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Yeom S, Nam D, Bok KH, Kwon HK, Kim S, Lee SW, Kim HJ. Synthesis of S-Carbamidomethyl Cysteine and Its Use for Quantification of Cysteinyl Peptides by Targeted Proteomics. Anal Chem 2023; 95:14413-14420. [PMID: 37707799 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02768] [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: 09/15/2023]
Abstract
Proteomics has played a central role in the identification of reliable disease biomarkers, which are the basis of precision medicine, a promising approach for tackling recalcitrant diseases such as cancer, that elude conventional treatments. Among proteomic methodologies, targeted proteomics employing stable isotope-labeled (SIL) internal standards is particularly suited for the clinical translation of biomarker information owing to its high throughput and accuracy in the quantitative analysis of patient-derived proteomes. Using SIL internal standards ensures the utmost level of confidence in detection and precision in targeted MS experiments. For successfully establishing assays based on targeted proteomics, it is crucial to secure broad coverage when selecting the SIL standard peptide panel. However, cysteinyl peptides have often been excluded because of cysteine's high chemical reactivity. To address this limitation, a new cysteine building block was developed by incorporating a sulfhydryl group configured with an S-carbamidomethyl group, which is commonly used in proteome sampling. This compound was found to be chemically stable and applicable to a variety of solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) campaigns. Furthermore, a direct comparison of the synthesized SIL peptides and tryptic endogenous peptides demonstrated the potential utility of an SPPS flow based on the new cysteine building block for improving the success of targeted proteomic applications.
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- Suyeon Yeom
- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for ProteoGenome Research, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Y, Huang D, Lv N, Zhu G, Peng J, Chou T, Zhu Z, Wang J, Chen Y, Fang X, Qu J, Chen J, Liu S. Global Quantification of Glutathione S-Transferases in Human Serum Using LC-MS/MS Coupled with Affinity Enrichment. J Proteome Res 2022; 21:1311-1320. [PMID: 35353507 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The members of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) superfamily often exhibit functional overlap and can compensate for each other. Their concentrations in serum are considered as disease biomarkers. A global and quantitative evaluation of serum GSTs is therefore urgent, but there is a lack of efficient approaches due to technological limitations. GSH magnetic beads were examined for their affinity to enrich GSTs in serum, and the enriched GSTs were quantitatively targeted using a Q Exactive HF-X mass spectrometer in parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) mode. To optimize the quantification of GST peptides, sample types, trypsin digestion, and serum loading were carefully assessed; a biosynthetic method was employed to generate isotope-labeled GST peptides, and instrumental parameters were systematically optimized. A total of 134 clinical sera were collected for GST quantification from healthy donors and patients with four liver diseases. Using the new approach, GSTs in healthy sera were profiled: 14 GST peptides were quantified, and the abundance of five GST families was ranked GSTM > GSTP > GSTA > MGST1 > GSTT1, ranging from 0.1 to 4 pmol/L. Furthermore, combining the abundance of multiple GST peptides could effectively distinguish different types of liver diseases. Quantification of serum GSTs through targeted proteomics, therefore, has apparent clinical potential for disease diagnosis.
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- Yuxing Zhang
- College of Life Sciences & Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.,Beijing Institute of Genomics & China National Center for Bioinformation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen 518114, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- College of Life Sciences & Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Beijing Institute of Genomics & China National Center for Bioinformation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen 518114, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518100, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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Grossegesse M, Hartkopf F, Nitsche A, Doellinger J. Stable Isotope-Triggered Offset Fragmentation Allows Massively Multiplexed Target Profiling on Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:2854-2862. [PMID: 32369372 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Parallel-reaction monitoring (PRM) using high resolution, accurate mass (HR/AM) analysis on quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometers, like the Q Exactive, is one of the most promising approaches for targeted protein analysis. However, PRM has a limited multiplexing capacity, which depends heavily on the reproducibility of peptide retention times. To overcome these limitations, we aimed to establish an easily applicable data acquisition mode that allows retention-time-independent massive multiplexing on Q Exactive mass spectrometers. The presented method is based on data-dependent acquisition and is called pseudo-PRM. In principle, high-intensity stable isotope-labeled peptides are used to trigger the repeated fragmentation of the corresponding light peptides. In this way, pseudo-PRM data can be analyzed like normal PRM data. We tested pseudo-PRM for the target detection from yeast, human cells, and serum, showing good reproducibility and sensitivities comparable to normal PRM. We demonstrated further that pseudo-PRM can be used for accurate and precise quantification of target peptides, using both precursor and fragment ion areas. Moreover, we showed multiplexing of more than 1000 targets in a single run. Finally, we applied pseudo-PRM to quantify vaccinia virus proteins during infection, verifying that pseudo-PRM presents an alternative method for multiplexed target profiling on Q Exactive mass spectrometers.
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Chen Q, Jiang Y, Ren Y, Ying M, Lu B. Peptide Selection for Accurate Targeted Protein Quantification via a Dimethylation High-Resolution Mass Spectrum Strategy with a Peptide Release Kinetic Model. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:3809-3819. [PMID: 32149207 PMCID: PMC7057324 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A crucial step in accurate targeted protein quantification using targeted proteomics is to determine optimal proteotypic peptides representing targeted proteins. In this study, a workflow of peptide selection to determine proteotypic peptides using a dimethylation high-resolution mass spectrum strategy with a peptide release kinetic model was investigated and applied in peptide selection of bovine serum albumin. After specificity, digestibility, recovery, and stability evaluation of tryptic peptides in bovine serum albumin, the optimal proteotypic peptide was selected as LVNELTEFAK. The quantification method using LVNELTEFAK gave a linear range of 1-100 ppm with the coefficient greater than 0.9990, and the detection limit of bovine serum albumin in milk was 0.78 mg/kg. Compared with the proteotypic peptides selected by Skyline, the method showed a better performance in method validation. The workflow exhibited high comprehensiveness and efficiency in peptide selection, facilitating accurate targeted protein quantification in the food matrix, which lack protein standards.
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- Qi Chen
- National
Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment,
Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry
of Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation
of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food
Processing, Fuli Institute of Food Science, College of Biosystems
Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Ningbo
Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment,
Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry
of Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation
of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food
Processing, Fuli Institute of Food Science, College of Biosystems
Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- Yangtze
Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing 314006, China
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- Zhejiang
Grain and Oil Product Quality Inspection Center, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment,
Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry
of Agriculture, Key Laboratory for Agro-Products Nutritional Evaluation
of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food
Processing, Fuli Institute of Food Science, College of Biosystems
Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Ningbo
Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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Libicher K, Hornberger R, Heymann M, Mutschler H. In vitro self-replication and multicistronic expression of large synthetic genomes. Nat Commun 2020; 11:904. [PMID: 32060271 PMCID: PMC7021806 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14694-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The generation of a chemical system capable of replication and evolution is a key objective of synthetic biology. This could be achieved by in vitro reconstitution of a minimal self-sustaining central dogma consisting of DNA replication, transcription and translation. Here, we present an in vitro translation system, which enables self-encoded replication and expression of large DNA genomes under well-defined, cell-free conditions. In particular, we demonstrate self-replication of a multipartite genome of more than 116 kb encompassing the full set of Escherichia coli translation factors, all three ribosomal RNAs, an energy regeneration system, as well as RNA and DNA polymerases. Parallel to DNA replication, our system enables synthesis of at least 30 encoded translation factors, half of which are expressed in amounts equal to or greater than their respective input levels. Our optimized cell-free expression platform could provide a chassis for the generation of a partially self-replicating in vitro translation system.
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- K Libicher
- Biomimetic Systems, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Biomimetic Systems, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Intelligent Biointegrative Systems Group, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biomimetic Systems, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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Calderón-Celis F, Encinar JR, Sanz-Medel A. Standardization approaches in absolute quantitative proteomics with mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2018; 37:715-737. [PMID: 28758227 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Mass spectrometry-based approaches have enabled important breakthroughs in quantitative proteomics in the last decades. This development is reflected in the better quantitative assessment of protein levels as well as to understand post-translational modifications and protein complexes and networks. Nowadays, the focus of quantitative proteomics shifted from the relative determination of proteins (ie, differential expression between two or more cellular states) to absolute quantity determination, required for a more-thorough characterization of biological models and comprehension of the proteome dynamism, as well as for the search and validation of novel protein biomarkers. However, the physico-chemical environment of the analyte species affects strongly the ionization efficiency in most mass spectrometry (MS) types, which thereby require the use of specially designed standardization approaches to provide absolute quantifications. Most common of such approaches nowadays include (i) the use of stable isotope-labeled peptide standards, isotopologues to the target proteotypic peptides expected after tryptic digestion of the target protein; (ii) use of stable isotope-labeled protein standards to compensate for sample preparation, sample loss, and proteolysis steps; (iii) isobaric reagents, which after fragmentation in the MS/MS analysis provide a final detectable mass shift, can be used to tag both analyte and standard samples; (iv) label-free approaches in which the absolute quantitative data are not obtained through the use of any kind of labeling, but from computational normalization of the raw data and adequate standards; (v) elemental mass spectrometry-based workflows able to provide directly absolute quantification of peptides/proteins that contain an ICP-detectable element. A critical insight from the Analytical Chemistry perspective of the different standardization approaches and their combinations used so far for absolute quantitative MS-based (molecular and elemental) proteomics is provided in this review.
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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Narumi R, Masuda K, Tomonaga T, Adachi J, Ueda HR, Shimizu Y. Cell-free synthesis of stable isotope-labeled internal standards for targeted quantitative proteomics. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2018; 3:97-104. [PMID: 29900422 PMCID: PMC5995455 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2018.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
High-sensitivity mass spectrometry approaches using selected reaction monitoring (SRM) or multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) methods are powerful tools for targeted quantitative proteomics-based investigation of dynamics in specific biological systems. Both high-sensitivity detection of low-abundance proteins and their quantification using this technique employ stable isotope-labeled peptide internal standards. Currently, there are various ways for preparing standards, including chemical peptide synthesis, cellular protein expression, and cell-free protein or peptide synthesis. Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) or in vitro translation (IVT) systems in particular provide high-throughput and low-cost preparation methods, and various cell types and reconstituted forms are now commercially available. Herein, we review the use of such systems for precise and reliable protein quantification.
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- Ryohei Narumi
- Laboratory of Proteome Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 7-6-8, Satio-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Laboratory for Single Cell Mass Spectrometry, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 6-2-3, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Laboratory of Proteome Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 7-6-8, Satio-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Laboratory of Proteome Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 7-6-8, Satio-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Laboratory for Synthetic Biology, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 6-2-3, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Laboratory for Single Cell Mass Spectrometry, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 6-2-3, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
- Laboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 6-2-3, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
- Corresponding author. Laboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), 6-2-3, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan.
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Percy AJ, Michaud SA, Jardim A, Sinclair NJ, Zhang S, Mohammed Y, Palmer AL, Hardie DB, Yang J, LeBlanc AM, Borchers CH. Multiplexed MRM-based assays for the quantitation of proteins in mouse plasma and heart tissue. Proteomics 2016; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201600097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Andrew J. Percy
- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- MRM Proteomics; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology; McGill University; Montreal QC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- MRM Proteomics; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics; Leiden University Medical Center; ZA Leiden Netherlands
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- MRM Proteomics; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre; , Vancouver Island Technology Park; Victoria BC Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; University of Victoria; Victoria BC Canada
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Proteomics progresses in microbial physiology and clinical antimicrobial therapy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2016; 36:403-413. [PMID: 27812806 PMCID: PMC5309286 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-016-2816-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Clinical microbial identification plays an important role in optimizing the management of infectious diseases and provides diagnostic and therapeutic support for clinical management. Microbial proteomic research is aimed at identifying proteins associated with microbial activity, which has facilitated the discovery of microbial physiology changes and host–pathogen interactions during bacterial infection and antimicrobial therapy. Here, we summarize proteomic-driven progresses of host–microbial pathogen interactions at multiple levels, mass spectrometry-based microbial proteome identification for clinical diagnosis, and antimicrobial therapy. Proteomic technique progresses pave new ways towards effective prevention and drug discovery for microbial-induced infectious diseases.
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