Investigation of the human tear film proteome using multiple proteomic approaches.

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to examine the tear film proteome using a combination of one-dimensional (1D) and two dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry-based techniques and to explore the effect of the tear collection methods on the tear proteome.

Methods: Tear samples from eight normal non-contact lens wearing human subjects collected by Drummond glass microcapillary and Schirmer strips were subjected to 1D-sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), 2D-SDS-PAGE, and 2D LC-MS/MS (Multidimensional protein identification technology - MudPIT). Bands or cores from the 1D- and 2D-SDS-PAGE were cut, digested with trypsin, and analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry for identification by the generation of sequence tags.

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry coupled to reversed-phase ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography for quantitation of sodium borocaptate and application to pharmacokinetic analysis.

We have developed a quantitative assay using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry coupled to reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography (LC/MS) for quantitation of sodium borocaptate (BSH) in human plasma. The assay was developed using a Micromass Q-TOF II mass spectrometer equipped with an orthogonal electrospray source. The mobile phase was a 1:1 solution of methanol and 5 mM aqueous tetrabutylammonium acetate flowing at 0.