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Smirnova A, Jeandard D, Smirnov A. Controlled Level of Contamination Coupled to Deep Sequencing (CoLoC-seq) Probes the Global Localisation Topology of Organelle Transcriptomes. Bio Protoc 2023; 13:e4820. [PMID: 37753469 PMCID: PMC10518782 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Information on RNA localisation is essential for understanding physiological and pathological processes, such as gene expression, cell reprogramming, host-pathogen interactions, and signalling pathways involving RNA transactions at the level of membrane-less or membrane-bounded organelles and extracellular vesicles. In many cases, it is important to assess the topology of RNA localisation, i.e., to distinguish the transcripts encapsulated within an organelle of interest from those merely attached to its surface. This allows establishing which RNAs can, in principle, engage in local molecular interactions and which are prevented from interacting by membranes or other physical barriers. The most widely used techniques interrogating RNA localisation topology are based on the treatment of isolated organelles with RNases with subsequent identification of the surviving transcripts by northern blotting, qRT-PCR, or RNA-seq. However, this approach produces incoherent results and many false positives. Here, we describe Controlled Level of Contamination coupled to deep sequencing (CoLoC-seq), a more refined subcellular transcriptomics approach that overcomes these pitfalls. CoLoC-seq starts by the purification of organelles of interest. They are then either left intact or lysed and subjected to a gradient of RNase concentrations to produce unique RNA degradation dynamics profiles, which can be monitored by northern blotting or RNA-seq. Through straightforward mathematical modelling, CoLoC-seq distinguishes true membrane-enveloped transcripts from degradable and non-degradable contaminants of any abundance. The method has been implemented in the mitochondria of HEK293 cells, where it outperformed alternative subcellular transcriptomics approaches. It is applicable to other membrane-bounded organelles, e.g., plastids, single-membrane organelles of the vesicular system, extracellular vesicles, or viral particles. Key features • Tested on human mitochondria; potentially applicable to cell cultures, non-model organisms, extracellular vesicles, enveloped viruses, tissues; does not require genetic manipulations or highly pure organelles. • In the case of human cells, the required amount of starting material is ~2,500 cm2 of 80% confluent cells (or ~3 × 108 HEK293 cells). • CoLoC-seq implements a special RNA-seq strategy to selectively capture intact transcripts, which requires RNases generating 5'-hydroxyl and 2'/3'-phosphate termini (e.g., RNase A, RNase I). • Relies on nonlinear regression software with customisable exponential functions.
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- Anna Smirnova
- UMR7156-Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie (GMGM), University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR7156-Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie (GMGM), University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- UMR7156-Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie (GMGM), University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
- University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), Strasbourg, France
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Taliaferro JM. Transcriptome-scale methods for uncovering subcellular RNA localization mechanisms. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res 2022; 1869:119202. [PMID: 34998919 PMCID: PMC9035289 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2021.119202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Across a variety of systems, thousands of RNAs are localized to specific subcellular locations. However, for the vast majority of these RNAs, the mechanisms that underlie their transport are unknown. Historically, these mechanisms were uncovered for a single transcript at a time by laboriously testing the ability of RNA fragments to direct transcript localization. Recently developed methods profile the content of subcellular transcriptomes using high-throughput sequencing, allowing the analysis of the localization of thousands of transcripts at once. By identifying commonalities shared among multiple localized transcripts, these methods have the potential to rapidly expand our understanding of RNA localization mechanisms.
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- J Matthew Taliaferro
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Cellular organelle fractionation, a basic technique in molecular biology, has been devised to separate various cell components, which can then be purified and analyzed biochemically. Isolation of proteins or RNAs from these fractions provides insight into fraction-specific or even organelle-specific expression, which may indicate potential modes of functionality or likelihood for a transcript to encode a protein. These findings can be further utilized to observe differences in expression between normal and diseased cell states, such as cancer. We utilize these techniques to observe expression of chimeric RNAs in these fractions. Within this chapter we describe the most frequently used cellular fractionation technique: the separation of the cytoplasmic fraction from the nuclear fraction in a cell.
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- Fujun Qin
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Acosta H, Burchmore R, Naula C, Gualdrón-López M, Quintero-Troconis E, Cáceres AJ, Michels PAM, Concepción JL, Quiñones W. Proteomic analysis of glycosomes from Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2019; 229:62-74. [PMID: 30831156 PMCID: PMC7082770 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease, the first seven steps of glycolysis are compartmentalized in glycosomes, which are authentic but specialized peroxisomes. Besides glycolysis, activity of enzymes of other metabolic processes have been reported to be present in glycosomes, such as β-oxidation of fatty acids, purine salvage, pentose-phosphate pathway, gluconeogenesis and biosynthesis of ether-lipids, isoprenoids, sterols and pyrimidines. In this study, we have purified glycosomes from T. cruzi epimastigotes, collected the soluble and membrane fractions of these organelles, and separated peripheral and integral membrane proteins by Na2CO3 treatment and osmotic shock. Proteomic analysis was performed on each of these fractions, allowing us to confirm the presence of enzymes involved in various metabolic pathways as well as identify new components of this parasite's glycosomes.
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- Héctor Acosta
- Laboratorio de Enzimología de Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Instituto Salud Global, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona, and Institute for Health Sciences Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología de Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología de Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution and Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología de Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología de Parásitos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela.
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Kavyasudha C, Joel JP, Devi A. Differential expression of nucleostemin in the cytoplasm and nuclei of normal and cancerous cell lines. Turk J Biol 2018; 42:250-258. [PMID: 30814887 DOI: 10.3906/biy-1712-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Studies conducted in the past decade have reported nucleostemin (NS) as a nucleolar protein that has a role in self-renewal and cell cycle regulation in cancer/stem cells, but is absent in differentiated cells. The localization and expression patterns of NS have always been disputed, as reports indicate its varied levels among tissues and cells. This study evaluates the expression and localization pattern of NS in normal cells, cancer cell lines, and stem cells. Our findings revealed that the expression of NS was high in cancers originating from the skin and liver compared to the normal cell lines. NS knockdown effects the proliferation of normal cell lines, similar to cancerous cell lines. The localization pattern of NS was analyzed by immunofluorescence, which showed that NS was localized in the nuclei of normal cell lines but is present both in the nucleus and the cytoplasm of cancerous/stem cell lines. Interestingly, we observed that siNS cancerous cell lines had lower NS in the cytoplasm, which did not salvage the reduction in proliferation caused by siNS. We postulate that the loss of NS in the nucleus inhibits the proliferative ability of both normal and cancerous cells at similar rates, although the role of NS in the cytoplasm apart from proliferation needs to be further explored.
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- Chavali Kavyasudha
- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM University , Kattankulathur , India
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- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM University , Kattankulathur , India
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- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM University , Kattankulathur , India
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Martorana AM, Motta S, Sperandeo P, Mauri P, Polissi A. Differential Proteomics Based on Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology to Understand the Biogenesis of Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1440:57-70. [PMID: 27311664 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3676-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Cell envelope proteins in bacteria are typically difficult to characterize due to their low abundance, poor solubility, and the problematic isolation of pure surface fraction with only minimal contamination. Here we describe a method for cell membrane fractionation followed by mass spectrometry-based proteomics to analyze and determine protein abundance in bacterial membranes.
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- Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Fratelli Cervi 98, Milan, 20090, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Fratelli Cervi 98, Milan, 20090, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
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Necroptosis is a caspase-independent form of programmed cell death that is induced by a variety of different signalling cascades-all culminating in the activation of the pseudokinase mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL). TNF-induced necroptosis is the most intensively studied of these pathways. Here we describe reagents and cell-based techniques that can be used to investigate TNF-mediated necroptosis in the lab.
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Liu Y, Pessi G, Riedel K, Eberl L. Identification of AHL- and BDSF-Controlled Proteins in Burkholderia cenocepacia by Proteomics. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1673:193-202. [PMID: 29130174 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7309-5_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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We used comparative proteome analysis to determine the target genes of the two quorum sensing (QS) circuits in the opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia: the N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-based CepIR system and the BDSF (B urkholderia diffusible signal factor, cis-2-dodecenoic acid)-based RpfFR system. In this book chapter, we focus on the description of the practical procedure we currently use in the laboratory to perform a sensitive GeLC-MS/MS shotgun proteomics experiment; we also briefly describe the downstream bioinformatic data analysis.
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Galvis AE, Fisher HE, Camerini D. NP-40 Fractionation and Nucleic Acid Extraction in Mammalian Cells. Bio Protoc 2017; 7:e2584. [PMID: 34595266 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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This technique allows for efficient, highly purified cytoplasmic and nuclear-associated compartment fractionation utilizing NP-40 detergent in mammalian cells. The nuclear membrane is not disturbed during the fractionation thus leaving all nuclear and perinuclear associated components in the nuclear fraction. This protocol has been modified from Sambrook and Russell (2001) in order to downscale the amount of cells needed. To determine the efficiency of fractionation, we recommend using qPCR to compare the subcellular compartments that have been purified with equivalent amount of control whole cell extracts.
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- Alvaro E Galvis
- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Division of Infectious Disease, University of California Irvine, CA, USA.,Cancer Research Institute, Irvine CA, USA.,Center for Virus Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas Nevada, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Division of Infectious Disease, University of California Irvine, CA, USA.,Cancer Research Institute, Irvine CA, USA.,Center for Virus Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Division of Infectious Disease, University of California Irvine, CA, USA.,Cancer Research Institute, Irvine CA, USA.,Center for Virus Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.,Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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In eukaryotic cells, RNAs at various maturation and processing levels are distributed across cellular compartments. The standard approach to determine transcript abundance and identity in vivo is RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). RNA-seq relies on RNA isolation from whole-cell lysates and thus mainly captures fully processed, stable, and more abundant cytoplasmic RNAs over nascent, unstable, and nuclear RNAs. Here, we provide a step-by-step protocol for subcellular RNA-seq (subRNA-seq). subRNA-seq allows the quantitative measurement of RNA polymerase II-generated RNAs from the chromatin, nucleoplasm, and cytoplasm of mammalian cells. This approach relies on cell fractionation prior to RNA isolation and sequencing library preparation. High-throughput sequencing of the subcellular RNAs can then be used to reveal the identity, abundance, and subcellular distribution of transcripts, thus providing insights into RNA processing and maturation. Deep sequencing of the chromatin-associated RNAs further offers the opportunity to study nascent RNAs. Subcellular RNA-seq libraries are obtained within 5 days. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Andreas Mayer
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Collins CA, Leslie ME, Peck SC, Heese A. Simplified Enrichment of Plasma Membrane Proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings Using Differential Centrifugation and Brij-58 Treatment. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1564:155-168. [PMID: 28124253 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6813-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The plasma membrane (PM) forms a barrier between a plant cell and its environment. Proteins at this subcellular location play diverse and complex roles, including perception of extracellular signals to coordinate cellular changes. Analyses of PM proteins, however, are often limited by the relatively low abundance of these proteins in the total cellular protein pool. Techniques traditionally used for enrichment of PM proteins are time consuming, tedious, and require extensive optimization. Here, we provide a simple and reproducible enrichment procedure for PM proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings starting from total microsomal membranes isolated by differential centrifugation. To enrich for PM proteins, total microsomes are treated with the nonionic detergent Brij-58 to decrease the abundance of contaminating organellar proteins. This protocol combined with the genetic resources available in Arabidopsis provides a powerful tool that will enhance our understanding of proteins at the PM.
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- Carina A Collins
- Division of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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- Division of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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Da Costa LS, Arnoult D. Organelle Separation and Cell Signaling. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1557:111-115. [PMID: 28078587 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6780-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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Recent findings indicate that some signaling hubs coalesce at the surfaces of organelles through the accumulation of ubiquitylated components required for the signal transduction. For instance, ubiquitylated components of the NF-κB pathway accumulated at the endoplasmic reticulum while ubiquitylated components of the IRF3 pathway are found at the Golgi apparatus. Here we describe simple methods to observe and assess these ubiquitylated components by immunoblotting using differential centrifugation and in vitro assays.
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- Leandro Silva Da Costa
- INSERM, UMR_S 1197, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807, Villejuif Cedex, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay, France
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- INSERM, UMR_S 1197, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807, Villejuif Cedex, France.
- Université Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay, France.
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Leucoplasts are colorless plastids of nonphotosynthetic plant tissues that support a variety of anabolic roles, particularly the biosynthesis of long-chain fatty acids in storage tissues of developing oil seeds. They also perform other important metabolic functions including the biosynthesis of amino acids and tetrapyrrole compounds. Leucoplasts use a complex set of membrane carriers and channels to actively translocate nuclear-encoded precursor proteins from the cytosol, while exchanging various metabolites with the cytosol. Leucoplast purification is a necessary prerequisite for detailed studies of their soluble (stromal) and membrane (envelope) (phospho)proteomes, as well as for achieving a detailed understanding of their metabolic capabilities, transport processes, and biogenesis. This chapter describes protocols for leucoplast purification from endosperm of developing castor oil seeds, and their subsequent subfractionation into envelope membrane and soluble stromal compartments for biochemical analysis.
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- William C Plaxton
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Biosciences Complex, 116 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6.
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This chapter describes a method allowing the purification of the cell wall for studying both polysaccharides and proteins. The plant primary cell wall is mainly composed of polysaccharides (90-95 % in mass) and of proteins (5-10 %). At the end of growth, specialized cells may synthesize a lignified secondary wall composed of polysaccharides (about 65 %) and lignin (about 35 %). Due to its composition, the cell wall is the cellular compartment having the highest density and this property is used for its purification. It plays critical roles during plant development and in response to environmental constraints. It is largely used in the food and textile industries as well as for the production of bioenergy. All these characteristics and uses explain why its study as a true cell compartment is of high interest. The proposed method of purification can be used for large amount of material but can also be downscaled to 500 mg of fresh material. Tools for checking the quality of the cell wall preparation, such as protein analysis and microscopy observation, are also provided.
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- Hervé Canut
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326 Castanet, Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326 Castanet, Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326 Castanet, Tolosan, France.
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Patel N, Pirani KA, Zhu T, Cheung-See-Kit M, Lee S, Chen DG, Zufferey R. The Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase TbGAT is Dispensable for Viability and the Synthesis of Glycerolipids in Trypanosoma brucei. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2016; 63:598-609. [PMID: 26909872 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2015] [Revised: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Glycerolipids are the main constituents of biological membranes in Trypanosoma brucei, which causes sleeping sickness in humans. Importantly, they occur as a structural component of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol lipid anchor of the abundant cell surface glycoproteins procyclin in procyclic forms and variant surface glycoprotein in bloodstream form, that play crucial roles for the development of the parasite in the insect vector and the mammalian host, respectively. The present work reports the characterization of the glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase TbGAT that initiates the biosynthesis of ester glycerolipids. TbGAT restored glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity when expressed in a Leishmania major deletion strain lacking this activity and exhibited preference for medium length, unsaturated fatty acyl-CoAs. TbGAT localized to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane with its N-terminal domain facing the cytosol. Despite that a TbGAT null mutant in T. brucei procyclic forms lacked glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity, it remained viable and exhibited similar growth rate as the wild type. TbGAT was dispensable for the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and GPI-anchored protein procyclin. However, the null mutant exhibited a slight decrease in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis that was compensated with a modest increase in production of ether phosphatidylcholine. Our data suggest that an alternative initial acyltransferase takes over TbGAT's function in its absence.
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- Nipul Patel
- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, 11439.,Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506
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Merl-Pham J, Gruhn F, Hauck SM. Proteomic Profiling of Cigarette Smoke Induced Changes in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells. Adv Exp Med Biol 2016; 854:785-91. [PMID: 26427490 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a medical condition usually affecting older adults and resulting in a loss of vision in the macula, the center of the visual field. The dry form of this disease presents with atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, resulting in the detachment of the retina and loss of photoreceptors. Cigarette smoke is one main risk factor for dry AMD and increases the risk of developing the disease by three times. In order to understand the influence of cigarette smoke on retinal pigment epithelial cells, cultured human ARPE-19 cells were treated with cigarette smoke extract for 24 h. Using quantitative mass spectrometry more than 3000 proteins were identified and their respective abundances were compared between cigarette smoke-treated and untreated cells. Altogether 1932 proteins were quantified with at least two unique peptides, with 686 proteins found to be significantly differentially abundant with p > 0.05. Of these proteins the abundance of 64 proteins was at least 2-fold down-regulated after cigarette smoke treatment while 120 proteins were 2-fold up-regulated. The analysis of associated biological processes revealed an alteration of proteins involved in RNA processing and transport as well as extracellular matrix remodelling in response to cigarette smoke treatment.
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Baghirova S, Hughes BG, Hendzel MJ, Schulz R. Sequential fractionation and isolation of subcellular proteins from tissue or cultured cells. MethodsX 2015; 2:440-5. [PMID: 26740924 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many types of studies require the localization of a protein to, or isolation of enriched protein from a specific cellular compartment. Many protocols in the literature and from commercially available kits claim to yield pure cellular fractions. However, in our hands, the former often do not work effectively and the latter may be prohibitively expensive if a large number of fractionations are required. Furthermore, the largely proprietary composition of reagents in commercial kits means that the user is not able to make adjustments if, for example, a particular component affects the activity of a protein of interest. The method described here allows the isolation of purified proteins from three cellular fractions: the cytosol, membrane-bound organelles, and the nucleus. It uses gentle buffers with increasing detergent strength that sequentially lyse the cell membrane, organelle membranes and finally the nuclear membrane.•Quick, simple to replicate or adjust; this method does not require expensive reagents or use of commercial kits•The protocol can be applied to tissue samples or cultured cells without changing buffer components•Yields purified fractions of cytosolic, membrane bound and nuclear proteins, with the proper distribution of the appropriate subcellular markers: GAPDH, VDAC, SERCA2 and lamin A/C.
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The lifecycle of several viruses is intimately tied to the lipid metabolism of their host cells, and lipid droplets (LDs) have emerged as crucial organelles in the propagation of these viral infections. Investigating the roles of LDs in viral infection requires expertise in both virology and cell metabolism pertaining to LDs. In this review, we offer an updated list and review of the multiples methods we have used in our laboratory to study both the role of LDs in viral infection and the effect of viral infection on cellular LDs, with a special emphasis on hepatitis C virus and other RNA viruses.
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De Sutter D, Buscema M. Isolation of a highly pure archeocyte fraction from the fresh-water spongeEphydatia fluviatilis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977; 183:149-153. [PMID: 28304902 DOI: 10.1007/bf00848784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/1977] [Accepted: 06/10/1977] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
A pure archeocyte fraction was isolated from the fresh-water spongeEphydatia fluviatilis by density gradient centrifugation of dissociated cell suspensions. The nature and purity of the fraction were confirmed by electron microscopy.
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- D De Sutter
- Laboratoire de Biologie animale et cellulaire, Université libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgique
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- Laboratoire de Biologie animale et cellulaire, Université libre de Bruxelles, 50, av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgique
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