Dendrimer-Modified Silica Nanoparticles for Efficient Enrichment of Low-Concentration Peptides

  • Chengxue Qu
  • , Weikang Shu
  • , Fengjuan Xie
  • , Yang Liu
  • , Rongxin Li
  • , Congcong Pei
  • , Jingjing Wan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Peptide profiling based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is of particular interest as it can provide physiologically and pathologically related information of the bio-samples. Due to the complexity of real biological samples, MALDI-TOF MS-based peptide mapping methods rely strongly on particular enrichment methods to improve the signal intensity. This paper introduces third-generation dendrimer-modified SBA-15 with the surface functionalization of amino and carboxyl group, respectively (denoted as SBA-15/G3-NH2 and SBA-15/G3-COOH), for the efficient capture of low-abundance peptides. The enrichment ability of the nanocomposites was evaluated by standard peptides digests and real biological samples. The synthesized nanocomposites incorporated the benefit of dendrimers and mesoporous silica nanomaterial SBA-15, showing enhanced peptide enrichment ability. Therefore, this work may provide a new class of nanomaterials for peptide mapping from biological samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3419-3434
Number of pages16
JournalApplied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Volume194
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Low concentration peptides
  • MALDI-TOF MS
  • Peptide enrichment

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