Absolute quantification of proteins using element mass spectrometry and generic standards

Elemental mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique widely established in inorganic analysis. However, despite its quantitative capabilities, it is not yet fully integrated or considered in Life Sciences fields like proteomics. Whereas it is true that ICP-MS has suffered from several inst...

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Autores: Jiménez Nosti, Alicia, Cid Barrio, Laura, Calderón Celis, Francisco, Soldado, Ana, Ruiz Encinar, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/39480
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/39480
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Protein quantification
ICP-MS
Absolute quantification
Elemental mass spectrometry
HPLC-ICP-MS
Post-translational modifications quantification
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Sumario:Elemental mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique widely established in inorganic analysis. However, despite its quantitative capabilities, it is not yet fully integrated or considered in Life Sciences fields like proteomics. Whereas it is true that ICP-MS has suffered from several instrumental and analytical limitations that have hindered its applicability in protein analysis, significant developments during the last decades have turned ICP-MS into an interesting and, in our opinion, a powerful tool to consider for accurate protein quantification without recourse to specific protein standards. Herein we will try to discuss how these traditional limitations in ICP-MS have been overcome, what further improvements are yet necessary (some of which are shared with MS-based proteomics platforms) and enlighten some of the already existing and potential applications of ICP-MS in absolute quantitative proteomics.