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Identification of proteins in laser-microdissected small cell numbers by SELDI-TOF and Tandem MS.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Laser microdissection allows precise isolation of specific cell types and compartments from complex tissues. To analyse proteins from small cell numbers, we combine laser-microdissection and manipulation (LMM) with mass spectrometry techniques. RESULTS: Hemalaun stained mouse lung sections were used to isolate 500-2,000 cells, enough material for complex protein profiles by SELDI-TOF MS (surface enhanced laser desorption and ionization/time of flight mass spectrometry), employing different chromatographic ProteinChip Arrays. Initially, to establish the principle, we identified specific protein peaks from 20,000 laser-microdissected cells, combining column chromatography, SDS-PAGE, tryptic digestion, SELDI technology and Tandem MS/MS using a ProteinChip Tandem MS Interface. Secondly, our aim was to reduce the labour requirements of microdissecting several thousand cells. Therefore, we first defined target proteins in a few microdissected cells, then recovered in whole tissue section homogenates from the same lung and applied to these analytical techniques. Both approaches resulted in a successful identification of the selected peaks. CONCLUSION: Laser-microdissection may thus be combined with SELDI-TOF MS for generation of protein marker profiles in a cell-type- or compartment-specific manner in complex tissues, linked with mass fingerprinting and peptide sequencing by Tandem MS/MS for definite characterization.

SUBMITTER: Kwapiszewska G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC539305 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of proteins in laser-microdissected small cell numbers by SELDI-TOF and Tandem MS.

Kwapiszewska Grazyna G   Meyer Markus M   Bogumil Ralf R   Bohle Rainer M RM   Seeger Werner W   Weissmann Norbert N   Fink Ludger L  

BMC biotechnology 20041203


<h4>Background</h4>Laser microdissection allows precise isolation of specific cell types and compartments from complex tissues. To analyse proteins from small cell numbers, we combine laser-microdissection and manipulation (LMM) with mass spectrometry techniques.<h4>Results</h4>Hemalaun stained mouse lung sections were used to isolate 500-2,000 cells, enough material for complex protein profiles by SELDI-TOF MS (surface enhanced laser desorption and ionization/time of flight mass spectrometry),  ...[more]

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