Analysis of virtual two-dimensional gels based upon affinity capillary electrophoresis hyphenated to ion trap-mass spectrometry.
Affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE) is a robust tool for the study of noncovalent biomolecular interactions and to determine the binding constants. It is advantageous due to the speed of analysis, the high and reproducible separation efficiencies, the low consumption of analytes, the ability to study several interactions at the same time, and to cover a wide range of affinity. The use of an ion trap-mass spectrometer as a sensitive and specific detector, coupled on-line with a classical UV detector, permits extracting simultaneously the electropherograms corresponding to each ionic species. The mass spectra, acquired by scanning the results of a first separation due to ACE, were assimilated into a virtual two-dimensional (2-D) gel. We developed a software application, which was designed to create and analyze these virtual 2-D gels. The validity of this new analytical tool for probing biomolecular interactions has been demonstrated on mixtures of antibiotics of the vancomycin group and several dipeptide substrates. Using the dynamic equilibrium affinity electrophoresis approach, we have shown that molecular components interacting with a low affinity are easily located on the virtual 2-D gels, and that binding constants and stoichiometry of the interactions can be assessed. As the binding constants derived from ACE-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) are unreliable, they must only be determined with the UV detector.
Machour
Nadine
N
INSERM U519, Faculté Mixte de Médecine -Pharmacie et IFRMP, Rouen, France.
Place
John
J
Tron
François
F
Charlionet
Roland
R
Mouchard
Laurent
L
Morin
Christophe
C
Desbène
Annie
A
Desbène
Paul-Louis
PL
D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet