title: Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) in proteomics.
abstract: In proteomics, nanoflow multidimensional chromatography is now the gold standard for the separation of complex mixtures of peptides as generated by in-solution digestion of whole-cell lysates. Ideally, the different stationary phases used in multidimensional chromatography should provide orthogonal separation characteristics. For this reason, the combination of strong cation exchange chromatography (SCX) and reversed-phase (RP) chromatography is the most widely used combination for the separation of peptides. Here, we review the potential of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) as a separation tool in the multidimensional separation of peptides in proteomics applications. Recent work has revealed that HILIC may provide an excellent alternative to SCX, possessing several advantages in the area of separation power and targeted analysis of protein post-translational modifications. [figure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Boersema
authors.forename: Shabaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: Albert J R
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Heck
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D040901:Proteomics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D014867:Water