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Anal Chem ; 91(15): 10188-10196, 2019 08 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31283183

RESUMEN

Reversible protein phosphorylation on serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues is essential for fast, specific, and accurate signal transduction in cells. Up to now, the identification and quantification of phosphorylated amino acids, peptides, and proteins continue to be one of the significant challenges in contemporary bioanalytical research. In this paper, a series of surface grafted monoliths in the capillary format targeting phosphorylated serine has been prepared by first synthesizing a monolithic core substrate material based on trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, onto which a thin surface-imprinted layer was established by oriented photografting of a variety of mono- and bis-imidazolium host monomers at subzero temperature, using six different continuous or pulsed UV light sources. The imprinted monolith capillaries were evaluated in a capillary liquid chromatographic system connected to a mass spectrometer in order to test the specific retention of phosphorylated peptides. Site-specific recognition selectivity and specificity for phosphorylated serine was demonstrated when separating amino acids and peptides, proving that the optimized materials could be used as novel trapping media in affinity-based phosphoproteomic analysis.


Asunto(s)
Angiotensina II/metabolismo , Cromatografía de Afinidad/métodos , Imidazoles/química , Impresión Molecular/métodos , Fosfopéptidos/aislamiento & purificación , Polímeros/química , Rayos Ultravioleta , Angiotensina II/química , Humanos , Fosfopéptidos/química , Fosforilación , Polímeros/efectos de la radiación
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J Proteome Res ; 13(5): 2359-69, 2014 May 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24641631

RESUMEN

There is increasing evidence that multiple proteins involved in key regulatory processes in mitochondria are phosphorylated in mammalian tissues. Insulin regulates glucose metabolism by phosphorylation-dependent signaling and has been shown to stimulate ATP synthesis in human skeletal muscle. Here, we investigated the effect of insulin on the phosphorylation of mitochondrial proteins in human skeletal muscle in vivo. Using a combination of TiO(2) phosphopeptide-enrichment, HILIC fractionation, and LC-MS/MS, we compared the phosphoproteomes of isolated mitochondria from skeletal muscle samples obtained from healthy individuals before and after 4 h of insulin infusion. In total, we identified 207 phosphorylation sites in 95 mitochondrial proteins. Of these phosphorylation sites, 45% were identified in both basal and insulin-stimulated samples. Insulin caused a 2-fold increase in the number of different mitochondrial phosphopeptides (87 ± 7 vs 40 ± 7, p = 0.015) and phosphoproteins (46 ± 2 vs 26 ± 3, p = 0.005) identified in each mitochondrial preparation. Almost half of the mitochondrial phosphorylation sites (n = 94) were exclusively identified in the insulin-stimulated state and included the majority of novel sites. Phosphorylation sites detected more often or exclusively in insulin-stimulated samples include multiple sites in mitochondrial proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and fatty acid metabolism, as well as several components of the newly defined mitochondrial inner membrane organizing system (MINOS). In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that insulin increases the phosphorylation of several mitochondrial proteins in human skeletal muscle in vivo and provides a first step in the understanding of how insulin potentially regulates mitochondrial processes by phosphorylation-dependent mechanisms.


Asunto(s)
Insulina/farmacología , Mitocondrias Musculares/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas Mitocondriales/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/efectos de los fármacos , Adulto , Sitios de Unión , Cromatografía Liquida , Humanos , Hipoglucemiantes/administración & dosificación , Hipoglucemiantes/farmacología , Insulina/administración & dosificación , Sistemas de Infusión de Insulina , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mitocondrias Musculares/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriales/clasificación , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Fosforilación Oxidativa/efectos de los fármacos , Fosfopéptidos/clasificación , Fosfopéptidos/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/clasificación , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosforilación/efectos de los fármacos , Proteómica/métodos , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem
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J Proteome Res ; 13(2): 606-26, 2014 Feb 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24341390

RESUMEN

We have studied the role(s) of maturation drying in the acquisition of germinability, seedling vigor and pathogen resistance by comparing the proteome changes in maize embryo and endosperm during mature and prematurely imposed drying. Prematurely imposed dried seeds at 40 days after pollination (DAP) germinated almost as well as mature seeds (at 65 DAP), but their seedling growth was slower and they were seriously infected by fungi. A total of 80 and 114 proteins were identified to change at least two-fold (p < 0.05) in abundance during maturation drying in embryo and endosperm, respectively. Fewer proteins (48 and 59 in embryo and endosperm, respectively) changed in abundance during prematurely imposed drying. A number of proteins, 33 and 38 in embryo and endosperm, respectively, changed similarly in abundance during both maturation and prematurely imposed drying. Storage proteins were abundant in this group and may contribute to the acquisition of seed germinability. However, a relatively large number of proteins changed in the embryo (47 spots) and endosperm (76 spots) specifically during maturation drying. Among these proteins, storage proteins in the embryo and defense proteins in the endosperm may be particularly important for seedling vigor and resistance to fungal infection, respectively.


Asunto(s)
Hongos/patogenicidad , Germinación , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Proteómica , Semillas/metabolismo , Zea mays/embriología , Electroforesis en Gel Bidimensional , Semillas/fisiología , Zea mays/microbiología , Zea mays/fisiología
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Mol Cell Proteomics ; 11(7): M111.016428, 2012 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22311638

RESUMEN

Susceptibility to stress plays a crucial role in the development of psychiatric disorders such as unipolar depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. In the present study the chronic mild stress rat model of depression was used to reveal stress-susceptible and stress-resilient rats. Large-scale proteomics was used to map hippocampal protein alterations in different stress states. Membrane proteins were successfully captured by two-phase separation and peptide based proteomics. Using iTRAQ labeling coupled with mass spectrometry, more than 2000 proteins were quantified and 73 proteins were found to be differentially expressed. Stress susceptibility was associated with increased expression of a sodium-channel protein (SCN9A) currently investigated as a potential antidepressant target. Differential protein profiling also indicated stress susceptibility to be associated with deficits in synaptic vesicle release involving SNCA, SYN-1, and AP-3. Our results indicate that increased oxidative phosphorylation (COX5A, NDUFB7, NDUFS8, COX5B, and UQCRB) within the hippocampal CA regions is part of a stress-protection mechanism.


Asunto(s)
Adaptación Biológica/genética , Trastorno Depresivo/metabolismo , Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Animales , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Trastorno Depresivo/etiología , Trastorno Depresivo/genética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Masculino , Espectrometría de Masas , Fosforilación Oxidativa , Estimulación Luminosa/efectos adversos , Proteómica , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Estrés Fisiológico , Sacarosa/administración & dosificación , Sinapsinas/genética , Sinapsinas/metabolismo , Vesículas Sinápticas/química , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , alfa-Sinucleína/genética , alfa-Sinucleína/metabolismo
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J Proteome Res ; 12(9): 3874-83, 2013 Sep 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23875961

RESUMEN

Large-scale quantitative analyses of biological systems are often performed with few replicate experiments, leading to multiple nonidentical data sets due to missing values. For example, mass spectrometry driven proteomics experiments are frequently performed with few biological or technical replicates due to sample-scarcity or due to duty-cycle or sensitivity constraints, or limited capacity of the available instrumentation, leading to incomplete results where detection of significant feature changes becomes a challenge. This problem is further exacerbated for the detection of significant changes on the peptide level, for example, in phospho-proteomics experiments. In order to assess the extent of this problem and the implications for large-scale proteome analysis, we investigated and optimized the performance of three statistical approaches by using simulated and experimental data sets with varying numbers of missing values. We applied three tools, including standard t test, moderated t test, also known as limma, and rank products for the detection of significantly changing features in simulated and experimental proteomics data sets with missing values. The rank product method was improved to work with data sets containing missing values. Extensive analysis of simulated and experimental data sets revealed that the performance of the statistical analysis tools depended on simple properties of the data sets. High-confidence results were obtained by using the limma and rank products methods for analyses of triplicate data sets that exhibited more than 1000 features and more than 50% missing values. The maximum number of differentially represented features was identified by using limma and rank products methods in a complementary manner. We therefore recommend combined usage of these methods as a novel and optimal way to detect significantly changing features in these data sets. This approach is suitable for large quantitative data sets from stable isotope labeling and mass spectrometry experiments and should be applicable to large data sets of any type. An R script that implements the improved rank products algorithm and the combined analysis is available.


Asunto(s)
Interpretación Estadística de Datos , Proteoma/metabolismo , Programas Informáticos , Simulación por Computador , Proteoma/química , Proteómica , Mejoramiento de la Calidad , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Proyectos de Investigación , Relación Señal-Ruido
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J Proteome Res ; 12(10): 4327-39, 2013 Oct 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23991683

RESUMEN

Phosphorylation of mitochondrial proteins in a variety of biological processes is increasingly being recognized and may contribute to the differences in function and energy demands observed in mitochondria from different tissues such as liver, heart, and skeletal muscle. Here, we used a combination of TiO2 phosphopeptide-enrichment, HILIC fractionation, and LC-MS/MS on isolated mitochondria to investigate the tissue-specific mitochondrial phosphoproteomes of rat liver, heart, and skeletal muscle. In total, we identified 899 phosphorylation sites in 354 different mitochondrial proteins including 479 potential novel sites. Most phosphorylation sites were detected in liver mitochondria (594), followed by heart (448) and skeletal muscle (336), and more phosphorylation sites were exclusively identified in liver mitochondria than in heart and skeletal muscle. Bioinformatics analysis pointed out enrichment for phosphoproteins involved in amino acid and fatty acid metabolism in liver mitochondria, whereas heart and skeletal muscle were enriched for phosphoproteins involved in energy metabolism, in particular, tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. Multiple tissue-specific phosphorylation sites were identified in tissue-specific enzymes such as those encoded by HMGCS2, BDH1, PCK2, CPS1, and OTC in liver mitochondria, and CKMT2 and CPT1B in heart and skeletal muscle. Kinase prediction showed an important role for PKA and PKC in all tissues but also for proline-directed kinases in liver mitochondria. In conclusion, we provide a comprehensive map of mitochondrial phosphorylation sites, which covers approximately one-third of the mitochondrial proteome and can be targeted for the investigation of tissue-specific regulation of mitochondrial biological processes.


Asunto(s)
Hígado/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriales/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Miocardio/metabolismo , Procesamiento Proteico-Postraduccional , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Masculino , Mitocondrias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Mitocondrias Musculares/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriales/química , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Especificidad de Órganos , Fosforilación , Proteínas Quinasas/química , Proteínas Quinasas/metabolismo , Proteoma/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley
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BMC Cell Biol ; 14: 47, 2013 Oct 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24148232

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Bone fractures and loss represent significant costs for the public health system and often affect the patients quality of life, therefore, understanding the molecular basis for bone regeneration is essential. Cytokines, such as IL-6, IL-10 and TNFα, secreted by inflammatory cells at the lesion site, at the very beginning of the repair process, act as chemotactic factors for mesenchymal stem cells, which proliferate and differentiate into osteoblasts through the autocrine and paracrine action of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), mainly BMP-2. Although it is known that BMP-2 binds to ActRI/BMPR and activates the SMAD 1/5/8 downstream effectors, little is known about the intracellular mechanisms participating in osteoblastic differentiation. We assessed differences in the phosphorylation status of different cellular proteins upon BMP-2 osteogenic induction of isolated murine skin mesenchymal stem cells using Triplex Stable Isotope Dimethyl Labeling coupled with LC/MS. RESULTS: From 150 µg of starting material, 2,264 proteins were identified and quantified at five different time points, 235 of which are differentially phosphorylated. Kinase motif analysis showed that several substrates display phosphorylation sites for Casein Kinase, p38, CDK and JNK. Gene ontology analysis showed an increase in biological processes related with signaling and differentiation at early time points after BMP2 induction. Moreover, proteins involved in cytoskeleton rearrangement, Wnt and Ras pathways were found to be differentially phosphorylated during all timepoints studied. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, these data, allow new insights on the intracellular substrates which are phosphorylated early on during differentiation to BMP2-driven osteoblastic differentiation of skin-derived mesenchymal stem cells.


Asunto(s)
Proteína Morfogenética Ósea 2/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Osteoblastos/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/genética , Piel/metabolismo , Animales , Proteína Morfogenética Ósea 2/metabolismo , Caseína Quinasas/genética , Caseína Quinasas/metabolismo , Diferenciación Celular , Quinasas Ciclina-Dependientes/genética , Quinasas Ciclina-Dependientes/metabolismo , MAP Quinasa Quinasa 4/genética , MAP Quinasa Quinasa 4/metabolismo , Espectrometría de Masas , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/citología , Ratones , Osteoblastos/citología , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Transducción de Señal , Piel/citología , Proteínas Wnt/genética , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/genética , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Proteínas ras/genética , Proteínas ras/metabolismo
9.
J Exp Bot ; 64(10): 2689-99, 2013 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23682117

RESUMEN

Recently, bryophytes, which diverged from the ancestor of seed plants more than 400 million years ago, came into focus in photosynthesis research as they can provide valuable insights into the evolution of photosynthetic complexes during the adaptation to terrestrial life. This study isolated intact photosystem I (PSI) with its associated light-harvesting complex (LHCI) from the moss Physcomitrella patens and characterized its structure, polypeptide composition, and light-harvesting function using electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, biochemical, and physiological methods. It became evident that Physcomitrella possesses a strikingly high number of isoforms for the different PSI core subunits as well as LHCI proteins. It was demonstrated that all these different subunit isoforms are expressed at the protein level and are incorporated into functional PSI-LHCI complexes. Furthermore, in contrast to previous reports, it was demonstrated that Physcomitrella assembles a light-harvesting complex consisting of four light-harvesting proteins forming a higher-plant-like PSI superstructure.


Asunto(s)
Bryopsida/metabolismo , Complejo de Proteína del Fotosistema I/química , Complejo de Proteína del Fotosistema I/metabolismo , Bryopsida/química , Bryopsida/genética , Bryopsida/efectos de la radiación , Luz , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/química , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/genética , Complejos de Proteína Captadores de Luz/metabolismo , Fotosíntesis , Complejo de Proteína del Fotosistema I/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo
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Mol Cell Proteomics ; 10(1): M110.000299, 2011 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20833797

RESUMEN

Mitochondria play a central role in energy metabolism and cellular survival, and consequently mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with a number of human pathologies. Reversible protein phosphorylation emerges as a central mechanism in the regulation of several mitochondrial processes. In skeletal muscle, mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to insulin resistance in humans with obesity and type 2 diabetes. We performed a phosphoproteomics study of functional mitochondria isolated from human muscle biopsies with the aim to obtain a comprehensive overview of mitochondrial phosphoproteins. Combining an efficient mitochondrial isolation protocol with several different phosphopeptide enrichment techniques and LC-MS/MS, we identified 155 distinct phosphorylation sites in 77 mitochondrial phosphoproteins, including 116 phosphoserine, 23 phosphothreonine, and 16 phosphotyrosine residues. The relatively high number of phosphotyrosine residues suggests an important role for tyrosine phosphorylation in mitochondrial signaling. Many of the mitochondrial phosphoproteins are involved in oxidative phosphorylation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and lipid metabolism, i.e. processes proposed to be involved in insulin resistance. We also assigned phosphorylation sites in mitochondrial proteins involved in amino acid degradation, importers and transporters, calcium homeostasis, and apoptosis. Bioinformatics analysis of kinase motifs revealed that many of these mitochondrial phosphoproteins are substrates for protein kinase A, protein kinase C, casein kinase II, and DNA-dependent protein kinase. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of performing phosphoproteome analysis of organelles isolated from human tissue and provide novel targets for functional studies of reversible phosphorylation in mitochondria. Future comparative phosphoproteome analysis of mitochondria from healthy and diseased individuals will provide insights into the role of abnormal phosphorylation in pathologies, such as type 2 diabetes.


Asunto(s)
Mitocondrias Musculares/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriales/enzimología , Proteínas Mitocondriales/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteoma/metabolismo , Descanso/fisiología , Adulto , Ciclo del Ácido Cítrico , Transporte de Electrón , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Fosforilación , Proteínas Quinasas/metabolismo
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Proteomics ; 12(13): 2139-48, 2012 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22623409

RESUMEN

The development of metastasis is a complex, multistep process that remains poorly defined. To identify proteins involved in the colonization phase of the metastatic process, we compared the proteome of tumors derived from inoculation of a panel of isogenic human cancer cell lines with different metastatic capabilities into the mammary fat pad of immunodeficient mice. Using a protein standard generated by SILAC-labeling, a total of 675 proteins were identified and 30 were differentially expressed between at least two of the tumors. The protein standard contained the proteomes of seven cell lines from multiple histogenic origins and displayed superior features compared to standard super-SILAC. The expression of some proteins correlated with metastatic capabilities, such as myosin-9 (nonmuscle myosin II A) and L-lactate dehydrogenase A, while the expression of elongation factor tu correlated inversely to metastatic capabilities. The expression of these proteins was biochemically validated, and expression of myosin-9 in clinical breast cancer samples was further shown to be altered in primary tumors versus corresponding lymph node metastasis. Our study demonstrates an improved strategy for quantitative comparison of an unlimited number of tumor tissues, and provides novel insights into key proteins associated with the colonization phase of metastasis formation.


Asunto(s)
Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Marcaje Isotópico/métodos , Metástasis de la Neoplasia/genética , Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas/genética , Proteómica/métodos , Animales , Mama/metabolismo , Mama/patología , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Femenino , Humanos , Ratones , Ratones SCID , Miosinas/análisis , Miosinas/genética , Metástasis de la Neoplasia/patología , Neoplasias/patología , Proteínas/análisis , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/métodos
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J Biol Chem ; 286(5): 3451-9, 2011 Feb 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21106524

RESUMEN

Regulation of transcription requires cooperation between sequence-specific transcription factors and numerous coregulatory proteins. In IL-4/IL-13 signaling several coactivators for STAT6 have been identified, but the molecular mechanisms of STAT6-mediated gene transcription are still not fully understood. Here we identified by proteomic approach that the PTB-associated splicing factor (PSF) interacts with STAT6. In intact cells the interaction was observed only after IL-4 stimulation. The IL-4-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of both STAT6 and PSF is a prerequisite for the efficient association of the two proteins. Functional analysis demonstrated that ectopic expression of PSF resulted in inhibition of STAT6-mediated transcriptional activation and mRNA expression of the Igε germline heavy chain gene, whereas knockdown of PSF increased the STAT6-mediated responses. PSF recruited histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) to the STAT6 transcription complex, which resulted in reduction of H3 acetylation at the promoter regions of Ig heavy chain germline Igε and inhibition of STAT6-mediated transcription. In addition, the HDACs inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) enhanced H3 acetylation, and reverted the PSF-mediated transcriptional repression of Igε gene transcription. In summary, these results identify PSF as a repressor of STAT6-mediated transcription that functions through recruitment of HDAC to the STAT6 transcription complex, and delineates a novel regulatory mechanism of IL-4 signaling that may have implications in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases and pharmacological HDAC inhibition in lymphomas.


Asunto(s)
Histona Desacetilasa 1/metabolismo , Cadenas epsilon de Inmunoglobulina/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ARN/fisiología , Factor de Transcripción STAT6/fisiología , Transcripción Genética , Genes de Inmunoglobulinas , Células HeLa , Humanos , Interleucina-4/farmacología , Factor de Empalme Asociado a PTB , Unión Proteica/efectos de los fármacos , Mapeo de Interacción de Proteínas , Transporte de Proteínas , Proteínas de Unión al ARN/metabolismo , Proteínas Represoras , Activación Transcripcional
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EMBO Rep ; 11(2): 119-25, 2010 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20019758

RESUMEN

The transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA)-mediated trans-translation mechanism is highly conserved in bacteria and functions primarily as a system for the rescue of stalled ribosomes and the removal of aberrantly produced proteins. Here, we show that in the antibiotic-producing soil bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor, trans-translation has a specialized role in stress management. Analysis of proteins that were carboxy-terminally His(8)-tagged by a recombinant tmRNA identified only 10 targets, including the stress proteins: DnaK heat-shock protein 70, thiostrepton-induced protein A, universal stress protein A, elongation factor Tu3, and the cell-cycle control proteins DasR, SsgA, SsgF and SsgR. Although tmRNA-tagged proteins are degraded swiftly, the translation of dnaK and dasR messenger RNAs (mRNAs) depends fully on tmRNA, whereas transcription is unaffected. The data unveil a surprisingly dedicated functionality for tmRNA, promoting the translation of the same mRNA it targets, at the expense of sacrificing the first nascent protein. In streptomycetes, tmRNA has evolved into a dedicated task force that ensures the instantaneous response to the exposure to stress.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Biosíntesis de Proteínas/genética , ARN Mensajero/fisiología , ARN de Transferencia/fisiología , Streptomyces coelicolor/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/análisis , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , Proteoma/análisis , Proteoma/metabolismo , Streptomyces coelicolor/genética
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 38(15): 4958-69, 2010 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20385584

RESUMEN

Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are transcriptional repressors, which regulate proliferation and cell fate decisions during development, and their deregulated expression is a frequent event in human tumours. The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) catalyzes trimethylation (me3) of histone H3 lysine 27 (K27), and it is believed that this activity mediates transcriptional repression. Despite the recent progress in understanding PcG function, the molecular mechanisms by which the PcG proteins repress transcription, as well as the mechanisms that lead to the activation of PcG target genes are poorly understood. To gain insight into these mechanisms, we have determined the global changes in histone modifications in embryonic stem (ES) cells lacking the PcG protein Suz12 that is essential for PRC2 activity. We show that loss of PRC2 activity results in a global increase in H3K27 acetylation. The methylation to acetylation switch correlates with the transcriptional activation of PcG target genes, both during ES cell differentiation and in MLL-AF9-transduced hematopoietic stem cells. Moreover, we provide evidence that the acetylation of H3K27 is catalyzed by the acetyltransferases p300 and CBP. Based on these data, we propose that the PcG proteins in part repress transcription by preventing the binding of acetyltransferases to PcG target genes.


Asunto(s)
Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Histonas/metabolismo , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Transcripción Genética , Acetilación , Animales , Células Madre Embrionarias/metabolismo , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Histona Acetiltransferasas/metabolismo , Histonas/química , Lisina/metabolismo , Metilación , Ratones , Complejo Represivo Polycomb 2 , Proteínas del Grupo Polycomb , Proteínas Represoras/genética
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J Proteome Res ; 10(12): 5481-92, 2011 Dec 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21999169

RESUMEN

Streptomycetes are bacterial species that undergo a complex developmental cycle that includes programmed cell death (PCD) events and sporulation. They are widely used in biotechnology because they produce most clinically relevant secondary metabolites. Although Streptomyces coelicolor is one of the bacteria encoding the largest number of eukaryotic type kinases, the biological role of protein phosphorylation in this bacterium has not been extensively studied before. In this issue, the variations of the phosphoproteome of S. coelicolor were characterized. Most distinct Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation events were detected during the presporulation and sporulation stages (80%). Most of these phosphorylations were not reported before in Streptomyces, and included sporulation factors, transcriptional regulators, protein kinases and other regulatory proteins. Several of the identified phosphorylated proteins, FtsZ, DivIVA, and FtsH2, were previously demonstrated to be involved in the sporulation process. We thus established for the first time the widespread occurrence and dynamic features of Ser/Thr/Tyr protein phosphorylation in a bacteria species and also revealed a previously unrecognized phosphorylation motif "x(pT)xEx".


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Fosfoproteínas/análisis , Programas Informáticos , Streptomyces coelicolor/química , Streptomyces coelicolor/crecimiento & desarrollo , Secuencias de Aminoácidos , Biología Computacional , Precipitación Fraccionada/métodos , Fosfoproteínas/química , Fosforilación , Filogenia , Proteínas Quinasas/química , Proteínas Quinasas/clasificación , Elementos Reguladores de la Transcripción , Serina/química , Esporas Bacterianas/química , Esporas Bacterianas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Streptomyces coelicolor/clasificación , Streptomyces coelicolor/genética , Treonina/química , Tirosina/química
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Bioinformatics ; 26(22): 2841-8, 2010 Nov 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20880957

RESUMEN

MOTIVATION: Fuzzy c-means clustering is widely used to identify cluster structures in high-dimensional datasets, such as those obtained in DNA microarray and quantitative proteomics experiments. One of its main limitations is the lack of a computationally fast method to set optimal values of algorithm parameters. Wrong parameter values may either lead to the inclusion of purely random fluctuations in the results or ignore potentially important data. The optimal solution has parameter values for which the clustering does not yield any results for a purely random dataset but which detects cluster formation with maximum resolution on the edge of randomness. RESULTS: Estimation of the optimal parameter values is achieved by evaluation of the results of the clustering procedure applied to randomized datasets. In this case, the optimal value of the fuzzifier follows common rules that depend only on the main properties of the dataset. Taking the dimension of the set and the number of objects as input values instead of evaluating the entire dataset allows us to propose a functional relationship determining the fuzzifier directly. This result speaks strongly against using a predefined fuzzifier as typically done in many previous studies. Validation indices are generally used for the estimation of the optimal number of clusters. A comparison shows that the minimum distance between the centroids provides results that are at least equivalent or better than those obtained by other computationally more expensive indices.


Asunto(s)
Análisis por Conglomerados , Lógica Difusa , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos/métodos , Reconocimiento de Normas Patrones Automatizadas/métodos , Proteómica
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Mol Neurobiol ; 58(9): 4495-4505, 2021 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34056693

RESUMEN

Genetic studies have repeatedly shown that the Bromodomain containing 1 gene, BRD1, is involved in determining mental health, and the importance of the BRD1 protein for normal brain function has been studied in both cell models and constitutive haploinsufficient Brd1+/- mice. Homozygosity for inactivated Brd1 alleles is lethal during embryonic development in mice. In order to further characterize the molecular functions of BRD1 in the brain, we have developed a novel Brd1 knockout mouse model (Brd1-/-) with bi-allelic conditional inactivation of Brd1 in the central nervous system. Brd1-/- mice were viable but smaller and with reduced muscle strength. They showed reduced exploratory behavior and increased sensitivity to pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures supporting the previously described GABAergic dysfunction in constitutive Brd1+/- mice. Because BRD1 takes part in protein complexes with histone binding and modifying functions, we investigated the effect of BRD1 depletion on the global histone modification pattern in mouse brain by mass spectrometry. We found decreased levels of histone H3 acetylation (H3K9ac, H3K14ac, and H3K18ac) and increased N-tail clipping in consequence of BRD1 depletion. Collectively, the presented results support that BRD1 controls gene expression at the epigenetic level by regulating histone H3 proteoforms in the brain.


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Encéfalo/metabolismo , Histona Acetiltransferasas/genética , Histonas/metabolismo , Esquizofrenia/genética , Convulsiones/genética , Acetilación , Animales , Histona Acetiltransferasas/metabolismo , Histonas/genética , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Esquizofrenia/metabolismo , Convulsiones/metabolismo
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Mol Metab ; 44: 101137, 2021 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33285300

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OBJECTIVE: Increasing adaptive thermogenesis by stimulating browning in white adipose tissue is a promising method of improving metabolic health. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this transition remain elusive. Our study examined the molecular determinants driving the differentiation of precursor cells into thermogenic adipocytes. METHODS: In this study, we conducted temporal high-resolution proteomic analysis of subcutaneous white adipose tissue (scWAT) after cold exposure in mice. This was followed by loss- and gain-of-function experiments using siRNA-mediated knockdown and CRISPRa-mediated induction of gene expression, respectively, to evaluate the function of the transcriptional regulator Y box-binding protein 1 (YBX1) during adipogenesis of brown pre-adipocytes and mesenchymal stem cells. Transcriptomic analysis of mesenchymal stem cells following induction of endogenous Ybx1 expression was conducted to elucidate transcriptomic events controlled by YBX1 during adipogenesis. RESULTS: Our proteomics analysis uncovered 509 proteins differentially regulated by cold in a time-dependent manner. Overall, 44 transcriptional regulators were acutely upregulated following cold exposure, among which included the cold-shock domain containing protein YBX1, peaking after 24 h. Cold-induced upregulation of YBX1 also occurred in brown adipose tissue, but not in visceral white adipose tissue, suggesting a role of YBX1 in thermogenesis. This role was confirmed by Ybx1 knockdown in brown and brite preadipocytes, which significantly impaired their thermogenic potential. Conversely, inducing Ybx1 expression in mesenchymal stem cells during adipogenesis promoted browning concurrent with an increased expression of thermogenic markers and enhanced mitochondrial respiration. At a molecular level, our transcriptomic analysis showed that YBX1 regulates a subset of genes, including the histone H3K9 demethylase Jmjd1c, to promote thermogenic adipocyte differentiation. CONCLUSION: Our study mapped the dynamic proteomic changes of murine scWAT during browning and identified YBX1 as a novel factor coordinating the genomic mechanisms by which preadipocytes commit to brite/beige lineage.


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Tejido Adiposo Blanco/metabolismo , Termogénesis/genética , Termogénesis/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Adipocitos Marrones/metabolismo , Adipogénesis , Tejido Adiposo Pardo/metabolismo , Animales , Diferenciación Celular , Línea Celular , Proliferación Celular , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Histona Demetilasas con Dominio de Jumonji/genética , Histona Demetilasas con Dominio de Jumonji/metabolismo , Masculino , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Obesidad/metabolismo , Proteómica , Grasa Subcutánea/metabolismo , Transcriptoma , Regulación hacia Arriba
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J Proteome Res ; 9(7): 3561-73, 2010 Jul 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20450229

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Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) is widely used for phosphopeptide enrichment. However, the robustness, efficiency, and specificity of this technique in large-scale phosphoproteomics studies are still disputed. In this study, we first compared three widely used IMAC materials under three different conditions. Fe(III)-nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) IMAC resin was chosen due to its superior performance in all tests. We further investigated the solution ionization efficiency change of the phosphoryl group and carboxylic group in different acetonitrile-water solutions and observed that the ionization efficiencies of the phosphoryl group and carboxylic group changed differently when the acetonitrile concentration was increased. A magnified difference was achieved in high acetonitrile content solutions. On the basis of this concept, an optimized phosphopeptide enrichment protocol was established using Fe(III)-NTA IMAC resin and it proved to be highly selective in the phosphopeptide enrichment of a highly diluted standard sample (1:1000) prior to MALDI MS analysis. We also observed that a higher iron purity led to an increased IMAC enrichment efficiency. The optimized method was then adapted to phosphoproteome analyses of cell lysates of high protein complexity. From either 20 microg of mouse sample or 50 microg of Drosophila melanogaster sample, more than 1000 phosphorylation sites were identified in each study using IMAC-IMAC and LC-MS/MS. We demonstrate efficient separation of multiply phosphorylated peptides from singly phosphorylated peptides with successive IMAC enrichments. The rational improvements to the IMAC protocol described in this study provide more insights into the factors that affect IMAC performance for phosphopeptide recovery. The improved IMAC-IMAC method should allow more detailed characterization of phosphoproteins in functional phosphoproteomics research projects.


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Extractos Celulares/química , Cromatografía de Afinidad/métodos , Mezclas Complejas/química , Compuestos Férricos/química , Ácido Nitrilotriacético/análogos & derivados , Fosfopéptidos/química , Acetonitrilos , Animales , Bovinos , Bases de Datos de Proteínas , Proteínas de Drosophila/química , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Linfocitos/química , Ratones , Ácido Nitrilotriacético/química , Fragmentos de Péptidos/química , Fragmentos de Péptidos/metabolismo , Fosfopéptidos/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/métodos , Tripsina/metabolismo
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J Am Soc Nephrol ; 20(2): 299-310, 2009 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19073825

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Proteinuria and increased renal reabsorption of NaCl characterize the nephrotic syndrome. Here, we show that protein-rich urine from nephrotic rats and from patients with nephrotic syndrome activate the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in cultured M-1 mouse collecting duct cells and in Xenopus laevis oocytes heterologously expressing ENaC. The activation depended on urinary serine protease activity. We identified plasmin as a urinary serine protease by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of-flight mass spectrometry. Purified plasmin activated ENaC currents, and inhibitors of plasmin abolished urinary protease activity and the ability to activate ENaC. In nephrotic syndrome, tubular urokinase-type plasminogen activator likely converts filtered plasminogen to plasmin. Consistent with this, the combined application of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and plasminogen stimulated amiloride-sensitive transepithelial sodium transport in M-1 cells and increased amiloride-sensitive whole-cell currents in Xenopus laevis oocytes heterologously expressing ENaC. Activation of ENaC by plasmin involved cleavage and release of an inhibitory peptide from the ENaC gamma subunit ectodomain. These data suggest that a defective glomerular filtration barrier allows passage of proteolytic enzymes that have the ability to activate ENaC.


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Canales Epiteliales de Sodio/metabolismo , Fibrinolisina/orina , Nefrosis/orina , Amilorida/farmacología , Animales , Humanos , Riñón/metabolismo , Ratones , Oocitos/metabolismo , Técnicas de Placa-Clamp , Péptido Hidrolasas/metabolismo , Plasminógeno/metabolismo , Activador de Plasminógeno de Tipo Uroquinasa/metabolismo , Xenopus laevis
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