Volume 49, Issue 44 pp. 8240-8243
Communication

A Straightforward Approach for Cellular-Uptake Quantification

Dr. David Paramelle

Dr. David Paramelle

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

These authors contributed equally.

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Dr. Gilles Subra

Dr. Gilles Subra

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

These authors contributed equally.

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Lubomir L. Vezenkov

Lubomir L. Vezenkov

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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Dr. Marie Maynadier

Dr. Marie Maynadier

Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie CRLC, INSERM Unité 826, 208 rue des Apothicaires, 34298 Montpellier Cedex 1 (France)

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Christophe André

Christophe André

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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Prof. Christine Enjalbal

Prof. Christine Enjalbal

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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Dr. Monique Calmès

Dr. Monique Calmès

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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Dr. Marcel Garcia

Dr. Marcel Garcia

Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie CRLC, INSERM Unité 826, 208 rue des Apothicaires, 34298 Montpellier Cedex 1 (France)

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Prof. Jean Martinez

Prof. Jean Martinez

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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Dr. Muriel Amblard

Dr. Muriel Amblard

Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France), Fax: (+33) 4-6754-8654 http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr/

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First published: 23 September 2010
Citations: 9

This study was supported in part by the French National Agency (ANR) (ANR-08-BLAN-0066-01) and a grant from the Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy (L.L.V.).

Graphical Abstract

Putting a number on it: MALDI-TOF MS enabled direct quantification of the cellular uptake of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) by MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. This sensitive general strategy (see schematic representation), which requires no purification or separation steps, relies on the enhancement and discrimination of the MS signals of an α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid tag in a neutral α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic methyl ester matrix.

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