Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Plasma proteomics has long sought to accessibly sense human biology, precisely detect disease states, and advance diagnostics through clinical translation. In recent years, companies with defined panels such as Olink and Somascan have entered the field to complement bottom-up mass spectrometry (BUP). This study leverages a novel mass spectrometry platform to capture targeted proteoform information lost by mainline antibody-, aptamer-, and BUP-driven workflows. The Plasma Proteoform Assay (PPA) uses Individual Ion Mass Spectrometry (I²MS) to resolve mixtures of intact proteins presented by direct injection. Two proteoform panels, PPA 526 and PPA 1514, were defined from human plasma samples obtained from 81 individuals. The panels quantify 526 proteoforms derived from 59 genes and 1,514 proteoforms from 155 genes, respectively. Reproducibility for both panels showed coefficients of variation below 20% for most proteoforms (59-80%). PPA was benchmarked in studies including subjects with hepatic cirrhosis (N=30) and resilient agers carrying a SERPINE1 (PAI 1) mutation (N=27). PPA signatures distinguished SERPINE1 mutation carriers from affected individuals and provided sufficient resolution to discriminate among cirrhosis disease stages. In summary, we present PPA 526 and PPA 1514 , the first scalable plasma proteoform panels capable of tracking hundreds to thousands of targets in a few minutes per sample.
Authors: Aniel Sanchez, Indira Pla, Katrina N. Peterson, Vincent White, Troy D Fisher, Michael A. R. Hollas, Taojunfeng Su, Nhat Hoang Van Le, Claire R. Harrington, Paolo Cravedi, David N. Assis, Paola Barrios, Therese Elaine Banea, Daniela P. Ladner, Eleonora Forte, Matthew Lucky, John T. Wilkins, Douglas E Vaughan, Michael A. Caldwell, John P. McGee, Neil L. Kelleher
Language: English
Subfield: Spectroscopy
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7163042303