Glutathionylation Decreases Methyltransferase Activity of PRMT5 and Inhibits Cell Proliferation

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• •PRMT5 glutathionylation is increased in aged mice or under oxidative stress.
• •Deglutathionylation of PRMT5 is catalyzed by glutaredoxin-1.
• •PRMT5 glutathionylation decreases its methyltransferase activity.
• •PRMT5 glutathionylation results in G2/M arrest and inhibits cell proliferation.

     

Identification of a Multiplex Biomarker Panel for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Quantitative Proteomics and Machine Learning

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• •Quantitative proteomics and machine learning to study plasma biomarkers in HCM.
• •Six peptides are increased in plasma of LVH+ HCM compared to controls.
• •Peptide biomarkers correlate with imaging markers of phenotype severity.
• •Peptide biomarkers correlate with the estimated sudden cardiac death risk.

     

An in-depth Comparison of the Pediatric and Adult Urinary N-glycomes

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• •N-glycan patterns are distinct in pediatric and adult urine.
• •Sex differences of N-glycans are much larger in adults.
• •Pediatric urine has almost no sex differences in N-glycan levels.
• •In adults, the majority of N-glycans were more abundant in males.

     

Characterizing Patients with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Vesicoureteral Reflux: A Pilot Study of the Urinary Proteome

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• •Urinary proteomes of patients with recurrent UTI, renal scarring, and VUR.
• •80 proteins differentially expressed, compared to healthy controls.
• •62 proteins may be indicative of susceptibility for UTI.
• •Altered acute phase response, extracellular matrix and carbohydrate metabolism.

     

Characterization of Prenylated C-terminal Peptides Using a Thiopropyl-based Capture Technique and LC-MS/MS

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• •Brain membrane protein extraction.
• •Protein prenylation.
• •Prenyl peptide capture and characterization by LC-MS/MS.
• •HCD and EThcD peptide fragmentation.

     

Accurate MS-based Rab10 Phosphorylation Stoichiometry Determination as Readout for LRRK2 Activity in Parkinson's Disease

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• •MS-based clinical assay that accurately determines phospho Rab10 occupancy.
• •Stable isotope labeled phosphopeptide injected as a standard with endogenous tryptic phospho Rab peptide for accurate ratio determination.
• •Determination of pRab levels in neutrophils of Parkinson disease patients.
• •Relevance of pRab levels as marker of PD.

     

Phosphoproteomic Approaches to Discover Novel Substrates of Mycobacterial Ser/Thr Protein Kinases

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• •Mapping kinase-substrate relationships is vital in discovering new tuberculosis drug targets.
• •LC-MS/MS-based phosphoproteomics expand mycobacterial STPK substrate catalogues.
• •We review and integrate MS-generated datasets on novel candidate substrates.
• •Validation studies are necessary to confirm true physiological substrates of STPKs.

     

Global Proteome and Phosphoproteome Characterization of Sepsis-induced Kidney Injury

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• •Cecal Ligation Puncture (CLP) mouse model to study sepsis-induced kidney disease.
• •Quantitative global proteome and phosphoproteome profiling of mouse kidneys.
• •Highly significant candidate markers for onset and progression of AKI to CKD.
• •Mechanistic insights into sepsis-associated kidney injuries.

     

Genetic Profile and Functional Proteomics of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Proposal for a Molecular Classification

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• •Two molecular groups in anal squamous carcinoma according proteomic profile.
• •Differences in possible targeted processes such as metabolism or immune response.
• •Different percentage of tumor lymphocyte infiltration.
• •Difference in the frequency of ATM variants, related to PPAR inhibitors.

     

Combining Precursor and Fragment Information for Improved Detection of Differential Abundance in Data Independent Acquisition

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• •Modern DIA methods contain high quality MS1 and MS2.
• •We developed a statistical procedure incorporating MS1 and MS2.
• •Benchmarking, the combined method outperformed the individual use of MS1 or MS2.

     

Identification of Tumor Antigens in the HLA Peptidome of Patient-derived Xenograft Tumors in Mouse

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• •Sufficient tumor tissues are often unavailable large HLA peptidome discovery.
• •Using patient derived xenograft (PDX) tumors can overcome this limitation.
• •The large PDX HLA peptidomes expand significantly those of the original biopsies.
• •The HLA peptidomes of the PDX tumors included many tumor antigens.

     

The Challenge of Classifying Metastatic Cell Properties by Molecular Profiling Exemplified with Cutaneous Melanoma Cells and Their Cerebral Metastasis from Patient Derived Mouse Xenografts

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• •Comprehensive molecular profiling of cutaneous and cerebellar metastasis variants.
• •Identification of differentially regulated metastasis-associated molecules.
• •Evidence for individually distinct patterns of metastasis-associated molecules.
• •Highlighting the evident need for establishing meta-analyses strategies.

     

Profiling Cell Signaling Networks at Single-cell Resolution

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• •Signaling networks can be highly heterogeneous across cells in a tissue.
• •Various technologies allow analyzing signaling networks at single-cell resolution.
• •The advantages and limitations of each single-cell approach are summarized.
• •Confounding factors in single-cell signaling network analysis are discussed.

     

An Interaction Network of RNA-Binding Proteins Involved in Drosophila Oogenesis

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• •Label-free and dimethyl labeling MS analysis of 6 RBPs from Drosophila ovaries.
• •Functionally related RBPs show overlapping proteomes.
• •Selective co-purification of splicing factors and translational regulators.
• •Validation of 26 novel interactions by co-immunoprecipitation.

     

Developments and Applications of Functional Protein Microarrays

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• •Summarize the development of functional protein microarray.
• •Application of functional proteome microarray in basic research.
• •Application of functional proteome microarray in translational research.
• •Fabrication of functional membrane protein array using virion display method.

     

An Improved Boosting to Amplify Signal with Isobaric Labeling (iBASIL) Strategy for Precise Quantitative Single-cell Proteomics

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• •Higher AGC significantly improves quantitation quality in single-cell analysis.
• •The boosting-to-sample ratio should be carefully evaluated and optimized.
• •iBASIL allows for precise quantitation of 1,500 proteins from 104 AML single cells.
• •iBASIL recapitulates major biological differences in different AML single cells.

     

Immediate Adaptation Analysis Implicates BCL6 as an EGFR-TKI Combination Therapy Target in NSCLC

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• •EGFR-TKI molecular response profiling covering 10138 proteins and 13486 mRNAs.
• •EGFR-TKI combination therapy screen using a library of 528 compounds.
• •Several new candidate EGFR-TKI escape mechanisms and combination therapy targets.
• •Combined targeting of the oncogene BCL6 and EGFR results in synergy in NSCLC cells.

     

MaxQuant Software for Ion Mobility Enhanced Shotgun Proteomics

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• •Highly parallelizable 4D feature detection in ion mobility enhanced shotgun proteomics.
• •Multidimensional non-linear mass, retention time and ion mobility recalibration.
• •Collision cross section aware matching between runs.
• •Label-free quantification of ion mobility MS data.