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Shen Y, Smith RD. Advanced nanoscale separations and mass spectrometry for sensitive high-throughput proteomics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 2:431-47. [PMID: 16000088 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2.3.431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent developments in combined separations with mass spectrometry for sensitive and high-throughput proteomic analyses are reviewed herein. These developments primarily involve high-efficiency (separation peak capacities of approximately 10(3)) nanoscale liquid chromatography (flow rates extending down to approximately 20 nl/min at optimal liquid mobile-phase separation linear velocities through narrow packed capillaries) in combination with advanced mass spectrometry and in particular, high-sensitivity and high-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Such approaches enable analysis of low nanogram level proteomic samples (i.e., nanoscale proteomics) with individual protein identification sensitivity at the low zeptomole level. The resultant protein measurement dynamic range can approach 10(6) for nanogram-sized proteomic samples, while more abundant proteins can be detected from subpicogram-sized (total) proteome samples. These qualities provide the foundation for proteomics studies of single or small populations of cells. The instrumental robustness required for automation and providing high-quality routine performance nanoscale proteomic analyses is also discussed.
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- Yufeng Shen
- Biological Science Division & Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
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Bushey JM, Kaplan DA, Danell RM, Glish GL. Pulsed Nano-Electrospray Ionization: Characterization of Temporal Response and Implementation with a Flared Inlet Capillary. INSTRUMENTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 37:257-273. [PMID: 21785563 PMCID: PMC3141176 DOI: 10.1080/10739140902831313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The temporal response of pulsed nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (nano-ESI-MS) was studied and its influence on ion formation and detection was characterized. Rise and decay times for the mass resolved ion current were determined to be 20 ± 3 msec and 61 ± 5 msec, respectively, which led to a maximum pulse rate of 12 Hz. Pulsed nano-ESI operation was demonstrated from a multi-sprayer source controlled by a high voltage pulsing circuit constructed in-house. The desired source mode of operation (e.g. pulsing or continuous) can be realized solely by controlling the voltage applied to each sprayer.
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- Jared M Bushey
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3290, USA
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Gómez P, Mavian C, Galocha B, García-Medel N, López de Castro JA. Presentation of Cytosolically Stable Peptides by HLA-B27 Is Not Dependent on the Canonic Interactions of N-Terminal Basic Residues in the A Pocket. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 182:446-55. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.1.446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Jorge I, Casas EM, Villar M, Ortega-Pérez I, López-Ferrer D, Martínez-Ruiz A, Carrera M, Marina A, Martínez P, Serrano H, Cañas B, Were F, Gallardo JM, Lamas S, Redondo JM, García-Dorado D, Vázquez J. High-sensitivity analysis of specific peptides in complex samples by selected MS/MS ion monitoring and linear ion trap mass spectrometry: application to biological studies. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2007; 42:1391-1403. [PMID: 17960563 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique of paramount importance in Proteomics, and developments in this field have been possible owing to novel MS instrumentation, experimental strategies, and bioinformatics tools. Today it is possible to identify and determine relative expression levels of thousands of proteins in a biological system by MS analysis of peptides produced by proteolytic digestion. In some situations, however, the precise characterization of a particular peptide species in a very complex peptide mixture is needed. While single-fragment ion-based scanning modes such as selected ion reaction monitoring (SIRM) or consecutive reaction monitoring (CRM) may be highly sensitive, they do not produce MS/MS information and their actual specificity must be determined in advance, a prerequisite that is not usually met in a basic research context. In such cases, the MS detector may be programmed to perform continuous MS/MS spectra on the peptide ion of interest in order to obtain structural information. This selected MS/MS ion monitoring (SMIM) mode has a number of advantages that are fully exploited by MS detectors that, like the linear ion trap, are characterized by high scanning speeds. In this work, we show some applications of this technique in the context of biological studies. These results were obtained by selecting an appropriate combination of scans according to the purpose of each one of these research scenarios. They include highly specific identification of proteins present in low amounts, characterization and relative quantification of post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation and S-nitrosylation and species-specific peptide identification.
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- Inmaculada Jorge
- Protein Chemistry and Proteomics Laboratory, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Buback M, Frauendorf H, Günzler F, Vana P. Initiation of radical polymerization by peroxyacetates: Polymer end-group analysis by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.22008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Marcilla M, de Castro JAL, Castaño JG, Alvarez I. Infection with Salmonella typhimurium has no effect on the composition and cleavage specificity of the 20S proteasome in human lymphoid cells. Immunology 2007; 122:131-9. [PMID: 17490436 PMCID: PMC2265988 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02624.x] [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] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 is strongly associated with spondyloarthropathies, including reactive arthritis. Several Gram-negative bacteria, such as Salmonella typhimurium, can trigger this disease. It has been suggested that peptides derived from bacterial proteins and presented by HLA-B27 to cytotoxic T lymphocytes might show molecular mimicry with autologous peptides, leading to T-cell cross-reaction and autoimmunity. Antigen presentation in Salmonella-infected cells could be modulated by changes in the composition of the proteasome, which is the major proteolytic system that generates major histocompatibility complex class I ligands. In this study we analysed whether the composition or activity of the 20S proteasome was altered upon infection of lymphoid cells by S. typhimurium. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis failed to show any differences between the composition of 20S proteasomes from cells infected with S. typhimurium for 24 hr, relative to non-infected cells. In addition, digestions of oxidized insulin B-chain with purified 20S proteasomes from non-infected and infected cells generated the same products, indicating that the proteasomal cleavage specificity was not altered upon infection. These data indicate that infection of lymphoid cells by S. typhimurium fails to induce formation of immunoproteasomes or otherwise alter the proteolytic specificity of the 20S proteasome.
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- Miguel Marcilla
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain
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Merino E, Montserrat V, Paradela A, López de Castro JA. Two HLA-B14 subtypes (B*1402 and B*1403) differentially associated with ankylosing spondylitis differ substantially in peptide specificity but have limited peptide and T-cell epitope sharing with HLA-B27. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35868-80. [PMID: 16115862 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505641200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The peptide specificity of HLA-B*1403, an allotype associated with ankylosing spondylitis (Lopez-Larrea, C., Mijiyawa, M., Gonzalez, S., Fernandez-Morera, J. L., Blanco-Gelaz, M. A., Martinez-Borra, J., and Lopez-Vazquez, A. (2002) Arthritis Rheum. 46, 2968-2971) was compared with those of the non-associated B*1402 and the prototypic disease-associated B*2705 allotypes. Although differing by a single residue (L156R), B*1402 and B*1403 shared only 32-35% of their peptide repertoires. Subtype-related differences observed in multiple peptide positions, including P3 and P7, were largely explained by a direct effect of the L156R change on peptide specificity. The HLA-B14 subtypes shared only approximately 3% of their peptide repertoires with B*2705. This was due to distinct residue usage at most positions, as revealed by statistical comparison of B*1402, B*1403, and B*2705-bound nonamers. Nevertheless, shared ligands between B*2705 and B*1403 were formally identified, although ligands common to B*2705 and B*1403, but absent from B*1402, were not found. Alloreactive T-cells were used as a tool to analyze epitope sharing among B*1402, B*1403, and B*2705. The percentage of cross-reactive T-cell clones closely paralleled peptide overlap, suggesting that shared ligands tend to maintain their antigenic features when bound to the different allotypes. Our results indicate that B*1403 and B*2705 can present common peptides. However, both the disparity of their peptide repertoires and the lack of binding features shared by these two allotypes, but not B*1402, argue against, although do not exclude, a mechanism of spondyloarthritis mediated by specific ligands of B*2705 and B*1403.
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- Elena Merino
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Sesma L, Galocha B, Vázquez M, Purcell AW, Marcilla M, McCluskey J, López de Castro JA. Qualitative and Quantitative Differences in Peptides Bound to HLA-B27 in the Presence of Mouse versus Human Tapasin Define a Role for Tapasin as a Size-Dependent Peptide Editor. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:7833-44. [PMID: 15944288 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.12.7833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tapasin (Tpn) is a chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum involved in peptide loading to MHC class I proteins. The influence of mouse Tpn (mTpn) on the HLA-B*2705-bound peptide repertoire was analyzed to characterize the species specificity of this chaperone. B*2705 was expressed on Tpn-deficient human 721.220 cells cotransfected with human (hTpn) or mTpn. The heterodimer to beta(2)-microglobulin-free H chain ratio on the cell surface was reduced with mTpn, suggesting lower B*2705 stability. The B*2705-bound peptide repertoires loaded with hTpn or mTpn shared 94-97% identity, although significant differences in peptide amount were observed in 16-17% of the shared ligands. About 3-6% of peptides were bound only with either hTpn or mTpn. Nonamers differentially bound with mTpn had less suitable anchor residues and bound B*2705 less efficiently in vitro than those loaded only with hTpn or shared nonamers. Decamers showed a different pattern: those found only with mTpn had similarly suitable residues as shared decamers and bound B*2705 with high efficiency. Peptides differentially presented by B*2705 on human or mouse cells showed an analogous pattern of residue suitability, suggesting that the effect of mTpn on B*2705 loading is comparable in both cell types. Thus, mTpn has quantitative and qualitative effects on the B*2705-bound peptide repertoire, impairing presentation of some suitable ligands and allowing others with suboptimal anchor residues and lower affinity to be presented. Our results favor a size-dependent peptide editing role of Tpn for HLA-B*2705 that is species-dependent and suboptimally performed, at least for nonamers, by mTpn.
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- Laura Sesma
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Hui C, Jiaxi X, Bin X, Meiyu H. Sequence analysis on biological active peptides using electrospray ionization-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02897377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ortega-Pérez I, Cano E, Were F, Villar M, Vázquez J, Redondo JM. c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) positively regulates NFATc2 transactivation through phosphorylation within the N-terminal regulatory domain. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20867-78. [PMID: 15743762 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501898200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family of transcription factors regulates the transcription of cytokine genes and other genes involved in the regulation and function of the immune system. NFAT activity is regulated by the phosphatase calcineurin, which binds and dephosphorylates the NFAT N-terminal regulatory domain, a critical step required for nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity. Here we show that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) JNK activates NFATc2-dependent transcription. Mass spectrometry revealed that JNK phosphorylates at least six residues within the NFATc2 regulatory domain in vitro. Transfection of cells with a chimeric construct encoding the GAL-4 DNA binding domain linked to wild-type NFATc2 showed that JNK stimulates the NFATc2 transactivation domain in activated Jurkat T lymphocytes, an effect that is inhibited by dominant-negative versions of JNK. Likewise, the mutation of the phosphorylation sites identified revealed that Thr(116) and Ser(170) are critical for the transactivation of NFATc2 by JNK. In addition, clustered mutation of the SP-conserved motifs of NFATc2 showed that SP1 and SP2, but not SP3, are also important for the inducible transactivation of NFATc2. Furthermore, mass spectrometry analysis of NFATc2-transfected cells indicated that the activation of the JNK pathway results in the in vivo phosphorylation of Thr(116). Our results indicate that, unlike other NFAT members, the transcriptional activity of NFATc2 is up-regulated by JNK. JNK-mediated phosphorylation of NFATs thus appears to play a differential physiological role among NFAT family members.
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- Inmaculada Ortega-Pérez
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ronda de Poniente 5, Tres Cantos, Madrid 28760, Spain
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Díaz G, Cañas B, Vazquez J, Nombela C, Arroyo J. Characterization of natural peptide ligands from HLA-DP2: new insights into HLA-DP peptide-binding motifs. Immunogenetics 2004; 56:754-9. [PMID: 15565337 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0735-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2004] [Revised: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Although natural peptide ligands of HLA-DR and HLA-DQ molecules have been extensively studied, information about peptides naturally bound to HLA-DP is limited. Here we describe HLA-DP2 peptide ligands corresponding to 24 different source proteins that were identified by peptide pool elution and mass spectrometry sequencing from HLA-DP2 molecules expressed on EBV-LCLs. Sequencing analysis led to the identification of both promiscuous and allele-specific peptides. Moreover, the alignment of the natural ligands for HLA-DP2 described here, combined with previous results from our group and others concerning HLA-DP2 antigen presentation and HLA-DP molecular modelling, provide a better understanding of HLA-DP2 peptide-binding motifs.
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- Gema Díaz
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Sesma L, Alvarez I, Marcilla M, Paradela A, López de Castro JA. Species-specific differences in proteasomal processing and tapasin-mediated loading influence peptide presentation by HLA-B27 in murine cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:46461-72. [PMID: 12963723 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308816200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Expression of HLA-B27 in murine cells has been used to establish animal models for human spondyloarthritis and for antigen presentation studies, but the effects of xenogeneic HLA-B27 expression on peptide presentation are little known. The issue was addressed in this study. HLA-B27-bound peptide repertoires from human and murine cells overlapped by 75-85%, indicating that many endogenous HLA-B27 ligands are generated and presented in both species. Of 20 differentially presented peptides that were sequenced, only 40% arose from obvious inter-species protein polymorphism, suggesting that differences in antigen processing-loading accounted for many species-specific ligands. Digestion of synthetic substrates with human and murine 20 S proteasomes revealed cleavage differences that accounted for or correlated with differential expression of particular peptides. One HLA-B27 ligand found only in human cells was similarly generated in vitro by human and murine proteasomes. Differential presentation correlated with significantly decreased amounts of this ligand in human tapasin-deficient cells reconstituted with murine tapasin, indicating that species-specific interactions between HLA-B27, tapasin, and/or other proteins in the peptide-loading complex influenced presentation of this peptide. Our results indicate that differences in proteasomal specificity and in interactions involving tapasin determine differential processing and presentation of a significant number of HLA-B27 ligands in human and murine cells.
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- Laura Sesma
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Cristoni S, Bernardi LR. Development of new methodologies for the mass spectrometry study of bioorganic macromolecules. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2003; 22:369-406. [PMID: 14528493 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In recent years, mass spectrometry has been increasingly used for the analysis of various macromolecules of biological, biomedical, and biochemical interest. This increase has been made possible by two key developments: the advent of electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) sources. The two new techniques produce a significant increase in mass range and in sensitivity that led to the development of new applications and of new analyzer designs, software, and robotics. This review, apart from the description of the status of mass spectrometry in the analysis of bioorganic macromolecules, is mainly devoted to the illustration of the more recent promising techniques and on their possible future evolution.
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- Simone Cristoni
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Centro Interdisciplinare Studi Bio-molecolari e Applicazioni Industriali CISI, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate Milano, Italy.
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Campillos M, Lamas JR, García MA, Bullido MJ, Valdivieso F, Vázquez J. Specific interaction of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 with the -219T allelic form modulates APOE promoter activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:3063-70. [PMID: 12799433 PMCID: PMC162339 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2003] [Revised: 04/30/2003] [Accepted: 04/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The polymorphic -219T/G variant in the APOE promoter has been associated with variations in basal transcriptional activity as well as with the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, myocardial infarction and early-onset coronary heart disease. The molecular mechanisms underlying these effects are presently unknown. In this report, we show that nuclear extracts from Jurkat cells form a T-specific complex with a motif including the -219 site within the APOE promoter. By DNA-affinity chromatography and mass spectrometry, the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein hnRNPA1(A1) was identified as one component of the complex. In vitro binding analysis indicated that a fragment of A1 had a marked binding specificity for the T form. Interaction of A1 with this region is driven by an adjacent telomeric-like sequence; however, the presence of G, but not T, at -219 position inhibited this interaction. The differences in transcriptional activity between the -219T and -219G promoter allelic forms correlated with the expression levels of A1 in several cell lines; also, over-expression of A1 increased the activity of the T form relative to that of the G form. These results indicate that A1 transactivates APOE promoter activity by direct and specific interaction with the -219T site.
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- Mónica Campillos
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Yagüe J, Paradela A, Ramos M, Ogueta S, Marina A, Barahona F, López de Castro JA, Vázquez J. Peptide rearrangement during quadrupole ion trap fragmentation: added complexity to MS/MS spectra. Anal Chem 2003; 75:1524-35. [PMID: 12659218 DOI: 10.1021/ac026280d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The emergence of proteomics has placed great interest in the understanding of the mechanisms of MS/MS fragmentation of peptides under low-energy collision-induced dissociation. In this work, we describe the presence of anomalous fragments, which correspond to neutral loss elimination of internal amino acids from ions of the b series in quadrupole ion trap MS/MS spectra from naturally occurring peptides. Internal amino acid elimination occurred preferentially with aliphatic amino acids. The phenomenon was more apparent when doubly charged precursors were fragmented and was inhibited when peptides were N-acetylated at the N-terminus. Fragmentation of isomeric peptides where some internal amino acids were relocated in N-terminal position produced MSn spectra indistinguishable from those of the original peptides, indicating that some b ions underwent a structural rearrangement process. Formation of anomalous fragments required a minimum activation time. Our data are consistent with a nucleophile attack of the N-terminal nitrogen over the electrophilic carbonyl carbon at one peptide bond, forming a cyclic b ion intermediate that, by reopening at preferential sites, exposes internal amino acids to the C-terminal side.
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- Jesús Yagüe
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Shiell BJ, Gardner DR, Crameri G, Eaton BT, Michalski WP. Sites of phosphorylation of P and V proteins from Hendra and Nipah viruses: newly emerged members of Paramyxoviridae. Virus Res 2003; 92:55-65. [PMID: 12606076 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(02)00313-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hendra (HeV) and Nipah (NiV) viruses are newly emerged, zoonotic viruses and their genomes have nucleotide and predicted amino acid homologies placing them in the subfamily Paramyxoviridae. The polymerase-associated phosphoproteins (P proteins) of paramyxoviruses have been shown, by direct and indirect methods, to be highly phosphorylated. In this study, a comprehensive comparison of in vivo phosphorylation of HeV and NiV P proteins, derived from virus particles, was achieved by a direct approach using electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry (ESI-IT-MS). Phosphorylation sites for the P proteins were determined at Ser-224 and Thr-239 in HeV and at Ser-240 and Ser-472 in NiV. These phosphorylation patterns do not appear to be consistent with those reported for other paramyxoviruses. Protein V, a product of a frame shift in the P protein gene, was identified by specific antibodies in HeV preparations but not in NiV. HeV V protein was found to contain phosphoserine but not phosphothreonine. In addition, P proteins from both viruses were found to be modified by N-terminal acetylation.
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- Brian J Shiell
- CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, PO Bag 24, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- Estela Pineda-Molina
- Department of Structure and Function of Proteins, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigaciones Nefrológicas, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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Adamczyk M, Gebler JC, Shreder K, Wu J. Identification of unknown residue 55 in bovine folate binding protein: fingerprint matching and sequencing of a doubly tagged peptide fragment by ion trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2003; 17:1504-1506. [PMID: 12820219 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Rey M, Vicente-Manzanares M, Viedma F, Yáñez-Mó M, Urzainqui A, Barreiro O, Vázquez J, Sánchez-Madrid F. Cutting edge: association of the motor protein nonmuscle myosin heavy chain-IIA with the C terminus of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 in T lymphocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:5410-4. [PMID: 12421915 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.10.5410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The binding of chemokines to their receptors guides lymphocyte migration. However, the precise mechanism that links the chemotactic signals with the energy and traction force generated by the actomyosin complex of the cell has not been elucidated. Using biochemical approaches and mass spectrometry analysis, we found an association between the C-termini of CXCR4 and CCR5 and the motor protein nonmuscle myosin H chain-IIA. Immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that this association also occurs between the endogenous molecules in T lymphocytes. As expected, myosin L chain was also associated with CXCR4. Confocal microscopy analysis showed that CXCR4 and motor protein nonmuscle myosin H chain-IIA colocalize at the leading edge of migrating T lymphocytes, together with filamentous actin and myosin L chain. These results provide the first evidence of a biochemical association between chemokine receptors and motor proteins, a mechanosignaling mechanism that may have a key role in lymphocyte migration.
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- Mercedes Rey
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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Ramos M, Alvarez I, Sesma L, Logean A, Rognan D, López de Castro JA. Molecular mimicry of an HLA-B27-derived ligand of arthritis-linked subtypes with chlamydial proteins. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:37573-81. [PMID: 12122005 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205470200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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HLA-B27 is strongly associated with spondyloarthropathies, including ankylosing spondylitis and reactive arthritis. The latter disease is triggered by various Gram-negative bacteria. A dodecamer derived from the intracytoplasmic tail of HLA-B27 was a natural ligand of three disease-associated subtypes (B*2702, B*2704, and B*2705) but not of two (B*2706 and B*2709), weakly or not associated to spondyloarthropathy. This peptide was strikingly homologous to protein sequences from arthritogenic bacteria, particularly to a region of the DNA primase from Chlamydia trachomatis. A synthetic peptide with this bacterial sequence bound in vitro disease-associated subtypes equally as the natural B27-derived ligand. The chlamydial peptide was generated by the 20 S proteasome from a synthetic 28-mer with the sequence of the corresponding region of the bacterial DNA primase. Molecular modeling suggested that the B27-derived and chlamydial peptides adopt very similar conformations in complex with B*2705. The results demonstrate that an HLA-B27-derived peptide mimicking arthritogenic bacterial sequences is a natural ligand of disease-associated HLA-B27 subtypes and suggest that the homologous chlamydial peptide might be presented by HLA-B27 on Chlamydia-infected cells.
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- Manuel Ramos
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M.), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ramos M, Paradela A, Vazquez M, Marina A, Vazquez J, Lopez de Castro JA. Differential association of HLA-B*2705 and B*2709 to ankylosing spondylitis correlates with limited peptide subsets but not with altered cell surface stability. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:28749-56. [PMID: 12042320 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204155200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In contrast to HLA-B*2705, B*2709 is weakly or not associated to ankylosing spondylitis. Both allotypes differ by a single D116H change. We compared the B*2705- and B*2709-bound peptide repertoires by mass spectrometry to quantify the effect of B*2709 polymorphism on peptide specificity. In addition, shared and differentially bound ligands were sequenced to define the structural features of the various peptide subsets. B*2705 shared 79% of its peptide repertoire with B*2709. Shared ligands accounted for 88% of the B*2709-bound repertoire. All B*2705 ligands not bound to B*2709 had C-terminal basic or Tyr residues. Most B*2709-bound peptides had C-terminal aliphatic and Phe residues, but two showed C-terminal Arg or Tyr. The B*2709-bound repertoire included 12% of peptides not found in B*2705. These had aliphatic C-terminal residues, which are also favored in B*2705. However, these peptides bound weakly B*2705 in vitro, indicating distinct contribution of secondary anchor residues in both subtypes. Differences in peptide binding did not affect the ratio of native to beta2-microglobulin-free HLA-B27 heavy chain at the cell surface. Our results suggest that weaker association of B*2709 with ankylosing spondylitis is based on differential binding of a limited subset of natural ligands by this allotype.
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- Manuel Ramos
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Reyero M, Cacho E, Martínez A, Vázquez J, Marina A, Fraga S, Franco JM. Evidence of saxitoxin derivatives as causative agents in the 1997 mass mortality of monk seals in the Cape Blanc Peninsula. NATURAL TOXINS 2002; 7:311-5. [PMID: 11122522 DOI: 10.1002/1522-7189(199911/12)7:6<311::aid-nt75>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Monk seals in Cape Blanc (Western Sahara coast) suffered a mass mortality during May-July 1997 which was attributed to a morbillivirus. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis on tissues of seals killed during the outbreak and on related fauna showed peaks with retention times coincident with those of some saxitoxin derivatives but their identity was not proved. Here we present results of further HPLC analyses that unambiguously prove the identity of these toxins by mass spectrometry (MS), supporting the hypothesis that this mortality of monk seals was caused by biotoxins rather than by a morbillivirus.
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- M Reyero
- Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Vigo, Spain
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Sesma L, Montserrat V, Lamas JR, Marina A, Vázquez J, López de Castro JA. The peptide repertoires of HLA-B27 subtypes differentially associated to spondyloarthropathy (B*2704 and B*2706) differ by specific changes at three anchor positions. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:16744-9. [PMID: 11875071 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200371200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HLA-B*2704 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis. B*2706, which differs from B*2704 by two amino acid changes, is not associated with this disease. A systematic comparison of the B*2704- and B*2706-bound peptide repertoires was carried out to elucidate their overlap and differential features and to correlate them with disease susceptibility. Both subtypes shared about 90% of their peptide repertoires, consisting of peptides with Arg(2) and C-terminal aliphatic or Phe residues. B*2706 polymorphism influenced specificity at three anchor positions: it favored basic residues at P3 and POmega-2 and impaired binding of Tyr and Arg at POmega. Thus, the main structural feature of peptides differentially bound to B*2704 was the presence of C-terminal Tyr or Arg, together with a strong preference for aliphatic/aromatic P3 residues. This is the only known feature of B*2704 and B*2706 that correlates to their differential association with spondyloarthropathy. The concomitant presence of basic P3 and POmega-2 residues was observed only among peptides differentially bound to B*2706, suggesting that it impairs binding to B*2704. Similarity between peptide overlap and the degree of cross-reaction with alloreactive T lymphocytes suggested that the majority of shared ligands maintain unaltered antigenic features in the context of both subtypes.
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- Laura Sesma
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ogueta S, Muñoz J, Obregon E, Delgado-Baeza E, García-Ruiz JP. Prolactin is a component of the human synovial liquid and modulates the growth and chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2002; 190:51-63. [PMID: 11997178 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(02)00013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The hormone prolactin (PRL) is the product of a single gene synthesized by pituitary and many extrapituitary tissues. In this study, we have purified and sequenced by mass spectrometry a 29 kDa protein from human synovial liquid, bound to the proteoglycan component of synovial liquid that showed an identical sequence in 20 amino acids to hPRL. We have also found PRL receptor (PRLR) in human knee tissues. The cartilage from osteoarthritic patients shows transcripts of the long PRLR isoform while synovial tissue expresses the intermediate PRLR isoform. Pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be isolated from adult bone marrow providing an excellent tool to study MSC-derived differentiation processes. We analyzed the expression of the PRL-PRLR system in hMSCs and during the acquisition of chondrocyte phenotype. We show by RT-PCR that intermediate PRLR isoform is expressed in hMSCs and that PRL exerts a significant increase in cell proliferation. In MSC aggregates cultured in chemically defined medium, we found that extrapituitary PRL transcripts are expressed and the receptor switches isoform expression from the intermediate to long isoform. Furthermore, in cell aggregates, PRL induces type II collagen and extrapituitary PRL expression. Histomorphologic analysis of cell aggregates showed that PRL induces the synthesis of proteoglycans and, in combination with glucocorticoids, a tissue structure with cells organized in longitudinal columns. Under the above conditions, electron microscopic observations show that PRL both downregulates the formation of fibrils of type II collagen and induces cell-cell interactions. All the results presented are consistent with a role of the PRL-PRLR system in bone/cartilage formation/repair processes.
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- Samuel Ogueta
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Spain
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Bonner PLR, Lill JR, Hill S, Creaser CS, Rees RC. Electrospray mass spectrometry for the identification of MHC class I-associated peptides expressed on cancer cells. J Immunol Methods 2002; 262:5-19. [PMID: 11983215 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Electrospray ionisation (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) has been used extensively for the detection of peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. This review focuses on the optimisation of electrospray mass spectrometry and the use of tandem mass spectrometry to sequence MHC class I peptides. We review the isolation of MHC class I peptides from the surface of cells with particular reference to tumour cells. In addition, we also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the methods available to concentrate and fractionate the peptides prior to analysis by electrospray mass spectrometry.
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- P L R Bonner
- Department of Life Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, NG11 8NS, UK.
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Agromayor M, Ortiz P, Lopez-Estebaranz JL, Gonzalez-Nicolas J, Esteban M, Martin-Gallardo A. Molecular epidemiology of molluscum contagiosum virus and analysis of the host-serum antibody response in Spanish HIV-negative patients. J Med Virol 2002; 66:151-8. [PMID: 11782922 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) lesions from Spanish human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients were clinically examined and analyzed for virus detection and typing. In a study of 147 patients, 97 (66%) were children under 10 years, of whom 49% had atopic dermatitis. MCV lesions were morphologically indistinguishable among the different age groups, but atopic patients presented larger lesions compared with patients without the disorder. In adults, lesions were observed mainly on the genitals. MCVI was the predominant subtype. The deduced MCVI/MCVII ratio (146:1) was much higher than that found in other geographical areas. Protein preparations of the virus-induced lesions were immunoblotted with sera from 25 MCVI patients. The host-serum antibody response was weak and variable, although no significant differences were found between atopic and nonatopic patients. Three immunoreactive proteins of 74/80, 60, and 35 kDa were detected in almost all the analyzed sera. The 35 and 74/80-kDa proteins were virus specific, whereas the 60-kDa protein band was composed of a mix of human keratins. Immunoblotting of MCV lesions and vaccinia virus-infected cell extracts with either MCV patient serum or a rabbit antiserum against vaccinia virus showed no cross-reactivity of these two human poxviruses at the antigenic level.
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Martín CP, Vázquez J, Avila J, Moreno FJ. P24, a glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK 3) inhibitor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1586:113-22. [PMID: 11781156 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(01)00092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A heat resistant glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK 3) binding protein, p24, that inhibits its kinase activity at a low magnesium concentration (in a way similar to that of lithium) was found in microtubules from adult rat brains. This protein associates with GSK 3 in microtubules and corresponds to one previously described in the literature as p25, although it has a relative molecular weight of 23472. p24 is a poor substrate for GSK 3 but it could be phosphorylated by other protein kinases such as cAMP dependent protein kinase and cdk 5. Since p24 could form complexes with GSK 3, it may not only regulate GSK 3 activity but also it might act as an anchoring protein for the kinase.
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- Concepción Pérez Martín
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Creaser CS, Reynolds JC, Harvey DJ. Structural analysis of oligosaccharides by atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2002; 16:176-184. [PMID: 11803538 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An ion source incorporating a fibre optic interface has been constructed for atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. The configuration has been applied to the study of linear and complex oligosaccharides. Multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MSn, n = 2-4) experiments carried out in the ion trap enable extended fragmentation pathways to be investigated that yield structural information. Collisional activation of sodiated oligosaccharides, as demonstrated on the model compound maltoheptaose, produces primarily B and Y fragments resulting from cleavage of glycosidic bonds; fragments from cross-ring cleavages are also observed following further stages of tandem mass spectrometry, providing additional linkage information. The analyses of mixtures of complex oligosaccharides are demonstrated for N-linked glycans from chicken egg glycoproteins and a ribonuclease glycan mixture. Mass spectrometric and tandem mass spectrometric data for sugars with molecular weights up to 4000 Da is shown for mixtures of linear dextrans and N-linked glycans. The use of MSn (n = 3, 4) on these complex molecules enabled structural information to be elucidated that confirms data observed in the MS/MS spectra.
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- Colin S Creaser
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK.
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Montes CL, Zuñiga EI, Vazquez J, Arce C, Gruppi A. Trypanosoma cruzi mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase triggers polyclonal B-cell activation. Clin Exp Immunol 2002; 127:27-36. [PMID: 11882029 PMCID: PMC1906289 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01746.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It has been proposed that Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiologic agent of Chagas' disease, produces mitogenic substances responsible for the polyclonal B-cell activation observed during the acute phase of the infection. Isolation and characterization of the molecules involved in the induction of polyclonal activation observed during infectious diseases have posed a great challenge for the immunologist over the last decade. In this work we report that a 33 kD protein obtained from an alkaline fraction of T. cruzi epimastigotes (FI) stimulates proliferation and promotes differentiation into antibody-secreting cells of normal murine B cells in a T-cell independent manner. By flow cytometry we also found that the 33 kDa protein induces an increase in the expression of MHC class II and B7.2 but not B7.1 molecules on the B-cell surface. Sequencing by mass spectrometry identified the T. cruzi 33 kD protein as hypothetical oxidoreductase, a member of the aldo/ketoreductase family. In this report we demonstrate that this protein is also present in the infective bloodstream trypomastigote form of the parasite and was identified as T. cruzi mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (mMDH) by enzyme activity and by Western blotting using a specific mMDH polyclonal antiserum. The biologic relevance of mMDH-induced polyclonal activation concerning T. cruzi infection is discussed.
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- C L Montes
- Inmunología, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Miraglia N, Basile A, Pieri M, Acampora A, Malorni L, De Giulio B, Sannolo N. Ion trap mass spectrometry in the structural analysis of haemoglobin peptides modified by epichlorohydrin and diepoxybutane. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2002; 16:840-847. [PMID: 11948814 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ion trap mass spectrometry has been shown to be particularly suitable for the structural analysis of high molecular weight peptides directly fragmented in the mass analyser without needing further sub-digestion reactions. Here we report the advantages of using multi-stage ion trap mass spectrometry in the structural characterisation of haemoglobin alkylated with epichlorohydrin and diepoxybutane. Alkylated globins were digested with trypsin and the peptide mixtures were analysed by MS(3). This technique allows the sequential fragmentation of peptides under analysis, giving rise to MS(3) product ion spectra with additional information with respect to MS(2) mass spectra. The results obtained complete the previously reported structural characterisation of alkylated haemoglobin, demonstrating the potential of ion trap mass spectrometry.
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- Nadia Miraglia
- Centro Internazionale di Servizi di Spettrometria di Massa e Rete di Spettrometria di Massa - Istituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione del C.N.R., Via Roma 52, I-83100 Avellino, Italy.
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Alvarez I, Martí M, Vázquez J, Camafeita E, Ogueta S, López de Castro JA. The Cys-67 residue of HLA-B27 influences cell surface stability, peptide specificity, and T-cell antigen presentation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:48740-7. [PMID: 11673468 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108882200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cys-67 of HLA-B27 is located in the B pocket, which determines peptide-binding specificity. We analyzed effects of the Cys-67 --> Ser mutation on cell surface expression, peptide specificity, and T-cell recognition of HLA-B*2705. Surface expression was assessed with antibodies recognizing either native or unfolded HLA proteins. Whereas native B*2705 molecules predominated over unfolded ones, this ratio was reversed in the mutant, suggesting lower stability. Comparison of B*2705- and Cys-67 --> Ser-bound peptides revealed that the mutant failed to bind approximately 15% of the B*2705 ligands, while binding as many novel ones. Two peptides with Gln-2 found in both B*2705 and Cys-67 --> Ser are the first demonstration of natural B*2705 ligands lacking Arg-2. Other effects of the mutation on peptide specificity were: 1) average molecular mass of natural ligands higher than for B*2705, 2) bias against small residues at peptide position (P) 1, and 3) increased P2 permissiveness. The results suggest that the Cys-67 --> Ser mutation weakens B pocket interactions, leading to decreased stability of the mutant-peptide complexes. This may be partially compensated by interactions involving bulky P1 residues. The effect of the mutation on allorecognition was consistent with that on peptide specificity. Our results may aid understanding of the pathogenetic role of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthropathy.
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- I Alvarez
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Martí M, Alvarez I, Montserrat V, López de Castro JA. Large sharing of T-cell epitopes and natural ligands between HLA-B27 subtypes (B*2702 and B*2705) associated with spondyloarthritis. TISSUE ANTIGENS 2001; 58:351-62. [PMID: 11929585 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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HLA-B*2702 is an ankylosing spondylitis-associated allotype that differs from the more common B*2705 at residues 77, 80, and 81, in the peptide-binding site. The diversity and fine specificity of alloreactive cytolytic T-lymphocyte (CTL) raised against B*2702 were analyzed at the clonal level. Significant crossreaction with B*2705 and B*2709 indicated that the three subtypes share numerous T-cell epitopes. However, some epitopes shared by B*2702 and B*2705 were lost in B*2709, which correlates with weaker association of this subtype to disease. Clonal specificities were donor-dependent, indicating that allo-immunogenicity is variable among individuals. Anti-B*2702 CTL were little affected by single mutations mimicking B*2702/B*2705 polymorphism, but the double mutant at positions 77 and 81 was recognized worse than B*2705, suggesting a compensatory effect of residue 80. Thus, HLA-B27 polymorphism modulated alloreactivity through cooperative and compensatory effects on T-cell epitope structure. Comparison of B*2705- and B*2702-bound peptide repertoires revealed that they overlapped by 73% and 81%, respectively. This was larger than B*2702/B*2705 cross-reaction, indicating that HLA-B27 allospecificity is only partially determined by the nature of peptide repertoires. The large sharing of natural ligands and T-cell epitopes is consistent with a pathogenetic role of B*2702 and B*2705 in spondyloarthritis based on antigen presentation.
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- M Martí
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M.), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Pineda-Molina E, Klatt P, Vázquez J, Marina A, García de Lacoba M, Pérez-Sala D, Lamas S. Glutathionylation of the p50 subunit of NF-kappaB: a mechanism for redox-induced inhibition of DNA binding. Biochemistry 2001; 40:14134-42. [PMID: 11714266 DOI: 10.1021/bi011459o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The cellular redox status can modify the function of NF-kappaB, whose DNA-binding activity can be inhibited by oxidative, nitrosative, and nonphysiological agents such as diamide, iodoacetamide, or N-ethylmaleimide. This inhibitory effect has been proposed to be mediated by the oxidation of a conserved cysteine in its DNA-binding domain (Cys62) through unknown biochemical mechanisms. The aim of this work was to identify new oxidative modifications in Cys62 involved in the redox regulation of the NF-kappaB subunit p50. To address this problem, we exposed p50, both the native form (p50WT) and its corresponding mutant in Cys62 (C62S), to changes in the redox pair glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) ratio ranging from 100 to 0.1, which may correspond to intracellular (patho)physiological states. A ratio between 1 and 0.1 resulted in a 40-70% inhibition of the DNA binding of p50WT, having no effect on the C62S mutant. Mass spectrometry studies, molecular modeling, and incorporation of (3)H-glutathione assays were consistent with an S-glutathionylation of p50WT in Cys62. Maximal incorporation of (3)H-glutathione to the p50WT and C62S was of 0.4 and 0.1 mol of (3)H-GSH/mol of protein, respectively. Because this covalent glutathione incorporation did not show a perfect correlation with the observed inhibition in the DNA-binding activity of p50WT, we searched for other modifications contributing to the maximal inhibition. MALDI-TOF and nanospray-QIT studies revealed the formation of sulfenic acid as an alternative or concomitant oxidative modification of p50. In summary, these data are consistent with new oxidative modifications in p50 that could be involved in redox regulatory mechanisms for NF-kappaB. These postranslational modifications could represent a molecular basis for the coupling of pro-oxidative stimuli to gene expression.
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- E Pineda-Molina
- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigaciones Nefrológicas, Madrid, Spain
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Yague J, Marina A, Vazquez J, Lopez De Castro JA. Major histocompatibility complex class I molecules bind natural peptide ligands lacking the amino-terminal binding residue in vivo. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43699-707. [PMID: 11557759 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105981200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-peptide complexes are stabilized by multiple interactions, including those of the peptidic NH(2)-terminal group in the A pocket of the MHC molecule. In this study, the characterization of four natural HLA-B39 ligands lacking the amino-terminal binding residue is reported. These peptides were found in the endogenous peptide pool of one or more of the B*3901, B*3905, and B*3909 allotypes and sequenced by nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. Control experiments ruled out that they resulted from exopeptidase trimming of their NH(2)-terminally extended counterparts: NAc-SHVAVENAL, EHGPNPIL, IHEPEPHIL, and EHAGVISVL, also present in the same peptide pools, during purification. HAGVISVL and HVAVENAL behaved similarly to the corresponding NH(2)-terminally extended peptides in their binding to B*3901 and B*3909 at the cell surface in vitro, and in cell surface stabilization of B*3901. This is, to our knowledge, the first demonstration that peptides lacking the amino-terminal binding residue bind in vivo to classical MHC class I molecules. The results indicate that canonical MHC-peptide interactions in the A pocket are not always necessary for endogenous peptide presentation.
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- J Yague
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Alvarez I, Sesma L, Marcilla M, Ramos M, Marti M, Camafeita E, de Castro JA. Identification of novel HLA-B27 ligands derived from polymorphic regions of its own or other class I molecules based on direct generation by 20 S proteasome. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:32729-37. [PMID: 11435436 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104663200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HLA-B27 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis. Natural HLA-B27 ligands derived from polymorphic regions of its own or other class I HLA molecules might be involved in autoimmunity or provide diversity among HLA-B27-bound peptide repertoires from individuals. In particular, an 11-mer spanning HLA-B27 residues 169-179 is a natural HLA-B27 ligand with homology to proteins from Gram-negative bacteria. Proteasomal digestion of synthetic substrates demonstrated direct generation of the B27-(169-179) ligand. Cleavage after residue 181 generated a B27-(169-181) 13-mer that was subsequently found as a natural ligand of B*2705 and B*2704. Its binding to HLA-B27 subtypes in vivo correlated better than B27-(169-179) with association to spondyloarthropathy. Proteasomal cleavage generated also a peptide spanning B*2705 residues 150-158. This region is polymorphic among HLA-B27 subtypes and class I HLA antigens. The peptide was a natural B*2704 ligand. Since this subtype differs from B*2705 at residue 152, it was concluded that the ligand arose from HLA-B*3503, synthesized in the cells used as a source for B*2704-bound peptides. Thus, polymorphic HLA-B27 ligands derived from HLA-B27 or other class I molecules are directly produced by the 20 S proteasome in vitro, and this can be used for identification of such ligands in the constitutive HLA-B27-bound peptide pool.
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- I Alvarez
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M.), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain
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Li L, Masselon CD, Anderson GA, Pasa-Tolić L, Lee SW, Shen Y, Zhao R, Lipton MS, Conrads TP, Tolić N, Smith RD. High-throughput peptide identification from protein digests using data-dependent multiplexed tandem FTICR mass spectrometry coupled with capillary liquid chromatography. Anal Chem 2001; 73:3312-22. [PMID: 11476231 DOI: 10.1021/ac010192w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) plays an important role in the unambiguous identification and structural elucidation of biomolecules. In contrast to conventional MS/MS approaches for protein identification where an individual polypeptide is sequentially selected and dissociated, a multiplexed-MS/MS approach increases throughput by selecting several peptides for simultaneous dissociation using either infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) or multiple frequency sustained off-resonance irradiation (SORI) collisionally induced dissociation (CID). The high mass measurement accuracy and resolution of FTICR combined with knowledge of peptide dissociation pathways allows the fragments arising from several different parent ions to be assigned. Herein we report the application of multiplexed-MS/MS coupled with on-line separations for the identification of peptides present in complex mixtures (i.e., whole cell lysate digests). Software was developed to enable "on-the-fly" data-dependent peak selection of a subset of polypeptides from each FTICR MS acquisition. In the subsequent MS/MS acquisitions, several coeluting peptides were fragmented simultaneously using either IRMPD or SORI-CID techniques. The utility of this approach has been demonstrated using a bovine serum albumin tryptic digest separated by capillary LC where multiple peptides were readily identified in single MS/MS acquisitions. We also present initial results from multiplexed-MS/MS analysis of a D. radiodurans whole cell digest to illustrate the utility of this approach for high-throughput analysis of a bacterial proteome.
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- L Li
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Ramos M, Alvarez I, García-del-Portillo F, López de Castro JA. Minimal alterations in the HLA-B27-bound peptide repertoire induced upon infection of lymphoid cells with Salmonella typhimurium. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2001; 44:1677-88. [PMID: 11465720 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200107)44:7<1677::aid-art292>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize putative changes in the HLA-B27-bound peptide repertoire following infection of lymphoid cells with Salmonella typhimurium, a bacterium known to trigger reactive arthritis in HLA-B27-positive individuals. METHODS A protocol was developed for efficient large-scale infection of lymphoblastoid cell transfectants expressing HLA-B*2705. HLA-B27-bound peptide pools were isolated from noninfected and infected B*2705+ cells and comparatively analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Peptide-containing chromatographic fractions from noninfected and infected cells were systematically compared by mass spectrometry (MS) to look for putative differences at the level of individual peptides. RESULTS The presence of B*2705 did not influence S typhimurium invasion, since this was equally efficient in nontransfected or B27-transfected cells. The chromatographic profiles of B*2705-bound peptides from noninfected and infected cells were virtually identical. A total of 808 molecular species were compared by MS. Of these, 807 were present in both infected and noninfected cells. Only one molecular species from infected cells lacked a detectable counterpart in noninfected cells. CONCLUSION Intracellular infection of lymphoid cells by S typhimurium induces minimal alterations in the HLA-B27-bound peptide repertoire. Minor changes detectable by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, but not easily amenable to direct biochemical analysis, are not ruled out.
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- M Ramos
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Piñeiro C, Vázquez J, Marina AI, Barros-Velázquez J, Gallardo JM. Characterization and partial sequencing of species-specific sarcoplasmic polypeptides from commercial hake species by mass spectrometry following two-dimensional electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:1545-52. [PMID: 11386668 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200105)22:8<1545::aid-elps1545>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Merluccidae family comprises marine species, some of them of high commercial value and others less appreciated, whose commercialization in Europe under the generic name of "hake" is highly remarkable. The potential of proteomics was employed in this study with the aim of achieving the differential characterization of five different hake species: Merluccius merluccius (European hake), M. australis (Southern hake), M. hubbsi (Argentinian hake), M. gayi (Chilean hake), and M. capensis (Cape hake), some of them very closely related. Species-specific polypeptides were observed for the five hake species studied in isoelectric focusing (IEF) and/or two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) high-resolution gels. The peptide mass maps of two polypeptide groups, previously selected by 2-DE analysis as potentially species-specific, were obtained by "in-gel" tryptic digestion, followed by matrix assisted laser desorption/ ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Analysis of group A polypeptides (with pI in the range of 5.0-5.5 and molecular mass of 17 kDa), allowed the differential classification of the hake species into two groups: the East Atlantic coast group and the West Atlantic coast group. Moreover, the peptide mass-maps from the heat-resistant parvalbumin fraction (pI below 4.5; molecular mass <12 kDa) allowed the detection of a peptide characteristic of M. australis not present in the other four hake species tested. A specific 17 kDa protein from M. merluccius was also partially sequenced by nanospray-ion trap-tandem MS, revealing a high homology with rat nucleoside diphosphate kinase A (NDKA). This work opens the way to the application of proteomics to the differential characterization of commercial hake species at the molecular level.
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- C Piñeiro
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Vigo, Spain.
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Purcell AW, Gorman JJ. The use of post-source decay in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry to delineate T cell determinants. J Immunol Methods 2001; 249:17-31. [PMID: 11226460 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(00)00361-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The identification of naturally processed peptides presented by molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has progressed significantly over the past decade. The elution of peptides from immunoaffinity purified complexes of MHC class I or class II molecules has provided highly specific biochemical information regarding the nature of endogenous peptides capable of binding to and being presented by particular MHC alleles. Whilst Edman chemistry is sufficient for the identification of abundant or homogeneous immunodominant peptides contained in samples of fractionated peptides, mass spectrometry has proved more powerful for sequencing less abundant species present in the typically heterogeneous fractions of eluted peptides. This review focuses on the characterisation of T cell determinants by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (MALDI)-time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). We demonstrate, with specific examples, the utility of post-source decay in MALDI-TOF MS for the characterisation of the amino acid sequences of both native and modified T cell determinants. The potential advantages and pitfalls of this technique relative to the more commonly used forms of tandem mass spectrometry in electrospray and ion spray modes of ionisation as well as hybrid quadrupole-quadrupole-TOF instruments are discussed. We highlight the complementarity between these techniques and discuss the advantages in the combined use of both MALDI- and electrospray-based instrumentation in epitope identification strategies.
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- A W Purcell
- The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, 3052, Victoria, Parkville, Australia.
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This review highlights the many roles mass spectrometry plays in the discovery and development of new therapeutics by both the pharmaceutical and the biotechnology industries. Innovations in mass spectrometer source design, improvements to mass accuracy, and implementation of computer-controlled automation have accelerated the purification and characterization of compounds derived from combinatorial libraries, as well as the throughput of pharmacokinetics studies. The use of accelerator mass spectrometry, chemical reaction interface-mass spectrometry and continuous flow-isotope ratio mass spectrometry are promising alternatives for conducting mass balance studies in man. To meet the technical challenges of proteomics, discovery groups in biotechnology companies have led the way to development of instruments with greater sensitivity and mass accuracy (e.g., MALDI-TOF, ESI-Q-TOF, Ion Trap), the miniaturization of separation techniques and ion sources (e.g., capillary HPLC and nanospray), and the utilization of bioinformatics. Affinity-based methods coupled to mass spectrometry are allowing rapid and selective identification of both synthetic and biological molecules. With decreasing instrument cost and size and increasing reliability, mass spectrometers are penetrating both the manufacturing and the quality control arenas. The next generation of technologies to simplify the investigation of the complex fate of novel pharmaceutical entities in vitro and in vivo will be chip-based approaches coupled with mass spectrometry.
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- D I Papac
- Department of Development Research, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
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Reid GE, Simpson RJ, O'Hair RA. Leaving group and gas phase neighboring group effects in the side chain losses from protonated serine and its derivatives. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2000; 11:1047-1060. [PMID: 11118111 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(00)00189-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The gas phase fragmentation reactions of protonated serine and its YNHCH(CH2X)CO2H derivatives, beta-chloroalanine, S-methyl cysteine, O-methyl serine, and O-phosphoserine, as well as the corresponding N-acetyl model peptides have been examined via electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). In particular, the competition between losses from the side chain and the combined loss of H2O and CO from the C-terminal carboxyl group of the amino acids or H2O or CH2CO from the N-acetyl model peptides are compared. In this manner the effect of the leaving group (Y = H or CH3CO, vary X) or of the neighboring group can be examined. It was found that the amount of HX lost from the side chain increases with the proton affinity of X [OP(O)(OH)2 > OCH3 approximately equals OH > Cl]. The ion due to the side chain loss of H2O from the model peptide N-acetyl serine is more abundant than that from protonated serine, suggesting that the N-acetyl group is a better neighboring group than the amino group. Ab initio calculations at the MP2(FC)/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* level of theory suggest that this effect is due to the transition state barrier for water loss from protonated N-acetyl serine being lower than that for protonated serine. The mechanism for side chain loss has been examined using MS3 tandem mass spectrometry, independent synthesis of proposed product ion structures combined with MS/MS, and hydrogen/deuterium exchange. Neighboring group rather than cis 1,2 elimination processes dominate in all cases. In particular, the loss of H3PO4 from O-phosphoserine and N-acetyl O-phosphoserine is shown to yield a 3-membered aziridine ring and 5-membered oxazoline ring, respectively, and not the dehydroalanine moiety. This is in contrast to results presented by DeGnore and Qin (J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 1998, 9, 1175-1188) for the loss of H3PO4 from larger peptides, where dehydroalanine was observed. Alternate mechanisms to cis 1,2 elimination, for the formation of dehydroalanine in larger phosphoserine or phosphothreonine containing peptides, are proposed.
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- G E Reid
- Joint Protein Structure Laboratory, The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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García MA, Campillos M, Ogueta S, Valdivieso F, Vázquez J. Identification of amino acid residues of transcription factor AP-2 involved in DNA binding. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:807-16. [PMID: 10966787 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AP-2 is a cell-type specific, developmentally regulated transcription factor which has been described as a critical regulator of gene expression during vertebrate development and embryogenesis. Although the overall domains of this factor necessary for their activity have been identified, the exact identity of AP-2 amino acid residues responsible for its interaction with the DNA structure has not yet been described. Here, we describe the identification of a region of AP-2 which was protected by an oligonucleotide probe containing its binding site from trypsin digestion, monitored by peptide mapping by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Furthermore, we analyzed the relative in vitro DNA-binding activity, the stimulatory potency on the AP-2-dependent APOE promoter, as well as the ability to inhibit the effect of the wild-type protein of each one of a set of single-site substitution AP-2 mutants spanning the identified region. Taken together, our data clearly demonstrate that the region between amino acid residues 252-260 of AP-2 is essential for its DNA-binding activity. Particularly, the individual substitution in any of the residues 253, 254, 255, 257 or 260 is sufficient for completely abolishing the interaction with DNA and the stimulation of APOE promoter activity. These results indicate a crucial role of this region in the formation of an active DNA-binding domain and strongly suggest that these residues provide direct contacts with the DNA structure at the AP-2 binding site.
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- M A García
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Tin OF, Rykunova AI, Muranova TA, Toyoda T, Itoa K, Suzuki T, Watanabe K, Garber MB, Nakamura Y. Proteolytic fragmentation of polypeptide release factor 1 of Thermus thermophilus and crystallization of the stable fragments. Biochimie 2000; 82:765-72. [PMID: 11018294 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(00)01149-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Polypeptide release factor one from Thermus thermophilus, ttRF1, was purified and subjected to crystallization. Thin crystalline needles were obtained but their quality was not satisfactory for X-ray diffraction. Stable fragments of ttRF1 suitable for crystallization were screened by limited proteolysis. Three major fragments were produced by thermolysinolysis and analyzed by N-terminal sequencing and electrospray mass spectrometry. They were N-terminal fragments generated by proteolysis at amino acid positions 211, 231 and 292. The corresponding recombinant polypeptides, ttRF1(211), ttRF1(231) and ttRF1(292), were overproduced and subjected to crystallization. Of these polypeptides, ttRF1(292) gave rise to crystals that belong to P3(1) (or P3(2)) space group with unit cell parameters a = b = 64. 5 A, c = 86.6 A and diffract up to 7 A resolution.
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- O F Tin
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region, Pushchino, Russia
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Yagüe J, Alvarez I, Rognan D, Ramos M, Vázquez J, de Castro JAL. An N-acetylated natural ligand of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B39. Classical major histocompatibility complex class I proteins bind peptides with a blocked NH(2) terminus in vivo. J Exp Med 2000; 191:2083-92. [PMID: 10859333 PMCID: PMC2193201 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.12.2083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Sequence-independent interactions involving the free peptidic NH(2) terminus are thought to be an essential feature of peptide binding to classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins. Challenging this paradigm, a natural Nalpha-acetylated ligand of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B39 was identified in this study. It matched the NH(2)-terminal sequence of two human helicases, was resistant to aminopeptidase M, and was produced with high yield from a synthetic 30 mer with the sequence of the putative parental protein by the 20S proteasome. This is the first reported natural ligand of classical MHC class I antigens that has a blocked NH(2) terminus.
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- Jesús Yagüe
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Ogueta S, Rogado R, Marina A, Moreno F, Redondo JM, Vázquez J. Identification of phosphorylation sites in proteins by nanospray quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2000; 35:556-565. [PMID: 10797652 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(200004)35:4<556::aid-jms969>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A method is described for identifying serine phosphorylation sites in proteins, based on conventional (32)P labeling followed by electrophoretic separation, 'in-gel' digestion with a protease, peptide extraction, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic separation and collection and off-line analysis of the radioactive fractions by nanospray ion trap mass spectrometry. The method was successfully applied to the identification of three phosphorylation sites in two proteins which were subjected to in vitro phosphorylation under physiological conditions. Different combinations of the various scanning modes of the ion trap, including high-resolution, multiple subfragmentation (or MS(n)) and fast scan analysis, were employed to identify the phosphopeptides, determine their sequence and localize the exact site of phosphorylation. 'Blind' fragmentation using fast scans was used to analyze a phosphopeptide which was undetectable in other scanning modes. The sequence, phosphorylation site and double cysteine modification of the potassium adduct of a peptide containing 35 residues were also determined by multiple fragmentation. The results not only support the validity of the proposed method for routine identification of phosphorylation sites, but also demonstrate the exceptional capability of off-line ion trap mass spectrometry in combination with nanospray ionization for performing very detailed studies on the structure of peptides.
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- S Ogueta
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa,' Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Adamczyk M, Gebler JC, Wu J. Sequencing of anti-thyroxine monoclonal antibody fab fragment by ion trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2000; 14:999-1007. [PMID: 10844738 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000615)14:11<999::aid-rcm978>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A comprehensive mass spectrometric strategy is described for the sequencing of anti-thyroxine monoclonal antibody Fab region (48 000 Da). After reduction and S-carboxymethylation of the Fab, the modified light chain and Fd fragment were separated and subjected to multiple proteolytic digestions. The resulting digests were characterized by on-line microbore liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry. Database search against published immunoglobulins (IgGs) allowed identification of all the peptides in constant domains. The homologous framework residues in the IgGs were utilized as 'sequence maps' for the sequence determination of variable domains. S-Carboxymethylation with an isotopic-enriched moiety greatly facilitated the recognition and data elucidation of cysteinyl peptides through the unique isotopic distribution patterns specific to the modified peptides. Methylation of peptide mixtures provided additional information for the interpretation of MS/MS spectra, allowing easy differentiation of Asp/Asn and Gln/Glu pairs. This study clearly demonstrates the power of mass spectrometry for the sequencing of antibodies without knowing the corresponding DNA sequences.
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- M Adamczyk
- Department of Chemistry (9NM), Abbott Diagnostics Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6016, USA.
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Adamczyk M, Gebler JC, Wu J. A simple method to identify cysteine residues by isotopic labeling and ion trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 1999; 13:1813-1817. [PMID: 10482894 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19990930)13:18<1813::aid-rcm722>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A simple method was developed to facilitate the identification of cysteine-containing peptides based on S-carboxymethylation of cysteine residues with isotopically enriched bromoacetic acid. An ion trap mass spectrometer with high-resolution scan functionality allows identification of the unique isotopic distribution patterns specific to the modified peptides.
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- M Adamczyk
- Department of Chemistry (9NM), Abbott Diagnostics Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6016, USA.
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