Abstract
Protein fractions from transgenic Bt and non-transgenic maize varieties, extracted by the Osborne solvent fraction procedure, were characterized for the first time by perfusion and monolithic RP-HPLC in very short analysis times. Albumins and globulins from different transgenic Bt maizes as well as from their non-transgenic isogenic varieties were eluted in four peaks using perfusion RP-HPLC, whereas prolamins and glutelins were separated in seven peaks. Monolithic RP-HPLC enabled the separation of maize proteins in a large number of peaks showing 6 and 10 main peaks for albumins and globulins, respectively. Prolamins migrated at retention times higher than 5 min as seven peaks, whereas glutelins were separated in three main peaks appearing at retention times higher than 6.0 min. Moreover, chromatograms of the whole protein extracts showed 8 and 11 components for perfusion and monolithic RP-HPLC, respectively. A comparison of the chromatograms of the whole protein extracts relative to transgenic and non-transgenic varieties evidenced quantitative differences on the percentages of area, mainly for peaks 2 and 3 by perfusion RP-HPLC and for peaks 3 and 7 by monolithic RP-HPLC. A discriminant analysis based on these proteic profiles was carried out to classify and predict transgenic Bt maize lines, achieving 100% correct classification using perfusion RP-HPLC.
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