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Li R, Lichstrahl MS, Zandi TA, Kahlert L, Townsend CA. The dabABC operon is a marker of C4-alkylated monobactam biosynthesis and responsible for ( 2S, 3R)-diaminobutyrate production. iScience 2024; 27:109202. [PMID: 38433893 PMCID: PMC10906522 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) assemble metabolites of medicinal and commercial value. Both serine and threonine figure prominently in these processes and separately can be converted to the additional NRPS building blocks 2,3-diaminopropionate (Dap) and 2,3-diaminobutyrate (Dab). Here we bring extensive bioinformatics, in vivo and in vitro experimentation to compose a unified view of the biosynthesis of these widely distributed non-canonical amino acids that both derive by pyridoxal-mediated β-elimination of the activated O-phosphorylated substrates followed by β-addition of an amine donor. By examining monobactam biosynthesis in Pseudomonas and in Burkholderia species where it is silent, we show that (2S,3R)-Dab synthesis depends on an l-threonine kinase (DabA), a β-replacement reaction with l-aspartate (DabB) and an argininosuccinate lyase-like protein (DabC). The growing clinical importance of monobactams to both withstand Ambler Class B metallo-β-lactamases and retain their antibiotic activity make reprogrammed precursor and NRPS synthesis of modified monobactams a feasible and attractive goal.
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- Rongfeng Li
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- T. C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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DeLaney K, Phetsanthad A, Li L. ADVANCES IN HIGH-RESOLUTION MALDI MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR NEUROBIOLOGY. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2022; 41:194-214. [PMID: 33165982 PMCID: PMC8106695 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Research in the field of neurobiology and neurochemistry has seen a rapid expansion in the last several years due to advances in technologies and instrumentation, facilitating the detection of biomolecules critical to the complex signaling of neurons. Part of this growth has been due to the development and implementation of high-resolution Fourier transform (FT) mass spectrometry (MS), as is offered by FT ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) and Orbitrap mass analyzers, which improves the accuracy of measurements and helps resolve the complex biological mixtures often analyzed in the nervous system. The coupling of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) with high-resolution MS has drastically expanded the information that can be obtained with these complex samples. This review discusses notable technical developments in MALDI-FTICR and MALDI-Orbitrap platforms and their applications toward molecules in the nervous system, including sequence elucidation and profiling with de novo sequencing, analysis of post-translational modifications, in situ analysis, key advances in sample preparation and handling, quantitation, and imaging. Notable novel applications are also discussed to highlight key developments critical to advancing our understanding of neurobiology and providing insight into the exciting future of this field. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Mass Spec Rev.
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- Kellen DeLaney
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- 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
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. , Phone: (608) 265-8491, Fax: (608) 262-5345., Mailing Address: 5125 Rennebohm Hall, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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Lebedev AT, Vasileva ID, Samgina TY. FT-MS in the de novo top-down sequencing of natural nontryptic peptides. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2022; 41:284-313. [PMID: 33347655 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The present review covers available results on the application of FT-MS for the de novo sequencing of natural peptides of various animals: cones, bees, snakes, amphibians, scorpions, and so forth. As these peptides are usually bioactive, the animals efficiently use them as a weapon against microorganisms or higher animals including predators. These peptides represent definite interest as drugs of future generations since the mechanism of their activity is completely different in comparison with that of the modern antibiotics. Utilization of those peptides as antibiotics can eliminate the problem of the bacterial resistance development. Sequence elucidation of these bioactive peptides becomes even more challenging when the species genome is not available and little is known about the protein origin and other properties of those peptides in the study. De novo sequencing may be the only option to obtain sequence information. The benefits of FT-MS for the top-down peptide sequencing, the general approaches of the de novxxo sequencing, the difficult cases involving sequence coverage, isobaric and isomeric amino acids, cyclization of short peptides, the presence of posttranslational modifications will be discussed in the review.
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- Albert T Lebedev
- Organic Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Organic Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Organic Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Moyer TB, Parsley NC, Sadecki PW, Schug WJ, Hicks LM. Leveraging orthogonal mass spectrometry based strategies for comprehensive sequencing and characterization of ribosomal antimicrobial peptide natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:489-509. [PMID: 32929442 PMCID: PMC7956910 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00046a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Covering: Up to July 2020Ribosomal antimicrobial peptide (AMP) natural products, also known as ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) or host defense peptides, demonstrate potent bioactivities and impressive complexity that complicate molecular and biological characterization. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS) has rapidly accelerated bioactive peptide sequencing efforts, yet standard workflows insufficiently address intrinsic AMP diversity. Herein, orthogonal approaches to accelerate comprehensive and accurate molecular characterization without the need for prior isolation are reviewed. Chemical derivatization, proteolysis (enzymatic and chemical cleavage), multistage MS fragmentation, and separation (liquid chromatography and ion mobility) strategies can provide complementary amino acid composition and post-translational modification data to constrain sequence solutions. Examination of two complex case studies, gomesin and styelin D, highlights the practical implementation of the proposed approaches. Finally, we emphasize the importance of heterogeneous AMP peptidoforms that confer varying biological function, an area that warrants significant further development.
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- Tessa B Moyer
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Moyer TB, Heil LR, Kirkpatrick CL, Goldfarb D, Lefever WA, Parsley NC, Wommack AJ, Hicks LM. PepSAVI-MS Reveals a Proline-rich Antimicrobial Peptide in Amaranthus tricolor. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2019; 82:2744-2753. [PMID: 31557021 PMCID: PMC6874829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Traditional medicinal plants are a rich source of antimicrobials; however, the bioactive peptide constituents of most ethnobotanical species remain largely unexplored. Herein, PepSAVI-MS, a mass spectrometry-based peptidomics pipeline, was implemented for antimicrobial peptide (AMP) discovery in the medicinal plant Amaranthus tricolor. This investigation revealed a novel 1.7 kDa AMP with strong activity against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, deemed Atr-AMP1. Initial efforts to determine the sequence of Atr-AMP1 utilized chemical derivatization and enzymatic digestion to provide information about specific residues and post-translational modifications. EThcD (electron-transfer/higher-energy collision dissociation) produced extensive backbone fragmentation and facilitated de novo sequencing, the results of which were consistent with orthogonal characterization experiments. Additionally, multistage HCD (higher-energy collisional dissociation) facilitated discrimination between isobaric leucine and isoleucine. These results revealed a positively charged proline-rich peptide present in a heterogeneous population of multiple peptidoforms, possessing several post-translational modifications including a disulfide bond, methionine oxidation, and proline hydroxylation. Additional bioactivity screening of a simplified fraction containing Atr-AMP1 revealed activity against Staphylococcus aureus LAC, demonstrating activity against both a Gram-negative and a Gram-positive bacterial species unlike many known short chain proline-rich antimicrobial peptides.
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- Tessa B. Moyer
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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Buchberger A, Yu Q, Li L. Advances in Mass Spectrometric Tools for Probing Neuropeptides. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2015; 8:485-509. [PMID: 26070718 PMCID: PMC6314846 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071114-040210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Neuropeptides are important mediators in the functionality of the brain and other neurological organs. Because neuropeptides exist in a wide range of concentrations, appropriate characterization methods are needed to provide dynamic, chemical, and spatial information. Mass spectrometry and compatible tools have been a popular choice in analyzing neuropeptides. There have been several advances and challenges, both of which are the focus of this review. Discussions range from sample collection to bioinformatic tools, although avenues such as quantitation and imaging are included. Further development of the presented methods for neuropeptidomic mass spectrometric analysis is inevitable, which will lead to a further understanding of the complex interplay of neuropeptides and other signaling molecules in the nervous system.
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- Amanda Buchberger
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1322;
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1322;
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222;
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Vogel ER, Jackson W, Masterson DS. Efficient Esterification of Oxidized l-Glutathione and Other Small Peptides. Molecules 2015; 20:10487-95. [PMID: 26060914 PMCID: PMC6272753 DOI: 10.3390/molecules200610487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2015] [Revised: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Oxidized l-glutathione was esterified to the tetra methyl ester using thionyl chloride in methanol solvent. Other alcohols were tested and the reaction progress was monitored via ESI-MS. This procedure proved to be compatible with other small peptides not containing serine and cysteine residues. In contrast to previously reported methods this procedure provided convenient access to esterified peptides requiring no purification, extended reaction times, or complicated reaction setups.
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- Emily R Vogel
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5043, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5043, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5043, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
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Nishikaze T, Kawabata SI, Tanaka K. In-Depth Structural Characterization of N-Linked Glycopeptides Using Complete Derivatization for Carboxyl Groups Followed by Positive- and Negative-Ion Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2014; 86:5360-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac500340t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Takashi Nishikaze
- Koichi Tanaka Laboratory
of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho,
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Laboratory
of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho,
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Laboratory
of Advanced Science and Technology, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho,
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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Nika H, Nieves E, Hawke DH, Angeletti RH. C-terminal protein characterization by mass spectrometry using combined micro scale liquid and solid-phase derivatization. J Biomol Tech 2013; 24:17-31. [PMID: 23543807 PMCID: PMC3518879 DOI: 10.7171/jbt.13-2401-003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A sample preparation method for protein C-terminal peptide isolation has been developed. In this strategy, protein carboxylate glycinamidation was preceded by carboxyamidomethylation and optional α- and ϵ-amine acetylation in a one-pot reaction, followed by tryptic digestion of the modified protein. The digest was adsorbed on ZipTip(C18) pipette tips for sequential peptide α- and ϵ-amine acetylation and 1-ethyl-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide-mediated carboxylate condensation with ethylenediamine. Amino group-functionalized peptides were scavenged on N-hydroxysuccinimide-activated agarose, leaving the C-terminal peptide in the flow-through fraction. The use of reversed-phase supports as a venue for peptide derivatization enabled facile optimization of the individual reaction steps for throughput and completeness of reaction. Reagents were exchanged directly on the support, eliminating sample transfer between the reaction steps. By this sequence of solid-phase reactions, the C-terminal peptide could be uniquely recognized in mass spectra of unfractionated digests of moderate complexity. The use of the sample preparation method was demonstrated with low-level amounts of a model protein. The C-terminal peptides were selectively retrieved from the affinity support and proved highly suitable for structural characterization by collisionally induced dissociation. The sample preparation method provides for robustness and simplicity of operation using standard equipment readily available in most biological laboratories and is expected to be readily expanded to gel-separated proteins.
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- Heinz Nika
- Laboratory for Macromolecular Analysis and Proteomics and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; and
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- Laboratory for Macromolecular Analysis and Proteomics and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; and
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Laboratory for Macromolecular Analysis and Proteomics and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; and
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Pierson NA, Chen L, Russell DH, Clemmer DE. Cis-trans isomerizations of proline residues are key to bradykinin conformations. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:3186-92. [PMID: 23373819 PMCID: PMC3624761 DOI: 10.1021/ja3114505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A recent ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) study of the nonapeptide bradykinin (BK, amino acid sequence Arg(1)-Pro(2)-Pro(3)-Gly(4)-Phe(5)-Ser(6)-Pro(7)-Phe(8)-Arg(9)) found evidence for 10 populations of conformations that depend upon the solution composition [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13810]. Here, the role of the three proline residues (Pro(2), Pro(3), and Pro(7)) in establishing these conformations is investigated using a series of seven analogue peptides in which combinations of alanine residues are substituted for prolines. IM-MS distributions of the analogue peptides, when compared to the distribution for BK, indicate the multiple structures are associated with different combinations of cis and trans forms of the three proline residues. These data are used to assign the structures to different peptide populations that are observed under various solution conditions. The assignments also show the connectivity between structures when collisional activation is used to convert one state into another.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
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Quinn KD, Nguyen NQT, Wach MM, Wood TD. Tandem mass spectrometry of bilin tetrapyrroles by electrospray ionization and collision-induced dissociation. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2012; 26:1767-75. [PMID: 22777778 PMCID: PMC3395471 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Bilins are metabolic products of hosts and bacteria on porphyrins, and are markers of health state and human waste contamination. Although bilin tandem mass spectrometry reports exist, their fragmentation behavior as a function of structure has not been compared, nor has fragmentation been examined as a function of collision energy. METHODS The fragmentation of bilins generated by positive ion mode electrospray ionization is examined by collision-induced dissociation (CID). CID on a quadrupole ion trap and on a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer as a function of collision energy is compared. Methyl esterification was used to deduce which product ions contain the inner pyrrole rings. FT-ICR high mass accuracy measurements were used to determine the formulas of the resultant product ions. RESULTS The central carbon's bonding to the inner pyrrole rings influences fragmentation. Bilirubin is unique because fragmentation adjacent to the central methylene group between innermost rings predominates, and loss of a terminal pyrrole is observed only with helium collision gas. The other bilins lose the terminal pyrroles first; as CID energy is increased, additional fragmentation due to neutral losses of small molecules such as H(2)O, CO, CO(2), and methanol occurs. CONCLUSIONS Based on these observations, fragmentation schemes for the bilins are proposed that are strongly dependent on the molecular structure and collision energy; only bilirubin fragmentation is influenced significantly by the collision gas used. This report should have value in identification of this class of molecules for biomarker detection.
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- Kevin D. Quinn
- Department of Chemistry, Natural Sciences Complex, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Natural Sciences Complex, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Natural Sciences Complex, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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Hui L, Cunningham R, Zhang Z, Cao W, Jia C, Li L. Discovery and characterization of the Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone precursor related peptides (CPRP) and orcokinin neuropeptides in the sinus glands of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus using multiple tandem mass spectrometry techniques. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:4219-29. [PMID: 21740068 PMCID: PMC3166378 DOI: 10.1021/pr200391g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The crustacean sinus gland (SG) is a well-defined neuroendocrine site that produces numerous hemolymph-borne agents including the most complex class of endocrine signaling molecules-neuropeptides. Via a multifaceted mass spectrometry (MS) approach, 70 neuropeptides were identified including orcokinins, orcomyotropin, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) precursor-related peptides (CPRPs), red pigment concentrating hormone (RPCH), pigment dispersing hormone (PDH), proctolin, RFamides, RYamides, and HL/IGSL/IYRamide. Among them, 15 novel orcokinins, 9 novel CPRPs, 1 novel orcomyotropin, 1 novel Ork/Orcomyotropin-related peptide, and 1 novel PDH were de novo sequenced via collision induced dissociation (CID) from the SG of a model organism Callinectes sapidus. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) was used for sequencing of intact CPRPs due to their large size and higher charge state. Capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) was employed for separation of members of the orcokinin family, which is one of the most abundant neuropeptide families observed in the SG. Collectively, our study represents the most complete characterization of neuropeptides in the SG and provides a foundation for future investigation of the physiological function of neuropeptides in the SG of C. sapidus.
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- Limei Hui
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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Stepper J, Shastri S, Loo TS, Preston JC, Novak P, Man P, Moore CH, Havlíček V, Patchett ML, Norris GE. Cysteine S-glycosylation, a new post-translational modification found in glycopeptide bacteriocins. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:645-50. [PMID: 21251913 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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O-Glycosylation is a ubiquitous eukaryotic post-translational modification, whereas early reports of S-linked glycopeptides have never been verified. Prokaryotes also glycosylate proteins, but there are no confirmed examples of sidechain glycosylation in ribosomal antimicrobial polypeptides collectively known as bacteriocins. Here we show that glycocin F, a bacteriocin secreted by Lactobacillus plantarum KW30, is modified by an N-acetylglucosamine β-O-linked to Ser18, and an N-acetylhexosamine S-linked to C-terminal Cys43. The O-linked N-acetylglucosamine is essential for bacteriostatic activity, and the C-terminus is required for full potency (IC(50) 2 nM). Genomic context analysis identified diverse putative glycopeptide bacteriocins in Firmicutes. One of these, the reputed lantibiotic sublancin, was shown to contain a hexose S-linked to Cys22.
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- Judith Stepper
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Krusemark CJ, Frey BL, Smith LM, Belshaw PJ. Complete chemical modification of amine and acid functional groups of peptides and small proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 753:77-91. [PMID: 21604117 PMCID: PMC3859371 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-148-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The chemical modification of protein thiols by reduction and alkylation is common in the preparation of proteomic samples for analysis by mass spectrometry (MS). Modification at other functional groups has received less attention in MS-based proteomics. Amine modification (Lys, N-termini) by reductive dimethylation or by acylation (e.g., iTRAQ labeling) has recently gained some popularity in peptide-based approaches (bottom-up MS). Modification at acidic groups (Asp, Glu, C-termini) has been explored very minimally. Here, we describe a sequential labeling strategy that enables complete modification of thiols, amines, and acids on peptides or small intact proteins. This method includes (1) the reduction and alkylation of thiols, (2) the reductive dimethylation of amines, and (3) the amidation of acids with any of several amines. This chemical modification scheme offers several options both for the incorporation of stable isotopes for relative quantification and for improving peptides or proteins as MS analytes.
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- Casey J Krusemark
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Christie AE, Stemmler EA, Dickinson PS. Crustacean neuropeptides. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:4135-69. [PMID: 20725764 PMCID: PMC11115526 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0482-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 07/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Crustaceans have long been used for peptide research. For example, the process of neurosecretion was first formally demonstrated in the crustacean X-organ-sinus gland system, and the first fully characterized invertebrate neuropeptide was from a shrimp. Moreover, the crustacean stomatogastric and cardiac nervous systems have long served as models for understanding the general principles governing neural circuit functioning, including modulation by peptides. Here, we review the basic biology of crustacean neuropeptides, discuss methodologies currently driving their discovery, provide an overview of the known families, and summarize recent data on their control of physiology and behavior.
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- Andrew E Christie
- Program in Neuroscience, John W. and Jean C. Boylan Center for Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Old Bar Harbor Road, P.O. Box 35, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA.
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Sturm RM, Dowell JA, Li L. Rat brain neuropeptidomics: tissue collection, protease inhibition, neuropeptide extraction, and mass spectrometric analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 615:217-26. [PMID: 20013212 PMCID: PMC2933794 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-535-4_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Due to the complexity of the mammalian central nervous system, neuropeptidomic studies in mammals often yield very complicated mass spectra that make data analysis difficult. Careful sample preparation and extraction protocols must be employed in order to minimize spectral complexity and enable extraction of useful information on neuropeptides from a given sample. Controlling post-mortem protease activity is essential to simplifying mass spectra and to identifying low-abundance neuropeptides in tissue samples. Post-mortem microwave-irradiation coupled with cryostat dissection has proven to be effective in arresting protease activity to allow detection of endogenous neuropeptides instead of protein degradation products.
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- Robert M. Sturm
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. . Phone: (608)265-8491, Fax: (608)262-5345
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Neuropeptides are important signaling molecules that regulate many essential physiological processes. Microdialysis offers a way to sample neuropeptides in vivo. When combined with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry detection, many known and unknown neuropeptides can be identified from a live organism. This chapter describes sample preparation techniques and general strategies for the mass spectral analysis of neuropeptides collected via microdialysis sampling. Methods for the in vitro microdialysis of a neuropeptide standard as well as the in vivo microdialysis sampling of neuropeptides from a live crab are described.
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Stoop MP, Dekker LJ, Titulaer MK, Lamers RJAN, Burgers PC, Sillevis Smitt PAE, van Gool AJ, Luider TM, Hintzen RQ. Quantitative matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (MALDI-FT-ICR) peptide profiling and identification of multiple-sclerosis-related proteins. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:1404-14. [PMID: 19159215 DOI: 10.1021/pr8010155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We introduce a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (MALDI-FT-ICR) method for quantitative peptide profiling, using peak height as a measure for abundance. Relative standard deviations in peak height of peptides spiked over 3 orders of magnitude in concentration were below 10% and allowed for accurate comparisons between multiple sclerosis and controls. Application on a set of 163 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples showed significantly differential abundant peptides, which were subsequently identified into proteins (e.g., chromogranin A, clusterin, and complement C3).
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- Marcel P Stoop
- Laboratories of Neuro-Oncology/Clinical and Cancer Proteomics, Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The Netherlands
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Ma M, Wang J, Chen R, Li L. Expanding the Crustacean neuropeptidome using a multifaceted mass spectrometric approach. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2426-37. [PMID: 19222238 DOI: 10.1021/pr801047v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Jonah crab Cancer borealis is an excellent, long-served model organism for many areas of physiology, including the study of endocrinology and neurobiology. Characterizing the neuropeptides present in its nervous system provides the first critical step toward understanding the physiological roles of these complex molecules. Multiple mass spectral techniques were used to comprehensively characterize the neuropeptidome in C. borealis, including matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS), MALDI time-of-flight (TOF)/TOF MS and nanoflow liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (nanoLC-ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS). To enhance the detection signals and expand the dynamic range, direct tissue analysis, tissue extraction, capillary electrophoresis (CE) and off-line HPLC separation have also been employed. In total, 142 peptides were identified, including 85 previously known C. borealis peptides, 22 peptides characterized previously from other decapods, but new to this species, and 35 new peptides de novo sequenced for the first time in this study. Seventeen neuropeptide families were revealed including FMRFamide-related peptide (FaRP), allatostatin (A and B type), RYamide, orcokinin, orcomyotropin, proctolin, crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP), crustacean hyperglycemic hormone precursor-related peptide (CPRP), crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), corazonin, pigment-dispersing hormone (PDH), tachykinin, pyrokinin, SIFamide, red pigment concentrating hormone (RPCH) and HISGLYRamide. Collectively, our results greatly increase the number and expand the coverage of known C. borealis neuropeptides, and thus provide a stronger framework for future studies on the physiological roles played by these molecules in this important model organism.
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- Mingming Ma
- School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA
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Wood C, Snijders A, Williamson J, Reynolds C, Baldwin J, Dickman M. Post-translational modifications of the linker histone variants and their association with cell mechanisms. FEBS J 2009; 276:3685-97. [PMID: 19490123 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07079.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In recent years, a considerable amount of research has been focused on establishing the epigenetic mechanisms associated with DNA and the core histones. This effort is driven by the fact that epigenetics is intimately involved with genomics in a whole range of molecular processes. However, there is now a consensus that the epigenetics of the linker histones are just as important. The result of that consensus is that the post-translational modifications (PTMs) for most of the linker histone variants in human and mouse have now been established by a number of experimental techniques, foremost of which is mass spectrometry (MS). MS was also used by our group to establish the PTMs of the linker histone variants in chicken erythrocytes. Although it is now known which types of PTM occur at particular locations on the linker histone variants, there is still a large gap in the knowledge of how this data relates to function. The focus of this review is an analysis of the PTM data for the linker histones from several species, but with an emphasis on human, mouse, and chicken. Our analysis reveals that certain PTMs can be clearly correlated with specific functions of the linker histones in particular cell types, and that unique PTM patterns exist for different cell types.
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- Christopher Wood
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
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Dickinson PS, Stemmler EA, Barton EE, Cashman CR, Gardner NP, Rus S, Brennan HR, McClintock TS, Christie AE. Molecular, mass spectral, and physiological analyses of orcokinins and orcokinin precursor-related peptides in the lobster Homarus americanus and the crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Peptides 2009; 30:297-317. [PMID: 19007832 PMCID: PMC5717512 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recently, cDNAs encoding prepro-orcokinins were cloned from the crayfish Procambarus clarkii; these cDNAs encode multiple copies of four orcokinin isoforms as well as several other peptides. Using the translated open reading frames of the P. clarkii transcripts as queries, five ESTs encoding American lobster Homarus americanus orthologs were identified via BLAST analysis. From these clones, three cDNAs, each encoding one of two distinct prepro-hormones, were characterized. Predicted processing of the deduced prepro-hormones would generate 13 peptides, 12 of which are conserved between the 2 precursors: the orcokinins NFDEIDRSGFGFN (3 copies), NFDEIDRSGFGFH (2 copies) and NFDEIDRSGFGFV (2 copies), FDAFTTGFGHN (an orcomyotropin-related peptide), SSEDMDRLGFGFN, GDY((SO3))DVYPE, VYGPRDIANLY and SAE. Additionally, one of two longer peptides (GPIKVRFLSAIFIPIAAPARSSPQQDAAAGYTDGAPV or APARSSPQQDAAAGYTDGAPV) is predicted from each prepro-hormone. MALDI-FTMS analyses confirmed the presence of all predicted orcokinins, the orcomyotropin-related peptide, and three precursor-related peptides, SSEDMDRLGFGFN, GDYDVYPE (unsulfated) and VYGPRDIANLY, in H. americanus neural tissues. SAE and the longer, unshared peptides were not detected. Similar complements of peptides are predicted from P. clarkii transcripts; the majority of these were detected in its neural tissues with mass spectrometry. Truncated orcokinins not predicted from any precursor were also detected in both species. Consistent with previous studies in the crayfish Orconectes limosus, NFDEIDRSGFGFN increased mid-/hindgut motility in P. clarkii. Surprisingly, the same peptide, although native to H. americanus, did not affect gut motility in this species. Together, our results provide the framework for future investigations of the regulation and physiological function of orcokinins/orcokinin precursor-related peptides in astacideans.
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- Patsy S. Dickinson
- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
- Correspondence to either: Dr. Patsy S. Dickinson, Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011. Phone: 207-725-3581; FAX: 207-725-3405; ; Dr. Andrew E. Christie, Center for Marine Functional Genomics, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, P.O. Box 35, Old Bar Harbor Road, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 USA. Phone: 207-288-9880 ext. 284; FAX: 207-288-2130;
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- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298 USA
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- Center for Marine Functional Genomics, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, P.O. Box 35, Old Bar Harbor Road, Salisbury Cove, Maine 04672 USA
- Correspondence to either: Dr. Patsy S. Dickinson, Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011. Phone: 207-725-3581; FAX: 207-725-3405; ; Dr. Andrew E. Christie, Center for Marine Functional Genomics, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, P.O. Box 35, Old Bar Harbor Road, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 USA. Phone: 207-288-9880 ext. 284; FAX: 207-288-2130;
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Rubakhin SS, Sweedler JV. Quantitative measurements of cell-cell signaling peptides with single-cell MALDI MS. Anal Chem 2008; 80:7128-36. [PMID: 18707135 PMCID: PMC2646760 DOI: 10.1021/ac8010389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Accepted: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cell-to-cell signaling peptides play important roles in neurotransmission, neuromodulation, and hormonal signaling. Significant progress has been achieved in qualitative investigations of signaling peptides in the nervous system using single cell matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. However, quantitative information about signaling peptides is difficult to obtain with this approach because only small amounts of analytes are available for analysis. Here we describe several methods for quantitative microanalysis of peptides in individual Aplysia californica neurons and small pieces of tissue. Stable isotope labeling with d0- and d4-succinic anhydride and iTRAQ reagents has been successfully adopted for relative quantitation of nanoliter volume samples containing the Aplysia insulin C beta peptide. Comparative analysis of the C beta peptide release site, the upper labial nerve, and its synthesis location, the F- and C-clusters, shows that the release site possesses almost three times more of this compound. The method of standard addition permits absolute quantitation of the physiologically active neuropeptide cerebrin from small structures, including nerves and neuronal clusters, in the femtomole range with a limit of detection of 19 fmol. The simplicity of these methods and the commercial availability of the reagents allow quantitative measurements from a variety of small-volume biological samples.
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- Stanislav S. Rubakhin
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Krusemark CJ, Ferguson JT, Wenger CD, Kelleher NL, Belshaw PJ. Global amine and acid functional group modification of proteins. Anal Chem 2008; 80:713-20. [PMID: 18184016 PMCID: PMC2364710 DOI: 10.1021/ac7019317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A sequential reaction methodology is employed for the complete derivatization of protein thiols, amines, and acids in high purity under denaturing conditions. Following standard thiol alkylation, protein amines are modified via reductive methylation with formaldehyde and pyridine-borane. Protein acids are subsequently amidated under buffered conditions in DMSO using the coupling reagent (7-azabenzotriazol-1-yloxy)tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate. The generality of the approach is demonstrated with four proteins and with several amines yielding near-quantitative transformations as characterized by high-resolution Fourier transform mass spectrometry. The developed approach has numerous implications for protein characterization and general protein chemistry. Applications in mass spectrometry (MS) based proteomics of intact proteins (top-down MS) are explored, including the addition of stable isotopes for relative quantitation and protein identification through functional group counting. The methodology can be used for altering the physical and chemical properties of proteins, as demonstrated with amidation to modify protein isoelectric point and through derivatization with quaternary amines. Additionally, the chemistry has applications in the semisynthesis of monodisperse polymers based on protein scaffolds. We prepare proteins modified with azides and alkynes to enable further functionalization via copper(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar Huisgen cycloaddition ("click") chemistry.
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Li L, Sweedler JV. Peptides in the brain: mass spectrometry-based measurement approaches and challenges. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2008; 1:451-483. [PMID: 20636086 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.1.031207.113053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The function and activity of almost every circuit in the human brain are modified by the signaling peptides (SPs) surrounding the neurons. As the complement of peptides can vary even in adjacent neurons and their physiological actions can occur over a broad range of concentrations, the required figures of merit for techniques to characterize SPs are surprisingly stringent. In this review, we describe the formation and catabolism of SPs and highlight a range of mass spectrometric techniques used to characterize SPs. Approaches that supply high chemical information content, direct tissue profiling, spatially resolved data, and temporal information on peptide release are also described. Because of advances in measurement technologies, our knowledge of SPs has greatly increased over the last decade, and SP discoveries will continue as the capabilities of modern measurement approaches improve.
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- Lingjun Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53705-2222, USA.
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Cape SS, Rehm KJ, Ma M, Marder E, Li L. Mass spectral comparison of the neuropeptide complement of the stomatogastric ganglion and brain in the adult and embryonic lobster, Homarus americanus. J Neurochem 2007; 105:690-702. [PMID: 18088365 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuropeptides in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) and the brain of adult and late embryonic Homarus americanus were compared using a multi-faceted mass spectral strategy. Overall, 29 neuropeptides from 10 families were identified in the brain and/or the STG of the lobster. Many of these neuropeptides are reported for the first time in the embryonic lobster. Neuropeptide extraction followed by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry enabled confident identification of 24 previously characterized peptides in the adult brain and 13 peptides in the embryonic brain. Two novel peptides (QDLDHVFLRFa and GPPSLRLRFa) were de novo sequenced. In addition, a comparison of adult to embryonic brains revealed the presence of an incompletely processed form of Cancer borealis tachykinin-related peptide 1a (CabTRP 1a, APSGFLGMRG) only in the embryonic brain. A comparison of adult to embryonic STGs revealed that QDLDHVFLRFa was present in the embryonic STG but absent in the adult STG, and CabTRP 1a exhibited the opposite trend. Relative quantification of neuropeptides in the STG revealed that three orcokinin family peptides (NFDEIDRSGFGF, NFDEIDRSGFGFV, and NFDEIDRSGFGFN), a B-type allatostatin (STNWSSLRSAWa), and an orcomyotropin-related peptide (FDAFTTGFGHS) exhibited higher signal intensities in the adult relative to the embryonic STG. RFamide (Arg-Phe-amide) family peptide (DTSTPALRLRFa), [Val(1)]SIFamide (VYRKPPFNGSIFa), and orcokinin-related peptide (VYGPRDIANLY) were more intense in the embryonic STG spectra than in the adult STG spectra. Collectively, this study expands our current knowledge of the H. americanus neuropeptidome and highlights some intriguing expression differences that occur during development.
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- Stephanie S Cape
- School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA
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Stemmler EA, Cashman CR, Messinger DI, Gardner NP, Dickinson PS, Christie AE. High-mass-resolution direct-tissue MALDI-FTMS reveals broad conservation of three neuropeptides (APSGFLGMRamide, GYRKPPFNGSIFamide and pQDLDHVFLRFamide) across members of seven decapod crustaean infraorders. Peptides 2007; 28:2104-15. [PMID: 17928104 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2007] [Revised: 08/19/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS) has become an important method for identifying peptides in neural tissues. The ultra-high-mass resolution and mass accuracy of MALDI-FTMS, in combination with in-cell accumulation techniques, can be used to advantage for the analysis of complex mixtures of peptides directly from tissue fragments or extracts. Given the diversity within the decapods, as well as the large number of extant species readily available for analysis, this group of animals represents an optimal model in which to examine phylogenetic conservation and evolution of neuropeptides and neuropeptide families. Surprisingly, no large comparative studies have previously been undertaken. Here, we have initiated such an investigation, which encompasses 32 species spanning seven decapod infraorders. Two peptides, APSGFLGMRamide and pQDLDHVFLRFamide, were detected in all species. A third peptide, GYRKPPFNGSIFamide, was detected in all species except members of the Astacidean genus Homarus, where a Val(1) variant was present. Our finding that these peptides are ubiquitously (or nearly ubiquitously) conserved in decapod neural tissues not only suggests important conserved functions for them, but also provides an intrinsic calibrant set for future MALDI-FTMS assessments of other peptides in this crustacean order.
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- Elizabeth A Stemmler
- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA.
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