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Chevallet M, Diemer H, Van Dorssealer A, Villiers C, Rabilloud T. Toward a better analysis of secreted proteins: the example of the myeloid cells secretome. Proteomics 2007; 7:1757-70. [PMID: 17464941 PMCID: PMC2386146 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200601024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The analysis of secreted proteins represents a challenge for current proteomics techniques. Proteins are usually secreted at low concentrations in the culture media, which makes their recovery difficult. In addition, culture media are rich in salts and other compounds interfering with most proteomics techniques, which makes selective precipitation of proteins almost mandatory for a correct subsequent proteomics analysis. Last but not least, the non-secreted proteins liberated in the culture medium upon lysis of a few dead cells heavily contaminate the so-called secreted proteins preparations. Several techniques have been used in the past for concentration of proteins secreted in culture media. These techniques present several drawbacks, such as coprecipitation of salts or poor yields at low protein concentrations. Improved techniques based on carrier-assisted TCA precipitation are described and discussed in this report. These techniques have been used to analyze the secretome of myeloid cells (macrophages, dendritic cells) and enabled to analyze proteins secreted at concentrations close to 1 ng/mL, thereby allowing the detection of some of the cytokines (TNF, IL-12) secreted by the myeloid cells upon activation by bacterial products.
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- Mireille Chevallet
- BBSI, Biochimie et biophysique des systèmes intégrés
CNRS : UMR5092CEA : DSV/IRTSVUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I17 Rue des martyrs
38054 GRENOBLE CEDEX 9,FR
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- IPHC, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
CNRS : UMR7178Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg IFR
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- IPHC, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
CNRS : UMR7178Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg IFR
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- Institut d'oncologie/développement Albert Bonniot de Grenoble
INSERM : U823CHU GrenobleEFSUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble IInstitut Albert Bonniot, BP170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9,FR
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- BBSI, Biochimie et biophysique des systèmes intégrés
CNRS : UMR5092CEA : DSV/IRTSVUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I17 Rue des martyrs
38054 GRENOBLE CEDEX 9,FR
- * Correspondence should be adressed to: Thierry Rabilloud
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Starita-Geribaldi M, Thebault P, Taffin de Givenchy E, Guittard F, Geribaldi S. 2-DE using hemi-fluorinated surfactants. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:2489-97. [PMID: 17577887 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The synthesis of hemi-fluorinated zwitterionic surfactants was realized and assessed for 2-DE, a powerful separation method for proteomic analysis. These new fluorinated amidosulfobetaine (FASB-p,m) were compared to their hydrocarbon counterparts amidosulfobetaine (ASB-n) characterized by a hydrophilic polar head, a hydrophobic and lipophilic tail, and an amido group as connector. The tail of these FASB surfactants was in part fluorinated resulting in the modulation of its lipophilicity (or oleophobicity). Their effect on the red blood cell (RBC) membrane showed a specific solubilization depending on the length of the hydrophobic part. A large number of polypeptide spots appeared in the 2-DE patterns by using FASB-p,m. The oleophobic character of these surfactants was confirmed by the fact that Band 3, a highly hydrophobic transmembrane protein, was not solubilized by these fluorinated structures. The corresponding pellet was very rich in Band 3 and could then be solubilized by using a strong detergent such as amidosulfobetaine with an alkyl tail containing 14 carbon atoms (ASB-14). Thus, these hemi-fluorinated surfactants appeared as powerful tools when used at the first step of a two-step solubilization strategy using a hydrocarbon homologous surfactant in the second step.
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- Mireille Starita-Geribaldi
- Connexines et Prolifération Germinale: Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (INSERM U670), UFR de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France.
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Kim MR, Kim CW. Human blood plasma preparation for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2007; 849:203-10. [PMID: 17174613 PMCID: PMC7105212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Human plasma consists of mainly large proteins, which vary in terms of both composition and concentration with the physiological state of the individual. Alterations in protein concentrations reflect the current state of the individual's health and thus may be utilized as valuable biomarkers for a specific biological process or disease. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) has proven to be a valuable method for the separation and comparison of complex protein mixtures, for example, from disease and healthy states, as this method provides information regarding the variation, relative quantities, and structures of the intact proteins. The procedures utilized for the preparation of samples for 2-DE are critical to the acquisition of high-quality results for the discovery of biomarkers. The objective of this study was to review the preparation methods of plasma for 2-DE, particularly those designed to improve the detection of proteins in low abundance in plasma on 2-DE. The use of anticoagulants and protease inhibitors during the collection of blood, the removal of abundant proteins using multicomponent immunodepletion system, and desalting procedure allow us to compile profiles of proteins occurring in low concentrations in the plasma and to improve the pattern generated during 2-DE.
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Bodzon-Kulakowska A, Bierczynska-Krzysik A, Dylag T, Drabik A, Suder P, Noga M, Jarzebinska J, Silberring J. Methods for samples preparation in proteomic research. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2007; 849:1-31. [PMID: 17113834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sample preparation is one of the most crucial processes in proteomics research. The results of the experiment depend on the condition of the starting material. Therefore, the proper experimental model and careful sample preparation is vital to obtain significant and trustworthy results, particularly in comparative proteomics, where we are usually looking for minor differences between experimental-, and control samples. In this review we discuss problems associated with general strategies of samples preparation, and experimental demands for these processes.
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- Anna Bodzon-Kulakowska
- Department of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena St. 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland
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De Palma S, Ripamonti M, Vigano A, Moriggi M, Capitanio D, Samaja M, Milano G, Cerretelli P, Wait R, Gelfi C. Metabolic modulation induced by chronic hypoxia in rats using a comparative proteomic analysis of skeletal muscle tissue. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:1974-84. [PMID: 17391017 DOI: 10.1021/pr060614o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hypoxia-induced changes of rat skeletal muscle were investigated by two-dimensional difference in-gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and mass spectrometry. The results indicated that proteins involved in the TCA cycle, ATP production, and electron transport are down-regulated, whereas glycolytic enzymes and deaminases involved in ATP and AMP production were up-regulated. Up-regulation of the hypoxia markers hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1alpha) and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) was also observed, suggesting that in vivo adaptation to hypoxia requires an active metabolic switch. The kinase protein, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which has been implicated in the regulation of protein synthesis in hypoxia, appears unchanged, suggesting that its activity, in this system, is not controlled by oxygen partial pressure.
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- S De Palma
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Milano, Bicocca, Italy
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Yamanaka H, Yakabe Y, Saito K, Sekijima M, Shirai T. Quantitative proteomic analysis of rat liver for carcinogenicity prediction in a 28-day repeated dose study. Proteomics 2007; 7:781-95. [PMID: 17295351 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The potential of quantitative proteomic analysis to predict carcinogenicity of chemical compounds was investigated. Using 2D-DIGE, we analyzed the effects of 63 chemical compounds on protein expression in the rat liver after 28 daily doses. Types of carcinogens were categorized depending on the species and organ specificity. The carcinogen characteristic proteins for each classification were identified by Welch's t value. For evaluation of the predictive concordance we used support vector machines. The rat hepatic carcinogen-specific classification gave higher concordance than the other classification. The generalization performance was measured by leave-one-out cross-validation. For genotoxic and non-genotoxic compounds, a concordance of 79.3 and 76.5%, respectively, was obtained by the top 30 ranked proteins with Welch's t value. Furthermore, we found that the increase of the expression level of the stress response proteins as the common feature of poorly predicted chemical compounds in the leave-20%-out cross-validation. Quantitative proteomics could be promising technique for developing biomarker panels that can be used for carcinogenicity prediction. The list of proteins identified in this study and the zoomed gel images of the top ranked proteins in statistic analysis are provided in Supplementary Data.
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- Hidenori Yamanaka
- Chemicals Assessment Center, Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute, Saitama, Japan.
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Devouge V, Rogniaux H, Nési N, Tessier D, Guéguen J, Larré C. Differential Proteomic Analysis of Four Near-Isogenic Brassica napus Varieties Bred for their Erucic Acid and Glucosinolate Contents. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:1342-53. [PMID: 17305382 DOI: 10.1021/pr060450b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Four near-isogenic B. napus varieties, with decreasing amounts of erucic acid and glucosinolates reflecting the actual breeding process, were used to characterize the proteins affected during this process. Following improvement of 2-DE conditions, proteins differentially accumulated were identified by mass spectrometry analysis. Accumulation of cruciferins was found to be only slightly affected, whereas significant quantitative differences were mainly found for proteins involved in defense system and carbohydrate metabolism.
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- Vanessa Devouge
- INRA Centre de Nantes, BIA, Rue de la Géraudière, BP 71627, 44316 Nantes, France
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Dean CR, Narayan S, Richards J, Daigle DM, Esterow S, Leeds JA, Kamp H, Puyang X, Wiedmann B, Mueller D, Voshol H, van Oostrum J, Wall D, Koehn J, Dzink-Fox J, Ryder NS. Reduced susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to the peptide deformylase inhibitor LBM415 can result from target protein overexpression due to amplified chromosomal def gene copy number. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:1004-10. [PMID: 17220413 PMCID: PMC1803149 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01103-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous genetic analysis of Haemophilus influenzae revealed two mechanisms associated with decreased susceptibility to the novel peptide deformylase inhibitor LBM415: AcrAB-TolC-mediated efflux and Fmt bypass, resulting from mutations in the pump repressor gene acrR and in the fmt gene, respectively. We have isolated an additional mutant, CDS23 (LBM415 MIC, 64 microg/ml versus 4 microg/ml against the parent strain NB65044) that lacks mutations in the acrR or fmt structural genes or in the gene encoding Def, the intracellular target of LBM415. Western immunoblot analysis, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and tryptic digestion combined with mass spectrometric identification showed that the Def protein was highly overexpressed in the mutant strain. Consistent with this, real-time reverse transcription-PCR revealed a significant increase in def transcript titer. No mutations were found in the region upstream of def that might account for altered expression; however, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis suggested that a genetic rearrangement of the region containing def had occurred. Using a combination of PCR, sequencing, and Southern blot analyses, it was determined that the def gene had undergone copy number amplification, explaining the high level of target protein expression. Inactivation of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump in this mutant increased susceptibility 16-fold, highlighting the role of efflux in exacerbating the overall reduced susceptibility resulting from target overexpression.
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- Charles R Dean
- Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Significant efforts have sought to uncover the protein profile of Arabidopsis mitochondria to act as a model for the mitochondrial proteome from plants. A combination of techniques have been undertaken to achieve this goal. We outline a basic two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) separation of mitochondrial proteins, in-gel trypsination techniques, complex protein lysate digestions, and the identification of proteins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry.
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- Joshua L Heazlewood
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley
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Over the past decade numerous genomes of pathogenic bacteria were fully sequenced and annotated, while others are continuously being sequenced and published. To date, the sequences of >440 bacterial genomes are publicly available for research purposes. These efforts in high-throughput sequencing parallel major improvements in methods permitting the study of whole transcriptome and proteome of bacteria. This provides a basis for a comprehensive understanding of the bacterial metabolism, adaptability to the environment, regulation, resistance pathways, and pathogenicity mechanisms of pathogens. Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive human pathogen causing a wide variety of infections ranging from benign skin infections to life-threatening diseases. Furthermore, the spreading of multiresistance strains requiring the use of last-barrier drugs has resulted in the medical and scientific community focusing particularly on this pathogen. We describe here proteomic methods to prepare, identify, and analyze protein fractions, allowing the study of S. aureus on the organism level. Coupled with methods analyzing the whole bacterial transcriptome, this approach might contribute to the development of rapid diagnostic tests and to the identification of new drug targets.
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Mine K, Katayama A, Matsumura T, Nishino T, Kuwabara Y, Ishikawa G, Murata T, Sawa R, Otsubo Y, Shin S, Takeshita T. Proteome analysis of human placentae: pre-eclampsia versus normal pregnancy. Placenta 2006; 28:676-87. [PMID: 17182098 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Although placental proteins play multiple roles in fetal and placental development and in the maintenance of pregnancy, many remain inadequately characterized. In the present study, we comprehensively analyzed these proteins by using a proteomic approach. Samples were denatured with guanidine hydrochloride, which was found to be superior to the commonly used urea for the present purpose, and subjected to 2-dimensional (2D) electrophoresis (2-DE) to obtain placental proteome maps. The identified protein spots (ca. 60% of the total) on the proteome maps included several pregnancy-related proteins (PRPs). Furthermore, a novel 2D immunoblotting (2-DI) analysis of molecules related to pre-eclampsia revealed three immunopositive spots that appeared to correspond to dynactin p-50, a protein related to cell turn-over. The rate of positivity for dynactin p-50-reactive antibodies was significantly (P=0.0024) higher in 26 pre-eclamptic women than in 58 normally pregnant women. These results indicate that dynactin p-50 may be involved in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia.
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- K Mine
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan.
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The study of three extraction methods for pre-separation and enrichment: Application to the complex proteome separation in rat liver. Sep Purif Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Altenhofer P, Schierhorn A, Fricke B. Agarose isoelectric focusing can improve resolution of membrane proteins in the two-dimensional electrophoresis of bacterial proteins. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:4096-111. [PMID: 16983635 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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2-D separation of bacterial membrane proteins is still difficult despite using high-resolution IPG-IEF/SDS-PAGE. We were searching for alternative methods to avoid typical problems such as precipitation, low solubility, and aggregation of membrane proteins in the 1-D separation with IPG-IEF. Blue native electrophoresis (BNE) and agarose IEF (A-IEF) were tested for their separation capacity and their capability of replacing IPG-IEF in the first dimension. SDS-PAGE was chosen for the second dimension on account of its outstanding resolution. We could confirm that only A-IEF was a useful replacement for the IPG-IEF in the first dimension resulting in 2-D protein distributions with additional membrane protein spots not being found after IPG-IEF/SDS-PAGE. A second interesting result was that the agarose IEF mediates the possibility of separation of membrane proteins in a partially native state in the first dimension. This native A-IEF resulted in drastically changed spot patterns with an acidic shift of nearly all spots and divergent distribution of proteins compared to non-native A-IEF and IPG-IEF. We found out that native and non-native A-IEF are powerful tools to supplement IPG-IEF/SDS-PAGE.
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- Pia Altenhofer
- Medical Faculty, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Martin Luther University, Halle, Saale, Germany.
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Carrette O, Burkhard PR, Hochstrasser DF, Sanchez JC. Age-related proteome analysis of the mouse brain: a 2-DE study. Proteomics 2006; 6:4940-9. [PMID: 16912971 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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2-DE remains the most popular and versatile protein separation method among a rapidly growing array of various proteomics technologies. However, variability in sample processing, experimental design and data analyses results in a limited cross-validation between studies performed in different laboratories. One of the goals of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) is to establish standards and guidelines for proteomics studies. We contributed to the HUPO Brain Proteome Project by analyzing brains from neonatal and adult mice using 2-DE. Here we propose a standard workflow to analyze 2-DE images and extract statistically significant differences. After differential analysis and identification by MALDI-TOF/TOF, dihydropyrimidinase-related proteins, brain FABP, stathmin, isocitrate dehydrogenase, gamma enolase, annexin V, glutamine synthetase, creatine kinase B chain, triosephosphate dehydrogenase, and malate dehydrogenase were found differentially expressed between the two groups. The functions and potential mechanisms underlying the variation observed for these proteins are discussed.
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- Odile Carrette
- Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Geneva University, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fletcher ST, Basketter DA. Proteomic analysis of the response of EpiDermTM cultures to sodium lauryl sulphate. Toxicol In Vitro 2006; 20:975-85. [PMID: 16469478 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The analysis of EpiDerm cultures treated with the known skin irritant sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) was performed using 2D-gel electrophoresis in order to understand the mechanism of action and thereby identify novel markers of skin irritation. A range of both broad and narrow pH gradient first-dimension gels were run (pH 4-7, 6-11, 4-5, 5-6 and 6-9) consistently followed by 12% SDS-PAGE in the second-dimension. Following treatment of EpiDerm with SLS, 67 proteins of interest were identified, of which 8 were selected as interesting: calmodulin-like skin protein, involucrin, epithelial cell marker protein, HS1, peroxiredoxin 1, serine protease inhibitor, KIAA0117 and ribosomal protein L17. Involucrin was confirmed as being up-regulated by both ELISA and Western blotting. The use of proteomics has identified a number of proteins which could be used as general markers for skin irritation and which may in particular be of value for the development of in vitro predictive models.
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- S T Fletcher
- SEAC-Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever Colworth, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, UK.
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Gotthardt D, Blancheteau V, Bosserhoff A, Ruppert T, Delorenzi M, Soldati T. Proteomics fingerprinting of phagosome maturation and evidence for the role of a Galpha during uptake. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006; 5:2228-43. [PMID: 16926386 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600113-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Phagocytosis, whether of food particles in protozoa or bacteria and cell remnants in the metazoan immune system, is a conserved process. The particles are taken up into phagosomes, which then undergo complex remodeling of their components, called maturation. By using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry combined with genomic data, we identified 179 phagosomal proteins in the amoeba Dictyostelium, including components of signal transduction, membrane traffic, and the cytoskeleton. By carrying out this proteomics analysis over the course of maturation, we obtained time profiles for 1,388 spots and thus generated a dynamic record of phagosomal protein composition. Clustering of the time profiles revealed five clusters and 24 functional groups that were mapped onto a flow chart of maturation. Two heterotrimeric G protein subunits, Galpha4 and Gbeta, appeared at the earliest times. We showed that mutations in the genes encoding these two proteins produce a phagocytic uptake defect in Dictyostelium. This analysis of phagosome protein dynamics provides a reference point for future genetic and functional investigations.
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- Daniel Gotthardt
- Department of Molecular Cell Research, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
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Vipond C, Suker J, Jones C, Tang C, Feavers IM, Wheeler JX. Proteomic analysis of a meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccine prepared from the group B strain NZ98/254. Proteomics 2006; 6:3400-13. [PMID: 16645985 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In the absence of a suitable carbohydrate-based vaccine, outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines have been used to disrupt outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal disease for more than 20 years. Proteomic technology provides physical methods with the potential to assess the composition and consistency of these complex vaccines. 2-DE, combined with MS, were used to generate a proteome map of an OMV vaccine, developed to disrupt a long-running outbreak of group B disease in New Zealand. Seventy four spots from the protein map were identified including the outer membrane protein (OMP) antigens: PorA, PorB, RmpM and OpcA. Protein identification indicates that, in addition to OMPs, OMV vaccines contain periplasmic, membrane-associated and cytoplasmic proteins. 2-D-DIGE technology highlighted differences between preclinical development batches of vaccines from two different manufacturers.
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- Caroline Vipond
- Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Carrette O, Burkhard PR, Sanchez JC, Hochstrasser DF. State-of-the-art two-dimensional gel electrophoresis: a key tool of proteomics research. Nat Protoc 2006; 1:812-23. [PMID: 17406312 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) is the most popular and versatile method of protein separation among a rapidly growing array of proteomics technologies. Based on two distinct procedures, it combines isoelectric focusing (IEF), which separates proteins according to their isoelectric point (pI), and SDS-PAGE, which separates them further according to their molecular mass. At present, 2D-PAGE is capable of simultaneously detecting and quantifying up to several thousand protein spots in the same gel image. Here we provide comprehensive step-by-step instructions for the application of a standardized 2D-PAGE protocol to a sample of human plasma or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The method can be easily adapted to any type of sample. This four-day protocol provides detailed information on how to apply complex biological fluids to an immobilized dry strip gel, cast home-made gradient acrylamide gels, run the gels, and perform standard staining methods. A troubleshooting guide is also included.
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- Odile Carrette
- Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, Department of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, 1 rue Michel Servet CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Chevallet M, Lescuyer P, Diemer H, van Dorsselaer A, Leize-Wagner E, Rabilloud T. Alterations of the mitochondrial proteome caused by the absence of mitochondrial DNA: A proteomic view. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:1574-83. [PMID: 16548050 PMCID: PMC2797067 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The proper functioning of mitochondria requires that both the mitochondrial and the nuclear genome are functional. To investigate the importance of the mitochondrial genome, which encodes only 13 subunits of the respiratory complexes, the mitochondrial rRNAs and a few tRNAs, we performed a comparative study on the 143B cell line and on its Rho-0 counterpart, i.e., devoid of mitochondrial DNA. Quantitative differences were found, of course in the respiratory complexes subunits, but also in the mitochondrial translation apparatus, mainly mitochondrial ribosomal proteins, and in the ion and protein import system, i.e., including membrane proteins. Various mitochondrial metabolic processes were also altered, especially electron transfer proteins and some dehydrogenases, but quite often on a few proteins for each pathway. This study also showed variations in some hypothetical or poorly characterized proteins, suggesting a mitochondrial localization for these proteins. Examples include a stomatin-like protein and a protein sharing homologies with bacterial proteins implicated in tyrosine catabolism. Proteins involved in apoptosis control are also found modulated in Rho-0 mitochondria.
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- Mireille Chevallet
- Contrôle moléculaire de la réponse immune specifique
INSERM : U548CEA : DSV/IRTSVUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble IFR
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- Contrôle moléculaire de la réponse immune specifique
INSERM : U548CEA : DSV/IRTSVUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble IFR
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- Electrochimie et physicochimie des complexes et systèmes interfaciaux
CNRS : UMR7512Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg IG. RITZLER Institut le Bel 4, Rue Blaise Pascal 67008 STRASBOURG CEDEX,FR
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- Electrochimie et physicochimie des complexes et systèmes interfaciaux
CNRS : UMR7512Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg IG. RITZLER Institut le Bel 4, Rue Blaise Pascal 67008 STRASBOURG CEDEX,FR
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- Electrochimie et physicochimie des complexes et systèmes interfaciaux
CNRS : UMR7512Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg IG. RITZLER Institut le Bel 4, Rue Blaise Pascal 67008 STRASBOURG CEDEX,FR
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- Contrôle moléculaire de la réponse immune specifique
INSERM : U548CEA : DSV/IRTSVUniversité Joseph Fourier - Grenoble IFR
- * Correspondence should be adressed to: Thierry Rabilloud
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Vâlcu CM, Schlink K. Efficient extraction of proteins from woody plant samples for two-dimensional electrophoresis. Proteomics 2006; 6:4166-75. [PMID: 16791823 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Protein extraction from plant samples is usually challenging due to the low protein content and high level of contaminants. Therefore, the 2-DE pattern resolution is strongly influenced by the procedure of sample preparation. Efficient solubilization of proteins strictly depends on the chaotrope and detergent in the extraction buffer. Despite the large number of detergents that have been developed for the use in protein extraction and IEF, there is no single compound able to efficiently extract proteins from any source. Hence, optimization has to be performed for each type of sample. We tested several chaotrope/detergent combinations to achieve optimal solubilization and separation of proteins from Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.] needles and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) leaves and roots. The same chaotrope mixture (7 M urea, 2 M thiourea) was found to be suitable for the extraction and separation of proteins from all samples. Nonetheless, the efficiency of the surfactants tested varied between samples so that optimal extraction and separation was achieved with different detergents or combination of detergents for each sample. The 2-DE separation of spruce needle proteins was optimal in a mixture of two zwitterionic detergents (2% CHAPS and 2% decyl dimethylammonio propanesulfonate). Beech proteins were best separated in buffers containing sugar-based detergents (2% n-octyl beta-D-glucopiranoside in the case of leaf samples and 2% dodecyl maltoside for the root samples). IEF was performed in buffers with the same composition as the extraction buffer except for the root proteins that were better focused in a buffer containing 2% CHAPS.
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- Cristina-Maria Vâlcu
- Section of Forest Genetics, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
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Cho SH, Hoang QT, Kim YY, Shin HY, Ok SH, Bae JM, Shin JS. Proteome analysis of gametophores identified a metallothionein involved in various abiotic stress responses in Physcomitrella patens. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2006; 25:475-88. [PMID: 16397781 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 10/04/2005] [Accepted: 10/10/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Physcomitrella patens is a model plant for studying gene function using a knockout strategy. To establish a proteome database for P. patens, we resolved over 1,500 soluble proteins from gametophore and protonema tissues by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and obtained peptide mass fingerprints (PMFs) by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Using expressed sequence tags (ESTs), we were able to predict the identities of 90 protein spots. Most of these were related to energy or primary metabolism. Comparative proteome analysis was used to identify proteins specific for each of the tissue types. One of these was a metallothionein type-2 (PpMT2) protein that was highly upregulated in gametophore tissue. PpMT2 was induced in both the gametophore and protonema following culture on solid media and in response to various abiotic stresses such as copper, cadmium, cold, indole-3-acetic acid, and ethylene. We suggest that PpMT2 is not only involved in metal binding and detoxification, but also in many biological aspects as a metal messenger or a protein with additional functions.
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- Sung Hyun Cho
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701 Korea
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Herbert BR, Grinyer J, McCarthy JT, Isaacs M, Harry EJ, Nevalainen H, Traini MD, Hunt S, Schulz B, Laver M, Goodall AR, Packer J, Harry JL, Williams KL. Improved 2-DE of microorganisms after acidic extraction. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:1630-40. [PMID: 16609937 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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2-DE separations of protein extracts sometimes have problems with poor resolution and streaking. This problem is particularly apparent with microorganisms, most notably those with a large cell wall. Here we describe a novel, rapid protocol for the extraction of microorganisms in acidic conditions, leading to increased resolution and 2-D gel quality. The efficiency of the protocol is demonstrated with extracts of bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis; fungus, Trichoderma harzianum and yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We also demonstrate using a membrane centrifugal filtration, that large acidic molecules in excess of 100 kDa, probably including cell wall material, are responsible for the separation difficulties. A range of acidic extraction conditions were investigated, and it was found that optimal extraction is achieved using an extraction solution acidified to pH 3 by 80 mM citric acid. These findings have significant implications for the proteomic study of many medically, agriculturally and environmentally significant microorganisms, as the cell walls of these organisms are often considerably more complex than many commonly studied laboratory strains.
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- Ben R Herbert
- Proteome Systems, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Chinnasamy G, Rampitsch C. Efficient solubilization buffers for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of acidic and basic proteins extracted from wheat seeds. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:641-4. [PMID: 16275173 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Revised: 09/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plant tissues are made up of a broad range of proteins with a variety of properties. After extraction, solubilization of a diverse range of plant proteins for efficient proteomic analysis using two-dimensional electrophoresis is a challenging process. We tested the efficiency of 12 solubilization buffers in dissolving acidic and basic proteins extracted from mature seeds of wheat. The buffer containing two chaotropes (urea and thiourea), two detergents (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propane-sulfonate and N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane-sulfonate), two reducing agents (dithiothreitol and tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine hydrochloride) and two types of carrier ampholytes (BioLyte pH 4-6 and pH 3-10) solubilized the most acidic proteins in the pH range between 4 and 7. The buffer made up of urea, thiourea, 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propane-sulfonate, DeStreak reagent (Amersham Biosciences, Uppsala, Sweden) and immobilized pH gradient buffer, pH 6-11 (Amersham Biosciences) solubilized the most basic proteins in the pH range between 6 and 11. These two buffers produced two-dimensional gels with high resolution, superior quality and maximum number of detectable protein (1425 acidic protein and 897 basic protein) spots.
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- Gurusamy Chinnasamy
- Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2M9.
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de Marqui ABT, Vidotto A, Polachini GM, Bellato CDM, Cabral H, Leopoldino AM, de Góis Filho JF, Fukuyama EE, Settanni FAP, Cury PM, Bonilla-Rodriguez GO, Palma MS, Tajara EH. Solubilization of Proteins from Human Lymph Node Tissue and Two-Dimensional Gel Storage. BMB Rep 2006; 39:216-22. [PMID: 16584638 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2006.39.2.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the present study, we compared six different solubilization buffers and optimized two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) conditions for human lymph node proteins. In addition, we developed a simple protocol for 2-D gel storage. Efficient solubilization was obtained with lysis buffers containing (a) 8 M urea, 4% CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate), 40 mM Tris base, 65 mM DTT (dithiothreitol) and 0.2% carrier ampholytes; (b) 5 M urea, 2 M thiourea, 2% CHAPS, 2% SB 3-10 (N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate), 40 mM Tris base, 65 mM DTT and 0.2% carrier ampholytes or (c) 7 M urea, 2 M thiourea, 4% CHAPS, 65 mM DTT and 0.2% carrier ampholytes. The optimal protocol for isoelectric focusing (IEF) was accumulated voltage of 16,500 Vh and 0.6% DTT in the rehydration solution. In the experiments conducted for the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), best results were obtained with a doubled concentration (50 mM Tris, 384 mM glycine, 0.2% SDS) of the SDS electrophoresis buffer in the cathodic reservoir as compared to the concentration in the anodic reservoir (25 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, 0.1% SDS). Among the five protocols tested for gel storing, success was attained when the gels were stored in plastic bags with 50% glycerol. This is the first report describing the successful solubilization and 2D-electrophoresis of proteins from human lymph node tissue and a 2-D gel storage protocol for easy gel handling before mass spectrometry (MS) analysis.
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Islinger M, Lüers GH, Zischka H, Ueffing M, Völkl A. Insights into the membrane proteome of rat liver peroxisomes: microsomal glutathione-S-transferase is shared by both subcellular compartments. Proteomics 2006; 6:804-16. [PMID: 16385473 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Peroxisomes are ubiquitous "multipurpose" organelles of eukaryotic cells. Their matrix enzymes catalyze mainly catabolic and anabolic reactions of lipid metabolism, thus contributing to the regulation of lipid homeostasis. Since most metabolites must be actively transported across the peroxisomal membrane and since individual proteins and protein complexes play functional roles in such transport processes, we analyzed the peroxisomal membrane proteome. Benzyldimethyl-n-hexadecylammoniumchloride (16-BAC)/SDS-2-D-PAGE and mass spectrometry were used to characterize the proteomes of highly purified "light" and "heavy" peroxisomes of rat liver obtained by density gradient centrifugation. In both populations, the major integral membrane proteins could be detected in high concentrations, verifying 16-BAC/SDS-2-D-PAGE as a suitable tool for the preparation of membrane proteomes destined for mass spectrometric analysis. Both reliable and reproducible detection of a distinct set of microsomal (ER) membrane proteins, including microsomal glutathione-S-transferase (mGST), in light and heavy peroxisomal fractions was also possible. Compared with the abundance of most microsomal membrane proteins, we found mGST to be specifically enriched in peroxisomal membrane fractions. Furthermore, C terminus epitope-tagged mGST versions were localized at least in part to peroxisomes in different mammalian cell lines. Taken together, these data suggest that the peroxisomal GST is not a mere ER-contaminant, but a bona fide protein comprising the membrane proteome of both intracellular compartments. In addition, we could detect several mitochondrial proteins in light peroxisome fractions. This finding may likely indicate a physical association of light peroxisomes with mitochondria, since the organelles could be partly separated by mechanical stress. Whether this association is of functional importance awaits further investigation.
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- Markus Islinger
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology II, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Ai J, Tan Y, Ying W, Hong Y, Liu S, Wu M, Qian X, Wang H. Proteome analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma by laser capture microdissection. Proteomics 2006; 6:538-46. [PMID: 16342242 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent visceral neoplasia worldwide and is a multifactorial and multistage pathogenesis that finally leads to the deregulation of cell homeostasis. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) may allow a more ready identification of differences in protein expression in selected cell types or areas of tissue, and microscopic regions as small as 3-5 microm in diameter can be sampled. Here we applied the LCM to the proteomic study of hepatitis B-related HCC and surrounding non-tumor tissues. Proteome alterations were observed using 2-DE and ESI-MS/MS, and alterations in the proteome were examined. Twenty protein spots were selected, of which 11 proteins were significantly altered in the HCC compared with the surrounding non-tumor tissues. Of the proteins that were selected, peroxiredoxin 2, apolipoprotein A-I precursor, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type II, and 14.5-kDa translational inhibitor protein appear to be novel candidates as useful hepatitis B-related HCC markers. This study indicates that LCM is a useful technological method in the proteomic study of cancer tissue. The proteins revealed in this experiment can be used in the future for studies pertaining to hepatocarcinogenesis, or as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for HCC associated with hepatitis B virus infection.
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- Jianhua Ai
- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, PR China
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Brigulla M, Thiele T, Scharf C, Breitner-Ruddock S, Venz S, Völker U, Greinacher A. Proteomics as a tool for assessment of therapeutics in transfusion medicine: evaluation of prothrombin complex concentrates. Transfusion 2006; 46:377-85. [PMID: 16533279 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteomic technologies are evolving tools to analyze complex protein patterns that to date have been rarely applied to transfusion medicine. The analysis of prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) was used as a model to evaluate to what extent these technologies can detect differences in blood-derived therapeutics beyond that of standard quality control. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Three PCCs (two batches each) were individually analyzed for differences in protein content by functional assays, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry. The results were compared to a pool of 72 normal plasma samples. RESULTS A highly complex protein pattern was found that varied considerably among the three PCCs: 192 spots comprising 40 different proteins were identified. Factor (F) IX activities of the three PCCs were comparable, but their F IX protein contents differed considerably. Many proteins were present in multiple spots (e.g. FII, FX, protein C, vitronectin), indicating a high degree of posttranslational modifications. In comparison with untreated pooled plasma, PCCs displayed several low-molecular-weight variants of proteins that likely constitute potential degradation products. CONCLUSION Proteomic technologies allow the identification of potentially modified proteins in clotting factor concentrates, indicating that they could become a useful tool for transfusion medicine to assess the impact of processing on the integrity of blood-derived therapeutics.
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- Matthias Brigulla
- Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, the Laboratory for Functional Genomics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
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Rivollier A, Perrin-Cocon L, Luche S, Diemer H, Strub JM, Hanau D, van Dorsselaer A, Lotteau V, Rabourdin-Combe C, Rabilloud T, Servet-Delprat C. High expression of antioxidant proteins in dendritic cells: possible implications in atherosclerosis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006; 5:726-36. [PMID: 16428241 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m500262-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) display the unique ability to activate naive T cells and to initiate primary T cell responses revealed in DC-T cell alloreactions. DCs frequently operate under stress conditions. Oxidative stress enhances the production of inflammatory cytokines by DCs. We performed a proteomic analysis to see which major changes occur, at the protein expression level, during DC differentiation and maturation. Comparative two-dimensional gel analysis of the monocyte, immature DC, and mature DC stages was performed. Manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) reached 0.7% of the gel-displayed proteins at the mature DC stage. This important amount of Mn-SOD is a primary antioxidant defense system against superoxide radicals, but its product, H(2)O(2), is also deleterious for cells. Peroxiredoxin (Prx) enzymes play an important role in eliminating such peroxide. Prx1 expression level continuously increased during DC differentiation and maturation, whereas Prx6 continuously decreased, and Prx2 peaked at the immature DC stage. As a consequence, DCs were more resistant than monocytes to apoptosis induced by high amounts of oxidized low density lipoproteins containing toxic organic peroxides and hydrogen peroxide. Furthermore DC-stimulated T cells produced high levels of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB ligand, a chemotactic and survival factor for monocytes and DCs. This study provides insights into the original ability of DCs to express very high levels of antioxidant enzymes such as Mn-SOD and Prx1, to detoxify oxidized low density lipoproteins, and to induce high levels of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB ligand by the T cells they activate and further emphasizes the role that DCs might play in atherosclerosis, a pathology recognized as a chronic inflammatory disorder.
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- Aymeric Rivollier
- INSERM U503, Université Lyon 1, IFR128-Biosciences Gerland, 21 avenue Tony Garnier, 69 007 Lyon, France
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Aivaliotis M, Haase W, Karas M, Tsiotis G. Proteomic analysis of chlorosome-depleted membranes of the green sulfur bacteriumChlorobium tepidum. Proteomics 2006; 6:217-32. [PMID: 16294302 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200402030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Green sulfur bacteria are obligate anaerobic phototrophs, which in addition to outer and plasma membranes contain chlorosomes. The analysis of the membrane proteome of Chlorobium tepidum from chlorosome-depleted membranes is described in this study. The membranes were purified by sucrose density centrifugation and characterized by 1-DE and 2-DE coupled with MS, absorption spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. 1-DE and 2-DE were employed to analyze the membrane proteins and to characterize the capabilities of the methods. Solubilization of the membrane proteins prior to 2-DE was improved by using a series of zwitterionic detergents. Based on the resolved spots after 2-DE, the combination of amidosulfobetaine 14 with Triton X-100 is more efficient than the combination of CHAPS, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane sulfonate, and Triton X-100. From the application of 1-DE and 2-DE, 167 and 202 unique proteins were identified, respectively, using PMF by MALDI-TOF MS. Both methods resulted in the detection of 291 different proteins of which only 88 were predicted membrane proteins, indicating the limitation of membrane protein detection after separation with electrophoresis methods. In addition, 53 of these proteins were identified as outer membrane proteins.
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- Michalis Aivaliotis
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71409 Heraklion, Greece
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Kniemeyer O, Lessing F, Scheibner O, Hertweck C, Brakhage AA. Optimisation of a 2-D gel electrophoresis protocol for the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Curr Genet 2005; 49:178-89. [PMID: 16362819 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Revised: 11/28/2005] [Accepted: 11/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aspergillus fumigatus is the most important airborne fungal pathogen causing life-threatening infections in immunosuppressed patients. One of the important questions concerning A. fumigatus is the identification of pathogenicity determinants. To obtain a comprehensive overview about the proteins produced at different physiological conditions that are related to the infectious process a proteomic approach has been applied. Here, 2-D gel electrophoresis for filamentous fungi was optimised concerning removal of interfering compounds, protein extraction and separation methods. A trichloroacetic acid-based precipitation method of proteins with their subsequent solubilisation by the use of a combination of CHAPS with a second sulfobetaine detergent gave the best results. The optimised protocol was evaluated by the analysis of the proteomes of A. fumigatus grown on two different carbon sources, i.e., glucose and ethanol. Carbon catabolite repression has not been studied in detail at the protein level in A. fumigatus yet. In addition, growth on ethanol leads to activation of the glyoxylate cycle which was shown to be essential for pathogenesis in bacteria and fungi. In A. fumigatus, differential patterns of enzymes of the gluconeogenesis, glyoxylate cycle and ethanol degradation pathway during growth on glucose and ethanol were observed.
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- Olaf Kniemeyer
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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Wheelock AM, Buckpitt AR. Software-induced variance in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis image analysis. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:4508-20. [PMID: 16315176 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Experimental variability in 2-DE is well documented, but little attention has been paid to variability arising from postexperimental quantitative analyses using various 2-DE software packages. The performance of two 2-DE analysis software programs, Phoretix 2D Expression v2004 (Expression) and PDQuest 7.2 (PDQuest), was evaluated in this study. All available background subtraction and smoothing algorithms were tested using both data generated from one single 2-DE gel image, thus excluding experimental variance, and with authentic sets of replicate gels (n = 5). A slight shift of the image boundaries (the "cropping area") caused both programs to induce variance in protein spot quantification of otherwise identical gel images. The resulting variance for PDQuest (CV(mean) = 8%) was approximately twice that for Expression (CV(mean) = 4%). In authentic sets of replicate 2-DE gels (n = 5), the experimental variance confounded the software-induced variance to some extent. However, Expression still outperformed PDQuest, which exhibited software-induced variance as high as 25% of the total observed variance. Surprisingly, the complete omission of background subtraction algorithms resulted in the least amount of software-based variance. These data indicate that 2-DE gel analysis software constitutes a significant source of the variance observed in quantitative proteomics, and that the use of background subtraction algorithms can further increase the variance.
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- Asa M Wheelock
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Berven FS, Karlsen OA, Straume AH, Flikka K, Murrell JC, Fjellbirkeland A, Lillehaug JR, Eidhammer I, Jensen HB. Analysing the outer membrane subproteome of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) using proteomics and novel biocomputing tools. Arch Microbiol 2005; 184:362-77. [PMID: 16311759 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Revised: 10/13/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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High-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry has been used to identify the outer membrane (OM) subproteome of the Gram-negative bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Twenty-eight unique polypeptide sequences were identified from protein samples enriched in OMs. Only six of these polypeptides had previously been identified. The predictions from novel bioinformatic methods predicting beta-barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and OM lipoproteins were compared to proteins identified experimentally. BOMP ( http://www.bioinfo.no/tools/bomp ) predicted 43 beta-barrel OMPs (1.45%) from the 2,959 annotated open reading frames. This was a lower percentage than predicted from other Gram-negative proteomes (1.8-3%). More than half of the predicted BOMPs in M. capsulatus were annotated as (conserved) hypothetical proteins with significant similarity to very few sequences in Swiss-Prot or TrEMBL. The experimental data and the computer predictions indicated that the protein composition of the M. capsulatus OM subproteome was different from that of other Gram-negative bacteria studied in a similar manner. A new program, Lipo, was developed that can analyse entire predicted proteomes and give a list of recognised lipoproteins categorised according to their lipo-box similarity to known Gram-negative lipoproteins ( http://www.bioinfo.no/tools/lipo ). This report is the first using a proteomics and bioinformatics approach to identify the OM subproteome of an obligate methanotroph.
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- Frode S Berven
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55, N-5020, Bergen, Norway.
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Majeran W, Cai Y, Sun Q, van Wijk KJ. Functional differentiation of bundle sheath and mesophyll maize chloroplasts determined by comparative proteomics. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:3111-40. [PMID: 16243905 PMCID: PMC1276033 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.035519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2005] [Revised: 09/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chloroplasts of maize (Zea mays) leaves differentiate into specific bundle sheath (BS) and mesophyll (M) types to accommodate C4 photosynthesis. Consequences for other plastid functions are not well understood but are addressed here through a quantitative comparative proteome analysis of purified M and BS chloroplast stroma. Three independent techniques were used, including cleavable stable isotope coded affinity tags. Enzymes involved in lipid biosynthesis, nitrogen import, and tetrapyrrole and isoprenoid biosynthesis are preferentially located in the M chloroplasts. By contrast, enzymes involved in starch synthesis and sulfur import preferentially accumulate in BS chloroplasts. The different soluble antioxidative systems, in particular peroxiredoxins, accumulate at higher levels in M chloroplasts. We also observed differential accumulation of proteins involved in expression of plastid-encoded proteins (e.g., EF-Tu, EF-G, and mRNA binding proteins) and thylakoid formation (VIPP1), whereas others were equally distributed. Enzymes related to the C4 shuttle, the carboxylation and regeneration phase of the Calvin cycle, and several regulators (e.g., CP12) distributed as expected. However, enzymes involved in triose phosphate reduction and triose phosphate isomerase are primarily located in the M chloroplasts, indicating that the M-localized triose phosphate shuttle should be viewed as part of the BS-localized Calvin cycle, rather than a parallel pathway.
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- Wojciech Majeran
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Martens L, Van Damme P, Van Damme J, Staes A, Timmerman E, Ghesquière B, Thomas GR, Vandekerckhove J, Gevaert K. The human platelet proteome mapped by peptide-centric proteomics: a functional protein profile. Proteomics 2005; 5:3193-204. [PMID: 16038019 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Several studies have been published in which holistic approaches were used to characterise the proteome and transcriptome of human platelets. The key intent being that a deeper understanding of the normal and aberrant physiological functions of platelets can only be achieved if most biomolecular building blocks are mapped. Here we present the application of recently developed novel technologies that overcome some of the shortcomings of gel-based proteomics. Central in our approach is the so-called combined fractional diagonal chromatography (COFRADIC)-technology in which sets of representative peptides are sorted in a diagonal RP chromatographic system through a specific modification of their side chain. In this study we combined three different COFRADIC sorting techniques to analyse the proteome of human platelets. Methionyl, cysteinyl and amino terminal peptides were isolated and analysed by MS/MS. Merging the peptide identifications obtained after database searching resulted in a core set of 641 platelet proteins, which comprises the largest set identified today. In comparison to previously published platelet proteomes, we identified 404 novel platelet proteins containing a high number of hydrophobic membrane proteins and hypothetical proteins. Furthermore we discuss the observed characteristics and potential benefits of each of the different COFRADIC technologies for proteome analysis and highlight important issues that need to be considered when searching sequence databases using data obtained in peptide-centric, non-gel proteomics studies.
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- Lennart Martens
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, A. Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Carpentier SC, Witters E, Laukens K, Deckers P, Swennen R, Panis B. Preparation of protein extracts from recalcitrant plant tissues: an evaluation of different methods for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis. Proteomics 2005; 5:2497-507. [PMID: 15912556 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study focuses on the specific problems of protein extraction from recalcitrant plant tissues and evaluates several methods to bypass them. Sample preparation is a critical step in a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis proteome approach and is absolutely essential for good results. We evaluated four methods: the classical trichloroacetic acid (TCA)/acetone precipitation, TCA/acetone precipitation and fractionation, an alternative based on fractionation and without precipitation, and phenol extraction methanol/ammonium acetate precipitation. We optimized the phenol extraction protocol for small amounts of tissue, which is essential when the study material is limited. The protocol was optimized for banana (Musa spp.) and was subsequently applied to two other plant species: apple (Malus domestica L.) and potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Banana (Musa spp.) is a good representative of a "difficult" plant species since it contains many interfering metabolites. Only classical TCA/acetone precipitation and phenol extraction methods proved useful as standard methods. Both methods are associated with a minor but reproducible loss of proteins. Every extraction method and the subsequent analytical procedure have their physicochemical limitations; both methods should be investigated before selecting an appropriate protocol. The study, which is presented in this paper, is useful for guiding the experimental setup of many other nonmodel species, containing various interfering elements.
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Marzocchi B, Ciccoli L, Tani C, Leoncini S, Rossi V, Bini L, Perrone S, Buonocore G. Hypoxia-induced post-translational changes in red blood cell protein map of newborns. Pediatr Res 2005; 58:660-5. [PMID: 16189190 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000180545.24457.ac] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tyrosine (Tyr) phosphorylation is implicated in the modification of several erythrocyte functions, such as metabolic pathways and membrane transport, as well as in signal transduction systems. Here we describe the map of Tyr-phosphorylated soluble proteins of newborn red blood cells (RBC) using an in vitro model simulating RBC reoxygenation at birth after an intrauterine hypoxic event. We tested the hypothesis that a hypoxic environment and subsequent reoxygenation promote post-translational changes in the RBC protein map of newborns, in addition to desferrioxamine (DFO)-chelatable iron (DCI) release and methemoglobin (MetHb) formation. Umbilical cord blood RBC were incubated under hypoxic conditions for 16 h at 37 degrees C, and subsequently for 8 h under aerobic conditions. Control erythrocytes were incubated under aerobic conditions at 37 degrees C for the period of the experiment, i.e. for 24 h. Tyr-phosphorylation proteins were assessed using advanced high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis, 2-D immunoblot analysis with anti-phosphotyrosine (anti-pTyr) antibodies, and computer-aided electrophoretogram analysis. Higher DCI release and MetHb formation were observed in newborn RBC incubated under hypoxic conditions than in those incubated aerobically. Different immunoreactivity patterns with anti-pTyr antibodies were also observed between newborn RBC incubated under hypoxic conditions and controls. A hypoxic environment is a factor promoting DCI release, a well-known condition of oxidative stress. This is the first map of Tyr-phosphorylated soluble proteins of newborn RBC obtained using an in vitro model simulating RBC reoxygenation at birth after an intrauterine hypoxic event. Our results suggest that hypoxia increases Tyr-phosphorylation of antioxidant proteins, protecting RBC against oxidative stress.
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- Barbara Marzocchi
- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Italy
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The protein constituents of serum can range from grams to picograms per liter, making it technically difficult to achieve in-depth proteomic analysis. Removal of highly abundant proteins, such as albumin, coupled to powerful protein separation methods is required for increased sample load, thus facilitating detection and identification of low-abundant proteins. We report here a chemical-based extraction method for the effective and specific removal of albumin from serum.
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Pul U, Wurm R, Lux B, Meltzer M, Menzel A, Wagner R. LRP and H-NS - cooperative partners for transcription regulation atEscherichia colirRNA promoters. Mol Microbiol 2005; 58:864-76. [PMID: 16238633 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The synthesis of ribosomal RNAs in bacteria is tightly coupled to changes in the environment. This rapid adaptation is the result of several intertwined regulatory networks. The two proteins FIS and H-NS have previously been described to act as antagonistic transcription factors for rRNA synthesis. Here we provide evidence for another player, the regulatory protein LRP, which binds with high specificity to all seven Escherichia coli rRNA P1 promoter upstream regions (UAS). Comparison of the binding properties of LRP and H-NS, and characterization of the stabilities of the various complexes formed with the rRNA UAS regions revealed different binding modes. Binding studies with LRP and H-NS in combination demonstrated that the two proteins interacted with obvious synergism. The efficiency of LRP binding to the rRNA regulatory region is modified by the presence of the effector amino acid leucine, as has been shown for several other operons regulated by this transcription factor. The effect of LRP on the binding of RNA polymerase to the rrnB P1 promoter and in vitro transcription experiments indicated that LRP acts as a transcriptional repressor, thus resembling the activity of H-NS described previously. The results show for the first time that LRP binds to the regulatory region of bacterial rRNA promoters, and very likely contributes in combination with H-NS to the control of rRNA synthesis. From the known properties of LRP a mechanism can be inferred that couples rRNA synthesis to changes in nutritional quality.
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- Umit Pul
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Zahedi RP, Meisinger C, Sickmann A. Two-dimensional benzyldimethyl-n-hexadecylammonium chloride/SDS-PAGE for membrane proteomics. Proteomics 2005; 5:3581-8. [PMID: 16075424 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Despite the importance of membranes in any living system, the global analysis of membrane subproteomes is still a common obstacle. In particular, the widely used 2-DE technique consisting of IEF in the first dimension and SDS-PAGE in the second dimension has some major drawbacks regarding the separation of hydrophobic proteins. Therefore, we applied an alternative electrophoretic technique for separating membrane proteins: two-dimensional BAC/SDS electrophoresis (2-DB) using the cationic detergent benzyldimethyl-n-hexadecylammonium chloride in the first and the anionic detergent SDS in the second dimension. The use of 2-DB resulted in an improved separation of hydrophobic proteins. Thus, extremely hydrophobic proteins such as cytochrome-c oxidase subunit I with a grand average hydrophobicity (GRAVY) index of 0.74 and a total of 12 known transmembrane domains (TMD) or Sec61alpha with a GRAVY index of 0.56 and a total of ten known TMD could be identified by MS/MS analyses of protein spots derived from 2-DB gels.
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- René-Peiman Zahedi
- Rudolf-Virchow-Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
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Busnel JM, Varenne A, Descroix S, Peltre G, Gohon Y, Gareil P. Evaluation of capillary isoelectric focusing in glycerol-water media with a view to hydrophobic protein applications. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:3369-79. [PMID: 16143969 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) separations are usually performed with neutral coated fused-silica capillaries in aqueous anticonvective media. Glycerol, a very viscous solvent (eta = 945 mPa x s at 25 degrees C), known to help stabilize any kind of proteins and solubilize hydrophobic ones, was tested as an alternative to using commercial gels. Viscosity and electroosmotic mobility were measured as a function of gel or glycerol content in water, and a 30:70 v/v glycerol-water medium appeared as a good compromise for performing CIEF in a bare fused-silica capillary without imposing too high a viscosity. To demonstrate the feasibility of this new CIEF system, a standard mixture of nine model proteins was separated according to their pI with a good agreement between experimental and literature aqueous pIs. Moreover, better resolution was achieved with this system than with the conventional aqueous CIEF system, as two of the model proteins could not be separated in the latter system. Glycerol-water CIEF in bare silica capillary was next applied to the separation of horse radish peroxidase, a complex mixture of protein isoforms. The good concordance with the separation obtained by the conventional CIEF system indicated the adequacy of this new system. Finally, as anticipated from the results obtained for the separation of bacteriorhodopsin, a membrane protein, glycerol-water CIEF performed in bare silica capillary appears to be a promising alternative to conventional aqueous CIEF for hydrophobic protein characterization, under their native form.
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- Jean-Marc Busnel
- Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, ENSCP, Paris, France
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Jeong H, Rhim T, Ahn MH, Yoon PO, Kim SH, Chung IY, Uh S, Kim SI, Park CS. Proteomic analysis of differently expressed proteins in a mouse model for allergic asthma. J Korean Med Sci 2005; 20:579-85. [PMID: 16100447 PMCID: PMC2782151 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.4.579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Allergic asthma is associated with persistent functional and structural changes in the airways and involves many different cell types. Many proteins involved in allergic asthma have been identified individually, but complete protein profiles (proteome) have not yet been reported. Here we have used a differential proteome mapping strategy to identify tissue proteins that are differentially expressed in mice with allergic asthma and in normal mice. Mouse lung tissue proteins were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis over a pH range between 4 and 7, digested, and then analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MS). The proteins were identified using automated MS data acquisition. The resulting data were searched against a protein database using an internal Mascot search routine. This approach identified 15 proteins that were differentially expressed in the lungs of mice with allergic asthma and normal mice. All 15 proteins were identified by MS, and 9 could be linked to asthma-related symptoms, oxidation, or tissue remodeling. Our data suggest that these proteins may prove useful as surrogate biomarkers for quantitatively monitoring disease state progression or response to therapy.
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- HoeSu Jeong
- Genome Research Center for Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Korea
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Dhingra V, Gupta M, Andacht T, Fu ZF. New frontiers in proteomics research: A perspective. Int J Pharm 2005; 299:1-18. [PMID: 15979831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2004] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Substantial advances have been made in the fundamental understanding of human biology, ranging from DNA structure to identification of diseases associated with genetic abnormalities. Genome sequence information is becoming available in unprecedented amounts. The absence of a direct functional correlation between gene transcripts and their corresponding proteins, however, represents a significant roadblock for improving the efficiency of biological discoveries. The success of proteomics depends on the ability to identify and analyze protein products in a cell or tissue and, this is reliant on the application of several key technologies. Proteomics is in its exponential growth phase. Two-dimensional electrophoresis complemented with mass spectrometry provides a global view of the state of the proteins from the sample. Proteins identification is a requirement to understand their functional diversity. Subtle difference in protein structure and function can contribute to complexity and diversity of life. This review focuses on the progress and the applications of proteomics science with special reference to integration of the evolving technologies involved to address biological questions.
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- Vikas Dhingra
- Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Nandakumar R, Nandakumar MP, Marten MR, Ross JM. Proteome analysis of membrane and cell wall associated proteins from Staphylococcus aureus. J Proteome Res 2005; 4:250-7. [PMID: 15822900 DOI: 10.1021/pr049866k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus, an opportunistic human pathogen, is complex and involves many virulence factors including an array of surface proteins (adhesins) that promote bacterial interactions with extracellular matrix components. A better understanding of these interactions can be achieved by studying the expression of membrane and cell wall associated proteins using a proteome analysis approach. To accomplish this, our goal here was to construct a reference map of membrane and cell wall associated proteins for S. aureus. Various lytic and solubilization methods have been tested to identify a suitable methodology for detection of these proteins in two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE). Results demonstrate that cell lysis with lysostaphin, which lyses staphylococcal peptidoglycan, followed by solubilization with urea, thiourea, amidosulfobetaine 14 (ASB 14) and dithiothreitol (DTT) is an effective method, yielding a sample comprising proteins of wide molecular ranges and isoelectric points with minimum contamination from cytosolic proteins. Mass spectrometric analysis was employed to identify the membrane and cell surface proteins present in the sample and consequently an initial proteomic map of membrane and cell wall associated proteins for S. aureus is presented.
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- Renu Nandakumar
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
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Karlsen OA, Ramsevik L, Bruseth LJ, Larsen Ø, Brenner A, Berven FS, Jensen HB, Lillehaug JR. Characterization of a prokaryotic haemerythrin from the methanotrophic bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). FEBS J 2005; 272:2428-40. [PMID: 15885093 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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For a long time, the haemerythrin family of proteins was considered to be restricted to only a few phyla of marine invertebrates. When analysing differential protein expression in the methane-oxidizing bacterium, Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), grown at a high and low copper-to-biomass ratio, respectively, we identified a putative prokaryotic haemerythrin expressed in high-copper cultures. Haemerythrins are recognized by a conserved sequence motif that provides five histidines and two carboxylate ligands which coordinate two iron atoms. The diiron site is located in a hydrophobic pocket and is capable of binding O(2). We cloned the M. capsulatus haemerythrin gene and expressed it in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with NusA. The haemerythrin protein was purified to homogeneity cleaved from its fusion partner. Recombinant M. capsulatus haemerythrin (McHr) was found to fold into a stable protein. Sequence similarity analysis identified all the candidate residues involved in the binding of diiron (His22, His58, Glu62, His77, His81, His117, Asp122) and the amino acids forming the hydrophobic pocket in which O(2) may bind (Ile25, Phe59, Trp113, Leu114, Ile118). We were also able to model a three-dimensional structure of McHr maintaining the correct positioning of these residues. Furthermore, UV/vis spectrophotometric analysis demonstrated the presence of conjugated diiron atoms in McHr. A comprehensive genomic database search revealed 21 different prokaryotes containing the haemerythrin signature (PROSITE 00550), indicating that these putative haemerythrins may be a conserved prokaryotic subfamily.
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- Odd A Karlsen
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway.
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Okumura N, Hashida-Okumura A, Kita K, Matsubae M, Matsubara T, Takao T, Nagai K. Proteomic analysis of slow- and fast-twitch skeletal muscles. Proteomics 2005; 5:2896-906. [PMID: 15981298 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Skeletal muscles are composed of slow- and fast-twitch muscle fibers, which have high potential in aerobic and anaerobic ATP production, respectively. To investigate the molecular basis of the difference in their functions, we examined protein profiles of skeletal muscles using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with pH 4-7 and 6-11 isoelectric focusing gels. A comparison between rat soleus and extensol digitorum longus (EDL) muscles that are predominantly slow- and fast-twitch fibers, respectively, showed that the EDL muscle had higher levels of glycogen phosphorylase, most glycolytic enzymes, glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase; while the soleus muscle had higher levels of myoglobin, TCA cycle enzymes, electron transfer flavoprotein, and carbonic anhydrase III. The two muscles also expressed different isoforms of contractile proteins including myosin heavy and light chains. These protein patterns were further compared with those of red and white gastrochnemius as well as red and white quadriceps muscles. It was found that metabolic enzymes showed a concerted regulation dependent on muscle fiber types. On the other hand, expression of contractile proteins seemed to be independent of the metabolic characteristics of muscle fibers. These results suggest that metabolic enzymes and contractile proteins show different expression patterns in skeletal muscles.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/chemistry
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/chemistry
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle Proteins/isolation & purification
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/chemistry
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Peptide Mapping
- Proteomics
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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- Nobuaki Okumura
- Division of Protein Metabolism, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Clemen CS, Fischer D, Roth U, Simon S, Vicart P, Kato K, Kaminska AM, Vorgerd M, Goldfarb LG, Eymard B, Romero NB, Goudeau B, Eggermann T, Zerres K, Noegel AA, Schröder R. Hsp27-2D-gel electrophoresis is a diagnostic tool to differentiate primary desminopathies from myofibrillar myopathies. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3777-82. [PMID: 15978589 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2005] [Revised: 05/10/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Small heat shock proteins prevent abnormal protein folding and accumulation. We analyzed the expression of hsp27 and alphaB-crystallin in skeletal muscle specimens of patients with desminopathies, plectinopathies, myotilinopathy, and other myofibrillar myopathies by means of differential centrifugation, 2D-gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, and mass spectrometry. Hsp27-P82 and -P15 as well as alphaB-crystallin-P59 and -P45 are the major serine phosphorylation isoforms in normal and diseased human skeletal muscle. 2D-gel-electrophoresis revealed spots of hsp27 in a range of pH 5.3-6.4 in samples of all skeletal muscle specimens, except for the seven desminopathies. They indicated a shift of the main hsp27-spot to alkaline pH degrees, which may help to differentiate primary desminopathies from other myopathies with structural pathology of the desmin cytoskeleton.
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- Christoph S Clemen
- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, FRG
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David DC, Hoerndli F, Götz J. Functional Genomics meets neurodegenerative disorders. Prog Neurobiol 2005; 76:153-68. [PMID: 16168556 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transcriptomics and proteomics are increasingly applied to gain a mechanistic insight into neurodegenerative disorders. These techniques not only identify distinct, differentially expressed mRNAs and proteins but are also employed to dissect signaling pathways and reveal networks by using an integrated approach. In part I of this back-to-back review, technical aspects are discussed: in the transcriptomics section, which includes enrichment by laser microcapture dissection, we comment on qRT-PCR, SAGE, subtractive hybridization, differential display and microarrays, including software packages. In the proteomics section we discuss two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, methods to label and enrich specific proteins or peptides, and different types of mass spectrometers. These tools have been applied to a range of neurodegenerative disorders and are discussed and integrated in part II (Functional Genomics meets neurodegenerative disorders. Part II: application and data integration).
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- Della C David
- Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, 100 Mallett St., Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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Bouwman F, Renes J, Mariman E. A combination of protein profiling and isotopomer analysis using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry reveals an active metabolism of the extracellular matrix of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Proteomics 2005; 4:3855-63. [PMID: 15540163 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200400861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Differential gel electrophoresis followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) is a commonly used protein profiling method. However, observed changes can be explained in multiple ways, one of which is by the protein turnover rate. In order to easily and rapidly obtain information on both the identity and turnover of individual proteins, we applied a combination of protein labeling with L-(ring-2,3,4,5,6 2H5) phenylalanine and MALDI-TOF MS. While the spectrum reveals the identity of a protein, mass isotopomer analysis provides information about the rate of protein labeling as a measure of synthesis or turnover. Using this approach on mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes, we were able to discriminate between rapidly and slowly metabolised proteins. In our isolate, proteins of the cytoskeleton appeared to be slowly metabolised, whereas components of the extracellular matrix, in particular collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1A1) and collagen type I alpha 2 (COL1A2) showed rapid accumulation of newly synthesized proteins. Both proteins appeared to be metabolised in the same ratio as they are present in collagen fibers, i.e. 2:1 (COL1A1: COL1A2). In addition, functionally related proteins were also readily labeled. Taken together, we have shown that a combination of stable isotope labeling and protein profiling by gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF analysis can simultaneously provide information on the identity and relative metabolic rate of proteins in eukaryotic cells in a simple, nonhazardous and rapid-throughput way.
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- Freek Bouwman
- Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hopkinson A, McIntosh RS, Layfield R, Keyte J, Dua HS, Tighe PJ. Optimised two-dimensional electrophoresis procedures for the protein characterisation of structural tissues. Proteomics 2005; 5:1967-79. [PMID: 15816006 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The protein analysis of structural tissues is typically highly problematic. Amniotic membrane displays unique wound healing and anti-scarring properties; however, little is known concerning its active protein content. The structural nature of amniotic membrane necessitated development and extensive optimisation of the entire two-dimensional (2-D) workflow. Proteins were extracted using powerful solubilisation buffers and analysis carried out using 2-D electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometry (MS) identification. Preservation and processing resulted in prefractionation of soluble from structural and membrane-associated proteins. Enhanced protein solubility was achieved by cysteine blocking using both N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA) alkylation and bis(2-hydroxyethyl) disulphide (HED); an alternative procedure for the effective application of HED is demonstrated. The benefits of precipitation and cup-loading versus in-gel rehydration were also assessed, with procedures for the employment of HED with the latter described. Following optimisation, a representative sample 21 proteins were identified from amniotic membrane using MS verify procedures were MS-compatible. Our results demonstrate that techniques for the reproducible separation of proteins from a proteinaceous structural tissue have been optimised. Briefly, proteins are extracted using a thiourea/urea extraction buffer containing carrier ampholytes, dithiothreitol (DTT), and 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS). After DMA alkylation, proteins were precipitated (using the 2-D clean-up kit from Amersham Biosciences) and resolubilised in extraction buffer containing a lower concentration of DTT. Samples were either cup-loaded onto rehydrated HED-containing strips or rebuffered into HED-containing buffer followed by in-gel rehydration.
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- Andrew Hopkinson
- University of Nottingham Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, EENT Centre, UK.
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