Mass Spectrometry Detection and Imaging of a Non-Covalent Protein-Drug Complex in Tissue from Orally Dosed Rats

Eva Illes-Toth, Oliver J Hale, James W Hughes, Nicole Strittmatter, Jonathan Rose, Ben Clayton, Rebecca Sargeant, Stewart Jones, Andreas Dannhorn, Richard J A Goodwin, Helen J Cooper

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Abstract

Here, we demonstrate detection by mass spectrometry of an intact protein-drug complex directly from liver tissue from rats that had been orally dosed with the drug. The protein-drug complex comprised fatty acid binding protein 1, FABP1, non-covalently bound to the small molecule therapeutic bezafibrate. Moreover, we demonstrate spatial mapping of the [FABP1+bezafibrate] complex across a thin section of liver by targeted mass spectrometry imaging. This work is the first demonstration of in situ mass spectrometry analysis of a non-covalent protein-drug complex formed in vivo and has implications for early stage drug discovery by providing a route to target-drug characterization directly from the physiological environment.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202202075
JournalAngewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Volume61
Issue number36
Early online date13 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 13 Jul 2022

Bibliographical note

© 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords

  • Ex vivo Tissue
  • Mass Spectrometry Imaging
  • Native Ambient Mass Spectrometry
  • Protein–Drug Complex

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