1
|
Fridjonsdottir E, Nilsson A, Fricker LD, Andrén PE. Two Different Strategies for Stabilization of Brain Tissue and Extraction of Neuropeptides. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2758:49-60. [PMID: 38549007 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3646-6_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
Neuropeptides are bioactive peptides that are synthesized and secreted by neurons in signaling pathways in the brain. Peptides and proteins are extremely vulnerable to proteolytic cleavage when their biological surrounding changes. This makes neuropeptidomics challenging due to the rapid alterations that occur to the peptidome after harvesting of brain tissue samples. For a successful neuropeptidomic study, the biological tissue sample analyzed should resemble the living state as much as possible. Heat stabilization has been proven to inhibit postmortem degradation by denaturing proteolytic enzymes, hence increasing identification rates of neuropeptides. Here, we describe two different stabilization protocols for rodent brain samples that increase the number of intact mature neuropeptides and minimize interference from degradation products of abundant proteins. Additionally, we present an extraction protocol that aims to extract a wide range of hydrophilic and hydrophobic neuropeptides by sequentially using an aqueous and an organic extraction medium.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Elva Fridjonsdottir
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Spatial Mass Spectrometry, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Anna Nilsson
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Spatial Mass Spectrometry, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Lloyd D Fricker
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
| | - Per E Andrén
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Spatial Mass Spectrometry, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Phetsanthad A, Vu NQ, Yu Q, Buchberger AR, Chen Z, Keller C, Li L. Recent advances in mass spectrometry analysis of neuropeptides. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023; 42:706-750. [PMID: 34558119 PMCID: PMC9067165 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Due to their involvement in numerous biochemical pathways, neuropeptides have been the focus of many recent research studies. Unfortunately, classic analytical methods, such as western blots and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, are extremely limited in terms of global investigations, leading researchers to search for more advanced techniques capable of probing the entire neuropeptidome of an organism. With recent technological advances, mass spectrometry (MS) has provided methodology to gain global knowledge of a neuropeptidome on a spatial, temporal, and quantitative level. This review will cover key considerations for the analysis of neuropeptides by MS, including sample preparation strategies, instrumental advances for identification, structural characterization, and imaging; insightful functional studies; and newly developed absolute and relative quantitation strategies. While many discoveries have been made with MS, the methodology is still in its infancy. Many of the current challenges and areas that need development will also be highlighted in this review.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ashley Phetsanthad
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Nhu Q. Vu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Qing Yu
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
| | - Amanda R. Buchberger
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Zhengwei Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Caitlin Keller
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Lingjun Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Abstract
Proteasomes are large, multicatalytic protein complexes that cleave cellular proteins into peptides. There are many distinct forms of proteasomes that differ in catalytically active subunits, regulatory subunits, and associated proteins. Proteasome inhibitors are an important class of drugs for the treatment of multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma, and they are being investigated for other diseases. Bortezomib (Velcade) was the first proteasome inhibitor to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Carfilzomib (Kyprolis) and ixazomib (Ninlaro) have recently been approved, and more drugs are in development. While the primary mechanism of action is inhibition of the proteasome, the downstream events that lead to selective cell death are not entirely clear. Proteasome inhibitors have been found to affect protein turnover but at concentrations that are much higher than those achieved clinically, raising the possibility that some of the effects of proteasome inhibitors are mediated by other mechanisms.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lloyd D. Fricker
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Fridjonsdottir E, Nilsson A, Wadensten H, Andrén PE. Brain Tissue Sample Stabilization and Extraction Strategies for Neuropeptidomics. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1719:41-49. [PMID: 29476502 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7537-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Neuropeptides are bioactive peptides that are synthesized and secreted by neurons in signaling pathways in the brain. Peptides and proteins are extremely vulnerable to proteolytic cleavage when their biological surrounding changes. This makes neuropeptidomics challenging due to the rapid alterations that occur to the peptidome after harvesting of brain tissue samples. For a successful neuropeptidomic study the biological tissue sample analyzed should resemble the premortem state as much as possible. Heat stabilization has been proven to inhibit postmortem degradation by denaturing proteolytic enzymes, hence increasing identification rates of neuropeptides. Here, we describe a stabilization protocol of a frozen tissue specimen that increases the number of intact mature neuropeptides identified and minimizes interference of degradation products from abundant proteins. Additionally, we present an extraction protocol that aims to extract a wide range of hydrophilic and hydrophobic neuropeptides by using both an aqueous and an organic extraction medium.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Elva Fridjonsdottir
- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Anna Nilsson
- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Henrik Wadensten
- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Per E Andrén
- Biomolecular Imaging and Proteomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Dowd S, Mustroph ML, Romanova EV, Southey BR, Pinardo H, Rhodes JS, Sweedler JV. Exploring Exercise- and Context-Induced Peptide Changes in Mice by Quantitative Mass Spectrometry. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:13817-13827. [PMID: 30411050 PMCID: PMC6210063 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Recent research suggests that exercise may help facilitate abstinence from cocaine addiction, though the mechanisms are not well understood. In mice, wheel running accelerates the extinction of conditioned place preference (CPP) for cocaine, providing an animal model for evaluating potential neurological mechanisms. The objective of this study was to quantify dynamic changes in endogenous peptides in the amygdala and dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in mice exposed to a context paired with the effects of cocaine, and in response to exercise. Male C57BL/6J mice conditioned to cocaine were housed with or without running wheels for 30 days. Following a CPP test and final exposure to either a cocaine- or saline-associated context, peptides were measured in brain tissue extracts using label-free matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MS) and stable isotopic labeling with liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization MS. CPP in mice was significantly reduced with running, which correlated to decreased myelin basic protein derivatives in the dentate gyrus extracts, possibly reflecting increased unmyelinated granule neuron density. Exposure to a cocaine-paired context increased hemoglobin-derived peptides in runners and decreased an actin-derived peptide in sedentary animals. These results allowed us to characterize a novel set of biomarkers that are responsive to exercise in the hippocampus and in a cocaine-paired context in the amygdala.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah
E. Dowd
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Martina L. Mustroph
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Elena V. Romanova
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Bruce R. Southey
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Heinrich Pinardo
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Justin S. Rhodes
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| | - Jonathan V. Sweedler
- Department
of Chemistry, Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, and Department of
Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, 63-5, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Corbière A, Walet-Balieu ML, Chan P, Basille-Dugay M, Hardouin J, Vaudry D. A Peptidomic Approach to Characterize Peptides Involved in Cerebellar Cortex Development Leads to the Identification of the Neurotrophic Effects of Nociceptin. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:1737-1749. [PMID: 29895708 PMCID: PMC6126386 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The cerebellum is a brain structure involved in motor and cognitive functions. The development of the cerebellar cortex (the external part of the cerebellum) is under the control of numerous factors. Among these factors, neuropeptides including PACAP or somatostatin modulate the survival, migration and/or differentiation of cerebellar granule cells. Interestingly, such peptides contributing to cerebellar ontogenesis usually exhibit a specific transient expression profile with a low abundance at birth, a high expression level during the developmental processes, which take place within the first two postnatal weeks in rodents, and a gradual decline toward adulthood. Thus, to identify new peptides transiently expressed in the cerebellum during development, rat cerebella were sampled from birth to adulthood, and analyzed by a semi-quantitative peptidomic approach. A total of 33 peptides were found to be expressed in the cerebellum. Among these 33 peptides, 8 had a clear differential expression pattern during development, 4 of them i.e. cerebellin 2, nociceptin, somatostatin and VGF [353-372], exhibiting a high expression level during the first two postnatal weeks followed by a significative decrease at adulthood. A focus by a genomic approach on nociceptin, confirmed that its precursor mRNA is transiently expressed during the first week of life in granule neurons within the internal granule cell layer of the cerebellum, and showed that the nociceptin receptor is also actively expressed between P8 and P16 by the same neurons. Finally, functional studies revealed a new role for nociceptin, acting as a neurotrophic peptide able to promote the survival and differentiation of developing cerebellar granule neurons.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Auriane Corbière
- From the ‡Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Neuropeptides, Neuronal death and Cell plasticity team, 76000 Rouen, France
| | - Marie-Laure Walet-Balieu
- §Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Rouen Proteomic Platform (PISSARO), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76000 Rouen, France
| | - Philippe Chan
- §Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Rouen Proteomic Platform (PISSARO), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76000 Rouen, France
| | - Magali Basille-Dugay
- From the ‡Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Neuropeptides, Neuronal death and Cell plasticity team, 76000 Rouen, France
| | - Julie Hardouin
- §Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Rouen Proteomic Platform (PISSARO), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76000 Rouen, France
| | - David Vaudry
- From the ‡Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Inserm, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, Neuropeptides, Neuronal death and Cell plasticity team, 76000 Rouen, France;
- §Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Rouen Proteomic Platform (PISSARO), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76000 Rouen, France
- ¶Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Regional Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy (PRIMACEN), 76000 Rouen, France
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Van Bael S, Zels S, Boonen K, Beets I, Schoofs L, Temmerman L. A Caenorhabditis elegans Mass Spectrometric Resource for Neuropeptidomics. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:879-889. [PMID: 29299835 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1856-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Neuropeptides are important signaling molecules used by nervous systems to mediate and fine-tune neuronal communication. They can function as neurotransmitters or neuromodulators in neural circuits, or they can be released as neurohormones to target distant cells and tissues. Neuropeptides are typically cleaved from larger precursor proteins by the action of proteases and can be the subject of post-translational modifications. The short, mature neuropeptide sequences often entail the only evolutionarily reasonably conserved regions in these precursor proteins. Therefore, it is particularly challenging to predict all putative bioactive peptides through in silico mining of neuropeptide precursor sequences. Peptidomics is an approach that allows de novo characterization of peptides extracted from body fluids, cells, tissues, organs, or whole-body preparations. Mass spectrometry, often combined with on-line liquid chromatography, is a hallmark technique used in peptidomics research. Here, we used an acidified methanol extraction procedure and a quadrupole-Orbitrap LC-MS/MS pipeline to analyze the neuropeptidome of Caenorhabditis elegans. We identified an unprecedented number of 203 mature neuropeptides from C. elegans whole-body extracts, including 35 peptides from known, hypothetical, as well as from completely novel neuropeptide precursor proteins that have not been predicted in silico. This set of biochemically verified peptide sequences provides the most elaborate C. elegans reference neurpeptidome so far. To exploit this resource to the fullest, we make our in-house database of known and predicted neuropeptides available to the community as a valuable resource. We are providing these collective data to help the community progress, amongst others, by supporting future differential and/or functional studies. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sven Van Bael
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
| | - Sven Zels
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
| | - Kurt Boonen
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
| | - Isabel Beets
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
| | - Liliane Schoofs
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
| | - Liesbet Temmerman
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Deliconstantinos G, Barton S, Soloviev M, Page N. Mouse Hemokinin-1 Decapeptide Subjected to a Brain-specific Post-translational Modification. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 31:991-998. [PMID: 28882971 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.11159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM The tachykinin mouse hemokinin-1, expressed by the mouse Tac4 gene, produces either analgesia or nociception, interacting with the neurokinin 1 receptor. TAC4 precursor processing is not identical to the processing of the TAC1 precursor, for the release of substance P (amidated undecapeptide). The characterization of the mouse hemokinin-1 sequence was required. MATERIALS AND METHODS We developed anti-tachykinin-specific antibodies for the immunoaffinity purification of tachykinins. RESULTS Using MALDI-ToF, we identified mouse hemokinin-1 as an amidated decapeptide expressed in murine brain and periphery. Furthermore, we interestingly observed an additional mass peak corresponding to acetylated mouse hemokinin-1 and this post-translational modification is brain-specific, not detected in the periphery. CONCLUSION We suggest that the N-terminal acetylation of the peptide provides greater potency for ligand-receptor interactions during neural cell signaling.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Stephen Barton
- School of Pharmacy & Chemistry, Kingston University, London, U.K
| | - Mikhail Soloviev
- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, London, U.K
| | - Nigel Page
- School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, London, U.K
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Dasgupta S, Yang C, Castro LM, Tashima AK, Ferro ES, Moir RD, Willis IM, Fricker LD. Analysis of the Yeast Peptidome and Comparison with the Human Peptidome. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163312. [PMID: 27685651 PMCID: PMC5042401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptides function as signaling molecules in species as diverse as humans and yeast. Mass spectrometry-based peptidomics techniques provide a relatively unbiased method to assess the peptidome of biological samples. In the present study, we used a quantitative peptidomic technique to characterize the peptidome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and compare it to the peptidomes of mammalian cell lines and tissues. Altogether, 297 yeast peptides derived from 75 proteins were identified. The yeast peptides are similar to those of the human peptidome in average size and amino acid composition. Inhibition of proteasome activity with either bortezomib or epoxomicin led to decreased levels of some yeast peptides, suggesting that these peptides are generated by the proteasome. Approximately 30% of the yeast peptides correspond to the N- or C-terminus of the protein; the human peptidome is also highly represented in N- or C-terminal protein fragments. Most yeast and humans peptides are derived from a subset of abundant proteins, many with functions involving cellular metabolism or protein synthesis and folding. Of the 75 yeast proteins that give rise to peptides, 24 have orthologs that give rise to human and/or mouse peptides and for some, the same region of the proteins are found in the human, mouse, and yeast peptidomes. Taken together, these results support the hypothesis that intracellular peptides may have specific and conserved biological functions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sayani Dasgupta
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
| | - Ciyu Yang
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America
| | - Leandro M. Castro
- Biomedical Science Institute, Campus on the São Paulo Coast, São Paulo State University, São Vicente, 11330–900, SP, Brazil
| | - Alexandre K. Tashima
- Department of Biochemistry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, 04023–901, SP, Brazil
| | - Emer S. Ferro
- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedical Science Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508–000, SP, Brazil
| | - Robyn D. Moir
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
| | - Ian M. Willis
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
| | - Lloyd D. Fricker
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States of America
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Wu C, Monroe ME, Xu Z, Slysz GW, Payne SH, Rodland KD, Liu T, Smith RD. An Optimized Informatics Pipeline for Mass Spectrometry-Based Peptidomics. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 26:2002-8. [PMID: 26015166 PMCID: PMC4655184 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1169-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The comprehensive MS analysis of the peptidome, the intracellular and intercellular products of protein degradation, has the potential to provide novel insights on endogenous proteolytic processing and its utility in disease diagnosis and prognosis. Along with the advances in MS instrumentation and related platforms, a plethora of proteomics data analysis tools have been applied for direct use in peptidomics; however, an evaluation of the currently available informatics pipelines for peptidomics data analysis has yet to be reported. In this study, we began by evaluating the results of several popular MS/MS database search engines, including MS-GF+, SEQUEST, and MS-Align+, for peptidomics data analysis, followed by identification and label-free quantification using the well-established accurate mass and time (AMT) tag and newly developed informed quantification (IQ) approaches, both based on direct LC-MS analysis. Our results demonstrated that MS-GF+ outperformed both SEQUEST and MS-Align+ in identifying peptidome peptides. Using a database established from MS-GF+ peptide identifications, both the AMT tag and IQ approaches provided significantly deeper peptidome coverage and less missing data for each individual data set than the MS/MS methods, while achieving robust label-free quantification. Besides having an excellent correlation with the AMT tag quantification results, IQ also provided slightly higher peptidome coverage. Taken together, we propose an optimized informatics pipeline combining MS-GF+ for initial database searching with IQ (or AMT tag) approaches for identification and label-free quantification for high-throughput, comprehensive, and quantitative peptidomics analysis. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chaochao Wu
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Matthew E Monroe
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Zhe Xu
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Gordon W Slysz
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Samuel H Payne
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Karin D Rodland
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
| | - Tao Liu
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA.
| | - Richard D Smith
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Fricker LD. Limitations of Mass Spectrometry-Based Peptidomic Approaches. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 26:1981-91. [PMID: 26305799 PMCID: PMC6597174 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1231-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Mass spectrometry-based peptidomic approaches are powerful techniques to detect and identify the peptide content of biological samples. The present study investigated the limitations of peptidomic approaches using trimethylammonium butyrate isotopic tags to quantify relative peptide levels and Mascot searches to identify peptides. Data were combined from previous studies on human cell lines or mouse tissues. The combined databases contain 2155 unique peptides ranging in mass from 444 to 8765 Da, with the vast majority between 1 and 3 kDa. The amino acid composition of the identified peptides generally reflected the frequency in the Eukaryotic proteome with the exception of Cys, which was not present in any of the identified peptides in the free-SH form but was detected at low frequency as a disulfide with Cys residues, a disulfide with glutathione, or as S-cyanocysteine. To test if the low detection rate of peptides smaller than 500 Da, larger than 3 kDa, or containing Cys was a limitation of the peptidomics procedure, tryptic peptides of known proteins were processed for peptidomics using the same approach used for human cell lines and mouse tissues. The identified tryptic peptides ranged from 516 to 2418 Da, whereas the theoretical digest ranged from 217 to 7559 Da. Peptides with Cys were rarely detected and, if present, the Cys was usually modified S-cyanocysteine. Additionally, peptides with mono- and di-iodo Tyr and His were identified. Taken together, there are limitations of peptidomic techniques, and awareness of these limitations is important to properly use and interpret results. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lloyd D Fricker
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Ferro ES, Rioli V, Castro LM, Fricker LD. Intracellular peptides: From discovery to function. EUPA OPEN PROTEOMICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.euprot.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
|
13
|
Costa EP, Menschaert G, Luyten W, De Grave K, Ramon J. PIUS: peptide identification by unbiased search. Bioinformatics 2013; 29:1913-4. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
|
14
|
Kang MJ, Han H, Kwon OS, Kim HO, Jung BH. Multireaction monitoring of 12 peptides for lowered immunity screening. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 404:2249-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
|
15
|
Zhang X, Petruzziello F, Zani F, Fouillen L, Andren PE, Solinas G, Rainer G. High Identification Rates of Endogenous Neuropeptides from Mouse Brain. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:2819-27. [DOI: 10.1021/pr3001699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiaozhe Zhang
- Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
CH-1700, Switzerland
| | | | - Fabio Zani
- Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
CH-1700, Switzerland
| | - Laetitia Fouillen
- Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
CH-1700, Switzerland
| | - Per E. Andren
- Department
of Pharmaceutical
Biosciences, Medical Mass Spectrometry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 591, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Giovanni Solinas
- Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
CH-1700, Switzerland
| | - Gregor Rainer
- Department
of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
CH-1700, Switzerland
| |
Collapse
|