Mass spectrometry: how can it be used for medical research?
Peter Burgers Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology & Clinical and Cancer Proteomics Department of Neurology Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
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Mass spectrometry: how can it be used for medical research? Peter Burgers Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology & Clinical and Cancer Proteomics Department of Neurology Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam Proteomics Proteomics aims to describe or
Peter Burgers Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology & Clinical and Cancer Proteomics Department of Neurology Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
Proteomics aims to describe or explain biological phenomena in terms of qualitative and/or quantitative changes in proteins
Why is proteomics important? Neurodegenerative disorders and brain tumors
Proteins play a key role
Mass spectrometry
A mass spectrometer is a device which converts neutral molecules into ions and then sorts these ions according to their masses mass abundance m1 m2 m3
h m Gravitational field
h m Upot = m.g.h
Ekin = ½.m.v2
Upot = Ekin m.g.h = ½.m v2 m.g.h = ½.m v2 g.h = ½. v2 There is no m in this equation
g t = Galileo Galileï (1564-1642)
m
h Electric field
m
Upot = e.V h
Ekin = ½.m.v2
Upot = Ekin e.V = ½.m v2 Now there is an m in this equation!!!
m 2eV t = h
+ +
Time-of-Flight
½mv2 = eV = constant Mass 1,000: v = 7 x 104 m/s or 250,000 km/hr
1905
Calutron F.O.M. (Amsterdam) c. 1950
Control panels and operators for calutrons at Oak Ridge
AEI MS902 c. 1972
"for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules"
Physics chemistry life sciences
Forensic sciences (murder cases) Doping (Olympic games) Art (forgeries) Historical issues (Shroud of Turin) Life sciences (proteomics, metabolomics) Nuclear physics (isotope enrichment) Enriching 28Si for quantum computing Sniffing smuggled money Flavors ans fragrances (coffee, perfume) Bacterial identification Antibiotic resistance screening
Applications of Mass Spectrometry
Volume 2 Issue 8 Table of Contents: How the Legal and Medical Systems failed Patricia and Ryan Stallings
How mass spectrometry freed a mother convicted of baby murder The Patricia Stallings case
July 7 1989 Ryan becomes ill July 9 1989 Ryan is hospitalized July 12 1989 Ethylene glycol found in Ryan’s blood HO-CH2-CH2-OH How measured ? Gas chromatography : retention index
July 17 1989 Ryan discharged from hospital foster home Sept 1 1989 Mrs Stallings feeds Ryan by bottle Sept 4 1989 Ryan dies Mrs Stallings charged with murder Sentenced to life imprisonment
April 1990 David Jr. is born foster home April 1990 Diagnosis: Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA) Byproducts: organic acids: CH3CH2COOH How measured: Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometer Mass spectrum Identification Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry
31 45
Ion source extraction mass analysis Mass spectrometry (MS)
Mass spectrometry in life sciences
MALDI Crystal gas-phase
Liquid gas-phase
LC-ESI-Orbitrap
Mass measurements Mass accuracy: < + or - 0.1 ppm systematic error Mass precision: ± 0.5 ppm experimental uncertainty Measured mass 1633.7234 ± 0.0008 (30 measurements) Real mass 1633.7236 Accurate : telling the truth Precise : telling the same story over and over again
http://www.mathsisfun.com/accuracy-precision.html
Low Accuracy High Precision
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1. Peptide Mass Fingerprinting (PMF)
Objective: generate a unique set of numbers for any protein
Protein sequence
MRRAALWLWLCRALALRL QPVDERGIVEECCFRATG ASQRTGASQSLLDRLVAF MLYRMWLKVGLIFAVCLVL EEPKQANGGAYQKPRDE GSYSLEEPKQANGGAYQK
Enzyme specific peptides
ALALR GIVEECCFR TGASQSLLDR LVAFMLYRMWLK LEEPKQANGGAYQKPR DEGSYSLEEPKQANGGAYQKPTK
Peptide masses
563.326 1053.457 1187.607 1323.856 1953.185
2. Peptide fragmentation (MS/MS) GIVEECCFR
Sequencing: b-ions y-ions
Enzymatic hydrolysis
GIVEECCFR
No virus Influenza 24hrs
A549 cell line
1180.6237 1198.7098 1189.6154 1186.6815
mass
intensity
1. Peptide Mass Fingerprinting (PMF)
Objective: generate a unique set of numbers for any protein
Protein sequence
MRRAALWLWLCRALALRL QPVDERGIVEECCFRATG ASQRTGASQSLLDRLVAF MLYRMWLKVGLIFAVCLVL EEPKQANGGAYQKPRDE GSYSLEEPKQANGGAYQK
Enzyme specific peptides
ALALR GIVEECCFR TGASQSLLDR LVAFMLYRMWLK LEEPKQANGGAYQKPR DEGSYSLEEPKQANGGAYQKPTK
Peptide masses
563.326 1053.457 1187.607 1323.856 1953.185
2. Peptide fragmentation (MS/MS) GIVEECCFR
Sequencing: b-ions y-ions
Enzymatic hydrolysis
GIVEECCFR
b ions (N-term) (N-term residue +1) + Σ(residues) y ions (C-term) (C-term residue + 19) + Σ(residues) Calculating b and y ions
Calculate b and y ions for HPDYSVVLLLR MH+ = 1311.7419 b ions y ions
Calculate b and y ions for HPDYSVVLLLR MH+ = 1311.7419 b ions 138 235 350 513 600 699 798 911 1024 1137 1293 (+ 18 = 1311) y ions 175 288 401 514 613 712 799 962 1077 1174 1311
Conclusions Mass spectrometry has evolved A lot of challenges Development methodology 1 10-12 albumin cytokine
fM pM nM µM mM M
glucose drugs nucleic acids proteins
Abundance of proteins relative
albumin cytokine Physiological salt
water aM zM yM 1 molecule / L 1025 molecules / L ......................
fmol pmol nmol µmol
glucose drugs nucleic acids proteins
Abundance of proteins absolute
albumin cytokine Physiological salt
amol zmol ymol 1 molecule (1/N) ......................
Proteomics and mass spectrometry: a marriage made in heaven