Agonists of Orally Expressed TRP Channels Stimulate Salivary Secretion and Modify the Salivary Proteome

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• •Salivary secretion was increased by mouth rinsing with TRP channel agonists.
• •The salivary proteome varied over time and was changed by TRP channel stimulation.
• •Immunoreactive Cystatin S was increased in saliva after TRPV1 stimulation.

     

Benefits of Collisional Cross Section Assisted Precursor Selection (caps-PASEF) for Cross-linking Mass Spectrometry

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• •Cross-linked peptides are physically separated from mono-linked peptides in the gas-phase by TIMS ion mobility.
• •Development of a novel data acquisition routine that a-priori distinguishes cross-linked from mono-linked peptides called caps-PASEF.
• •First application of PhoX-driven cross-linking mass spectrometry on the timsTOF Pro.
• •Application of cross-linking mass spectrometry to medium to high complexity samples.

     

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.

     

Molecular Dynamics Simulation-assisted Ionic Liquid Screening for Deep Coverage Proteome Analysis

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• •Mechanistic insights into ionic liquids and proteins at molecular level.
• •Extractants prescreen for proteome analysis with MD simulation system.
• •A loss-less sample preparation method developed for in-depth proteome profiling.
• •Over 3,300 proteins were confidently identified from 1,000 HeLa cells in a 1 h run.
• •Label-free quantitative proteome analysis of human liver cancer tissues.

     

Stoichiometry of Nucleotide Binding to Proteasome AAA+ ATPase Hexamer Established by Native Mass Spectrometry

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• •All six binding sites in PAN^WT are occupied by ADP- or ATP-type nucleotides.
• •PAN^KA Walker A mutant substoichiometrically binds ATP- but not ADP-type nucleotides.
• •PAN hexamer dissociation of the solution origin characteristics was observed in MS.
• •We posit that the PAN hexamer dissociation proceeds within the ESI droplets.

     

Peptidomic Analysis of Urine from Youths with Early Type 1 Diabetes Reveals Novel Bioactivity of Uromodulin Peptides In Vitro

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• •Urinary peptide profiling of youths with type 1 diabetes before clinical injury.
• •Internal validation of uromodulin peptides by parallel reaction monitoring.
• •Discovery of novel bioactivity of uromodulin peptides in vitro.
• •In silico prediction of proteases involved in uromodulin processing.

     

Analytical Guidelines for co-fractionation Mass Spectrometry Obtained through Global Profiling of Gold Standard Saccharomyces cerevisiae Protein Complexes

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• •Guidelines for studying protein complexes via co-fractionation mass spectrometry.
• •A novel procedure for profiling gold standard protein complexes in CF-MS data.
• •Recommendations for efficient CF-MS fractionation collection.
• •Scoring metric recommendations for precise and sensitive CF-MS data analysis.

     

Differential Complex Formation via Paralogs in the Human Sin3 Protein Interaction Network

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• •Sin3 paralog identity influences Sin3 complex composition.
• •Chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry identifies domains in SIN3A and SIN3B that mediate complex formation.
• •Complex subunit homology to yeast Sin3 complex components may assist in defining distinct forms of the Sin3 complex in humans.
• •A nuclear import signal within SIN3B is identified via chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry.

     

Proteomic Analysis of Salmonella-modified Membranes Reveals Adaptations to Macrophage Hosts

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• •Affinity-based proteomics of infected macrophage cells.
• •Salmonella-modified membranes exhibit host-specific composition.
• •Proteome differences explain some host-dependent pathophysiological differences.

     

Single-cell Proteomics: Progress and Prospects

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• •Label-free and isobaric labeling approaches for in-depth profiling of single cells.
• •Miniaturization and simplification of sample processing reduce surface losses.
• •Nanoflow separations enhance ionization efficiency and reduced chemical noise.
• •Ultrasensitive mass spectrometry and gas-phase separation add selectivity.

     

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.

     

Mutation-independent Proteomic Signatures of Pathological Progression in Murine Models of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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• •Proteomics analysis was performed in two murine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (mdx and mdx52) at three ages (8, 16 and 80 weeks) and compared with wild-type controls.
• •High-resolution isoelectric focusing liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry enabled the quantification of 4974 proteins in all samples.
• •This study has revealed protein signatures of dystrophin deficiency and the progression of dystrophic pathology.
• •In contrast, the proteomes of the mdx and mdx52 mice were highly similar.
• •Pathway analysis revealed crosstalk between inflammatory, metabolic and muscle growth processes in dystrophic muscle.

     

Novel Proteome Extraction Method Illustrates a Conserved Immunological Signature of MSI-H Colorectal Tumors

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• •TOP: robust, bio-friendly FFPE proteome extraction method with less fixation bias.
• •Proteome of MSI-H colorectal cancer identifies immunobiology key elements.
• •MSI-H tumor displays an “INFg-STAT1 centric signature”.
• •Long-term IFNg induction In-vitro mimicks MSI-H signature.

     

A Comprehensive Gender-related Secretome of Plasmodium berghei Sexual Stages

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• •Quantitative analysis of Plasmodium sexual stage egress secretome.
• •Activated gametocytes release gender-related proteins.
• •Gametocyte egress process involves different types of vesicles.

     

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.

     

The DNA Sensor cGAS is Decorated by Acetylation and Phosphorylation Modifications in the Context of Immune Signaling

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• •cGAS acetylations and phosphorylations under basal and immune-stimulated states.
• •K384 and K414 acetylations and S305 phosphorylation inhibit cGAS-mediated apoptosis.
• •Acetylation at K198 stimulates cGAS-dependent interferon signaling.
• •K198 acetylation is decreased upon herpesvirus infection.

     

Phosphotyrosine-based Phosphoproteomics for Target Identification and Drug Response Prediction in AML Cell Lines

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• •pY phosphoproteomes and dedicated ranking analyses for 16 AML cell lines.
• •RTK drivers, 6 mutant cell lines confirmed, identification for 4 more cell lines.
• •MAPK1/3 phosphorylation for cell lines without TK driver, indicating RAS mutation.
• •Drug target space phosphorylation correlates with drug IC50s in specific cell lines.

     

Thorough Performance Evaluation of 213 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation for Top-down Proteomics

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• •Analysis of product ions produced by 213 nm UVPD is used to refine database search.
• •A product ion at the N-terminus of Pro, y-2, is observed in 213 nm UVPD spectra.
• •213 nm UVPD provides more complete proteoform characterization than HCD.
• •HCD and 213 nm UVPD are complementary fragmentation methods for proteoforms <30 kDa.