IsoQuant: a software tool for stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture-based mass spectrometry quantitation

Anal Chem. 2012 May 15;84(10):4535-43. doi: 10.1021/ac300510t. Epub 2012 May 3.

Abstract

Accurate protein identification and quantitation are critical when interpreting the biological relevance of large-scale shotgun proteomics data sets. Although significant technical advances in peptide and protein identification have been made, accurate quantitation of high-throughput data sets remains a key challenge in mass spectrometry data analysis and is a labor intensive process for many proteomics laboratories. Here, we report a new SILAC-based proteomics quantitation software tool, named IsoQuant, which is used to process high mass accuracy mass spectrometry data. IsoQuant offers a convenient quantitation framework to calculate peptide/protein relative abundance ratios. At the same time, it also includes a visualization platform that permits users to validate the quality of SILAC peptide and protein ratios. The program is written in the C# programming language under the Microsoft .NET framework version 4.0 and has been tested to be compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7. It is freely available to noncommercial users at http://www.proteomeumb.org/MZw.html .

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Databases, Protein
  • Hippocampus / metabolism
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Proteins / analysis*
  • Proteomics
  • Rats
  • Software*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Proteins