
Ceramides play a crucial role in divergent signaling events, including differentiation, senescence, proliferation, and apoptosis. Ceramides are a minor lipid component in terms of content; thus, highly sensitive detection is required for accurate quantification. The recently developed isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) method enables a precise comparison of both protein and aminophospholipids. However, iTRAQ tagging had not been applied to the determination of sphingolipids. Here we report a method for the simultaneous measurement of multiple ceramide and monohexosylceramide samples using iTRAQ tags. Samples were hydrolyzed with sphingolipid ceramide N-deacylase (SCDase) to expose the free amino group of the sphingolipids, to which the N-hydroxysuccinimide group of iTRAQ reagent was conjugated. The reaction was performed in the presence of a cleavable detergent, 3-[3-(1,1-bisalkyloxyethyl)pyridine-1-yl]propane-1-sulfonate (PPS) to both improve the hydrolysis and ensure the accuracy of the mass spectrometry analysis performed after iTRAQ labeling. This method was successfully applied to the profiling of ceramides and monohexosylceramides in sphingomyelinase-treated Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells and apoptotic Jurkat cells.
Hydrolysis, Detergents, apoptosis, Succinimides, QD415-436, Ceramides, sphingolipid ceramide N-deacylase, Biochemistry, Amidohydrolases, Cell Line, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Cross-Linking Reagents, Dogs, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, monohexosylceramide, Animals, Humans, ceramide, cleavable detergent, Amines, sphingomyelinase, Signal Transduction
Hydrolysis, Detergents, apoptosis, Succinimides, QD415-436, Ceramides, sphingolipid ceramide N-deacylase, Biochemistry, Amidohydrolases, Cell Line, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Cross-Linking Reagents, Dogs, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, monohexosylceramide, Animals, Humans, ceramide, cleavable detergent, Amines, sphingomyelinase, Signal Transduction
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