Title

Infrared Laser Ablation Microsampling for Small Volume Proteomics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2022

Abstract

Infrared (IR) laser ablation was used to remove localized tissue regions from which proteins were extracted and processed with a low volume sample preparation workflow for bottom-up proteomics by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coated glass slide with 2 mm diameter microwells was used to capture ablated rat brain tissue for in situ protein digestion with submicroliter solution volumes. The resulting peptides were analyzed with LC-MS/MS for protein identification and label-free quantification. The method was used to identify an average of 600, 1350, and 1900 proteins from ablation areas of 0.01, 0.04, and 0.1 mm, respectively, from a 50 μm thick rat brain tissue section. Differential proteomics of 0.01 mm regions captured from cerebral cortex and corpus callosum was accomplished to demonstrate the capabilities of the approach.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

First Page

1003

Last Page

1010

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