scholarly journals Native Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Reveals Multiple Facets of Aptamer–Ligand Interactions: From Mechanism to Binding Constants

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (24) ◽  
pp. 7486-7497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basri Gülbakan ◽  
Konstantin Barylyuk ◽  
Petra Schneider ◽  
Max Pillong ◽  
Gisbert Schneider ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Electrospray Ionization ◽  
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Binding Constants ◽  
Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Ligand Interactions

Developments in Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Non-Covalent DNA–Ligand Complexes

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Beck
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Electrospray Ionization ◽  
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Quadruplex Dna ◽  
Esi Ms ◽  
Selective Ligands ◽  
Ligand Interactions

Many anti-cancer drugs function by binding non-covalently to double-stranded (ds) DNA. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) has emerged over the past decade as a sensitive technique for the determination of stoichiometries and relative binding affinities of DNA–ligand interactions. The chromosome contains nucleotide sequences, for example, guanosine-rich regions, that predispose them to the formation of higher order structures such as quadruplex DNA (qDNA). Sequences that form qDNA are found in the telomeres. The proposal that ligands that stabilize qDNA might interfere with the activity of telomerase in cancer cells has stimulated the search for ligands that are selective for qDNA over dsDNA. The insights gained from the development of ESI-MS methods for analysis of non-covalent dsDNA–ligand complexes are now being applied in the search for qDNA-selective ligands. ESI-MS is a useful first-pass screening technique for qDNA-binding ligands. This short review describes some experimental considerations for ESI-MS analysis of DNA–ligand complexes, briefly addresses the question of whether non-covalent DNA–ligand complexes are faithfully transferred from solution to the gas phase, discusses ion mobility mass spectrometry as a technique for probing this issue, and highlights some recent ESI-MS studies of qDNA-selective ligands.

scholarly journals The Gap Sampler: A Versatile Microfluidic Autosampler for Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-224
Author(s):  
Jérôme Kaeslin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Electrospray Ionization ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ionization Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Complex Samples ◽  
Esi Ms ◽  
Protein Ligand Interactions ◽  
Ligand Interactions

Microfluidic autosamplers for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) are of major importance when using ESI-MS as a high-throughput and low sample consumption analytical method. In this article, microfluidic ESI-MS autosampler designs are overviewed and a group-owned prototype is discussed. The socalled gap sampler is a pin-based sampler for miniaturized flow injection (FI) analysis. To date, it has been used in various applications. Following proof of concept applications with FI of small molecules, pin modifications were implemented for unspecific and specific extraction for the analysis of complex samples. Most recently, further optimization allowed the study of non-covalent protein-ligand interactions for bioaffinity screenings, which constitutes a major milestone in the development of this novel high-throughput autosampler.

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