Analytical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
4 years ago

High-Resolution Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Mass Spectrometry Peptide Mapping of Therapeutic Proteins: Improved Separation with Mixed Aqueous–Aprotic Dipolar Solvents (N,N-Dimethylacetamide and N,N-Dimethylformamide) as the Background Electrolyte

High-Resolution Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Mass Spectrometry Peptide Mapping of Therapeutic Proteins: Improved Separation with Mixed Aqueous–Aprotic Dipolar Solvents (N,N-Dimethylacetamide and N,N-Dimethylformamide) as the Background Electrolyte
Yimeng Zhao, Oscar Salas-Solano, Nomalie Jaya, Oluwatosin O. Dada
Peptide mapping with mass spectrometry (MS) detection is a powerful technique routinely used for interrogating physicochemical properties of proteins. Peptide mapping benefits from an efficient front-end separation to increase selectivity and reduce complexity prior to MS detection. The most commonly used method for peptide mapping is based on reverse phase liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry. Capillary zone electrophoresis with mass spectrometry (CZE-MS) is an orthogonal technique with growing attention for peptide mapping of biotherapeutic proteins due to its high efficiency and sensitivity. However, that growth has been slow due to poorer peptide resolution and method robustness compared to RPLC. Here we present results from optimization of CZE-MS peptide mapping separation using mixed aqueous–aprotic dipolar solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), as the background electrolyte (BGE) to improve the separation performance. Addition of DMA or DMF to the BGE impacts separation selectivity through differential change in pKa of the peptides. The CZE-MS peptide mapping method with the modified BGE produced significant improvement in resolution over the conventional CZE-MS methods. The method was evaluated with both sheathless and sheathflow CE-MS ion sources.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03405

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03405

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