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Karpov OA, Stotland A, Raedschelders K, Chazarin B, Ai L, Murray CI, Van Eyk JE. Proteomics of the heart. Physiol Rev 2024; 104:931-982. [PMID: 38300522 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00026.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomics is a sophisticated identification tool specializing in portraying protein dynamics at a molecular level. Proteomics provides biologists with a snapshot of context-dependent protein and proteoform expression, structural conformations, dynamic turnover, and protein-protein interactions. Cardiac proteomics can offer a broader and deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underscore cardiovascular disease, and it is foundational to the development of future therapeutic interventions. This review encapsulates the evolution, current technologies, and future perspectives of proteomic-based mass spectrometry as it applies to the study of the heart. Key technological advancements have allowed researchers to study proteomes at a single-cell level and employ robot-assisted automation systems for enhanced sample preparation techniques, and the increase in fidelity of the mass spectrometers has allowed for the unambiguous identification of numerous dynamic posttranslational modifications. Animal models of cardiovascular disease, ranging from early animal experiments to current sophisticated models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, have provided the tools to study a challenging organ in the laboratory. Further technological development will pave the way for the implementation of proteomics even closer within the clinical setting, allowing not only scientists but also patients to benefit from an understanding of protein interplay as it relates to cardiac disease physiology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Oleg A Karpov
- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Kumar M, Singh R, Meena A, Patidar BS, Prasad R, Chhabra SK, Bansal SK. An Improved 2-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Method for Resolving Human Erythrocyte Membrane Proteins. PROTEOMICS INSIGHTS 2017; 8:1178641817700880. [PMID: 28469466 PMCID: PMC5398320 DOI: 10.1177/1178641817700880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) technique is widely used for the analysis of complex protein mixtures extracted from biological samples. It is one of the most commonly used analytical techniques in proteomics to study qualitative and quantitative protein changes between different states of a cell or an organism (eg, healthy and diseased), conditionally expressed proteins, posttranslational modifications, and so on. The 2-DE technique is used for its unparalleled ability to separate thousands of proteins simultaneously. The resolution of the proteins by 2-DE largely depends on the quality of sample prepared during protein extraction which increases results in terms of reproducibility and minimizes protein modifications that may result in artifactual spots on 2-DE gels. The buffer used for the extraction and solubilization of proteins influences the quality and reproducibility of the resolution of proteins on 2-DE gel. The purification by cleanup kit is another powerful process to prevent horizontal streaking which occurs during isoelectric focusing due to the presence of contaminants such as salts, lipids, nucleic acids, and detergents. Erythrocyte membrane proteins serve as prototypes for multifunctional proteins in various erythroid and nonerythroid cells. In this study, we therefore optimized the selected major conditions of 2-DE for resolving various proteins of human erythrocyte membrane. The modification included the optimization of conditions for sample preparation, cleanup of protein sample, isoelectric focusing, equilibration, and storage of immobilized pH gradient strips, which were further carefully examined to achieve optimum conditions for improving the quality of protein spots on 2-DE gels. The present improved 2-DE analysis method enabled better detection of protein spots with higher quality and reproducibility. Therefore, the conditions established in this study may be used for the 2-DE analysis of erythrocyte membrane proteins for different diseases, which may help to identify the proteins that may serve as markers for diagnostics as well as targets for development of new therapeutic potential.
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- Manoj Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.,A28, Sector 3, Aliganj, Lucknow, UP, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.,Department of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Primus Super Speciality Hospital, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Wong DM, Webb JP, Malinowski PM, Xu E, Macri J, Adeli K. Proteomic profiling of intestinal prechylomicron transport vesicle (PCTV)-associated proteins in an animal model of insulin resistance (94 char). J Proteomics 2010; 73:1291-305. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 01/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Heart diseases resulting in heart failure are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Underlying molecular causes of cardiac dysfunction in most heart diseases are still largely unknown but are expected to result from causal alterations in gene and protein expression. Proteomic technology now allows us to examine global alterations in protein expression in the diseased heart and can provide new insights into cellular mechanisms involved in cardiac dysfunction. The majority of proteomic investigations still use 2D gel electrophoresis (2-DE) with immobilized pH gradients to separate the proteins in a sample and combine this with mass spectrometry (MS) technologies to identify proteins. In spite of the development of novel gel-free technologies, 2-DE remains the only technique that can be routinely applied to parallel quantitative expression profiling of large sets of complex protein mixtures such as whole cell lysates. It can resolve >5000 proteins simultaneously (approximately 2000 proteins routinely) and can detect <1 ng of protein per spot. Furthermore, 2-DE delivers a map of intact proteins, which reflects changes in protein expression level, isoforms, or post-translational modifications. The use of proteomics to investigate heart disease should result in the generation of new diagnostic and therapeutic markers. In this article, we review the current status of proteomic technologies, describing the 2-DE proteomics workflow, with an overview of protein identification by MS and how these technologies are being applied to studies of human heart disease.
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Vâlcu CM, Schlink K. Efficient extraction of proteins from woody plant samples for two-dimensional electrophoresis. Proteomics 2006; 6:4166-75. [PMID: 16791823 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Protein extraction from plant samples is usually challenging due to the low protein content and high level of contaminants. Therefore, the 2-DE pattern resolution is strongly influenced by the procedure of sample preparation. Efficient solubilization of proteins strictly depends on the chaotrope and detergent in the extraction buffer. Despite the large number of detergents that have been developed for the use in protein extraction and IEF, there is no single compound able to efficiently extract proteins from any source. Hence, optimization has to be performed for each type of sample. We tested several chaotrope/detergent combinations to achieve optimal solubilization and separation of proteins from Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.] needles and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) leaves and roots. The same chaotrope mixture (7 M urea, 2 M thiourea) was found to be suitable for the extraction and separation of proteins from all samples. Nonetheless, the efficiency of the surfactants tested varied between samples so that optimal extraction and separation was achieved with different detergents or combination of detergents for each sample. The 2-DE separation of spruce needle proteins was optimal in a mixture of two zwitterionic detergents (2% CHAPS and 2% decyl dimethylammonio propanesulfonate). Beech proteins were best separated in buffers containing sugar-based detergents (2% n-octyl beta-D-glucopiranoside in the case of leaf samples and 2% dodecyl maltoside for the root samples). IEF was performed in buffers with the same composition as the extraction buffer except for the root proteins that were better focused in a buffer containing 2% CHAPS.
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- Cristina-Maria Vâlcu
- Section of Forest Genetics, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
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Sidor MM, Sakic B, Malinowski PM, Ballok DA, Oleschuk CJ, Macri J. Elevated immunoglobulin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid from lupus-prone mice. J Neuroimmunol 2005; 165:104-13. [PMID: 15972238 PMCID: PMC1635784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/25/2005] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The systemic autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus (SLE) is frequently accompanied by neuropsychiatric manifestations and brain lesions of unknown etiology. The MRL-lpr mice show behavioral dysfunction concurrent with progression of a lupus-like disease, thus providing a valuable model in understanding the pathogenesis of autoimmunity-induced CNS damage. Profound neurodegeneration in the limbic system of MRL-lpr mice is associated with cytotoxicity of their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to mature and immature neurons. We have recently shown that IgG-rich CSF fraction largely accounts for this effect. The present study examines IgG levels in serum and CSF, as well as the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in mice that differ in immune status, age, and brain morphology. In comparison to young MRL-lpr mice and age-matched congenic controls, a significant elevation of IgG and albumin levels were detected in the CSF of aged autoimmune MRL-lpr mice. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF MS confirmed elevation in IgG heavy and Ig light chain isoforms in the CSF. Increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier correlated with neurodegeneration (as revealed by Fluoro Jade B staining) in periventricular areas. Although the source and specificity of neuropathogenic antibodies remain to be determined, these results support the hypothesis that a breached blood-brain barrier and IgG molecules are involved in the etiology of CNS damage during SLE-like disease.
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- Michelle M. Sidor
- McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
- * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 905 525 9140x22617; fax: +1 905 522 8804. E-mail address: (B. Sakic)
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- McMaster University, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- McMaster University, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- McMaster University, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Palomares L, Préstamo G. Detection of peroxidase activity in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Eur Food Res Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-005-1132-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Shishkin SS, Kovalyov LI, Kovalyova MA. Proteomic studies of human and other vertebrate muscle proteins. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2004; 69:1283-98. [PMID: 15627382 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This review summarizes results of some systemic studies of muscle proteins of humans and some other vertebrates. The studies, started after introduction of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of O'Farrell, were significantly extended during development of proteomics, a special branch of functional genomics. Special attention is paid to analysis of characteristic features of strategy for practical realization of the systemic approach during three main stages of these studies: pre-genomic, genomic (with organizational registration of proteomics), and post-genomic characterized by active use of structural genomics data. Proteomic technologies play an important role in detection of changes in isoforms of various muscle proteins (myosins, troponins, etc.). These changes possibly reflecting tissue specificity of gene expression may underline functional state of muscle tissues under normal and pathological conditions, and such proteomic analysis is now used in various fields of medicine.
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- S S Shishkin
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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Proteomic studies of human and other vertebrate muscle proteins. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/pl00021771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Babu GJ, Wheeler D, Alzate O, Periasamy M. Solubilization of membrane proteins for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis: identification of sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins. Anal Biochem 2004; 325:121-5. [PMID: 14715292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Solubilization of membrane proteins for two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) is very difficult. In this study, we report the use of 1,2-diheptanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatdiyl choline (DHPC) as a detergent to solubilize integral membrane proteins for 2DE. Rat ventricular microsomal fractions enriched with sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SR) membrane proteins were used as a model system. Compatibility of DHPC with a high concentration of urea increases the solubility of proteins compared with sulphobetaines or ASB-14. Peptide mass analysis assisted in the identification of key SR membrane proteins including SR Ca(2+) ATPase and other membrane proteins, which have not previously been reported on 2DE. These results suggest that DHPC is a better detergent for solubilizing membrane proteins and may be useful in generating proteomic maps for most complex organelles including SR.
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- Gopal J Babu
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Pan Y, Kislinger T, Gramolini AO, Zvaritch E, Kranias EG, MacLennan DH, Emili A. Identification of biochemical adaptations in hyper- or hypocontractile hearts from phospholamban mutant mice by expression proteomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:2241-6. [PMID: 14982994 PMCID: PMC356935 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0308174101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phospholamban (PLN) is a critical regulator of cardiac contractility through its binding to and regulation of the activity of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase. To uncover biochemical adaptations associated with extremes of cardiac muscle contractility, we used high-throughput gel-free tandem MS to monitor differences in the relative abundance of membrane proteins in standard microsomal fractions isolated from the hearts of PLN-null mice (PLN-KO) with high contractility and from transgenic mice overexpressing a superinhibitory PLN mutant in a PLN-null background (I40A-KO) with diminished contractility. Significant differential expression was detected for a subset of the 782 proteins identified, including known membrane-associated biomarkers, components of signaling pathways, and previously uninvestigated proteins. Proteins involved in fat and carbohydrate metabolism and proteins linked to G protein-signaling pathways activating protein kinase C were enriched in I40A-KO cardiac muscle, whereas proteins linked to enhanced contractile function were enriched in PLN-KO mutant hearts. These data demonstrate that Ca2+ dysregulation, leading to elevated or depressed cardiac contractility, induces compensatory biochemical responses.
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- Yan Pan
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L6
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Functional proteome analysis is not restricted to the sequence information but includes the broad spectrum of structural modifications and quantitative changes of proteins to which they are subjected in different tissues and cell organelles and during the development of an organism. Cell biology has provided the means required for the analysis of the composition and properties of purified cellular elements. Subcellular fractionation is an approach universal across all cell types and tissues, including cardiac and vascular system. Subcellular fractionation and proteomics form an ideal partnership when it comes to enrichment and analysis of intracellular organelles and low abundant multiprotein complexes. Subcellular fractionation is a flexible and adjustable approach resulting in reduced sample complexity and is most efficiently combined with high-resolution 2D gel/mass spectrometry analysis as well as with gel-independent techniques. In this study we introduce state of the art subcellular fractionation techniques and discuss their suitability, advantages, and limitations for proteomics research.
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- Lukas A Huber
- Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy and Histology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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The description of the human genome has opened new venues for the study and understanding of pathophysiological phenomena. In the 20th century, individual cell components were studied. The 21st century began with a global analysis of cell components. Thanks to the development of new technologies such as DNA chips, or two-dimensional electrophoresis, we can now study the expression of thousands of genes, or the proteins they encode, in a few hours. Genomics has opened the way for proteomics. Improved knowledge of genes does not provide information about cell functions, because any cell expresses all genes simultaneously. Instead, there is selective gene expression depending on the cell type and the stimuli to which it is exposed. The result of this is the proteome, an ensemble of proteins that are responsible for cell functions at any given moment, which are the object of the study of proteomics. The description of the proteome of cardiac cells has begun and some new proteins have been found to be dysregulated in different cardiomyopathies. These proteins are involved either in energy production or in the stress response, or belong to the cell proteasome or cytoskeleton. They may be potential risk markers or new therapeutic targets in the future. In this sense, chemogenomics is a new methodology for the development of new drugs using genomic and proteomic data.
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- Fernando Vivanco
- Servicio de Inmunología. Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Madrid. España.
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Jäger D, Jungblut PR, Müller-Werdan U. Separation and identification of human heart proteins. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 771:131-53. [PMID: 12015996 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00039-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Heart failure is not a uniform disease entity, but a syndrome with various causes, including hypertension, ischemia and congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and intoxication. During the recent years a number of molecular and cellular alterations have been identified in the diseased heart, but a direct causative link between these changes and functional impairment, medical responsiveness, progression of the disease and the patients' outcome remains to be established. After an accumulation of large amounts of DNA sequence data in genomic projects, scientists have now turned their attention to the central executors of all programs of life, the proteins. In complementation of the genomic initiatives, proteomics based approaches have lined up not only for large-scale identification of proteins and their post-translational modifications, but also to study the function of protein complexes, protein-protein interactions and regulatory and signalling cascades in the cellular network. In concert with genomic data functional proteomics will hold the key for a better understanding and therapeutical management of cardiovascular diseases in the future.
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- D Jäger
- Department of Medicine III, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
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The development of proteomics is a timely one for cardiovascular research. Analyses at the organ, subcellular, and molecular levels have revealed dynamic, complex, and subtle intracellular processes associated with heart and vascular disease. The power and flexibility of proteomic analyses, which facilitate protein separation, identification, and characterization, should hasten our understanding of these processes at the protein level. Properly applied, proteomics provides researchers with cellular protein "inventories" at specific moments in time, making it ideal for documenting protein modification due to a particular disease, condition, or treatment. This is accomplished through the establishment of species- and tissue-specific protein databases, providing a foundation for subsequent proteomic studies. Evolution of proteomic techniques has permitted more thorough investigation into molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease, facilitating identification not only of modified proteins but also of the nature of their modification. Continued development should lead to functional proteomic studies, in which identification of protein modification, in conjunction with functional data from established biochemical and physiological methods, has the ability to further our understanding of the interplay between proteome change and cardiovascular disease.
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- D K Arrell
- Departments of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2001. [PMCID: PMC2447185 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lopez MF, Berggren K, Chernokalskaya E, Lazarev A, Robinson M, Patton WF. A comparison of silver stain and SYPRO Ruby Protein Gel Stain with respect to protein detection in two-dimensional gels and identification by peptide mass profiling. Electrophoresis 2000; 21:3673-83. [PMID: 11271486 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200011)21:17<3673::aid-elps3673>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Proteomic projects are often focused on the discovery of differentially expressed proteins between control and experimental samples. Most laboratories choose the approach of running two-dimensional (2-D) gels, analyzing them and identifying the differentially expressed proteins by in-gel digestion and mass spectrometry. To date, the available stains for visualizing proteins on 2-D gels have been less than ideal for these projects because of poor detection sensitivity (Coomassie blue stain) or poor peptide recovery from in-gel digests and mass spectrometry (silver stain), unless extra destaining and washing steps are included in the protocol. In addition, the limited dynamic range of these stains has made it difficult to rigorously and reliably determine subtle differences in protein quantities. SYPRO Ruby Protein Gel Stain is a novel, ruthenium-based fluorescent dye for the detection of proteins in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) gels that has properties making it well suited to high-throughput proteomics projects. The advantages of SYPRO Ruby Protein Gel Stain relative to silver stain demonstrated in this study include a broad linear dynamic range and enhanced recovery of peptides from in-gel digests for matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry.
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- M F Lopez
- Proteome Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA 01824, USA.
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