Journal
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 398, Issue 1, Pages 93-98Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.11.010
Keywords
ICP-MS; Multiplex; alpha-Chymotrypsin; Proteases; Lanthanides
Funding
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [GM076127-01A1]
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Rapid, sensitive, and quantitative assays for proteases are important for drug development and in the diagnosis of disease. Here an assay for protease activity that uses inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) detection is described. Peptdlic alpha-chymotrypsin substrates were synthesized containing a lanthanide ion chelate at the N terminus to provide a distinct elemental tag. A biotin label was appended to the C terminus of the peptide, allowing separation of uncleaved peptide from the enzymatic digestion. The enzyme activity was determined by quantifying the lanthanide ion signal of the peptide cleavage products by ICP-MS. Biotinylated substrates synthesized include Lu-DTPA-Asp-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr similar to Asp-Lys(biotin) and Lu-DTPA-beta Ala-beta Ala-beta Ala-beta Ala-Gly-Ser-Ala-Tyr similar to Gly-Lys-Arg-Lys(biotin)-amide. Parallel assays with a commercially available fluorogenic substrate (Suc-AAPF-AMC) for alpha-chymotrypsin were performed for comparison. Using the ICP-MS assay, enzyme concentrations as low as 2 pM could be readily detected, Superior to the detection limit of an assay using the alpha-chymotrypsin fluorogenic substrate (Suc-AAPF-AMC). Furthermore, we demonstrated the use of this approach to detect chymotrypsin activity in HeLa cell lysates. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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