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separate and identify the individual isoforms but the hitherto<br />

studies have been plagues by poor sensitivity preventing the direct<br />

analysis of biological cytosols. Indeed, most of the reports referred<br />

to the analysis of a1mg· mL -1 solution by capillary electrophoresis<br />

and 100 µg · mL -1 by HPLC. Such high MT concentrations<br />

are largely superior to those encountered in real-world<br />

biological systems and can be achieved only after a large-scale<br />

purification. Moreover, the ESI MS sensitivity is severely<br />

degraded by the coelution of other biomolecules, especially in<br />

ESI TOF MS. Consequently, the most widely applied MS<br />

technique for the screening of biological cytosols for MTs has<br />

been inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS)<br />

used in combination with HPLC or capillary electrophoresis. 26,27<br />

ICP MS is a convenient technique for the detection of the<br />

individual isoforms and the determination of the stoichiometry of<br />

the metal-complexes formed, indeed, but does not allow their<br />

identification.<br />

The few successful examples of the identification of MTs in<br />

biological cytosols by ESI MS were carried out on the basis of<br />

the molecular mass determined using quadrupole 28,29 and TOF<br />

mass spectrometers 30 with limited mass accuracy. The acquisition<br />

of sequence information by conventional bottom-up proteomics<br />

approaches is hampered by resistance of MT to tryptic digestion<br />

and frequent miscleavages in the presence of residual metals. 31<br />

Also, as MT isoforms exhibit a significant sequence homology<br />

(70-90%), 32 many tryptic peptides are common for many isoforms<br />

thus preventing de novo identification. Indeed, examples of<br />

successful identification of MTs on the basis of MS/MS of tryptic<br />

peptides have been scarce. 30,33<br />

The above drawbacks and the tediousness of off-line bottomup<br />

identification procedures can be alleviated by top-down MS<br />

allowing one to obtain structural information from intact proteins. 34<br />

Although most of data have been obtained with high magnetic<br />

field strength FT ICR MS using infrared multiple photon dissociation<br />

(IRMPD) or electron capture detection (ECD), 35 the efficiency<br />

of direct fragmentation of intact protein in quadrupole collision<br />

cells is increasingly explored. 36,37 Particularly interesting is the<br />

combination of hybrid linear quadrupole ion trap with an Orbitrap<br />

mass spectrometer which offers resolution exceeding 60 000 and<br />

often sub-ppm mass accuracy. 38-42<br />

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Nebot, V. Electrophoresis 2008, 29, 4355–4367.<br />

(26) Prange, A.; Schaumloffel, D. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2002, 373, 441–453.<br />

(27) Szpunar, J. Analyst 2005, 130, 442–465.<br />

(28) Infante, H. G.; Cuyckens, F.; Van Campenhout, K.; Blust, R.; Claeys, M.;<br />

Van Vaeck, L.; Adams, F. C. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 2004, 19, 159–166.<br />

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B.; Lobinski, R. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2002, 88, 197–206.<br />

(30) Wang, R.; Sens, D. A.; Albrecht, A.; Garrett, S.; Somji, S.; Sens, M. A.; Lu,<br />

X. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 4433–4441.<br />

(31) Wang, R.; Sens, D. A.; Garrett, S.; Somjii, S.; Sens, M. A.; Lu, X.<br />

Electrophoresis 2007, 28, 2942–2952.<br />

(32) Sewell, A. K.; Yokoya, F.; Yu, W.; Miyagawa, T.; Murayama, T.; Winge,<br />

D. R. J. Biol. Chem. 1995, 270, 25079–25086.<br />

(33) Feng, W.; Benz, F. W.; Cai, J.; Pierce, W. M.; Kang, Y. J. J. Biol. Chem.<br />

2006, 281, 681–687.<br />

(34) Kelleher, N. L.; Lin, H. Y.; Valaskovic, G. A.; Aaserud, D. J.; Fridriksson,<br />

E. K.; McLafferty, F. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 806–812.<br />

(35) Tolmachev, A. V.; Robinson, E. W.; Wu, S.; Pasa-Tolic, L.; Smith, R. D. Int.<br />

J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 287, 32–38.<br />

(36) Mandal, R.; Li, X. F. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2006, 20, 48–52.<br />

(37) Moreno-Gordaliza, E.; Canas, B.; Palacios, M. A.; Gomez-Gomez, M. M.<br />

Anal. Chem. 2009, 81, 3507–3516.<br />

6948 <strong>Analytical</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, Vol. 82, No. 16, August 15, 2010<br />

The goal of this study was the description on the molecular<br />

level of the chemical response of a cell line exposed to the stress<br />

of CdS nanoparticles, increasingly used in diverse areas from<br />

electronics to targeted drug delivery, in view of the understanding<br />

of the mechanisms of their toxicity. As the preliminary experiments<br />

indicated MT induction at picomole levels, analytical<br />

development focused on the detection of traces of metal-complexes<br />

with individual MT isoforms and the unambiguous identification<br />

of the latter using both the accurate mass and topdown sequencing<br />

information, directly in the MT fraction, without extensive<br />

purification.<br />

EXPERIMENTAL SECTION<br />

Reagent and Standards. <strong>Analytical</strong> reagent grade chemicals<br />

purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Saint-Quentin Fallavier, France)<br />

and water (18 MΩ cm) obtained from a Milli-Q system (Millipore,<br />

Bedford, MA) were used throughout unless stated otherwise. The<br />

rabbit liver metallothionein-2 isoform standard (purity: 95%) was<br />

purchased from Enzo Life Sciences (Villeurbanne, France). It was<br />

reported by the manufacturer to be a mixture of isoforms (major:<br />

MT-2a, minor: MT-2b and MT-2c) and to contain 67% of protein<br />

and 9% of metals (Cd and Zn). The stock solution (1 mg · mL -1 )<br />

was prepared by dissolving 1 mg of metallothionein in 1 mL of<br />

water, subdivided in 10 µL aliquots to avoid multiple thawing<br />

and freezing, and frozen at -20 °C. Working solutions were<br />

prepared daily by dilution with water at 4 °C.<br />

Instrumentation. Microbore reversed-phase HPLC (µRP<br />

HPLC) separations were carried out using an Agilent 1100<br />

capillary HPLC system (Agilent, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with a<br />

100 µL · min -1 splitter module. ICP MS detection was achieved<br />

using a model 7500cs instrument (Agilent) fitted with platinum<br />

cones, 1 mm i.d injector torch and a T-connector allowing the<br />

introduction of 5% O2. The µRP HPLC-ICP MS coupling was<br />

done via an Isomist interface (Glass Expansion, Melbourne,<br />

Vic, Australia) consisting of a 20 mL model Cinnabar spray<br />

chamber cooled at 2 °C and fitted with a 50 µL · min -1<br />

Micromist nebulizer.<br />

For µRP HPLC-ESI MS experiments, the µRP HPLC system<br />

was connected to a LTQ Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometer<br />

(ThermoFisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany). The coupling was<br />

achieved via a heated electrospray ionization source (H-ESI II)<br />

(ThermoFisher Scientific). The postcolumn acidification manifold,<br />

described in detail elsewhere, 43 consisted of a zero dead volume<br />

PEEK T-piece allowing the mixing of the chromatographic effluent<br />

with a formic acid:MeOH (30/70%, v/v) solution delivered by<br />

means of a syringe pump (Pump 33 model, Harvard Apparatus,<br />

South Natick, MA) and a mixing PEEK tubing coil (250 µm i.d. ×<br />

250 mm) connected to the inlet of the electrospray ion source.<br />

Only PEEK tubing and connectors were used to avoid metal<br />

contamination.<br />

(38) Bondarenko, P. V.; Second, T. P.; Zabrouskov, V.; Makarov, A. A.; Zhang,<br />

Z. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 20, 1415–1424.<br />

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(40) Macek, B.; Waanders, L. F.; Olsen, J. V.; Mann, M. Mol. Cell. Proteomics<br />

2006, 5, 949–958.<br />

(41) Wynne, C.; Fenselau, C.; Demirev, P. A.; Edwards, N. Anal. Chem. 2009,<br />

81, 9633–9642.<br />

(42) Erales, J.; Gontero, B.; Whitelegge, J.; Halgand, F. Biochem. J. 2009, 419,<br />

75–82.<br />

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