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Žuna K, Tyschuk T, Beikbaghban T, Sternberg F, Kreiter J, Pohl EE. The 2-oxoglutarate/malate carrier extends the family of mitochondrial carriers capable of fatty acid and 2,4-dinitrophenol-activated proton transport. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2024; 240:e14143. [PMID: 38577966 DOI: 10.1111/apha.14143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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AIMS Metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells has been linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. The mitochondrial 2-oxoglutarate/malate carrier (OGC) has been suggested as a potential target for preventing cancer progression. Although OGC is involved in the malate/aspartate shuttle, its exact role in cancer metabolism remains unclear. We aimed to investigate whether OGC may contribute to the alteration of mitochondrial inner membrane potential by transporting protons. METHODS The expression of OGC in mouse tissues and cancer cells was investigated by PCR and Western blot analysis. The proton transport function of recombinant murine OGC was evaluated by measuring the membrane conductance (Gm) of planar lipid bilayers. OGC-mediated substrate transport was measured in proteoliposomes using 14C-malate. RESULTS OGC increases proton Gm only in the presence of natural (long-chain fatty acids, FA) or chemical (2,4-dinitrophenol) protonophores. The increase in OGC activity directly correlates with the increase in the number of unsaturated bonds of the FA. OGC substrates and inhibitors compete with FA for the same protein binding site. Arginine 90 was identified as a critical amino acid for the binding of FA, ATP, 2-oxoglutarate, and malate, which is a first step towards understanding the OGC-mediated proton transport mechanism. CONCLUSION OGC extends the family of mitochondrial transporters with dual function: (i) metabolite transport and (ii) proton transport facilitated in the presence of protonophores. Elucidating the contribution of OGC to uncoupling may be essential for the design of targeted drugs for the treatment of cancer and other metabolic diseases.
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- Kristina Žuna
- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences and Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Sliwiak J, Worsztynowicz P, Pokrywka K, Loch JI, Grzechowiak M, Jaskolski M. Biochemical characterization of L-asparaginase isoforms from Rhizobium etli-the boosting effect of zinc. Front Chem 2024; 12:1373312. [PMID: 38456185 PMCID: PMC10917881 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1373312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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L-Asparaginases, divided into three structural Classes, catalyze the hydrolysis of L-asparagine to L-aspartic acid and ammonia. The members of Class 3, ReAIV and ReAV, encoded in the genome of the nitrogen fixing Rhizobium etli, have the same fold, active site, and quaternary structure, despite low sequence identity. In the present work we examined the biochemical consequences of this difference. ReAIV is almost twice as efficient as ReAV in asparagine hydrolysis at 37°C, with the kinetic KM, kcat parameters (measured in optimal buffering agent) of 1.5 mM, 770 s-1 and 2.1 mM, 603 s-1, respectively. The activity of ReAIV has a temperature optimum at 45°C-55°C, whereas the activity of ReAV, after reaching its optimum at 37°C, decreases dramatically at 45°C. The activity of both isoforms is boosted by 32 or 56%, by low and optimal concentration of zinc, which is bound three times more strongly by ReAIV then by ReAV, as reflected by the KD values of 1.2 and 3.3 μM, respectively. We also demonstrate that perturbation of zinc binding by Lys→Ala point mutagenesis drastically decreases the enzyme activity but also changes the mode of response to zinc. We also examined the impact of different divalent cations on the activity, kinetics, and stability of both isoforms. It appeared that Ni2+, Cu2+, Hg2+, and Cd2+ have the potential to inhibit both isoforms in the following order (from the strongest to weakest inhibitors) Hg2+ > Cu2+ > Cd2+ > Ni2+. ReAIV is more sensitive to Cu2+ and Cd2+, while ReAV is more sensitive to Hg2+ and Ni2+, as revealed by IC50 values, melting scans, and influence on substrate specificity. Low concentration of Cd2+ improves substrate specificity of both isoforms, suggesting its role in substrate recognition. The same observation was made for Hg2+ in the case of ReAIV. The activity of the ReAV isoform is less sensitive to Cl- anions, as reflected by the IC50 value for NaCl, which is eightfold higher for ReAV relative to ReAIV. The uncovered complementary properties of the two isoforms help us better understand the inducibility of the ReAV enzyme.
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- Joanna Sliwiak
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Crystal Chemistry and Crystal Physics, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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Known and Unexplored Post-Translational Modification Pathways in Schizophrenia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1400:75-87. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97182-3_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Al-Hajm AYS, Ozgun E. Effects of acrylamide on protein degradation pathways in human liver-derived cells and the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine and curcumin. Drug Chem Toxicol 2020; 45:1536-1543. [PMID: 33198515 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2020.1846548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Acrylamide is a harmful chemical, and its metabolism occurs mainly in the liver. Acrylamide can form adducts on proteins. Protein homeostasis is vital for metabolic and secretory functions of the liver. No study has investigated the effect of acrylamide on the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Also, the effect of acrylamide on autophagy and its regulation is not fully known. We aimed to investigate the effects of acrylamide on the UPS, autophagy, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in HepG2 cells as well as to examine the effects of N-acetylcysteine and curcumin on these parameters in acrylamide-treated cells. HepG2 cells were initially treated with variable concentrations of acrylamide (0.01-0.1-1-10 mM) for 24 hours. Then, HepG2 cells were treated with 5 mM N-acetylcysteine and 6.79 µM curcumin in the presence of 10 mM acrylamide for 24 hours. Cell viability was evaluated by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide assay. Ubiquitinated protein, mTOR, microtubule-associated proteins 1 A/1B light chain 3B-II (LC3B-II), and HSP70 levels were measured by immunoblotting. Acrylamide at 10 mM concentration, without any significant change at lower concentrations, caused an increase in ubiquitinated protein, LC3B-II, and HSP70 levels and a decrease in mTOR phosphorylation. Furthermore, 5 mM N-acetylcysteine caused a decrease in ubiquitinated protein and HSP70 levels; however, 6.79 µM curcumin did not affect 10 mM in acrylamide-treated cells. Our study showed that acrylamide at high concentration inhibits UPS and mTOR, activates autophagy, and increases HSP70 levels in HepG2 cells, and N-acetylcysteine reduces UPS inhibition and HSP70 levels in acrylamide-treated cells.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
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Agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for visualization of simple sequence repeats. Methods Mol Biol 2013. [PMID: 23546791 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-389-3_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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In the modern age of genetic research there is a constant search for ways to improve the efficiency of plant selection. The most recent technology that can result in a highly efficient means of selection and still be done at a low cost is through plant selection directed by simple sequence repeats (SSRs or microsatellites). The molecular markers are used to select for certain desirable plant traits without relying on ambiguous phenotypic data. The best way to detect these is the use of gel electrophoresis. Gel electrophoresis is a common technique in laboratory settings which is used to separate deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) by size. Loading DNA and RNA onto gels allows for visualization of the size of fragments through the separation of DNA and RNA fragments. This is achieved through the use of the charge in the particles. As the fragments separate, they form into distinct bands at set sizes. We describe the ability to visualize SSRs on slab gels of agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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Ito K, Chadani Y, Nakamori K, Chiba S, Akiyama Y, Abo T. Nascentome analysis uncovers futile protein synthesis in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28413. [PMID: 22162769 PMCID: PMC3230602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Although co-translational biological processes attract much attention, no general and easy method has been available to detect cellular nascent polypeptide chains, which we propose to call collectively a “nascentome.” We developed a method to selectively detect polypeptide portions of cellular polypeptidyl-tRNAs and used it to study the generality of the quality control reactions that rescue dead-end translation complexes. To detect nascent polypeptides, having their growing ends covalently attached to a tRNA, cellular extracts are separated by SDS-PAGE in two dimensions, first with the peptidyl-tRNA ester bonds preserved and subsequently after their in-gel cleavage. Pulse-labeled nascent polypeptides of Escherichia coli form a characteristic line below the main diagonal line, because each of them had contained a tRNA of nearly uniform size in the first-dimension electrophoresis but not in the second-dimension. The detection of nascent polypeptides, separately from any translation-completed polypeptides or degradation products thereof, allows us to follow their fates to gain deeper insights into protein biogenesis and quality control pathways. It was revealed that polypeptidyl-tRNAs were significantly stabilized in E. coli upon dysfunction of the tmRNA-ArfA ribosome-rescuing system, whose function had only been studied previously using model constructs. Our results suggest that E. coli cells are intrinsically producing aberrant translation products, which are normally eliminated by the ribosome-rescuing mechanisms.
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- Koreaki Ito
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Somani BL, Ambade VN, Arora MM. Polyacrylamide Gel Affinity Electrophoresis for Separation of Enzyme Isoforms. Med J Armed Forces India 2011; 59:125-7. [PMID: 27407485 DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(03)80056-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Affinity electrophoresis of differently glycosylated isoforms of enzymes using lectin as affinity ligand has been reported on support media such as cellulose acetate membrane (CAM) or agarose gel. We report a method for affinity electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel (PAG) using wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). WGA is added to acrylamide-Bis mixture and incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature. This causes WGA to react covalently with acrylamide and Bis. Polymerization is initiated with addition of N,N,N,N-tetramethylethylene diamine (TEMED) and ammonium persulphate to give polyacrylamide gel with immobilized lectin. This gel has been found to effectively separate differently glycosylated isoforms of alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Concanavalin - A, similarly immobilized, did not give effective separation of ALP isoforms. The immobilization of lectin on polyacrylamide as support media requires less amount of lectin in comparison to CAM and agarose. Additional advantage of affinity electrophoresis on PAG is separation of biomolecules according to size.
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- B L Somani
- Scientist F, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040
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- Scientist D, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040
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- Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040
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Variations on a theme: Changes to electrophoretic separations that can make a difference. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1562-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rodat A, Couderc B, Feurer B, Couderc F. A new evaluation technique for the detection of impurities in purified proteins via CE with native UV-LIF. Electrophoresis 2010; 31:396-402. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nilsson R, Bernfur K, Gustavsson N, Bygdell J, Wingsle G, Larsson C. Proteomics of plasma membranes from poplar trees reveals tissue distribution of transporters, receptors, and proteins in cell wall formation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 9:368-87. [PMID: 19955078 PMCID: PMC2830847 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900289-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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By exploiting the abundant tissues available from Populus trees, 3-4 m high, we have been able to isolate plasma membranes of high purity from leaves, xylem, and cambium/phloem at a time (4 weeks after bud break) when photosynthesis in the leaves and wood formation in the xylem should have reached a steady state. More than 40% of the 956 proteins identified were found in the plasma membranes of all three tissues and may be classified as "housekeeping" proteins, a typical example being P-type H(+)-ATPases. Among the 213 proteins predicted to be integral membrane proteins, transporters constitute the largest class (41%) followed by receptors (14%) and proteins involved in cell wall and carbohydrate metabolism (8%) and membrane trafficking (8%). ATP-binding cassette transporters (all members of subfamilies B, C, and G) and receptor-like kinases (four subfamilies) were two of the largest protein families found, and the members of these two families showed pronounced tissue distribution. Leaf plasma membranes were characterized by a very high proportion of transporters, constituting almost half of the integral proteins. Proteins involved in cell wall synthesis (such as cellulose and sucrose synthases) and membrane trafficking were most abundant in xylem plasma membranes in agreement with the role of the xylem in wood formation. Twenty-five integral proteins and 83 soluble proteins were exclusively found in xylem plasma membranes, which identifies new candidates associated with cell wall synthesis and wood formation. Among the proteins uniquely found in xylem plasma membranes were most of the enzymes involved in lignin biosynthesis, which suggests that they may exist as a complex linked to the plasma membrane.
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- Robert Nilsson
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå Plant Science Centre, SE-90183 Umeå, Sweden.
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Seelert H, Krause F. Preparative isolation of protein complexes and other bioparticles by elution from polyacrylamide gels. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:2617-36. [PMID: 18494038 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Due to its unmatched resolution, gel electrophoresis is an indispensable tool for the analysis of diverse biomolecules. By adaptation of the electrophoretic conditions, even fragile protein complexes as parts of intracellular networks migrate through the gel matrix under sustainment of their integrity. If the thickness of such native gels is significantly increased compared to the analytical version, also high sample loads can be processed. However, the cage-like network obstructs an in-depth analysis for deciphering structure and function of protein complexes and other species. Consequently, the biomolecules have to be removed from the gel matrix into solution. Several approaches summarized in this review tackle this problem. While passive elution relies on diffusion processes, electroelution employs an electric field to force biomolecules out of the gel. An alternative procedure requires a special electrophoresis setup, the continuous elution device. In this apparatus, molecules migrate in the electric field until they leave the gel and were collected in a buffer stream. Successful isolation of diverse protein complexes like photosystems, ATP-dependent enzymes or active respiratory supercomplexes and some other bioparticles demonstrates the versatility of preparative electrophoresis. After liberating particles out of the gel cage, numerous applications are feasible. They include elucidation of the individual components up to high resolution structures of protein complexes. Therefore, preparative electrophoresis can complement standard purification methods and is in some cases superior to them.
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- Holger Seelert
- Department of Chemistry, Physical Biochemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Lee BS, Krishnanchettiar S, Lateef SS, Gupta S. Capturing biotinylated proteins and peptides by avidin functional affinity electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol 2008; 418:51-62. [PMID: 18287649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-579-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Avidin functional affinity electrophoresis (AFAEP) is a variational method of affinity electrophoresis. In this technique, avidin is immobilized within a small area of the gel matrix by interaction with acrylamide and/or polyacrylamide either directly or through bifunctional linker glutaraldehyde during polymerization. Analytes can be heated with Tris-glycine sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sample buffer so that biotinylated peptides/proteins are negatively charged and migrate electrophoretically towards the cathode through the avidin zone regardless of their isoelectric point (pI) values. Alternatively, if the behavior of the biotinylated analytes is known, the SDS treatment is not required. The polarity of the electrodes is set such that biotinylated analytes migrate electrophoretically through the avidin zone. This technique can work with or without SDS in gel running buffer. The AFAEP method allows the capture and concentration of biotinylated peptides/proteins. The values of this technique stem from a combination of merits of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and affinity technology.
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- Bao-Shiang Lee
- University of Chicago Research Resources Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Grigorian AL, Bustamante JJ, Muñoz J, Aguilar RM, Martinez AO, Haro LS. Preparative alkaline urea gradient PAGE: Application to purification of extraordinarily-stable disulfide-linked homodimer of human growth hormone. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:3829-36. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Klose A, Zigrino P, Dennhöfer R, Mauch C, Hunzelmann N. Identification and discrimination of extracellularly active cathepsins B and L in high-invasive melanoma cells. Anal Biochem 2006; 353:57-62. [PMID: 16620747 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Revised: 01/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We established a novel protocol for lithium dodecyl sulfate (LDS) gelatin zymography, which operates under reducing conditions and at a slightly acidic pH value (6.5). This zymographic assay is based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and facilitates the electrophoretic separation of human cathepsins in an active state. By this technique, activity of purified human liver cathepsin B was detected at a concentration as low as 50 ng and was blocked only in the presence of the cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 and the specific cathepsin B inhibitor CA-074 but not by aspartate, serine, or matrix metalloprotease inhibitors. The method was applied to analyze cathepsin activities in cell culture supernatants of the high-invasive melanoma cell line MV3. Interestingly, LDS zymography of MV3 cell supernatants in combination with specific inhibitors of cathepsins B and L identified three forms of extracellularly active cathepsin B and two forms of proteolytically active cathepsin L. We herein describe the generation and biochemical significance of acidic LDS zymography. This novel method permits not only the enzymatic analysis of purified cysteine proteases but also the identification and discrimination of different cathepsin activities in biological fluids, cell lysates, or supernatants, especially of cathepsins B and L, which are closely linked to major inflammatory and malignant processes.
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- Anke Klose
- Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Germany
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Hachmann JP, Amshey JW. Models of protein modification in Tris-glycine and neutral pH Bis-Tris gels during electrophoresis: effect of gel pH. Anal Biochem 2005; 342:237-45. [PMID: 15935323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 04/09/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The pH of conventional Tris-glycine SDS-PAGE gels during a run is determined to be 9.5, in contrast to Bis-Tris-Mes gels where the pH is 7.2. Concentrations of free acrylamide are determined to be less than 10mM in commercial gels of both types, and it is found that of the major components in these gels, only glycine and protein amine or sulfhydryl functions are likely to react with residual acrylamide during the time frame of typical separations. The addition of acrylamide to sulfhydryl groups on proteins is modeled using glutathione and cysteine at acrylamide concentrations found in the commercial gels. Rate constants are determined for these reactions as well as for reaction with glycine at the pH that proteins will encounter in these gel types. The half-life for glutathione sulfhydryl at 10mM acrylamide and pH 7.2 is more than 4h at room temperature. Rates are significantly lower in Bis-Tris-Mes gels than in Tris-glycine gels, reducing the risk of adventitious protein modification. Commercial Bis-Tris-Mes gels provide a sample reduction buffer at pH 8.5 versus the conventional pH 6.8 of Tris-glycine gels. It is shown that significantly less protein degradation occurs during sample preparation at the higher pH used with Bis-Tris gels.
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Lee BS, Krishnanchettiar S, Lateef SS, Gupta S. Capturing sodium dodecyl sulfate-treated protein antigens by antibody affinity electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:511-3. [PMID: 15690450 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Modifications to antibody affinity electrophoresis for improved detection of proteins have been developed. The bifunctional linker glutaraldehyde is added to the polyacrylamide gel solution for better incorporation of the bait antibody into a distinct region of a 10% w/v polyacrylamide gel. The addition of glutaraldehyde alleviates the need of an electrophoresis buffer with a specific pH. The protein sample to be analyzed is treated with 2% w/v sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to ensure that they carry a negative charge. The negative charge will allow the proteins to migrate towards the cathode and hence pass through the area embedded with the bait antibody. It is observed that electrophoretic migration of bovine serum albumin (BSA) or protein G ceases upon encounter with anti-BSA whereas proteins ovalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin A, and myoglobin migrate freely. However, the addition of 0.1% w/v SDS in the native gel running buffer disrupts the antibody-antigen bond and neither BSA nor protein G can be captured by anti-BSA.
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- Bao-Shiang Lee
- Protein Research Laboratory, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Lee BS, Krisnanchettiar S, Lateef SS, Gupta S. Mass spectrometric detection of biotinylated peptides captured by avidin functional affinity electrophoresis. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2005; 19:886-892. [PMID: 15726549 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to detect biotinylated peptides captured by avidin functional affinity electrophoresis (AFAEP). Peptide samples loaded onto AFAEP were heated with sodium dodecyl sulfate to ensure that the peptides are negatively charged, and thus migrate electrophoretically toward the cathode through the embedded avidin zone in the middle of the gel. To detect the biotinylated peptides, the band containing the avidin-biotinylated peptide complexes was excised from a 7.5% w/v native polyacrylamide gel, and biotinylated peptides were extracted with aqueous 95% v/v formamide (pH 8.2), aqueous 6 M guanidine HCl (pH 1.5), or water, at temperatures from 4 to 95 degrees C for periods from 5 min to 24 h. It was observed that all three solvents are capable of extracting biotinylated peptides and avidin from the gel, but the best results were obtained with aqueous 95% v/v formamide (pH 8.2) at 65 degrees C for 20 min. However, some AFAEP-captured biotinylated peptides are not stable and are extensively modified by formamide during extraction at too high a temperature or too long an extraction time.
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- Bao-Shiang Lee
- Protein Research Laboratory, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois, 835 S. Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Lee BS, Gupta S, Krisnanchettier S, Lateef SS. Catching and separating protein ligands by functional affinity electrophoresis. Anal Biochem 2004; 334:106-10. [PMID: 15464958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A new kind of affinity electrophoresis called functional affinity electrophoresis (FAEP) is a technique used to separate and/or capture proteins according to their functions in a native polyacrylamide gel. Protein A:immunoglobulin G, avidin:biotin, antibody:antigen, and concanavalin A:glycoprotein interactions are used to demonstrate this technique. Protein A, avidin, monoclonal anti-bovine serum albumin (BSA) antibody, and concanavalin A are embedded in distinct regions of a 7.5% native polyacrylamide gel. Some of each of the embedded proteins get covalently and/or noncovalently incorporated into the gel matrix network. Under electrophoresis conditions, these proteins do not show significant electrophoretic mobility or they migrate in a direction opposite to the protein analytes, as in avidin. We clearly observe that polyclonal anti-human myoglobin antibody, biotinylated insulin, BSA, and ovalbumin (glycoprotein) are captured and separated in distinct regions of a FAEP gel by protein A, avidin, monoclonal anti-BSA antibody, and concanavalin A, respectively.
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- Bao-Shiang Lee
- Protein Research Laboratory, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Lee BS, Gupta S, Krisnanchettier S, Lateef SS. Catching protein antigens by antibody affinity electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2004; 25:3331-5. [PMID: 15490455 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200406058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A new kind of affinity electrophoresis called antibody affinity electrophoresis is a technique used to capture protein antigens based on their interactions with specific monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies incorporated in the polyacrylamide gel. Polyclonal anti-glutathione-S-transferase (anti-GST), monoclonal anti-bovine serum albumin (anti-BSA), and polyclonal anti-human alpha-lactalbumin are embedded in distinct areas of a 7.5% native polyacrylamide gel. Some of the embedded antibodies get covalently and/or noncovalently incorporated into the gel matrix network. Under electrophoresis conditions, these antibodies do not show significant electrophoretic mobility, as compared to their specific protein antigen analytes. We observed that electrophoretic migration of GST, BSA, and protein G ceases when they encounter anti-GST, anti-BSA, and immunoglobulin G, respectively.
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- Bao-Shiang Lee
- Protein Research Laboratory, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Schwans JP, Cortez CN, Olvera JM, Piccirilli JA. 2'-mercaptonucleotide interference reveals regions of close packing within folded RNA molecules. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:10012-8. [PMID: 12914464 DOI: 10.1021/ja035175y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The 2'-hydroxyl group makes essential contributions to RNA structure and function. As an approach to assess the ability of a mercapto group to serve as a functional analogue for the 2'-hydroxyl group, we synthesized 2'-mercaptonucleotides for use in nucleotide analogue interference mapping. To correlate the observed interference effects with tertiary structure, we used the independently folding DeltaC209 P4-P6 domain from the Tetrahymena group I intron. We generated populations of DeltaC209 P4-P6 molecules containing 2'-mercaptonucleotides located randomly throughout the domain and separated the folded molecules from the unfolded molecules by nondenaturing gel electrophoresis. Iodine-induced cleavage of the RNA molecules revealed the sites at which 2'-mercaptonucleotides interfere with folding. These interferences cluster in the most densely packed regions of the tertiary structure, occurring only at sites that lack the space and flexibility to accommodate a sulfur atom. Interference mapping with 2'-mercaptonucleotides therefore provides a method by which to identify structurally rigid and densely packed regions within folded RNA molecules.
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- Jason P Schwans
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Thevis M, Ogorzalek Loo RR, Loo JA. In-gel derivatization of proteins for cysteine-specific cleavages and their analysis by mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2003; 2:163-72. [PMID: 12716130 DOI: 10.1021/pr025568g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As a potential tool for proteomics and protein characterization, in-gel cysteine- and arginine-specific cleavage is demonstrated by means of trypsin or endoproteinase Lys-C for six model proteins (lysozyme, alpha-lactalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin, ribonuclease A, albumin, and transferrin), ranging in size from 14 kDa to 79 kDa. Chemical modifications of cysteine (aminoethylation with bromoethylamine or N-(iodoethyl)-trifluoroacetamide, and subsequent guanidination) and lysine (acetylation) prior to tryptic digestion releases peptides delineated by cysteine or arginine residues. Peptide products are analyzed by MALDI-TOF-MS, ESI-MS, and ESI- and MALDI-MS/MS (with a quadrupole time-of-flight instrument). Complications induced by acrylamide alkylations of cysteines were avoided by substituting lower pH bis-tris polyacrylamide gels for tris-glycine. Sequence coverages from 35 to 86% were obtained and amino acid compositions of generated peptides could be confirmed by comprehensive y- and b-ion series. Detailed information about, in particular, cysteine rich proteins after gel electrophoresis were obtained. The chemistries for modification and cleavage specificities at cysteine residues provide an alternative means to characterize and identify proteins separated by gel electrophoresis.
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- Mario Thevis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Technology Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1570, USA.
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VerBerkmoes NC, Bundy JL, Hauser L, Asano KG, Razumovskaya J, Larimer F, Hettich RL, Stephenson JL. Integrating 'top-down" and "bottom-up" mass spectrometric approaches for proteomic analysis of Shewanella oneidensis. J Proteome Res 2002; 1:239-52. [PMID: 12645901 DOI: 10.1021/pr025508a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Here we present a comprehensive method for proteome analysis that integrates both intact protein measurement ("top-down") and proteolytic fragment characterization ("bottom-up") mass spectrometric approaches, capitalizing on the unique capabilities of each method. This integrated approach was applied in a preliminary proteomic analysis of Shewanella oneidensis, a metal-reducing microbe of potential importance to the field of bioremediation. Cellular lysates were examined directly by the "bottom-up" approach as well as fractionated via anion-exchange liquid chromatography for integrated studies. A portion of each fraction was proteolytically digested, with the resulting peptides characterized by on-line liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. The remaining portion of each fraction containing the intact proteins was examined by high-resolution Fourier transform mass spectrometry. This "top-down" technique provided direct measurement of the molecular masses for the intact proteins and thereby enabled confirmation of post-translational modifications, signal peptides, and gene start sites of proteins detected in the "bottom-up" experiments. A total of 868 proteins from virtually every functional class, including hypotheticals, were identified from this organism.
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- Nathan C VerBerkmoes
- Organic and Biological Mass Spectrometry Group, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6365, USA
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Hamdan M, Bordini E, Galvani M, Righetti PG. Protein alkylation by acrylamide, its N-substituted derivatives and cross-linkers and its relevance to proteomics: a matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry study. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:1633-44. [PMID: 11425219 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200105)22:9<1633::aid-elps1633>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present review highlights some important alkylation pathways of proteins, as measured by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF)-mass spectrometric analysis, engendered by acrylamide and a number of its derivatives, including N-substituted acrylamides, cross-linkers and Immobilines (the acrylamido weak acids and bases used to create immobilized pH gradients). The present data are of relevance in two-dimensional maps and proteome analysis. It is shown that acrylamide can alkylate the -SH group of proteins even when engaged in disulfide bridges. An order of reactivity is obtained for a series of cross-linkers, which are shown to have an extremely reacting double bond, with the second one almost unreactive, originating "pendant, unreacted ends", which can subtract proteins migrating in a gel by covalently affixing them to it. An analogous reactivity scale is constructed also for the Immobiline chemicals, whose reactivity is shown to be linearly dependent on the pK values, the least reacting species being the acidic compounds. When analyzing real-life samples by two-dimensional (2-D) maps, like milk powders, a number of modifications can be detected by MALDI-TOF mass spectra of eluted spots, including variable phosphorylation sites (up to nine) and lactosyl moieties. If, for eluting such spots, formic acid is used, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) reveals an incredible number of formylation sites, on Ser and Thr residues.
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- M Hamdan
- GlaxoSmithKline Group, Medicine Research Centre, Verona, Italy
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Bordini E, Hamdan M, Righetti PG. Probing acrylamide alkylation sites in cysteine-free proteins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2000; 14:840-848. [PMID: 10825247 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000530)14:10<840::aid-rcm953>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It is recognised that gel-separated proteins can experience a frequent modification provoked by the interaction of unpolymerized acrylamide monomers with the thiol group of cysteine to form a beta-cysteinyl-S-propionamide adduct. Other groups which have been implicated in this reaction include the hydroxyl group of tyrosine, the straightepsilon-amino group of lysine, and the free N-terminus. In a series of recent publications it has been demonstrated that at pH approximately 9.5 and in the presence of cysteine, none of these groups experienced measurable interaction with acrylamide monomers. To emphasise this conclusion we have used matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer to examine a number of cysteine-free proteins incubated for various intervals with 30 mM acrylamide monomers at pH 9.5. These high resolution data suggest that, for short incubation times (>/=1 hour) and in the absence of cysteine, the straightepsilon-NH(2) group of lysine is the likely adduction site of acrylamide. Longer incubation times (>/=24 hours) with acrylamide monomers rendered the role of Cys as the favourite alkylation site less evident.
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- E Bordini
- GlaxoWellcome Medicines Research Centre, via Fleming 4, Verona, Italy
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Alvarez EJ, Larsen BS, Coldren CD, Rice J. Effect of residual acrylamide monomer from two-dimensional gels on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization peptide mass mapping experiments. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2000; 14:974-978. [PMID: 10844734 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000615)14:11<974::aid-rcm974>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Residual acrylamide can cause severe suppression of signal intensity during matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) peptide mass mapping experiments. This suppression phenomenon can compromise the ability to detect low picomole and subpicomolar amounts of peptides extracted from two-dimensional gels. A rapid and simple method that exploits the use of pipette tips incorporating C18 packing materials for the enhancement of MALDI signal intensity is presented. The utility of the method is demonstrated with peptide solutions incorporating residual acrylamide and/or gel monomer components.
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- E J Alvarez
- Corporate Research and Development Wilmington, Delaware 19880, USA
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Jeannot MA, Zheng J, Li L. Observation of gel-induced protein modifications in sodium dodecylsulfate [corrected] polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and its implications for accurate molecular weight determination of gel-separated proteins by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1999; 10:512-520. [PMID: 10368946 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(99)00022-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) can potentially provide accurate molecular weight information of proteins separated by sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Several issues related to resolution and accuracy of molecular weight measurement are investigated by using a time-lag focusing MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. The effects of the gel components SDS, glycerol, and tris buffer on the mass spectral signals are studied systematically. Glycerol and tris buffer are shown to have little or no effect on resolution and mass accuracy, whereas SDS degrades sensitivity, resolution, and mass accuracy even at low concentrations. A simple and fast gel extraction technique is presented which is capable of detecting proteins loaded at the low-picomole level on the gel. The sample preparation procedure used in this work appears to remove most of SDS from the gel, thereby reducing the peak broadening effect caused by SDS and resulting in high resolution and accurate measurement of proteins. However, for proteins containing cysteines, the molecular ions are composed of a distribution of acrylamide-protein adducts likely formed by reaction with unpolymerized acrylamide in the gel during the gel separation process. The implications of gel-induced protein modifications on the accurate molecular weight measurement of gel-separated proteins are discussed.
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- M A Jeannot
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Bordini E, Hamdan M, Righetti PG. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for monitoring alkylation of beta-lactoglobulin B exposed to a series of N-substituted acrylamide monomers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 1999; 13:2209-2215. [PMID: 10523783 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19991115)13:21<2209::aid-rcm777>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Delayed-extraction matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry, in both linear and reflectron modes, has been used to examine the alkylation of bovine beta-lactoglobulin-bound cysteines exposed to various molar concentrations (0.5-30 mM) of acrylamide and a number of its N-substituted monomers. These measurements were conducted at pH approximately 9.5, and showed that at 0.5 mM all monomers (except N-acryloylaminopropanol) resulted in a measurable alkylation of at least one cysteine out of five. At higher concentrations (15 mM) all investigated monomers resulted in substantial alkylation which, for some, involved all five cysteine residues. Reflectron MALDI-TOF measurements of a number of alkylated protein digests revealed that, at low molar ratios, the alkylation site is influenced by the identity of the monomer. For example acrylamide and N, N-dimethylacrylamide attacked Cys(160) as well as one of the three cysteines within the tryptic fragment [102-124], while other investigated monomers did not involve Cys(160). The implications of the present data for two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis, and their eventual correlation to the toxicity of the investigated monomers, are discussed.
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- E Bordini
- Glaxo Wellcome Medicines Research Center, via Fleming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy
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Kanamori T, Suzuki M, Titani K. Complete amino acid sequences and phosphorylation sites, determined by Edman degradation and mass spectrometry, of rat parotid destrin- and cofilin-like proteins. Arch Oral Biol 1998; 43:955-67. [PMID: 9877327 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9969(98)00083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Beta-adrenergic or cholinergic stimulation of the rat parotid gland was earlier shown to induce dephosphorylation of endogenous destrin- and cofilin-like proteins, which are phosphorylated in resting cells at Ser residues probably present near the N-terminals. The primary structures and phosphorylation sites were determined here. The rat destrin-like protein had a sequence 95% identical to the cDNA-derived sequence of porcine destrin. The rat cofilin-like protein was 98% identical to that of porcine cofilin. Each protein lacked the initiator Met and began with an acetylalanine residue followed by a Ser residue. The N-terminal peptides generated with endoproteinase Asp-N were isolated; they were each phosphorylated at Ser-2. Earlier work had shown that partial cleavage of the phosphorylated destrin- and cofilin-like proteins with cyanogen bromide provides unphosphorylated 16.7- and 18.3-kDa fragments, respectively. It was here confirmed that they contained all the Ser residues other than those present in the N-terminal peptides. From these observations, it was now concluded that the destrin- and cofilin-like proteins are rat parotid destrin and cofilin (non-muscle type), respectively, and that each protein is phosphorylated exclusively at Ser-2 in resting cells and dephosphorylated at this site in response to beta-adrenergic or cholinergic stimulation.
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- T Kanamori
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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Maly IP, Toranelli M, Crotet V, Sasse D. Ultrathin-layer zone electrophoresis of alcohol dehydrogenase in partly rehydrated polyacrylamide gels: an alternative to starch gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 1998; 19:1654-8. [PMID: 9719541 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150191022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A highly sensitive electrophoretic technique for the separation of alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzymes by zone electrophoresis in partly rehydrated polyacrylamide gels is described. Five hundred microm thin polyacrylamide gels are polymerized under standardized conditions. After polymerization the gels are washed thoroughly with distilled water to remove any unreacted monomers, catalysts or still soluble polymers. The washed gels are then impregnated with 0.5% Tween 20 and dried. Before electrophoresis the dry gels are rehydrated to a thickness of 250 microm, which makes up 50% of the original gel volume. Rehydration is carried out by use of a degassed buffer solution. This method permits the demonstration of the isoenzymes of alcohol-dehydrogenase class I and II in man and allows quantitative determination.
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- I P Maly
- Anatomisches Institut der Universität Basel, Switzerland.
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Chen LL. Kinetic modeling for macromolecule loading into crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogel matrix by swelling. Pharm Dev Technol 1998; 3:241-9. [PMID: 9653762 DOI: 10.3109/10837459809028501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A kinetic model was proposed to characterize the swelling phenomenon of polyacrylamide hydrogel and to quantify and predict the loading of insulin into the hydrogel by swelling. Polyacrylamide hydrogel and porcine insulin were used in the study. During swelling, the insulin concentration in the hydrogel was found to be higher than that in the loading solution, which could be attributed to ionization of the ionic networks, Donnan exclusion, and the possible ionic interactions between the anionic carboxylic pendants and cationic insulin. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed kinetic model was able to describe the swelling kinetics of polyacrylamide hydrogel and the loading kinetics of insulin by using only two constants [input rate (Kin) and output rate (Kout)]. The experimental values of Kin and Kout were found to highly depend on the concentration of HCl. As medium pH declined (because of the addition of HCl), the degree of swelling decreased and the insulin loading amount in the hydrogel was reduced. A linear log-log function was observed between Kin and the volume fraction of HCl. The Kout values also decreased with the addition of HCl, but remained constant after more than 1% (v/v) of HCl (0.01 N) was added. The proposed model was able to characterize the swelling kinetics of polyacrylamide and predict the loading dose of insulin in the polyacrylamide hydrogel by swelling.
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- L L Chen
- Controlled Drug-Delivery Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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Ogorzalek Loo RR, Mitchell C, Stevenson TI, Loo JA, Andrews PC. Diffusive transfer to membranes as an effective interface between gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00211-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Christensen CB, Theander TG. Modification of T-cell antigenic properties of tetanus toxoid by SDS-PAGE separation. Implications for T-cell blotting. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOASSAY 1997; 18:129-48. [PMID: 9134473 DOI: 10.1080/01971529708005809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Using Tetanus Toxoid (TT) as a model antigen the T-cell Blotting method was evaluated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cultures were stimulated by blotted nitrocellulose-bound TT or soluble TT. SDS-Poly-Acrylamide-Gel-Electrophoresis separated TT only induced proliferation in 20% of the PBMC cultures whereas proliferation was induced in 79% of the same cultures offered similar treated TT (except for the PAGE separation). When T-cell blotting was performed with TT separated in a SDS-agarose matrix, proliferation was induced in 80% of donors responding to soluble TT. The results show that SDS-PAGE alters the ability of TT to induce T-cell proliferation, possibly due to unpolymerized acrylamide binding to proteins during SDS-PAGE. The use of SDS-PAGE T-cell blotting in the screening for T-cell antigens must therefore be reconsidered. We suggest the use of SDS-Agarose Gel Electrophoresis as an alternative when doing T-cell blots.
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- C B Christensen
- Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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von Ossowski I, Teeri T, Kalkkinen N, Oker-Blom C. Expression of a fungal cellobiohydrolase in insect cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 233:25-9. [PMID: 9144389 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The gene for Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I (CBHI) was expressed with a recombinant baculovirus and high levels of secreted protein were produced in Spodoptera frugiperda and Trichoplusia ni insect cells. Electrophoretic analysis indicated that the recombinant CBHI (rCBHI) was similar in apparent molecular weight to the native form and immunoblotting with anti-CBHI monoclonal antibodies confirmed its identity. The rCBHI was easily purified by affinity and hydrophobic interaction chromatography and demonstrated enzymatic activity on soluble substrate.
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Gillespie PG, Gillespie SK. Improved electrophoresis and transfer of picogram amounts of protein with hemoglobin. Anal Biochem 1997; 246:239-45. [PMID: 9073362 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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During electrophoresis and electroblotting to transfer membranes, picogram amounts of protein can react irreversibly with the polyacrylamide matrix, preventing complete electrophoresis and efficient electroblotting. Bovine hemoglobin, but not other potential carrier proteins, mitigates this protein loss by migrating with or ahead of other proteins and scavenging reactive groups. Inclusion of 5 micrograms of hemoglobin in sample wells increases by 4-fold the amount of a radiolabeled test protein, myosin I beta, found at its appropriate 120-kDa position in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. For electroblotting, incubating the gel with 0.25 mg/ml hemoglobin prior to transfer improves mobilization of picogram amounts of radiolabeled myosin I beta out of the gel by about 6-fold. For picogram amounts of proteins, therefore, approximately 20-fold more protein transfers to a blotting membrane when hemoglobin is used during both electrophoresis and transfer. This effect is general: transfer of radiolabeled Drosophila embryo proteins is improved dramatically by including hemoglobin in the pretransfer incubation solution. We suggest that electroblot-based detection of small amounts of protein, particularly when in the absence of other potential carrier proteins, can be improved substantially by using hemoglobin.
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- P G Gillespie
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Li G, Waltham M, Anderson NL, Unsworth E, Treston A, Weinstein JN. Rapid mass spectrometric identification of proteins from two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels after in gel proteolytic digestion. Electrophoresis 1997; 18:391-402. [PMID: 9150917 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150180313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We report a rapid method for identifying proteins resolved by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). In-gel digestion was performed in a way such that the volume ratio of trypsin solution to gel plug was quantitatively controlled to promote reproducible digestion and to maximize the digestion yield. To make the digestion samples more compatible with MALDI-MS, the volatile salt ammonium bicarbonate in the digestion buffer was largely removed prior to peptide extraction. Samples of mixed tryptic peptides from in-gel digestion were used without purification to obtain molecular weights by MALDI-MS with alpha-cyano, 4-hydroxy-cinnamic acid as the matrix. Modifications of MALDI sample loading procedures improved the detection sensitivity by one half to one order of magnitude. The peptide mass peaks in MALDI-MS spectra were distinguished from those of impurities by using several types of controls, and masses were corrected by using trypsin autodigestion fragments as internal calibration standards. Two different peptide-matching computer programs were used to interrogate sequence databases and identify proteins. Identification was enhanced by generation of orthogonal data sets (by using different proteases) and by including experimental values of isoelectric point (pI) and molecular weight to exclude false entries in the candidate lists. Approximately 1% of the material from a spot was used in each sample loading, and nine protein spots from rat liver 2-D PAGE gels were identified correctly, as judged by comparison with identification results previously obtained from Edman sequencing. A previously identified low-abundance spot was not identified by MALDI-MS, presumably because there was insufficient material in a single gel. The sample handling procedure reported here should permit us to identify many 2-D PAGE protein spots of medium abundance.
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- G Li
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Ogorzalek Loo RR, Mitchell C, Stevenson TI, Martin SA, Hines WM, Juhasz P, Patterson DH, Peltier JM, Loo JA, Andrews PC. Sensitivity and mass accuracy for proteins analyzed directly from polyacrylamide gels: implications for proteome mapping. Electrophoresis 1997; 18:382-90. [PMID: 9150916 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150180312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectra have been obtained directly from thin-layer isoelectric focusing (IEF) gels with as little as 700 femtomoles of alpha- and beta-chain bovine hemoglobin and bovine carbonic anhydrase, and 2 picomoles of bovine trypsinogen, soybean trypsin inhibitor, and bovine serum albumin all loaded onto a single lane. By soaking the gel in a matrix solution, matrix was deposited over the entire gel surface, allowing MALDI scanning down complete lanes of the one-dimensional gel. As long as matrix crystals were deposited finely on the surface of the gel, time-lag focusing techniques were capable of ameliorating some of the mass accuracy limitations inherent in desorbing from uneven insulator surfaces with external calibration. Eleven measurements on the 5 kDa alpha-subunit proteins of lentil lectin measured over the course of 1 h and referenced to a single calibration yielded a standard deviation of 0.025%. Colloidal gold staining was found to be compatible with desorption directly from IEF and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels. This direct approach simplifies the interface between gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry dramatically, making the process more amenable to automation.
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- R R Ogorzalek Loo
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0674, USA
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Jedrzejewski PT, Lehmann WD. Detection of modified peptides in enzymatic digests by capillary liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry and a programmable skimmer CID acquisition routine. Anal Chem 1997; 69:294-301. [PMID: 9030047 DOI: 10.1021/ac9606618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A method for the identification of multiple covalent protein modifications in enzymatic protein digests by specific marker ion signals in a single analysis is described. This method is based on the combined strengths of capillary liquid chromatography (microLC) to purify, concentrate, and resolve complex mixtures and electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) to selectively and sensitively detect ions. A variety of modification-specific marker ions can be generated using a programmable skimmer collision-induced dissociation (sCID) acquisition routine, which allows for flexibility in the (i) number of marker ions monitored under single-ion monitoring conditions, (ii) selection of optimal polarity for both marker ions and molecular ions, (iii) use of variable dwell times for marker ions, and (iv) selection of optimal sCID offset. Using this combined method of microLC/ESI/sCID-MS, phosphorylated, sulfated, acrylamide-modified, and glycosylated peptides were identified in a model enzymatic digest at 200 fmol. The capability of reversed-phase LC to resolve isomeric compounds which cannot be identified by low-energy CID underscores the utility of this combined method. Further capabilities of this technique are demonstrated by the analysis of biologically important proteins.
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- P T Jedrzejewski
- Department of Central Spectroscopy, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Lampi KJ, Ma Z, Shih M, Shearer TR, Smith JB, Smith DL, David LL. Sequence analysis of betaA3, betaB3, and betaA4 crystallins completes the identification of the major proteins in young human lens. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:2268-75. [PMID: 8999933 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.4.2268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A combination of Edman sequence analysis and mass spectrometry identified the major proteins of the young human lens as alphaA, alphaB, betaA1, betaA3, betaA4, betaB1, betaB2, betaB3, gammaS, gammaC, and gammaD-crystallins and mapped their positions on two-dimensional electrophoretic gels. The primary structures of human betaA1, betaA3, betaA4, and betaB3-crystallin subunits were predicted by determining cDNA sequences. Mass spectrometric analyses of each intact protein as well as the peptides from trypsin-digested proteins confirmed the predicted amino acid sequences and detected a partially degraded form of betaA3/A1 missing either 22 or 4 amino acid residues from its N-terminal extension. These studies were a prerequisite for future studies to determine how human lens proteins are altered during aging and cataract formation.
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- K J Lampi
- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
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Ogorzalek Loo RR, Stevenson TI, Mitchell C, Loo JA, Andrews PC. Mass Spectrometry of Proteins Directly from Polyacrylamide Gels. Anal Chem 1996; 68:1910-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac951223o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Rachel R. Ogorzalek Loo
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0674, and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0674, and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0674, and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0674, and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0674, and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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Interfacing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1080-8914(96)80034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Rabilloud T, Vincon M, Garin J. Micropreparative one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis: improvement with new photopolymerization systems. Electrophoresis 1995; 16:1414-22. [PMID: 8529607 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501601234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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To improve the efficiency of one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis for micropreparative purposes, the use of gels polymerized with other initiators than the standard N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED)/persulfate systems for sodium dodecyl sulfate electrophoresis has been investigated. We show here that the recently described photoinitiator system, composed of methylene blue, toluene sulfinate and diphenyliodonium chloride, leads to a decreased resolution. Resolution can be restored if methylene blue is replaced by riboflavin. Two-dimensional electrophoresis with mg loadings of proteins has also been evaluated with these systems. Independently of the polymerization system, resolution for the first dimension is low with rod gels, increases with gel strips and is further improved when immobilized pH gradients are used. Here too, only the riboflavin/sulfinate/iodonium system results in a resolution that matches the one obtained with the standard TEMED/persulfate system. Gels polymerized with the riboflavin/sulfinate/iodonium system yield better results upon N-terminal microsequencing after blotting than gels polymerized with the standard TEMED/persulfate system.
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- T Rabilloud
- CEA, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire du Cycle Cellulaire, INSERM U309, DBMS/BMCC, CEN-G, Grenoble, France
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Van Renterghem P, Dremier S, Vassart G, Christophe D. Study of TTF-1 gene expression in dog thyrocytes in primary culture. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1995; 112:83-93. [PMID: 7589789 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03589-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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TTF-1 is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor mainly expressed in the thyroid where it controls the tissue-specific expression of the thyroglobulin, thyroperoxidase and TSH receptor genes. It is therefore potentially implicated in the hormonal control exerted by thyrotropin via the second messenger cyclic AMP on the transcription of these genes in thyrocytes. In order to investigate whether there exists a relationship between the stimulation of the cAMP pathway and TTF-1 gene expression in these cells, we have compared the amounts of TTF-1 protein, its state of phosphorylation and its subcellular distribution in control and cAMP-stimulated dog thyrocytes in primary culture. Dog TTF-1 was expressed in bacteria as a fusion protein and antibodies were raised against the dog TTF-1 moiety. Stimulation of the thyrocytes by cyclic AMP agonist only marginally increased TTF-1 gene expression as shown for the mRNA by RNase protection assay and for the protein by immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation of extracts from 35S-methionine labelled cells. The phosphorylation state of TTF-1 was investigated by immunoprecipitation of extracts from 32P-labelled thyrocytes. Phosphorylation level appeared to be essentially unaffected by forskolin treatment of the cells. We also looked for differences in the use of phosphorylation sites by partial proteolytic digestion of immunoprecipitated 32P-labelled TTF-1 with Glu-C and Asp-N endoproteases. Comparison of radioactivity distribution amongst the generated fragments did not reveal any difference in the pattern of TTF-1 phosphorylation in control and forskolin conditions. Lastly, in situ detection of TTF-1 by immunofluorescence demonstrated that the protein was localized in the nucleus of the cells, irrespective of the culture conditions. No major change in TTF-1 gene expression upon stimulation of the thyrocyte with a cAMP agonist could thus be detected in this study. The absence of an obvious modification of the TTF-1 protein itself in response to cAMP stimulation may indicate that other transcription factor(s) or co-factor(s) are involved in the control exerted by cAMP on the expression of thyroid-specific genes.
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