Multilayer-assembled microchip for enzyme immobilization as reactor toward low-level protein identification

Anal Chem. 2006 Feb 1;78(3):801-8. doi: 10.1021/ac051463w.

Abstract

A microchip reactor has been developed on the basis of a layer-by-layer approach for fast and sensitive digestion of proteins. The resulting peptide analysis has been carried out by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Natural polysaccharides, positively charged chitosan (CS), and negatively charged hyaluronic acid (HA) were multilayer-assembled onto the surface of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) microfluidic chip to form a microstructured and biocompatible network for enzyme immobilization. The construction of CS/HA assembled multilayers on the PET substrate was characterized by AFM imaging, ATR-IR, and contact angle measurements. The controlled adsorption of trypsin in the multilayer membrane was monitored using a quartz crystal microbalance and an enzymatic activity assay. The maximum proteolytic velocity of the adsorbed trypsin was approximately 600 mM/min mug, thousands of times faster than that in solution. BSA, myoglobin, and cytochrome c were used as model substrates for the tryptic digestion. The standard proteins were identified at a low femtomole per analysis at a concentration of 0.5 ng/muL with the digestion time <5s. This simple technique may offer a potential solution for low-level protein analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Chitosan / chemistry
  • Cytochromes c / analysis*
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / analysis*
  • Hyaluronic Acid / chemistry
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Myoglobin / analysis*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Terephthalates
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / analysis*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods
  • Surface Properties
  • Trypsin / analysis*

Substances

  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Myoglobin
  • Polyethylene Terephthalates
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Hyaluronic Acid
  • Cytochromes c
  • Chitosan
  • Trypsin