活细胞内亚细胞结构蛋白质组学研究新技术——几种邻近标记策略的应用及比较

真核细胞内多种无膜及有膜细胞器为各种生物学过程的发生提供场所.被膜细胞器通过它们之间的膜接触位点所进行的信息交流和物质交换是维持生命活动所必需的.绘制活细胞中细胞器或膜接触位点等处的蛋白质组图谱,将有助于解析这些部位的生物学功能及作用机制,并为研究细胞器相互作用提供基础.但由于无膜细胞器或膜接触位点很难分离纯化,传统的生化方法难以系统解析其中的蛋白质组.最近报道的几种基于酶类的蛋白质邻近标记技术,则为系统分析上述空间受限的蛋白质组这一难题提供了有效的解决方案.通过将能催化产生活性自由基(最常见的是生物素及其衍生物的自由基)的酶连接到目标蛋白上,可对其邻近的蛋白质组进行共价标记,从而使后者的分离和鉴定成为可能,并可以运用于活细胞中的动态标记.我们在此综述了几种最新的邻近标记策略的原理及应用,并对它们的优势与局限性进行了比较,以期为细胞器互作的蛋白质组学研究提供参考.     

快速发展的亚细胞蛋白质组学

亚细胞蛋白质组是蛋白质组学领域中的一支新生力量 ,已成为蛋白质组学新的主流方向 ,通过多种策略和技术方法 ,一些重要的亚细胞结构的蛋白质组不断的得到分析 ,到目前为止 ,几乎所有亚细胞结构的蛋白质组学研究都有报道 ,而且已经深入到亚细胞器和复合体水平 ;另外 ,不仅局限于对亚细胞结构的蛋白组成进行简单分析 ,而且更注重功能性分析 ,将定量技术和差异分析引入亚细胞蛋白质组学 ,来观察此亚细胞结构的蛋白质组在某些生理或病理条件下的变化 ,这已经成为亚细胞蛋白质组学新的发展方向 .亚细胞蛋白质组学最大的困难在于怎样确认鉴定出来蛋白质的定位 ,是在提取过程中的污染还是真正在此亚细胞结构中有定位 ?这将是亚细胞蛋白质组学需要努力解决的挑战 .文章全面介绍了亚细胞蛋白质组学的最新研究进展 ,阐述了亚细胞蛋白质组学面临的挑战 ,并对亚细胞蛋白质组学的发展方向作了展望 .     

叶绿体蛋白质组研究进展

亚细胞蛋白质组学是近年来蛋白组学研究中的一个热点。通过细胞器的纯化和亚细胞组分的分离,降低了样品的复杂性,增大了相应蛋白质组分的富集,有利于由此分离获得的蛋白质的序列分析及功能鉴定。叶绿体蛋白质组为植物亚细胞蛋白质组学研究中相对全面的一部分,利用亚细胞分离结合双向电泳技术系统地鉴定叶绿体中蛋白质组分是获取叶绿体蛋白质信息、确定其功能的重要技术手段。本文就近年来植物叶绿体蛋白质组涵盖的叶绿体内、外被膜、叶绿体基质、类囊体膜和类囊体腔蛋白的研究进行综述,以全面认识叶绿体蛋白的组成、特点及其在叶绿体生理生化代谢网络中的作用。     

叶绿体蛋白质组学研究进展

蛋白质组分析是鉴定蛋白质种类和功能的有力工具之一。叶绿体作为光合作用的重要细胞器,叶绿体蛋白质组学成为了研究的热点,涉及的领域包括叶绿体的总蛋白质组学、亚细胞蛋白质组学、差异蛋白质组学和蛋白质的功能等。现主要介绍蛋白质组学的常用技术以及叶绿体蛋白质组学的最新研究进展。     

植物蛋白质组学研究进展

 蛋白质组学是后基因组时代功能基因组学研究的新兴学科和热点领域。该文简要介绍了蛋白质组学产生的科学背景、研究方法和研究内容。蛋白质组学研究方法主要有双向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（2D-PAGE）、质谱(Mass-spectrometric)技术、蛋白质芯片（Protein chips）技术、酵母双杂交系统（Yeast two-hybrid system）、植物蛋白质组数据库等。其应用的范围包括植物群体遗传学、在个体水平上植物对生物和非生物环境的适应机制、植物的发育和组织器官的分化过程,以及不同亚细胞结构在生理生态过程中的作用等诸多方面。同时对植物蛋白质组学的发展前景进行了展望。     

叶绿体的蛋白质组学研究进展

蛋白质组学是以基因组编码的所有蛋白为研究对象,高通量地从细胞及整体水平上研究蛋白质的组成及其功能的新兴学科。在后基因组时代的今天,蛋白质组学的研究正逐渐深入到生命科学的各个领域,21世纪蛋白质组学将成为生命科学中最热门的学科。蛋白质组分析已成为鉴定植物功能的有力工具之一,叶绿体作为比较重要的细胞器,在植物蛋白质组学中已有较多的研究,,随着双向电泳技术的改进和质谱法的出现,并与不断增多的拟南芥、水稻、玉米等植物的序列数据相结合,叶绿体蛋白质组可以被快速鉴定。本文主要介绍了植物蛋白质组学、叶绿体及其蛋白质组学研究技术和研究进展,并对蛋白质组学的研究趋势进行了展望。     

基于电感耦合等离子体质谱的蛋白质定量技术研究进展

综述了ICP-MS法应用于蛋白质定量技术方面的研究进展.蛋白质定量研究已成为蛋白质组学研究领域的热点,它是解析生物体蛋白质功能的重要途径.基于同位素标记和生物质谱分析技术是蛋白质定量最常用的方法之一,近年来,随着质谱技术的发展,电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)技术成为元素测量的重要手段,这使其在蛋白质定量中具一定的应用前景.     

光激活荧光蛋白及其在植物分子细胞生物学研究中的应用

光激活荧光蛋白是指用特定光照射时,其荧光特性发生显著改变的一类荧光蛋白。借助光激活荧光蛋白的这种特性,可以实现对活细胞、细胞器或胞内分子的时空标记和追踪。该文介绍了目前光激活荧光蛋白的性质,并从多个方面对其应用进行了概括,包括分子标记与动态分析、蛋白质相互作用、细胞器及细胞组分动态研究、细胞追踪以及在光激活定位显微镜中的应用等,且对目前光激活荧光蛋白在植物分子细胞生物学中的应用进行了详细介绍。     

光激活荧光蛋白及其在植物分子细胞生物学研究中的应用

光激活荧光蛋白是指用特定光照射时, 其荧光特性发生显著改变的一类荧光蛋白。借助光激活荧光蛋白的这种特性,可以实现对活细胞、细胞器或胞内分子的时空标记和追踪。该文介绍了目前光激活荧光蛋白的性质, 并从多个方面对其应用进行了概括, 包括分子标记与动态分析、蛋白质相互作用、细胞器及细胞组分动态研究、细胞追踪以及在光激活定位显微镜中的应用等, 且对目前光激活荧光蛋白在植物分子细胞生物学中的应用进行了详细介绍。     

生物质谱与蛋白质组学

蛋白质组学是后基因组学时代最受关注的研究领域之一,其核心的鉴定技术——生物质谱近年来在仪器设计以及鉴定通量、分辨率和灵敏度等各方面均有质的飞跃,促进了蛋白质表达谱作图、定量蛋白质组分析、亚细胞器蛋白质组作图、蛋白质翻译后修饰以及蛋白质相互作用等蛋白质组研究各个领域的飞速发展。本综述了生物质谱技术的最新进展,及其在蛋白质组学研究中的应用。     

Proximity-based proteomics reveals the thylakoid lumen proteome in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Cyanobacteria possess unique intracellular organization. Many proteomic studies have examined different features of cyanobacteria to learn about the intracellular structures and their respective functions. While these studies have made great progress in understanding cyanobacterial physiology, the conventional fractionation methods used to purify cellular structures have limitations; specifically, certain regions of cells cannot be purified with existing fractionation methods. Proximity-based proteomics techniques were developed to overcome the limitations of biochemical fractionation for proteomics. Proximity-based proteomics relies on spatiotemporal protein labeling followed by mass spectrometry of the labeled proteins to determine the proteome of the region of interest. We performed proximity-based proteomics in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 with the APEX2 enzyme, an engineered ascorbate peroxidase. We determined the proteome of the thylakoid lumen, a region of the cell that has remained challenging to study with existing methods, using a translational fusion between APEX2 and PsbU, a lumenal subunit of photosystem II. Our results demonstrate the power of APEX2 as a tool to study the cell biology of intracellular features and processes, including photosystem II assembly in cyanobacteria, with enhanced spatiotemporal resolution.

     

Zooming in: fractionation strategies in proteomics

The recent development of mass spectrometry, i.e., high sensitivity, automation of protein identification and some post-translational modifications (PTMs) significantly increased the number of large-scale proteomics projects. However, there are still considerable limitations as none of the currently available proteomics techniques allows the analysis of an entire proteome in a single step procedure. On the other hand, there are several successful studies analyzing well defined groups of proteins, e.g., proteins of purified organelles, membrane microdomains or isolated proteins with certain PTMs. Coupling of advanced separation methodologies (different prefractionation strategies, such as subcellular fractionation, affinity purification, fractionation of proteins and peptides according to their physicochemical properties) to highly sensitive mass spectrometers provides powerful means to detect and analyze dynamic changes of low abundant regulatory proteins in eukaryotic cells on the subcellular level. This review summarizes and discusses recent strategies in proteomics approaches where different fractionation strategies were successfully applied.     

Subcellular fractionation methods and strategies for proteomics

Developments in subcellular fractionation strategies have provided the means to profile and analyze the protein composition of organelles and cellular structures by proteomics. Here, we review the application of classical (e.g. density gradient centrifugation) and emerging sophisticated techniques (fluorescent-assisted organelle sorting) in the fractionation, and statistical/bioinformatics tools for the prediction of protein localization in subcellular proteomics. We also review the validation methods currently used (such as microscopy, RNA interference and multiple reaction monitoring) and discuss the importance of verification of the results obtained in subcellular proteomics. Finally, the numerous challenges facing subcellular proteomics including the dynamics of organelles are being examined. However, complementary approaches such as modern statistics, bioinformatics and large-scale integrative analysis are beginning to emerge as powerful tools to proteomics for analyzing subcellular organelles and structures.     

Trends in ultrasensitive proteomics

Here we review recent developments and trends in sample preparation, pre-fractionation, chromatography and mass spectrometry contributing towards the ultra-sensitive global analysis of proteins. Highly sensitive MS-based proteomics is not only beneficiary for the proteome analysis of single cells, an aim which is getting into reach, but also clearly relevant for the analysis of (a) subcellular organelles, (b) specific low-abundant cell-types such as adult stem cells, and (c) smaller but more homogeneous cell populations sorted or dissected from (diseased) tissue.     

Complementary methods to assist subcellular fractionation in organellar proteomics

Organellar proteomics aims to describe the full complement of proteins of subcellular structures and organelles. When compared with whole-cell or whole-tissue proteomes, the more focused results from subcellular proteomic studies have yielded relatively simpler datasets from which biologically relevant information can be more easily extracted. In every proteomic study, the quality and purity of the biological sample to be investigated is of the utmost importance for a successful analysis. In organellar proteomics, one of the most crucial steps in sample preparation is the initial subcellular fractionation procedure by which the enriched preparation of the sought-after organelle is obtained. In nearly all available organellar proteomic studies, the method of choice relies on one or several rounds of density-based gradient centrifugation. Although this method has been recognized for decades as yielding relatively pure preparations of organelles, recent technological advances in protein separation and identification can now reveal even minute amounts of contamination, which in turn can greatly complicate data interpretation. The scope of this review focuses on recently published innovative complementary or alternative methods to perform subcellular fractionation, which can further refine the way in which sample preparation is accomplished in organellar proteomics.     

Proteomics of organelles and large cellular structures

The mass-spectrometry-based identification of proteins has created opportunities for the study of organelles, transport intermediates and large subcellular structures. Traditional cell-biology techniques are used to enrich these structures for proteomics analyses, and such analyses provide insights into the biology and functions of these structures. Here, we review the state-of-the-art proteomics techniques for the analysis of subcellular structures and discuss the biological insights that have been derived from such studies.     

The cysteine‐free single mutant C32S of APEX2 is a highly expressed and active fusion tag for proximity labeling applications

APEX2, an engineered ascorbate peroxidase for high activity, is a powerful tool for proximity labeling applications. Owing to its lack of disulfides and the calcium‐independent activity, APEX2 can be applied intracellularly for targeted electron microscopy imaging or interactome mapping when fusing to a protein of interest. However, APEX2 fusion is often deleterious to the protein expression, which seriously hampers its wide utility. This problem is especially compelling when APEX2 is fused to structurally delicate proteins, such as multi‐pass membrane proteins. In this study, we found that a cysteine‐free single mutant C32S of APEX2 dramatically improved the expression of fusion proteins in mammalian cells without compromising the enzyme activity. We fused APEX2 and APEX2^C32S to four multi‐transmembrane solute carriers (SLCs), SLC1A5, SLC6A5, SLC6A14, and SLC7A1, and compared their expressions in stable HEK293T cell lines. Except the SLC6A5 fusions expressing at decent levels for both APEX2 (70%) and APEX2^C32S (73%), other three SLC proteins showed significantly better expression when fusing to APEX2^C32S (69 ± 13%) than APEX2 (29 ± 15%). Immunofluorescence and western blot experiments showed correct plasma membrane localization and strong proximity labeling efficiency in all four SLC‐APEX2^C32S cells. Enzyme kinetic experiments revealed that APEX2 and APEX2^C32S have comparable activities in terms of oxidizing guaiacol. Overall, we believe APEX2^C32S is a superior fusion tag to APEX2 for proximity labeling applications, especially when mismatched disulfide bonding or poor expression is a concern.     

种子蛋白质组的研究进展

蛋白质组学是通过对全套蛋白质动态的研究, 来阐明生物体、组织、细胞和亚细胞全部蛋白质的表达模式及功能模式。大量可用的核苷酸序列信息和灵敏高速的质谱鉴定技术, 使得蛋白质组学方法为分析模式植物和农作物的复杂功能开辟了新的途径。目前, 种子蛋白质组研究主要集中在两个方面: 一方面是鉴定尽可能多的蛋白, 以创建种子特定生命时期的蛋白质组参照图谱; 另一方面主要集中在差异蛋白质组, 通过比较分析不同蛋白质组, 以探明关键功能蛋白。该文综述了近年来种子蛋白质组的研究进展, 内容包括种子发育过程中蛋白质组的变化, 与种子休眠/萌发相关的蛋白质组、翻译后修饰蛋白质组、细胞与亚细胞差异蛋白质组以及环境因子对种子蛋白质组的影响; 并对种子蛋白质组研究的热点问题进行了展望。     

Organelle proteomics of rat synaptic proteins: correlation-profiling by isotope-coded affinity tagging in conjunction with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to reveal post-synaptic density specific proteins

Organelle proteomics is the method of choice for global analysis of cellular proteins. However, it is difficult to isolate organelles to homogeneity. Recently, correlation-profiling has been used to filter off the contaminants ad hoc and to disclose the genuine organelle-specific proteins. In the present study, we further extend the method to include subcellular compartments that contain proteins shared by multiple distinct subcellular domains. We performed correlation profiling of proteins contained in synaptic membrane and postsynaptic density (PSD) fractions isolated from rat brain. Proteins were labeled with isotope-coded affinity-tag reagents, digested with trypsin, and resulting peptides were resolved by cation exchange chromatography followed by reversed phase chromatography. Peptides were then subjected to mass spectrometry for quantification and identification. We confirm that the core PSD proteins were enriched in the PSD preparation. Other functional protein groups such as cytoskeleton-associated proteins, protein kinases and phosphatases, signaling components and regulators, as well as proteins involved in energy production partitioned to multiple organelles. When analyzed as groups, they were shown to accumulate to a lesser extent. Mitochondrial proteins and transporters were generally strongly depleted from the PSD fraction confirming that they were contaminants of the PSD preparation. Finally, immunoelectron microscopy was performed on selected proteins to validate the proteomics results, and confirm that synaptophysin that was highly depleted in the PSD preparation is localized in the presynaptic compartment, whereas LASP-1 that was slightly enriched in the PSD preparation is present in the PSD as well as other subdomains within the synapse.