Analytical Chemistry Chemical Cytometry Quantitates Superoxide
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Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 6947–6957<br />
Identification of Metallothionein Subisoforms in<br />
HPLC Using Accurate Mass and Online Sequencing<br />
by Electrospray Hybrid Linear Ion Trap-Orbital Ion<br />
Trap Mass Spectrometry<br />
Sandra Mounicou,* ,† Laurent Ouerdane, † BéatriceL’Azou, ‡ Isabelle Passagne, ‡<br />
CélineOhayon-Courtès, ‡ Joanna Szpunar, † and Ryszard Lobinski †<br />
CNRS/UPPA, Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique et Environnement, UMR 5254, 2, av. Pr. Angot,<br />
64053 Pau, France, and EA 3672 Santé-Travail-Environnement, Université Victor Segalen, 146, rue Léo Saignat,<br />
33076 Bordeaux<br />
A comprehensive approach to the characterization of<br />
metallothionein (MT) isoforms based on microbore HPLC<br />
with multimodal detection was developed. MTs were<br />
separated as Cd7 complexes, detected by ICP MS and<br />
tentatively identified by molecular mass measured with<br />
1-2 ppm accuracy using Orbital ion trap mass spectrometry.<br />
The identification was validated by accurate<br />
mass of the corresponding apo-MTs after postcolumn<br />
acidification and by their sequences acquired online<br />
by higher-energy collision dissociation MS/MS. The<br />
detection limits down to 10 fmol and 45 fmol could<br />
be obtained by ESI MS for apo- and Cd7-isoforms,<br />
respectively, and were lower than those obtained by<br />
ICP MS (100 fmol). The individual MT isoforms could<br />
be sequenced at levels as low as 200 fmol with the<br />
sequence coverage exceeding 90%. The approach was<br />
successfully applied to the identification of MT isoforms<br />
induced in a pig kidney cell line (LLC-PK1)<br />
exposed to CdS nanoparticles.<br />
Mammalian metallothioneins (MT) are low molecular weight<br />
proteins (60-62 amino acid with molecular mass of ca. 6000-7000<br />
Da) characterized by high cysteine content (up to 30% residues)<br />
enabling to bind a wide range of transition and heavy metal<br />
ions. 1-3 They are involved in a variety of biochemical processes<br />
essential for life, such as cellular growth, stress response, copper<br />
and zinc homeostasis, and detoxification of heavy metals. Hence,<br />
MTs can be valuable biomarkers of stress conditions and several<br />
pathologies which require the development of methods for the<br />
determination and identification of the individual MT isoforms and<br />
products of their post-translational modifications. 4-7 The primary<br />
* To whom correspondence should be addressed.<br />
† Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique et Environnement.<br />
‡ Université Victor Segalen.<br />
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<strong>Analytical</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, Vol. 82, No. 16, August 15, 2010<br />
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