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Targeted Quantification of Protein Phosphorylation and Its Contributions towards Mathematical Modeling of Signaling Pathways. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031143. [PMID: 36770810 PMCID: PMC9919559 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are key regulatory mechanisms that can control protein function. Of these, phosphorylation is the most common and widely studied. Because of its importance in regulating cell signaling, precise and accurate measurements of protein phosphorylation across wide dynamic ranges are crucial to understanding how signaling pathways function. Although immunological assays are commonly used to detect phosphoproteins, their lack of sensitivity, specificity, and selectivity often make them unreliable for quantitative measurements of complex biological samples. Recent advances in Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based targeted proteomics have made it a more useful approach than immunoassays for studying the dynamics of protein phosphorylation. Selected reaction monitoring (SRM)-also known as multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-and parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) can quantify relative and absolute abundances of protein phosphorylation in multiplexed fashions targeting specific pathways. In addition, the refinement of these tools by enrichment and fractionation strategies has improved measurement of phosphorylation of low-abundance proteins. The quantitative data generated are particularly useful for building and parameterizing mathematical models of complex phospho-signaling pathways. Potentially, these models can provide a framework for linking analytical measurements of clinical samples to better diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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Low TY, Mohtar MA, Lee PY, Omar N, Zhou H, Ye M. WIDENING THE BOTTLENECK OF PHOSPHOPROTEOMICS: EVOLVING STRATEGIES FOR PHOSPHOPEPTIDE ENRICHMENT. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2021; 40:309-333. [PMID: 32491218 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phosphorylation is a form of protein posttranslational modification (PTM) that regulates many biological processes. Whereas phosphoproteomics is a scientific discipline that identifies and quantifies the phosphorylated proteome using mass spectrometry (MS). This task is extremely challenging as ~30% of the human proteome is phosphorylated; and each phosphoprotein may exist as multiple phospho-isoforms that are present in low abundance and stoichiometry. Hence, phosphopeptide enrichment techniques are indispensable to (phospho)proteomics laboratories. These enrichment methods encompass widely-adopted techniques such as (i) affinity-based chromatography; (ii) ion exchange and mixed-mode chromatography (iii) enrichment with phospho-specific antibodies and protein domains, and (iv) functionalized polymers and other less common but emerging technologies such as hydroxyapatite chromatography and precipitation with inorganic ions. Here, we review these techniques, their history, continuous development and evaluation. Besides, we outline associating challenges of phosphoproteomics that are linked to experimental design, sample preparation, and proteolytic digestion. In addition, we also discuss about the future outlooks in phosphoproteomics, focusing on elucidating the noncanonical phosphoproteome and deciphering the "dark phosphoproteome". © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Teck Yew Low
- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Centre, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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Sürmen MG, Sürmen S, Ali A, Musharraf SG, Emekli N. Phosphoproteomic strategies in cancer research: a minireview. Analyst 2020; 145:7125-7149. [PMID: 32996481 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00915f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Understanding the cellular processes is central to comprehend disease conditions and is also true for cancer research. Proteomic studies provide significant insight into cancer mechanisms and aid in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Phosphoproteome is one of the most studied complements of the whole proteome given its importance in the understanding of cellular processes such as signaling and regulations. Over the last decade, several new methods have been developed for phosphoproteome analysis. A significant amount of these efforts pertains to cancer research. The current use of powerful analytical instruments in phosphoproteomic approaches has paved the way for deeper and sensitive investigations. However, these methods and techniques need further improvements to deal with challenges posed by the complexity of samples and scarcity of phosphoproteins in the whole proteome, throughput and reproducibility. This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the variety of steps used in phosphoproteomic methods applied in cancer research including the enrichment and fractionation strategies. This will allow researchers to evaluate and choose a better combination of steps for their phosphoproteome studies.
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- Mustafa Gani Sürmen
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ondrej M, Rehulka P, Rehulkova H, Kupcik R, Tichy A. Fractionation of Enriched Phosphopeptides Using pH/Acetonitrile-Gradient-Reversed-Phase Microcolumn Separation in Combination with LC-MS/MS Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21113971. [PMID: 32492839 PMCID: PMC7312998 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21113971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful and sensitive method often used for the identification of phosphoproteins. However, in phosphoproteomics, there is an identified need to compensate for the low abundance, insufficient ionization, and suppression effects of non-phosphorylated peptides. These may hamper the subsequent liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) analysis, resulting in incomplete phosphoproteome characterization, even when using high-resolution instruments. To overcome these drawbacks, we present here an effective microgradient chromatographic technique that yields specific fractions of enriched phosphopeptides compatible with LC–MS/MS analysis. The purpose of our study was to increase the number of identified phosphopeptides, and thus, the coverage of the sample phosphoproteome using the reproducible and straightforward fractionation method. This protocol includes a phosphopeptide enrichment step followed by the optimized microgradient fractionation of enriched phosphopeptides and final LC–MS/MS analysis of the obtained fractions. The simple fractionation system consists of a gas-tight microsyringe delivering the optimized gradient mobile phase to reversed-phase microcolumn. Our data indicate that combining the phosphopeptide enrichment with the microgradient separation is a promising technique for in-depth phosphoproteomic analysis due to moderate input material requirements and more than 3-fold enhanced protein identification.
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- Martin Ondrej
- Department of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense in Brno, 500 01 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (M.O.); (H.R.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pathology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense in Brno, 500 01 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense in Brno, 500 01 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (M.O.); (H.R.)
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- Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense in Brno, 500 01 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (M.O.); (H.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-973-253-216
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Mnatsakanyan R, Shema G, Basik M, Batist G, Borchers CH, Sickmann A, Zahedi RP. Detecting post-translational modification signatures as potential biomarkers in clinical mass spectrometry. Expert Rev Proteomics 2019; 15:515-535. [PMID: 29893147 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2018.1483340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Numerous diseases are caused by changes in post-translational modifications (PTMs). Therefore, the number of clinical proteomics studies that include the analysis of PTMs is increasing. Combining complementary information-for example changes in protein abundance, PTM levels, with the genome and transcriptome (proteogenomics)-holds great promise for discovering important drivers and markers of disease, as variations in copy number, expression levels, or mutations without spatial/functional/isoform information is often insufficient or even misleading. Areas covered: We discuss general considerations, requirements, pitfalls, and future perspectives in applying PTM-centric proteomics to clinical samples. This includes samples obtained from a human subject, for instance (i) bodily fluids such as plasma, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid, (ii) primary cells such as reproductive cells, blood cells, and (iii) tissue samples/biopsies. Expert commentary: PTM-centric discovery proteomics can substantially contribute to the understanding of disease mechanisms by identifying signatures with potential diagnostic or even therapeutic relevance but may require coordinated efforts of interdisciplinary and eventually multi-national consortia, such as initiated in the cancer moonshot program. Additionally, robust and standardized mass spectrometry (MS) assays-particularly targeted MS, MALDI imaging, and immuno-MALDI-may be transferred to the clinic to improve patient stratification for precision medicine, and guide therapies.
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- Ruzanna Mnatsakanyan
- a Protein Dynamics , Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V , Dortmund , 44227 , Germany
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- a Protein Dynamics , Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V , Dortmund , 44227 , Germany
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- b Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology , Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H4A 3T2 , Canada
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- b Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology , Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H4A 3T2 , Canada
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- b Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology , Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H4A 3T2 , Canada.,c University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria , Victoria , British Columbia V8Z 7X8 , Canada.,d Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology , University of Victoria , Victoria , British Columbia , V8P 5C2 , Canada.,e Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3T 1E2 , Canada
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- a Protein Dynamics , Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V , Dortmund , 44227 , Germany.,f Medizinische Fakultät, Medizinische Proteom-Center (MPC), Ruhr-Universität Bochum , 44801 Bochum , Germany.,g Department of Chemistry , College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen AB24 3FX , Scotland , United Kingdom
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- a Protein Dynamics , Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V , Dortmund , 44227 , Germany.,b Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology , Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H4A 3T2 , Canada.,e Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3T 1E2 , Canada
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Choudhury R, Bonacci T, Wang X, Truong A, Arceci A, Zhang Y, Mills CA, Kernan JL, Liu P, Emanuele MJ. The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase SCF(Cyclin F) Transmits AKT Signaling to the Cell-Cycle Machinery. Cell Rep 2018; 20:3212-3222. [PMID: 28954236 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The oncogenic AKT kinase is a key regulator of apoptosis, cell growth, and cell-cycle progression. Despite its important role in proliferation, it remains largely unknown how AKT is mechanistically linked to the cell cycle. We show here that cyclin F, a substrate receptor F-box protein for the SCF (Skp1/Cul1/F-box) family of E3 ubiquitin ligases, is a bona fide AKT substrate. Cyclin F expression oscillates throughout the cell cycle, a rare feature among the 69 human F-box proteins, and all of its known substrates are involved in proliferation. AKT phosphorylation of cyclin F enhances its stability and promotes assembly into productive E3 ligase complexes. Importantly, expression of mutant versions of cyclin F that cannot be phosphorylated by AKT impair cell-cycle entry. Our data suggest that cyclin F transmits mitogen signaling through AKT to the core cell-cycle machinery. This discovery has potential implications for proliferative control in malignancies where AKT is activated.
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- Rajarshi Choudhury
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Chan CYX, Gritsenko MA, Smith RD, Qian WJ. The current state of the art of quantitative phosphoproteomics and its applications to diabetes research. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:421-33. [PMID: 26960075 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2016.1164604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Protein phosphorylation is a fundamental regulatory mechanism in many cellular processes and aberrant perturbation of phosphorylation has been implicated in various human diseases. Kinases and their cognate inhibitors have been considered as hotspots for drug development. Therefore, the emerging tools, which enable a system-wide quantitative profiling of phosphoproteome, would offer a powerful impetus in unveiling novel signaling pathways, drug targets and/or biomarkers for diseases of interest. This review highlights recent advances in phosphoproteomics, the current state of the art of the technologies and the challenges and future perspectives of this research area. Finally, some exemplary applications of phosphoproteomics in diabetes research are underscored.
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- Chi Yuet X'avia Chan
- a Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , WA , USA
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- a Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , WA , USA
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- a Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , WA , USA
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- a Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , WA , USA
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Fichtenbaum A, Schmid R, Mitulović G. Direct injection of HILIC fractions on the reversed-phase trap column improves protein identification rates for salivary proteins. Electrophoresis 2016; 37:2922-2929. [PMID: 27461483 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Online combination of hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) and RP chromatography for separation of tryptic peptides is a challenging approach due to the incompatibility of direct loading HILIC fractions on the RP trapping column. High amounts of organic modifiers in loading solvents decrease the binding efficiency of tryptic peptides on C18 phases and lower the number of identifications. A 500 μL loop upfront of the trapping column filled with aqueous mobile phase was employed as a mixing chamber and enabled direct injections and improved saliva protein identification rates of HILIC fractions.
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- Andreas Fichtenbaum
- Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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Richter E, Mostertz J, Hochgräfe F. Proteomic discovery of host kinase signaling in bacterial infections. Proteomics Clin Appl 2016; 10:994-1010. [PMID: 27440122 PMCID: PMC5096009 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201600035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein phosphorylation catalyzed by protein kinases acts as a reversible molecular switch in signal transduction, providing a mechanism for the control of protein function in cellular processes. During microbial infection, cellular signaling essentially contributes to immune control to restrict the dissemination of invading pathogens within the host organism. However, pathogenic microbes compete for the control of host signaling to create a beneficial environment for successful invasion and infection. Although efforts to achieve a better understanding of the host–pathogen interaction and its molecular consequences have been made, there is urgent need for a comprehensive characterization of infection‐related host signaling processes. System‐wide and hypothesis‐free analysis of phosphorylation‐mediated host signaling during host–microbe interactions by mass spectrometry (MS)‐based methods is not only promising in view of a greater understanding of the pathogenesis of the infection but also may result in the identification of novel host targets for preventive or therapeutic intervention. Here, we review state‐of‐the‐art MS‐based techniques for the system‐wide identification and quantitation of protein phosphorylation and compare them to array‐based phosphoprotein analyses. We also provide an overview of how phosphoproteomics and kinomics have contributed to our understanding of protein kinase‐driven phosphorylation networks that operate during host–microbe interactions.
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- Erik Richter
- Competence Center Functional Genomics, Junior Research Group Pathoproteomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Competence Center Functional Genomics, Junior Research Group Pathoproteomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Competence Center Functional Genomics, Junior Research Group Pathoproteomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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Pagel O, Loroch S, Sickmann A, Zahedi RP. Current strategies and findings in clinically relevant post-translational modification-specific proteomics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2015; 12:235-53. [PMID: 25955281 PMCID: PMC4487610 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2015.1042867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Mass spectrometry-based proteomics has considerably extended our knowledge about the occurrence and dynamics of protein post-translational modifications (PTMs). So far, quantitative proteomics has been mainly used to study PTM regulation in cell culture models, providing new insights into the role of aberrant PTM patterns in human disease. However, continuous technological and methodical developments have paved the way for an increasing number of PTM-specific proteomic studies using clinical samples, often limited in sample amount. Thus, quantitative proteomics holds a great potential to discover, validate and accurately quantify biomarkers in body fluids and primary tissues. A major effort will be to improve the complete integration of robust but sensitive proteomics technology to clinical environments. Here, we discuss PTMs that are relevant for clinical research, with a focus on phosphorylation, glycosylation and proteolytic cleavage; furthermore, we give an overview on the current developments and novel findings in mass spectrometry-based PTM research.
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- Oliver Pagel
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Alpert AJ, Hudecz O, Mechtler K. Anion-exchange chromatography of phosphopeptides: weak anion exchange versus strong anion exchange and anion-exchange chromatography versus electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography. Anal Chem 2015; 87:4704-11. [PMID: 25827581 PMCID: PMC4423237 DOI: 10.1021/ac504420c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Most phosphoproteomics experiments rely on prefractionation of tryptic digests before online liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This study compares the potential and limitations of electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (ERLIC) and anion-exchange chromatography (AEX). At a pH higher than 5, phosphopeptides have two negative charges per residue and are well-retained in AEX. However, peptides with one or two phosphate groups are not separated from peptides with multiple Asp or Glu residues, interfering with the identification of phosphopeptides. At a pH of 2, phosphate residues have just a single negative charge but Asp and Glu are uncharged. This facilitates the separation of phosphopeptides from unmodified acidic peptides. Singly phosphorylated peptides are retained weakly under these conditions, due to electrostatic repulsion, unless hydrophilic interaction is superimposed in the ERLIC mode. Weak anion-exchange (WAX) and strong anion-exchange (SAX) columns were compared, with both peptide standards and a HeLa cell tryptic digest. The SAX column exhibited greater retention at pH 6 than did the WAX column. However, only about 60% as many phosphopeptides were identified with SAX at pH 6 than via ERLIC at pH 2. In one ERLIC run, 12 467 phosphopeptides were identified, including 4233 with more than one phosphate. We conclude that chromatography of phosphopeptides is best performed at low pH in the ERLIC mode. Under those conditions, the performances of the SAX and WAX materials were comparable. The data have been deposited with the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001333.
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- Andrew J. Alpert
- PolyLC
Inc., 9151 Rumsey Road,
Ste. 175, Columbia, Maryland 21045, United States
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- Research
Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Institute
of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research
Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Institute
of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Herring LE, Grant KG, Blackburn K, Haugh JM, Goshe MB. Development of a tandem affinity phosphoproteomic method with motif selectivity and its application in analysis of signal transduction networks. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 988:166-74. [PMID: 25777480 PMCID: PMC4489695 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Phosphorylation is an important post-translational modification that is involved in regulating many signaling pathways. Of particular interest are the growth factor mediated Ras and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathways which, if misregulated, can contribute to the progression of cancer. Phosphoproteomic methods have been developed to study regulation of signaling pathways; however, due to the low stoichiometry of phosphorylation, understanding these pathways is still a challenge. In this study, we have developed a multi-dimensional method incorporating electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (ERLIC) with tandem IMAC/TiO2 enrichment for subsequent phosphopeptide identification by LC/MS/MS. We applied this method to PDGF-stimulated NIH 3T3 cells to provide over 11,000 unique phosphopeptide identifications. Upon motif analysis, IMAC was found to enrich for basophilic kinase substrates while the subsequent TiO2 step enriched for acidophilic kinase substrates, suggesting that both enrichment methods are necessary to capture the full complement of kinase substrates. Biological functions that were over-represented at each PDGF stimulation time point, together with the phosphorylation dynamics of several phosphopeptides containing known kinase phosphorylation sites, illustrate the feasibility of this approach in quantitative phosphoproteomic studies.
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- Laura E Herring
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, United States
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- Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-73522, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, United States.
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Loroch S, Zahedi RP, Sickmann A. Highly Sensitive Phosphoproteomics by Tailoring Solid-Phase Extraction to Electrostatic Repulsion-Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography. Anal Chem 2015; 87:1596-604. [DOI: 10.1021/ac502708m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Stefan Loroch
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften−ISAS−e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften−ISAS−e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften−ISAS−e.V., Otto-Hahn-Straße 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- School of Natural & Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom
- Medizinische
Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße
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Wang H, Sun S, Zhang Y, Chen S, Liu P, Liu B. An off-line high pH reversed-phase fractionation and nano-liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry method for global proteomic profiling of cell lines. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 974:90-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mitulović G. New HPLC Techniques for Proteomics Analysis: A Short Overview of Latest Developments. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2014.941266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Goran Mitulović
- a Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Proteomics Core Facility , Medical University of Vienna , Wien , Austria
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Ahmed S, Grant KG, Edwards LE, Rahman A, Cirit M, Goshe MB, Haugh JM. Data-driven modeling reconciles kinetics of ERK phosphorylation, localization, and activity states. Mol Syst Biol 2014; 10:718. [PMID: 24489118 PMCID: PMC4023404 DOI: 10.1002/msb.134708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The extracellular signal‐regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway controls cell proliferation and differentiation in metazoans. Two hallmarks of its dynamics are adaptation of ERK phosphorylation, which has been linked to negative feedback, and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, which allows active ERK to phosphorylate protein substrates in the nucleus and cytosol. To integrate these complex features, we acquired quantitative biochemical and live‐cell microscopy data to reconcile phosphorylation, localization, and activity states of ERK. While maximal growth factor stimulation elicits transient ERK phosphorylation and nuclear translocation responses, ERK activities available to phosphorylate substrates in the cytosol and nuclei show relatively little or no adaptation. Free ERK activity in the nucleus temporally lags the peak in nuclear translocation, indicating a slow process. Additional experiments, guided by kinetic modeling, show that this process is consistent with ERK's modification of and release from nuclear substrate anchors. Thus, adaptation of whole‐cell ERK phosphorylation is a by‐product of transient protection from phosphatases. Consistent with this interpretation, predictions concerning the dose‐dependence of the pathway response and its interruption by inhibition of MEK were experimentally confirmed.
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- Shoeb Ahmed
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Dudley E, Bond AE. Phosphoproteomic Techniques and Applications. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2014; 95:25-69. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800453-1.00002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Samaddar S, Dutta A, Sinharoy S, Paul A, Bhattacharya A, Saha S, Chien KY, Goshe MB, DasGupta M. Autophosphorylation of gatekeeper tyrosine by symbiosis receptor kinase. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:2972-9. [PMID: 23962520 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) share their evolutionary origin with animal interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK)/Pelle family of soluble kinases and are distinguished by having tyrosine as 'gatekeeper'. This position is adjacent to the hinge region and is hidden in a hydrophobic pocket of the catalytic cleft of protein kinases and is therefore least probable to be a target for any modification. This communication illustrates the accessibility of the gatekeeper site (Y670) towards both autophosphorylation and dephosphorylation in the recombinant cytoplasmic domain of symbiosis receptor kinase from Arachis hypogaea (AhSYMRK). Autophosphorylation on gatekeeper tyrosine was detected prior to extraction but never under in vitro conditions. We hypothesize gatekeeper phosphorylation to be associated with synthesis/maturation of AhSYMRK and this phenomenon may be prevalent among RLKs.
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- Sandip Samaddar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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Giansanti P, Stokes MP, Silva JC, Scholten A, Heck AJR. Interrogating cAMP-dependent kinase signaling in Jurkat T cells via a protein kinase A targeted immune-precipitation phosphoproteomics approach. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:3350-9. [PMID: 23882029 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o113.028456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the past decade, mass-spectrometry-based methods have emerged for the quantitative profiling of dynamic changes in protein phosphorylation, allowing the behavior of thousands of phosphorylation sites to be monitored in a single experiment. However, when one is interested in specific signaling pathways, such shotgun methodologies are not ideal because they lack selectivity and are not cost and time efficient with respect to instrument and data analysis time. Here we evaluate and explore a peptide-centric antibody generated to selectively enrich peptides containing the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) consensus motif. This targeted phosphoproteomic strategy is used to profile temporal quantitative changes of potential PKA substrates in Jurkat T lymphocytes upon prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulation, which increases intracellular cAMP, activating PKA. Our method combines ultra-high-specificity motif-based immunoaffinity purification with cost-efficient stable isotope dimethyl labeling. We identified 655 phosphopeptides, of which 642 (i.e. 98%) contained the consensus motif [R/K][R/K/X]X[pS/pT]. When our data were compared with a large-scale Jurkat T-lymphocyte phosphoproteomics dataset containing more than 10,500 phosphosites, a minimal overlap of 0.2% was observed. This stresses the need for such targeted analyses when the interest is in a particular kinase. Our data provide a resource of likely substrates of PKA, and potentially some substrates of closely related kinases. Network analysis revealed that about half of the observed substrates have been implicated in cAMP-induced signaling. Still, the other half of the here-identified substrates have been less well characterized, representing a valuable resource for future research.
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- Piero Giansanti
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Chen HC, Song J, Williams CM, Shuford CM, Liu J, Wang JP, Li Q, Shi R, Gokce E, Ducoste J, Muddiman DC, Sederoff RR, Chiang VL. Monolignol pathway 4-coumaric acid:coenzyme A ligases in Populus trichocarpa: novel specificity, metabolic regulation, and simulation of coenzyme A ligation fluxes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1501-16. [PMID: 23344904 PMCID: PMC3585612 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.210971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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4-Coumaric acid:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is involved in monolignol biosynthesis for lignification in plant cell walls. It ligates coenzyme A (CoA) with hydroxycinnamic acids, such as 4-coumaric and caffeic acids, into hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA thioesters. The ligation ensures the activated state of the acid for reduction into monolignols. In Populus spp., it has long been thought that one monolignol-specific 4CL is involved. Here, we present evidence of two monolignol 4CLs, Ptr4CL3 and Ptr4CL5, in Populus trichocarpa. Ptr4CL3 is the ortholog of the monolignol 4CL reported for many other species. Ptr4CL5 is novel. The two Ptr4CLs exhibited distinct Michaelis-Menten kinetic properties. Inhibition kinetics demonstrated that hydroxycinnamic acid substrates are also inhibitors of 4CL and suggested that Ptr4CL5 is an allosteric enzyme. Experimentally validated flux simulation, incorporating reaction/inhibition kinetics, suggested two CoA ligation paths in vivo: one through 4-coumaric acid and the other through caffeic acid. We previously showed that a membrane protein complex mediated the 3-hydroxylation of 4-coumaric acid to caffeic acid. The demonstration here of two ligation paths requiring these acids supports this 3-hydroxylation function. Ptr4CL3 regulates both CoA ligation paths with similar efficiencies, whereas Ptr4CL5 regulates primarily the caffeic acid path. Both paths can be inhibited by caffeic acid. The Ptr4CL5-catalyzed caffeic acid metabolism, therefore, may also act to mitigate the inhibition by caffeic acid to maintain a proper ligation flux. A high level of caffeic acid was detected in stem-differentiating xylem of P. trichocarpa. Our results suggest that Ptr4CL5 and caffeic acid coordinately modulate the CoA ligation flux for monolignol biosynthesis.
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Zhang X, Ma H, Huang J, Dai Y. Characterization of the Phosphoproteome in SLE Patients. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53129. [PMID: 23285258 PMCID: PMC3532163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Protein phosphorylation is a complex regulatory event that is involved in the signaling networks that affect virtually every cellular process. The protein phosphorylation may be a novel source for discovering biomarkers and drug targets. However, a systematic analysis of the phosphoproteome in patients with SLE has not been performed. To clarify the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we compared phosphoprotein expression in PBMCs from SLE patients and normal subjects using proteomics analyses. Phosphopeptides were enriched using TiO₂ from PBMCs isolated from 15 SLE patients and 15 healthy subjects and then analyzed by automated LC-MS/MS analysis. Phosphorylation sites were identified and quantitated by MASCOT and MaxQuant. A total of 1035 phosphorylation sites corresponding to 618 NCBI-annotated genes were identified in SLE patients compared with normal subjects. Differentially expressed proteins, peptides and phosphorylation sites were then subjected to bioinformatics analyses. Gene ontology(GO) and pathway analyses showed that nucleic acid metabolism, cellular component organization, transport and multicellular organismal development pathways made up the largest proportions of the differentially expressed genes. Pathway analyses showed that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway and actin cytoskeleton regulators made up the largest proportions of the metabolic pathways. Network analysis showed that rous sarcoma oncogene (SRC), v-rel reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog A (RELA), histone deacetylase (HDA1C) and protein kinase C, delta (PRKCD) play important roles in the stability of the network. These data suggest that aberrant protein phosphorylation may contribute to SLE pathogenesis.
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- Xinzhou Zhang
- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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Choi YS. Reaching for the deep proteome: recent nano liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry-based studies on the deep proteome. Arch Pharm Res 2012; 35:1861-70. [PMID: 23212627 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-012-1102-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Revised: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In the last decade, there has been a dramatic progress in separation techniques, mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics, and this progress has significantly improved the techniques on protein analysis. However, the analysis of low-abundance proteins is still challenging because of the limited performance in the method of choice compared to the complexity and the vast dynamic range of biological samples. Since this issue is a big obstacle in most proteomics investigations, great interest has been paid recently to various techniques, such as multi-dimensional analysis, specific peptide selection, high-abundance protein depletion, ligand library treatment, to address this challenge. Therefore, here, the author reviews recent nano liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry-based studies on the deep proteome, mainly focusing on their methods and perspectives.
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- Yong Seok Choi
- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
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Chien KY, Blackburn K, Liu HC, Goshe MB. Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of chicken embryo fibroblasts infected with cell culture-attenuated and vaccine strains of Marek's disease virus. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:5663-77. [PMID: 23106611 DOI: 10.1021/pr300471y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Vaccination is an effective strategy to reduce the loss of chickens in the poultry industry caused by Marek's Disease (MD), an avian lymphoproliferative disease. The vaccines currently used are from attenuated serotype 1 Marek's disease virus (MDV) or naturally nononcogenic MDV strains. To prepare for future immunity breaks, functional genomic and proteomic studies have been used to better understand the underlying mechanisms of MDV pathogenicity and the effects induced by the vaccine viruses. In this study, a combined approach of quantitative GeLC-MSE and qualitative ERLIC/IMAC/LC-MS/MS analysis were used to identify abundance changes of proteins and the variations of phosphorylation status resulting from the perturbations due to infection with an attenuated oncogenic virus strain (Md11/75C) and several nononcogenic virus strains (CVI988, FC126 and 301B) in vitro. Using this combined approach, several signal transduction pathways mapped by the identified proteins were found to be altered at both the level of protein abundance and phosphorylation. On the basis of this study, a kinase-dependent pathway to regulate phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 to modulate assembly of the protein translation initiation complex was revealed. The differences of 4E-BP1 phosphorylation patterns as well as the measured abundance changes among several other proteins that regulate host transcriptional and translational activities across the virus strains used in this study provide new insight for future functional and biochemical characterization of specific proteins involved in MDV pathogenesis.
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- Ko-yi Chien
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh North Carolina 27695, United States
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de Jong EP, Griffin TJ. Online nanoscale ERLIC-MS outperforms RPLC-MS for shotgun proteomics in complex mixtures. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:5059-64. [PMID: 22950739 DOI: 10.1021/pr300638n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have explored the use of electrostatic repulsion hydrophilic interaction chromatography (ERLIC) as an alternative to the gold-standard in shotgun proteomics: reversed-phase (RP) LC for online ESI-MS/MS. Conditions for sample solubilization and initial gradient conditions were optimized to strike a balance between peptide solubility and maximum peptide retention when using mobile phase with high organic solvent concentration. Online ERLIC-MS demonstrated a 57% increase in total peptide identifications compared to RP-MS. We examined the mechanism of this improved performance and found that it stems from ERLIC's propensity to retain longer peptides, which can be identified with greater confidence. Online nanoscale ERLIC-MS provides a powerful new tool for enhancing MS-based shotgun proteomic in a broad range of applications.
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- Ebbing P de Jong
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Jafari M, Primo V, Smejkal GB, Moskovets EV, Kuo WP, Ivanov AR. Comparison of in-gel protein separation techniques commonly used for fractionation in mass spectrometry-based proteomic profiling. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:2516-26. [PMID: 22899259 PMCID: PMC4234072 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fractionation of complex samples at the cellular, subcellular, protein, or peptide level is an indispensable strategy to improve the sensitivity in mass spectrometry-based proteomic profiling. This study revisits, evaluates, and compares the most common gel-based protein separation techniques i.e. 1D SDS-PAGE, 1D preparative SDS-PAGE, IEF-IPG, and 2D-PAGE in their performance as fractionation approaches in nano LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis of a mixture of protein standards and mitochondrial extracts isolated from rat liver. This work demonstrates that all the above techniques provide complementary protein identification results, but 1D SDS-PAGE and IEF-IPG had the highest number of identifications. The IEF-IPG technique resulted in the highest average number of detected peptides per protein. The 2D-PAGE was evaluated as a protein fractionation approach. This work shows that the recovery of proteins and resulting proteolytic digests is highly dependent on the total volume of the gel matrix. The performed comparison of the fractionation techniques demonstrates the potential of a combination of orthogonal 1D SDS-PAGE and IEF-IPG for the improved sensitivity of profiling without significant decrease in throughput.
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- Mohieddin Jafari
- HSPH Proteomics Resource, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- School of Paramedical Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
- School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Department of Developmental Biology, Boston, MA, USA
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- HSPH Proteomics Resource, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics and Peptidomics for Systems Biology and Biomarker Discovery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 7:313-335. [PMID: 24504115 DOI: 10.1007/s11515-012-1218-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The scientific community has shown great interest in the field of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and peptidomics for its applications in biology. Proteomics technologies have evolved to produce large datasets of proteins or peptides involved in various biological and disease progression processes producing testable hypothesis for complex biological questions. This review provides an introduction and insight to relevant topics in proteomics and peptidomics including biological material selection, sample preparation, separation techniques, peptide fragmentation, post-translation modifications, quantification, bioinformatics, and biomarker discovery and validation. In addition, current literature and remaining challenges and emerging technologies for proteomics and peptidomics are presented.
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Di Palma S, Hennrich ML, Heck AJ, Mohammed S. Recent advances in peptide separation by multidimensional liquid chromatography for proteome analysis. J Proteomics 2012; 75:3791-813. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2012] [Revised: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Carol L Nilsson
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, Texas 77555-0617, United States.
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