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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2025

Wavelength Dependence of Intact Protein Extraction Using Femtosecond Laser Ablation.

Alexander A C Wainwright, Khaled Madhoun, Pei Su, Samuel E Janisse, Jessica E Besaw, Harmanjot S Grewal, Oliver P Ernst, Jared O Kafader, Neil L Kelleher, R J Dwayne Miller

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alexander A C WainwrightDept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5R 2M8.ORCID 0009-0002-8902-8466
Khaled MadhounDept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5R 2M8.
Pei SuDept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6148-0181
Samuel E JanisseDept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6625-8846
Jessica E BesawDept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5S 1A8.ORCID 0000-0002-7571-7132
Harmanjot S GrewalDept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5R 2M8.
Oliver P ErnstDept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5S 1A8.
Jared O KafaderDept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5359-264X
Neil L KelleherDept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8815-3372
R J Dwayne MillerDept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, M5R 2M8.ORCID 0000-0003-0884-0541

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
The UIUC Neuroproteomics Center on Cell-Cell SignalingP30DA018310 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Jonathan V. Sweedler · 2004 to 2026
$24.9M
TR&D 7: Cell Specific ProteomicsP41GM108569 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2015 to 2024
$13.6M
Renewable and Specific Affinity Reagents for Mapping Proteoforms in Human TissuesUH3CA246635 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2019 to 2021
$1.4M
Single Cell Proteoform Profiling using Top-Down Mass SpectrometryK99AI183290 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SU, PEI · 2024 to 2025
$249k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS UH3 CA246635NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI183290NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA018310NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM108569
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extraction and analysis of intact proteins from complex biological samples via femtosecond laser ablation are influenced by wavelength-dependent multiphoton and avalanche ionization processes. To investigate these effects, an intact protein mixture with molecular weights ranging from 9 kDa to 68 kDa as well as individual proteins were sampled using laser wavelengths spanning from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared. Our results suggest that visible and infrared wavelengths enable intact protein extraction, even for proteins with strong absorption in the visible spectrum. Ultraviolet wavelengths also yield intact extraction when long enough to avoid resonant absorption by the aromatic amino acids. Our findings support the hypothesis that minimizing multiphoton ionization helps preserve intact protein signals during femtosecond laser ablation. By isolating the role of laser wavelength, this study provides insight on high intensity laser-biomolecule interactions relevant to analytical techniques such as high-resolution mass spectrometry imaging.

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LasersProteinsProteins

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PMID40833879
PMCPMC12969999

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