Purpose: Clinical mass spectrometry requires a simple step process for sample preparation. This study aims to optimize the method for isolating periplasmic protein from Gram-negative bacteria and apply to clinical mass spectrometry.

Experimental Design: The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing E. coli standard cells were used for optimizing the osmotic shock (OS) lysis method. The supernatant from OS lysis was analysed by LC-MS/MS and MALDI-TOF MS. The effectiveness of the OS lysis method for KPC-2-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates were then confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS.

Results: The optimized OS lysis using KPC-2 producing E. coli standard cells showed a high yield of KPC-2 protein and enriches periplasmic proteins. Compared with other lysis methods, the detection sensitivity of KPC-2 protein significantly increased in MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Nineteen clinical isolates were validated by MALDI-TOF MS using the OS method, which also showed higher detection sensitivity compared to other lysis method (e.g., 1.5% n-octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside) (p < 0.001).

Conclusions And Clinical Relevance: This study provides a straightforward, rapid, affordable, and detergent-free method for the analysis of periplasmic proteins from Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. This approach may contribute to MS-based clinical diagnostics.

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