TY - JOUR A1 - Esteban-Fernández, D. A1 - Bierkandt, Frank A1 - Linscheid, M.W. T1 - MeCAT labeling for absolute quantification of intact proteins using labelspecific isotope dilution ICP-MS JF - Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry N2 - Sensitive, accurate and fast absolute quantification of intact proteins is reported using metal coded affinity tags (MeCATs) combined with gel electrophoresis (GE) separation, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) detection and label-specific isotope dilution analysis quantification. Two different approaches were investigated concerning the introduction of the sample into ICP-MS, mineralization of the gel and direct laser ablation (LA) of the spot. Three major advantages are remarkable in the proposed method. First, not only heteroatom-containing proteins but also all labeled proteins in the sample can be absolutely quantified preparing an isotopically enriched tracer. On the other hand, highly sensitive determination in the amol range can be performed, considerably reducing the analysis time due to the straightforward measurements by ICP-MS. Furthermore, the studied method allows accurate quantifications with different sample-to-spike ratios and using stock spikes stored for months. After the first characterization using standard proteins, human serum albumin (HSA) and transferrin (Tf) were determined in human serum to test the applicability of the method to biological samples. The results show satisfactory quantifications for the studied proteins despite the difference in concentration and the similarity in migration distances. PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ja30137g SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 1701 EP - 1708 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-27777 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bierkandt, Frank A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert A1 - Linscheid, M. T1 - Quantitative Analysis of Phosphorylated Proteins with LA-ICP-MS T2 - 11th European Workshop on Laser Ablation T2 - 11th European Workshop on Laser Ablation CY - Gijón, Spain DA - 2012-06-16 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-26476 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -