compounds, LID-PRM surpasses conventional HCD (higher-energy collisional dissociation)-PRM in detecting grafted Cys-SOH-containing peptides and allows now to foresee clinical applications in large human cohorts.


Assuntos
Cisteína , Ácidos Sulfênicos , Proteínas Sanguíneas , Cisteína/análogos & derivados , Cisteína/metabolismo , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Oxirredução , Estresse Oxidativo
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Br J Clin Pharmacol ; 87(8): 3364-3369, 2021 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33521988

RESUMO

Sialorrhea is a troublesome and disabling symptom defined by the unintentional loss of saliva from the mouth, usually associated with swallowing disorders. Today there is no consensus about the management of sialorrhoea, but off-label use of ophthalmic atropine eyedrop administered sublingually may offer benefits, despite limited safety data. We report 2 cases of atropine overdose after sublingual administration illustrating that atropine can expose to severe adverse effects when administered sublingually. The noncompartmental pharmacokinetic study of atropine performed in 1 patient highlighted that systemic absorption of sublingual atropine was effective (Cmax [1 h] = 2.2 ng mL-1 ; approximately) after a single dose of 1 mg.


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Sialorreia , Administração Sublingual , Atropina/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Uso Off-Label , Soluções Oftálmicas/uso terapêutico , Sialorreia/induzido quimicamente , Sialorreia/tratamento farmacológico
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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ; 40(6): 1291-1301, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33486654

RESUMO

Rapid and reliable pathogen identification is compulsory to confirm ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in order to initiate appropriate antibiotic treatment. In the present proof of concept, the effectiveness of rapid microorganism identification with a targeted bottom-up proteomics approach was investigated in endotracheal aspirate (ETA) samples of VAP patients. To do so, a prototype selected-reaction monitoring (SRM)-based assay was developed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer tracking proteotypic peptide surrogates of bacterial proteomes. Through the concurrent monitoring of 97 species-specific peptides, this preliminary assay was dimensioned to characterize the occurrence of six most frequent bacterial species responsible for over more than 65% of VAP. Assay performance was subsequently evaluated by analyzing early and regular 37 ETA samples collected from 15 patients. Twenty-five samples were above the significant threshold of 105 CFU/mL and five samples showed mixed infections (both pathogens ≥ 105 CFU/mL). The targeted proteomics assay showed 100% specificity for Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. No false bacterial identification was reported and no interference was detected arising from the commensal flora. The overall species identification sensitivity was 19/25 (76%) and was higher at the patient level (84.6%). This successful proof of concept provides a rational to broaden the panel of bacteria for further clinical evaluation.


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Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/microbiologia , Bactérias/química , Humanos , Intubação Intratraqueal , Respiração Artificial , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Proteomics ; 20(2): e1900254, 2020 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31872952

RESUMO

MS-based targeted proteomics is a relevant technology for sensitive and robust relative or absolute quantification of proteins biomarker candidates in complex human biofluids or tissue extracts. Performing a multiplex assay imposes time scheduling of peptide monitoring only around their expected retention time that needs to be defined with synthetic peptide. Time-scheduled monitoring is clearly a constraint that precludes from straightforward assay transfer between biological matrices or distinct experimental setup. Any unexpected retention time (RT) shift challenges assay robustness and its implementation for large-scale analysis. Recently, Scout-multiple reaction monitoring that fully releases multiplexed targeted acquisition from RT scheduling by successively monitoring complex transition groups triggered with sentinel molecules called Scout has been introduced. It is herein documented how Peptide Selector database and tool streamlines the building of a multiplexed method thanks to RT indexation relative to Scout peptides. This case study deals with surrogate peptides of biomarker candidates related to drug-induced liver and vascular injury, running such on-line built method (eight Scouts triggering the monitoring of a total of 692 transitions) enables 100% recovery of a panel of 93 spiked-in heavy labeled standards, despite significant RT shifts between serum, plasma, or urine. This result illustrates the simplicity of automatically building and deploying robust proteomics targeted assay.


Assuntos
Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Peptídeos/química , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Proteômica/métodos
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 412(26): 7333-7347, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32808052

RESUMO

A highly multiplexed liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-based assay has been developed for evaluating 107 candidate immune biomarkers in both hemocytes and plasma of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. The Scout-MRM strategy was employed for the first time, shortening the implementation of a targeted MRM bottom-up proteomics assay using selected immune protein-related peptides identified by shotgun discovery proteogenomics. This strategy relies on spiking scout peptides during the discovery phase and using them to build and deploy the MRM targeted proteomics method. It proved to be highly relevant, since about 90% of the targeted peptides and proteins were monitored and rapidly measured in both hemocyte and plasma samples. The sample preparation protocol was optimized by evaluating the digestion efficiency of tryptic peptides over time. The accuracy and precision of 50 stable isotope-labeled peptides were evaluated for use as internal standards. Finally, the specificity of the transitions was thoroughly assessed to ensure the reliable measurement of protein biomarkers. Several analytical and biological validation criteria were evaluated across hemocytes and plasma samples exposed ex vivo to biological contaminants, resulting in the validation of two Scout-MRM assays for the relative quantitation of 85 and 89 proteins in hemocytes and plasma, respectively. Graphical abstract.


Assuntos
Dreissena/metabolismo , Proteômica/métodos , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Dreissena/imunologia , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos
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Mol Cell Proteomics ; 17(3): 442-456, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29259044

RESUMO

Resistance to ß-lactams in Acinetobacter baumannii involves various mechanisms. To decipher them, whole genome sequencing (WGS) and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) were complemented by mass spectrometry (MS) in selected reaction monitoring mode (SRM) in 39 clinical isolates. The targeted label-free proteomic approach enabled, in one hour and using a single method, the quantitative detection of 16 proteins associated with antibiotic resistance: eight acquired ß-lactamases (i.e. GES, NDM-1, OXA-23, OXA-24, OXA-58, PER, TEM-1, and VEB), two resident ß-lactamases (i.e. ADC and OXA-51-like) and six components of the two major efflux systems (i.e. AdeABC and AdeIJK). Results were normalized using "bacterial quantotypic peptides," i.e. peptide markers of the bacterial quantity, to obtain precise protein quantitation (on average 8.93% coefficient of variation for three biological replicates). This allowed to correlate the levels of resistance to ß-lactam with those of the production of acquired as well as resident ß-lactamases or of efflux systems. SRM detected enhanced ADC or OXA-51-like production and absence or increased efflux pump production. Precise protein quantitation was particularly valuable to detect resistance mechanisms mediated by regulated genes or by overexpression of chromosomal genes. Combination of WGS and MS, two orthogonal and complementary techniques, allows thereby interpretation of the resistance phenotypes at the molecular level.


Assuntos
Acinetobacter baumannii/efeitos dos fármacos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/fisiologia , beta-Lactamas/farmacologia , Acinetobacter baumannii/genética , Acinetobacter baumannii/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Genômica , Fenótipo , Proteômica , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo
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Anal Chem ; 90(6): 3928-3935, 2018 03 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29465226

RESUMO

Thanks to comprehensive and unbiased sampling of all precursor ions, the interest to move toward bottom-up proteomic with data-independent acquisition (DIA) is continuously growing. DIA offers precision and reproducibility performances comparable to true targeted methods but has the advantage of enabling retrospective data testing with the hypothetical presence of new proteins of interest. Nonetheless, the chimeric nature of DIA MS/MS spectra inherent to concomitant transmission of a multiplicity of precursor ions makes the confident identification of peptides often challenging, even with spectral library-based extraction strategy. The introduction of specificity at the fragmentation step upon ultraviolet or visible laser-induced dissociation (LID) range targeting only the subset of cysteine-containing peptides (Cys-peptide) has been proposed as an option to streamline and reduce the search space. Here, we describe the first coupling between DIA and visible LID at 473 nm to test for the presence of Cys-peptides with a peptide-centric approach. As a test run, a spectral library was built for a pool of Cys-synthetic peptides used as surrogates of human kinases (1 peptide per protein). By extracting ion chromatograms of query standard and kinase peptides spiked at different concentration levels in an Escherichia coli proteome lysate, DIA-LID demonstrates a dynamic range of detection of at least 3 decades and coefficients of precision better than 20%. Finally, the spectral library was used to search for endogenous kinases in human cellular extract.


Assuntos
Cisteína/análise , Peptídeos/química , Proteínas Quinases/química , Proteômica/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Proteoma/química , Software , Fluxo de Trabalho , p-Dimetilaminoazobenzeno/análogos & derivados , p-Dimetilaminoazobenzeno/química
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Anal Chem ; 89(3): 1421-1426, 2017 02 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28029036

RESUMO

Targeted mass spectrometry of a surrogate peptide panel is a powerful method to study the dynamics of protein networks, but chromatographic time scheduling remains a major limitation for dissemination and implementation of robust and large multiplexed assays. We unveil a Multiple Reaction Monitoring method (Scout-MRM) where the use of spiked scout peptides triggers complex transition lists, regardless of the retention time of targeted surrogate peptides. The interest of Scout-MRM method regarding the retention time independency, multiplexing capability, reproducibility, and putative interest in facilitating method transfer was illustrated by a 782-peptide-plex relative assay targeting 445 proteins of the phytopathogen Dickeya dadantii during plant infection.


Assuntos
Cichorium intybus/metabolismo , Enterobacteriaceae/patogenicidade , Espectrometria de Massas , Peptídeos/análise , Proteômica/métodos , Cichorium intybus/microbiologia , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Folhas de Planta/metabolismo , Folhas de Planta/microbiologia
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 31(23): 1985-1992, 2017 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28884878

RESUMO

RATIONALE: Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is the pivotal tool for protein structural characterization and quantification. Identification relies on the fragmentation step of tryptic peptides in bottom-up strategy. Specificity of fragmentation can be obtained using laser-induced dissociation (LID) in the visible range, after tagging of the targeted peptides with an adequate chromophore. Backbone fragmentation is required to obtain specific fragments and confident identification. We present herein a study of fragmentation patterns of chromophore-tagged peptides in LID, showing the potential of LID methodology to provide the maximum number of fragments for further identification and quantification. METHODS: A total of 401 cysteine-containing tryptic peptides originating from the human proteome were derivatizated on the thiol group of cysteine with a Dabcyl maleimide chromophore, which has a high photo-absorption cross section at 473 nm. The derivatized peptides were then analyzed by LID at 473 nm on a Q Exactive instrument. RESULTS: LID spectra present a characteristic fragment at m/z 252.112 for all precursors. This product ion arises from the internal dissociation of the Dabcyl chromophore. Several peptide-backbone fragment ions are also detected. Results show the quasi absence of fragmentation at the cysteine site. This indicates that part of the energy must be redistributed across the entire system despite excitation initially localized at the chromophore. Indeed, the fragmentation mainly occurs at 3 to 5 amino acids from the derivatized cysteine residue. CONCLUSIONS: LID of derivatized cysteine-containing peptides displays the initial fragmentation of the chromophore. As energy is redistributed all along the peptide sequence, fragmentation of the peptide backbone is also observed. Thus, LID of chromophore-tagged peptides produces adequate fragment ions, allowing both good sequence coverage for a greater confidence of identification, and a large choice of transitions for specific quantification.

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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 409(16): 3969-3991, 2017 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28417180

RESUMO

A highly multiplexed liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-selected reaction monitoring (SRM)-based assay for determination of 40 potential protein biomarkers from Gammarus fossarum, an ecotoxicological relevant species, was described. The assay relies on 71 stable isotope-labeled reported peptide standards for the quantitation of proteins of interest in relation to essential physiological functions such as reproductive cycle, defense mechanism, and enzymes involved in homeostasis process and in energy. A direct linear relationship between the spiked peptide concentration and the area under the peak was clearly demonstrated in biological extracts. Precision and accuracy were determined to be between 1.1 and 21% and between 79 and 120%, respectively, depending on the selected protein in a few samples after optimization of digestion conditions. The validity of the assay was documented for several biomarkers linked with reproduction and the molting process was performed with the assessment of protein levels throughout contrasted physiological process (sex, reproductive status). This assay is easy to use, robust, sensitive, and has high-throughput capabilities. The proposed strategy may be extended to any non-model organisms relevant in environmental science. Graphical abstract ᅟ.


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Anfípodes/química , Proteínas de Artrópodes/análise , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Anfípodes/fisiologia , Animais , Proteínas de Artrópodes/metabolismo , Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Monitoramento Ambiental , Feminino , Masculino , Muda , Reprodução
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 408(17): 4669-81, 2016 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27098933

RESUMO

In a stricter legislative context, greener detergent formulations are developed. In this way, synthetic surfactants are frequently replaced by bio-sourced surfactants and/or used at lower concentrations in combination with enzymes. In this paper, a LC-MS/MS method was developed for the identification and quantification of enzymes in laundry detergents. Prior to the LC-MS/MS analyses, a specific sample preparation protocol was developed due to matrix complexity (high surfactant percentages). Then for each enzyme family mainly used in detergent formulations (protease, amylase, cellulase, and lipase), specific peptides were identified on a high resolution platform. A LC-MS/MS method was then developed in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) MS mode for the light and corresponding heavy peptides. The method was linear on the peptide concentration ranges 25-1000 ng/mL for protease, lipase, and cellulase; 50-1000 ng/mL for amylase; and 5-1000 ng/mL for cellulase in both water and laundry detergent matrices. The application of the developed analytical strategy to real commercial laundry detergents enabled enzyme identification and absolute quantification. For the first time, identification and absolute quantification of enzymes in laundry detergent was realized by LC-MS/MS in a single run. Graphical Abstract Identification and quantification of enzymes by LC-MS/MS.


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Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Detergentes/química , Enzimas/análise , Lavanderia , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Limite de Detecção , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Extração em Fase Sólida
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Proteomics ; 15(19): 3320-30, 2015 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26205729

RESUMO

Infection by dengue flavivirus is transmitted by mosquitoes and affects tens to hundreds of millions people around the world each year. Four serotypes have been described, all of which cause similar disease. Currently, there no approved vaccines or specific therapeutics for dengue, although several vaccine prototypes are in different stages of clinical development. Among them, a chimeric vaccine, built from the replication machinery of the yellow fever 17D virus, has shown promising results in phase III trials. Accurate quantitation of expressed viral particles in alive attenuated viral antigen vaccine is essential and determination of infectious titer is usually the method of choice. The current paper describes an alternative or orthogonal strategy, namely, a multiplexed and absolute assay of four proteins of the chimera yellow fever/dengue serotype 4 virus using targeted MS in SRM mode. Over 1 month, variability of the assay using a partially purified Vero cell extract was between 8 and 17%, and accuracy was between 80 and 120%. In addition, the assay was linear between 6.25 and 200 nmol/L and could therefore be used in the near future to quantify dengue virus type 4 during production and purification from Vero cells.


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Vírus da Dengue/imunologia , Espectrometria de Massas , Proteínas Virais/análise , Vacinas Virais/análise , Animais , Chlorocebus aethiops , Vacinas Atenuadas/análise , Células Vero , Proteínas Virais/imunologia , Vírus da Febre Amarela/imunologia
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Mass Spectrom Rev ; 33(6): 501-22, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24285407

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Tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) is a generic term evoking techniques dedicated to structural analysis, detection or quantification of molecules based on dissociation of a precursor ion into fragments. Searching for the most informative fragmentation patterns has led to the development of a vast array of activation modes that offer complementary ion reactivity and dissociation pathways. Collisional activation of ions using atoms, molecules or surface resulting in unimolecular dissociation of activated ions still plays a key role in tandem mass spectrometry. The discovery of electron capture dissociation (ECD) and then the development of other electron-ion or ion/ion reaction methods, constituted a significant breakthrough, especially for structural analysis of large biomolecules. Similarly, photon activation opened promising new frontiers in ion fragmentation owing to the ability of tightly controlled internal energy deposition and easy implementation on commercial instruments. Ion activation by photons includes slow heating methods such as infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) and black-body infrared radiative dissociation (BIRD) and higher energy methods like ultra-violet photodissociation (UVPD) and electron photo detachment dissociation (EPD). EPD occurs after UV irradiation of multiply negatively charged ions resulting in the formation of oxidized radical anions. The present paper reviews the hypothesis regarding the mechanisms of electron photo-detachment, radical formation and direct or activated dissociation pathways that support the observation of odd and even electron product ions. Finally, the value of EPD as a complementary structural analysis tool is illustrated through selected examples of synthetic polymers, oligonucleotides, polypeptides, lipids, and polysaccharides.


Assuntos
Ânions/química , Biopolímeros/química , Fotoquímica/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray/métodos , Ânions/análise , Ânions/efeitos da radiação , Biopolímeros/análise , Biopolímeros/efeitos da radiação , Elétrons , Luz , Conformação Molecular/efeitos da radiação
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 29(15): 1411-9, 2015 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26147481

RESUMO

RATIONALE: Capistruin is a peptide synthesized by Burkholderia thailandensis E264, which displays a lasso topology. This knot-like structure confers interesting properties to peptides (e.g. antibacterial). Therefore, it is important to evaluate the sensitivity of structural characterization methods to such topological constraints. METHODS: Ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) experiments, using both drift tube and travelling wave instruments, were performed on lasso capistruin and on peptides with the same sequence, but displaying a branched-cyclic (un-threaded) or linear topology. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were then performed to further interpret the IMS results in terms of conformation. RESULTS: The collision cross sections (CCSs) measured via IMS for the different forms of capistruin were found to be similar, despite their different topologies for the doubly charged species, but significant differences arise as the charge state is increased. MD simulations for the doubly charged linear peptide were consistent with the hypothesis that salt bridges are present in the gas phase. Moreover, through CCS measurements for peptides with site-specific mutations, the arginine residue at position 11 was found to play a major role in the stabilization of compact structures for the linear peptide. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in peptide topologies did not yield marked signatures in their respective IMS spectra. Such signatures were only visible for relatively high charge states, that allow Coulomb repulsion to force unfolding. At low charge states, the topologically unconstrained linear form of capistruin was found to adopt charge solvation-constrained structures, possibly including salt bridges, with CCSs comparable to those measured for the topologically constrained lasso form.

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Chemistry ; 20(50): 16626-33, 2014 Dec 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25324009

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Multistage mass spectrometry and density functional theory (DFT) were used to characterise the small silver hydride nanocluster, [Ag3 H2 L](+) (where L=(Ph2 P)2 CH2 ) and its gas-phase unimolecular chemistry. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) yields [Ag2 HL](+) as the major product while laser-induced dissociation (LID) proceeds via H2 formation and subsequent release from [Ag3 H2 L](+) , giving rise to [Ag3 L](+) as the major product. Deuterium labelling studies on [Ag3 D2 L](+) prove that the source of H2 is from the hydrides and not from the ligand. Comparison of TD-DFT absorption patterns obtained for the optimised structures with action spectroscopy results, allows assignment of the measured features to structures of precursors and products. Molecular dynamics "on the fly" reveal that AgH loss is favoured in the ground state, but H2 formation and loss is preferred in the first excited state S1 , in agreement with CID and LID experimental findings. This indicates favourable photo-induced formation of H2 and subsequent release from [Ag3 H2 L](+) , an important finding in context of metal hydrides as a hydrogen storage medium, which can subsequently be released by heating or irradiation with light.

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Analyst ; 139(21): 5523-30, 2014 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25197743

RESUMO

Improvement of the fragmentation specificity may streamline data processing of bottom-up proteomic experiments by drastically reducing either the amount of MS/MS data to process in the discovery phase or the detection of interfering signals in targeted quantification. Photodissociation at appropriate wavelengths is a promising alternative technique to the non-discriminating conventional activation mode by collision. Here, we describe the implementation of visible LID at 473 nm in a Q-Exactive-Orbitrap mass spectrometer for the specific detection of cysteine-containing peptides tagged with a Dabcyl group. HCD cell DC offset and irradiation time were optimized to obtain high fragmentation yield and spectra free of contaminating CID product ions, while keeping the irradiation time scale compatible with chromatographic separation. With this optimized experimental set-up, the selective detection of cysteine-containing peptides in a whole tryptic hydrolysate of three combined proteins is demonstrated by comparing all ion fragmentation (AIF) spectra recorded online with and without laser irradiation.


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Cisteína/análise , Peptídeos/análise , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Peptídeos/química , Processos Fotoquímicos , Proteômica
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 406(4): 1193-200, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23907691

RESUMO

Targeted mass spectrometry in the so-called multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM) is certainly a promising way for the precise, accurate, and multiplexed measurement of proteins and their genetic or posttranslationally modified isoforms. MRM carried out on a low-resolution triple quadrupole instrument faces a lack of specificity when addressing the quantification of weakly concentrated proteins. In this case, extensive sample fractionation or immunoenrichment alleviates signal contamination by interferences, but in turn decreases assay performance and throughput. Recently, MRM(3) was introduced as an alternative to MRM to improve the limit of quantification of weakly concentrated protein biomarkers. In the present work, we compare MRM and MRM(3) modes for the detection of biomarkers in plasma and urine. Calibration curves drawn with MRM and MRM(3) showed a similar range of linearity (R(2) > 0.99 for both methods) with protein concentrations above 1 µg/mL in plasma and a few nanogram per milliliter in urine. In contrast, optimized MRM(3) methods improve the limits of quantification by a factor of 2 to 4 depending on the targeted peptide. This gain arises from the additional MS(3) fragmentation step, which significantly removes or decreases interfering signals within the targeted transition channels.


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Biomarcadores/sangue , Proteínas Sanguíneas/química , Animais , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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