27 research outputs found
Evaluating Multiplexed Quantitative Phosphopeptide Analysis on a Hybrid Quadrupole Mass Filter/Linear Ion Trap/Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
As a driver for many biological processes, phosphorylation remains an area of intense research interest. Advances in multiplexed quantitation utilizing isobaric tags (e.g., TMT and iTRAQ) have the potential to create a new paradigm in quantitative proteomics. New instrumentation and software are propelling these multiplexed workflows forward, which results in more accurate, sensitive, and reproducible quantitation across tens of thousands of phosphopeptides. This study assesses the performance of multiplexed quantitative phosphoproteomics on the Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer. Utilizing a two-phosphoproteome model of precursor ion interference, we assessed the accuracy of phosphopeptide quantitation across a variety of experimental approaches. These methods included the use of synchronous precursor selection (SPS) to enhance TMT reporter ion intensity and accuracy. We found that (i) ratio distortion remained a problem for phosphopeptide analysis in multiplexed quantitative workflows, (ii) ratio distortion can be overcome by the use of an SPS-MS3 scan, (iii) interfering ions generally possessed a different charge state than the target precursor, and (iv) selecting only the phosphate neutral loss peak (single notch) for the MS3 scan still provided accurate ratio measurements. Remarkably, these data suggest that the underlying cause of interference may not be due to coeluting and cofragmented peptides but instead from consistent, low level background fragmentation. Finally, as a proof-of-concept 10-plex experiment, we compared phosphopeptide levels from five murine brains to five livers. In total, the SPS-MS3 method quantified 38 247 phosphopeptides, corresponding to 11 000 phosphorylation sites. With 10 measurements recorded for each phosphopeptide, this equates to more than 628 000 binary comparisons collected in less than 48 h
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MultiNotch MS3 Enables Accurate, Sensitive, and Multiplexed Detection of Differential Expression across Cancer Cell Line Proteomes
Multiplexed quantitation via isobaric chemical tags (e.g., tandem mass tags (TMT) and isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)) has the potential to revolutionize quantitative proteomics. However, until recently the utility of these tags was questionable due to reporter ion ratio distortion resulting from fragmentation of coisolated interfering species. These interfering signals can be negated through additional gas-phase manipulations (e.g., MS/MS/MS (MS3) and proton-transfer reactions (PTR)). These methods, however, have a significant sensitivity penalty. Using isolation waveforms with multiple frequency notches (i.e., synchronous precursor selection, SPS), we coisolated and cofragmented multiple MS2 fragment ions, thereby increasing the number of reporter ions in the MS3 spectrum 10-fold over the standard MS3 method (i.e., MultiNotch MS3). By increasing the reporter ion signals, this method improves the dynamic range of reporter ion quantitation, reduces reporter ion signal variance, and ultimately produces more high-quality quantitative measurements. To demonstrate utility, we analyzed biological triplicates of eight colon cancer cell lines using the MultiNotch MS3 method. Across all the replicates we quantified 8 378 proteins in union and 6 168 proteins in common. Taking into account that each of these quantified proteins contains eight distinct cell-line measurements, this data set encompasses 174 704 quantitative ratios each measured in triplicate across the biological replicates. Herein, we demonstrate that the MultiNotch MS3 method uniquely combines multiplexing capacity with quantitative sensitivity and accuracy, drastically increasing the informational value obtainable from proteomic experiments
Peptide quantification using 8-plex isobaric tags and electron transfer dissociation tandem mass spectrometry
Isobaric tags for absolute and relative quantitation (iTRAQ) allow for simultaneous relative quantification of peptides from up to eight different samples. Typically peptides labeled with 8-plex iTRAQ tags are pooled and fragmented using beam-type collision activated dissociation (CAD) which, in addition to cleaving the peptide backbone bonds, cleaves the tag to produce reporter ions. The relative intensities of the reporters are directly proportional to the relative abundances of each peptide in the solution phase. Recently, studies using the 4-plex iTRAQ tagging reagent demonstrated that electron transfer dissociation (ETD) of 4-plex iTRAQ labeled peptides cleaves at the N-Cα bond in the tag and allows for up to three channels of quantification. In this paper we investigate the ETD fragmentation patterns of peptides labeled with 8-plex iTRAQ tags. We demonstrate that upon ETD, peptides labeled with 8-plex iTRAQ tags fragment to produce unique reporter ions that allow for five channels of quantification. ETD-MS/MS of these labeled peptides also produces a peak at 322 m/z which, upon resonant excitation (CAD), gives rise to all eight iTRAQ reporter ions and allows for eight channels of quantification. Comparison of this method to beam-type CAD quantification shows a good correlation (y) = 0.91x + 0.01, R(2) = 0.9383)
Higher-energy Collision-activated Dissociation Without a Dedicated Collision Cell*
Beam-type collisional activation dissociation (HCD) offers many advantages over resonant excitation collision-activated dissociation, including improved identification of phosphorylated peptides and compatibility with isobaric tag-based quantitation (e.g. tandem mass tag (TMT) and iTRAQ). However, HCD typically requires specially designed and dedicated collision cells. Here we demonstrate that HCD can be performed in the ion injection pathway of a mass spectrometer with a standard atmospheric inlet (iHCD). Testing this method on complex peptide mixtures revealed similar identification rates to collision-activated dissociation (2883 versus 2730 IDs for iHCD/CAD, respectively) and precursor-product-conversion efficiency comparable to that achieved within a dedicated collision cell. Compared with pulsed-q dissociation, a quadrupole ion trap-based method that retains low-mass isobaric tag reporter ions, iHCD yielded isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantification reporter ions 10-fold more intense. This method involves no additional hardware and can theoretically be implemented on any mass spectrometer with an atmospheric inlet
Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation for Quantitative Shotgun Proteomics
We modified a dual-cell linear ion trap mass spectrometer
to perform
infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) in the low-pressure trap
of a dual-cell quadrupole linear ion trap (dual-cell QLT) and perform
large-scale IRMPD analyses of complex peptide mixtures. Upon optimization
of activation parameters (precursor <i>q</i>-value, irradiation
time, and photon flux), IRMPD subtly, but significantly, outperforms
resonant-excitation collisional-activated dissociation (CAD) for peptides
identified at a 1% false-discovery rate (FDR) from a yeast tryptic
digest (95% confidence, <i>p</i> = 0.019). We further demonstrate
that IRMPD is compatible with the analysis of isobaric-tagged peptides.
Using fixed QLT rf amplitude allows for the consistent retention of
reporter ions, but necessitates the use of variable IRMPD irradiation
times, dependent upon precursor mass to charge (<i>m</i>/<i>z</i>). We show that IRMPD activation parameters can
be tuned to allow for effective peptide identification and quantitation
simultaneously. We thus conclude that IRMPD performed in a dual-cell
ion trap is an effective option for the large-scale analysis of both
unmodified and isobaric-tagged peptides
Accurate Multiplexed Proteomics at the MS2 Level Using the Complement Reporter Ion Cluster
Isobaric labeling strategies, such as isobaric tags for
relative
and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) or tandem mass tags (TMT), have
promised to dramatically increase the power of quantitative proteomics.
However, when applied to complex mixtures, both the accuracy and precision
are undermined by interfering peptide ions that coisolate and cofragment
with the target peptide. Additional gas-phase isolation steps, such
as proton-transfer ion–ion reactions (PTR) or higher-order
MS3 scans, can almost completely eliminate this problem. Unfortunately,
these methods come at the expense of decreased acquisition speed and
sensitivity. Here we present a method that allows accurate quantification
of TMT-labeled peptides at the MS2 level without additional ion purification.
Quantification is based on the fragment ion cluster that carries most
of the TMT mass balance. In contrast to the use of low <i>m</i>/<i>z</i> reporter ions, the localization of these complement
TMT (TMT<sup>C</sup>) ions in the spectrum is precursor-specific;
coeluting peptides do not generally affect the measurement of the
TMT<sup>C</sup> ion cluster of interest. Unlike the PTR or MS3 strategies,
this method can be implemented on a wide range of high-resolution
mass spectrometers like the quadrupole Orbitrap instruments (QExactive).
A current limitation of the method is that the efficiency of TMT<sup>C</sup> ion formation is affected by both peptide sequence and peptide
ion charge state; we discuss potential routes to overcome this problem.
Finally, we show that the complement reporter ion approach allows
parallelization of multiplexed quantification and therefore holds
the potential to multiply the number of distinct peptides that can
be quantified in a given time frame