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Analysis of Proteins and Peptides of Highly Purified CD9 + and CD63 + Horse Milk Exosomes Isolated by Affinity Chromatography. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232416106. [PMID: 36555744 PMCID: PMC9788572 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232416106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Exosomes are nanovesicles with a 40-150 nm diameter and are essential for communication between cells. Literature data suggest that exosomes obtained from different sources (cell cultures, blood plasma, urea, saliva, tears, spinal fluid, milk) using a series of centrifugations and ultracentrifugations contain hundreds and thousands of different protein and nucleic acid molecules. However, most of these proteins are not an intrinsic part of exosomes; instead, they co-isolate with exosomes. Using consecutive ultracentrifugation, gel filtration, and affinity chromatography on anti-CD9- and anti-CD63-Sepharoses, we isolated highly purified vesicle preparations from 18 horse milk samples. Gel filtration of the initial preparations allowed us to remove co-isolating proteins and their complexes and to obtain highly purified vesicles morphologically corresponding to exosomes. Using affinity chromatography on anti-CD9- and anti-CD63-Sepharoses, we obtained extra-purified CD9+ and CD63+ exosomes, which simultaneously contain these two tetraspanins, while the CD81 tetraspanin was presented in a minor quantity. SDS-PAGE and MALDI analysis detected several major proteins with molecular masses over 10 kDa: CD9, CD63, CD81, lactadherin, actin, butyrophilin, lactoferrin, and xanthine dehydrogenase. Analysis of extracts by trifluoroacetic acid revealed dozens of peptides with molecular masses in the range of 0.8 to 8.5 kDa. Data on the uneven distribution of tetraspanins on the surface of horse milk exosomes and the presence of peptides open new questions about the biogenesis of these extracellular vesicles.
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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of TesA, a Major Thioesterase Required for Outer-Envelope Lipid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:5120-5136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Burkova EE, Dmitrenok PS, Bulgakov DV, Vlassov VV, Ryabchikova EI, Nevinsky GA. Exosomes from human placenta purified by affinity chromatography on sepharose bearing immobilized antibodies against CD81 tetraspanin contain many peptides and small proteins. IUBMB Life 2018; 70:1144-1155. [PMID: 30277306 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Exosomes are nanovesicles (40-100 nm) containing various RNAs and different proteins. Exosomes are involved in intracellular communication and immune system function. Exosomes from different sources are usually isolated using standard methods-centrifugation and ultracentrifugations. Exosomes isolated by these procedures were reported to contain from a few dozen to thousands of different proteins. Here crude vesicle preparations from five placentas (normal pregnancy) were first obtained using standard centrifugation procedures. According to electron-microscopic studies, these preparations contained vesicles of different size (30-225 nm), particles of round shape of average electron density ("nonvesicles" 20-40 nm) (A), structured clusters of associated proteins and shapeless aggregations (B), as well as ring-shaped 10-14 nm structures formed by ferritin (C). After additional purification of the vesicle preparations by gel filtration on Sepharose 4B, the main part of protein structures was removed; however, the preparations still contained small admixtures of components A-C. Further purification of the preparations by affinity chromatography on Sepharose bearing immobilized antibodies against exosome surface protein CD81 led to isolation of highly purified exosomes (40-100 nm). These exosomes according to electron microscopy data contained tetraspanin embedded in the membrane, which was stained with antibodies against CD81 conjugated with 10-12 nm gold nanoparticles. SDS-PAGE and MALDI MS and MS/MS mass spectrometry of tryptic hydrolysates of proteins contained in these exosomes revealed eleven major proteins (>10 kDa): hemoglobin subunits, CD81, interleukin-1 receptor, annexin A5, cytoplasmic actin, alpha-actin-4, alkaline phosphatase, human serum albumin, serotransferrin, and lactotrasferrin. Using MALDI mass analysis of the highly purified exosomes, we for the first time found that in addition to the large proteins (>10 kDa), exosomes having affinity to CD81 contain more than 27 different peptides and small proteins of 2-10 kDa. This finding can be useful for revealing biological functions of pure exosomes. © 2018 IUBMB Life, 70(11):1144-1155, 2018.
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- Evgeniya E Burkova
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- G. B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Perkowski EF, Zulauf KE, Weerakoon D, Hayden JD, Ioerger TR, Oreper D, Gomez SM, Sacchettini JC, Braunstein M. The EXIT Strategy: an Approach for Identifying Bacterial Proteins Exported during Host Infection. mBio 2017; 8:e00333-17. [PMID: 28442606 PMCID: PMC5405230 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00333-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Exported proteins of bacterial pathogens function both in essential physiological processes and in virulence. Past efforts to identify exported proteins were limited by the use of bacteria growing under laboratory (in vitro) conditions. Thus, exported proteins that are exported only or preferentially in the context of infection may be overlooked. To solve this problem, we developed a genome-wide method, named EXIT (exported in vivotechnology), to identify proteins that are exported by bacteria during infection and applied it to Mycobacterium tuberculosis during murine infection. Our studies validate the power of EXIT to identify proteins exported during infection on an unprecedented scale (593 proteins) and to reveal in vivo induced exported proteins (i.e., proteins exported significantly more during in vivo infection than in vitro). Our EXIT data also provide an unmatched resource for mapping the topology of M. tuberculosis membrane proteins. As a new approach for identifying exported proteins, EXIT has potential applicability to other pathogens and experimental conditions.IMPORTANCE There is long-standing interest in identifying exported proteins of bacteria as they play critical roles in physiology and virulence and are commonly immunogenic antigens and targets of antibiotics. While significant effort has been made to identify the bacterial proteins that are exported beyond the cytoplasm to the membrane, cell wall, or host environment, current methods to identify exported proteins are limited by their use of bacteria growing under laboratory (in vitro) conditions. Because in vitro conditions do not mimic the complexity of the host environment, critical exported proteins that are preferentially exported in the context of infection may be overlooked. We developed a novel method to identify proteins that are exported by bacteria during host infection and applied it to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins exported in a mouse model of tuberculosis.
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- E F Perkowski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Delogu G, Brennan MJ, Manganelli R. PE and PPE Genes: A Tale of Conservation and Diversity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1019:191-207. [PMID: 29116636 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64371-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PE and PPE are two large families of proteins typical of mycobacteria whose structural genes in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) occupy about 7% of the total genome. The most ancestral PE and PPE proteins are expressed by genes that belong to the same operon and in most cases are found inserted in the esx clusters, encoding a type VII secretion system. Duplication and expansion of pe and ppe genes, coupled with intragenomic and intergenomic recombination events, led to the emergence of the polymorphic pe_pgrs and ppe_mptr genes in the MTBC genome. The role and function of these proteins, and particularly of the polymorphic subfamilies, remains elusive, although it is widely accepted that PE and PPE proteins may represent a specialized collection used by MTBC to interact with the complex host immune system of mammals. In this chapter, we summarize what has been discovered since the identification of these genes in 1998, focusing on M. tuberculosis genetic variability, host-pathogen interaction and TB pathogenesis.
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- Giovanni Delogu
- Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Via A. Gabelli, 63, 35121, Padua, Italy
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Long J, Basu Roy R, Zhang YJ, Antrobus R, Du Y, Smith DL, Weekes MP, Javid B. Plasma Membrane Profiling Reveals Upregulation of ABCA1 by Infected Macrophages Leading to Restriction of Mycobacterial Growth. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1086. [PMID: 27462310 PMCID: PMC4940386 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The plasma membrane represents a critical interface between the internal and extracellular environments, and harbors multiple proteins key receptors and transporters that play important roles in restriction of intracellular infection. We applied plasma membrane profiling, a technique that combines quantitative mass spectrometry with selective cell surface aminooxy-biotinylation, to Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG)-infected THP-1 macrophages. We quantified 559 PM proteins in BCG-infected THP-1 cells. One significantly upregulated cell-surface protein was the cholesterol transporter ABCA1. We showed that ABCA1 was upregulated on the macrophage cell-surface following infection with pathogenic mycobacteria and knockdown of ABCA1 resulted in increased mycobacterial survival within macrophages, suggesting that it may be a novel mycobacterial host-restriction factor.
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- Jing Long
- Collaboration Innovation Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
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- Collaboration Innovation Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester Manchester, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
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- Collaboration Innovation Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China; Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, BostonMA, USA
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Wessels HJCT, de Almeida NM, Kartal B, Keltjens JT. Bacterial Electron Transfer Chains Primed by Proteomics. Adv Microb Physiol 2016; 68:219-352. [PMID: 27134025 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Electron transport phosphorylation is the central mechanism for most prokaryotic species to harvest energy released in the respiration of their substrates as ATP. Microorganisms have evolved incredible variations on this principle, most of these we perhaps do not know, considering that only a fraction of the microbial richness is known. Besides these variations, microbial species may show substantial versatility in using respiratory systems. In connection herewith, regulatory mechanisms control the expression of these respiratory enzyme systems and their assembly at the translational and posttranslational levels, to optimally accommodate changes in the supply of their energy substrates. Here, we present an overview of methods and techniques from the field of proteomics to explore bacterial electron transfer chains and their regulation at levels ranging from the whole organism down to the Ångstrom scales of protein structures. From the survey of the literature on this subject, it is concluded that proteomics, indeed, has substantially contributed to our comprehending of bacterial respiratory mechanisms, often in elegant combinations with genetic and biochemical approaches. However, we also note that advanced proteomics offers a wealth of opportunities, which have not been exploited at all, or at best underexploited in hypothesis-driving and hypothesis-driven research on bacterial bioenergetics. Examples obtained from the related area of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation research, where the application of advanced proteomics is more common, may illustrate these opportunities.
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- H J C T Wessels
- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud Proteomics Centre, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Calder B, Soares NC, de Kock E, Blackburn JM. Mycobacterial proteomics: analysis of expressed proteomes and post-translational modifications to identify candidate virulence factors. Expert Rev Proteomics 2015; 12:21-35. [PMID: 25603863 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2015.1007046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus has a number of unique features that make it a particularly effective human pathogen. Although genomic analysis has added to our current understanding of the molecular basis by which M. tuberculosis damages its host, proteomics may be better suited to describe the dynamic interactions between mycobacterial and host systems that underpin this disease. The M. tuberculosis proteome has been investigated using proteomics for over a decade, with increasingly sophisticated mass spectrometry technology and sensitive methods for comparative proteomic profiling. Deeper coverage of the M. tuberculosis proteome has led to the identification of hundreds of putative virulence determinants, as well as an unsurpassed coverage of post-translational modifications. Proteomics is therefore uniquely poised to contribute to our understanding of this pathogen, which may ultimately lead to better management of the disease.
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- Bridget Calder
- Division of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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The extraction and isolation of native bacterial proteins continue to be valuable technical pursuits in order to understand bacterial physiology, screen for virulence determinants, and describe antigens. In this chapter, methods for the manipulation of whole mycobacterial cells are described in detail. Specifically, the concentration of spent culture filtrate media is described in order to permit separation of soluble, secreted proteins; several discrete separation techniques, including precipitation of protein mixtures with ammonium sulfate and separation of proteins by hydrophobic chromatography are also provided. Similarly, the generation of whole cell lysate and facile separation of lysate into subcellular fractions to afford cell wall, cell membrane, and cytosol enriched proteins is described. Due to the hydrophobic nature of cell wall and cell membrane proteins, several extraction protocols to resolve protein subsets (such as extraction with urea and SDS) are also provided, as well as a separation technique (isoelectric focusing) that can be applied to separate hydrophobic proteins. Lastly, two commonly used analytical techniques, in-gel digestion of proteins for LC-MS and analysis of intact proteins by MALDI-ToF MS, are provided for rapid analysis of discrete proteins within subcellular or chromatographic fractions. While these methods were optimized for the manipulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells, they have been successfully applied to extract and isolate Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium ulcerans, and Mycobacterium avium proteins. In addition, a number of these methods may be applied to extract and analyze mycobacterial proteins from cell lines and host derived samples.
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Bland C, Hartmann EM, Christie-Oleza JA, Fernandez B, Armengaud J. N-Terminal-oriented proteogenomics of the marine bacterium roseobacter denitrificans Och114 using N-Succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium bromide (TMPP) labeling and diagonal chromatography. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:1369-81. [PMID: 24536027 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o113.032854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Given the ease of whole genome sequencing with next-generation sequencers, structural and functional gene annotation is now purely based on automated prediction. However, errors in gene structure are frequent, the correct determination of start codons being one of the main concerns. Here, we combine protein N termini derivatization using (N-Succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium bromide (TMPP Ac-OSu) as a labeling reagent with the COmbined FRActional DIagonal Chromatography (COFRADIC) sorting method to enrich labeled N-terminal peptides for mass spectrometry detection. Protein digestion was performed in parallel with three proteases to obtain a reliable automatic validation of protein N termini. The analysis of these N-terminal enriched fractions by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry allowed the annotation refinement of 534 proteins of the model marine bacterium Roseobacter denitrificans OCh114. This study is especially efficient regarding mass spectrometry analytical time. From the 534 validated N termini, 480 confirmed existing gene annotations, 41 highlighted erroneous start codon annotations, five revealed totally new mis-annotated genes; the mass spectrometry data also suggested the existence of multiple start sites for eight different genes, a result that challenges the current view of protein translation initiation. Finally, we identified several proteins for which classical genome homology-driven annotation was inconsistent, questioning the validity of automatic annotation pipelines and emphasizing the need for complementary proteomic data. All data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD000337.
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- Céline Bland
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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Barrera C, Reboux G, Warfolomeow I, Rognon B, Millon L, Roussel S. External validation of recombinant antigens for serodiagnosis of machine operator's lung. Am J Ind Med 2014; 57:195-201. [PMID: 24136133 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Machine operator's lung (MOL) is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis the diagnosis of which is difficult. Our laboratory previously developed an ELISA test using recombinant antigens from Mycobacterium immunogenum isolated in French plant. The objective was to validate the previous ELISA results with ten new suspected cases from Germany. METHODS Two serological analyses were performed: ELISA with the six recombinant antigens, and electrosyneresis with crude antigens of M. immunogenum and three other main species isolated from contaminated metalworking fluids. RESULTS The two recombinant antigens acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, combined together, and electrosyneresis are useful in making the diagnosis regardless of the clinical and radiological data. Finally 9 out of the 10 suspected cases were declared as MOL. CONCLUSIONS Despite the geographical distance, the crude and recombinant antigens produced to investigate the clustered French cases also proved to be useful in diagnosing the suspected cases in Germany.
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- Coralie Barrera
- UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement; University of Franche-Comté; Besançon France
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- UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement; University of Franche-Comté; Besançon France
- Parasitology-Mycology Department; University Hospital of Besançon; Besançon France
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- Occupational Health and Safety Department; Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall (BGHM); Mainz Germany
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- UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement; University of Franche-Comté; Besançon France
- Parasitology-Mycology Department; University Hospital of Besançon; Besançon France
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- UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement; University of Franche-Comté; Besançon France
- Parasitology-Mycology Department; University Hospital of Besançon; Besançon France
- Clinical Investigation Center (Inserm CIT 808); University Hospital of Besançon; Besançon France
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- UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement; University of Franche-Comté; Besançon France
- Parasitology-Mycology Department; University Hospital of Besançon; Besançon France
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Kruh-Garcia NA, Murray M, Prucha JG, Dobos KM. Antigen 85 variation across lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-implications for vaccine and biomarker success. J Proteomics 2013; 97:141-50. [PMID: 23891556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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UNLABELLED Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretes several hundred proteins; many of which elicit immune responses. As a result, many of these proteins have been explored for their potential as diagnostic and vaccine candidates. Of these, the Antigen 85 complex proteins, represented by Antigen85 A, B, and C, are the most studied from the mycobacterial secretome. However, vaccine constructs exploiting Antigen 85 as the sole antigen repertoire have not experienced the pre-clinical and clinical trials success originally anticipated. Anecdotal and biochemical evidence suggests that differences in protein abundance may explain this phenomenon. Here, biochemical, molecular, and mass spectrometry approaches were used to quantify Antigen 85 among six M. tuberculosis strains from four phylogenetically distinct clades. Our data demonstrates that the greatest variation in Antigen 85 is ascribed to protein quantities, whereas few transcriptional differences were found. In addition, the ratio of Antigen 85 A, to B, to C is conserved within clades and phylogenetic neighbors. In contrast, no such relationship between individual protein quantities was observed, and in the case of Antigen85 B, this variation even extends within biological replicates of individual isolates. The relevance of Antigen 85 protein quantities and vaccine efficacy remains to be defined. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Absolute quantitation via multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry was used to determine the exact molar concentrations of Antigen 85A, B, and C; three key immunodominant proteins present in M. tuberculosis. Further, the concentration of these three proteins was compared among various clades of M. tuberculosis, and demonstrated differences in abundance of two of the three proteins. These proteins have been identified as key antigens in multiple vaccine and diagnostic platforms, thus the potential relevance of their abundance in various M. tuberculosis clades to the successful outcome of these interventions is discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Trends in Microbial Proteomics.
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- Nicole A Kruh-Garcia
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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Lew JM, Mao C, Shukla M, Warren A, Will R, Kuznetsov D, Xenarios I, Robertson BD, Gordon SV, Schnappinger D, Cole ST, Sobral B. Database resources for the tuberculosis community. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93:12-7. [PMID: 23332401 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Access to online repositories for genomic and associated "-omics" datasets is now an essential part of everyday research activity. It is important therefore that the Tuberculosis community is aware of the databases and tools available to them online, as well as for the database hosts to know what the needs of the research community are. One of the goals of the Tuberculosis Annotation Jamboree, held in Washington DC on March 7th-8th 2012, was therefore to provide an overview of the current status of three key Tuberculosis resources, TubercuList (tuberculist.epfl.ch), TB Database (www.tbdb.org), and Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC, www.patricbrc.org). Here we summarize some key updates and upcoming features in TubercuList, and provide an overview of the PATRIC site and its online tools for pathogen RNA-Seq analysis.
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- Jocelyne M Lew
- Swiss-Prot Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland
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Global relative and absolute quantitation in microbial proteomics. Curr Opin Microbiol 2012; 15:364-72. [PMID: 22445110 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Proteomic studies are designed to yield either qualitative information on proteins (identification, distribution, posttranslational modifications, interactions, structure and function) or quantitative information (abundance, distribution within different localizations, temporal changes in abundance due to synthesis and degradation or both). To this end these studies can draw upon a wide range of qualitative and quantitative gel-based and gel-free techniques. This review summarizes current proteomic workflows for global relative or absolute protein quantitation and their application in microbial physiology.
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Bell C, Smith GT, Sweredoski MJ, Hess S. Characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteome by Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Techniques: A Comprehensive Resource for Tuberculosis Research. J Proteome Res 2011; 11:119-30. [DOI: 10.1021/pr2007939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Christina Bell
- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Mehaffy MC, Kruh-Garcia NA, Dobos KM. Prospective on Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteomics. J Proteome Res 2011; 11:17-25. [PMID: 21988637 DOI: 10.1021/pr2008658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, remains one of the most prevalent human pathogens in the world. Knowledge regarding the bacilli's physiology as well as its mechanisms of virulence, immunogenicity, and pathogenesis has increased greatly in the last three decades. However, the function of about one-quarter of the Mtb coding genome and the precise activity and protein networks of most of the Mtb proteins are still unknown. Protein mass spectrometry and a new interest in research toward the field of functional proteomics have given a new light to the study of this bacillus and will be the focus of this review. We will also discuss new perspectives in the proteomics field, in particular targeted mass spectrometry methods and their potential applications in TB research and discovery.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Carolina Mehaffy
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, 1619 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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