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Amino acid analysis (AAA) is one of the best methods to quantify peptides and proteins. Two general approaches to quantitative AAA exist, namely, classical postcolumn derivatization following ion-exchange chromatography and precolumn derivatization followed by reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC). Excellent instrumentation and several specific methodologies are available for both approaches, and both have advantages and disadvantages. This unit focuses on picomole-level AAA of peptides and proteins using the most popular precolumn-derivatization method, namely, phenylthiocarbamyl amino acid analysis (PTC-AAA). It is directed primarily toward those interested in establishing the technology with a modest budget. PTC derivatization and analysis conditions are described, and support and alternate protocols describe additional techniques necessary or useful for most any AAA method--e.g., sample preparation, hydrolysis, instrument calibration, data interpretation, and analysis of difficult or unusual residues such as cysteine, tryptophan, phosphoamino acids, and hydroxyproline.
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- W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, New York, USA
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is the combination of two high-resolution electrophoretic procedures (isoelectric focusing and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) to provide much greater resolution than either procedure alone. In the first-dimension gel, solubilized proteins are separated according to their isoelectric point (pI) by isoelectric focusing. This gel is then applied to the top of an SDS-slab gel and electrophoresed. The proteins in the first-dimension gel migrate into the second-dimension gel where they are separated on the basis of their molecular weight. The basic protocols in this unit are based on the type of equipment originally described by O'Farrell in 1975. For very basic or very acidic proteins, two alternate protocols are provided. A third alternate protocol describes how two-dimensional electrophoresis can be performed using a minigel system. Protein sample preparation is presented in the support protocol.
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Patterson SD. Protein identification and characterization by mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 10:Unit 10.22. [PMID: 18265063 DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1022s41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This overview describes some of the new technologies that can be employed to facilitate rapid identification and characterization of proteins, including the use of correlative approaches for protein identification, rapid posttranslational modification analysis, identification of components in complex mixtures, and direct mass analysis of gel-separated proteins. The mass spectrometric methods referred to in this overview include matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS).
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Liu WJ, Qin HL. Application of proteomic techniques in research on biomarkers for colorectal cancer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2007; 15:3836-3841. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v15.i36.3836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in humans, and is often diagnosed at an intermediate or late stage with poor prognosis. Early detection may improve prognosis greatly. Current biomarkers (such as CEA and CA-199) lack sensitivity and specificity for general population screening. Hence, there is a great need for new biomarkers for early detection of CRC. Recently, proteomics has rapidly developed and been applied to every field in the life sciences, especially tumor research. Proteomic techniques give us the possibility to discover early diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for CRC. In this study, the utilization of proteomics techniques in research on biomarkers for CRC is reviewed briefly.
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Concern about the toxicity of chemicals released into the environment has been increasing recently. Many chemicals are suspected to have hazardous effects, but evaluation of their toxicity is still difficult and challenging. One of these difficulties is the presence of chemicals that are reported to have an adverse effect on organisms despite negative results in conventional toxicity tests. Thus, a new technique has been desired in order to evaluate the effects of chemicals, Recent advances in molecular biology have provided a technique for better understanding the responses of organisms to chemicals; this emerging field is known as toxicogenomics. Toxicogenomics is defined as an integration of genomics (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics) and toxicology. For example, the DNA microarray can be used to explore the gene expression profiles (transcriptomics) of organisms in response to chemicals. Exposure to chemicals results in characteristic gene expression profiles, suggesting that the DNA microarray can be used to evaluate chemical effects. Toxicogenomics is also expected to be useful in gaining a mechanistic understanding of these effects. Although it still has some limitations, this technique can be developed to assess chemicals.
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- Hajime Watanabe
- National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki City 444-8787, Japan.
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Takasu Y, Yamada H, Tamura T, Sezutsu H, Mita K, Tsubouchi K. Identification and characterization of a novel sericin gene expressed in the anterior middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 37:1234-1240. [PMID: 17916509 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Sericin is a group of proteins expressed in the middle silk gland that covers the surface of fibroin in the cocoon filament of Bombyx mori. Sericin consists of several serine-rich proteins with different molecular masses. Sericin A is one of the proteins and is produced in the anterior portion of the middle silk gland. To identify the gene coding for the protein, we determined the primary structures of its partial peptides, and the gene was searched using the silkworm genomic databases. Three contigs containing the corresponding nucleotide sequences were identified and categorized as one group. The gene structure covering the 5' flanking and the 3' end was determined by PCR fragments from genomic DNA, RT-PCR, and 5' and 3' RACE. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence mainly consists of two serine-rich regions of 86-amino acid motif and 8-amino acid repeated sequence. The expression of the gene is limited to the anterior and middle parts of the middle silk gland. In addition, because the sericin gene appeared different from the sericin 1 and 2 genes reported earlier, we designated the newly discovered gene as sericin 3.
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- Yoko Takasu
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a horribly debilitating disease that will increase in prevalence as the populations of the USA and Europe continue to age. It is expected that the USA alone will see some 16 million cases by 2050. At present, there is no cure for the disease and early diagnosis is all but impossible. The onset of disease is not manifested clinically and little is known regarding the cause of nonfamiliar AD. There is a need for biomarkers associated with AD to aid the diagnosis of this disease and to detect progression. Especially needed are biomarkers to monitor the effect of new drugs and therapeutic strategies as they are developed. A biomarker may be a genetic trait, a biochemical change, such as a protein, peptide or metabolite, or a change in a structural or functional feature detected using imaging technology. This review aims to cover the important field of biomarker research in association with AD.
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- Malcolm Ward
- Proteome Sciences plc, South Wing Laboratory (PO 045), Institute of Psychiatry, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
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Application of proteomics to understand the molecular mechanisms behind meat quality. Meat Sci 2007; 77:97-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2007] [Revised: 03/21/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang HY. Laser capture microdissection in comparative proteomic analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 82:689-707. [PMID: 17586277 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(06)82025-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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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. A main problem with the analysis of HCC tissue samples, either at the level of proteins or genes, is the heterogeneous nature of the sample. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) may allow the more ready identification of differences in protein expression of selected cell types or areas of tissue and allows procuring a microscopic region as small as 3-5 microm in diameter. Here we applied the LCM to the isolation of hepatocyte for comparative proteomic analysis of hepatitis B-related HCC and surrounding nontumorous tissues. Proteome alterations were observed using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, and alterations in the proteome were examined. LCM was found to eliminate hemoglobin from homogenization of the HCC tissue, demonstrating its capacity of resolving the problem of heterogeneity and contamination in tissue samples. Twenty protein spots were selected and eleven proteins significantly altered in the surrounding nontumorous tissues and HCC 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 for useful hepatitis B-related HCC markers. This study indicated LCM is a useful technological method in 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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- Hong-Yang Wang
- International Cooperation Laboratory on Signal Transduction Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute The Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200438, People's Republic of China
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Lovestone S, Güntert A, Hye A, Lynham S, Thambisetty M, Ward M. Proteomics of Alzheimer's disease: understanding mechanisms and seeking biomarkers. Expert Rev Proteomics 2007; 4:227-38. [PMID: 17425458 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.4.2.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease is the scourge of the modern, aging world: a costly, damaging disease that robs the elderly of their ability to function as well as their memories. Three decades of progress have resulted in a deep understanding of the pathological processes and a range of targets for therapy, many of which have advanced to late-stage clinical trials. Proteomics has contributed greatly to these advances and will continue to have a growing role in determining the nature of the pathological lesions in the brain. In addition, proteomics (both gel based and gel free, mass spectrometry based), is likely to play an increasing role in identifying biomarkers that may assist in early diagnosis and in monitoring progression and, most importantly, response to therapy.
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- Simon Lovestone
- Institute of Psychiatry, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, KCL, London, UK.
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In spite of the rapid advances in the development of the new proteomic technologies, there are, to date, relatively fewer studies aiming to explore the neuronal proteome. One of the reasons is the complexity of the brain, which presents high cellular heterogeneity and a unique subcellular compartmentalization. Therefore, tissue fractionation of the brain to enrich proteins of interest will reduce the complexity of the proteomics approach leading to the production of manageable and meaningful results. In this review, general considerations and strategies of proteomics, the advantages and challenges to exploring the neuronal proteome are described and summarized. In addition, this article presents an overview of recent advances of proteomic technologies and shows that proteomics can serve as a valuable tool to globally explore the changes in brain proteome during various disease states. Understanding the molecular basis of brain function will be extremely useful in identifying novel targets for the treatment of brain diseases.
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- Jose A Morón
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
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Dworzanski JP, Snyder AP. Classification and identification of bacteria using mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2007; 2:863-78. [PMID: 16307516 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2.6.863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Timely classification and identification of bacteria is of vital importance in many areas of public health. Mass spectrometry-based methods provide an attractive alternative to well-established microbiologic procedures. Mass spectrometry methods can be characterized by the relatively high speed of acquiring taxonomically relevant information. Gel-free mass spectrometry proteomics techniques allow for rapid fingerprinting of bacterial proteins using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry or, for high-throughput sequencing of peptides from protease-digested cellular proteins, using mass analysis of fragments from collision-induced dissociation of peptide ions. The latter technique uses database searching of product ion mass spectra. A database contains a comprehensive list of protein sequences translated from protein-encoding open reading frames found in bacterial genomes. The results of such searches allow the assignment of experimental peptide sequences to matching theoretical bacterial proteomes. Phylogenetic profiles of sequenced peptides are then used to create a matrix of sequence-to-bacterium assignments, which are analyzed using numerical taxonomy tools. The results thereof reveal the relatedness between bacteria, and allow the taxonomic position of an investigated strain to be inferred.
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- Jacek P Dworzanski
- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), PO Box 68, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-0068, USA.
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Weiwei H, Shihua S, Peidong T. Proteome Analysis of Inhibitory Effect of Gadolinium on Sinorhizobium fredii. J RARE EARTH 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0721(07)60054-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nardone G, Rippa E, Martin G, Rocco A, Siciliano RA, Fiengo A, Cacace G, Malorni A, Budillon G, Arcari P. Gastrokine 1 expression in patients with and without Helicobacter pylori infection. Dig Liver Dis 2007; 39:122-9. [PMID: 17092786 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 09/15/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND To understand the molecular changes underlying Helicobacter pylori-related gastric diseases is mandatory to prevent gastric cancer. Proteomic technology is providing a rapid expansion of the basic knowledge, particularly in the discovery of new biomarkers involved in the tumourigenesis. AIM To characterise changes in protein expression level of the gastric mucosa in H. pylori-infected patients. METHODS The population enrolled comprised 41 dyspeptic patients. Proteins extracted from gastric mucosal specimens were analysed by 2-dimensional electrophoresis, sequenced by MALDI-TOF and identified by Edman's degradation. RESULTS Twenty-one out of 41 patients had H. pylori infection of whom 17 had anti-CagA IgG antibodies. Several proteins were identified, of which Rho guanosine diphosphatase dissociation inhibitor alpha and heat shock protein 27 increased and glutathione transferase and antrum mucosa protein-18 decreased in H. pylori-positive in respect to H. pylori-negative patients. Interestingly, antrum mucosa protein-18, currently referred as gastrokine-1, showed two isoforms differing in the first N-terminal amino acid residue. Both gastrokine-1 isoforms were observed in the H. pylori-negative group whereas a lower expression or even absence of the gastrokine-1 basic isoform was found in a subgroup (7/21) of H. pylori-positive patients with moderate-severe gastritis. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated the presence of gastrokine-1 isoforms of which the basic isoform was reduced in a subset of patients with H. pylori infection.
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- G Nardone
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology, Federico II University of Naples, Via S. Pansini, 5 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Flint RS, Phillips AR, Farrant GJ, Mckay D, Buchanan CM, Cooper GS, Windsor JA. Probing the urinary proteome of severe acute pancreatitis. HPB (Oxford) 2007; 9:447-55. [PMID: 18345293 PMCID: PMC2215359 DOI: 10.1080/13651820701721744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteinuria is a characteristic feature of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) that may allow unique insights into AP pathophysiology. This study used a proteomic approach to differentiate the abundant urinary proteins in AP patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Urine samples were prospectively collected from 4 groups (5 SAP, 10 mild gallstone AP, 7 mild alcohol AP, 7 controls). Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC MALDI) were used to identify urinary proteins and determine any differences between the groups. RESULTS There were 17 RP-HPLC major peaks in SAP groups of significantly greater absorbance magnitude than the corresponding ones in mild and control groups. Various mass spectrometry methods were used to identify 21 different parent proteins from these SAP peaks. They included fibrinogen, serum amyloid A, insulin and calcitonin gene-related peptides. There were no identifiable protein peaks at the corresponding elution times in the mild pancreatitis and controls samples. DISCUSSION Proteomic techniques offer a unique unexplored window into AP pathophysiology. The utility of these proteins as markers of pancreatitis severity now need to be further investigated and the identification extended to the full urinary proteome as technology permits.
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- Richard S. Flint
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesAucklandNew Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesAucklandNew Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesAucklandNew Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesAucklandNew Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesAucklandNew Zealand
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Ulrich-Merzenich G, Zeitler H, Jobst D, Panek D, Vetter H, Wagner H. Application of the "-Omic-" technologies in phytomedicine. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2007; 14:70-82. [PMID: 17188482 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The proof of efficacy of phytopreparations and the determination of their mode of action are permanent challenges for an evidence-based phytotherapy. The technology platform of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics ("-omic-" technologies) are high-throughput technologies. They increase substantially the number of proteins/genes that can be detected simultaneously and have the potential to relate complex mixtures to complex effects in the form of gene/protein expression profiles. Provided that phytopreparation-specific signatures in the form of gene/protein expression profiles can be developed, these technologies will be useful for the chemical and pharmacological standardization and the proof of the toxicological potential of a plant extract. Over a long-term perspective they may economize the proof of efficacy, the determination of the mode of action of phytomedicines and allow to investigate herbal extracts without prominent active principle(s). The application of this genomics revealed already that gene expression profiles induced by single drugs and the ones induced by the combination of the same drugs can be entirely different. These results make the information of the mode of action of isolated "active principles/lead substances" of phytopreparations questionable. The application of the "-omic-" technologies may lead to a change of paradigms towards the application of complex mixtures in medicine and open the new field of phytogenomics, -proteomics and -metabolomics.
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- G Ulrich-Merzenich
- Medical Policlinic of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Wilhelmstr. 35-37, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
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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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Oh-Ishi M, Maeda T. Disease proteomics of high-molecular-mass proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with agarose gels in the first dimension (Agarose 2-DE). J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 849:211-22. [PMID: 17141588 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.10.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Revised: 09/30/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Agarose gel is the preferred electrophoretic medium currently used for separating high molecular mass (HMM) proteins (MW>100 kDa). Agarose gels are widely used for both SDS-agarose gel electrophoresis and agarose isoelectric focusing (IEF). A two-dimensional gel electrophoresis method employing agarose gels in the first dimension (agarose 2-DE) that is sufficiently good at separating up to 1.5mg of HMM proteins with molecular masses as large as 500 kDa has been used to separate proteins from various diseased tissues and cells. Although resolution of the agarose 2-DE pattern always depends on the tissue being analyzed, sample preparation procedures including (i) protein extraction with an SDS sample buffer; (ii) ultracentrifugation of a tissue homogenate; and (iii) 1% SDS in both stacking and separation gels of the second-dimension SDS-PAGE gel, are generally effective for HMM protein detection. In a comprehensive prostate cancer proteome study using agarose 2-DE, the HMM region of the gel was rich in proteins of particular gene/protein expression groups (39.1% of the HMM proteins but only 28.4% of the LMM ones were classified as transcription/translation-related proteins). Examples include transcription factors, DNA or RNA binding proteins, and ribosomal proteins. To understand oxidative stress-induced cellular damage at the protein level, a novel proteomic method, in which protein carbonyls were derivatized with biotin hydrazide followed by agarose 2-DE, was useful for detecting HMM protein carbonyls in tissues of both a diabetes model Ostuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rat and a control Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rat. In this paper, we review the use of agarose gels for separation of HMM proteins and disease proteomics of HMM proteins in general, with particular attention paid to our proteome analyzes based on the use of agarose 2-DE for protein separation followed by the use of mass spectrometry for protein identification.
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- Masamichi Oh-Ishi
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Dynamics, Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan.
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de Salles CMC, Guedes HLM, Salles JB, Silva FP, De Simone SG. Optimization of sample preparation from skin mucus of a neotropical fish for two-dimensional substrate gel electrophoresis. Anal Biochem 2006; 357:153-5. [PMID: 16920062 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Revised: 07/18/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Cristiane M C de Salles
- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Mullen A, Stapleton P, Corcoran D, Hamill R, White A. Understanding meat quality through the application of genomic and proteomic approaches. Meat Sci 2006; 74:3-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2006] [Revised: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 04/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Linsen L, Löcherbach J, Berth M, Becher D, Bernhardt J. Visual analysis of gel-free proteome data. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS 2006; 12:497-508. [PMID: 16805259 DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2006.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We present a visual exploration system supporting protein analysis when using gel-free data acquisition methods. The data to be analyzed is obtained by coupling liquid chromatography (LC) with mass spectrometry (MS). LC-MS data have the properties of being nonequidistantly distributed in the time dimension (measured by LC) and being scattered in the mass-to-charge ratio dimension (measured by MS). We describe a hierarchical data representation and visualization method for large LC-MS data. Based on this visualization, we have developed a tool that supports various data analysis steps. Our visual tool provides a global understanding of the data, intuitive detection and classification of experimental errors, and extensions to LC-MS/MS, LC/LC-MS, and LC/LC-MS/MS data analysis. Due to the presence of randomly occurring rare isotopes within the same protein molecule, several intensity peaks may be detected that all refer to the same peptide. We have developed methods to unite such intensity peaks. This deisotoping step is visually documented by our system, such that misclassification can be detected intuitively. For differential protein expression analysis, we compute and visualize the differences in protein amounts between experiments. In order to compute the differential expression, the experimental data need to be registered. For registration, we perform a nonrigid warping step based on landmarks. The landmarks can be assigned automatically using protein identification methods. We evaluate our methods by comparing protein analysis with and without our interactive visualization-based exploration tool.
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- Lars Linsen
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany.
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Schasfoort RBM. Proteomics-on-a-chip: the challenge to couple lab-on-a-chip unit operations. Expert Rev Proteomics 2006; 1:123-32. [PMID: 15966805 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.1.1.123] [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: 11/08/2022]
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This review describes a vision of a proteomics-on-a-chip device to separate, detect and identify the proteome. It guides the reader towards a development strategy, avoiding some of the pitfalls. It also describes the current state-of-the-art developments in proteomic analysis including available technologies, current market issues, the elements of an envisaged proteomics-on-a-chip device, the required microfabrication processes and the integration of the elements into one device. Address-flow microfluidics is a tool for connecting separation and detection platforms. The final section contains an expert opinion on the recommended development strategies, benefits of proteomics-on-a-chip in the life sciences and the anticipated market.
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- Richard B M Schasfoort
- Biochip Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Dea-Ayuela MA, Bolás-Fernández F. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry for the identification of species-specific Trichinella antigens. Vet Parasitol 2005; 132:43-9. [PMID: 15994008 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A proteomic approach was utilized for fine antigenic characterization of the closely related Trichinella genotypes Trichinella britovi T3 and Trichinella T8. Crude extract of muscle larvae L1 (LCE) from both isolates were analyzed by 2D-PAGE. Over 500 protein spots were reproducibly separated in both genotypes. These separated proteins were identified in Western blot with IgG1 and IgG3 from homologous and heterologous hyperimmune sera raised in BALB/c mice. A group of 20 and 15 spots migrating at 50--60 k Da and pH 5.5--6.5 in T. britovi and Trichinella T8 maps, respectively, reacted with the IgG1 from heterologous sera whereas a group of minor spots of similar migration patterns did not. Low cross-reactivity occurred for IgG3. MALDI-TOF and MALDI-TOF/TOF analysis of these antigens identified a predicted enolase, the protein P 49 and a predicted actin among the cross-reactive proteins and two hypothetical actins among the non cross-reactive proteins.
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- M A Dea-Ayuela
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Bae SM, Lee CH, Cho YL, Nam KH, Kim YW, Kim CK, Han BD, Lee YJ, Chun HJ, Ahn WS. Two-dimensional gel analysis of protein expression profile in squamous cervical cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol 2005; 99:26-35. [PMID: 16051329 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2004] [Revised: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Screening in cervical cancer is progressing to find out candidate genes and proteins, which may work as biological markers and play a role in tumor progression. We examined the protein expression patterns of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) tissues from Korean women using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of fight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. METHODS Normal cervix and SCC tissues were solubilized and 2-DE was performed using the pH 3-10 linear IPG strips of 17 cm length and silver stained. Protein expression was evaluated using PDQuest 2-D software. The differentially expressed protein spots were identified with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and the peptide mass spectra identification was performed using Mascot program searching the Swiss-prot or NCBInr databases. RESULTS A total of 35 proteins were detected in SCC. 17 proteins were up-regulated and 18 proteins were down-regulated. Among the proteins identified, 12 proteins (pigment epithelium derived factor, annexin A2 and A5, keratin 19 and 20, heat shock protein 27, smooth muscle protein 22 alpha, alpha-enolase, squamous cell carcinoma antigen 1 and 2, glutathione S-transferase, apolipoprotein a1) were previously known proteins involved in tumor and 21 proteins were newly identified in this study. CONCLUSIONS 2-DE offers total protein expression profiles of SCC tissues and further characterization of proteins that are differentially expressed will give a chance to identify tumor-specific diagnostic markers for SCC.
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- Su Mi Bae
- Cancer Research Center, Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-040, South Korea
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Adams LD, Gallagher SR. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY 2005; Chapter 8:8.5.1-8.5.24. [PMID: 18432958 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im0805s68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is the combination of two high-resolution electrophoretic procedures (isoelectric focusing and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) to provide much greater resolution than either procedure alone. In the first-dimension gel, solubilized proteins are separated according to their isoelectric point (pI) by isoelectric focusing. This gel is then applied to the top of an SDS-slab gel and electrophoresed. The proteins in the first-dimension gel migrate into the second-dimension gel where they are separated on the basis of their molecular weight. The basic protocols in this unit are based on the type of equipment originally described by O'Farrell in 1975. For very basic or very acidic proteins, two alternate protocols are provided. A third alternate protocol describes how two-dimensional electrophoresis can be performed using a minigel system. Protein sample preparation is presented in the support protocol.
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Bower JJ, Shi X. Environmental health research in the post-genome era: new fields, new challenges, and new opportunities. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2005; 8:71-94. [PMID: 15830463 DOI: 10.1080/10937400590909059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The human genome sequence provides researchers with a genetic framework to eventually understand the relationships of gene-environment interactions. This wealth of information has led to the birth of several related areas of research, including proteomics, functional genomics, pharmacogenomics, and toxicogenomics. Developing techniques such as DNA/protein microarrays, small-interfering RNA (siRNA) applications, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry in conjunction with advanced analysis software and the availability of Internet databases offers a powerful set of tools to investigate an individual's response to specific stimuli. This review summarizes these emerging scientific fields and techniques focusing specifically on their applications to the complexities of gene-environment interactions and their potential role in environ-mental biosecurity.
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- Jacquelyn J Bower
- Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Dudkiewicz M, Mackiewicz P, Mackiewicz D, Kowalczuk M, Nowicka A, Polak N, Smolarczyk K, Banaszak J, Dudek MR, Cebrat S. Higher mutation rate helps to rescue genes from the elimination by selection. Biosystems 2004; 80:193-9. [PMID: 15823418 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2004.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2004] [Revised: 06/17/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Directional mutation pressure associated with replication processes is the main cause of the asymmetry between the leading and lagging DNA strands in bacterial genomes. On the other hand, the asymmetry between sense and antisense strands of protein coding sequences is a result of both mutation and selection pressures. Thus, there are two different ways of superposition of the sense strand, on the leading or lagging strand. Besides many other implications of these two possible situations, one seems to be very important - because of the asymmetric replication-associated mutation pressure, the mutation rate of genes depends on their location. Using Monte Carlo methods, we have simulated, under experimentally determined directional mutation pressure, the divergence rate and the elimination rate of genes depending on their location in respect to the leading/lagging DNA strands in the asymmetric prokaryotic genome. We have found that the best survival strategy for the majority of genes is to sometimes switch between DNA strands. Paradoxically, this strategy results in higher substitution rates but remains in agreement with observations in bacterial genomes that such inversions are very frequent and divergence rate between homologs lying on different DNA strands is very high.
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- Malgorzata Dudkiewicz
- Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego, Wrocław, Poland
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Seibert V, Wiesner A, Buschmann T, Meuer J. Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI TOF-MS) and ProteinChip technology in proteomics research. Pathol Res Pract 2004; 200:83-94. [PMID: 15237917 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this review article, we describe some of the studies that have been performed using the surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization (SELDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry and ProteinChip technology over the past few years, and highlight both their findings as well as limitations. Proteomic applications, such as target or marker identification and target validation or toxicology, will be addressed. We will also provide an examination of SELDI technology and go into the question of where possible future research may lead us.
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- Volker Seibert
- EUROPROTEOME AG, Neuendorfstrasse 24b, 16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany.
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Schneider M, Tognolli M, Bairoch A. The Swiss-Prot protein knowledgebase and ExPASy: providing the plant community with high quality proteomic data and tools. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2004; 42:1013-21. [PMID: 15707838 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 10/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The Swiss-Prot protein knowledgebase provides manually annotated entries for all species, but concentrates on the annotation of entries from model organisms to ensure the presence of high quality annotation of representative members of all protein families. A specific Plant Protein Annotation Program (PPAP) was started to cope with the increasing amount of data produced by the complete sequencing of plant genomes. Its main goal is the annotation of proteins from the model plant organism Arabidopsis thaliana. In addition to bibliographic references, experimental results, computed features and sometimes even contradictory conclusions, direct links to specialized databases connect amino acid sequences with the current knowledge in plant sciences. As protein families and groups of plant-specific proteins are regularly reviewed to keep up with current scientific findings, we hope that the wealth of information of Arabidopsis origin accumulated in our knowledgebase, and the numerous software tools provided on the Expert Protein Analysis System (ExPASy) web site might help to identify and reveal the function of proteins originating from other plants. Recently, a single, centralized, authoritative resource for protein sequences and functional information, UniProt, was created by joining the information contained in Swiss-Prot, Translation of the EMBL nucleotide sequence (TrEMBL), and the Protein Information Resource-Protein Sequence Database (PIR-PSD). A rising problem is that an increasing number of nucleotide sequences are not being submitted to the public databases, and thus the proteins inferred from such sequences will have difficulties finding their way to the Swiss-Prot or TrEMBL databases.
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- Michel Schneider
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CMU, 1, Rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva-4, Switzerland.
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The genome sequences of important model systems are available and the focus is now shifting to large-scale experiments enabled by this data. Following in the footsteps of genomics, we have functional genomics, proteomics, and even metabolomics, roughly paralleling the biological hierarchy of the transcription, translation, and production of small molecules. Proteomics is initially concerned with determining the structure, expression, localization, biochemical activity, interactions, and cellular roles of as many proteins as possible. There has been great progress owing to novel instrumentation, experimental strategies, and bioinformatics methods. The area of protein-protein interactions has been especially fruitful. First pass interaction maps of some model organisms exist, and the proteins in many important organelles are about to be determined. Researchers are also beginning to integrate large-scale data sets from various "omics" disciplines in targeted investigations of specific biomedical areas and in pursuit of a general framework for systems biology.
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- Carmen L de Hoog
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Kim CH, Park DU, Chung AS, Zou Y, Jung KJ, Sung BK, Yu BP, Chung HY. Proteomic analysis of post-mitochondrial fractions of young and old rat kidney. Exp Gerontol 2004; 39:1155-68. [PMID: 15288690 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2003] [Revised: 03/23/2004] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Proteomic analysis is defined as the characterization of the entire set of proteins encoded by a genome. Two-dimensional (2D) electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) are key technologies used in proteomic analysis to gain information about protein expression profiles and post-translational modifications. Knowledge about aging processes can be gained by recognizing changes in protein expression. Thus, to better understand the aging process through protein profiling, post-mitochondrial (PM) fractions of young (13-month) and old (31-month) male Fischer 344 rat kidney were differentially analyzed by 2D. We detected a total number of 380 spots on 2D gel images. Among them, 167 spots showed 2-fold significant alterations (p<0.05) between young and old PM fractions. Further, 103 proteins were identified by MALDI-TOF MS. The PM fraction of aged rat kidney showed increases in antioxidative and proteolytic proteins and decreases in cytoskeletal proteins. In addition, we found age-related changes in transport and homeostasis proteins. Thus, our results demonstrated that proteomic analysis can be effectively applied to the assessment of the age status of protein expression, and thereby provide valuable information on age-related changes of proteome.
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- Chul Hong Kim
- Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics, Pusan National University, Gumjung-ku, Busan 609-735, South Korea
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Proteomics is a leading technology for the high-throughput analysis of proteins on a genome-wide scale. With the completion of genome sequencing projects and the development of analytical methods for protein characterization, proteomics has become a major field of functional genomics. The initial objective of proteomics was the large-scale identification of all protein species in a cell or tissue. The applications are currently being extended to analyze various functional aspects of proteins such as post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, activities and structures. Whereas the proteomics research is quite advanced in animals and yeast as well as Escherichia coli, plant proteomics is only at the initial phase. Major studies of plant proteomics have been reported on subcellular proteomes and protein complexes (e.g. proteins in the plasma membranes, chloroplasts, mitochondria and nuclei). Here several plant proteomics studies will be presented, followed by a recent work using multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT).
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- Ohkmae K Park
- Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory, Gwangju 500-712, Korea.
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Valot B, Gianinazzi S, Eliane DG. Sub-cellular proteomic analysis of a Medicago truncatula root microsomal fraction. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2004; 65:1721-32. [PMID: 15276433 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2004] [Revised: 04/02/2004] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Since the last decade, Medicago truncatula has emerged as one of the model plants particularly investigated in the field of plant-microbe interactions. Several genetic and molecular approaches including proteomics have been developed to increase knowledge about this plant species. To complement the proteomic data, which have mainly focused on the total root proteins from M. truncatula, we carried out a sub-cellular approach to gain access to the total membrane-associated proteins. Following the setting up of the purification process, microsomal proteins were separated on 2-DE. Ninety-six out of the 440 well-resolved proteins were identified by MALDI-TOF peptide mass fingerprinting. A high percent (83%) of successful protein identification was obtained when using M. truncatula clustered EST database for queries. During the purification process, the enrichment in membrane-associated proteins was monitored on 2-D gels. The membrane location of microsomal proteins was further confirmed using PMF identification. This study reports a fractionation process for characterizing microsomal root proteins of M. truncatula, which could be an interesting tool for investigating the molecular mechanisms involved in root symbioses.
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- Benoît Valot
- UMR 1088 INRA/CNRS 5184/UB Plante-Microbe-Environment, INRA/CMSE, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon, France
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- David Edwards
- Plant Biotechnology Centre, Department of Primary Industries, Primary Industries Research Victoria, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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Naylor S, Kumar R. Emerging role of mass spectrometry in structural and functional proteomics. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2004; 65:217-48. [PMID: 12964371 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(03)01021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Stephen Naylor
- Beyond Genomics, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA
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DNA and RNA quantifications are widely used in biological and biomedical research. In the last ten years, many technologies have been developed to enable automated and high-throughput analyses. In this review, we first give a brief overview of how DNA and RNA quantifications are carried out. Then, five technologies (microarrays, SAGE, differential display, real time PCR and real competitive PCR) are introduced, with an emphasis on how these technologies can be applied and what their limitations are. The technologies are also evaluated in terms of a few key aspects of nucleic acids quantification such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, cost and throughput.
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- Chunming Ding
- Bioinformatics Program and Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Waters MD, Olden K, Tennant RW. Toxicogenomic approach for assessing toxicant-related disease. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2003; 544:415-24. [PMID: 14644344 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2003.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The problems of identifying environmental factors involved in the etiology of human disease and performing safety and risk assessments of drugs and chemicals have long been formidable issues. Three principal components for predicting potential human health risks are: (1) the diverse structure and properties of thousands of chemicals and other stressors in the environment; (2) the time and dose parameters that define the relationship between exposure and disease; and (3) the genetic diversity of organisms used as surrogates to determine adverse chemical effects. The global techniques evolving from successful genomics efforts are providing new exciting tools with which to address these intractable problems of environmental health and toxicology. In order to exploit the scientific opportunities, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has created the National Center for Toxicogenomics (NCT). The primary mission of the NCT is to use gene expression technology, proteomics and metabolite profiling to create a reference knowledge base that will allow scientists to understand mechanisms of toxicity and to be able to predict the potential toxicity of new chemical entities and drugs. A principal scientific objective underpinning the use of microarray analysis of chemical exposures is to demonstrate the utility of signature profiling of the action of drugs or chemicals and to utilize microarray methodologies to determine biomarkers of exposure and potential adverse effects. The initial approach of the NCT is to utilize proof-of-principle experiments in an effort to "phenotypically anchor" the altered patterns of gene expression to conventional parameters of toxicity and to define dose and time relationships in which the expression of such signature genes may precede the development of overt toxicity. The microarray approach is used in conjunction with proteomic techniques to identify specific proteins that may serve as signature biomarkers. The longer-range goal of these efforts is to develop a reference relational database of chemical effects in biological systems (CEBS) that can be used to define common mechanisms of toxicity, chemical and drug actions, to define cellular pathways of response, injury and, ultimately, disease. In order to implement this strategy, the NCT has created a consortium of research organizations and private sector companies to actively collaborative in populating the database with high quality primary data. The evolution of discrete databases to a knowledge base of toxicogenomics will be accomplished through establishing relational interfaces with other sources of information on the structure and activity of chemicals such as that of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and with databases annotating gene identity, sequence, and function.
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- Michael D Waters
- National Center for Toxigenomics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, MD F1-05, 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233, USA.
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He XY, Zhuang YH, Zhang XG, Li GL. Comparative proteome analysis of culture supernatant proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and H37Ra. Microbes Infect 2003; 5:851-6. [PMID: 12919853 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(03)00179-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To examine the virulence factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, the proteome was used to characterize the differences in protein expression between virulent M. tuberculosis H37Rv and attenuated M. tuberculosis H37Ra. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was performed to separate culture supernatant proteins extracted from M. tuberculosis H37Rv and M. tuberculosis H37Ra. The protein spots of interest were identified by mass spectrometry, and then the genes encoding the identified proteins were cloned and sequenced. Comparison of silver-stained gels showed that three well-resolved protein spots were present in M. tuberculosis H37Rv but absent from M. tuberculosis H37Ra. Protein spot no. 1 was identified as Rv2346c. Protein spot no. 2 was identified as Rv2347c, Rv1197, Rv1038c, and Rv3620c, which shared significant homology and had the same peptide fingerprinting using tryptic digestion. No M. tuberculosis protein matched protein spot no. 3. Rv2346c, Rv2347c, Rv1038c, and Rv3620c of M. tuberculosis H37Rv were located on the M. tuberculosis H37Ra chromosome, and multiple mutations were observed in the corresponding areas of M. tuberculosis H37Ra. Codon 59 (CAG, Gln) of Rv2347c and Rv3620c was replaced by termination codon (TAG) in M. tuberculosis H37Ra, which probably terminated the polypeptide elongation. These results demonstrate the importance of studying the gene products of M. tuberculosis and show that subtle differences in isogenic mutant strains might play an important role in identifying the attenuating mutations.
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- Xiu-Yun He
- The 309th Hospital, The Chinese People's Liberation Army, Haidian District, 100091 Beijing, China.
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Wu W, Roberts S, Armitage J, Tooke P, Cordingley H, Wildsmith S. Validation of consensus between proteomic and clinical chemistry datasets by applying a new randomisation F-test for generalised procrustes analysis. Anal Chim Acta 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(03)00336-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kolker E, Purvine S, Galperin MY, Stolyar S, Goodlett DR, Nesvizhskii AI, Keller A, Xie T, Eng JK, Yi E, Hood L, Picone AF, Cherny T, Tjaden BC, Siegel AF, Reilly TJ, Makarova KS, Palsson BO, Smith AL. Initial proteome analysis of model microorganism Haemophilus influenzae strain Rd KW20. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4593-602. [PMID: 12867470 PMCID: PMC165749 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.15.4593-4602.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2003] [Accepted: 04/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The proteome of Haemophilus influenzae strain Rd KW20 was analyzed by liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). This approach does not require a gel electrophoresis step and provides a rapidly developed snapshot of the proteome. In order to gain insight into the central metabolism of H. influenzae, cells were grown microaerobically and anaerobically in a rich medium and soluble and membrane proteins of strain Rd KW20 were proteolyzed with trypsin and directly examined by LC-MS/MS. Several different experimental and computational approaches were utilized to optimize the proteome coverage and to ensure statistically valid protein identification. Approximately 25% of all predicted proteins (open reading frames) of H. influenzae strain Rd KW20 were identified with high confidence, as their component peptides were unambiguously assigned to tandem mass spectra. Approximately 80% of the predicted ribosomal proteins were identified with high confidence, compared to the 33% of the predicted ribosomal proteins detected by previous two-dimensional gel electrophoresis studies. The results obtained in this study are generally consistent with those obtained from computational genome analysis, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and whole-genome transposon mutagenesis studies. At least 15 genes originally annotated as conserved hypothetical were found to encode expressed proteins. Two more proteins, previously annotated as predicted coding regions, were detected with high confidence; these proteins also have close homologs in related bacteria. The direct proteomics approach to studying protein expression in vivo reported here is a powerful method that is applicable to proteome analysis of any (micro)organism.
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Gasteiger E, Gattiker A, Hoogland C, Ivanyi I, Appel RD, Bairoch A. ExPASy: The proteomics server for in-depth protein knowledge and analysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:3784-8. [PMID: 12824418 PMCID: PMC168970 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3390] [Impact Index Per Article: 161.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ExPASy (the Expert Protein Analysis System) World Wide Web server (http://www.expasy.org), is provided as a service to the life science community by a multidisciplinary team at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB). It provides access to a variety of databases and analytical tools dedicated to proteins and proteomics. ExPASy databases include SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL, SWISS-2DPAGE, PROSITE, ENZYME and the SWISS-MODEL repository. Analysis tools are available for specific tasks relevant to proteomics, similarity searches, pattern and profile searches, post-translational modification prediction, topology prediction, primary, secondary and tertiary structure analysis and sequence alignment. These databases and tools are tightly interlinked: a special emphasis is placed on integration of database entries with related resources developed at the SIB and elsewhere, and the proteomics tools have been designed to read the annotations in SWISS-PROT in order to enhance their predictions. ExPASy started to operate in 1993, as the first WWW server in the field of life sciences. In addition to the main site in Switzerland, seven mirror sites in different continents currently serve the user community.
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- Elisabeth Gasteiger
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1 Rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Maharjan RP, Ferenci T. Global metabolite analysis: the influence of extraction methodology on metabolome profiles of Escherichia coli. Anal Biochem 2003; 313:145-54. [PMID: 12576070 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00536-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The global pool of all metabolites in a cell, or metabolome, is a reflection of all the metabolic functions of an organism under any particular growth condition. In the absence of in situ methods capable of universally measuring metabolite pools, intracellular metabolite measurements need to be performed in vitro after extraction. In the past, a variety of cell lysis methods were adopted for assays of individual metabolites or groups of intermediates in pathways. In this study, metabolites were extracted from Escherichia coli using six different commonly used procedures including acid or alkaline treatments, permeabilization by freezing with methanol, high-temperature extraction in the presence of ethanol or methanol, and by lysis with chloroform-methanol. Metabolites were extracted by the six methods from cells grown under identical conditions and labeled with [14C]glucose. The metabolomes were compared after 2-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of labeled compounds. For global analysis, extraction with cold (-40 degrees C) methanol showed the greatest promise, allowing simultaneous resolution of more than 95 metabolite spots. In contrast, 80 or less spots were obtained with other extraction methods. Extraction also influenced quantitative analysis of particular compounds. Metabolites such as adenosine exhibited up to 20-fold higher abundance after cold methanol extraction than after extraction with acid, alkali, or chloroform. The simplicity, rapidity, and universality of cold methanol extraction offer great promise if a single method of lysis is to be adopted in metabolome analysis.
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- Ram Prasad Maharjan
- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences G08, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney 2006, Australia
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Binz PA, Hochstrasser DF, Appel RD. Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics: Current Status and Potential Use in Clinical Chemistry. Clin Chem Lab Med 2003; 41:1540-51. [PMID: 14708878 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2003.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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For some years now, scientists have been spending a lot of effort in developing methods to analyse and compare complex protein samples. One of the goals of such global analyses of what is known as proteomes is to discover specific protein markers--or fingerprints of protein markers--from various types of affected biological samples. Considering the battery of technologies currently available, mass spectrometry (MS) constitutes an essential tool in proteomics. We describe here the type of MS instrumentation that is currently dedicated to proteomics research. We also describe the major experimental workflows that are typically used in proteomics today, with a focus on those incorporating MS as a major analysis tool.
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- Pierre-Alain Binz
- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Lee YJ, Hoaglund-Hyzera CS, Srebalus Barnes CA, Hilderbrand AE, Valentine SJ, Clemmer DE. Development of high-throughput liquid chromatography injected ion mobility quadrupole time-of-flight techniques for analysis of complex peptide mixtures. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 782:343-51. [PMID: 12458017 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The development of a multidimensional approach involving high-performance liquid chromatography (LC), ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and tandem mass spectrometry is described for the analysis of complex peptide mixtures. In this approach, peptides are separated based on differences in their LC retention times and mobilities (as ions drift through He) prior to being introduced into a quadrupole/octopole/time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The initial LC separation and IMS dispersion of ions is used to label ions for subsequent fragmentation studies that are carried out for mixtures of ions. The approach is demonstrated by examining a mixture of peptides generated from tryptic digestion of 18 commercially available proteins. Current limitations of this initial study and potential advantages of the experimental approach are discussed.
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- Young Jin Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
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Dumontier M, Michalickova K, Hogue CWV. Species-specific protein sequence and fold optimizations. BMC Bioinformatics 2002; 3:39. [PMID: 12487631 PMCID: PMC139977 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-3-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2002] [Accepted: 12/17/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An organism's ability to adapt to its particular environmental niche is of fundamental importance to its survival and proliferation. In the largest study of its kind, we sought to identify and exploit the amino-acid signatures that make species-specific protein adaptation possible across 100 complete genomes. RESULTS Environmental niche was determined to be a significant factor in variability from correspondence analysis using the amino acid composition of over 360,000 predicted open reading frames (ORFs) from 17 archaea, 76 bacteria and 7 eukaryote complete genomes. Additionally, we found clusters of phylogenetically unrelated archaea and bacteria that share similar environments by amino acid composition clustering. Composition analyses of conservative, domain-based homology modeling suggested an enrichment of small hydrophobic residues Ala, Gly, Val and charged residues Asp, Glu, His and Arg across all genomes. However, larger aromatic residues Phe, Trp and Tyr are reduced in folds, and these results were not affected by low complexity biases. We derived two simple log-odds scoring functions from ORFs (CG) and folds (CF) for each of the complete genomes. CF achieved an average cross-validation success rate of 85 +/- 8% whereas the CG detected 73 +/- 9% species-specific sequences when competing against all other non-redundant CG. Continuously updated results are available at http://genome.mshri.on.ca. CONCLUSION Our analysis of amino acid compositions from the complete genomes provides stronger evidence for species-specific and environmental residue preferences in genomic sequences as well as in folds. Scoring functions derived from this work will be useful in future protein engineering experiments and possibly in identifying horizontal transfer events.
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- Michel Dumontier
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5 Canada
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Devreese B, Janssen KPC, Vanrobaeys F, Van Herp F, Martens GJM, Van Beeumen J. Automated nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for a differential display proteomic study on Xenopus laevis neuroendocrine cells. J Chromatogr A 2002; 976:113-21. [PMID: 12462602 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01153-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Many proteomic projects based on a comparison of protein profiles displayed on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis rely on the identification of these proteins using peptide mass fingerprinting on a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometer after tryptic digestion. However, this approach is limited to an organism of which genomic information is largely available, i.e. when the total genome sequence is known. For other organisms, mass spectrometric sequence analysis is necessary for protein identification. We established a nano-LC-MS-MS system based on a quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer, which allows automated sequence analysis of tryptic digestion mixtures from single gel spots. This system is applied in a differential-display proteomic study to identify differentially expressed proteins in the neuroendocrine cells of the neurointermediate pituitary of black- and white-background adapted Xenopus laevis.
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- B Devreese
- Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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van Montfort BA, Doeven MK, Canas B, Veenhoff LM, Poolman B, Robillard GT. Combined in-gel tryptic digestion and CNBr cleavage for the generation of peptide maps of an integral membrane protein with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1555:111-5. [PMID: 12206901 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00264-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A limitation of the in-gel approaches for the generation of peptides of membrane proteins is the size and hydrophobicity of the fragments generated. For membrane proteins like the lactose transporter (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus, tryptic digestion or CNBr cleavage yields several hydrophobic fragments larger than 3.5 kDa. As a result, the sequence coverage of the membrane domain is low when the in-gel tryptic-digested or CNBr-cleaved fragments are analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). The combination of tryptic digestion and subsequent CNBr cleavage on the same gel pieces containing LacS approximately doubled the coverage of the hydrophobic membrane domain compared to the individual cleavage methods, while the coverage of the soluble domain remained complete. The fragments formed are predominantly below m/z 2500, which allows accurate mass measurement.
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- Bart A van Montfort
- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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