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Link AJ, Niu X, Weaver CM, Jennings JL, Duncan DT, McAfee KJ, Sammons M, Gerbasi VR, Farley AR, Fleischer TC, Browne CM, Samir P, Galassie A, Boone B. Targeted Identification of Protein Interactions in Eukaryotic mRNA Translation. Proteomics 2020; 20:e1900177. [PMID: 32027465 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201900177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To identify protein-protein interactions and phosphorylated amino acid sites in eukaryotic mRNA translation, replicate TAP-MudPIT and control experiments are performed targeting Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes previously implicated in eukaryotic mRNA translation by their genetic and/or functional roles in translation initiation, elongation, termination, or interactions with ribosomal complexes. Replicate tandem affinity purifications of each targeted yeast TAP-tagged mRNA translation protein coupled with multidimensional liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry analysis are used to identify and quantify copurifying proteins. To improve sensitivity and minimize spurious, nonspecific interactions, a novel cross-validation approach is employed to identify the most statistically significant protein-protein interactions. Using experimental and computational strategies discussed herein, the previously described protein composition of the canonical eukaryotic mRNA translation initiation, elongation, and termination complexes is calculated. In addition, statistically significant unpublished protein interactions and phosphorylation sites for S. cerevisiae's mRNA translation proteins and complexes are identified.
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- Andrew J Link
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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Sung U, Binda F, Savchenko V, Owens WA, Daws LC. Ca 2+ dependent surface trafficking of norepinephrine transporters depends on threonine 30 and Ca 2+ calmodulin kinases. J Chem Neuroanat 2016; 83-84:19-35. [PMID: 28017803 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The antidepressant-sensitive norepinephrine (NE) transporter (NET) inactivates NE released during central and peripheral neuronal activity by transport into presynaptic cells. Altered NE clearance due to dysfunction of NET has been associated with the development of mental illness and cardiovascular diseases. NET activity in vivo is influenced by stress, neuronal activity, hormones and drugs. We investigated the mechanisms of Ca2+ regulation of NET and found that Ca2+ influenced both Vmax and Km for NE transport into cortical synaptosomes. Changes in extracellular Ca2+ triggered rapid and bidirectional surface trafficking of NET expressed in cultured cells. Deletion of residues 28-47 in the NET NH2-terminus abolished the Ca2+ effect on surface trafficking. Mutagenesis studies identified Thr30 in this region as the essential residue for both Ca2+- dependent phosphorylation and trafficking of NET. Depolarization of excitable cells increased surface NET in a Thr30 dependent manner. A proteomic analysis, RNA interference, and pharmacological inhibition supported roles of CaMKI and CaMKII in Ca2+-modulated NE transport and NET trafficking. Depolarization of primary noradrenergic neurons in culture with elevated K+ increased NET surface expression in a process that required external Ca2+ and depended on CaMK activity. Hippocampal NE clearance in vivo was also stimulated by depolarization, and inhibitors of CaMK signaling prevented this stimulation. In summary, Ca2+ signaling influenced surface trafficking of NET through a CaMK-dependent mechanism requiring Thr30.
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- Uhna Sung
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-8548, United States.
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-8548, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, United States.
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Spencer CT, Bezbradica JS, Ramos MG, Arico CD, Conant SB, Gilchuk P, Gray JJ, Zheng M, Niu X, Hildebrand W, Link AJ, Joyce S. Viral infection causes a shift in the self peptide repertoire presented by human MHC class I molecules. Proteomics Clin Appl 2016; 9:1035-52. [PMID: 26768311 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201500106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE MHC class I presentation of peptides allows T cells to survey the cytoplasmic protein milieu of host cells. During infection, presentation of self peptides is, in part, replaced by presentation of microbial peptides. However, little is known about the self peptides presented during infection, despite the fact that microbial infections alter host cell gene expression patterns and protein metabolism. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The self peptide repertoire presented by HLA-A*01;01, HLA-A*02;01, HLA-B*07;02, HLA-B*35;01, and HLA-B*45;01 (where HLA is human leukocyte antigen) was determined by tandem MS before and after vaccinia virus infection. RESULTS We observed a profound alteration in the self peptide repertoire with hundreds of self peptides uniquely presented after infection for which we have coined the term "self peptidome shift." The fraction of novel self peptides presented following infection varied for different HLA class I molecules. A large part (approximately 40%) of the self peptidome shift arose from peptides derived from type I interferon-inducible genes, consistent with cellular responses to viral infection. Interestingly, approximately 12% of self peptides presented after infection showed allelic variation when searched against approximately 300 human genomes. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Self peptidome shift in a clinical transplant setting could result in alloreactivity by presenting new self peptides in the context of infection-induced inflammation.
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- Charles T Spencer
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA.,Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Centre, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Nashville, TN, USA.,Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Markakpo US, Bosompem KM, Dzodzomenyo M, Danso-Appiah A, Essuman EE, Anyan WK, Suzuki M, Stephens JK, Anim-Baidoo I, Asmah RH, Ofori MF, Madjitey P, Danquah JB, Frempong NA, Kwofie KD, Amoa-Bosompem M, Sullivan D, Fobil JN, Quakyi IA. Minimising invasiveness in diagnostics: developing a rapid urine-based monoclonal antibody dipstick test for malaria. Trop Med Int Health 2016; 21:1263-1271. [PMID: 27546068 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To generate monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) for developing a rapid malaria diagnostic urine-based assay (RUBDA), using Plasmodium-infected human urinary antigens. METHODS Plasmodium-infected human urinary (PAgHU) and cultured parasite (CPfAg) antigens were used to generate mouse MAbs. The reactivity and accuracy of the MAbs produced were then evaluated using microplate ELISA, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting assay, microscopy and immunochromatographic tests. RESULTS Ninety-six MAb clones were generated, of which 68.8% reacted to both PAgHU and CPfAg, 31.3% reacted to PAgHU only, and none reacted to CPfAg only. One promising MAb (UCP4W7) reacted in WBA, to both PAgHU and CPfAg, but not to Plasmodium-negative human urine and blood, Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni antigens nor measles and poliomyelitis vaccines. CONCLUSION MAb UCP4W7 seems promising for diagnosing Plasmodium infection. Urine is a reliable biomarker source for developing non-invasive malaria diagnostic tests. SDS-PAGE and MAb-based WBA appear explorable in assays for detecting different levels of Plasmodium parasitaemia.
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- Uri S Markakpo
- School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. .,Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.,Section of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korlebu, Ghana
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korlebu, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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Gilchuk P, Spencer CT, Conant SB, Hill T, Gray JJ, Niu X, Zheng M, Erickson JJ, Boyd KL, McAfee KJ, Oseroff C, Hadrup SR, Bennink JR, Hildebrand W, Edwards KM, Crowe JE, Williams JV, Buus S, Sette A, Schumacher TNM, Link AJ, Joyce S. Discovering naturally processed antigenic determinants that confer protective T cell immunity. J Clin Invest 2013; 123:1976-87. [PMID: 23543059 DOI: 10.1172/jci67388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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CD8+ T cells (TCD8) confer protective immunity against many infectious diseases, suggesting that microbial TCD8 determinants are promising vaccine targets. Nevertheless, current T cell antigen identification approaches do not discern which epitopes drive protective immunity during active infection - information that is critical for the rational design of TCD8-targeted vaccines. We employed a proteomics-based approach for large-scale discovery of naturally processed determinants derived from a complex pathogen, vaccinia virus (VACV), that are presented by the most frequent representatives of four major HLA class I supertypes. Immunologic characterization revealed that many previously unidentified VACV determinants were recognized by smallpox-vaccinated human peripheral blood cells in a variegated manner. Many such determinants were recognized by HLA class I-transgenic mouse immune TCD8 too and elicited protective TCD8 immunity against lethal intranasal VACV infection. Notably, efficient processing and stable presentation of immune determinants as well as the availability of naive TCD8 precursors were sufficient to drive a multifunctional, protective TCD8 response. Our approach uses fundamental insights into T cell epitope processing and presentation to define targets of protective TCD8 immunity within human pathogens that have complex proteomes, suggesting that this approach has general applicability in vaccine sciences.
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- Pavlo Gilchuk
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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González JF, Myers MP, Venturi V. The inter-kingdom solo OryR regulator of Xanthomonas oryzae is important for motility. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2013; 14:211-21. [PMID: 23083431 PMCID: PMC6638885 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00843.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The LuxR-type transcriptional regulator OryR of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a member of a subgroup of regulators found in plant-associated bacteria that are known to respond to plant signals. OryR has been shown previously to positively regulate the neighbouring pip gene and to be important for rice virulence. The role of this inter-kingdom signalling regulator was investigated through a genome-wide transcriptome analysis. OryR was found to positively regulate 220 genes, whereas 110 were down-regulated. A significant over-representation of movement-related genes among the positively regulated ones was found, including 30 flagellar genes, accounting for 14% of the up-regulated genes above the two-fold cut-off value. In Xoo, both swimming and swarming respond to rice macerate and OryR plays a role in the induction of both of these types of motility under these conditions. In this study, we have also shown that the flagellar regulator flhF contains a lux box-like element in its promoter region, similar to the oryR-regulated neighbouring pip gene; via the use of a transcriptional fusion reporter, it was shown that flhF is regulated by OryR. Finally, the role of OryR in motility was also demonstrated by the significant reduction in flagellin content in the oryR Xoo mutant with respect to the wild-type, as observed by in planta proteomics studies.
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- Juan F González
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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Spencer CT, Dragovic SM, Conant SB, Gray JJ, Zheng M, Samir P, Niu X, Moutaftsi M, Van Kaer L, Sette A, Link AJ, Joyce S. Sculpting MHC class II-restricted self and non-self peptidome by the class I Ag-processing machinery and its impact on Th-cell responses. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:1162-72. [PMID: 23386199 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201243087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Revised: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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It is generally assumed that the MHC class I antigen (Ag)-processing (CAP) machinery - which supplies peptides for presentation by class I molecules - plays no role in class II-restricted presentation of cytoplasmic Ags. In striking contrast to this assumption, we previously reported that proteasome inhibition, TAP deficiency or ERAAP deficiency led to dramatically altered T helper (Th)-cell responses to allograft (HY) and microbial (Listeria monocytogenes) Ags. Herein, we tested whether altered Ag processing and presentation, altered CD4(+) T-cell repertoire, or both underlay the above finding. We found that TAP deficiency and ERAAP deficiency dramatically altered the quality of class II-associated self peptides suggesting that the CAP machinery impacts class II-restricted Ag processing and presentation. Consistent with altered self peptidomes, the CD4(+) T-cell receptor repertoire of mice deficient in the CAP machinery substantially differed from that of WT animals resulting in altered CD4(+) T-cell Ag recognition patterns. These data suggest that TAP and ERAAP sculpt the class II-restricted peptidome, impacting the CD4(+) T-cell repertoire, and ultimately altering Th-cell responses. Together with our previous findings, these data suggest multiple CAP machinery components sequester or degrade MHC class II-restricted epitopes that would otherwise be capable of eliciting functional Th-cell responses.
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- Charles T Spencer
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Jian L, Niu X, Xia Z, Samir P, Sumanasekera C, Mu Z, Jennings JL, Hoek KL, Allos T, Howard LM, Edwards KM, Weil PA, Link AJ. A novel algorithm for validating peptide identification from a shotgun proteomics search engine. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1108-19. [PMID: 23402659 DOI: 10.1021/pr300631t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has revolutionized the proteomics analysis of complexes, cells, and tissues. In a typical proteomic analysis, the tandem mass spectra from a LC-MS/MS experiment are assigned to a peptide by a search engine that compares the experimental MS/MS peptide data to theoretical peptide sequences in a protein database. The peptide spectra matches are then used to infer a list of identified proteins in the original sample. However, the search engines often fail to distinguish between correct and incorrect peptides assignments. In this study, we designed and implemented a novel algorithm called De-Noise to reduce the number of incorrect peptide matches and maximize the number of correct peptides at a fixed false discovery rate using a minimal number of scoring outputs from the SEQUEST search engine. The novel algorithm uses a three-step process: data cleaning, data refining through a SVM-based decision function, and a final data refining step based on proteolytic peptide patterns. Using proteomics data generated on different types of mass spectrometers, we optimized the De-Noise algorithm on the basis of the resolution and mass accuracy of the mass spectrometer employed in the LC-MS/MS experiment. Our results demonstrate De-Noise improves peptide identification compared to other methods used to process the peptide sequence matches assigned by SEQUEST. Because De-Noise uses a limited number of scoring attributes, it can be easily implemented with other search engines.
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- Ling Jian
- Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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The yeast eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B translation initiation complex interacts with the fatty acid synthesis enzyme YBR159W and endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Mol Cell Biol 2012; 33:1041-56. [PMID: 23263984 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00811-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Using affinity purifications coupled with mass spectrometry and yeast two-hybrid assays, we show the Saccharomyces cerevisiae translation initiation factor complex eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B) and the very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) synthesis keto-reductase enzyme YBR159W physically interact. The data show that the interaction is specifically between YBR159W and eIF2B and not between other members of the translation initiation or VLCFA pathways. A ybr159wΔ null strain has a slow-growth phenotype and a reduced translation rate but a normal GCN4 response to amino acid starvation. Although YBR159W localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, subcellular fractionation experiments show that a fraction of eIF2B cofractionates with lipid membranes in a YBR159W-independent manner. We show that a ybr159wΔ yeast strain and other strains with null mutations in the VLCFA pathway cause eIF2B to appear as numerous foci throughout the cytoplasm.
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Nesvizhskii AI. Computational and informatics strategies for identification of specific protein interaction partners in affinity purification mass spectrometry experiments. Proteomics 2012; 12:1639-55. [PMID: 22611043 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Analysis of protein interaction networks and protein complexes using affinity purification and mass spectrometry (AP/MS) is among most commonly used and successful applications of proteomics technologies. One of the foremost challenges of AP/MS data is a large number of false-positive protein interactions present in unfiltered data sets. Here we review computational and informatics strategies for detecting specific protein interaction partners in AP/MS experiments, with a focus on incomplete (as opposite to genome wide) interactome mapping studies. These strategies range from standard statistical approaches, to empirical scoring schemes optimized for a particular type of data, to advanced computational frameworks. The common denominator among these methods is the use of label-free quantitative information such as spectral counts or integrated peptide intensities that can be extracted from AP/MS data. We also discuss related issues such as combining multiple biological or technical replicates, and dealing with data generated using different tagging strategies. Computational approaches for benchmarking of scoring methods are discussed, and the need for generation of reference AP/MS data sets is highlighted. Finally, we discuss the possibility of more extended modeling of experimental AP/MS data, including integration with external information such as protein interaction predictions based on functional genomics data.
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The sodium channel accessory subunit Navβ1 regulates neuronal excitability through modulation of repolarizing voltage-gated K⁺ channels. J Neurosci 2012; 32:5716-27. [PMID: 22539834 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.6450-11.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The channel pore-forming α subunit Kv4.2 is a major constituent of A-type (I(A)) potassium currents and a key regulator of neuronal membrane excitability. Multiple mechanisms regulate the properties, subcellular targeting, and cell-surface expression of Kv4.2-encoded channels. In the present study, shotgun proteomic analyses of immunoprecipitated mouse brain Kv4.2 channel complexes unexpectedly identified the voltage-gated Na⁺ channel accessory subunit Navβ1. Voltage-clamp and current-clamp recordings revealed that knockdown of Navβ1 decreases I(A) densities in isolated cortical neurons and that action potential waveforms are prolonged and repetitive firing is increased in Scn1b-null cortical pyramidal neurons lacking Navβ1. Biochemical and voltage-clamp experiments further demonstrated that Navβ1 interacts with and increases the stability of the heterologously expressed Kv4.2 protein, resulting in greater total and cell-surface Kv4.2 protein expression and in larger Kv4.2-encoded current densities. Together, the results presented here identify Navβ1 as a component of native neuronal Kv4.2-encoded I(A) channel complexes and a novel regulator of I(A) channel densities and neuronal excitability.
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Donninger H, Barnoud T, Nelson N, Kassler S, Clark J, Cummins TD, Powell DW, Nyante S, Millikan RC, Clark GJ. RASSF1A and the rs2073498 Cancer Associated SNP. Front Oncol 2011; 1:54. [PMID: 22649770 PMCID: PMC3355887 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2011.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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RASSF1A is one of the most frequently inactivated tumor suppressors yet identified in human cancer. It is pro-apoptotic and appears to function as a scaffolding protein that interacts with a variety of other tumor suppressors to modulate their function. It can also complex with the Ras oncoprotein and may serve to integrate pro-growth and pro-death signaling pathways. A SNP has been identified that is present in approximately 29% of European populations [rs2073498, A(133)S]. Several studies have now presented evidence that this SNP is associated with an enhanced risk of developing breast cancer. We have used a proteomics based approach to identify multiple differences in the pattern of protein/protein interactions mediated by the wild type compared to the SNP variant protein. We have also identified a significant difference in biological activity between wild type and SNP variant protein. However, we have found only a very modest association of the SNP with breast cancer predisposition.
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- Howard Donninger
- Molecular Targets Program, Department of Medicine, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA
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Mushrush DJ, Koteiche HA, Sammons MA, Link AJ, McHaourab HS, Lacy DB. Studies of the mechanistic details of the pH-dependent association of botulinum neurotoxin with membranes. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:27011-8. [PMID: 21652698 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.256982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) belongs to a large class of toxic proteins that act by enzymatically modifying cytosolic substrates within eukaryotic cells. The process by which a catalytic moiety is transferred across a membrane to enter the cytosol is not understood for any such toxin. BoNT is known to form pH-dependent pores important for the translocation of the catalytic domain into the cytosol. As a first step toward understanding this process, we investigated the mechanism by which the translocation domain of BoNT associates with a model liposome membrane. We report conditions that allow pH-dependent proteoliposome formation and identify a sequence at the translocation domain C terminus that is protected from proteolytic degradation in the context of the proteoliposome. Fluorescence quenching experiments suggest that residues within this sequence move to a hydrophobic environment upon association with liposomes. EPR analyses of spin-labeled mutants reveal major conformational changes in a distinct region of the structure upon association and indicate the formation of an oligomeric membrane-associated intermediate. Together, these data support a model of how BoNT orients with membranes in response to low pH.
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- Darren J Mushrush
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Farley AR, Powell DW, Weaver CM, Jennings JL, Link AJ. Assessing the components of the eIF3 complex and their phosphorylation status. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:1481-94. [PMID: 21280672 DOI: 10.1021/pr100877m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) is an essential, highly conserved multiprotein complex that is a key component in the recruitment and assembly of the translation initiation machinery. To better understand the molecular function of eIF3, we examined its composition and phosphorylation status in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast eIF3 complex contains five core components: Rpg1, Nip1, Prt1, Tif34, and Tif35. 2-D LC-MS/MS analysis of affinity purified eIF3 complexes showed that several other initiation factors (Fun12, Tif5, Sui3, Pab1, Hcr1, and Sui1) and the casein kinase 2 complex (CK2) copurify. In Vivo metabolic labeling of proteins with (32)P revealed that Nip1 is phosphorylated. Using 2-D LC-MS/MS analysis of eIF3 complexes, we identified Prt1 phosphopeptides indicating phosphorylation at S22 and T707 and a Tif5 phosphopeptide with phosphorylation at T191. Additionally, we used immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) to enrich for eIF3 phosphopeptides and tandem mass spectrometry to identify phosphorylated residues. We found that three CK2 consensus sequences in Nip1 are phosphorylated: S98, S99, and S103. Using in vitro kinase assays, we showed that CK2 phophorylates Nip1 and that a synthetic Nip1 peptide containing S98, S99, and S103 competitively inhibits the reaction. Replacement of these three Nip1 serines with alanines causes a slow growth phenotype.
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- Adam R Farley
- Department of Biochemisty, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2363, United States
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gis2 interacts with the translation machinery and is orthogonal to myotonic dystrophy type 2 protein ZNF9. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 406:13-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.01.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fleischer TC, Murphy BR, Flick JS, Terry-Lorenzo RT, Gao ZH, Davis T, McKinnon R, Ostanin K, Willardsen JA, Boniface JJ. Chemical proteomics identifies Nampt as the target of CB30865, an orphan cytotoxic compound. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 17:659-64. [PMID: 20609415 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Drug discovery based on cellular phenotypes is impeded by the challenge of identifying the molecular target. To alleviate this problem, we developed a chemical proteomic process to identify cellular proteins that bind to small molecules. CB30865 is a potent (subnanomolar) and selective cytotoxic compound of previously unknown mechanism of action. By combining chemical proteomics with biochemical and cellular pharmacology we have determined that CB30865 cytotoxicity is due to subnanomolar inhibition of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), an enzyme present in the NAD biosynthetic pathway. Cancer cells develop dependence on Nampt due to increased energy requirements and the elevated activity of NAD consuming enzymes such as sirtuins and mono and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs). These findings suggest new chemical starting points for Nampt inhibitors and further implicate this enzyme as a target in cancer.
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- Tracey C Fleischer
- Department of Discovery Biology, Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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Merchant ML, Powell DW, Wilkey DW, Cummins TD, Deegens JK, Rood IM, McAfee KJ, Fleischer C, Klein E, Klein JB. Microfiltration isolation of human urinary exosomes for characterization by MS. Proteomics Clin Appl 2009; 4:84-96. [PMID: 21137018 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200800093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2008] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to address the hypothesis that small vesicular urinary particles known as exosomes could be selectively microfiltered using low protein-binding size exclusion filters, thereby simplifying their use in clinical biomarker discovery studies. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We characterized a microfiltration approach using a low protein binding, hydrophilized polyvinylidene difluoride membrane to easily and efficiently isolate urinary exosomes from fresh, room temperature or 4°C urine, with a simultaneous depletion of abundant urinary proteins. Using LC-MS, immunoblot analysis, and electron microscopy methods, we demonstrate this method to isolate intact exosomes and thereby enrich for a low abundant urinary proteome. RESULTS In comparison to other standard methods of exosome isolation including ultracentrifugation and nanofiltration, we demonstrate equivalent enrichment of the exosome proteome with reduced co-purification of abundant urinary proteins. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE In conclusion, we demonstrate a microfiltration isolation method that preserves the exosome structure, reduces contamination from higher abundant urinary proteins, and can be easily implemented into mass spectrometry analysis for biomarker discovery efforts or incorporation into routine clinical laboratory applications to yield higher sample throughput.
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Cummins TD, Barati MT, Coventry SC, Salyer SA, Klein JB, Powell DW. Quantitative mass spectrometry of diabetic kidney tubules identifies GRAP as a novel regulator of TGF-beta signaling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1804:653-61. [PMID: 19836472 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Revised: 09/22/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The aim of this study was to define novel mediators of tubule injury in diabetic kidney disease. For this, we used state-of-the-art proteomic methods combined with a label-free quantitative strategy to define protein expression differences in kidney tubules from transgenic OVE26 type 1 diabetic and control mice. The analysis was performed with diabetic samples that displayed a pro-fibrotic phenotype. We have identified 476 differentially expressed proteins. Bioinformatic analysis indicated several clusters of regulated proteins in relevant functional groups such as TGF-beta signaling, tight junction maintenance, oxidative stress, and glucose metabolism. Mass spectrometry detected expression changes of four physiologically relevant proteins were confirmed by immunoblot analysis. Of these, the Grb2-related adaptor protein (GRAP) was up-regulated in kidney tubules from diabetic mice and fibrotic kidneys from diabetic patients, and subsequently confirmed as a novel component of TGF-beta signaling in cultured human renal tubule cells. Thus, indicating a potential novel role for GRAP in TGF-beta-induced tubule injury in diabetic kidney disease. Although we targeted a specific disease, this approach offers a robust, high-sensitivity methodology that can be applied to the discovery of novel mediators for any experimental or disease condition.
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- Timothy D Cummins
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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Tezel G, Yang X, Luo C, Cai J, Kain AD, Powell DW, Kuehn MH, Pierce WM. Hemoglobin expression and regulation in glaucoma: insights into retinal ganglion cell oxygenation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009; 51:907-19. [PMID: 19741249 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine expression, cellular distribution, and regulation of hemoglobin (Hb) in normal and glaucomatous tissues. METHODS Proteomic analysis of Hb expression was conducted on protein samples from ocular hypertensive and control rat eyes and human donor eyes with or without glaucoma. Proteomic findings were validated by quantitative (q)RT-PCR, Western blot analysis, immunohistochemistry, and the analysis of new Hb synthesis in culture. Hypoxic regulation of Hb expression was also studied in primary cultures of rat RGCs and macroglia and after transfer of the glia-conditioned medium to RGCs. The role of erythropoietin (EPO) signaling in Hb induction and cell survival was determined by applying recombinant (r)EPO treatment and performing EPO neutralization experiments by using soluble EPO receptor treatment of hypoxic cultures. RESULTS In vivo findings revealed Hb expression in the retina and optic nerve head macroglia and RGCs, suggesting an approximately two-fold upregulation in ocular hypertensive rat eyes and glaucomatous human donor eyes relative to the control eyes. In vitro findings collectively supported that hypoxia boosts glial Hb expression through hypoxia-inducible EPO signaling in an autocrine manner. Based on passive transfer experiments, hypoxia-induced production of glial EPO was also found to upregulate Hb expression in RGCs in a paracrine manner, thereby increasing the hypoxic survival of these neurons. CONCLUSIONS Findings of this study provide new insights into tissue oxygen transport in the inner retina and optic nerve head through the regulated expression of Hb in macroglia and RGCs. Upregulation of Hb expression appears to be an intrinsic protective mechanism to facilitate cellular oxygenation and may also provide free radical scavenging.
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- Gülgün Tezel
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.
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Sardiu ME, Florens L, Washburn MP. Evaluation of Clustering Algorithms for Protein Complex and Protein Interaction Network Assembly. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2944-52. [DOI: 10.1021/pr900073d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
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Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome: chondrodysplasia resulting from defects in intracellular vesicle traffic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:16171-6. [PMID: 18852472 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804259105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome and Smith-McCort dysplasia are recessive spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasias caused by loss-of-function mutations in dymeclin (Dym), a gene with previously unknown function. Here we report that Dym-deficient mice display defects in endochondral bone formation similar to that of Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome and Smith-McCort dysplasia, demonstrating functional conservation between the two species. Dym-mutant cells display multiple defects in vesicle traffic, as evidenced by enhanced dispersal of Golgi markers in interphase cells, delayed Golgi reassembly after brefeldin A treatment, delayed retrograde traffic of an endoplasmic reticulum-targeted Shiga toxin B subunit, and altered furin trafficking; and the Dym protein associates with multiple cellular proteins involved in vesicular traffic. These results establish dymeclin as a novel protein involved in Golgi organization and intracellular vesicle traffic and clarify the molecular basis for chondrodysplasia in mice and men.
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Choi H, Fermin D, Nesvizhskii AI. Significance analysis of spectral count data in label-free shotgun proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:2373-85. [PMID: 18644780 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800203-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Spectral counting has become a commonly used approach for measuring protein abundance in label-free shotgun proteomics. At the same time, the development of data analysis methods has lagged behind. Currently most studies utilizing spectral counts rely on simple data transforms and posthoc corrections of conventional signal-to-noise ratio statistics. However, these adjustments can neither handle the bias toward high abundance proteins nor deal with the drawbacks due to the limited number of replicates. We present a novel statistical framework (QSpec) for the significance analysis of differential expression with extensions to a variety of experimental design factors and adjustments for protein properties. Using synthetic and real experimental data sets, we show that the proposed method outperforms conventional statistical methods that search for differential expression for individual proteins. We illustrate the flexibility of the model by analyzing a data set with a complicated experimental design involving cellular localization and time course.
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- Hyungwon Choi
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Arnett DR, Jennings JL, Tabb DL, Link AJ, Weil PA. A proteomics analysis of yeast Mot1p protein-protein associations: insights into mechanism. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:2090-106. [PMID: 18596064 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800221-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Yeast Mot1p, a member of the Snf2 ATPase family of proteins, is a transcriptional regulator that has the unusual ability to both repress and activate mRNA gene transcription. To identify interactions with other proteins that may assist Mot1p in its regulatory processes, Mot1p was purified from replicate yeast cell extracts, and Mot1p-associated proteins were identified by coupled multidimensional liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. Using this approach we generated a catalog of Mot1p-interacting proteins. Mot1p interacts with a range of transcriptional co-regulators as well as proteins involved in chromatin remodeling. We propose that interaction with such a wide range of proteins may be one mechanism through which Mot1p subserves its roles as a transcriptional activator and repressor.
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- Diana R Arnett
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, USA
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Niu X, McAfee KJ, Duncan DT, Assink M, Link AJ. A computational and analysis tool for proteomics research. BMC Bioinformatics 2008. [PMCID: PMC3313186 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-9-s7-p22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Uriarte SM, Powell DW, Luerman GC, Merchant ML, Cummins TD, Jog NR, Ward RA, McLeish KR. Comparison of Proteins Expressed on Secretory Vesicle Membranes and Plasma Membranes of Human Neutrophils. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:5575-81. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.8.5575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Probabilistic assembly of human protein interaction networks from label-free quantitative proteomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:1454-9. [PMID: 18218781 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706983105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Large-scale affinity purification and mass spectrometry studies have played important roles in the assembly and analysis of comprehensive protein interaction networks for lower eukaryotes. However, the development of such networks for human proteins has been slowed by the high cost and significant technical challenges associated with systematic studies of protein interactions. To address this challenge, we have developed a method for building local and focused networks. This approach couples vector algebra and statistical methods with normalized spectral counting (NSAF) derived from the analysis of affinity purifications via chromatography-based proteomics. After mathematical removal of contaminant proteins, the core components of multiprotein complexes are determined by singular value decomposition analysis and clustering. The probability of interactions within and between complexes is computed solely based upon NSAFs using Bayes' approach. To demonstrate the application of this method to small-scale datasets, we analyzed an expanded human TIP49a and TIP49b dataset. This dataset contained proteins affinity-purified with 27 different epitope-tagged components of the chromatin remodeling SRCAP, hINO80, and TRRAP/TIP60 complexes, and the nutrient sensing complex Uri/Prefoldin. Within a core network of 65 unique proteins, we captured all known components of these complexes and novel protein associations, especially in the Uri/Prefoldin complex. Finally, we constructed a probabilistic human interaction network composed of 557 protein pairs.
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Fournier ML, Gilmore JM, Martin-Brown SA, Washburn MP. Multidimensional Separations-Based Shotgun Proteomics. Chem Rev 2007; 107:3654-86. [PMID: 17649983 DOI: 10.1021/cr068279a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Current literature in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2007; 42:547-558. [PMID: 17385794 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Gerbasi VR, Link AJ. The myotonic dystrophy type 2 protein ZNF9 is part of an ITAF complex that promotes cap-independent translation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1049-58. [PMID: 17327219 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600384-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The 5'-untranslated region of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA contains an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES). Mutational analysis of the ODC IRES has led to the identification of sequences necessary for cap-independent translation of the ODC mRNA. To discover novel IRES trans-acting factors (ITAFs), we performed a proteomics screen for proteins that regulate ODC translation using the wild-type ODC mRNA and a mutant version with an inactive IRES. We identified two RNA-binding proteins that associate with the wild-type ODC IRES but not the mutant IRES. One of these RNA-binding proteins, PCBP2, is an established activator of viral and cellular IRESs. The second protein, ZNF9 (myotonic dystrophy type 2 protein), has not been shown previously to bind IRES-like elements. Using a series of biochemical assays, we validated the interaction of these proteins with ODC mRNA. Interestingly ZNF9 and PCBP2 biochemically associated with each other and appeared to function as part of a larger holo-ITAF ribonucleoprotein complex. Our functional studies showed that PCBP2 and ZNF9 stimulate translation of the ODC IRES. Importantly these results may provide insight into the normal role of ZNF9 and why ZNF9 mutations cause myotonic dystrophy.
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- Vincent R Gerbasi
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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