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Astrocytes Protect Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells from Hypoxia Injury by Regulating VEGF Expression. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2022; 2022:1884959. [PMID: 35340230 PMCID: PMC8956445 DOI: 10.1155/2022/1884959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hypoxic-ischemic stroke has been associated with changes in neurovascular behavior, mediated, in part, by induction of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of human astrocytes on the proliferation, apoptosis, and function of human microvascular endothelial cells (hBMEC) in vitro. Human microvascular endothelial cells (hBMEC) and human normal astrocytes (HA-1800) were used to establish in vitro cocultured cell models. The coculture model was used to simulate hypoxic-ischemic stroke, and it was found that astrocytes could promote hBMEC proliferation, inhibit apoptosis, reduce cell damage, and enhance antioxidant capacity by activating the VEGF signaling pathway. When VEGF is knocked out in astrocytes, the protective effect of astrocytes on hBMEC was partially lost. In conclusion, our study confirms the protective effect of hBMEC and laid a foundation for the study of hypoxic-ischemic stroke.
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Proteomic expressional profiling of a paraffin-embedded tissue by multiplex tissue immunoblotting. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1312:175-84. [PMID: 26044002 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2694-7_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In the functional proteome era, the proteomic profiling of clinicopathologic annotated tissues is an essential step for mining and evaluations of candidate biomarkers for disease. Previously, application of routine proteomic methodologies to clinical tissue specimens has provided unsatisfactory results. Multiplex tissue immunoblotting is a method of transferring proteins from a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue section to a stack of membranes which can be applied to a conventional immunoblotting method. A single tissue section can be transferred to up to ten membranes, each of which is probed with antibodies and detected with fluorescent tags. By this approach, total protein and target signals can be simultaneously determined on each membrane; hence each antibody is internally normalized. Phosphorylation specific antibodies as well as antibodies that do not readily work well with paraffin-embedded tissue are applicable to the membranes, expanding the menu of antibodies that can be utilized with formalin-fixed tissue. This novel platform can provide quantitative detection retaining histomorphologic detail in clinical samples and has great potential to facilitate discovery and development of new diagnostic assays and therapeutic agents.
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Zhu G, Zhao P, Deng N, Tao D, Sun L, Liang Z, Zhang L, Zhang Y. Single chain variable fragment displaying M13 phage library functionalized magnetic microsphere-based protein equalizer for human serum protein analysis. Anal Chem 2012; 84:7633-7. [PMID: 22909037 DOI: 10.1021/ac3017746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Single chain variable fragment (scFv) displaying the M13 phage library was covalently immobilized on magnetic microspheres and used as a protein equalizer for the treatment of human serum. First, scFv displaying M13 phage library functionalized magnetic microspheres (scFv@M13@MM) was incubated with a human serum sample. Second, captured proteins on scFv@M13@MM were eluted with 2 M NaCl, 50 mM glycine-hydrochloric acid (Gly-HCl), and 20% (v/v) acetonitrile with 0.5% (v/v) trifluoroacetic acid in sequence. Finally, the tightly bonded proteins were released by the treatment with thrombin. The eluates were first analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) with silver staining. Results indicated that the difference of protein concentration was reduced obviously in NaCl and Gly-HCl fractions compared with untreated human serum sample. The eluates were also digested with trypsin, followed by online 2D-strong cation exchange (SCX)-RPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. Results demonstrated that the number of proteins identified from an scFv@M13@MM treated human serum sample was improved 100% compared with that from the untreated sample. In addition, the spectral count of 10 high abundance proteins (serum albumin, serotransferrin, α-2-macroglobulin, α-1-antitrypsin, apolipoprotein B-100, Ig γ-2 chain C region, haptoglobin, hemopexin, α-1-acid glycoprotein 1, and α-2-HS-glycoprotein) decreased evidently after scFv@M13@MM treatment. All these results demonstrate that scFv@M13@MM could efficiently remove high-abundance proteins, reduce the protein concentration difference of human serum, and result in more protein identification.
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- Guijie Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R. and A. Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, China
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Cung K, Slater RL, Cui Y, Jones SE, Ahmad H, Naik RR, McAlpine MC. Rapid, multiplexed microfluidic phage display. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:562-5. [PMID: 22182980 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc21129g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The development of a method for high-throughput, automated proteomic screening could impact areas ranging from fundamental molecular interactions to the discovery of novel disease markers and therapeutic targets. Surface display techniques allow for efficient handling of large molecular libraries in small volumes. In particular, phage display has emerged as a powerful technology for selecting peptides and proteins with enhanced, target-specific binding affinities. Yet, the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming when multiple targets are involved. Here we demonstrate for the first time a microfluidic chip capable of identifying high affinity phage-displayed peptides for multiple targets in just a single round and without the need for bacterial infection. The chip is shown to be able to yield well-established control consensus sequences while simultaneously identifying new sequences for clinically important targets. Indeed, the confined parameters of the device allow not only for highly controlled assay conditions but also introduce a significant time-reduction to the phage display process. We anticipate that this easily-fabricated, disposable device has the potential to impact areas ranging from fundamental studies of protein, peptide, and molecular interactions, to applications such as fully automated proteomic screening.
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- Kellye Cung
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Bohler S, Sergeant K, Hoffmann L, Dizengremel P, Hausman JF, Renaut J, Jolivet Y. A difference gel electrophoresis study on thylakoids isolated from poplar leaves reveals a negative impact of ozone exposure on membrane proteins. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:3003-11. [PMID: 21520910 DOI: 10.1021/pr1012009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Populus tremula L. x P. alba L. (Populus x canescens (Aiton) Smith), clone INRA 717-1-B4, saplings were subjected to 120 ppb ozone exposure for 28 days. Chloroplasts were isolated, and the membrane proteins, solubilized using the detergent 1,2-diheptanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC), were analyzed in a difference gel electrophoresis (DiGE) experiment comparing control versus ozone-exposed plants. Extrinsic photosystem (PS) proteins and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) subunits were detected to vary in abundance. The general trend was a decrease in abundance, except for ferredoxin-NADP(+) oxidoreductase (FNR), which increased after the first 7 days of exposure. The up-regulation of FNR would increase NAPDH production for reducing power and detoxification inside and outside of the chloroplast. Later on, FNR and a number of PS and ATPase subunits decrease in abundance. This could be the result of oxidative processes on chloroplast proteins but could also be a way to down-regulate photochemical reactions in response to an inhibition in Calvin cycle activity.
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- Sacha Bohler
- Department Environment and Agro-biotechnologies, CRP-Gabriel Lippmann, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, GD, Luxembourg.
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Jabbour RE, Deshpande SV, Stanford MF, Wick CH, Zulich AW, Snyder AP. A protein processing filter method for bacterial identification by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. J Proteome Res 2010; 10:907-12. [PMID: 21126090 DOI: 10.1021/pr101086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A "one-pot" alternative method for processing proteins and isolating peptide mixtures from bacterial samples is presented for liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis and data reduction. The conventional in-solution digestion of the protein contents of bacteria is compared to a small disposable filter unit placed inside a centrifuge vial for processing and digestion of bacterial proteins. Each processing stage allows filtration of excess reactants and unwanted byproduct while retaining the proteins. Upon addition of trypsin, the peptide mixture solution is passed through the filter while retaining the trypsin enzyme. The peptide mixture is then analyzed by LC-MS/MS with an in-house BACid algorithm for a comparison of the experimental unique peptides to a constructed proteome database of bacterial genus, specie, and strain entries. The concentration of bacteria was varied from 10 × 10(7) to 3.3 × 10(3) cfu/mL for analysis of the effect of concentration on the ability of the sample processing, LC-MS/MS, and data analysis methods to identify bacteria. The protein processing method and dilution procedure result in reliable identification of pure suspensions and mixtures at high and low bacterial concentrations.
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Mandal N, Heegaard S, Prause JU, Honoré B, Vorum H. Ocular proteomics with emphasis on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Biol Proced Online 2009; 12:56-88. [PMID: 21406065 PMCID: PMC3055252 DOI: 10.1007/s12575-009-9019-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The intention of this review is to provide an overview of current methodologies employed in the rapidly developing field of ocular proteomics with emphasis on sample preparation, two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) and mass spectrometry (MS). Appropriate sample preparation for the diverse range of cells and tissues of the eye is essential to ensure reliable results. Current methods of protein staining for 2D-PAGE, protein labelling for two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis, gel-based expression analysis and protein identification by MS are summarised. The uses of gel-free MS-based strategies (MuDPIT, iTRAQ, ICAT and SILAC) are also discussed. Proteomic technologies promise to shed new light onto ocular disease processes that could lead to the discovery of strong novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets useful in many ophthalmic conditions.
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- Nakul Mandal
- Eye Pathology Section, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Eye Pathology Section, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Eye Pathology Section, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Ophthalmology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Intoh A, Kurisaki A, Fukuda H, Asashima M. Separation with zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography improves protein identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-based proteomic analysis. Biomed Chromatogr 2009; 23:607-14. [PMID: 19280682 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Comprehensive proteomic analyses necessitate efficient separation of peptide mixtures for the subsequent identification of proteins by mass spectrometry (MS). However, digestion of proteins extracted from cells and tissues often yields complex peptide mixtures that confound direct comprehensive MS analysis. This study investigated a zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (ZIC-HILIC) technique for the peptide separation step, which was verified by subsequent MS analysis. Human serum albumin (HSA) was the model protein used for this analysis. HSA was digested with trypsin and resolved by ZIC-HILIC or conventional strong cation exchange (SCX) prior to MS analysis for peptide identification. Separation with ZIC-HILIC significantly improved the identification of HSA peptides over SCX chromatography. Detailed analyses of the identified peptides revealed that the ZIC-HILIC has better peptide fractionation ability. We further demonstrated that ZIC-HILIC is useful for quantitatively surveying cell surface markers specifically expressed in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells. These results suggested the value of ZIC-HILIC as a novel and efficient separation method for comprehensive and quantitative proteomic analyses.
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- Atsushi Intoh
- Department of Life Sciences Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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In the functional proteome era, the proteomic profiling of clinicopathologic annotated tissues is an essential step for mining and evaluations of candidate biomarkers for disease. Previously, application of routine proteomic methodologies to clinical tissue specimens has provided unsatisfactory results. Multiplex tissue immunoblotting is a method of transferring proteins from a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue section to a stack of membranes which can be applied to a conventional immunoblotting method. A single tissue section can be transferred to up to ten membranes, each of which is probed with antibodies and detected with fluorescent tags. By this approach, total protein and target signals can be simultaneously determined on each membrane; hence each antibody is internally normalized. Phosphorylation-specific antibodies as well as antibodies that do not readily work well with paraffin-embedded tissue are applicable to the membranes, expanding the menu of antibodies that can be utilized with formalin-fixed tissue. This novel platform can provide quantitative detection retaining histomorphologic detail in clinical samples and has great potential to facilitate discovery and development of new diagnostic assays and therapeutic agents.
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Ning ZB, Li QR, Dai J, Li RX, Shieh CH, Zeng R. Fractionation of Complex Protein Mixture by Virtual Three-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Based on Combined pH and Salt Steps. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:4525-37. [DOI: 10.1021/pr800318j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Zhi-Bin Ning
- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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Carpentier SC, Panis B, Vertommen A, Swennen R, Sergeant K, Renaut J, Laukens K, Witters E, Samyn B, Devreese B. Proteome analysis of non-model plants: a challenging but powerful approach. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2008; 27:354-77. [PMID: 18381744 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Biological research has focused in the past on model organisms and most of the functional genomics studies in the field of plant sciences are still performed on model species or species that are characterized to a great extent. However, numerous non-model plants are essential as food, feed, or energy resource. Some features and processes are unique to these plant species or families and cannot be approached via a model plant. The power of all proteomic and transcriptomic methods, that is, high-throughput identification of candidate gene products, tends to be lost in non-model species due to the lack of genomic information or due to the sequence divergence to a related model organism. Nevertheless, a proteomics approach has a great potential to study non-model species. This work reviews non-model plants from a proteomic angle and provides an outline of the problems encountered when initiating the proteome analysis of a non-model organism. The review tackles problems associated with (i) sample preparation, (ii) the analysis and interpretation of a complex data set, (iii) the protein identification via MS, and (iv) data management and integration. We will illustrate the power of 2DE for non-model plants in combination with multivariate data analysis and MS/MS identification and will evaluate possible alternatives.
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Fang X, Zhang WW. Affinity separation and enrichment methods in proteomic analysis. J Proteomics 2008; 71:284-303. [PMID: 18619565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2008.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Revised: 06/24/2008] [Accepted: 06/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Protein separation or enrichment is one of the rate-limiting steps in proteomic studies. Specific capture and removal of highly-abundant proteins (HAP) with large sample-handling capacities are in great demand for enabling detection and analysis of low-abundant proteins (LAP). How to grasp and enrich these specific proteins or LAP in complex protein mixtures is also an outstanding challenge for biomarker discovery and validation. In response to these needs, various approaches for removal of HAP or capture of LAP in biological fluids, particularly in plasma or serum, have been developed. Among them, immunoaffinity subtraction methods based upon polyclonal IgY or IgG antibodies have shown to possess unique advantages for proteomic analysis of plasma, serum and other biological samples. In addition, other affinity methods that use recombinant proteins, lectins, peptides, or chemical ligands have also been developed and applied to LAP capture or enrichment. This review discusses in detail the need to put technologies and methods in affinity subtraction or enrichment into a context of proteomic and systems biology as "Separomics" and provides a prospective of affinity-mediated proteomics. Specific products, along with their features, advantages, and disadvantages will also be discussed.
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Pandhal J, Wright PC, Biggs CA. Proteomics with a pinch of salt: a cyanobacterial perspective. SALINE SYSTEMS 2008; 4:1. [PMID: 18412952 PMCID: PMC2386806 DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cyanobacteria are ancient life forms and have adapted to a variety of extreme environments, including high salinity. Biochemical, physiological and genetic studies have contributed to uncovering their underlying survival mechanisms, and as recent studies demonstrate, proteomics has the potential to increase our overall understanding further. To date, most salt-related cyanobacterial proteomic studies have utilised gel electrophoresis with the model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Moreover, focus has been on 2-4% w/v NaCl concentrations within different cellular compartments. Under these conditions, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 was found to respond and adapt to salt stress through synthesis of general and specific stress proteins, altering the protein composition of extracellular layers, and re-directing control of complex central intermediary pathways. Post-transcriptional control was also predicted through non-correlating transcript level data and identification of protein isoforms.In this paper, we also review technical developments with emphasis on improving the quality and quantity of proteomic data and overcoming the detrimental effects of salt on sample preparation and analysis. Developments in gel-free methods include protein and peptide fractionation workflows, which can increase coverage of the proteome (20% in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803). Quantitative techniques have also improved in accuracy, resulting in confidence in quantitation approaching or even surpassing that seen in transcriptomic techniques (better than 1.5-fold in differential expression). Furthermore, in vivo metabolic labelling and de novo protein sequencing software have improved the ability to apply proteomics to unsequenced environmental isolates. The example used in this review is a cyanobacterium isolated from a Saharan salt lake.
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- Jagroop Pandhal
- Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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Yin P, Wang YH, Zhang SL, Chu J, Zhuang YP, Wang ML, Zhou J. Isolation of soluble proteins from an industrial strain Streptomyces avermitilis in complex culture medium for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J Microbiol Methods 2008; 73:105-10. [PMID: 18378344 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2007] [Revised: 12/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) is a core proteomic technique to study protein expression and function in living organisms. Although 2-DE has been extensively used for the investigation of bacteria, yeast, animal and plant tissue cells, the isolation of proteins from the organisms and elimination of salt, nucleotide, polysaccharide, lipids and other contaminations from the samples often limit its application. In this study, the protocol for protein isolation from cells of Streptomyces avermitilis cultivated in partially insoluble complex medium was investigated. The goal was to make the obtained extraction samples suitable for the two-dimensional electrophoresis, thus make the further proteome analysis possible. Compared to non-denatured procedure, the denatured one, precipitating with 10% TCA in acetone, efficiently eliminated the interference substances from the cell lysate. Thiourea in the rehydration solution enhanced the resolubilization of protein pellets but led to heavy horizontal streaking in the 2-DE gels. High protein loading amount improved the resolution of some low abundance proteins but did not adapt to the high abundance proteins. And it was also important to collect cells at appropriate culture time according to the analysis target. With the optimized protein extraction protocol, the protein expression patterns of S. avermitilis during the onset of avermectin production in complex medium were analyzed.
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- Peng Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, National Research Center for Biotechnology (Shanghai), East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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Norais N, Garaguso I, Ferrari G, Grandi G. In vitro transcription and translation coupled to two-dimensional electrophoresis for bacterial proteome analysis. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2007; 375:183-209. [PMID: 17634603 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-388-2_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The most popular approach for proteomic analysis is based on the combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) and mass spectrometry. Although very effective, the method suffers from a number of limitations, the most serious one being the necessity of expensive and sophisticated instrumentation to be operated by skilled personnel. Here, we propose an alternative approach, which is particularly useful when one is interested to establish if a subset of proteins is present in a complex protein mixture derived from a sequenced organism. The method is based on amplification of the genes whose products are under investigation. The amplified genes are used in transcription and translation reactions and the derived radio-labeled proteins are separated by 2DE. The gel is autoradiographed and the autoradiograph is superimposed on the 2D gel (sample gel) from which the protein mixture from the organism has been separated. The matching between the autoradiographic spots and the protein spots of the sample gel allows immediate protein identification.
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- Nathalie Norais
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Novartis Vaccines, Siena, Italy
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Barelli S, Crettaz D, Thadikkaran L, Rubin O, Tissot JD. Plasma/serum proteomics: pre-analytical issues. Expert Rev Proteomics 2007; 4:363-70. [PMID: 17552920 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.4.3.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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High-throughput proteomics technologies tend to provide highly sensitive information about living tissues and biological fluids. Analytes are characterized by intrinsic and extrinsic properties, the latter depending on each phase of their preparation, sometimes adding artifacts with crucial repercussions in result reliability and interpretation. This review aims to address some issues that can be encountered when handling plasma and serum in experimental and clinical proteomic settings.
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- Stefano Barelli
- Service Régional Vaudois de Transfusion Sanguine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Pardo M, Dwek RA, Zitzmann N. Proteomics in uveal melanoma research: opportunities and challenges in biomarker discovery. Expert Rev Proteomics 2007; 4:273-86. [PMID: 17425462 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.4.2.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most frequent primary intraocular tumor in adult humans. Despite the significant advances in diagnosis and treatment of UM in the last decades, the prognosis of UM sufferers is still poor. Metastatic liver disease is the leading cause of death in UM and can develop after a long disease-free interval, suggesting the presence of occult micrometastasis. Proteomics technology has opened new opportunities for elucidating the molecular mechanism of complex diseases, such as cancer. This article will review the recent developments in biomarker discovery for UM research by proteomics. In the last few years, the first UM proteomics-based analyses have been launched, yielding promising results. An update on recent developments on this field is presented.
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- María Pardo
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Laboratorio de Endocrinología Molecular, Departamento de Medicina, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Yoo C, Zhao J, Pal M, Hersberger K, Huber CG, Simeone DM, Beer DG, Lubman DM. Automated integration of monolith-based protein separation with on-plate digestion for mass spectrometric analysis of esophageal adenocarcinoma human epithelial samples. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:3643-51. [PMID: 16927349 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A unique approach of automating the integration of monolithic capillary HPLC-based protein separation and on-plate digestion for subsequent MALDI-MS analysis has been developed. All liquid-handling procedures were performed using a robotic module. This automated high-throughput method minimizes the amount of time and extensive labor required for traditional in-solution digestion followed by exhaustive sample cleanup and analysis. Also, precise positioning of the droplet from the capillary HPLC separation onto the MALDI plate allows for preconcentration effects of analytes for improved sensitivity. Proteins from primary esophageal Barrett's adenocarcinoma tissue were prefractionated by chromatofocusing and analyzed successfully by this automated configuration, obtaining rapid protein identifications through PMF and sequencing analyses with high sequence coverage. Additionally, intact protein molecular weight values were obtained as a means to further confirm protein identification and also to identify potential sequence modifications of proteins. This simple and rapid method is a highly versatile and robust approach for the analysis of complex proteomes.
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- Chul Yoo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Fenselau C. A review of quantitative methods for proteomic studies. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 855:14-20. [PMID: 17161666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.10.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2006] [Revised: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An overview is provided of six strategies for relative or absolute quantitation of protein abundances that are widely used in proteomic studies. Strengths and limitations are discussed. Four of these involve stable isotope labeling and isotope ratio measurements by mass spectrometry. In another, mass spectra are used to deconvolute overlapping peptide HPLC peaks to provide relative quantitation based on peak areas. The sixth provides relative abundances of proteins based on 2-D gel arrays. It should be noted that these strategies measure peptide and protein abundances, and cannot directly assess changes in regulation or expression.
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- Catherine Fenselau
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Dinnes DLM, Marçal H, Mahler SM, Santerre JP, Labow RS. Material surfaces affect the protein expression patterns of human macrophages: A proteomics approach. J Biomed Mater Res A 2006; 80:895-908. [PMID: 17072854 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) are key inflammatory cells and are central to the foreign body response to implant materials. MDM have been shown to exhibit changes in actin cytoskeleton, multinucleation, cell size, and function in response to small alterations in polycarbonate-urethane (PCNU) surface chemistry. Although PCNU chemistry has an influence on de novo protein synthesis, no assessments of the protein expression profiles of MDM have yet been reported. The rapid emerging field of expression proteomics facilitates the study of changes in cellular protein profiles in response to their microenvironment. The current study applied proteomic techniques, 2-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) combined with MALDI-ToF (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight) mass spectrometry, to determine differences in MDM protein expression influenced by PCNU. Results indicated that MDM responded to material chemistry by modulation of structural proteins (i.e. actin, vimentin, and tubulin). Additionally, intracellular protein modulation which requires proteins responsible for trafficking (i.e. chaperone proteins) and protein structure modification (i.e. bond rearrangement and protein folding) were also altered. This study demonstrated for the first time that a proteomics approach was able to detect protein expression profile changes in MDM cultured on different material surfaces, forming the basis for utilizing further quantitative proteomics techniques that could assist in elucidation of the mechanisms involved in MDM-material interaction.
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- Donna Lee M Dinnes
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Nägele E, Vollmer M, Hörth P, Vad C. 2D-LC/MS techniques for the identification of proteins in highly complex mixtures. Expert Rev Proteomics 2006; 1:37-46. [PMID: 15966797 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.1.1.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Today, 2D online or offline liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry is state of the art for the identification of proteins from complex proteome samples in many laboratories. Both 2D liquid chromatography methods use two orthogonal liquid chromatography separation techniques. The most commonly used techniques are strong cation exchange chromatography for the first dimension and reversed phase separation for the second dimension. In order to improve sensitivity the reversed phase separation is usually performed in the nanoflow scale and mass spectrometry is used as the final detection method. The high-performance liquid chromatography techniques complement the 2D-gel techniques supporting their weaknesses. This is especially true for the gel separation of hydrophobic membrane proteins, which play an important role in living cells as well as being important targets for future pharmaceutical drugs.
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- Edgar Nägele
- Agilent Technologies, R&D and Marketing GmbH & Co. KG, Hewlett-Packard-Str. 8, Waldbronn, Germany.
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Chung JY, Braunschweig T, Baibakov G, Galperin M, Ramesh A, Skacel M, Gannot G, Knezevic V, Hewitt SM. Transfer and multiplex immunoblotting of a paraffin embedded tissue. Proteomics 2006; 6:767-74. [PMID: 16400680 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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As we transition from genomics to the challenges of the functional proteome, new tools to explore the expression of proteins within tissue are essential. We have developed a method of transferring proteins from a formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues section to a stack of membranes which is then probed with antibodies for detection of individual epitopes. This method converts a traditional tissue section into a multiplex platform for expression profiling. A single tissue section can be transferred to up to ten membranes, each of which is probed with different antibodies, and detected with fluorescent secondary antibodies, and quantified by a microarray scanner. Total protein can be determined on each membrane, hence each antibody has its own normalization. This method works with phospho-specific antibodies as well as antibodies that do not readily work well with paraffin embedded tissue. This novel technique enables archival paraffin embedded tissue to be molecularly profiled in a rapid and quantifiable manner, and reduces the tissue microarray to a form of protein array. This method is a new tool for exploration of the vast archive of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue, as well as a tool for translational medicine.
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- Joon-Yong Chung
- Tissue Array Research Program, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Arora PS, Yamagiwa H, Srivastava A, Bolander ME, Sarkar G. Comparative evaluation of two two-dimensional gel electrophoresis image analysis software applications using synovial fluids from patients with joint disease. J Orthop Sci 2006; 10:160-6. [PMID: 15815863 DOI: 10.1007/s00776-004-0878-0] [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: 08/06/2004] [Accepted: 12/09/2004] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The proteomic composition of synovial fluid (SF) may hold clues to understanding the molecular basis of arthritis. However, the highly viscous nature and proteomic complexity of SF present a challenge when analyzing results obtained by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE). Several software applications are available for analyzing 2D-GE images. Despite inherent strengths and weaknesses, no comparison between these applications has been reported using SF or any human fluid specimens. We evaluated two common software packages--PDQuest and Progenesis Workstation--for spot detection, matching, and quantitation of 2D-GE images of SF from four patients with arthritic disease. Initially, whole 2D-gel images were analyzed for spot detection, which suggested that PDQuest is more consistent than Progenesis; however, PDQuest appeared to require more user intervention than Progenesis. Subsequently, two small areas (spots well resolved and spots not well resolved) were selected from each gel image, which were analyzed by the software for spot detection, matching, volume, and resolution. These analyses suggest that both tools can quantify well-resolved spots relatively consistently when compared with manual spot detection (the "gold standard"). The "3D viewer" option offered by both tools enables correct spot identification and matching. The strengths and weaknesses of these computer tools can provide guidance in the choice of a particular workstation for identifying biomarkers of arthritis.
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- Pankaj S Arora
- Department of Orthopedic Research, 3-93 Medical Science Building, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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Huang L, Harvie G, Feitelson JS, Gramatikoff K, Herold DA, Allen DL, Amunngama R, Hagler RA, Pisano MR, Zhang WW, Fang X. Immunoaffinity separation of plasma proteins by IgY microbeads: meeting the needs of proteomic sample preparation and analysis. Proteomics 2005; 5:3314-28. [PMID: 16041669 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Separation of complex protein mixtures that have a wide dynamic range of concentration, such as plasma or serum, is a challenge for proteomic analysis. Sample preparation to remove high-abundant proteins is essential for proteomics analysis. Immunoglobulin yolk (IgY) antibodies have unique and advantageous features that enable specific protein removal to aid in the detection of low-abundant proteins and biomarker discovery. This report describes the efficiency and effectiveness of IgY microbeads in separating 12 abundant proteins from plasma with an immunoaffinity spin column or LC column. The protein separation and sample preparation process was monitored via SDS-PAGE, 2-DE, LC-MS/MS, or clinical protein assays. The data demonstrate the high specificity of the protein separation, with removal of 95-99.5% of the abundant proteins. IgY microbeads against human proteins can also selectively remove orthologous proteins of other mammals such as mouse, rat, etc. Besides the specificity and reproducibility of the IgY microbeads, the report discusses the factors that may cause potential variations in protein separation such as protein-protein interactions (known as "Interactome"), binding and washing conditions of immunoaffinity reagents, etc. A novel concept of Seppromics is introduced to address methodologies and science of protein separation in a context of proteomics.
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- Lei Huang
- GenWay Biotech, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Thulasiraman V, Lin S, Gheorghiu L, Lathrop J, Lomas L, Hammond D, Boschetti E. Reduction of the concentration difference of proteins in biological liquids using a library of combinatorial ligands. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:3561-71. [PMID: 16167368 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The discovery of polypeptides and proteins with relevance to a particular biological state is complicated by their vast number and concentration range in most biological mixtures. Depletion methodologies are frequently used to remove the most abundant species; however, this removal not only fails significantly to enrich trace proteins, it may also nonspecifically deplete them due to their interactions with the removed high-abundance proteins. Here we report a simple-to-use methodology that reduces the protein concentration range of a complex mixture like whole serum through the simultaneous dilution of high-abundance proteins and the concentration of low-abundance proteins. This methodology utilizes solid-phase ligand libraries of immense diversity, generated by "split, couple, recombine" combinatorial chemistry, that are used for affinity-based binding to the proteins of a given mixture. With a controlled sample-to-ligand ratio it is possible to modulate the relative concentration of proteins such that many peptides or proteins that are undetectable by classical analytical methods become easily accessible. The reduction in the dynamic range of unfractionated serum is specifically described along with treatment of other proteomes such as extracts from Escherichia coli, chicken egg white and cell culture supernatant. Mono- and bi-dimensional electrophoresis (1-DE and 2-DE respectively) and surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) technology demonstrate the reduction in protein concentration range. Combining this approach with additional fractionation methods further increased the number of detectable species.
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Jia L, Coward L, Gorman GS, Noker PE, Tomaszewski JE. Pharmacoproteomic effects of isoniazid, ethambutol, and N-geranyl-N'-(2-adamantyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (SQ109) on Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 315:905-11. [PMID: 16085758 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.087817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present study was aimed at fingerprinting pharmacoproteomic alterations of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain induced by antitubercular drugs isoniazid (INH), ethambutol (EMB), and SQ109 [N-geranyl-N'-(2-adamantyl)ethane-1,2-diamine, a novel 1,2-diamine-based EMB analog], providing new understanding of pharmacoproteomic mechanisms of each and exploring new drug targets. The three drugs produced significant down-regulation of 13 proteins, including immunogenic ModD, Mpt64, with proteins from the Pro-Glu family being inhibited the most. Alternatively, the three drugs up-regulated 17 proteins, including secreted antigenic proteins ESAT-6 and CFP-10. Among these, ESAT-6 and AphC were most affected by INH, whereas EMB had the greatest effect on ESAT-6. All three drugs produced only moderate up-regulation of aerobic and iron metabolism proteins, i.e., electron transfer flavoprotein Fix A and Fix B, and ferritin-like protein BfrB, suggesting that the interruption of microbacterial energy metabolism is not a primary mechanism of action. INH suppressed ATP-dependent DNA/RNA helicase, but up-regulated beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase. These effects may contribute to its bactericidal effects. In contrast, EMB and SQ109 did just the opposite: these drugs up-regulated the helicase and down-regulated the synthase. For most of the H37Rv proteins, similar pharmacoproteomic patterns were found for both EMB and SQ109. None of the drugs significantly regulated expression of chaperonins GroES, GroEL2, and Dnak, suggesting that these drugs do not affect chaperone-mediated nascent polypeptide folding and sorting. The present study identified proteins directly modulated by the actions of INH, EMB, and SQ109 and distinguished INH activity from the diamine antitubercular compounds that inhibit M. tuberculosis H37Rv.
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- Lee Jia
- Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
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Righetti PG, Castagna A, Antonioli P, Boschetti E. Prefractionation techniques in proteome analysis: the mining tools of the third millennium. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:297-319. [PMID: 15657944 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200406189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The present review deals with prefractionation protocols used in proteomic investigation in preparation for mass spectrometry (MS) or two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) map analysis. Briefly, reported methods focus on cell organelle differential centrifugation and on chromatographic approaches, to continue in extenso with a panoply of electrophoretic methods. In the case of chromatography, procedures useful as a prefractionation step, including affinity, ion-exchange, and reversed-phase resins, revealed several hundreds of new species, previously undetected in unfractionated samples. Novel chromatographic prefractionation methods are also discussed such as a multistaged fractionation column, consisting in a set of immobilized chemistries, serially connected in a stack format (an assembly of seven blocks), each capable of harvesting a given protein population. Such a method significantly simplifies the complexity of treated samples while concentrating species, all resulting in a larger number of visible proteins by MS or 2-DE. Electrophoretic prefractionation protocols include all those electrokinetic methodologies which are performed in free solution, essentially all relying on isoelectric focusing steps (although some approaches based on gels and granulated media are also discussed). Devices associated with electrophoretic separation are multichamber apparatus, such as the multicompartment electrolyzers equipped with either isoelectric membranes or with isoelectric beads. Multicup device electrophoresis and several others, exploiting the conventional technique of carrier ampholyte focusing, are reviewed. This review also reports approaches for sample treatments in order to detect low-abundance species. Among others, a special emphasis is made on the reduction of concentration difference between proteins constituting a sample. This latter consists in a library of combinatorial ligands coupled to small beads. Such a library comprises hexameric ligands composed of 20 amino acids, resulting in millions of different structures. When these beads are impregnated with complex proteomes (e.g., human sera) of widely differing protein compositions, they are able to significantly reduce the concentration differences, thus greatly enhancing the possibility to evidence low-abundance species. It is felt that this panoply of methods could offer a strong step forward in "mining below the tip of the iceberg" for detecting the "unseen proteome".
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- Pier Giorgio Righetti
- University of Verona, Department of Industrial and Agricultural Biotechnolgies, Verona, Italy.
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Petsev DN, Lopez GP, Ivory CF, Sibbett SS. Microchannel protein separation by electric field gradient focusing. LAB ON A CHIP 2005; 5:587-97. [PMID: 15915250 DOI: 10.1039/b501538c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A microchannel device is presented which separates and focuses charged proteins based on electric field gradient focusing. Separation is achieved by setting a constant electroosmotic flow velocity against step changes in electrophoretic velocity. Where these two velocities are balanced for a given analyte, the analyte focuses at that point because it is driven to it from all points within the channel. We demonstrate the separation and focusing of a binary mixture of bovine serum albumin and phycoerythrin. The device is constructed of intersecting microchannels in poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) inlaid with hollow dialysis fibers. The device uses no exotic chemicals such as antibodies or synthetic ampholytes, but operates instead by purely physical means involving the independent manipulation of electrophoretic and electroosmotic velocities. One important difference between this apparatus and most other devices designed for field-gradient focusing is the injection of current at discrete intersections in the channel rather than continuously along the length of a membrane-bound separation channel.
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- Dimiter N Petsev
- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA
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Guerrier L, Lomas L, Boschetti E. A simplified monobuffer multidimensional chromatography for high-throughput proteome fractionation. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1073:25-33. [PMID: 15909502 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The complexity of the human serum proteome is attributed to both a large dynamic range of protein abundance, as much as 10 orders of magnitude, and a disproportionate few dozens of proteins representing as much as 99% of the total protein content. These characteristics make it beneficial to use a pre-fractionation step prior to any high-resolution analysis, such as mass spectrometry. The present method describes a unimodal multidimensional chromatography concept to rapidly achieve an effective fractionation of human serum that is directly amenable with surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization (SELDI)-based mass spectrometry. This method is based on the use of a column composed of a superimposed sequence of sorbents. The assembly is first equilibrated with a single binding buffer and then loaded with the whole crude sample. As the sample crosses the different adsorbent layers proteins within are sequentially trapped according to the complementary properties vis-a-vis of the sorbent. Once the loading and capturing is achieved, the sequence of columns is disassembled and each column, containing different complement of proteins is eluted separately in a single step and under optimal elution conditions. When compared to classical single-chemistry fractionation based on, for example, anion-exchange and pH stepwise elution, the new proposed approach shows much lower protein overlap between fractions, and therefore, greater resolution. This results in a larger number of detectable species, and therefore, reinforces the power of discovery of new biomarkers. A significantly higher sensitivity for low-abundance species was additionally found as evidenced by spiking trials.
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- L Guerrier
- Department of Biology Research, Ciphergen, 6611 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont, CA 94555, USA.
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Righetti PG, Castagna A, Herbert B, Candiano G. How to Bring the “Unseen” Proteome to the Limelight via Electrophoretic Pre-Fractionation Techniques. Biosci Rep 2005; 25:3-17. [PMID: 16222416 DOI: 10.1007/s10540-005-2844-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The present review reports a panoply of electrophoretic methods as pre-fractionation tools in proteomic investigations in preparation for mass spectrometry or two-dimensional electrophoresis map analysis. Such electrophoretic pre-fractionation protocols include all those electrokinetic methodologies which are performed in free solution, most of them relying on isoelectric focusing steps (although some approaches based on gels and granulated media are also discussed). Devices associated with electrophoretic separations are multi-chamber apparatuses, such as the multi-compartment electrolyzers equipped with either isoelectric membranes or with isoelectric beads, Off-Gel electrophoresis in a multi-cup device and the Rotofor, an instrument also based on a multi-chamber system but exploiting the conventional technique of carrier-ampholyte-focusing. Other free-flow systems, as well as miniaturized chambers, are also described.
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- Pier Giorgio Righetti
- Department of Industrial and Agricultural Biotechnologies, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Hale JE, Butler JP, Gelfanova V, You JS, Knierman MD. A simplified procedure for the reduction and alkylation of cysteine residues in proteins prior to proteolytic digestion and mass spectral analysis. Anal Biochem 2004; 333:174-81. [PMID: 15351294 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A procedure for reduction and alkylation of cysteine residues in proteins was developed using the volatile reagents triethylphosphine and iodoethanol. These reagents may be used to modify proteins in solution, as well as proteins in gel slices, prior to proteolytic digestion and mass spectral analysis. The procedure eliminates several steps with both types of samples. Samples in solution do not need to be desalted following reduction and alkylation, with excess reagent being removed under vacuum. For gel slices, the procedure combines washing, destaining, reduction and alkylation into a single step. The procedure was applied successfully to samples as complex as serum, and we demonstrated alkylation of cysteines to be quantitative in purified proteins. We also were able to reduce and alkylate proteins with these reagents during the gas phase. Elimination of the need for desalting of samples after reaction raised the possibility of automation of the procedure for liquid samples, which is difficult with conventional reduction and alkylation chemistries.
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- John E Hale
- Enabling Biology Division, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
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Rose JKC, Bashir S, Giovannoni JJ, Jahn MM, Saravanan RS. Tackling the plant proteome: practical approaches, hurdles and experimental tools. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 39:715-33. [PMID: 15315634 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The study of complex biological questions through comparative proteomics is becoming increasingly attractive to plant biologists as the rapidly expanding plant genomic and expressed sequence tag databases provide improved opportunities for protein identification. This review focuses on practical issues associated with comparative proteomic analysis, including the challenges of effective protein extraction and separation from plant tissues, the pros and cons of two-dimensional gel-based analysis and the problems of identifying proteins from species that are not recognized models for functional genomic studies. Specific points are illustrated using data from an ongoing study of the tomato and pepper fruit proteomes.
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- Jocelyn K C Rose
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 147853, USA.
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Gottlieb DM, Schultz J, Bruun SW, Jacobsen S, Søndergaard I. Multivariate approaches in plant science. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2004; 65:1531-1548. [PMID: 15276450 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2003] [Revised: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The objective of proteomics is to get an overview of the proteins expressed at a given point in time in a given tissue and to identify the connection to the biochemical status of that tissue. Therefore sample throughput and analysis time are important issues in proteomics. The concept of proteomics is to encircle the identity of proteins of interest. However, the overall relation between proteins must also be explained. Classical proteomics consist of separation and characterization, based on two-dimensional electrophoresis, trypsin digestion, mass spectrometry and database searching. Characterization includes labor intensive work in order to manage, handle and analyze data. The field of classical proteomics should therefore be extended to also include handling of large datasets in an objective way. The separation obtained by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry gives rise to huge amount of data. We present a multivariate approach to the handling of data in proteomics with the advantage that protein patterns can be spotted at an early stage and consequently the proteins selected for sequencing can be selected intelligently. These methods can also be applied to other data generating protein analysis methods like mass spectrometry and near infrared spectroscopy and examples of application to these techniques are also presented. Multivariate data analysis can unravel complicated data structures and may thereby relieve the characterization phase in classical proteomics. Traditionally statistical methods are not suitable for analysis of the huge amounts of data, where the number of variables exceed the number of objects. Multivariate data analysis, on the other hand, may uncover the hidden structures present in these data. This study takes its starting point in the field of classical proteomics and shows how multivariate data analysis can lead to faster ways of finding interesting proteins. Multivariate analysis has shown interesting results as a supplement to classical proteomics and added a new dimension to the field of proteomics.
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- David M Gottlieb
- Plasma Product Division, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Coenen K, Massicotte L, Sirard MA. Study of newly synthesized proteins during bovine oocyte maturation in vitro using image analysis of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Mol Reprod Dev 2004; 67:313-22. [PMID: 14735493 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20021] [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] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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To investigate protein synthesis during bovine oocyte maturation in vitro, oocytes were put in culture with 35S-methionine for 4 hr periods from time zero to 28 hr. Pools of 10 oocytes were then prepared for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). For each time interval, three gels were obtained, digitalized, and analyzed to detect proteins. Then, the gel containing the most proteins was chosen as the reference gel and compared with the others. An averaged gel was created with proteins present in at least two gels of the three. Our results indicate that the rate of protein synthesis is higher at the beginning of maturation until the appearance of metaphase I (MI, 8-12 hr) and then it decreases and stays relatively constant. Percentages of initial proteins (0-4 hr) and remaining present during the progression decrease progressively from 100% to 53%. In contrast, when we compare proteins synthesized from the 4 to 8 hr period with proteins from the 8 to 12 or the 12 to 16 hr intervals, percentages of overall protein matching are stable with values of 81 and 79%, respectively. Comparison of proteins from 20 to 24 hr with proteins from 16 to 20 or 24 to 28 hr intervals also gives stable percentages of overall protein matching with values of 83 and 84%, respectively. Furthermore, a higher number of new proteins is observed at 4-8 hr (n=130) and 16-20 hr (n=136) of maturation. Thus, three major patterns of protein synthesis were observed during bovine oocyte maturation in vitro: one at the beginning of maturation (0-4 hr), another one in the middle (4-16 hr), and the last one after the completion of MI stage (16-28 hr).
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- Karine Coenen
- Department of Animal Science and Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Canelle L, Pionneau C, Marie A, Bousquet J, Bigeard J, Lutomski D, Kadri T, Caron M, Joubert-Caron R. Automating proteome analysis: improvements in throughput, quality and accuracy of protein identification by peptide mass fingerprinting. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2004; 18:2785-2794. [PMID: 15508137 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The use of robots has major effects on maximizing the proteomic workflow required in an increasing number of high-throughput projects and on increasing the quality of the data. In peptide mass finger printing (PMF), automation of steps downstream of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is essential. To achieve this goal, the workflow must be fluid. We have developed tools using macros written in Microsoft Excel and Word to complete the automation of our platform. Additionally, because sample preparation is crucial for identification of proteins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry, we optimized a sandwich method usable by any robot for spotting digests on a MALDI target. This procedure enables further efficient automated washing steps directly on the MALDI target. The success rate of PMF identification was evaluated for the automated sandwich method, and for the dried-droplet method implemented on the robot as recommended by the manufacturer. Of the two methods, the sandwich method achieved the highest identification success rate and sequence coverage of proteins.
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- Ludovic Canelle
- Laboratoire de Biochimie des Protéines et Protéomique, EA 3408, Université Paris 13, UFR SMBH Léonard de Vinci, Bobigny, France
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Yamagiwa H, Sarkar G, Charlesworth MC, McCormick DJ, Bolander ME. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of synovial fluid: method for detecting candidate protein markers for osteoarthritis. J Orthop Sci 2003; 8:482-90. [PMID: 12898298 DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0657-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2002] [Accepted: 02/18/2003] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Synovial fluid (SF) is a dynamic reservoir for proteins originating from serum, synovial tissue, and cartilage. The composition of the SF proteome may reflect the pathophysiological conditions affecting the circulatory system and cartilage. Our long-term goal is to identify reliable protein markers for osteoarthritis (OA) in SF. We first evaluated the pattern of SF proteins on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) as a function of protein loading, pH range for isoelectric focusing, and concentration of acrylamide in SDS-PAGE. Removal of albumin and Gamma-globulins from the samples did not improve the detection of protein spots on 2D-PAGE. The repeatability of protein spot intensity was tested by triplicate 2D-PAGE of a given sample; these experiments showed low intrasample variability (correlation coefficients 0.89-0.95). Differences between multiple samples were tested by comparing the 2D-PAGE of four samples. These experiments showed slightly greater variation between samples (correlation coefficients 0.85-0.93) and a number of differentially expressed proteins. The intensity of 18 protein spots differed more than fivefold, and the intensity of nine protein spots differed more than 100-fold. These results show that 2D-PAGE can be used under standard conditions to screen SF samples and identify a small subset of proteins in SF that are potential markers associated with OA.
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- Hiroshi Yamagiwa
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Mádi A, Pusztahelyi T, Punyiczki M, Fésüs L. The biology of the post-genomic era: the proteomics. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2003; 54:1-14. [PMID: 12705317 DOI: 10.1556/abiol.54.2003.1.1] [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: 12/18/2022]
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The complete identification of coding sequences in a number of species has led to announce the beginning of the post-genomic era, new tools have become available to study complex phenomena in biological systems. Rapid advances in genomic sequencing and bioinformatics have established the field of genomics to investigate thousands genes' activity through mRNA display. However, recent studies have demonstrated a lack of correlation between the transcriptional profiles and the actual protein levels in cells, so investigation of the expressed part of the genome is also required to link genomic data to biological function. It is possible that evolutional development occured by increasing complexity of regulation processes at the level of RNA and protein molecules instead of simple increase in gene number, so investigation of proteins and protein complexes became important fields of our post-genomic era. High-resolution two-dimensional gels combined with sensitive mass spectrometry can reveal virtually all proteins present in cells opening new insights into functions of cells, tissues and whole organisms.
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- A Mádi
- Signal Transduction and Apoptosis Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary
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Wang W, Sun J, Nimtz M, Deckwer WD, Zeng AP. Protein identification from two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae by combined use of mass spectrometry data and raw genome sequences. Proteome Sci 2003; 1:6. [PMID: 14653859 PMCID: PMC317362 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-1-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2003] [Accepted: 12/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Separation of proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) coupled with identification of proteins through peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is the widely used technique for proteomic analysis. This approach relies, however, on the presence of the proteins studied in public-accessible protein databases or the availability of annotated genome sequences of an organism. In this work, we investigated the reliability of using raw genome sequences for identifying proteins by PMF without the need of additional information such as amino acid sequences. The method is demonstrated for proteomic analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae grown anaerobically on glycerol. For 197 spots excised from 2-DE gels and submitted for mass spectrometric analysis 164 spots were clearly identified as 122 individual proteins. 95% of the 164 spots can be successfully identified merely by using peptide mass fingerprints and a strain-specific protein database (ProtKpn) constructed from the raw genome sequences of K. pneumoniae. Cross-species protein searching in the public databases mainly resulted in the identification of 57% of the 66 high expressed protein spots in comparison to 97% by using the ProtKpn database. 10 dha regulon related proteins that are essential for the initial enzymatic steps of anaerobic glycerol metabolism were successfully identified using the ProtKpn database, whereas none of them could be identified by cross-species searching. In conclusion, the use of strain-specific protein database constructed from raw genome sequences makes it possible to reliably identify most of the proteins from 2-DE analysis simply through peptide mass fingerprinting.
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- Wei Wang
- TU-BCE, GBF – German Research Centre for Biotechnology Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Genome Analysis, GBF – German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Structure Study, GBF – German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- TU-BCE, GBF – German Research Centre for Biotechnology Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Genome Analysis, GBF – German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Following the age of genomics having sequenced the human genome, interest is shifted towards the function of genes. This new age of proteomics brings about a change of methods to study the properties of gene products on a large scale. Protein separation technologies are now applied to allow high-throughput purification and characterisation of proteins. Two-dimensional-gel electrophoresis (2DE) and mass spectrometry (MS) have become widely used tools in the field of proteomics. At the same time, protein and antibody microarrays have been developed as successor of DNA microarrays to soon allow the proteome-wide screening of protein function in parallel. This review is aimed to introduce this new technology and to highlight its current prospects and limitations.
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- Jörn Glökler
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Nägele E, Vollmer M, Hörth P. Two-dimensional nano-liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry system for applications in proteomics. J Chromatogr A 2003; 1009:197-205. [PMID: 13677660 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)01034-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This work demonstrates the development of a method for the analysis of complex proteome samples by two-dimensional nano-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This approach includes strong cation-exchange, sample enrichment, reversed-phase chromatography and nanospray ion trap mass spectroscopy with data dependent tandem mass spectrometry spectra acquisition, and subsequent database search. The new methodology was first evaluated using standard protein digest samples. Finally, data for the analysis of a total Escherichia coli proteome are provided.
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- Edgar Nägele
- Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH, Hewlett-Packard-Strasse 8, D-76337 Waldbronn, Germany.
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Romijn EP, Krijgsveld J, Heck AJR. Recent liquid chromatographic-(tandem) mass spectrometric applications in proteomics. J Chromatogr A 2003; 1000:589-608. [PMID: 12877191 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)00178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Conventional proteomics makes use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometric analysis of typtic fragments derived from in-gel digestion of proteins. Although being a very strong technique capable of separating and visualizing hundreds of proteins, 2D-gel electrophoresis has some well-documented disadvantages as well. More recently, liquid chromatographic-(tandem) mass spectrometric techniques have been developed to overcome some of the shortcomings of 2D-gel electrophoresis. In this review we have described several recent applications of liquid chromatography-(tandem) mass spectrometry in the field of proteomics and especially in the field of membrane proteomics, quantitative proteomics and in the analysis of post-translational modifications.
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- Edwin P Romijn
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Significant advances have been made in the development of micro-scale technologies for biomedical and drug discovery applications. The first generation of microfluidics-based analytical devices have been designed and are already functional. Microfluidic devices offer unique advantages in sample handling, reagent mixing, separation, and detection. We introduce and review microfluidic concepts, microconstruction techniques, and methods such as flow-injection analysis, electrokinesis, and cell manipulation. Advances in micro-device technology for proteomics, sample preconditioning, immunoassays, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and polymerase chain reaction are also reviewed.
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Clarke W, Zhang Z, Chan DW. The Application of Clinical Proteomics to Cancer and other Diseases. Clin Chem Lab Med 2003; 41:1562-70. [PMID: 14708880 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2003.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The term "clinical proteomics" refers to the application of available proteomics technologies to current areas of clinical investigation. The ability to simultaneously and comprehensively examine changes in large numbers of proteins in the context of disease or other changes in physiological conditions holds great promise as a tool to unlock the solutions to difficult clinical research questions. Proteomics is a rapidly growing field that combines high throughput analytical methodologies such as two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and SELDI mass spectrometry methods with complex bioinformatics to study systems biology--the system of interest is defined by the investigator. Even with all its potential, however, studies must be carefully designed in order to differentiate true clinical differences in protein expression from differences originating from variation in sample collection, variation in experimental condition, and normal biological variability. Proteomic analyses are already widely in use for clinical studies ranging from cancer to other diseases such as cardiovascular disease, organ transplant, and pharmacodynamic studies.
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- William Clarke
- Clinical Chemistry Division, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore 21287, USA
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Coon JJ, Steele HA, Laipis PJ, Harrison WW. Laser desorption-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization: a novel ion source for the direct coupling of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2002; 37:1163-1167. [PMID: 12447894 DOI: 10.1002/jms.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Laser desorption-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (LD-APCI-MS) is presented for the atmospheric pressure (AP) sampling of tryptic peptides directly from a polyacrylamide gel. In contrast to other gel sampling mass spectrometric approaches, this technique does not require the addition of any exogenous matrices to the gel to assist with ionization. In this arrangement, a CO(2) laser at 10.6 micro m is used to desorb intact neutral peptide molecules from the gel, followed by ionization in the gas-phase with APCI. The ions are then sampled via a heated capillary inlet and transferred to a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer for mass analysis. Preliminary results suggest the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis-LD-APCI-MS technique provides several advantages that could translate into a more convenient, robust methodology for the rapid identification and characterization of proteins. Finally, strategies regarding the further development of the method are presented.
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- Joshua J Coon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
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Pardanani A, Wieben ED, Spelsberg TC, Tefferi A. Primer on medical genomics. Part IV: Expression proteomics. Mayo Clin Proc 2002; 77:1185-96. [PMID: 12440555 DOI: 10.4065/77.11.1185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Proteomics, simply defined, is the study of proteomes. More completely, proteomics is defined as the study of all proteins, including their relative abundance, distribution, posttranslational modifications, functions, and interactions with other macromolecules, in a given cell or organism within a given environment and at a specific stage in the cell cycle. Proteins carry out the biological functions encoded by genes; hence, once the initial stage of genome sequencing and gene discovery is completed, a study of the proteome must be undertaken to address fundamental biological questions. The 3 broad areas are expression proteomics, which catalogues the relative abundance of proteins; cell-mapping or cellular proteomics, which delineates functional protein-protein interactions and organelle-specific protein distribution; and structural proteomics, which characterizes the 3-dimensional structure of proteins. With these approaches, proteins are studied on a global scale using a synergistic combination of powerful, high-throughput technologies, including 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, multidimensional liquid chromatography, and bioinformatics. Mass spectrometry, which provides highly accurate molecular mass measurements, has emerged as the analytical technology of choice for protein identification, characterization, and sequencing. This task has been made considerably easier with the availability of complete, nonredundant, and annotated genome sequence databases for many organisms. This article reviews the area of expression proteomics.
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- Animesh Pardanani
- Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
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Raman B, Cheung A, Marten MR. Quantitative comparison and evaluation of two commercially available, two-dimensional electrophoresis image analysis software packages, Z3 and Melanie. Electrophoresis 2002; 23:2194-202. [PMID: 12210223 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200207)23:14<2194::aid-elps2194>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While a variety of software packages are available for analyzing two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) gel images, no comparisons between these packages have been published, making it difficult for end users to determine which package would best meet their needs. The goal here was to develop a set of tests to quantitatively evaluate and then compare two software packages, Melanie 3.0 and Z3, in three of the fundamental steps involved in 2-DE image analysis: (i) spot detection, (ii) gel matching, and (iii) spot quantitation. To test spot detection capability, automatically detected protein spots were compared to manually counted, "real" protein spots. Spot matching efficiency was determined by comparing distorted (both geometrically and nongeometrically) gel images with undistorted original images, and quantitation tests were performed on artificial gels with spots of varying Gaussian volumes. In spot detection tests, Z3 performed better than Melanie 3.0 and required minimal user intervention to detect approximately 89% of the actual protein spots and relatively few extraneous spots. Results from gel matching tests depended on the type of image distortion used. For geometric distortions, Z3 performed better than Melanie 3.0, matching 99% of the spots, even for extreme distortions. For nongeometrical distortions, both Z3 and Melanie 3.0 required user intervention and performed comparably, matching 95% of the spots. In spot quantitation tests, both Z3 and Melanie 3.0 predicted spot volumes relatively well for spot ratios less than 1:6. For higher ratios, Melanie 3.0 did much better. In summary, results suggest Z3 requires less user intervention than Melanie 3.0, thus simplifying differential comparison of 2-DE gel images. Melanie 3.0, however, offers many more optional tools for image editing, spot detection, data reporting and statistical analysis than Z3. All image files used for these tests and updated information on the software are available on the internet (http://www.umbc.edu/proteome), allowing similar testing of other 2-DE image analysis software packages.
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- Babu Raman
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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Jenkins LW, Peters GW, Dixon CE, Zhang X, Clark RSB, Skinner JC, Marion DW, Adelson PD, Kochanek PM. Conventional and functional proteomics using large format two-dimensional gel electrophoresis 24 hours after controlled cortical impact in postnatal day 17 rats. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19:715-40. [PMID: 12165133 DOI: 10.1089/08977150260139101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Conventional and functional proteomics have significant potential to expand our understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) but have not yet been used. The purpose of the present study was to examine global hippocampal protein changes in postnatal day (PND) 17 immature rats 24 h after moderate controlled cortical impact (CCI). Silver nitrate stains or protein kinase B (PKB) phosphoprotein substrate antibodies were used to evaluate high abundance or PKB pathway signal transduction proteins representing conventional and functional proteomic approaches, respectively. Isoelectric focusing was performed over a nonlinear pH range of 3-10 with immobilized pH gradients (IPG strips) using supernatant from the most soluble cellular protein fraction of hippocampal tissue protein lysates from six paired sham and injured PND 17 rats. Approximately 1,500 proteins were found in each silver stained gel with 40% matching of proteins. Of these 600 proteins, 52% showed a twofold, 20% a fivefold, and 10% a 10-fold decrease or increase. Spot matching with existing protein databases revealed changes in important cytoskeletal and cell signalling proteins. PKB substrate protein phosphorylation was best seen in large format two-dimensional blots and known substrates of PKB such as glucose transporter proteins 3 and 4 and forkhead transcription factors, identified based upon molecular mass and charge, showed altered phosphorylation 24 h after injury. These results suggest that combined conventional and functional proteomic approaches are powerful, complementary and synergistic tools revealing multiple protein changes and posttranslational protein modifications that allow for more specific and comprehensive functional assessments after pediatric TBI.
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- L W Jenkins
- Department of Neurosurgery, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. ljenkins+@pitt.edu
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Berggren KN, Schulenberg B, Lopez MF, Steinberg TH, Bogdanova A, Smejkal G, Wang A, Patton WF. An improved formulation of SYPRO Ruby protein gel stain: comparison with the original formulation and with a ruthenium II tris (bathophenanthroline disulfonate) formulation. Proteomics 2002; 2:486-98. [PMID: 11987123 DOI: 10.1002/1615-9861(200205)2:5<486::aid-prot486>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SYPRO Ruby protein gel stain is compatible with a variety of imaging platforms since it absorbs maximally in the ultraviolet (280 nm) and visible (470 nm) regions of the spectrum. Dye localization is achieved by noncovalent, electrostatic and hydrophobic binding to proteins, with signal being detected at 610 nm. Since proteins are not covalently modified by the dye, compatibility with downstream proteomics techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry is assured. The principal limitation of the original formulation of SYPRO Ruby protein gel stain, is that it was only compatible with a limited number of gel fixation procedures. Too aggressive a fixation protocol led to diminished signal intensity and poor detection sensitivity. This is particularly apparent when post-staining gels subjected to labeling with other fluorophores such as Schiff's base staining of glycoproteins with fluorescent hydrazides. Consequently, we have developed an improved formulation of SYPRO Ruby protein gel stain that is fully compatible with commonly implemented protein fixation procedures and is suitable for post-staining gels after detection of glycoproteins using the green fluorescent Pro-Q Emerald 300 glycoprotein stain or detection of beta-glucuronidase using the green fluorescent ELF 97 beta-D-glucuronide. The new stain formulation is brighter, making it easier to manually excise spots for peptide mass profiling. An additional benefit of the improved formulation is that it permits staining of proteins in isoelectric focusing gels, without the requirement for caustic acids.
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- Kiera N Berggren
- Proteomics Section, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR 97402, USA
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