Sample Preparation for High-Throughput Urine Proteomics Using 96-Well Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Membranes. 2021

Saima Ahmed, and Benoit Fatou, and Nilesh M Mehta, and Tue B Bennike, and Hanno Steen
Departments of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Proteomics analysis of urine samples allows for studying the impact of system perturbation. However, meaningful proteomics-based biomarker discovery projects often require the analysis of large patient cohorts with hundreds of samples to describe the biological variability. Thus, robust high-throughput sample processing methods are a prerequisite for clinical proteomics pipelines that minimize experimental bias due to individual sample processing methods. Herein we describe a high-throughput method for parallel 96-well plate-based processing of urine samples for subsequent LC/MS-based proteomic analyses. Protein digestion and subsequent sample processing steps are efficiently performed in 96-well polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane plate allowing for the use of vacuum manifolds for rapid liquid transfer, and multichannel pipettes and/or liquid handing robots. In this chapter we make available a detailed step-by-step protocol for our 'MStern blotting' sample processing strategy applied to patient urine samples followed by mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis. Subsequently, we provide an example application using minimal volume of urine samples (e.g. 150 μL) collected from children pre and post thoracotomy to identify the predominant sites of protein catabolism and aid in the design of therapies to ameliorate protein catabolism and breakdown during critical illness. Furthermore, we demonstrate how the systemic state is reflected in the urine as an easily obtainable, stable, and safe biofluid.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011145 Polyvinyls POLYMERS derived from the monomer VINYL COMPOUNDS. Polyvinyl
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002853 Chromatography, Liquid Chromatographic techniques in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Liquid Chromatography
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013048 Specimen Handling Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation. Specimen Collection,Collection, Specimen,Collections, Specimen,Handling, Specimen,Handlings, Specimen,Specimen Collections,Specimen Handlings
D040901 Proteomics The systematic study of the complete complement of proteins (PROTEOME) of organisms. Peptidomics

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