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Bayne EF, Buck KM, Towler AG, Zhu Y, Pergande MR, Zhou T, Price S, Rossler KJ, Morales-Tirado V, Lloyd S, Wang F, He Y, Tian Y, Ge Y. High-Throughput Extracellular Matrix Proteomics of Human Lungs Enabled by Photocleavable Surfactant and diaPASEF. J Proteome Res 2024; 23:2908-2918. [PMID: 38315831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of proteins that provide interstitial scaffolding and elastic recoil for human lungs. The pulmonary extracellular matrix is increasingly recognized as an independent bioactive entity, by creating biochemical and mechanical signals that influence disease pathogenesis, making it an attractive therapeutic target. However, the pulmonary ECM proteome ("matrisome") remains challenging to analyze by mass spectrometry due to its inherent biophysical properties and relatively low abundance. Here, we introduce a strategy designed for rapid and efficient characterization of the human pulmonary ECM using the photocleavable surfactant Azo. We coupled this approach with trapped ion mobility MS with diaPASEF to maximize the depth of matrisome coverage. Using this strategy, we identify nearly 400 unique matrisome proteins with excellent reproducibility that are known to be important in lung biology, including key core matrisome proteins.
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- Elizabeth F Bayne
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Human Proteomics Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Human Proteomics Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Discovery Immunology, Pharmacology and Pathology, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Discovery Immunology, Pharmacology and Pathology, AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Quantitative Translational & ADME Science, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Discovery Immunology, Pharmacology and Pathology, AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Quantitative Translational & ADME Science, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Human Proteomics Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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Darula Z, McCabe MC, Barrett A, Schmitt LR, Maslanka MD, Saviola AJ, Orgel J, Burlingame A, Staab-Weijnitz CA, Stenmark K, Weaver V, Chalkley RJ, Hansen KC. Assessing Heterogeneity in the N-Telopeptides of Type I Collagen by Mass Spectrometry. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.31.587441. [PMID: 38585857 PMCID: PMC10996605 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.31.587441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Collagen cross-links created by the lysyl oxidase and lysyl hydroxylase families of enzymes are a significant contributing factor to the biomechanical strength and rigidity of tissues, which in turn influence cell signaling and ultimately cell phenotype. In the clinic, the proteolytically liberated N-terminal cross-linked peptide of collagen I (NTX) is used as a biomarker of bone and connective tissue turnover, which is altered in several disease processes. Despite the clinical utility of these collagen breakdown products, the majority of the cross-linked peptide species have not been identified in proteomic datasets. Here we evaluate several parameters for the preparation and identification of these peptides from the collagen I-rich Achilles tendon. Our refined approach involving chemical digestion for protein solubilization coupled with mass spectrometry allows for the identification of the NTX cross-links in a range of modification states. Based on the specificity of the enzymatic cross-linking reaction we utilized follow-up variable modification searches to facilitate identification with a wider range of analytical workflows. We then applied a spectral library approach to identify differences in collagen cross-links in bovine pulmonary hypertension. The presented method offers unique opportunities to understand extracellular matrix remodeling events in development, aging, wound healing, and fibrotic disease that modulate collagen architecture through lysyl-hydroxylase and lysyl-oxidase enzymes.
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Pham-Danis C, Chia SB, Scarborough HA, Danis E, Nemkov T, Kleczko EK, Navarro A, Goodspeed A, Bonney EA, Dinarello CA, Marchetti C, Nemenoff RA, Hansen K, DeGregori J. Inflammation promotes aging-associated oncogenesis in the lung. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.01.583044. [PMID: 38496448 PMCID: PMC10942386 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.01.583044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world. While cigarette smoking is the major preventable factor for cancers in general and lung cancer in particular, old age is also a major risk factor. Aging-related chronic, low-level inflammation, termed inflammaging, has been widely documented; however, it remains unclear how inflammaging contributes to increased lung cancer incidence. Aim: To establish connections between aging-associated changes in the lungs and cancer risk. Methods We analyzed public databases of gene expression for normal and cancerous human lungs and used mouse models to understand which changes were dependent on inflammation, as well as to assess the impact on oncogenesis. Results Analyses of GTEx and TCGA databases comparing gene expression profiles from normal lungs, lung adenocarcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma of subjects across age groups revealed upregulated pathways such as inflammatory response, TNFA signaling via NFκB, and interferon-gamma response. Similar pathways were identified comparing the gene expression profiles of young and old mouse lungs. Transgenic expression of alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) partially reverses increases in markers of aging-associated inflammation and immune deregulation. Using an orthotopic model of lung cancer using cells derived from EML4-ALK fusion-induced adenomas, we demonstrated an increased tumor outgrowth in lungs of old mice while NLRP3 knockout in old mice decreased tumor volumes, suggesting that inflammation contributes to increased lung cancer development in aging organisms. Conclusions These studies reveal how expression of an anti-inflammatory mediator (AAT) can reduce some but not all aging-associated changes in mRNA and protein expression in the lungs. We further show that aging is associated with increased tumor outgrowth in the lungs, which may relate to an increased inflammatory microenvironment.
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- Catherine Pham-Danis
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States
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- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Macdonald JK, Mehta AS, Drake RR, Angel PM. Molecular analysis of the extracellular microenvironment: from form to function. FEBS Lett 2024; 598:602-620. [PMID: 38509768 PMCID: PMC11049795 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) proteome represents an important component of the tissue microenvironment that controls chemical flux and induces cell signaling through encoded structure. The analysis of the ECM represents an analytical challenge through high levels of post-translational modifications, protease-resistant structures, and crosslinked, insoluble proteins. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the analytical challenges involved in addressing the complexities of spatially profiling the extracellular matrix proteome. A synopsis of the process of synthesizing the ECM structure, detailing inherent chemical complexity, is included to present the scope of the analytical challenge. Current chromatographic and spatial techniques addressing these challenges are detailed. Capabilities for multimodal multiplexing with cellular populations are discussed with a perspective on developing a holistic view of disease processes that includes both the cellular and extracellular microenvironment.
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- Jade K Macdonald
- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Gilbert C, Bathany K, Claverol S, Scanvion Q, Hedouin V, Bertrand B, Tokarski C. Successive Protein Extraction Using Hydroxylamine to Increase the Depth of Proteome Coverage in Fresh, Forensic, and Archaeological Bones. Anal Chem 2024; 96:3247-3252. [PMID: 38349005 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Proteomics is continually being applied to a wider range of applications, now including the analysis of archaeological samples and anatomical specimens, particularly collagen-containing tissues such as bones and teeth. Here, we present the application of a chemical digestion-based proteomics sample preparation protocol to the analysis of fresh, anatomical, and archaeological samples. We describe and discuss two protocols: one that uses hydroxylamine as an additional step of the proteomic workflow, applied to the insoluble fraction, and another that applies hydroxylamine directly on demineralized bones and teeth. We demonstrate the additional information that can be extracted using both protocols, including an increase in the sequence coverage and number of peptides detected in modern and archaeological samples and an increase in the number of proteins identified in archaeological samples. By targeting research related to collagens or extracellular matrix proteins, the use of this protocol will open new insights, considering both fresh and ancient mineralized samples.
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- Catherine Gilbert
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, F-33600 Pessac, France
- Proteome Platform, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, F-33600 Pessac, France
- Proteome Platform, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Lille, CHU Lille, Institut de Médecine Légale, EA 7367 UTML - Unité de Taphonomie Médico-Légale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, CHU Lille, Institut de Médecine Légale, EA 7367 UTML - Unité de Taphonomie Médico-Légale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, CHU Lille, Institut de Médecine Légale, EA 7367 UTML - Unité de Taphonomie Médico-Légale, 59000 Lille, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, F-33600 Pessac, France
- Proteome Platform, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Mallikarjun V, Yin B, Caggiano LR, Blimbaum S, Pavelec CM, Holmes JW, Ewald SE. Automated spatially targeted optical micro proteomics identifies fibroblast- and macrophage-specific regulation of myocardial infarction scar maturation in rats. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2024; 186:1-15. [PMID: 37951204 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) results from occlusion of blood supply to the heart muscle causing death of cardiac muscle cells. Following myocardial infarction (MI), extracellular matrix deposition and scar formation mechanically stabilize the injured heart as damaged myocytes undergo necrosis and removal. Fibroblasts and macrophages are key drivers of post-MI scar formation, maturation, and ongoing long-term remodelling; however, their individual contributions are difficult to assess from bulk analyses of infarct scar. Here, we employ state-of-the-art automated spatially targeted optical micro proteomics (autoSTOMP) to photochemically tag and isolate proteomes associated with subpopulations of fibroblasts (SMA+) and macrophages (CD68+) in the context of the native, MI tissue environment. Over a time course of 6-weeks post-MI, we captured dynamic changes in the whole-infarct proteome and determined that some of these protein composition signatures were differentially localized near SMA+ fibroblasts or CD68+ macrophages within the scar region. These results link specific cell populations to within-infarct protein remodelling and illustrate the distinct metabolic and structural processes underlying the observed physiology of each cell type.
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- Venkatesh Mallikarjun
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Avila-Martinez N, Gansevoort M, Verbakel J, Jayaprakash H, Araujo IM, Vitorino M, Tiscornia G, van Kuppevelt TH, Daamen WF. Matrisomal components involved in regenerative wound healing in axolotl and Acomys: implications for biomaterial development. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:6060-6081. [PMID: 37525590 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm00835e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
Achieving regeneration in humans has been a long-standing goal of many researchers. Whereas amphibians like the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) are capable of regenerating whole organs and even limbs, most mammals heal their wounds via fibrotic scarring. Recently, the African spiny mouse (Acomys sp.) has been shown to be injury resistant and capable of regenerating several tissue types. A major focal point of research with Acomys has been the identification of drivers of regeneration. In this search, the matrisome components related to the extracellular matrix (ECM) are often overlooked. In this review, we compare Acomys and axolotl skin wound healing and blastema-mediated regeneration by examining their wound healing responses and comparing the expression pattern of matrisome genes, including glycosaminoglycan (GAG) related genes. The goal of this review is to identify matrisome genes that are upregulated during regeneration and could be potential candidates for inclusion in pro-regenerative biomaterials. Research papers describing transcriptomic or proteomic coverage of either skin regeneration or blastema formation in Acomys and axolotl were selected. Matrisome and GAG related genes were extracted from each dataset and the resulting lists of genes were compared. In our analysis, we found several genes that were consistently upregulated, suggesting possible involvement in regenerative processes. Most of the components have been implicated in regulation of cell behavior, extracellular matrix remodeling and wound healing. Incorporation of such pro-regenerative factors into biomaterials may help to shift pro-fibrotic processes to regenerative responses in treated wounds.
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- Nancy Avila-Martinez
- Department of Medical BioSciences, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud university medical center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical BioSciences, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud university medical center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical BioSciences, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud university medical center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMCB), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMCB), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMCB), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
- Eugin Barcelona, Balmes, 236, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical BioSciences, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud university medical center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical BioSciences, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud university medical center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Chen W, Zhang W, Zhang N, Chen S, Huang T, You H. Pipeline for precise insoluble matrisome coverage in tissue extracellular matrices. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1135936. [PMID: 37284237 PMCID: PMC10239929 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1135936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is assembled by hundreds of proteins orchestrating tissue patterning and surrounding cell fates via the mechanical-biochemical feedback loop. Aberrant ECM protein production or assembly usually creates pathological niches eliciting lesions that mainly involve fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis. Yet, our current knowledge about the pathophysiological ECM compositions and alterations in healthy or diseased tissues is limited since the methodology for precise insoluble matrisome coverage in the ECM is a "bottleneck." Our current study proposes an enhanced sodium dodecyl sulfonate (E-SDS) workflow for thorough tissue decellularization and an intact pipeline for the accurate identification and quantification of highly insoluble ECM matrisome proteins. We tested this pipeline in nine mouse organs and highlighted the full landscape of insoluble matrisome proteins in the decellularized ECM (dECM) scaffolds. Typical experimental validations and mass spectrometry (MS) analysis confirmed very little contamination of cellular debris remaining in the dECM scaffolds. Our current study will provide a low-cost, simple, reliable, and effective pipeline for tissue insoluble matrisome analysis in the quest to comprehend ECM discovery proteomic studies.
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- Wei Chen
- Beijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing, China
- Experimental and Translational Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Liver Cirrhosis, National Clinical Research Center of Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Liver Cirrhosis, National Clinical Research Center of Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Liver Cirrhosis, National Clinical Research Center of Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing, China
- Experimental and Translational Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Liver Cirrhosis, National Clinical Research Center of Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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Stearns-Reider KM, Hicks MR, Hammond KG, Reynolds JC, Maity A, Kurmangaliyev YZ, Chin J, Stieg AZ, Geisse NA, Hohlbauch S, Kaemmer S, Schmitt LR, Pham TT, Yamauchi K, Novitch BG, Wollman R, Hansen KC, Pyle AD, Crosbie RH. Myoscaffolds reveal laminin scarring is detrimental for stem cell function while sarcospan induces compensatory fibrosis. NPJ Regen Med 2023; 8:16. [PMID: 36922514 PMCID: PMC10017766 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-023-00287-2] [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] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
We developed an on-slide decellularization approach to generate acellular extracellular matrix (ECM) myoscaffolds that can be repopulated with various cell types to interrogate cell-ECM interactions. Using this platform, we investigated whether fibrotic ECM scarring affected human skeletal muscle progenitor cell (SMPC) functions that are essential for myoregeneration. SMPCs exhibited robust adhesion, motility, and differentiation on healthy muscle-derived myoscaffolds. All SPMC interactions with fibrotic myoscaffolds from dystrophic muscle were severely blunted including reduced motility rate and migration. Furthermore, SMPCs were unable to remodel laminin dense fibrotic scars within diseased myoscaffolds. Proteomics and structural analysis revealed that excessive collagen deposition alone is not pathological, and can be compensatory, as revealed by overexpression of sarcospan and its associated ECM receptors in dystrophic muscle. Our in vivo data also supported that ECM remodeling is important for SMPC engraftment and that fibrotic scars may represent one barrier to efficient cell therapy.
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- Kristen M Stearns-Reider
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry, HHMI, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Asylum Research, An Oxford Instruments Company, Santa Barbara, CA, 93117, USA
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- Park Systems, 3040 Olcott St, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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Naba A. 10 years of extracellular matrix proteomics: Accomplishments, challenges, and future perspectives. Mol Cell Proteomics 2023; 22:100528. [PMID: 36918099 PMCID: PMC10152135 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023] Open
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of hundreds of proteins forming the architectural scaffold of multicellular organisms. In addition to its structural role, the ECM conveys signals orchestrating cellular phenotypes. Alterations of ECM composition, abundance, structure, or mechanics, have been linked to diseases and disorders affecting all physiological systems, including fibrosis and cancer. Deciphering the protein composition of the ECM and how it changes in pathophysiological contexts is thus the first step toward understanding the roles of the ECM in health and disease and toward the development of therapeutic strategies to correct disease-causing ECM alterations. Potentially, the ECM also represents a vast, yet untapped reservoir of disease biomarkers. ECM proteins are characterized by unique biochemical properties that have hindered their study: they are large, heavily and uniquely post-translationally modified, and highly insoluble. Overcoming these challenges, we and others have devised mass-spectrometry-based proteomic approaches to define the ECM composition, or "matrisome", of tissues. This review provides a historical overview of ECM proteomics research and presents the latest advances that now allow the profiling of the ECM of healthy and diseased tissues. The second part highlights recent examples illustrating how ECM proteomics has emerged as a powerful discovery pipeline to identify prognostic cancer biomarkers. The third part discusses remaining challenges limiting our ability to translate findings to clinical application and proposes approaches to overcome them. Last, the review introduces readers to resources available to facilitate the interpretation of ECM proteomics datasets. The ECM was once thought to be impenetrable. MS-based proteomics has proven to be a powerful tool to decode the ECM. In light of the progress made over the past decade, there are reasons to believe that the in-depth exploration of the matrisome is within reach and that we may soon witness the first translational application of ECM proteomics.
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- Alexandra Naba
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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McCabe MC, Saviola AJ, Hansen KC. Mass Spectrometry-Based Atlas of Extracellular Matrix Proteins across 25 Mouse Organs. J Proteome Res 2023; 22:790-801. [PMID: 36763087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a critical non-cellular component of multicellular organisms containing a variety of proteins, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans which have been implicated in a wide variety of essential biological processes, including development, wound healing, and aging. Due to low solubility, many ECM proteins have been underrepresented in previous proteomic datasets. Using an optimized three-step decellularization and ECM extraction method involving chaotrope extraction and digestion via hydroxylamine hydrochloride, we have generated coverage of the matrisome across 25 organs. We observe that the top 100 most abundant proteins from the ECM fractions of all tissues are generally present in all tissues, indicating that tissue matrices are principally composed of a shared set of ECM proteins. However, these proteins vary up to 4000-fold between tissues, resulting in highly unique matrix profiles even with the same primary set of proteins. A data reduction approach was used to reveal related networks of expressed ECM proteins across varying tissues, including basement membrane and collagen subtypes.
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- Maxwell C McCabe
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
- Cancer Center Proteomics Core, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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Tumor decellularization reveals proteomic and mechanical characteristics of the extracellular matrix of primary liver cancer. BIOMATERIALS ADVANCES 2023; 146:213289. [PMID: 36724550 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tumor initiation and progression are critically dependent on interaction of cancer cells with their cellular and extracellular microenvironment. Alterations in the composition, integrity, and mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) dictate tumor processes including cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Also in primary liver cancer, consisting of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), the dysregulation of the extracellular environment by liver fibrosis and tumor desmoplasia is pertinent. Yet, the exact changes occurring in liver cancer ECM remain uncharacterized and underlying tumor-promoting mechanisms remain largely unknown. Herein, an integrative molecular and mechanical approach is used to extensively characterize the ECM of HCC and CCA tumors by utilizing an optimized decellularization technique. We identified a myriad of proteins in both tumor and adjacent liver tissue, uncovering distinct malignancy-related ECM signatures. The resolution of this approach unveiled additional ECM-related proteins compared to large liver cancer transcriptomic datasets. The differences in ECM protein composition resulted in divergent mechanical properties on a macro- and micro-scale that are tumor-type specific. Furthermore, the decellularized tumor ECM was employed to create a tumor-specific hydrogel that supports patient-derived tumor organoids, which provides a new avenue for personalized medicine applications. Taken together, this study contributes to a better understanding of alterations to composition, stiffness, and collagen alignment of the tumor ECM that occur during liver cancer development.
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McCourt JL, Stearns-Reider KM, Mamsa H, Kannan P, Afsharinia MH, Shu C, Gibbs EM, Shin KM, Kurmangaliyev YZ, Schmitt LR, Hansen KC, Crosbie RH. Multi-omics analysis of sarcospan overexpression in mdx skeletal muscle reveals compensatory remodeling of cytoskeleton-matrix interactions that promote mechanotransduction pathways. Skelet Muscle 2023; 13:1. [PMID: 36609344 PMCID: PMC9817407 DOI: 10.1186/s13395-022-00311-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) is a critical adhesion complex of the muscle cell membrane, providing a mechanical link between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the cortical cytoskeleton that stabilizes the sarcolemma during repeated muscle contractions. One integral component of the DGC is the transmembrane protein, sarcospan (SSPN). Overexpression of SSPN in the skeletal muscle of mdx mice (murine model of DMD) restores muscle fiber attachment to the ECM in part through an associated increase in utrophin and integrin adhesion complexes at the cell membrane, protecting the muscle from contraction-induced injury. In this study, we utilized transcriptomic and ECM protein-optimized proteomics data sets from wild-type, mdx, and mdx transgenic (mdxTG) skeletal muscle tissues to identify pathways and proteins driving the compensatory action of SSPN overexpression. METHODS The tibialis anterior and quadriceps muscles were isolated from wild-type, mdx, and mdxTG mice and subjected to bulk RNA-Seq and global proteomics analysis using methods to enhance capture of ECM proteins. Data sets were further analyzed through the ingenuity pathway analysis (QIAGEN) and integrative gene set enrichment to identify candidate networks, signaling pathways, and upstream regulators. RESULTS Through our multi-omics approach, we identified 3 classes of differentially expressed genes and proteins in mdxTG muscle, including those that were (1) unrestored (significantly different from wild type, but not from mdx), (2) restored (significantly different from mdx, but not from wild type), and (3) compensatory (significantly different from both wild type and mdx). We identified signaling pathways that may contribute to the rescue phenotype, most notably cytoskeleton and ECM organization pathways. ECM-optimized proteomics revealed an increased abundance of collagens II, V, and XI, along with β-spectrin in mdxTG samples. Using ingenuity pathway analysis, we identified upstream regulators that are computationally predicted to drive compensatory changes, revealing a possible mechanism of SSPN rescue through a rewiring of cell-ECM bidirectional communication. We found that SSPN overexpression results in upregulation of key signaling molecules associated with regulation of cytoskeleton organization and mechanotransduction, including Yap1, Sox9, Rho, RAC, and Wnt. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that SSPN overexpression rescues dystrophin deficiency partially through mechanotransduction signaling cascades mediated through components of the ECM and the cortical cytoskeleton.
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- Jackie L McCourt
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Broad Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Kawecki F, Gluais M, Claverol S, Dusserre N, McAllister T, L'Heureux N. Inter-donor variability of extracellular matrix production in long-term cultures of human fibroblasts. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:3935-3950. [PMID: 35700514 PMCID: PMC9275472 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm01933c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Several tissue engineering approaches are based on the ability of mesenchymal cells to endogenously synthesize an extracellular matrix (ECM) in vitro, which can be seen as a form of biomaterial. Accordingly, the inter-donor variability of cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM) production is a key parameter to understand in order to progress towards clinical applications, especially for autologous strategies. In this study, CAMs were produced, under good manufacturing process conditions, from skin fibroblasts of 21 patients as part of a clinical trial to evaluate a tissue-engineered vascular graft. The inter-donor variability of CAM strength, thickness, hydroxyproline, and glycosaminoglycan was substantial (coefficient of variability of 33%, 19%, 24%, and 19%, respectively), but a significant correlation was observed between all four properties (Pearson r: 0.43 to 0.70; p-value ≤ 0.05). A CAM matrisome analysis, performed by mass spectrometry, revealed the presence of 70 ECM-related proteins. Our study shows that the relative abundance of 16 proteins (15 non-collagenous) correlated with CAM thickness. These proteins also correlated with CAM hydroxyproline content, as well as 21 other proteins that included fibrillar collagens and non-collagenous proteins. However, data demonstrated that only the relative abundance of type I collagen subunit alpha-1 was correlated to CAM strength. This study is the most extensive evaluation of CAM inter-donor variability to date and will help tissue engineers working with this type of biomaterial to design strategies that take into account this variability, especially for autologous tissue manufacturing. Several tissue engineering approaches are based on the ability of mesenchymal cells to endogenously synthesize an extracellular matrix (ECM) in vitro, which can be seen as a form of biomaterial.![]()
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- Fabien Kawecki
- Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, BioTis, UMR1026, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, BioTis, UMR1026, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Plateforme Protéome, University of Bordeaux, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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Mochnáčová E, Petroušková P, Danišová O, Hudecová P, Bhide K, Kulkarni A, Bhide M. Simple and rapid pipeline for the production of cyclic and linear small-sized peptides in E. coli. Protein Expr Purif 2021; 191:106026. [PMID: 34838724 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2021.106026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Small and medium-sized peptides are gaining popularity in biomedical applications, including therapeutic target development. As an alternative to chemical synthesis, we describe a complete pipeline for the production of linear as well as structurally constrained cyclic peptides in an E. coli expression system in this study. A plasmid vector containing a novel N terminal HOE tag (28 amino acids in length) that fuses with the peptide was created. The HOE tag contains sites for both chemical (CNBr) and enzymatic (enterokinase) cleavage, making it easy to isolate the peptide after production. A total of 21 peptides (17 cyclic and 4 linear) were synthesized, and the HOE tag was successfully removed using either CNBr (9 peptides) or enterokinase (12 peptides). The presence of a disulfide bond was confirmed in six representative cyclic peptides. In this study we have provided detailed instructions on primers design strategy, overexpression and purification of HOE tagged peptides, chemical and enzymatic cleavage, and confirmation of the cyclic form of peptides. We are confident that this pipeline will assist researchers in producing multiple recombinant peptides in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner.
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- Evelína Mochnáčová
- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia; Institute of Neuroimmunology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia; Institute of Neuroimmunology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Semkova ME, Hsuan JJ. Mass Spectrometric Identification of a Novel Factor XIIIa Cross-Linking Site in Fibrinogen. Proteomes 2021; 9:proteomes9040043. [PMID: 34842803 PMCID: PMC8628943 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes9040043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Transglutaminases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the formation of a protein:protein cross-link between a lysine and a glutamine residue. These cross-links play important roles in diverse biological processes. Analysis of cross-linking sites in target proteins is required to elucidate their molecular action on target protein function and the molecular specificity of different transglutaminase isozymes. Mass-spectrometry using settings designed for linear peptide analysis and software designed for the analysis of disulfide bridges and chemical cross-links have previously been employed to identify transglutaminase cross-linking sites in proteins. As no control peptide with which to assess and improve the mass spectrometric analysis of TG cross-linked proteins was available, we developed a method for the enzymatic synthesis of a well-defined transglutaminase cross-linked peptide pair that mimics a predicted tryptic digestion product of collagen I. We then used this model peptide to determine optimal score thresholds for correct peptide identification from y- and b-ion series of fragments produced by collision-induced dissociation. We employed these settings in an analysis of fibrinogen cross-linked by the transglutaminase Factor XIIIa. This approach resulted in identification of a novel cross-linked peptide in the gamma subunit. We discuss the difference in behavior of ions derived from different cross-linked peptide sequences and the consequent demand for a more tailored mass spectrometry approach for cross-linked peptide identification compared to that routinely used for linear peptide analysis.
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INTRODUCTION The matrisome and adhesome comprise proteins that are found within or are associated with the extracellular matrix (ECM) and adhesion complexes, respectively. Interactions between cells and their microenvironment are mediated by key matrisome and adhesome proteins, which direct fundamental processes, including growth and development. Due to their underlying complexity, it has historically been challenging to undertake mass spectrometry (MS)-based profiling of these proteins. New developments in sample preparative workflows, informatics databases, and MS techniques have enabled in-depth proteomic characterization of the matrisome and adhesome, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of the interactomes, and cellular signaling that occur at the cell-ECM interface. AREA COVERED This review summarizes recent advances in proteomic characterization of the matrisome and adhesome. It focuses on the importance of curated databases and discusses key strengths and limitations of different workflows. EXPERT OPINION MS-based proteomics has shown promise in characterizing the matrisome and topology of adhesome networks in health and disease. Moving forward, it will be important to incorporate integrative analysis to define the bidirectional signaling between the matrisome and adhesome, and adopt new methods for post-translational modification and in vivo analyses to better dissect the critical roles that these proteins play in human pathophysiology.
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- Lukas Krasny
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Yin B, Caggiano LR, Li RC, McGowan E, Holmes JW, Ewald SE. Automated Spatially Targeted Optical Microproteomics Investigates Inflammatory Lesions In Situ. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:4543-4552. [PMID: 34436902 PMCID: PMC8969901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tissue
microenvironment properties like blood flow, extracellular
matrix, or proximity to immune-infiltrate are important regulators
of cell biology. However, methods to study regional protein expression
in the native tissue environment are limited. To address this need,
we developed a novel approach to visualize, purify, and measure proteins in situ using automated spatially targeted optical microproteomics
(AutoSTOMP). Here, we report custom codes to specify regions of heterogeneity
in a tissue section and UV-biotinylate proteins within those regions.
We have developed liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS)/MS-compatible
biochemistry to purify those proteins and label-free quantification
methodology to determine protein enrichment in target cell types or
structures relative to nontarget regions in the same sample. These
tools were applied to (a) identify inflammatory proteins expressed
by CD68+ macrophages in rat cardiac infarcts and (b) characterize
inflammatory proteins enriched in IgG4+ lesions in human
esophageal tissues. These data indicate that AutoSTOMP is a flexible
approach to determine regional protein expression in situ on a range of primary tissues and clinical biopsies where current
tools and sample availability are limited.
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- Bocheng Yin
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States.,Department of Allergy and Immunology, Northern Light Health, Bangor, Maine 04401, United States
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States.,School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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Keyes ED, Kauser K, Warner KS, Roberts AG. Photosensitized Oxidative Dimerization at Tyrosine by a Water-Soluble 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide. Chembiochem 2021; 22:2703-2710. [PMID: 34161648 PMCID: PMC9078162 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The oxidation of proteins generates reactive amino acid (AA) residue intermediates, leading to protein modification and cross-linking. Aerobic studies with peptides and photosensitizers allow for the controlled generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive AA residue intermediates, providing mechanistic insights as to how natural protein modifications form. Such studies have inspired the development of abiotic methods for protein modification and crosslinking, including applications of biomedical importance. Dityrosine linkages derived from oxidation at tyrosine (Tyr) residues represent one of the more well-understood oxidation-induced modifications. Here we demonstrate an aerobic, visible light-dependent oxidation reaction of Tyr-containing substrates promoted by a water-soluble 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based photosensitizer. The developed procedure converts Tyr-containing substrates into o,o'-Tyr-Tyr linked dimers. The regioselectively formed o,o'-Tyr-Tyr linkage is consistent with dimeric standards prepared using a known enzymatic method. A crossover study with two peptides provides a statistical mixture of three distinct o,o'-Tyr-Tyr linked dimers, supporting a mechanism that involves Tyr residue oxidation followed by intermolecular combination.
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- E Dalles Keyes
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Alucent Biomedical Inc., 675 Arapeen Dr #102, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Alucent Biomedical Inc., 675 Arapeen Dr #102, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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Nallasamy S, Palacios HH, Setlem R, Caraballo MC, Li K, Cao E, Shankaran M, Hellerstein M, Mahendroo M. Transcriptome and proteome dynamics of cervical remodeling in the mouse during pregnancy. Biol Reprod 2021; 105:1257-1271. [PMID: 34309663 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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During gestation, the female reproductive tract must maintain pregnancy while concurrently preparing for parturition. Here, we explore the transitions in gene expression and protein turnover (fractional synthesis rates [FSR]) by which the cervix implements a transition from rigid to compliant. Shifts in gene transcription to achieve immune tolerance and alter epithelial cell programs begin in early pregnancy. Subsequently, in mid-to-late pregnancy transcriptional programs emerge that promote structural reorganization of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Stable isotope labeling revealed a striking slowdown of overall FSRs across the proteome on gestation day 6 that reverses in mid-to-late pregnancy. An exception was soluble fibrillar collagens and proteins of collagen assembly, which exhibit high turnover in non-pregnant cervix compared to other tissues and FSRs that continue throughout pregnancy. This finding provides a mechanism to explain how cross-linked collagen is replaced by newly synthesized, less-cross-linked collagens, which allows increased tissue compliance during parturition. The rapid transition requires a reservoir of newly synthesized, less cross-linked collagens, which is assured by the high FSR of soluble collagens in the cervix. These findings suggest a previously unrecognized form of "metabolic flexibility" for ECM in the cervix that underlies rapid transformation in compliance to allow parturition.
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- Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy
- Department of Ob/Gyn and Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biological Science, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Ob/Gyn and Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biological Science, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Ob/Gyn and Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biological Science, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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- Department of Ob/Gyn and Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biological Science, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Syedain ZH, Haynie B, Johnson SL, Lahti M, Berry J, Carney JP, Li J, Hill RC, Hansen KC, Thrivikraman G, Bianco R, Tranquillo RT. Pediatric tri-tube valved conduits made from fibroblast-produced extracellular matrix evaluated over 52 weeks in growing lambs. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/585/eabb7225. [PMID: 33731437 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb7225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
There is a need for replacement heart valves that can grow with children. We fabricated tubes of fibroblast-derived collagenous matrix that have been shown to regenerate and grow as a pulmonary artery replacement in lambs and implemented a design for a valved conduit consisting of three tubes sewn together. Seven lambs were implanted with tri-tube valved conduits in sequential cohorts and compared to bioprosthetic conduits. Valves implanted into the pulmonary artery of two lambs of the first cohort of four animals functioned with mild regurgitation and systolic pressure drops <10 mmHg up to 52 weeks after implantation, during which the valve diameter increased from 19 mm to a physiologically normal ~25 mm. In a second cohort, the valve design was modified to include an additional tube, creating a sleeve around the tri-tube valve to counteract faster root growth relative to the leaflets. Two valves exhibited trivial-to-mild regurgitation at 52 weeks with similar diameter increases to ~25 mm and systolic pressure drops of <5 mmHg, whereas the third valve showed similar findings until moderate regurgitation was observed at 52 weeks, correlating to hyperincrease in the valve diameter. In all explanted valves, the leaflets contained interstitial cells and an endothelium progressing from the base of the leaflets and remained thin and pliable with sparse, punctate microcalcifications. The tri-tube valves demonstrated reduced calcification and improved hemodynamic function compared to clinically used pediatric bioprosthetic valves tested in the same model. This tri-tube valved conduit has potential for long-term valve growth in children.
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- Zeeshan H Syedain
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Experimental Surgical Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Experimental Surgical Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Experimental Surgical Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Experimental Surgical Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. .,Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Mann M, Brasier AR. Evolution of proteomics technologies for understanding respiratory syncytial virus pathogenesis. Expert Rev Proteomics 2021; 18:379-394. [PMID: 34018899 PMCID: PMC8277732 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2021.1931130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major human pathogen associated with long term morbidity. RSV replication occurs primarily in the epithelium, producing a complex cellular response associated with acute inflammation and long-lived changes in pulmonary function and allergic disease. Proteomics approaches provide important insights into post-transcriptional regulatory processes including alterations in cellular complexes regulating the coordinated innate response and epigenome.Areas covered: Peer-reviewed proteomics studies of host responses to RSV infections and proteomics techniques were analyzed. Methodologies identified include 1)." bottom-up" discovery proteomics, 2). Organellar proteomics by LC-gel fractionation; 3). Dynamic changes in protein interaction networks by LC-MS; and 4). selective reaction monitoring MS. We introduce recent developments in single-cell proteomics, top-down mass spectrometry, and photo-cleavable surfactant chemistries that will have impact on understanding how RSV induces extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and airway remodeling.Expert opinion: RSV replication induces global changes in the cellular proteome, dynamic shifts in nuclear proteins, and remodeling of epigenetic regulatory complexes linked to the innate response. Pathways discovered by proteomics technologies have led to deeper mechanistic understanding of the roles of heat shock proteins, redox response, transcriptional elongation complex remodeling and ECM secretion remodeling in host responses to RSV infections and pathological sequelae.
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- Morgan Mann
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Northey JJ, Barrett AS, Acerbi I, Hayward MK, Talamantes S, Dean IS, Mouw JK, Ponik SM, Lakins JN, Huang PJ, Wu J, Shi Q, Samson S, Keely PJ, Mukhtar RA, Liphardt JT, Shepherd JA, Hwang ES, Chen YY, Hansen KC, Littlepage LE, Weaver VM. Stiff stroma increases breast cancer risk by inducing the oncogene ZNF217. J Clin Invest 2021; 130:5721-5737. [PMID: 32721948 DOI: 10.1172/jci129249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Women with dense breasts have an increased lifetime risk of malignancy that has been attributed to a higher epithelial density. Quantitative proteomics, collagen analysis, and mechanical measurements in normal tissue revealed that stroma in the high-density breast contains more oriented, fibrillar collagen that is stiffer and correlates with higher epithelial cell density. microRNA (miR) profiling of breast tissue identified miR-203 as a matrix stiffness-repressed transcript that is downregulated by collagen density and reduced in the breast epithelium of women with high mammographic density. Culture studies demonstrated that ZNF217 mediates a matrix stiffness- and collagen density-induced increase in Akt activity and mammary epithelial cell proliferation. Manipulation of the epithelium in a mouse model of mammographic density supported a causal relationship between stromal stiffness, reduced miR-203, higher levels of the murine homolog Zfp217, and increased Akt activity and mammary epithelial proliferation. ZNF217 was also increased in the normal breast epithelium of women with high mammographic density, correlated positively with epithelial proliferation and density, and inversely with miR-203. The findings identify ZNF217 as a potential target toward which preexisting therapies, such as the Akt inhibitor triciribine, could be used as a chemopreventive agent to reduce cancer risk in women with high mammographic density.
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- Jason J Northey
- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Harper Cancer Research Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Epidemiology), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Harper Cancer Research Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery.,Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Epidemiology), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, Hawaii, USA.,Radiation Oncology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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Narayanan N, Calve S. Extracellular matrix at the muscle - tendon interface: functional roles, techniques to explore and implications for regenerative medicine. Connect Tissue Res 2021; 62:53-71. [PMID: 32856502 PMCID: PMC7718290 DOI: 10.1080/03008207.2020.1814263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
The muscle-tendon interface is an anatomically specialized region that is involved in the efficient transmission of force from muscle to tendon. Due to constant exposure to loading, the interface is susceptible to injury. Current treatment methods do not meet the socioeconomic demands of reduced recovery time without compromising the risk of reinjury, requiring the need for developing alternative strategies. The extracellular matrix (ECM) present in muscle, tendon, and at the interface of these tissues consists of unique molecules that play significant roles in homeostasis and repair. Better, understanding the function of the ECM during development, injury, and aging has the potential to unearth critical missing information that is essential for accelerating the repair at the muscle-tendon interface. Recently, advanced techniques have emerged to explore the ECM for identifying specific roles in musculoskeletal biology. Simultaneously, there is a tremendous increase in the scope for regenerative medicine strategies to address the current clinical deficiencies. Advancements in ECM research can be coupled with the latest regenerative medicine techniques to develop next generation therapies that harness ECM for treating defects at the muscle-tendon interface. The current work provides a comprehensive review on the role of muscle and tendon ECM to provide insights about the role of ECM in the muscle-tendon interface and discusses the latest research techniques to explore the ECM to gathered information for developing regenerative medicine strategies.
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- Naagarajan Narayanan
- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado – Boulder, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80309 – 0427
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado – Boulder, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80309 – 0427
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Asthana A, Tamburrini R, Chaimov D, Gazia C, Walker SJ, Van Dyke M, Tomei A, Lablanche S, Robertson J, Opara EC, Soker S, Orlando G. Comprehensive characterization of the human pancreatic proteome for bioengineering applications. Biomaterials 2020; 270:120613. [PMID: 33561625 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Interactions between the pancreatic extracellular matrix (ECM) and islet cells are known to regulate multiple aspects of islet physiology, including survival, proliferation, and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Recognizing the essential role of ECM in islet survival and function, various engineering approaches have been developed that aim to utilize ECM-based materials to recreate a native-like microenvironment. However, a major impediment to the success of these approaches has been the lack of a robust and comprehensive characterization of the human pancreatic proteome. Herein, by combining mass spectrometry (MS) and multiplex ELISA, we have provided an improved workflow for the in-depth profiling of the proteome, including minor constituents that are generally underrepresented. Moreover, we have further validated the effectiveness of our detergent-free decellularization protocol in the removal of cellular proteins and retention of the matrisome. It has also been established that the decellularized ECM and its derivatives can provide more tissue-specific cues than traditionally used biological scaffolds and are therefore more physiologically relevant for the development of hydrogels, bioinks and medium additives, in order to create a pancreatic niche. The data generated in this study would contribute significantly to the efforts of comprehensively defining the ECM atlas and also serve as a standard for the human pancreatic proteome to provide further guidance for design and engineering strategies for improved tissue engineering scaffolds.
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- Amish Asthana
- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, USA
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- Grenoble Alps University, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics (LBFA), And Environmental and System Biology (BEeSy), Grenoble, France; Inserm, U1055, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, USA; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, USA.
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Ouni E, Ruys SPD, Dolmans MM, Herinckx G, Vertommen D, Amorim CA. Divide-and-Conquer Matrisome Protein (DC-MaP) Strategy: An MS-Friendly Approach to Proteomic Matrisome Characterization. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9141. [PMID: 33266304 PMCID: PMC7730167 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Currently, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is considered a pivotal complex meshwork of macromolecules playing a plethora of biomolecular functions in health and disease beyond its commonly known mechanical role. Only by unraveling its composition can we leverage related tissue engineering and pharmacological efforts. Nevertheless, its unbiased proteomic identification still encounters some limitations mainly due to partial ECM enrichment by precipitation, sequential fractionation using unfriendly-mass spectrometry (MS) detergents, and resuspension with harsh reagents that need to be entirely removed prior to analysis. These methods can be technically challenging and labor-intensive, which affects the reproducibility of ECM identification and induces protein loss. Here, we present a simple new method applicable to tissue fragments of 10 mg and more. The technique has been validated on human ovarian tissue and involves a standardized procedure for sample processing with an MS-compatible detergent and combined centrifugation. This two-step protocol eliminates the need for laborious sample clarification and divides our samples into 2 fractions, soluble and insoluble, successively enriched with matrisome-associated (ECM-interacting) and core matrisome (structural ECM) proteins.
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- Emna Ouni
- Pôle de Recherche en Gynécologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (E.O.); (M.-M.D.)
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- de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (S.P.d.R.); (G.H.); (D.V.)
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- Pôle de Recherche en Gynécologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (E.O.); (M.-M.D.)
- Gynecology and Andrology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (S.P.d.R.); (G.H.); (D.V.)
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- de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (S.P.d.R.); (G.H.); (D.V.)
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- Pôle de Recherche en Gynécologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (E.O.); (M.-M.D.)
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Knott SJ, Brown KA, Josyer H, Carr A, Inman D, Jin S, Friedl A, Ponik SM, Ge Y. Photocleavable Surfactant-Enabled Extracellular Matrix Proteomics. Anal Chem 2020; 92:15693-15698. [PMID: 33232116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) provides an architectural meshwork that surrounds and supports cells. The dysregulation of heavily post-translationally modified ECM proteins directly contributes to various diseases. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics is an ideal tool to identify ECM proteins and characterize their post-translational modifications, but ECM proteomics remains challenging owing to the extremely low solubility of the ECM. Herein, enabled by effective solubilization of ECM proteins using our recently developed photocleavable surfactant, Azo, we have developed a streamlined ECM proteomic strategy that allows fast tissue decellularization, efficient extraction and enrichment of ECM proteins, and rapid digestion prior to reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)-MS analysis. A total of 173 and 225 unique ECM proteins from mouse mammary tumors have been identified using 1D and 2D RPLC-MS/MS, respectively. Moreover, 87 (from 1DLC-MS/MS) and 229 (from 2DLC-MS/MS) post-translational modifications of ECM proteins, including glycosylation, phosphorylation, and hydroxylation, were identified and localized. This Azo-enabled ECM proteomics strategy will streamline the analysis of ECM proteins and promote the study of ECM biology.
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- Samantha J Knott
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1685 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States.,Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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Jacobson KR, Lipp S, Acuna A, Leng Y, Bu Y, Calve S. Comparative Analysis of the Extracellular Matrix Proteome across the Myotendinous Junction. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:3955-3967. [PMID: 32830507 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The myotendinous junction is a highly interdigitated interface designed to transfer muscle-generated force to tendon. Understanding how this interface is formed and organized, as well as identifying tendon- and muscle-specific extracellular matrix (ECM), is critical for designing effective regenerative therapies to restore functionality to damaged muscle-tendon units. However, a comparative analysis of the ECM proteome across this interface has not been conducted. The goal of this study was to resolve the distribution of ECM proteins that are uniformly expressed as well as those specific to each of the muscle, tendon, and junction tissues. The soleus muscles from 5-month-old wild-type C57BL/6 mice were harvested and dissected into the central muscle (M) away from tendon, the junction between muscle and tendon (J) and the tendon (T). Tissues were processed by either homogenizing in guanidine hydrochloride or fractionating to isolate the ECM from more soluble intracellular components and then analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Overall, we found that both tissue processing methods generated similar ECM profiles. Many ECM were found across the muscle-tendon unit, including type I collagen and associated fibril-regulating proteins. The ECM identified exclusively in M were primarily related to the basal lamina, whereas those specific to T and J tissue included thrombospondins and other matricellular ECM. Type XXII collagen (COL22A1) was restricted to J, and we identified COL5A3 as a potential marker of the muscle-tendon interface. Immunohistochemical analysis of key proteins confirmed the restriction of some basal lamina proteins to M, tenascin-C to T, and COL22A1 to J. COL5A3, PRELP, and POSTN were visualized in the tissue surrounding the junction, suggesting that these proteins play a role in stabilizing the interface. This comparative map provides a guide for tissue-specific ECM that can facilitate the spatial visualization of M, J, and T tissues and inform musculoskeletal regenerative therapies.
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- Kathryn R Jacobson
- Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program, 155 S. Grant Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program, 155 S. Grant Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1111 Engineering Center, 427 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Thrivikraman G, Johnson SL, Syedain ZH, Hill RC, Hansen KC, Lee HS, Tranquillo RT. Biologically-engineered mechanical model of a calcified artery. Acta Biomater 2020; 110:164-174. [PMID: 32305446 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Vascular calcification is a commonly occurring pathological process and is recognized as an independent prognostic marker for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recent progress in developing novel therapies to modify vascular calcification is critically hampered due to the lack of reliable in vitro experimental models that recapitulate the structural and mechanical attributes of calcified arteries. In this study, we show the ability to model the behavior of diffuse vascular calcification in vitro using biologically-engineered grafts approximating the composition, structure, and mechanical properties of arteries. Transmural calcification was achieved by exposing the acellular grafts of collagenous ECM to complete medium containing elevated Calcium (Ca) and Phosphate (P) concentrations. It was found that increasing the serum concentration from 2% to 10% increased the extent and degree of calcification based on histochemical, ultrastructural, chemical and thermal analyses. The presence of variably-sized spherical calcific deposits within the matrix further confirmed its morphological similarity to pathologic calcification. Mechanical testing demonstrated up to a 16-fold decrease in compliance due to the calcification, consistent with prior reports for calcified arteries. The model developed thus has potential to improve the design and development of interventional devices and therapies for the diagnosis and treatment of arterial calcification. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The presence of extensive vascular calcification makes angiographic/interventional procedures difficult due to reduced arterial compliance. Current attempts to develop safe and effective non-surgical adjunctive techniques to treat calcified arteries are largely limited by the lack of a physiologically relevant testing platform that mimics the structural and mechanical features of vascular calcification. Herein, we developed an off-the-shelf calcified artery model, with the goal to accelerate the pre-clinical development of novel therapies for the management of arterial calcification. To the extent of our knowledge, this is the first report of an in vitro tissue-engineered model of diffuse arterial calcification.
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McCabe MC, Hill RC, Calderone K, Cui Y, Yan Y, Quan T, Fisher GJ, Hansen KC. Alterations in extracellular matrix composition during aging and photoaging of the skin. Matrix Biol Plus 2020; 8:100041. [PMID: 33543036 PMCID: PMC7852213 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2020.100041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Human skin is composed of the cell-rich epidermis, the extracellular matrix (ECM) rich dermis, and the hypodermis. Within the dermis, a dense network of ECM proteins provides structural support to the skin and regulates a wide variety of signaling pathways which govern cell proliferation and other critical processes. Both intrinsic aging, which occurs steadily over time, and extrinsic aging (photoaging), which occurs as a result of external insults such as solar radiation, cause alterations to the dermal ECM. In this study, we utilized both quantitative and global proteomics, alongside single harmonic generation (SHG) and two-photon autofluorescence (TPAF) imaging, to assess changes in dermal composition during intrinsic and extrinsic aging. We find that both intrinsic and extrinsic aging result in significant decreases in ECM-supporting proteoglycans and structural ECM integrity, evidenced by decreasing collagen abundance and increasing fibril fragmentation. Intrinsic aging also produces changes distinct from those produced by photoaging, including reductions in elastic fiber and crosslinking enzyme abundance. In contrast, photoaging is primarily defined by increases in elastic fiber-associated protein and pro-inflammatory proteases. Changes associated with photoaging are evident even in young (mid 20s) sun-exposed forearm skin, indicating that proteomic evidence of photoaging is present decades prior to clinical signs of photoaging. GO term enrichment revealed that both intrinsic aging and photoaging share common features of chronic inflammation. The proteomic data has been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the data set identifier PXD015982. Intrinsic aging and photoaging both decrease ECM-supporting proteoglycans and structural ECM. Intrinsic aging produces reductions in elastic fiber and crosslinking enzyme abundance. Photoaging results in increases in pro-inflammatory proteases and elastic fiber abundance. Intrinsic aging and photoaging share common features associated with chronic inflammation. Proteomic changes associated with photoaging are evident decades prior to clinical aging signs.
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Key Words
- AUC, area under the curve
- Aging
- CE, cornified envelope
- CNBr, cyanogen bromide
- Collagen
- ECM, extracellular matrix
- Extracellular matrix
- GO, gene ontology
- Photoaging
- Proteomics
- QconCATs, quantitative concatemers
- SHG, single harmonic generation
- Skin
- TPAF, two-photon autofluorescence
- UV, ultraviolet
- iECM, insoluble ECM
- sECM, soluble ECM
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- Maxwell C. McCabe
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Medical Science I R6447, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Medical Science I R6447, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Medical Science I R6447, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Medical Science I R6447, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Medical Science I R6447, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Bousalis D, Lacko CS, Hlavac N, Alkassis F, Wachs RA, Mobini S, Schmidt CE, Kasahara H. Extracellular Matrix Disparities in an Nkx2-5 Mutant Mouse Model of Congenital Heart Disease. Front Cardiovasc Med 2020; 7:93. [PMID: 32548129 PMCID: PMC7272573 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects almost one percent of all live births. Despite diagnostic and surgical reparative advances, the causes and mechanisms of CHD are still primarily unknown. The extracellular matrix plays a large role in cell communication, function, and differentiation, and therefore likely plays a role in disease development and pathophysiology. Cell adhesion and gap junction proteins, such as integrins and connexins, are also essential to cellular communication and behavior, and could interact directly (integrins) or indirectly (connexins) with the extracellular matrix. In this work, we explore disparities in the expression and spatial patterning of extracellular matrix, adhesion, and gap junction proteins between wild type and Nkx2-5 +/R52G mutant mice. Decellularization and proteomic analysis, Western blotting, histology, immunostaining, and mechanical assessment of embryonic and neonatal wild type and Nkx2-5 mutant mouse hearts were performed. An increased abundance of collagen IV, fibronectin, and integrin β-1 was found in Nkx2-5 mutant neonatal mouse hearts, as well as increased expression of connexin 43 in embryonic mutant hearts. Furthermore, a ventricular noncompaction phenotype was observed in both embryonic and neonatal mutant hearts, as well as spatial disorganization of ECM proteins collagen IV and laminin in mutant hearts. Characterizing such properties in a mutant mouse model provides valuable information that can be applied to better understanding the mechanisms of congenital heart disease.
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- Deanna Bousalis
- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Instituto de Micro y Nanotecnología, IMN-CNM, CSIC (CEI UAM+CSIC), Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO, UAM-CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Frid MG, Thurman JM, Hansen KC, Maron BA, Stenmark KR. Inflammation, immunity, and vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension; Evidence for complement involvement? Glob Cardiol Sci Pract 2020; 2020:e202001. [PMID: 32478115 PMCID: PMC7232865 DOI: 10.21542/gcsp.2020.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pulmonary (arterial) hypertension (PH/PAH) is a life-threatening cardiopulmonary disorder. Experimental evidence suggests involvement of inflammatory and autoimmune processes in pathogenesis of PH/PAH, however the triggering and disease-promoting mechanisms remain unknown. The complement system is a key arm of innate immunity implicated in various pro-inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, yet, surprisingly little is known about the role of complement in PH/PAH pathogenesis. The preponderance of the existing data associates complement with PH/PAH via analysis of plasma and does not study the lung directly. Therefore, we aimed to resolve this by analyzing both the mechanisms of local lung-specific complement activation and the correlation of dysregulated plasma complement to clinical outcome in PAH patients. In our recent studies, reviewed herein, we show, for the first time, that immunoglobulin-driven activation of the complement cascade, specifically its alternative pathway, in the pulmonary perivascular areas, is a key mechanism initiating pro-inflammatory processes in the early stage of experimental hypoxic PH (a form of "sterile inflammation"). In human patients with end-stage PAH, we have demonstrated that perivascular deposition of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and activation of the complement cascade are "longitudinally" persistent in the disease. We also showed, using unbiased network analysis, that plasma complement signaling, including again the Alternative pathway, is a prognostic factor of survival in patients with idiopathic PAH (IPAH). Based on these initial findings, we suggest that vascular-specific, immunoglobulin-driven dysregulated complement signaling triggers and maintains pulmonary vascular remodeling and PH. Future experiments in this area would facilitate discoveries on whether complement signaling can serve both as a biomarker and therapeutic target in PH/PAH.
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- Maria G. Frid
- University of Colorado, Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
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- University of Colorado, Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
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Wang T, Hill RC, Dzieciatkowska M, Zhu L, Infante AM, Hu G, Hansen KC, Pei M. Site-Dependent Lineage Preference of Adipose Stem Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:237. [PMID: 32351957 PMCID: PMC7174673 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Adult stem cells have unique properties in both proliferation and differentiation preference. In this study, we hypothesized that adipose stem cells have a depot-dependent lineage preference. Four rabbits were used to provide donor-matched adipose stem cells from either subcutaneous adipose tissue (ScAT) or infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP). Proliferation and multi-lineage differentiation were evaluated in adipose stem cells from donor-matched ScAT and IPFP. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and proteomics were conducted to uncover potential molecular discrepancy in adipose stem cells and their corresponding matrix microenvironments. We found that stem cells from ScAT exhibited significantly higher proliferation and adipogenic capacity compared to those from donor-matched IPFP while stem cells from IPFP displayed significantly higher chondrogenic potential compared to those from donor-matched ScAT. Our findings are strongly endorsed by supportive data from transcriptome and proteomics analyses, indicating a site-dependent lineage preference of adipose stem cells.
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- Tingliang Wang
- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
- WVU Cancer Institute, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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Tarullo SE, Hill RC, Hansen KC, Behbod F, Borges VF, Nelson AC, Lyons TR. Postpartum breast cancer progression is driven by semaphorin 7a-mediated invasion and survival. Oncogene 2020; 39:2772-2785. [PMID: 32020054 PMCID: PMC7103487 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1192-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Young women diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) have poor prognosis due to increased rates of metastasis. In addition, women diagnosed within 10 years of most recent childbirth are approximately three times more likely to develop metastasis than age- and stage-matched nulliparous women. We define these cases as postpartum BC (PPBC) and propose that the unique biology of the postpartum mammary gland drives tumor progression. Our published results revealed roles for SEMA7A in breast tumor cell growth, motility, invasion, and tumor-associated lymphangiogenesis, all of which are also increased in preclinical models of PPBC. However, whether SEMA7A drives progression in PPBC remains largely unexplored. Our results presented herein show that silencing of SEMA7A decreases tumor growth in a model of PPBC, while overexpression is sufficient to increase growth in nulliparous hosts. Further, we show that SEMA7A promotes multiple known drivers of PPBC progression including tumor-associated COX-2 expression and fibroblast-mediated collagen deposition in the tumor microenvironment. In addition, we show for the first time that SEMA7A-expressing cells deposit fibronectin to promote tumor cell survival. Finally, we show that co-expression of SEMA7A/COX-2/FN predicts for poor prognosis in breast cancer patient cohorts. These studies suggest SEMA7A as a key mediator of BC progression, and that targeting SEMA7A may open avenues for novel therapeutic strategies.
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- Sarah E Tarullo
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Young Women's BC Translational Program, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Young Women's BC Translational Program, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
- Young Women's BC Translational Program, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Brechbuhl HM, Barrett AS, Kopin E, Hagen JC, Han AL, Gillen AE, Finlay-Schultz J, Cittelly DM, Owens P, Horwitz KB, Sartorius CA, Hansen K, Kabos P. Fibroblast subtypes define a metastatic matrisome in breast cancer. JCI Insight 2020; 5:130751. [PMID: 32045383 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.130751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Small primary breast cancers can show surprisingly high potential for metastasis. Clinical decision-making for tumor aggressiveness, including molecular profiling, relies primarily on analysis of the cancer cells. Here we show that this analysis is insufficient - that the stromal microenvironment of the primary tumor plays a key role in tumor cell dissemination and implantation at distant sites. We previously described 2 cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) that either express (CD146+) or lack (CD146-) CD146 (official symbol MCAM, alias MUC18). We now find that when mixed with human breast cancer cells, each fibroblast subtype determines the fate of cancer cells: CD146- fibroblasts promoted increased metastasis compared with CD146+ fibroblasts. Potentially novel quantitative and qualitative proteomic analyses showed that CD146+ CAFs produced an environment rich in basement membrane proteins, while CD146- CAFs exhibited increases in fibronectin 1, lysyl oxidase, and tenascin C, all overexpressed in aggressive disease. We also show clinically that CD146- CAFs predicted for likelihood of lymph node involvement even in small primary tumors (<5 cm). Clearly small tumors enriched for CD146- CAFs require aggressive treatments.
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado USA.,Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine
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Yin B, Mendez R, Zhao XY, Rakhit R, Hsu KL, Ewald SE. Automated Spatially Targeted Optical Microproteomics (autoSTOMP) to Determine Protein Complexity of Subcellular Structures. Anal Chem 2020; 92:2005-2010. [PMID: 31869197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Spatially targeted optical microproteomics (STOMP) is a method to study region-specific protein complexity in primary cells and tissue samples. STOMP uses a confocal microscope to visualize structures of interest and to tag the proteins within those structures by a photodriven cross-linking reaction so that they can be affinity purified and identified by mass spectrometry (eLife 2015, 4, e09579). However, the use of a custom photo-cross-linker and the requirement for extensive user intervention during sample tagging have posed barriers to the utilization of STOMP. To address these limitations, we built automated STOMP (autoSTOMP) which uses a customizable code in SikuliX to coordinate image capture and cross-linking functions in Zeiss Zen Black with image processing in FIJI. To increase protocol accessibility, we implemented a commercially available biotin-benzophenone photo-cross-linking and purification protocol. Here we demonstrate that autoSTOMP can efficiently label, purify, and identify proteins belonging to 1-2 μm structures in primary human foreskin fibroblasts or mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells infected with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (Tg). AutoSTOMP can easily be adapted to address a range of research questions using Zeiss Zen Black microscopy systems and LC-MS protocols that are standard in many research cores.
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- Bocheng Yin
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the Carter Immunology Center , University of Virginia School of Medicine , Charlottesville , Virginia 22908-0395 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904-4132 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the Carter Immunology Center , University of Virginia School of Medicine , Charlottesville , Virginia 22908-0395 , United States
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- Mitokinin Inc , 953 Indiana Street , San Francisco , California 94107-3007 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904-4132 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and the Carter Immunology Center , University of Virginia School of Medicine , Charlottesville , Virginia 22908-0395 , United States
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Raghunathan R, Sethi MK, Klein JA, Zaia J. Proteomics, Glycomics, and Glycoproteomics of Matrisome Molecules. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:2138-2148. [PMID: 31471497 PMCID: PMC6823855 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r119.001543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The most straightforward applications of proteomics database searching involve intracellular proteins. Although intracellular gene products number in the thousands, their well-defined post-translational modifications (PTMs) makes database searching practical. By contrast, cell surface and extracellular matrisome proteins pass through the secretory pathway where many become glycosylated, modulating their physicochemical properties, adhesive interactions, and diversifying their functions. Although matrisome proteins number only a few hundred, their high degree of complex glycosylation multiplies the number of theoretical proteoforms by orders of magnitude. Given that extracellular networks that mediate cell-cell and cell-pathogen interactions in physiology depend on glycosylation, it is important to characterize the proteomes, glycomes, and glycoproteomes of matrisome molecules that exist in a given biological context. In this review, we summarize proteomics approaches for characterizing matrisome molecules, with an emphasis on applications to brain diseases. We demonstrate the availability of methods that should greatly increase the availability of information on matrisome molecular structure associated with health and disease.
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- Rekha Raghunathan
- Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218
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- Molecular and Translational Medicine Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Department of Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218; Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218.
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Exploring the extracellular matrix in health and disease using proteomics. Essays Biochem 2019; 63:417-432. [DOI: 10.1042/ebc20190001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of hundreds of proteins that constitutes the scaffold of multicellular organisms. In addition to providing architectural and mechanical support to the surrounding cells, it conveys biochemical signals that regulate cellular processes including proliferation and survival, fate determination, and cell migration. Defects in ECM protein assembly, decreased ECM protein production or, on the contrary, excessive ECM accumulation, have been linked to many pathologies including cardiovascular and skeletal diseases, cancers, and fibrosis. The ECM thus represents a potential reservoir of prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, our understanding of the global protein composition of the ECM and how it changes during pathological processes has remained limited until recently.
In this mini-review, we provide an overview of the latest methodological advances in sample preparation and mass spectrometry-based proteomics that have permitted the profiling of the ECM of now dozens of normal and diseased tissues, including tumors and fibrotic lesions.
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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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Schmitt LR, Henderson R, Barrett A, Darula Z, Issaian A, D'Alessandro A, Clendenen N, Hansen KC. Mass spectrometry-based molecular mapping of native FXIIIa cross-links in insoluble fibrin clots. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:8773-8778. [PMID: 31028172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ac119.007981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The roles of factor XIIIa-specific cross-links in thrombus formation, regression, or probability for embolization are largely unknown. A molecular understanding of fibrin architecture at the level of these cross-links could inform the development of therapeutic strategies to prevent the sequelae of thromboembolism. Here, we present an MS-based method to map native factor XIIIa cross-links in the insoluble matrix component of whole-blood or plasma-fibrin clots and in in vivo thrombi. Using a chaotrope-insoluble digestion method and quantitative cross-linking MS, we identified the previously mapped fibrinogen peptides that are responsible for covalent D-dimer association, as well as dozens of novel cross-links in the αC region of fibrinogen α. Our findings expand the known native cross-linked species from one to over 100 and suggest distinct antiparallel registries for interprotofibril association and covalent attachment of serpins that regulate clot dissolution.
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- Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045 and
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- Laboratory of Proteomics Research, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
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- Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045 and
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and
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Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA. Metabolic underpinnings of leukemia pathology and treatment. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2019; 2:e1139. [PMID: 32721091 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carcinogenic transformation of white blood cells during hematopoiesis leads to the development of leukemia, a cancer characterized by incompetent immune cells and a disruption of normal bone marrow function. Leukemias are diverse in type, affected population, prognosis, and treatment regimen, yet a common theme in leukemia is the dysregulated metabolism of leukemic cells and leukemic stem cells with respect to their noncancerous counterparts. RECENT FINDINGS In this review, we highlight current findings that elucidate metabolic traits unique to the four major types of leukemia, which confer carcinogenic survival but can be potentially exploited for therapeutic intervention. These metabolic features can work in conjunction with or be independent of unique aspects of the bone marrow microenvironment that can also influence cell survival and proliferation, thus sustaining carcinogenesis. CONCLUSION Deepening our understanding of the interactions of leukemias with their niche environments in vivo will inform future treatments for leukemia, particularly for those that are refractive to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and other therapeutic mainstays.
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- Travis Nemkov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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Carlson P, Dasgupta A, Grzelak CA, Kim J, Barrett A, Coleman IM, Shor RE, Goddard ET, Dai J, Schweitzer EM, Lim AR, Crist SB, Cheresh DA, Nelson PS, Hansen KC, Ghajar CM. Targeting the perivascular niche sensitizes disseminated tumour cells to chemotherapy. Nat Cell Biol 2019; 21:238-250. [PMID: 30664790 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0267-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The presence of disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) in bone marrow is predictive of poor metastasis-free survival of patients with breast cancer with localized disease. DTCs persist in distant tissues despite systemic administration of adjuvant chemotherapy. Many assume that this is because the majority of DTCs are quiescent. Here, we challenge this notion and provide evidence that the microenvironment of DTCs protects them from chemotherapy, independent of cell cycle status. We show that chemoresistant DTCs occupy the perivascular niche (PVN) of distant tissues, where they are protected from therapy by vascular endothelium. Inhibiting integrin-mediated interactions between DTCs and the PVN, driven partly by endothelial-derived von Willebrand factor and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, sensitizes DTCs to chemotherapy. Importantly, chemosensitization is achieved without inducing DTC proliferation or exacerbating chemotherapy-associated toxicities, and ultimately results in prevention of bone metastasis. This suggests that prefacing adjuvant therapy with integrin inhibitors is a viable clinical strategy to eradicate DTCs and prevent metastasis.
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- Patrick Carlson
- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Krasny L, Bland P, Kogata N, Wai P, Howard BA, Natrajan RC, Huang PH. SWATH mass spectrometry as a tool for quantitative profiling of the matrisome. J Proteomics 2018; 189:11-22. [PMID: 29501709 PMCID: PMC6215756 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Proteomic analysis of extracellular matrix (ECM) and ECM-associated proteins, collectively known as the matrisome, is a challenging task due to the inherent complexity and insolubility of these proteins. Here we present sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra mass spectrometry (SWATH MS) as a tool for the quantitative analysis of matrisomal proteins in both non-enriched and ECM enriched tissue without the need for prior fractionation. Utilising a spectral library containing 201 matrisomal proteins, we compared the performance and reproducibility of SWATH MS over conventional data-dependent analysis mass spectrometry (DDA MS) in unfractionated murine lung and liver. SWATH MS conferred a 15-20% increase in reproducible peptide identification across replicate experiments in both tissue types and identified 54% more matrisomal proteins in the liver versus DDA MS. We further use SWATH MS to evaluate the quantitative changes in matrisome content that accompanies ECM enrichment. Our data shows that ECM enrichment led to a systematic increase in core matrisomal proteins but resulted in significant losses in matrisome-associated proteins including the cathepsins and proteins of the S100 family. Our proof-of-principle study demonstrates the utility of SWATH MS as a versatile tool for in-depth characterisation of the matrisome in unfractionated and non-enriched tissues. SIGNIFICANCE: The matrisome is a complex network of extracellular matrix (ECM) and ECM-associated proteins that provides scaffolding function to tissues and plays important roles in the regulation of fundamental cellular processes. However, due to its inherent complexity and insolubility, proteomic studies of the matrisome typically require the application of enrichment workflows prior to MS analysis. Such enrichment strategies often lead to losses in soluble matrisome-associated components. In this study, we present sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra mass spectrometry (SWATH MS) as a tool for the quantitative analysis of matrisomal proteins. We show that SWATH MS provides a more reproducible coverage of the matrisome compared to data-dependent analysis (DDA) MS. We also demonstrate that SWATH MS is capable of accurate quantification of matrisomal proteins without prior ECM enrichment and fractionation, which may simplify sample handling workflows and avoid losses in matrisome-associated proteins commonly linked to ECM enrichment.
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- Lukas Krasny
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK; The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK; The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK.
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A tension-mediated glycocalyx-integrin feedback loop promotes mesenchymal-like glioblastoma. Nat Cell Biol 2018; 20:1203-1214. [PMID: 30202050 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0183-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBMs) are recurrent lethal brain tumours. Recurrent GBMs often exhibit mesenchymal, stem-like phenotypes that could explain their resistance to therapy. Analyses revealed that recurrent GBMs have increased tension and express high levels of glycoproteins that increase the bulkiness of the glycocalyx. Studies showed that a bulky glycocalyx potentiates integrin mechanosignalling and tissue tension and promotes a mesenchymal, stem-like phenotype in GBMs. Gain- and loss-of-function studies implicated integrin mechanosignalling as an inducer of GBM growth, survival, invasion and treatment resistance, and a mesenchymal, stem-like phenotype. Mesenchymal-like GBMs were highly contractile and expressed elevated levels of glycoproteins that expanded their glycocalyx, and they were surrounded by a stiff extracellular matrix that potentiated integrin mechanosignalling. Our findings suggest that there is a dynamic and reciprocal link between integrin mechanosignalling and a bulky glycocalyx, implying a causal link towards a mesenchymal, stem-like phenotype in GBMs. Strategies to ameliorate GBM tissue tension offer a therapeutic approach to reduce mortality due to GBM.
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Socovich AM, Naba A. The cancer matrisome: From comprehensive characterization to biomarker discovery. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2018; 89:157-166. [PMID: 29964200 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tumor progression and dissemination critically depend on support from the tumor microenvironment, the ensemble of cellular and acellular components surrounding and interacting with tumor cells. The extracellular matrix (ECM), the complex scaffolding of hundreds of proteins organizing cells in tissues, is a major component of the tumor microenvironment. It orchestrates cellular processes including proliferation, migration, and invasion, that are highly dysregulated during cancer progression. Alterations in ECM abundance, integrity, and mechanical properties have been correlated with poorer prognosis for cancer patients. Yet the ECM proteome, or "matrisome," of tumors remained until recently largely unexplored. This review will present the recent developments in computational and proteomic technologies that have allowed the comprehensive characterization of the ECM of different tumor types and microenvironmental niches. These approaches have resulted in the definition of protein signatures distinguishing tumors from normal tissues, tumors of different stages, primary from secondary tumors, and tumors from other diseased states such as fibrosis. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated that the levels of expression of certain genes encoding ECM and ECM-associated proteins is prognostic of cancer patient survival and can thus serve as biomarkers. Last, proteomic studies have permitted the identification of novel ECM proteins playing functional roles in cancer progression. Such proteins have the potential to be exploited as therapeutic targets.
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- Alexandra M Socovich
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Reisz JA, Barrett AS, Nemkov T, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A. When nature's robots go rogue: exploring protein homeostasis dysfunction and the implications for understanding human aging disease pathologies. Expert Rev Proteomics 2018; 15:293-309. [PMID: 29540077 PMCID: PMC6174679 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2018.1453362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Proteins have been historically regarded as 'nature's robots': Molecular machines that are essential to cellular/extracellular physical mechanical properties and catalyze key reactions for cell/system viability. However, these robots are kept in check by other protein-based machinery to preserve proteome integrity and stability. During aging, protein homeostasis is challenged by oxidation, decreased synthesis, and increasingly inefficient mechanisms responsible for repairing or degrading damaged proteins. In addition, disruptions to protein homeostasis are hallmarks of many neurodegenerative diseases and diseases disproportionately affecting the elderly. Areas covered: Here we summarize age- and disease-related changes to the protein machinery responsible for preserving proteostasis and describe how both aging and disease can each exacerbate damage initiated by the other. We focus on alteration of proteostasis as an etiological or phenomenological factor in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's, along with Down syndrome, ophthalmic pathologies, and cancer. Expert commentary: Understanding the mechanisms of proteostasis and their dysregulation in health and disease will represent an essential breakthrough in the treatment of many (senescence-associated) pathologies. Strides in this field are currently underway and largely attributable to the introduction of high-throughput omics technologies and their combination with novel approaches to explore structural and cross-link biochemistry.
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- Julie A Reisz
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics , University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics , University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics , University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics , University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics , University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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Barrett AS, Maller O, Pickup MW, Weaver VM, Hansen KC. Compartment resolved proteomics reveals a dynamic matrisome in a biomechanically driven model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE 2018; 1:67-75. [PMID: 36908331 PMCID: PMC10003644 DOI: 10.1016/j.regen.2018.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by a severe fibrotic component that compromises treatment, alters the immune cell profile and contributes to patient mortality. It has been shown that early on in this process, dynamic changes in tissue biomechanics play an integral role in supporting pancreatic cancer development and progression. Despite the acknowledgement of its importance, a granular view of how stromal composition changes during the course of PDAC progression remains largely unknown. To mimic the quasi-mesenchymal phenotype and pronounced desmoplastic response observed clinically, we utilized a genetically engineered mouse model of PDAC that is driven by a KrasG12D mutation and loss of Tgfbr2 expression. Application of compartment resolved proteomics revealed that PDAC progression in this KTC model is associated with dynamic stromal alterations that are indicative of a wound healing program. We identified an early provisional matricellular fibrosis that was accompanied by markers of macrophage activation and infiltration, consistent with the inflammatory phase of wound healing. At 20 weeks a proliferative phenotype was observed with increased fibroblast markers, further collagen deposition and loss of basement membrane and native cell markers.
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- Alexander S Barrett
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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