Sensitive and Precise Characterization of Combinatorial Histone Modifications by Selective Derivatization Coupled with RPLC-EThcD-MS/MS

2017 
Deciphering the combinatorial histone codes has been a long-standing interest in the epigenetics field, which requires the reliable and robust characterization of the post-translational modifications (PTMs) coexisting on histones. To this end, weak cation exchange hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography is commonly used in middle-down liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry approaches for online separation of variously modified histone peptides. Here we provide a novel strategy that combines the selective histone peptide derivatization using N-hydroxysuccinimide propionate ester with reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) for the robust, sensitive, and reliable characterization of combinatorial histone PTMs. Derivatization amplifies the subtle physical differences between similarly modified histone peptides, thereby allowing baseline separation of these peptides by standard RPLC. Also, the sensitivity of MS is enhanced greatly by derivatization due to the increased peptide hydrophobicity and co...
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