title: SwellGel: a sample preparation affinity chromatography technology for high throughput proteomic applications.
abstract: Development of high throughput systems for purification and analysis of proteins is essential for the success of today's proteomic research. We have developed an affinity chromatography technology that allows the customization of high capacity/high throughput chromatographic separation of proteins. This technology utilizes selected chromatography media that are dehydrated to form uniform SwellGel discs. Unlike wet resin slurries, these discs are easily adaptable to a variety of custom formats, eliminating problems associated with resin dispensing, equilibration, or leakage. Discs can be made in assorted sizes (resin volume 15 microl-3 ml) dispensed in various formats (384-, 96-, 48-, and 24-well microplates or columns) and different ligands can be attached to the matrix. SwellGel discs rapidly hydrate upon addition of either water or the protein sample, providing dramatically increased capacity compared to coated plates. At the same time, the discs offer greater stability, reproducibility, and ease of handling than standard wet chromatography resins. We previously reported the development of SwellGel for the purification of 6x His- and glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-tagged fusion proteins [Prot. Exp. Purif. 22 (2001) 359-366]. In this paper, we discuss an expanded list of SwellGel stabilized chromatographic methods that have been adapted to high throughput formats for processing protein samples ranging from 10 microl to 10 ml (1 microg to 50 mg protein). Data are presented applying SwellGel discs to high throughput proteomic applications such as affinity tag purification, protein desalting, the removal of abundant proteins from serum including albumin and immunoglobulin, and the isolation of phosphorylated peptides for mass spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Perbio Science, Bioresearch Division, 2202 N. Bartlett Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202-1009, USA.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Haney
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Draveling
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Durski
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Romanowich
authors.forename: M Walid
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Qoronfleh
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D005708:Gallium / Q000737:chemistry; D005978:Glutathione / Q000737:chemistry; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D010748:Phosphopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019809:Streptavidin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D010748:Phosphopeptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D003035:Cobalt; D006639:Histidine; D019809:Streptavidin; D005708:Gallium; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione