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Duruz J, Sprecher M, Kaldun JC, Al-Soudy AS, Lischer HEL, van Geest G, Nicholson P, Bruggmann R, Sprecher SG. Molecular characterization of cell types in the squid Loligo vulgaris. eLife 2023; 12:80670. [PMID: 36594460 PMCID: PMC9839350 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Cephalopods are set apart from other mollusks by their advanced behavioral abilities and the complexity of their nervous systems. Because of the great evolutionary distance that separates vertebrates from cephalopods, it is evident that higher cognitive features have evolved separately in these clades despite the similarities that they share. Alongside their complex behavioral abilities, cephalopods have evolved specialized cells and tissues, such as the chromatophores for camouflage or suckers to grasp prey. Despite significant progress in genome and transcriptome sequencing, the molecular identities of cell types in cephalopods remain largely unknown. We here combine single-cell transcriptomics with in situ gene expression analysis to uncover cell type diversity in the European squid Loligo vulgaris. We describe cell types that are conserved with other phyla such as neurons, muscles, or connective tissues but also cephalopod-specific cells, such as chromatophores or sucker cells. Moreover, we investigate major components of the squid nervous system including progenitor and developing cells, differentiated cells of the brain and optic lobes, as well as sensory systems of the head. Our study provides a molecular assessment for conserved and novel cell types in cephalopods and a framework for mapping the nervous system of L. vulgaris.
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- Jules Duruz
- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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- Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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Burbach JPH, Grant P, Hellemons AJCGM, Degiorgis JA, Li KW, Pant HC. Differential expression of the FMRF gene in adult and hatchling stellate ganglia of the squid Loligo pealei. Biol Open 2014; 3:50-8. [PMID: 24326188 PMCID: PMC3892160 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20136890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The giant fiber system of the squid Loligo pealei mediates the escape response and is an important neurobiological model. Here, we identified an abundant transcript in the stellate ganglion (SG) that encodes a FMRFamide precursor, and characterized FMRFamide and FI/LRF-amide peptides. To determine whether FMRFamide plays a role in the adult and hatchling giant fiber system, we studied the expression of the Fmrf gene and FMRFamide peptides. In stage 29 embryos and stage 30 hatchlings, Ffmr transcripts and FMRFamide peptide were low to undetectable in the SG, in contrast to groups of neurons intensely expressing the Fmrf gene in several brain lobes, including those that innervate the SG. In the adult SG the Fmrf gene was highly expressed, but the FMRFamide peptide was in low abundance. Intense staining for FMRFamide in the adult SG was confined to microneurons and fibers in the neuropil and to small fibers surrounding giant axons in stellar nerves. This shows that the Fmrf gene in the SG is strongly regulated post-hatching, and suggests that the FMRFamide precursor is incompletely processed in the adult SG. The data suggest that the SG only employs the Fmrf gene post-hatching and restricts the biosynthesis of FMRFamide, demonstrating that this peptide is not a major transmitter of the giant fiber system. This contrasts with brain lobes that engage FMRFamide embryonically as a regulatory peptide in multiple neuronal systems, including the afferent fibers that innervate the SG. The biological significance of these mechanisms may be to generate diversity within Fmrf-expressing systems in cephalopods.
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- J Peter H Burbach
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zatylny-Gaudin C, Favrel P. Diversity of the RFamide Peptide Family in Mollusks. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2014; 5:178. [PMID: 25386166 PMCID: PMC4208409 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Since the initial characterization of the cardioexcitatory peptide FMRFamide in the bivalve mollusk Macrocallista nimbosa, a great number of FMRFamide-like peptides (FLPs) have been identified in mollusks. FLPs were initially isolated and molecularly characterized in model mollusks using biochemical methods. The development of recombinant technologies and, more recently, of genomics has boosted knowledge on their diversity in various mollusk classes. Today, mollusk FLPs represent approximately 75 distinct RFamide peptides that appear to result from the expression of only five genes: the FMRFamide-related peptide gene, the LFRFamide gene, the luqin gene, the neuropeptide F gene, and the cholecystokinin/sulfakinin gene. FLPs display a complex spatiotemporal pattern of expression in the central and peripheral nervous system. Working as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, or neurohormones, FLPs are involved in the control of a great variety of biological and physiological processes including cardiovascular regulation, osmoregulation, reproduction, digestion, and feeding behavior. From an evolutionary viewpoint, the major challenge will then logically concern the elucidation of the FLP repertoire of orphan mollusk classes and the way they are functionally related. In this respect, deciphering FLP signaling pathways by characterizing the specific receptors these peptides bind remains another exciting objective.
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- Celine Zatylny-Gaudin
- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Normandie Université, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA), Caen, France
- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, BOREA, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, BOREA, Paris, France
- UMR 7208 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BOREA, Paris, France
- IRD 207, L’Institut de recherche pour le développement, BOREA, Paris, France
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- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Normandie Université, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA), Caen, France
- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, BOREA, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, BOREA, Paris, France
- UMR 7208 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BOREA, Paris, France
- IRD 207, L’Institut de recherche pour le développement, BOREA, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Pascal Favrel, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, Caen Cedex 5 14032, France e-mail:
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Wollesen T, Cummins SF, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. FMRFamide gene and peptide expression during central nervous system development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides. Evol Dev 2010; 12:113-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2010.00398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Walker RJ, Papaioannou S, Holden-Dye L. A review of FMRFamide- and RFamide-like peptides in metazoa. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2010; 9:111-53. [PMID: 20191373 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-010-0097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neuropeptides are a diverse class of signalling molecules that are widely employed as neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate. However, despite their fundamental importance to animal physiology and behaviour, they are much less well understood than the small molecule neurotransmitters. The neuropeptides are classified into families according to similarities in their peptide sequence; and on this basis, the FMRFamide and RFamide-like peptides, first discovered in molluscs, are an example of a family that is conserved throughout the animal phyla. In this review, the literature on these neuropeptides has been consolidated with a particular emphasis on allowing a comparison between data sets in phyla as diverse as coelenterates and mammals. The intention is that this focus on the structure and functional aspects of FMRFamide and RFamide-like neuropeptides will inform understanding of conserved principles and distinct properties of signalling across the animal phyla.
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- Robert J Walker
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Zatylny-Gaudin C, Bernay B, Zanuttini B, Leprince J, Vaudry H, Henry J. Characterization of a novel LFRFamide neuropeptide in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis. Peptides 2010; 31:207-14. [PMID: 19954756 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2009] [Revised: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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From a single LC-MS/MS analysis, a new C-terminally extended RFamide neuropeptide was characterized in Sepia officinalis. The experimental strategy was based on the specific neutral loss associated with RFamide breakdown. Mass losses of 17 Da (C-terminally amide) and 320 Da (RFamide) have been observed for three known peaks of m/z 581.7 (FLRFamide), 599.8 (FMRFamide), 1096.3 (ALSGDAFLRFamide) and one unknown of m/z 752.8. The primary sequence of the peptide of m/z 752.8 was GNLFRFamide. MS/MS analyses revealed that this novel neuropeptide, called sepFRF1, is largely distributed in the central nervous system of cuttlefish of both sexes. Probably transported in the visceral nerve from the subesophageal mass (the peptide was not detected in the hemolymph), this neuropeptide targeted the rectum in agreement with its peripheral distribution. From concentrations as low as 10(-9)M, sepFRF1 increased the frequency, tonus and amplitude of rectal contractions. SepFRF1 is the first RFamide peptide identified in Sepia officinalis that is not derived from the FaRPs precursor. SepFRF1 could belong to a RFamide subfamily identified in gastropods and may be involved in feeding behavior.
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- Céline Zatylny-Gaudin
- UMR 100 IFREMER Physiologie et Ecophysiologie des Mollusques Marins, IFR ICORE 146, University of Caen, esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen cedex, Calvados, France
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Franck J, Arafah K, Elayed M, Bonnel D, Vergara D, Jacquet A, Vinatier D, Wisztorski M, Day R, Fournier I, Salzet M. MALDI imaging mass spectrometry: state of the art technology in clinical proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 8:2023-33. [PMID: 19451175 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r800016-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A decade after its inception, MALDI imaging mass spectrometry has become a unique technique in the proteomics arsenal for biomarker hunting in a variety of diseases. At this stage of development, it is important to ask whether we can consider this technique to be sufficiently developed for routine use in a clinical setting or an indispensable technology used in translational research. In this report, we consider the contributions of MALDI imaging mass spectrometry and profiling technologies to clinical studies. In addition, we outline new directions that are required to align these technologies with the objectives of clinical proteomics, including: 1) diagnosis based on profile signatures that complement histopathology, 2) early detection of disease, 3) selection of therapeutic combinations based on the individual patient's entire disease-specific protein network, 4) real time assessment of therapeutic efficacy and toxicity, 5) rational redirection of therapy based on changes in the diseased protein network that are associated with drug resistance, and 6) combinatorial therapy in which the signaling pathway itself is viewed as the target rather than any single "node" in the pathway.
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- Julien Franck
- MALDI Imaging Team, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, IFR 147, CNR-FRE 2933, University of Lille1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Wisztorski M, Croix D, Macagno E, Fournier I, Salzet M. Molecular MALDI imaging: an emerging technology for neuroscience studies. Dev Neurobiol 2008; 68:845-58. [PMID: 18383549 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mass spectrometry (MS) has become an essential tool for the detection, identification, and characterization of the molecular components of biological processes, such as those responsible for the dynamic properties of the nervous system. Generally, the application of these powerful techniques requires the destruction of the specimen under study, but recent technological advances have made it possible to apply the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MS technique directly to tissue sections. The major advantage of direct MALDI analysis is that it enables the acquisition of local molecular expression profiles, while maintaining the topographic integrity of the tissue and avoiding time-consuming extraction, purification, and separation steps, which have the potential for introducing artifacts. With automation and the ability to display complex spectral data using imaging software, it is now possible to create multiple 2D maps of selected biomolecules in register with tissue sections, a method now known as MALDI Imaging, or MSI (for Mass Spectrometry Imaging). This creates, for example, an opportunity to correlate functional states, determined a priori with live recording or imaging, with the corresponding molecular maps obtained at the time the tissue is frozen and analyzed with MSI. We review the increasing application of MALDI Imaging to the analysis of molecular distributions of proteins and peptides in nervous tissues of both vertebrates and invertebrates, focusing in particular on recent studies of neurodegenerative diseases and early efforts to implement assays of neuronal development.
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- Maxence Wisztorski
- Equipe Imagerie MALDI, Cité Scientifique, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Boonen K, Landuyt B, Baggerman G, Husson SJ, Huybrechts J, Schoofs L. Peptidomics: The integrated approach of MS, hyphenated techniques and bioinformatics for neuropeptide analysis. J Sep Sci 2008; 31:427-45. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200700450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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López-Vera E, Aguilar MB, Heimer de la Cotera EP. FMRFamide and related peptides in the phylum mollusca. Peptides 2008; 29:310-7. [PMID: 18241957 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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FMRFamide is one of the well-known peptides studied within the phylum Mollusca. It was first isolated from the clam Macrocallista nimbosa during the end of the 1960s. Since then, a number of reports related to FMRFamide have been published from different experimental approaches, revealing that it and its related peptides (FaRPs) are implicated in a variety of physiological processes. As this year is the 30th anniversary since its discovery, this review focuses on diverse findings related to both FMRFamide and FaRPs in the phylum Mollusca.
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- Estuardo López-Vera
- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, México, DF, 04510, Mexico.
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Gedela S, Medicherla NR. Chromatographic Techniques for the Separation of Peptides: Application to Proteomics. Chromatographia 2007. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-007-0215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wisztorski M, Lemaire R, Stauber J, Ait Menguellet S, Jardin-Mathé O, Day R, Salzet M, Fournier I. Imagerie MALDI. Med Sci (Paris) 2007; 23 Spec No 1:31-6. [PMID: 17669351 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2007231s31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Within the growing field of proteomics, mass spectrometry is now established as a powerful tool for peptide and protein identification and discovery from purified samples. A new era is now beginning, with the development of MALDI imaging, maintaining the sensitivity and efficacy of both discovery and identification while additionally preserving the anatomical integrity of biomolecules like peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides and lipids within tissues. Crucial developments for sample preparations have made leaps and bounds, as it is now possible to work with freezed conserved biopsies (- 80 degrees c) of more than 6 months or even conserved after paraformaldehyde fixation and paraffin embedding. The latter development has opened the door to archived tissues in hospital libraries and biomarkers hunting from tissues derived from these libraries are now a key objective. The relationship between MALDI imaging and immunocytochemistry used by the pathologist is important. The development of specific MALDI imaging using probes with a tag (peptide or organic) called << Tag-Mass >> adds a whole new perspective. It is possible henceforth to localize a protein with its specific mRNA and more specifically, with its signalling pathway on the same sections or within a pathology expression phenotype from a biopsy. Development of such a technology is similar to the one that occurred several years ago for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) that leads the development of imaging technologies called MRI in hospital which is intensively used for pathology diagnostics.
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- Maxence Wisztorski
- Laboratoire de Neuro-immunologie des Annélides, FRE CNRS 2933, Equipe Imagerie MALDI, Bâtiment SN3, Cité Scientifique, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Wegener C, Reinl T, Jänsch L, Predel R. Direct mass spectrometric peptide profiling and fragmentation of larval peptide hormone release sites in Drosophila melanogaster reveals tagma-specific peptide expression and differential processing. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1362-74. [PMID: 16441518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03634.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Regulatory peptides represent a diverse group of messenger molecules. In insects, they are produced by endocrine cells as well as secretory neurones within the CNS. Many regulatory peptides are released as hormones into the haemolymph to regulate, for example, diuresis, heartbeat or ecdysis behaviour. Hormonal release of neuropeptides takes place at specialized organs, so-called neurohaemal organs. We have performed a mass spectrometric characterization of the peptide complement of the main neurohaemal organs and endocrine cells of the Drosophila melanogaster larva to gain insight into the hormonal communication possibilities of the fruit fly. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) and MALDI-TOF-TOF tandem mass spectrometry, we detected 23 different peptides of which five were unpredicted by previous genome screenings. We also found a hitherto unknown peptide product of the capa gene in the ring gland and transverse nerves, suggesting that it might be released as hormone. Our results show that the peptidome of the neurohaemal organs is tagma-specific and does not change during metamorphosis. We also provide evidence for the first case of differential prohormone processing in Drosophila.
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- Christian Wegener
- Emmy Noether Neuropeptide Group, Animal Physiology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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Hummon AB, Hummon NP, Corbin RW, Li L, Vilim FS, Weiss KR, Sweedler JV. From precursor to final peptides: a statistical sequence-based approach to predicting prohormone processing. J Proteome Res 2004; 2:650-6. [PMID: 14692459 DOI: 10.1021/pr034046d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Predicting the final neuropeptide products from neuropeptides genes has been problematic because of the large number of enzymes responsible for their processing. The basic processing of 22 Aplysia californica prohormones representing 750 cleavage sites have been analyzed and statistically modeled using binary logistic regression analyses. Two models are presented that predict cleavage probabilities at basic residues based on prohormone sequence. The complex model has a correct classification rate of 97%, a sensitivity of 97%, and a specificity of 96% when tested on the Aplysia dataset.
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- Amanda B Hummon
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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In 2002, the Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded to the inventors of two novel ionization techniques in mass spectrometry, MALDI and ESI. These techniques, often in combination with data from genomic databases, represent an extremely powerful tool in analytical (bio)chemistry, with many applications, e.g., in the field of proteomics. Peptides, which are small proteins, have, despite their importance as controlling agents in numerous physiological processes, as yet been much less intensively studied by these novel techniques than larger proteins. The term peptidomics, i.e., the study of all peptides expressed by a certain cell, organ or organism was only introduced in 2001. In neuroendocrinology, spectacular progress could already be realized and the future looks bright. In this minireview we discuss the different methodologies that are used in peptidomics and give an overview of the wide range of applications.
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- Elke Clynen
- Laboratory for Developmental Physiology and Molecular Biology, Zoological Institute, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Marshall J, Kelley WP, Rubakhin SS, Bingham JP, Sweedler JV, Gilly WF. Anatomical correlates of venom production in Conus californicus. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2002; 203:27-41. [PMID: 12200253 DOI: 10.2307/1543455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Like all members of the genus, Conus californicus has a specialized venom apparatus, including a modified radular tooth, with which it injects paralyzing venom into its prey. In this paper the venom duct and its connection to the pharynx, along with the radular sac and teeth, were examined using light and transmission electron microscopy. The general anatomy of the venom apparatus resembles that in other members of the genus, but several features are described that have not been previously reported for other species. The proximal (posterior) quarter of the venom duct is composed of a complex epithelium that may be specialized for active transport rather than secretion. The distal portion of the duct is composed of a different type of epithelium, suggestive of holocrine secretion, and the cells display prominent intracellular granules of at least two types. Similar granules fill the lumen of the duct. The passageway between the lumen of the venom duct and pharynx is a flattened branching channel that narrows to a width of 10 micro m and is lined by a unique cell type of unknown function. Granular material similar to that in the venom duct was also found in the lumen of individual teeth within the radular sac. Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) demonstrated the presence of putative peptides in material derived from the tooth lumen, and all of the more prominent species were also evident in the anterior venom duct. Radular teeth thus appear to be loaded with peptide toxins while they are still in the radular sac.
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- Jennifer Marshall
- Hopkins Marine Station and Department of Biological Sciences of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California 93950, USA
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Kruse RA, Rubakhin SS, Romanova EV, Bohn PW, Sweedler JV. Direct assay of Aplysia tissues and cells with laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry on porous silicon. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2001; 36:1317-1322. [PMID: 11754124 DOI: 10.1002/jms.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Desorption/ionization on porous silicon (DIOS) is a form of laser desorption mass spectrometry that allows for the direct mass analysis of a variety of analytes without the addition of organic matrix. Protocols are described for the direct analysis of exocrine tissue and single neurons using DIOS-MS. The atrial gland of Aplysia californica was blotted on to porous silicon and analyzed with DIOS-MS in the range m/z 1000-4000. The ability to culture invertebrate neurons directly on porous silicon is also presented. Isolated bag cells regenerated neuronal processes in culture on porous silicon. DIOS-MS allowed the direct detection of the peptides contained in individual cultured neurons indicating that with appropriate protocols, DIOS can be used with biological samples with considerable thickness.
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- R A Kruse
- Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Current literature in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2001; 36:446-457. [PMID: 11333450 DOI: 10.1002/jms.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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