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Popova L, Carr RA, Carabetta VJ. Recent Contributions of Proteomics to Our Understanding of Reversible N ε-Lysine Acylation in Bacteria. J Proteome Res 2024. [PMID: 38442041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) have been extensively studied in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Lysine acetylation, originally thought to be a rare occurrence in bacteria, is now recognized as a prevalent and important PTM in more than 50 species. This expansion in interest in bacterial PTMs became possible with the advancement of mass spectrometry technology and improved reagents such as acyl-modification specific antibodies. In this Review, we discuss how mass spectrometry-based proteomic studies of lysine acetylation and other acyl modifications have contributed to our understanding of bacterial physiology, focusing on recently published studies from 2018 to 2023. We begin with a discussion of approaches used to study bacterial PTMs. Next, we discuss newly characterized acylomes, including acetylomes, succinylomes, and malonylomes, in different bacterial species. In addition, we examine proteomic contributions to our understanding of bacterial virulence and biofilm formation. Finally, we discuss the contributions of mass spectrometry to our understanding of the mechanisms of acetylation, both enzymatic and nonenzymatic. We end with a discussion of the current state of the field and possible future research avenues to explore.
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- Liya Popova
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey 08103, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey 08103, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey 08103, United States
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Mojica EA, Kültz D. A Strategy to Characterize the Global Landscape of Histone Post-Translational Modifications Within Tissues of Nonmodel Organisms. J Proteome Res 2023. [PMID: 37624673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) are epigenetic marks that play a critical role in the expression and maintenance of DNA, but they remain largely uninvestigated in nonmodel organisms due to technical challenges. To begin alleviating this issue, we developed a workflow for histone PTM analysis in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), being a widespread and environmentally hardy fish, using mass spectrometry methods. By incorporating multiple protein digestion methods into the preparation of each sample, we reliably quantified 214 biologically relevant histone PTMs. All of these histone PTMs, collectively referred to as the global histone PTM landscape, were characterized in the gills, kidney, and testes of this fish. By comparing the global histone PTM landscape between the three tissues, we found that 91.59% of histone PTMs were tissue-dependent. The workflow and tools for histone PTM analysis described in this study are now publicly available and enable comprehensive investigation into the influence of environmental stress on histone PTMs in nonmodel organisms. Given the functionality and flexibility of histone PTMs, we anticipate that the study of histone PTMs in ecologically relevant contexts will provide ground-breaking insights into comparative physiology and evolution.
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- Elizabeth A Mojica
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of California - Davis, One Shields Avenue, Meyer Hall, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of California - Davis, One Shields Avenue, Meyer Hall, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Jeanne Dit Fouque K, Kaplan D, Voinov VG, Holck FHV, Jensen ON, Fernandez-Lima F. Proteoform Differentiation using Tandem Trapped Ion Mobility, Electron Capture Dissociation, and ToF Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:9575-9582. [PMID: 34170114 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Comprehensive characterization of post-translationally modified histone proteoforms is challenging due to their high isobaric and isomeric content. Trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS), implemented on a quadrupole/time-of-flight (Q-ToF) mass spectrometer, has shown great promise in discriminating isomeric complete histone tails. The absence of electron activated dissociation (ExD) in the current platform prevents the comprehensive characterization of unknown histone proteoforms. In the present work, we report for the first time the use of an electromagnetostatic (EMS) cell devised for nonergodic dissociation based on electron capture dissociation (ECD), implemented within a nESI-TIMS-Q-ToF mass spectrometer for the characterization of acetylated (AcK18 and AcK27) and trimethylated (TriMetK4, TriMetK9 and TriMetK27) complete histone tails. The integration of the EMS cell in a TIMS-q-TOF MS permitted fast mobility-selected top-down ECD fragmentation with near 10% efficiency overall. The potential of this coupling was illustrated using isobaric (AcK18/TriMetK4) and isomeric (AcK18/AcK27 and TriMetK4/TriMetK9) binary H3 histone tail mixtures, and the H3.1 TriMetK27 histone tail structural diversity (e.g., three IMS bands at z = 7+). The binary isobaric and isomeric mixtures can be separated in the mobility domain with RIMS > 100 and the nonergodic ECD fragmentation permitted the PTM localization (sequence coverage of ∼86%). Differences in the ECD patterns per mobility band of the z = 7+ H3 TriMetK27 molecular ions suggested that the charge location is responsible for the structural differences observed in the mobility domain. This coupling further enhances the structural toolbox with fast, high resolution mobility separations in tandem with nonergodic fragmentation for effective proteoform differentiation.
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- Kevin Jeanne Dit Fouque
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States.,Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- KapScience, LLC., Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876, United States
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- e-MSion, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon 97330, United States.,Linus Pauling Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States.,Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Dapic I, Baljeu-Neuman L, Uwugiaren N, Kers J, Goodlett DR, Corthals GL. Proteome analysis of tissues by mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2019; 38:403-441. [PMID: 31390493 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tissues and biofluids are important sources of information used for the detection of diseases and decisions on patient therapies. There are several accepted methods for preservation of tissues, among which the most popular are fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin embedded methods. Depending on the preservation method and the amount of sample available, various specific protocols are available for tissue processing for subsequent proteomic analysis. Protocols are tailored to answer various biological questions, and as such vary in lysis and digestion conditions, as well as duration. The existence of diverse tissue-sample protocols has led to confusion in how to choose the best protocol for a given tissue and made it difficult to compare results across sample types. Here, we summarize procedures used for tissue processing for subsequent bottom-up proteomic analysis. Furthermore, we compare protocols for their variations in the composition of lysis buffers, digestion procedures, and purification steps. For example, reports have shown that lysis buffer composition plays an important role in the profile of extracted proteins: the most common are tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, radioimmunoprecipitation assay, and ammonium bicarbonate buffers. Although, trypsin is the most commonly used enzyme for proteolysis, in some protocols it is supplemented with Lys-C and/or chymotrypsin, which will often lead to an increase in proteome coverage. Data show that the selection of the lysis procedure might need to be tissue-specific to produce distinct protocols for individual tissue types. Finally, selection of the procedures is also influenced by the amount of sample available, which range from biopsies or the size of a few dozen of mm2 obtained with laser capture microdissection to much larger amounts that weight several milligrams.
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- Irena Dapic
- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- University of Maryland, 20N. Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Pandeswari PB, Sabareesh V. Middle-down approach: a choice to sequence and characterize proteins/proteomes by mass spectrometry. RSC Adv 2018; 9:313-344. [PMID: 35521579 PMCID: PMC9059502 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07200k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Owing to rapid growth in the elucidation of genome sequences of various organisms, deducing proteome sequences has become imperative, in order to have an improved understanding of biological processes. Since the traditional Edman method was unsuitable for high-throughput sequencing and also for N-terminus modified proteins, mass spectrometry (MS) based methods, mainly based on soft ionization modes: electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization, began to gain significance. MS based methods were adaptable for high-throughput studies and applicable for sequencing N-terminus blocked proteins/peptides too. Consequently, over the last decade a new discipline called 'proteomics' has emerged, which encompasses the attributes necessary for high-throughput identification of proteins. 'Proteomics' may also be regarded as an offshoot of the classic field, 'biochemistry'. Many protein sequencing and proteomic investigations were successfully accomplished through MS dependent sequence elucidation of 'short proteolytic peptides (typically: 7-20 amino acid residues), which is called the 'shotgun' or 'bottom-up (BU)' approach. While the BU approach continues as a workhorse for proteomics/protein sequencing, attempts to sequence intact proteins without proteolysis, called the 'top-down (TD)' approach started, due to ambiguities in the BU approach, e.g., protein inference problem, identification of proteoforms and the discovery of posttranslational modifications (PTMs). The high-throughput TD approach (TD proteomics) is yet in its infancy. Nevertheless, TD characterization of purified intact proteins has been useful for detecting PTMs. With the hope to overcome the pitfalls of BU and TD strategies, another concept called the 'middle-down (MD)' approach was put forward. Similar to BU, the MD approach also involves proteolysis, but in a restricted manner, to produce 'longer' proteolytic peptides than the ones usually obtained in BU studies, thereby providing better sequence coverage. In this regard, special proteases (OmpT, Sap9, IdeS) have been used, which can cleave proteins to produce longer proteolytic peptides. By reviewing ample evidences currently existing in the literature that is predominantly on PTM characterization of histones and antibodies, herein we highlight salient features of the MD approach. Consequently, we are inclined to claim that the MD concept might have widespread applications in future for various research areas, such as clinical, biopharmaceuticals (including PTM analysis) and even for general/routine characterization of proteins including therapeutic proteins, but not just limited to analysis of histones or antibodies.
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- P Boomathi Pandeswari
- Advanced Centre for Bio Separation Technology (CBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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- Advanced Centre for Bio Separation Technology (CBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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Baird MA, Anderson GA, Shliaha PV, Jensen ON, Shvartsburg AA. Differential Ion Mobility Separations/Mass Spectrometry with High Resolution in Both Dimensions. Anal Chem 2018; 91:1479-1485. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Matthew A. Baird
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67260, United States
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- GAACE, 101904 Wiser Parkway Ste 105, Kennewick, Washington 99338, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67260, United States
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Srzentić K, Zhurov KO, Lobas AA, Nikitin G, Fornelli L, Gorshkov MV, Tsybin YO. Chemical-Mediated Digestion: An Alternative Realm for Middle-down Proteomics? J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2005-2016. [PMID: 29722266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Protein digestion in mass spectrometry (MS)-based bottom-up proteomics targets mainly lysine and arginine residues, yielding primarily 0.6-3 kDa peptides for the proteomes of organisms of all major kingdoms. Recent advances in MS technology enable analysis of complex mixtures of increasingly longer (>3 kDa) peptides in a high-throughput manner supporting the development of a middle-down proteomics (MDP) approach. Generating longer peptides is a paramount step in launching an MDP pipeline, but the quest for the selection of a cleaving agent that would provide the desired 3-15 kDa peptides remains open. Recent bioinformatics studies have shown that cleavage at the rarely occurring amino acid residues such as methionine (Met), tryptophan (Trp), or cysteine (Cys) would be suitable for MDP approach. Interestingly, chemical-mediated proteolytic cleavages uniquely allow targeting these rare amino acids, for which no specific proteolytic enzymes are known. Herein, as potential candidates for MDP-grade proteolysis, we have investigated the performance of chemical agents previously reported to target primarily Met, Trp, and Cys residues: CNBr, BNPS-Skatole (3-bromo-3-methyl-2-(2-nitrophenyl)sulfanylindole), and NTCB (2-nitro-5-thiobenzoic acid), respectively. Figures of merit such as digestion reproducibility, peptide size distribution, and occurrence of side reactions are discussed. The NTCB-based MDP workflow has demonstrated particularly attractive performance, and NTCB is put forward here as a potential cleaving agent for further MDP development.
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- Kristina Srzentić
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015 , Switzerland
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- V. L. Talrose Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics , Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky Prospect 38 , Moscow 119334 , Russia
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015 , Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015 , Switzerland
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- V. L. Talrose Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics , Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky Prospect 38 , Moscow 119334 , Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 9 Institutskiy per. , Dolgoprudny, Moscow 141707 , Russia
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- Spectroswiss, EPFL Innovation Park , Lausanne 1015 , Switzerland
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Garabedian A, Baird M, Porter J, Jeanne Dit Fouque K, Shliaha PV, Jensen ON, Williams TD, Fernandez-Lima F, Shvartsburg A. Linear and Differential Ion Mobility Separations of Middle-Down Proteoforms. Anal Chem 2018; 90:2918-2925. [PMID: 29359922 PMCID: PMC6366606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Comprehensive characterization of proteomes comprising the same proteins with distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs) is a staggering challenge. Many such proteoforms are isomers (localization variants) that require separation followed by top-down or middle-down mass spectrometric analyses, but condensed-phase separations are ineffective in those size ranges. The variants for "middle-down" peptides were resolved by differential ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), relying on the mobility increment at high electric fields, but not previously by linear IMS on the basis of absolute mobility. We now use complete histone tails with diverse PTMs on alternative sites to demonstrate that high-resolution linear IMS, here trapped IMS (TIMS), broadly resolves the variants of ∼50 residues in full or into binary mixtures quantifiable by tandem MS, largely thanks to orthogonal separations across charge states. Separations using traveling-wave (TWIMS) and/or involving various time scales and electrospray ionization source conditions are similar (with lower resolution for TWIMS), showing the transferability of results across linear IMS instruments. The linear IMS and FAIMS dimensions are substantially orthogonal, suggesting FAIMS/IMS/MS as a powerful platform for proteoform analyses.
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- Alyssa Garabedian
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260
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Schräder CU, Ziemianowicz DS, Merx K, Schriemer DC. Simultaneous Proteoform Analysis of Histones H3 and H4 with a Simplified Middle-Down Proteomics Method. Anal Chem 2018; 90:3083-3090. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Soldi M, Mari T, Nicosia L, Musiani D, Sigismondo G, Cuomo A, Pavesi G, Bonaldi T. Chromatin proteomics reveals novel combinatorial histone modification signatures that mark distinct subpopulations of macrophage enhancers. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:12195-12213. [PMID: 28981749 PMCID: PMC5716071 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The integrated activity of cis-regulatory elements fine-tunes transcriptional programs of mammalian cells by recruiting cell type–specific as well as ubiquitous transcription factors (TFs). Despite their key role in modulating transcription, enhancers are still poorly characterized at the molecular level, and their limited DNA sequence conservation in evolution and variable distance from target genes make their unbiased identification challenging. The coexistence of high mono-methylation and low tri-methylation levels of lysine 4 of histone H3 is considered a signature of enhancers, but a comprehensive view of histone modifications associated to enhancers is still lacking. By combining chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with mass spectrometry, we investigated cis-regulatory regions in macrophages to comprehensively identify histone marks specifically associated with enhancers, and to profile their dynamics after transcriptional activation elicited by an inflammatory stimulation. The intersection of the proteomics data with ChIP-seq and RNA-seq analyses revealed the existence of novel subpopulations of enhancers, marked by specific histone modification signatures: specifically, H3K4me1/K36me2 marks transcribed enhancers, while H3K4me1/K36me3 and H3K4me1/K79me2 combinations mark distinct classes of intronic enhancers. Thus, our MS analysis of functionally distinct genomic regions revealed the combinatorial code of histone modifications, highlighting the potential of proteomics in addressing fundamental questions in epigenetics.
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- Monica Soldi
- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Milan University, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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Angarica VE, Del Sol A. Bioinformatics Tools for Genome-Wide Epigenetic Research. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 978:489-512. [PMID: 28523562 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53889-1_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Epigenetics play a central role in the regulation of many important cellular processes, and dysregulations at the epigenetic level could be the source of serious pathologies, such as neurological disorders affecting brain development, neurodegeneration, and intellectual disability. Despite significant technological advances for epigenetic profiling, there is still a need for a systematic understanding of how epigenetics shapes cellular circuitry, and disease pathogenesis. The development of accurate computational approaches for analyzing complex epigenetic profiles is essential for disentangling the mechanisms underlying cellular development, and the intricate interaction networks determining and sensing chromatin modifications and DNA methylation to control gene expression. In this chapter, we review the recent advances in the field of "computational epigenetics," including computational methods for processing different types of epigenetic data, prediction of chromatin states, and study of protein dynamics. We also discuss how "computational epigenetics" has complemented the fast growth in the generation of epigenetic data for uncovering the main differences and similarities at the epigenetic level between individuals and the mechanisms underlying disease onset and progression.
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- Vladimir Espinosa Angarica
- Computational Biology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, 4366 Belvaux, Luxembourg.
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- Computational Biology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 6 Avenue du Swing, 4366 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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INTRODUCTION Analysis of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) by mass spectrometry (MS) has become a fundamental tool for the characterization of chromatin composition and dynamics. Histone PTMs benchmark several biological states of chromatin, including regions of active enhancers, active/repressed gene promoters and damaged DNA. These complex regulatory mechanisms are often defined by combinatorial histone PTMs; for instance, active enhancers are commonly occupied by both marks H3K4me1 and H3K27ac. The traditional bottom-up MS strategy identifies and quantifies short (aa 4-20) tryptic peptides, and it is thus not suitable for the characterization of combinatorial PTMs. Areas covered: Here, we review the advancement of the middle-down MS strategy applied to histones, which consists in the analysis of intact histone N-terminal tails (aa 50-60). Middle-down MS has reached sufficient robustness and reliability, and it is far less technically challenging than PTM quantification on intact histones (top-down). However, the very few chromatin biology studies applying middle-down MS resulting from PubMed searches indicate that it is still very scarcely exploited, potentially due to the apparent high complexity of method and analysis. Expert commentary: We will discuss the state-of-the-art workflow and examples of existing studies, aiming to highlight its potential and feasibility for studies of cell biologists interested in chromatin and epigenetics.
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- Simone Sidoli
- a Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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Liao R, Zheng D, Nie A, Zhou S, Deng H, Gao Y, Yang P, Yu Y, Tan L, Qi W, Wu J, Li E, Yi W. Sensitive and Precise Characterization of Combinatorial Histone Modifications by Selective Derivatization Coupled with RPLC-EThcD-MS/MS. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:780-787. [PMID: 28034318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Deciphering the combinatorial histone codes has been a long-standing interest in the epigenetics field, which requires the reliable and robust characterization of the post-translational modifications (PTMs) coexisting on histones. To this end, weak cation exchange hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography is commonly used in middle-down liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry approaches for online separation of variously modified histone peptides. Here we provide a novel strategy that combines the selective histone peptide derivatization using N-hydroxysuccinimide propionate ester with reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) for the robust, sensitive, and reliable characterization of combinatorial histone PTMs. Derivatization amplifies the subtle physical differences between similarly modified histone peptides, thereby allowing baseline separation of these peptides by standard RPLC. Also, the sensitivity of MS is enhanced greatly by derivatization due to the increased peptide hydrophobicity and concentrated charge-state envelope during electrospray ionization. Furthermore, we systematically optimized the dual electron transfer and higher energy collision dissociation and achieved near-complete peptide sequence coverage in MS/MS spectra, allowing highly precise and reliable PTM identification. Using this method, we identified 311 and 293 combinations of histone H3 PTMs from the lymphoma cells Karpas-422 with/without drug treatment, confirming the advantages of our method in serving as a platform for profiling combinatorial histone PTMs.
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- Rijing Liao
- Xuhui Central Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200031, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific (China) Co., Ltd. , Building 6, No. 27 Xin Jinqiao Road, Shanghai 201206, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Xuhui Central Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200031, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (China) Co., Ltd. , 4218 Jinke Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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Ruhaak LR, van der Burgt YE, Cobbaert CM. Prospective applications of ultrahigh resolution proteomics in clinical mass spectrometry. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:1063-1071. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2016.1253477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- L. Renee Ruhaak
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Dang X, Singh A, Spetman BD, Nolan KD, Isaacs JS, Dennis JH, Dalton S, Marshall AG, Young NL. Label-Free Relative Quantitation of Isobaric and Isomeric Human Histone H2A and H2B Variants by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Top-Down MS/MS. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:3196-203. [PMID: 27431976 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Histone variants are known to play a central role in genome regulation and maintenance. However, many variants are inaccessible by antibody-based methods or bottom-up tandem mass spectrometry due to their highly similar sequences. For many, the only tractable approach is with intact protein top-down tandem mass spectrometry. Here, ultra-high-resolution FT-ICR MS and MS/MS yield quantitative relative abundances of all detected HeLa H2A and H2B isobaric and isomeric variants with a label-free approach. We extend the analysis to identify and relatively quantitate 16 proteoforms from 12 sequence variants of histone H2A and 10 proteoforms of histone H2B from three other cell lines: human embryonic stem cells (WA09), U937, and a prostate cancer cell line LaZ. The top-down MS/MS approach provides a path forward for more extensive elucidation of the biological role of many previously unstudied histone variants and post-translational modifications.
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- Xibei Dang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia , 724 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia 30602-2607, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University , 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4295, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina , 173 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina , 173 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University , 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4295, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia , 724 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, Georgia 30602-2607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States.,Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States.,Verna & Marrs McLean Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine , One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030-3411, United States
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Liu JM, Sweredoski MJ, Hess S. Improved 6-Plex Tandem Mass Tags Quantification Throughput Using a Linear Ion Trap-High-Energy Collision Induced Dissociation MS(3) Scan. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7471-5. [PMID: 27377715 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The use of tandem mass tags (TMT) as an isobaric labeling strategy is a powerful method for quantitative proteomics, yet its accuracy has traditionally suffered from interference. This interference can be largely overcome by selecting MS(2) fragment precursor ions for high-energy collision induced dissociation (HCD) MS(3) analysis in an Orbitrap scan. While this approach minimizes the interference effect, sensitivity suffers due to the high AGC targets and long acquisition times associated with MS(3) Orbitrap detection. We investigated whether acquiring the MS(3) scan in a linear ion trap with its lower AGC target would increase overall quantification levels with a minimal effect on precision and accuracy. Trypsin-digested proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were tagged with 6-plex TMT reagents. The sample was subjected to replicate analyses using either the Orbitrap or the linear ion trap for the HCD MS(3) scan. HCD MS(3) detection in the linear ion trap vs Orbitrap increased protein identification by 66% with minor loss in precision and accuracy. Thus, the use of a linear ion trap-HCD MS(3) scan during a 6-plex TMT experiment can improve overall identification levels while maintaining the power of multiplexed quantitative analysis.
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- Jane M Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College , Claremont, California 91711, United States.,Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Epiproteomics: quantitative analysis of histone marks and codes by mass spectrometry. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2016; 33:142-50. [PMID: 27371874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Histones are a group of proteins with a high number of post-translational modifications, including methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, and monoubiquitination, which play critical roles in every chromatin-templated activity. The quantitative analysis of these modifications using mass spectrometry (MS) has seen significant improvements over the last decade. It is now possible to perform large-scale surveys of dozens of histone marks and hundreds of their combinations on global chromatin. Here, we review the development of three MS strategies for analyzing histone modifications that have come to be known as Bottom Up, Middle Down, and Top Down. We also discuss challenges and innovative solutions for characterizing and quantifying complicated isobaric species arising from multiple modifications on the same histone molecule.
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- Jennifer S Brodbelt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Zhang L, English AM, Bai DL, Ugrin SA, Shabanowitz J, Ross MM, Hunt DF, Wang WH. Analysis of Monoclonal Antibody Sequence and Post-translational Modifications by Time-controlled Proteolysis and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 15:1479-88. [PMID: 26621848 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o115.056721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Methodology for sequence analysis of ∼150 kDa monoclonal antibodies (mAb), including location of post-translational modifications and disulfide bonds, is described. Limited digestion of fully denatured (reduced and alkylated) antibody was accomplished in seconds by flowing a sample in 8murea at a controlled flow rate through a micro column reactor containing immobilized aspergillopepsin I. The resulting product mixture containing 3-9 kDa peptides was then fractionated by capillary column liquid chromatography and analyzed on-line by both electron-transfer dissociation and collisionally activated dissociation mass spectrometry (MS). This approach enabled identification of peptides that cover the complete sequence of a murine mAb. With customized tandem MS and ProSightPC Biomarker search, we verified 95% amino acid residues of this mAb and identified numerous post-translational modifications (oxidized methionine, pyroglutamylation, deamidation of Asn, and several forms ofN-linked glycosylation). For disulfide bond location, native mAb is subjected to the same procedure but with longer digestion times controlled by sample flow rate through the micro column reactor. Release of disulfide containing peptides from accessible regions of the folded antibody occurs with short digestion times. Release of those in the interior of the molecule requires longer digestion times. The identity of two peptides connected by a disulfide bond is determined using a combination of electron-transfer dissociation and ion-ion proton transfer chemistry to read the two N-terminal and two C-terminal sequences of the connected peptides.
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- Lichao Zhang
- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904; §Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- From the ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904;
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Nicolardi S, Bogdanov B, Deelder AM, Palmblad M, van der Burgt YEM. Developments in FTICR-MS and Its Potential for Body Fluid Signatures. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:27133-44. [PMID: 26580595 PMCID: PMC4661870 DOI: 10.3390/ijms161126012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS) is the method of choice for measurements that require ultra-high resolution. The establishment of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) MS, the availability of biomolecular ionization techniques and the introduction of the Orbitrap™ mass spectrometer have widened the number of FTMS-applications enormously. One recent example involves clinical proteomics using FTICR-MS to discover and validate protein biomarker signatures in body fluids such as serum or plasma. These biological samples are highly complex in terms of the type and number of components, their concentration range, and the structural identity of each species, and thus require extensive sample cleanup and chromatographic separation procedures. Clearly, such an elaborate and multi-step sample preparation process hampers high-throughput analysis of large clinical cohorts. A final MS read-out at ultra-high resolution enables the analysis of a more complex sample and can thus simplify upfront fractionations. To this end, FTICR-MS offers superior ultra-high resolving power with accurate and precise mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) measurement of a high number of peptides and small proteins (up to 20 kDa) at isotopic resolution over a wide mass range, and furthermore includes a wide variety of fragmentation strategies to characterize protein sequence and structure, including post-translational modifications (PTMs). In our laboratory, we have successfully applied FTICR “next-generation” peptide profiles with the purpose of cancer disease classifications. Here we will review a number of developments and innovations in FTICR-MS that have resulted in robust and routine procedures aiming for ultra-high resolution signatures of clinical samples, exemplified with state-of-the-art examples for serum and saliva.
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- Simone Nicolardi
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Perkin Elmer, San Jose Technology Center, San Jose, CA 95134, USA.
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Olszowy P, Donnelly MR, Lee C, Ciborowski P. Profiling post-translational modifications of histones in human monocyte-derived macrophages. Proteome Sci 2015; 13:24. [PMID: 26412985 PMCID: PMC4582717 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-015-0080-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Histones and their post-translational modifications impact cellular function by acting as key regulators in the maintenance and remodeling of chromatin, thus affecting transcription regulation either positively (activation) or negatively (repression). In this study we describe a comprehensive, bottom-up proteomics approach to profiling post-translational modifications (acetylation, mono-, di- and tri-methylation, phosphorylation, biotinylation, ubiquitination, citrullination and ADP-ribosylation) in human macrophages, which are primary cells of the innate immune system. As our knowledge expands, it becomes more evident that macrophages are a heterogeneous population with potentially subtle differences in their responses to various stimuli driven by highly complex epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. METHODS To profile post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histones in macrophages we used two platforms of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. One platform was based on Sciex5600 TripleTof and the second one was based on VelosPro Orbitrap Elite ETD mass spectrometers. RESULTS We provide side-by-side comparison of profiling using two mass spectrometric platforms, ion trap and qTOF, coupled with the application of collisional induced and electron transfer dissociation. We show for the first time methylation of a His residue in macrophages and demonstrate differences in histone PTMs between those currently reported for macrophage cell lines and what we identified in primary cells. We have found a relatively low level of histone PTMs in differentiated but resting human primary monocyte derived macrophages. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first comprehensive profiling of histone PTMs in primary human MDM. Our study implies that epigenetic regulatory mechanisms operative in transformed cell lines and primary cells are overlapping to a limited extent. Our mass spectrometric approach provides groundwork for the investigation of how histone PTMs contribute to epigenetic regulation in primary human macrophages.
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- Pawel Olszowy
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880 USA ; Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarin 7 Street, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880 USA
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Sweredoski MJ, Moradian A, Raedle M, Franco C, Hess S. High Resolution Parallel Reaction Monitoring with Electron Transfer Dissociation for Middle-Down Proteomics. Anal Chem 2015; 87:8360-6. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Michael J. Sweredoski
- Proteome
Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome
Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Proteome
Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Biotechnology and Bioinformatic, Am Hofgarten 4, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Proteome
Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Instituto
de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Proteome
Exploration Laboratory, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Middle-down electron capture dissociation and electron transfer dissociation for histone analysis. J Anal Sci Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1186/s40543-015-0060-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histones play a major role in activating or silencing gene transcription. To gain better understanding of the interplay between the PTMs that occur on histones, they are extensively studied using mass spectrometry techniques. Due to the abundance of lysines and arginines, the typical trypsin digestion has been found less favorable and GluC-digests have been explored as an alternative to yield larger peptides amenable to middle-down approaches. In addition, the use of weak cation exchange hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (WCX-HILIC) and the use of electron-based fragmentation techniques were found to be advantageous for the in-depth characterization of histone variants containing multiple PTMs.
As a test model, we used histones from MEL (murine erythroleukemia) cells treated with butyric acid or DMSO. After acid extraction, histone pellets were dried and fractionated using a reversed-phase C3 column. For middle-down analysis, selected histone fractions were digested using GluC. The digested samples were separated on a WCX-HILIC capillary column packed in-house with PolyCAT A resin, coupled to a linear trap quadrupole Fourier transformation ion cyclotron resonance (LTQFT-ICR) instrument. Raw data was acquired on the LTQFT-ICR using electron capture dissociation (ECD). After deconvolution of the raw data, we generated heatmaps to illustrate differential maps between differentially treated histone samples. We also explored the innovative use of Skyline to quantify histone tails. In addition, we report some preliminary data using a synthetic histone peptide acquired on an Orbitrap Fusion using electron transfer dissociation (ETD). Both, ECD and ETD methods are capable of comprehensively analyzing complex histone variations not accessible with conventional techniques.
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Tsiatsiani L, Heck AJR. Proteomics beyond trypsin. FEBS J 2015; 282:2612-26. [PMID: 25823410 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Peptide-centered shotgun analysis of proteins has been the core technology in mass spectrometry based proteomics and has enabled numerous biological discoveries, such as the large-scale charting of protein-protein interaction networks, the quantitative analysis of protein post-translational modifications and even the first drafts of the human proteome. The conversion of proteins into peptides in these so-called bottom-up approaches is nearly uniquely done by using trypsin as a proteolytic reagent. Here, we argue that our view of the proteome still remains incomplete and this is partially due to the nearly exclusive use of trypsin. Newly emerging alternative proteases and/or multi-protease protein digestion aim to increase proteome sequence coverage and improve the identification of post-translational modifications, through the analysis of complementary and often longer peptides, introducing an approach termed middle-down proteomics. Of pivotal importance for this purpose is the identification of proteases beneficial for use in proteomics. Here, we describe some of the shortcomings of the nearly exclusive use of trypsin in proteomics and review the properties of other proteomics-appropriate proteases. We describe favorable protease traits with an emphasis on middle-down proteomics and suggest potential sources for the discovery of new proteases. We also highlight a few examples wherein the use of other proteases than trypsin enabled the generation of more comprehensive data sets leading to previously unexplored knowledge of the proteome.
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- Liana Tsiatsiani
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands Proteomics Center, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands Proteomics Center, The Netherlands
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Bilgraer R, Gillet S, Gil S, Evain-Brion D, Laprévote O. A new approach combining LC-MS and multivariate statistical analysis for revealing changes in histone modification levels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 10:2974-83. [DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00395k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have developed a new global histonomic approach for deciphering histone code disruption in human cells after xenobiotic exposure.
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- Raphaël Bilgraer
- UMR CNRS 8638
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Paris
- Université Paris Descartes
- Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 75006 Paris, France
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- UMR CNRS 8638
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Paris
- Université Paris Descartes
- Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1139
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Paris
- Université Paris Descartes
- Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1139
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Paris
- Université Paris Descartes
- Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 75006 Paris, France
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- UMR CNRS 8638
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Paris
- Université Paris Descartes
- Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 75006 Paris, France
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He M, Guo D, Chen Y, Xiong X, Fang X, Xu W. Ion collision crosssection measurements in quadrupole ion traps using a time–frequency analysis method. Analyst 2014; 139:6144-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an01216j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this study, a method for measuring ion collision crosssections (CCSs) was proposed through time–frequency analysis of ion trajectories in quadrupole ion traps.
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- Muyi He
- School of Life Sciences
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing 100081, China
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- Shanxi Cancer Hospital
- Xian, Shanxi 710061, China
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- National Institute of Metrology
- Beijing 100013, China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing 100081, China
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Zhang Z, Wu S, Stenoien DL, Paša-Tolić L. High-throughput proteomics. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2014; 7:427-454. [PMID: 25014346 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071213-020216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Mass spectrometry (MS)-based high-throughput proteomics is the core technique for large-scale protein characterization. Due to the extreme complexity of proteomes, sophisticated separation techniques and advanced MS instrumentation have been developed to extend coverage and enhance dynamic range and sensitivity. In this review, we discuss the separation and prefractionation techniques applied for large-scale analysis in both bottom-up (i.e., peptide-level) and top-down (i.e., protein-level) proteomics. Different approaches for quantifying peptides or intact proteins, including label-free and stable-isotope-labeling strategies, are also discussed. In addition, we present a brief overview of different types of mass analyzers and fragmentation techniques as well as selected emerging techniques.
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Moradian A, Kalli A, Sweredoski MJ, Hess S. The top-down, middle-down, and bottom-up mass spectrometry approaches for characterization of histone variants and their post-translational modifications. Proteomics 2013; 14:489-97. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Annie Moradian
- Proteome Exploration Laboratory; Beckman Institute; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory; Beckman Institute; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory; Beckman Institute; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA USA
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