Abstract
Human plasma is dominated by high-abundance proteins which severely impede the detection of low-abundance proteins. Unfortunately, now there is no efficient method for large-scale depletion of high-abundance proteins in human plasma. In this study, we developed a new strategy, strong anion exchange (SAX)/RP 2D LC system, which has potential for large-scale depletion of high-abundance proteins in human plasma. Separation gradients of the system were optimized to ensure an extensive separation of plasma proteins. Plasma was fractionated into 67 fractions by SAX. All these fractions were subjected a thorough separation by the 2D RPLC and 66 peaks with high UV absorption (>20 mAU) at 215 nm were collected. Proteins in these peaks were identified by LC-MS/MS analysis. Results showed that 83 proteins could be identified in these peaks, 68 among them were reported to be high- or middle-abundance proteins in plasma. All these proteins had definite retention times and were mapped in the 2D SAX-RP system, which resulted in accurate depletion of high-abundance proteins with ease. Our studies provide a convenient and effective method for large-scale depletion of high-abundance proteins and in-depth research in human plasma proteomics.
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