Abstract
Miniaturization of sample preparation, including omissible manual sample handling steps, is key for reproducible nanoproteomics, as material is often restricted to only hundreds of cells or single model organisms. Here, we demonstrate a highly sensitive digital microfluidics (DMF)-based sample preparation workflow making use of single-pot solid-phase enhanced sample preparation (SP3) in combination with high-field asymmetric-waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), and fast and sensitive ion trap detection on an Orbitrap tribrid MS system. Compared to a manual in-tube SP3-supported sample preparation, the numbers of identified peptides and proteins were markedly increased, while lower standard deviations between replicates were observed. We repeatedly identified up to 5000 proteins from single nematodes. Moreover, label-free quantification of protein changes in single Caenorhabditis elegans treated with a heat stimulus yielded 45 differentially abundant proteins when compared to the untreated control, highlighting the potential of this technology for low-input proteomics studies. LC-MS data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium with the data set identifier PXD033143.
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