抑癌基因PTEN及其在肿瘤中的突变失活

正常细胞和肿瘤细胞的蛋白质磷酸化及去磷酸化研究一直引人注目。研究表明,细胞内蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化水平受蛋白质酪氨酸激酶和蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸酶动态调控。多种癌基因的表达产物具有蛋白质酪氨酸激酶活性并参与肿瘤形成进程,提示蛋白质磷酸酪氨酸磷酸酶可能抑制肿瘤形...     

酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质组学技术研究进展及其在生物医学研究中的应用

在酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质组学的研究过程中,酪氨酸磷酸化位点的富集是最重要的一步.目前常用的富集方法是抗体亲和富集或SH2 superbinder富集.此外,通过质谱与生物信息学等技术,可实现大规模酪氨酸磷酸化位点的鉴定.对酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质组学进行深度覆盖研究,揭示癌症发生发展过程中失调的激酶,将有助于深入理解癌症的发生发...     

磷酸化蛋白质组研究中的富集策略

蛋白质的磷酸化与去磷酸化过程,调控着包括信号转换、基因表达、细胞周期等诸多细胞过程。因此,对蛋白质磷酸化修饰的分析是蛋白质组研究中的重要内容。但由于磷酸化蛋白的丰度较低,难以用质谱直接检测。为了解决这个问题,改善质谱对磷酸肽的信号响应,需要对磷酸化蛋白质或磷酸肽进行富集。目前主要的富集方法包括免疫沉淀、固相金属离子亲和色谱、金属氧化物/氢氧化物亲和色谱等。     

人胃黏膜上皮细胞与胃癌细胞间酪氨酸磷酸化的比较蛋白质组学研究

比较人正常胃黏膜上皮细胞GES-1与人胃癌细胞SGC-7901间酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质的差异,筛选差异磷酸化蛋白质分子,为揭示胃癌发生发展的分子机制提供新的理论依据.采用免疫沉淀方法从人胃黏膜上皮细胞GES-1与人胃癌细胞SGC-7901总蛋白质中免疫沉淀出酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质,用SDS-PAGE和二维凝胶电泳技术分离沉淀出的酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质,银染,差异蛋白点进行胶内酶解,采用MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS质谱进行差异蛋白质鉴定.结果显示获得了7个差异酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质,这些蛋白质涉及细胞骨架、细胞调控等.通过比较正常胃黏膜上皮细胞与胃癌细胞内酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质的差异,筛选获得7个差异酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质分子,有助于深入研究胃癌发生发展的分子机制,进而为胃癌的早期诊断和防治提供新的理论依据和作用靶标.     

用蛋白质组学方法研究蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化

蛋白质的磷酸化与去磷酸化过程是生物体内普遍存在的信息传导调节方式,几乎涉及所有的生理及病理过程,其中酪氨酸残基的磷酸化作为较高级的进化形式和复杂的多细胞生命的特征表现得尤为突出和重要。但目前对酪氨酸磷酸化缺乏大规模和系统性的研究,近年发展起来的蛋白质组学为细胞和组织中的酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质的系统研究提供了必要的技术。     

基于质谱的磷酸化蛋白质组学: 富集、检测、鉴定和定量

磷酸化是一种调控生命活动的重要翻译后修饰,调控生物的生长发育、信号转导、以及疾病的发生发展．从上世纪80年代开始,质谱应用于蛋白质磷酸化的检测中,极大地推动了磷酸化蛋白质组学的发展．质谱检测拥有高灵敏度、高通量的特点,更重要的是具有位点分辨率,因此基于质谱的磷酸化蛋白质组检测方法得到不断的发展和推广．常见的磷酸化蛋白质组研究,首先对磷酸化肽段进行富集,然后进行串联质谱分析,最后通过搜索引擎对修饰位点进行鉴定和定量．本文从这个三个基本方面,对磷酸化蛋白质组研究进行综述,并对未来研究发展方向进行讨论．     

组氨酸磷酸化修饰的鉴定方法及应用

蛋白质磷酸化是广受关注的翻译后修饰类型之一,组氨酸磷酸化作为一种非常见的磷酸化修饰,最早被发现在细菌和低等真核生物信号传导的级联反应中起关键作用。近年来研究显示,其在肿瘤发生发展过程中也可能扮演了重要角色。由于磷酸化组氨酸的化学不稳定性、低丰度、亚化学计量性质、缺乏特异性的富集试剂,导致研究手段缺乏,限制了人们对磷酸化组氨酸修饰底物蛋白质的认识。随着磷酸化组氨酸抗体的设计以及富集和质谱等鉴定方法的发展,更多的磷酸化组氨酸修饰底物被鉴定,从而加速了对磷酸化组氨酸生物学功能的认识。本文介绍了磷酸化组氨酸的化学性质、主要生物学功能,并综述了磷酸化修饰底物富集和鉴定技术等方面的最新进展,同时也要看到组氨酸磷酸化修饰组学研究仍然存在巨大的技术挑战。     

BCR信号转导研究进展

Ｂ细胞表面抗原受体（ＢＣＲ）与其抗原或其它配体（如ａｎｔｉ－μＭｃＡｂ）的结合启动了Ｂ细胞的活化,ＢＣＲ交联后,首先在其ＩＴＡＭ序列部位发生酪氨酸磷酸化,从而富集并激活Ｓｒｃ家族蛋白质酪氨酸激酶（ＰＴＫ）,进而Ｓｒｃ家族ＰＴＫ将ＳｙｋＰＴＫ等的酪氨酸磷化而活化,使信号传递下去,在此过程中,还有ＦｏｒγＲⅡｂ和ＣＤ２２等分子通过富集蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸酶ＰＴＰＩＣ活化信号进行负调控,本文就此ＢＣＲ信号转     

细菌蛋白质磷酸化修饰研究进展

细菌蛋白质磷酸化修饰是调控细菌基因表达的一种重要方式,在细菌诸多生命活动中发挥非常关键的作用。本文系统概括了近年来细菌蛋白质磷酸化修饰的种类、双组分调控系统中磷酸化修饰调控信号传导、酪氨酸残基磷酸化修饰以及丝/苏氨酸残基磷酸化修饰等,同时对不同种类细菌蛋白质磷酸化修饰的功能进行综述,这些研究将对人类了解细菌蛋白质翻译后修饰的磷酸化调控及其与控制细菌感染的关系提供参考价值。     

凋亡诱导因子与非受体酪氨酸激酶c-Abl的相互作用

目的:研究凋亡诱导因子(apoptosis-inducingfactor,AIF)与非受体酪氨酸激酶c-Abl的相互作用及其功能。方法:应用免疫共沉淀法研究蛋白质的相互作用;用抗磷酸化酪氨酸抗体研究蛋白质的体内磷酸化;与GFP质粒共转染研究蛋白在细胞内的表达量。结果:AIF与c-Abl在细胞内能形成复合物;AIF可以被c-Abl磷酸化,且c-Abl能提高AIF的表达量。结论:AIF与c-Abl具有相互作用;AIF可以被c-Abl磷酸化,且c-Abl能提高AIF的表达量。     

Phosphotyrosine proteomic study of interferon alpha signaling pathway using a combination of immunoprecipitation and immobilized metal affinity chromatography

Tyrosine phosphorylation is a type of post-translational modification that plays a crucial role in signal transduction. Thus, the study of this modification at the proteomic level has great biological significance. However, because of the low abundance of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in total cell lysate, it is difficult to evaluate the dynamics of tyrosine phosphorylation at a global level. In this work, proteins carrying phosphotyrosine (pTyr) were first purified from whole cell lysate by immunoprecipitation using anti-pTyr monoclonal antibodies. After tryptic digestion, phosphopeptides were further enriched by IMAC and analyzed by LC-MS. Quantitative changes of tyrosine phosphorylation at the global level were evaluated using isotopic labeling (introduced at the methyl esterification step prior to IMAC). Using this double enrichment approach, we characterized interferon alpha (IFNalpha)-induced pTyr proteomic changes in Jurkat cells. We observed induced phosphorylation on several well documented as well as novel tyrosine phosphorylation sites on proteins involved in IFNalpha signal transduction, such as Tyk2, JAK1, and IFNAR subunits. A specific site on alpha-tubulin (Tyr-271) was observed to be phosphorylated upon treatment as well. Furthermore, our results suggest that LOC257106, a CDC42 GAP-like protein, is potentially involved in this pathway.     

A strategy for identification of protein tyrosine phosphorylation

To develop methods for studying phosphorylation of protein tyrosine residues is an important task since this protein modification regulates many cellular functions and often is involved in oncogenesis. An optimal protocol includes enrichment of tyrosine phosphorylated (pTyr) peptides or proteins, followed by a high resolving analytical method for identification of the enriched components. In this Methods paper, we describe a working strategy on how immunoaffinity enrichments, using anti-pTyr antibodies, combined with mass spectrometric (MS) analysis can be used to study the pTyr proteome. We describe in detail how our procedure was used to characterize the pTyr proteome of K562 leukemia cells. Important questions concerning the use of different anti-pTyr antibodies, enrichments performed at the peptide and/or the protein level, pooling of enrichments and requirements for the MS characterization are discussed.     

Tyrosine phosphoproteomics and identification of substrates of protein tyrosine phosphatase dPTP61F in Drosophila S2 cells by mass spectrometry-based substrate trapping strategy

Recent biochemical and genetic approaches have clearly defined the functional role of critical components in tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent signal transduction. These signaling modulators often exhibit evolutionarily conserved functions across various species. It has been proposed that if protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), and thousands of their substrates could be identified and characterized, it would significantly advance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms that control animal development and physiological homeostasis. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogester has been used extensively as a model organism for investigating the developmental processes, but the state of its tyrosine phosphorylation is poorly characterized. In the current study, we used advanced mass spectrometry (MS)-based shotgun analyses to profile the tyrosine phosphoproteome of Drosophila S2 cells. Using immunoaffinity isolation of the phosphotyrosine (pTyr) subproteome from cells treated with pervanadate followed by enrichment of phosphopeptides, we identified 562 nonredundant pTyr sites in 245 proteins. Both this predefined pTyr proteome subset and the total cell lysates were then used as sample sources to identify potential substrates of dPTP61F, the smallest member in terms of amino acid number and molecular weight in the Drosophila PTP family and the ortholog of human PTP1B and T Cell-PTP, by substrate trapping. In total, 20 unique proteins were found to be specifically associated with the trapping mutant form of dPTP61F, eluted by vanadate (VO4(3-)), and identified by MS analyses. Among them, 16 potential substrates were confirmed as tyrosine phosphorylated proteins, including a receptor PTK PDGF/VEGF receptor, a cytosolic PTK Abl, and several components of SCAR/WAVE complex, which may work in coordination to control actin dynamics. Thus, our data suggest that dPTP61F plays a central role in counteracting PTK-mediated signaling pathways as well as in regulating actin reorganization and remodeling through tyrosine dephosphorylation of critical substrates in Drosophila cells.     

Detection of tyrosine phosphorylated proteins by combination of immunoaffinity enrichment, two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis and fluorescent Western blotting

We describe fluorescence-based 2-D gel electrophoresis methods for visualization of low abundant, cancer relevant tyrosine phosphorylated (pTyr) proteins. The methods investigated were fluorescent Western blotting and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE) for detection of non-enriched and immunoaffinity enriched pTyr protein patterns. The same anti-phosphotyrosine specific antibody, 4G10, was used for both approaches. The results from fluorescent Western blotting of total proteins and from enriched CyDye DIGE pre-labeled pTyr proteins showed similar down regulation of phosphorylation upon treating of cells from a cancer model system (K562 chronic myeloid leukemia cells) with imatinib. This treatment introduced a known perturbation of phosphorylation that enabled testing of these new approaches to analyze variations in tyrosine phosphorylation levels. Enrichment of pTyr proteins was found highly advantageous for the outcome. Out of a simplified 2-D DIGE experiment of immunoaffinity enriched control and treated pTyr proteins, differential analysis as well as protein identification by mass spectrometry (MS) was possible.     

High-throughput kinase assay based on surface plasmon resonance suitable for native protein substrates

We report a novel in vitro high-throughput (HTP) kinase assay using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). In vitro tyrosine phosphorylation was performed in a microtiter plate, after which the substrate was captured with an antibody on a sensor chip and phosphotyrosine (pTyr) was detected with an anti-pTyr antibody. The capture and pTyr detection steps were performed using a Biacore A100, which is a sensitive and high-performance flow-cell-based SPR biosensor. This system allowed multiple sample processing (1000 samples/day) and high-quality data sampling. We compared the abilities of the HTP-SPR method and a standard radioisotope assay by measuring the phosphorylation of several substrate proteins by the Fyn tyrosine kinase. Similar results were obtained with both methods, suggesting that the HTP-SPR method is reliable. Therefore, the HTP-SPR method described in this study can be a powerful tool for a variety of screening analyses, such as kinase activity screening, kinase substrate profiling, and kinase HTP screening of kinase inhibitors.     

Analytical strategies for shotgun phosphoproteomics: Status and prospects

New analytical strategies for phosphoproteomics, both experimental and computational, have been rapidly introduced in recent years, leading to novel biological findings on the role of protein phosphorylation, which have in turn stimulated further development of the analytical techniques. In this review, we describe the development of analytical strategies for LC–MS/MS-based phosphoproteomics, focusing particularly on recent progress in phosphopeptide enrichment, LC–MS/MS measurement and the subsequent computational analysis. High-coverage analysis of the phosphoproteome has largely been achieved by combining pre-fractionation methods with multiple phosphopeptide enrichment approaches, at some cost in LC–MS/MS measurement time and increased sample loss. Key points for the future will be to further increase the selectivity and the recovery of enrichment methods to achieve higher sensitivity and efficiency in LC–MS/MS analysis in order to detect protein phosphorylation comprehensively, including low-abundance proteins. This is expected to lead to a more detailed understanding of the mechanisms and interactions of phosphorylation-mediated regulatory pathways in biological systems.     

Quantitative phosphoproteomics strategies for understanding protein kinase-mediated signal transduction pathways

Protein phosphorylation is a central regulatory mechanism of cell signaling pathways. This highly controlled biochemical process is involved in most cellular functions, and defects in protein kinases and phosphatases have been implicated in many diseases, highlighting the importance of understanding phosphorylation-mediated signaling networks. However, phosphorylation is a transient modification, and phosphorylated proteins are often less abundant. Therefore, the large-scale identification and quantification of phosphoproteins and their phosphorylation sites under different conditions are one of the most interesting and challenging tasks in the field of proteomics. Both 2D gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry serve as key phosphoproteomic technologies in combination with prefractionation, such as enrichment of phosphorylated proteins/peptides. Recently, new possibilities for quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis have been offered by technical advances in sample preparation, enrichment, separation, instrumentation, quantification and informatics. In this article, we present an overview of several strategies for quantitative phosphoproteomics and discuss how phosphoproteomic analysis can help to elucidate signaling pathways that regulate various cellular processes.     

Monoclonal antibodies to an artificial immunogen, specifically demonstrating phosphotyrosine-containing proteins

The importance of protein phosphorylation at tyrosyl hydroxy groups in the control of cell proliferation has recently been established. For identification of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against artificial immunogens containing O-phosphotyrosine (pTyr) or tripeptide pTyr-Gly-Gly as haptens were generated; the haptens were coupled to carrier proteins (bovine serum albumin, human immunoglobulin, keyhole limpet hemocyanin). After immunization of mice with pTyr coupled to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, Mabs were generated which were highly specific for pTyr and did not cross-react with O-phosphoserine, O-phosphothreonine, tyrosine or nucleoside-5'-monophosphates. The Mabs specifically react with tyrosinephosphorylated proteins in the Rous sarcoma virus-transformed rat XC-cell.     

Quantitative phosphoproteomics strategies for understanding protein kinase-mediated signal transduction pathways

Protein phosphorylation is a central regulatory mechanism of cell signaling pathways. This highly controlled biochemical process is involved in most cellular functions, and defects in protein kinases and phosphatases have been implicated in many diseases, highlighting the importance of understanding phosphorylation-mediated signaling networks. However, phosphorylation is a transient modification, and phosphorylated proteins are often less abundant. Therefore, the large-scale identification and quantification of phosphoproteins and their phosphorylation sites under different conditions are one of the most interesting and challenging tasks in the field of proteomics. Both 2D gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry serve as key phosphoproteomic technologies in combination with prefractionation, such as enrichment of phosphorylated proteins/peptides. Recently, new possibilities for quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis have been offered by technical advances in sample preparation, enrichment, separation, instrumentation, quantification and informatics. In this article, we present an overview of several strategies for quantitative phosphoproteomics and discuss how phosphoproteomic analysis can help to elucidate signaling pathways that regulate various cellular processes.