癌细胞分泌蛋白质组富集与鉴定策略研究进展

分泌蛋白质中包含细胞因子、生长因子和激素等具有重要功能的生物活性分子,广泛参与细胞信号传导,细胞增殖、分化和凋亡的调控等多项重要生命过程。因此,从分泌体系中发掘生物标志物和治疗靶标,是癌症蛋白质组研究的一个重要方向。传统的分泌蛋白质体系主要包括血浆、尿液、脑脊液和组织间隙液等,这些系统的一个主要特点是其所包含的蛋白质浓度范围跨度很大,对蛋白质组分离和鉴定提出巨大挑战。而收集肿瘤细胞在无血清体系中培养时所分泌的蛋白质,开展蛋白质组研究,则可以避开常规分泌系统中大量高丰度蛋白质的干扰,获得肿瘤特异性的细胞分泌蛋白谱。近年来,随着蛋白质组学技术的发展和质谱仪的进步,癌细胞分泌蛋白质组学的研究进展很快。我们系统回顾了癌细胞分泌蛋白质组富集方法和鉴定策略的发展,概括了癌细胞分泌蛋白质组研究现状和规模,为该领域的进一步研究奠定基础。     

通过蛋白质组学的方法鉴定小G蛋白Rif的相互作用蛋白及初步功能分析

Rif(Rho in filopodia)作为Rho小G蛋白家族的一员在调节细胞骨架形态方面有多种作用,可以同时介导压力纤维（stress fibers）和丝状伪足（filopodia）结构的形成.为了进一步研究Rif分子的功能, 通过蛋白质组学的方法在高表达内源性Rif蛋白的HeLa细胞中寻找其新的相互作用蛋白.通过分析,发现了Rif与输出蛋白5（exportin 5）等几个核质蛋白存在潜在的相互作用.实验证明,Rif与输出蛋白5的相互作用是核苷酸依赖性的,并且这种相互作用可以将细胞质中存在的输出蛋白5转运回细胞核内.这些发现揭示了小G蛋白Rif可能作为核质大分子运输载体的新功能.     

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。     

蛋白质N末端组学研究进展

蛋白质的N末端作为合成的起始,其氨基酸序列组成及翻译后修饰直接影响着蛋白质的活性、稳定性和细胞内定位,调控着细胞内的信号转导,甚至决定了这些蛋白质的命运。对蛋白质N末端组学的系统研究不仅可以揭示N末端区域对整个蛋白质的重要作用,有助于我们深入地了解蛋白质在各种生命活动中所扮演的角色,同时在实现蛋白质组高覆盖、基因组重注释等方面也有着重要的价值。本文结合我们的现有工作,综述了近年来蛋白质N末端组学的研究进展,尤其是一些重要的基于质谱的N末端富集技术和方法。     

“protein”是“蛋白质”还是“蛋白”?

"蛋白质"是一个常用词,但经常和另一个只有一字之差的称谓"蛋白"相混淆,使用极不规范。本文对此现象进行分析并提出意见,希望有助于科技名词使用的规范化。     

尿液蛋白富集方法的比较

人尿液中蛋白含量低,在进行质谱分析时易被高丰度蛋白掩盖。因此,发展高效和高选择性的富集方法,是实现尿蛋白标记物深度覆盖的必要前提。探究不同实验方法对尿液蛋白富集和尿蛋白质组的影响尤为重要。本研究采用超滤法、硝酸纤维素膜富集法和饱和硫酸铵沉淀法,等体积各处理5例健康志愿者和膀胱癌患者10 mL尿液样本,富集尿液蛋白,SDS-PAGE分离尿蛋白,比较不同方法纯化的效率;通过质谱分析,比较不同纯化方法的肽段鉴定效果,确定针对尿液蛋白质组蛋白的最佳富集方法。相对于超滤和硝酸纤维素膜富集法,饱和硫酸铵沉淀法成功地应用于健康人尿蛋白的富集和质谱检测,在保证回收蛋白质量的前提下,可减少高丰度白蛋白的干扰,富集更多低丰度蛋白,提高了质谱鉴定的灵敏度。综上所述,饱和硫酸铵提取尿蛋白的效果较好,该方法具有大规模处理尿液、提高蛋白质组学筛选临床诊断标记物研究的应用潜力。     

基于生物质谱的蛋白质C末端研究进展

蛋白质的C末端在蛋白质进行各项生命活动过程中都起着极其重要的作用。它不仅标志着DNA转录翻译成蛋白质过程的初步完成,更是参与和调控了蛋白质的各种生理功能。研究蛋白质的C末端不仅有利于完整蛋白质的鉴定,对于在分子水平理解蛋白质的信号传导和生化功能是十分必要的。文中结合我们的研究工作,综述了近年来基于生物质谱的蛋白质C末端研究的相关进展,包括了C末端的识别、鉴定以及蛋白质C末端肽段富集的新方法和新技术。     

胃癌相关新蛋白Raf激酶抑制蛋白相互作用蛋白质的鉴定

Raf激酶抑制蛋白(RKIP)的异常表达在胃癌的发生发展中起重要的作用,为了阐明其作用机制,应用脂质体将RKIP-3xFLAG-pcDNA3.1质粒转染至SGC7901细胞,建立RKIP-3xFLAG高表达的SGC7901细胞;并利用3xFLAG标签的亲和层析技术联合质谱分析,分离、鉴定与RKIP相互作用的蛋白质,并应用免疫共沉淀联合Western-blot进一步验证质谱结果．共鉴定出66个RKIP相互作用蛋白质,功能分类包括蛋白质代谢酶类、生物氧化相关酶类,细胞骨架蛋白、分子伴侣、信号转导相关蛋白、酶解相关蛋白等．并首次证实14-3-3蛋白与RKIP存在相互作用．为阐明RKIP在胃癌发生发展中的作用机制提供了重要的线索,为胃癌的早期诊治及预后监测提供了新的靶点．     

凝集素法与酰肼法富集糖肽的方法学比较

蛋白质糖基化(glycosylation)是最常见和最重要的翻译后修饰之一.大规模N-连接糖基化位点鉴定是糖蛋白质组学研究的重要组成部分,而N-连接糖肽富集是高通量N-连接糖基化位点鉴定的关键步骤.凝集素富集法和酰肼化学法是目前被广泛应用的N-连接糖肽富集技术,有报道认为两种方法具有很强的互补性,联合使用能提高糖基化位点的鉴定数目.本文以Hep G2细胞系为模型,系统比较了这两种方法的富集效率和糖蛋白鉴定数目.结果表明,虽然酰肼法的糖肽富集效率为76.6%,远高于凝集素法的54.6%,但是凝集素法却能鉴定到825个糖蛋白和1 959个N-连接糖基化位点,显著多于酰肼法富集到的522个糖蛋白和1 014个糖基化位点.并且,两种方法并未显示出显著的互补性,仅28个糖蛋白和80个糖基化位点未在凝集素法中鉴定到.     

一种适用于双向电泳的水稻磷酸化蛋白富集方法——酚提取法结合固相金属离子亲和层析法

磷蛋白在植物信号传导和胁迫响应中有着非常重要的作用,磷蛋白质组学研究已经成为蛋白质组学研究领域中备受瞩目的一个部分．本研究用酚提取法以水稻日本晴苗期叶片为材料提取叶片总蛋白,提取率达3.5%;用固相金属离子亲和层析柱纯化富集磷蛋白,得到磷蛋白占总蛋白约6.4%．对过柱洗涤液、不同阶段洗脱液等各个组分进行SDS-PAGE,粗略检测其蛋白含量,并根据单向SDS PAGE结果对总蛋白、高峰段磷蛋白、非高峰段磷蛋白以及富集后再纯化的总磷蛋白进行双向电泳,比较其中的蛋白差异．本研究提出的方法和程序可在7 cm聚丙烯酰胺凝胶上检测到多达856个磷蛋白,是一种非常有效的磷蛋白富集、纯化和分离鉴定的方法．     

Mass spectrometric quantitation of covalently bound cell wall proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The cell wall of yeast consists of an internal skeletal layer and an external layer of glycoproteins covalently linked to the stress-bearing polysaccharides. The cell wall protein (CWP) population consists of over 20 different proteins, and may vary in composition. We present two complementary methods for quantifying CWPs, based on isobaric tagging and tandem MS: (1) absolute quantitation of individual CWPs, allowing estimation of surface densities; and (2) relative quantitation of CWPs, allowing monitoring of the dynamics of the CWP population. For absolute quantitation, we selected a representative group of five proteins (Cwp1p, Crh1p, Scw4p, Gas1p, and Ecm33p), which had 67 x 10(3), 44 x 10(3), 38 x 10(3), 11 x 10(3) and 6.5 x 10(3) of wall-bound copies per cell, respectively. As Cwp1p is predominantly incorporated in the birth scar, this corresponds to a protein density of c. 22 x 10(3) copies microm(-2). For relative quantitation, we compared wild-type cells to gas1Delta cells, in which the cell wall integrity pathway is constitutively activated. The levels of Crh1p, Crh2p, Ecm33p, Gas5p, Pst1p and Pir3p increased about three- to fivefold, whereas the level of Scw4p was significantly decreased. We propose that our methods are widely applicable to other fungi.     

Identification of F-box proteins that are involved in resistance to methylmercury in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

We searched for F-box proteins that might be related to the mechanism that protects Saccharomyces cerevisiae against the toxic effects of methylmercury. We found that overexpression of Hrt3 and of Ylr224w rendered yeast cells resistant to methylmercury. Yeast cells that overexpressed Hrt3 and Ylr224w were barely resistant to methylmercury in the presence of a proteasome inhibitor. Our results suggest the existence of some protein(s) that enhances the toxicity of methylmercury in yeast cells and, also, that overexpression of Hrt3 or Ylr224w can confer resistance to methylmercury by enhancing the polyubiquitination of this protein(s) and its degradation in proteasomes.     

Identification of novel phospholipid binding proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A proteomics approach was used to search for novel phospholipid binding proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Phospholipids were immobilized on a solid support and the lipids were probed with soluble yeast protein extracts. From this, the phosphatidic acid binding proteins were eluted and identified by mass spectrometry. Thirteen proteins were identified and 11 of these were previously unknown lipid binding proteins. The protein-lipid interactions identified would not have been predicted using bioinformatics approaches as none possessed a known lipid binding motif. A subset of the identified proteins was purified to homogeneity and determined to directly bind phospholipids immobilized on a solid support or organized into liposomes. This simple approach could be systematically applied to perform an exhaustive screen for soluble lipid binding proteins in S. cerevisiae or other organisms.     

Changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ascospore proteins during early germination

Abstract Proteins present in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ascospores and in germinating ascospores were compared using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Yeast ascospores incorporated labeled methionine efficiently facilitating the electrophoretic analysis. Proteins synthesized in the yeast ascospores differed significantly from those proteins found 15 min after the initiation of germination in the ascospores. An immediate transition from ascospore proteins to proteins required for ascospore germination appears likely.     

Heterologous expression of cyanobacterial gas vesicle proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Given the potential applications of gas vesicles (GVs) in multiple fields including antigen-displaying and imaging, heterologous reconstitution of synthetic GVs is an attractive and interesting study that has translational potential. Here, we attempted to express and assemble GV proteins (GVPs) into GVs using the model eukaryotic organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We first selected and expressed two core structural proteins, GvpA and GvpC from cyanobacteria Anabaena flos-aquae and Planktothrix rubescens, respectively. We then optimized the protein production conditions and validated GV assembly in the context of GV shapes. We found that when two copies of anaA were integrated into the genome, the chromosomal expression of AnaA resulted in GV production regardless of GvpC expression. Next, we co-expressed chaperone-RFP with the GFP-AnaA to aid the AnaA aggregation. The co-expression of individual chaperones (Hsp42, Sis1, Hsp104, and GvpN) with AnaA led to the formation of larger inclusions and enhanced the sequestration of AnaA into the perivacuolar site. To our knowledge, this represents the first study on reconstitution of GVs in S. cerevisiae. Our results could provide insights into optimizing conditions for heterologous protein production as well as the reconstitution of other synthetic microcompartments in yeast.     

Identification of four proteins from the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome using a proteomics approach

Proteins in the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Four individual proteins were subjected to in-gel Endoprotease Lys-C digestion. The sequences of selected proteolytic peptides were obtained by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Peptide sequences obtained from in-gel digestion of individual spots were used to screen human, mouse, and rat expressed sequence tag databases, and complete consensus cDNAs for these species were deduced in silico. The corresponding protein sequences were characterized by comparison to known ribosomal proteins in protein databases. Four different classes of mammalian mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins were identified. Only two of these proteins have significant sequence similarities to ribosomal proteins from prokaryotes. These proteins are homologs to Escherichia coli S9 and S5 proteins. The presence of these newly identified mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are also investigated in the Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and in the genomes of several fungi.     

Identification of mitochondrial carriers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by transport assay of reconstituted recombinant proteins

The inner membranes of mitochondria contain a family of carrier proteins that are responsible for the transport in and out of the mitochondrial matrix of substrates, products, co-factors and biosynthetic precursors that are essential for the function and activities of the organelle. This family of proteins is characterized by containing three tandem homologous sequence repeats of approximately 100 amino acids, each folded into two transmembrane alpha-helices linked by an extensive polar loop. Each repeat contains a characteristic conserved sequence. These features have been used to determine the extent of the family in genome sequences. The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 34 members of the family. The identity of five of them was known before the determination of the genome sequence, but the functions of the remaining family members were not. This review describes how the functions of 15 of these previously unknown transport proteins have been determined by a strategy that consists of expressing the genes in Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, reconstituting the gene products into liposomes and establishing their functions by transport assay. Genetic and biochemical evidence as well as phylogenetic considerations have guided the choice of substrates that were tested in the transport assays. The physiological roles of these carriers have been verified by genetic experiments. Various pieces of evidence point to the functions of six additional members of the family, but these proposals await confirmation by transport assay. The sequences of many of the newly identified yeast carriers have been used to characterize orthologs in other species, and in man five diseases are presently known to be caused by defects in specific mitochondrial carrier genes. The roles of eight yeast mitochondrial carriers remain to be established.     

Identification of two proteins encoded by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4 gene.

We placed the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4 gene under control of the galactose regulatory system by fusing it to the S. cerevisiae GAL1 promoter. After induction with galactose, GAL4 is now transcribed at about 1,000-fold higher levels than in wild-type S. cerevisiae. This regulated high-level expression has enabled us to tentatively identify two GAL4-encoded proteins.     

Identification of novel filament-forming proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Drosophila melanogaster

The discovery of large supramolecular complexes such as the purinosome suggests that subcellular organization is central to enzyme regulation. A screen of the yeast GFP strain collection to identify proteins that assemble into visible structures identified four novel filament systems comprised of glutamate synthase, guanosine diphosphate–mannose pyrophosphorylase, cytidine triphosphate (CTP) synthase, or subunits of the eIF2/2B translation factor complex. Recruitment of CTP synthase to filaments and foci can be modulated by mutations and regulatory ligands that alter enzyme activity, arguing that the assembly of these structures is related to control of CTP synthase activity. CTP synthase filaments are evolutionarily conserved and are restricted to axons in neurons. This spatial regulation suggests that these filaments have additional functions separate from the regulation of enzyme activity. The identification of four novel filaments greatly expands the number of known intracellular filament networks and has broad implications for our understanding of how cells organize biochemical activities in the cytoplasm.     

Contrasting secretory processing of simultaneously expressed heterologous proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In this study, secretory processing of cell-surface displayed Aga2p fusions to bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and the single chain Fv (scFv) antibody fragment D1.3 are examined. BPTI is more efficiently processed than D1.3 both when secreted and surface-displayed, and D1.3 expression imparts a greater amount of secretory stress on the cell as assayed by a reporter of the unfolded protein response (UPR). Surprisingly, simultaneous expression of the two proteins in the same cell somewhat improves BPTI surface display while decreasing D1.3 surface display with minimal effect on UPR activation. Furthermore, co-expression leads to the accumulation of punctate vacuolar aggregates of D1.3 and increased secretion of the D1.3-Aga2p fusion into the supernatant. Overexpression of the folding chaperones protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and BiP largely mitigates the D1.3 surface expression decrease, suggesting that changes in vacuolar and cell surface targeting may be due, in part, to folding inefficiency. Titration of constitutive UPR expression across a broad range progressively decreases surface display of both proteins as UPR increases. D1.3-Aga2p traffic through the late secretory pathway appears to be strongly affected by overall secretory load as well as folding conditions in the ER.