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Hevér H, Xue A, Nagy K, Komka K, Vékey K, Drahos L, Révész Á. Can We Boost N-Glycopeptide Identification Confidence? Smart Collision Energy Choice Taking into Account Structure and Search Engine. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2024; 35:333-343. [PMID: 38286027 PMCID: PMC10853973 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00375] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
Abstract
High confidence and reproducibility are still challenges in bottom-up mass spectrometric N-glycopeptide identification. The collision energy used in the MS/MS measurements and the database search engine used to identify the species are perhaps the two most decisive factors. We investigated how the structural features of N-glycopeptides and the choice of the search engine influence the optimal collision energy, delivering the highest identification confidence. We carried out LC-MS/MS measurements using a series of collision energies on a large set of N-glycopeptides with both the glycan and peptide part varied and studied the behavior of Byonic, pGlyco, and GlycoQuest scores. We found that search engines show a range of behavior between peptide-centric and glycan-centric, which manifests itself already in the dependence of optimal collision energy on m/z. Using classical statistical and machine learning methods, we revealed that peptide hydrophobicity, glycan and peptide masses, and the number of mobile protons also have significant and search-engine-dependent influence, as opposed to a series of other parameters we probed. We envisioned an MS/MS workflow making a smart collision energy choice based on online available features such as the hydrophobicity (described by retention time) and glycan mass (potentially available from a scout MS/MS). Our assessment suggests that this workflow can lead to a significant gain (up to 100%) in the identification confidence, particularly for low-scoring hits close to the filtering limit, which has the potential to enhance reproducibility of N-glycopeptide analyses. Data are available via MassIVE (MSV000093110).
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Affiliation(s)
- Helga Hevér
- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
- Faculty
of Science, Institute of Chemistry, Hevesy György PhD School
of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd
University, Pázmány
Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest H-1111, Hungary
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- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS
Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research
Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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Szabó D, Gömöry Á, Ludányi K, Vékey K, Drahos L. Very Low-Pressure CID Experiments: High Energy Transfer and Fragmentation Pattern at the Single Collision Regime. Molecules 2023; 29:211. [PMID: 38202794 PMCID: PMC10780993 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010211] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
We have performed CID experiments on a triple quadrupole instrument, lowering the collision gas pressure by 50 times compared to its conventional value. The results show that at very low-collision gas pressure, single collisions dominate the spectra. Indirectly, these results suggest that under conventional conditions, 20-50 collisions may be typical in CID experiments. The results show a marked difference between low- and high-pressure CID spectra, the latter being characterized in terms of 'slow heating' and predominance of consecutive reactions. The results indicate that under single collision conditions, the collisional energy transfer efficiency is very high: nearly 100% of the center of mass kinetic energy is converted to internal energy.
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- Dániel Szabó
- MS Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary (Á.G.); (K.V.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary (Á.G.); (K.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes Endre 7–9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary;
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary (Á.G.); (K.V.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary (Á.G.); (K.V.)
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Révész Á, Hevér H, Steckel A, Schlosser G, Szabó D, Vékey K, Drahos L. Collision energies: Optimization strategies for bottom-up proteomics. Mass Spectrom Rev 2023; 42:1261-1299. [PMID: 34859467 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Mass-spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatography is an indispensable tool in the field of proteomics. In the last decades, more and more complex and diverse biochemical and biomedical questions have arisen. Problems to be solved involve protein identification, quantitative analysis, screening of low abundance modifications, handling matrix effect, and concentrations differing by orders of magnitude. This led the development of more tailored protocols and problem centered proteomics workflows, including advanced choice of experimental parameters. In the most widespread bottom-up approach, the choice of collision energy in tandem mass spectrometric experiments has outstanding role. This review presents the collision energy optimization strategies in the field of proteomics which can help fully exploit the potential of MS based proteomics techniques. A systematic collection of use case studies is then presented to serve as a starting point for related further scientific work. Finally, this article discusses the issue of comparing results from different studies or obtained on different instruments, and it gives some hints on methodology transfer between laboratories based on measurement of reference species.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ágnes Révész
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter Plc, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, MTA-ELTE Lendület Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, MTA-ELTE Lendület Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Vékey K. About our friendship with Pietro Traldi. Mass Spectrom Rev 2023; 42:1085. [PMID: 34842289 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Károly Vékey
- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Hevér H, Nagy K, Xue A, Sugár S, Komka K, Vékey K, Drahos L, Révész Á. Diversity Matters: Optimal Collision Energies for Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis of a Large Set of N-Glycopeptides. J Proteome Res 2022; 21:2743-2753. [PMID: 36201757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00519] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Identification and characterization of N-glycopeptides from complex samples are usually based on tandem mass spectrometric measurements. Experimental settings, especially the collision energy selection method, fundamentally influence the obtained fragmentation pattern and hence the confidence of the database search results ("score"). Using standards of naturally occurring glycoproteins, we mapped the Byonic and pGlyco search engine scores of almost 200 individual N-glycopeptides as a function of collision energy settings on a quadrupole time of flight instrument. The resulting unprecedented amount of peptide-level information on such a large and diverse set of N-glycopeptides revealed that the peptide sequence heavily influences the energy for the highest score on top of an expected general linear trend with m/z. Search engine dependence may also be noteworthy. Based on the trends, we designed an experimental method and tested it on HeLa, blood plasma, and monoclonal antibody samples. As compared to the literature, these notably lower collision energies in our workflow led to 10-50% more identified N-glycopeptides, with higher scores. We recommend a simple approach based on a small set of reference N-glycopeptides easily accessible from glycoprotein standards to ease the precise determination of optimal methods on other instruments. Data sets can be accessed via the MassIVE repository (MSV000089657 and MSV000090218).
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- Helga Hevér
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter Plc, Gyömríi út 19-21, Budapest 1103, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest H-1111, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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Gyebrovszki B, Ács A, Szabó D, Auer F, Novozánszki S, Rojkovich B, Magyar A, Hudecz F, Vékey K, Drahos L, Sármay G. The Role of IgG Fc Region N-Glycosylation in the Pathomechanism of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105828. [PMID: 35628640 PMCID: PMC9146365 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105828] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. N-glycosylation pattern of ACPA-IgG and healthy IgG Fc differs. The aim of this study is to determine the relative sialylation and galactosylation level of ACPAs and control IgG to assess their capability of inducing TNFα production, and furthermore, to analyze the correlations between the composition of Fc glycans and inflammatory markers in RA. We isolated IgG from sera of healthy volunteers and RA patients, and purified ACPAs on a citrulline-peptide column. Immunocomplexes (IC) were formed by adding an F(ab)2 fragment of anti-human IgG. U937 cells were used to monitor the binding of IC to FcγR and to trigger TNFα release determined by ELISA. To analyze glycan profiles, control IgG and ACPA-IgG were digested with trypsin and the glycosylation patterns of glycopeptides were analyzed by determining site-specific N-glycosylation using nano-UHPLC-MS/MS. We found that both sialylation and galactosylation levels of ACPA-IgG negatively correlate with inflammation-related parameters such as CRP, ESR, and RF. Functional assays show that dimerized ACPA-IgG significantly enhances TNFα release in an FcγRI-dependent manner, whereas healthy IgG does not. TNFα production inversely correlates with the relative intensities of the G0 glycoform, which lacks galactose and terminal sialic acid moieties.
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- Balázs Gyebrovszki
- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.G.); (F.A.); (S.N.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.Á.); (D.S.); (K.V.); (L.D.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.Á.); (D.S.); (K.V.); (L.D.)
- Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.G.); (F.A.); (S.N.)
- Translational Glycomics Research Group, Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.G.); (F.A.); (S.N.)
- Central Laboratory-Microbiology Profile, Molecular Department, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, 1097 Budapest, Hungary
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- Rheumatology Department III, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, 1027 Budapest, Hungary;
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- ELKH-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.M.); (F.H.)
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- ELKH-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.M.); (F.H.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.Á.); (D.S.); (K.V.); (L.D.)
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (A.Á.); (D.S.); (K.V.); (L.D.)
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- Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.G.); (F.A.); (S.N.)
- Correspondence:
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Sugár S, Tóth G, Bugyi F, Vékey K, Karászi K, Drahos L, Turiák L. Alterations in protein expression and site-specific N-glycosylation of prostate cancer tissues. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15886. [PMID: 34354152 PMCID: PMC8342536 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95417-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Identifying molecular alterations occurring during cancer progression is essential for a deeper understanding of the underlying biological processes. Here we have analyzed cancerous and healthy prostate biopsies using nanoLC-MS(MS) to detect proteins with altered expression and N-glycosylation. We have identified 75 proteins with significantly changing expression during disease progression. The biological processes involved were assigned based on protein-protein interaction networks. These include cellular component organization, metabolic and localization processes. Multiple glycoproteins were identified with aberrant glycosylation in prostate cancer, where differences in glycosite-specific sialylation, fucosylation, and galactosylation were the most substantial. Many of the glycoproteins with altered N-glycosylation were extracellular matrix constituents, and are heavily involved in the establishment of the tumor microenvironment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Simon Sugár
- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Semmelweis University, Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.6759.d0000 0001 2180 0451Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.5591.80000 0001 2294 6276Eötvös Loránd University, Hevesy György Ph.D. School of Chemistry, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 98211St Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- grid.425578.90000 0004 0512 3755MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Semmelweis University, Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Üllői út 26, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
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Bugyi F, Szabó D, Szabó G, Révész Á, Pape VFS, Soltész-Katona E, Tóth E, Kovács O, Langó T, Vékey K, Drahos L. Influence of Post-Translational Modifications on Protein Identification in Database Searches. ACS Omega 2021; 6:7469-7477. [PMID: 33778259 PMCID: PMC7992065 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Comprehensive analysis of post-translation modifications (PTMs) is an important mission of proteomics. However, the consideration of PTMs increases the search space and may therefore impair the efficiency of protein identification. Using thousands of proteomic searches, we investigated the practical aspects of considering multiple PTMs in Byonic searches for the maximization of protein and peptide hits. The inclusion of all PTMs, which occur with at least 2% frequency in the sample, has an advantageous effect on protein and peptide identification. A linear relationship was established between the number of considered PTMs and the number of reliably identified peptides and proteins. Even though they handle multiple modifications less efficiently, the results of MASCOT (using the Percolator function) and Andromeda (the search engine included in MaxQuant) became comparable to those of Byonic, in the case of a few PTMs.
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- Fanni Bugyi
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Hevesy
György PhD School of Chemistry, Eötvös
Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Hevesy
György PhD School of Chemistry, Eötvös
Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Faculty
of Informatics, Eötvös Loránd
University, Pázmány
Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis
University, Tűzoltó utca 37-47, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis
University, Tűzoltó utca 37-47, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary
- ELKH
Supported Research Groups, Gellérthegy u. 30-32, H-1016 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Institute
of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural
Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis
University, Tűzoltó utca 37-47, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary
- Department
of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis
University, Nagyvárad tér 4, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural
Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for
Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Tóth G, Pál D, Vékey K, Drahos L, Turiák L. Stability and recovery issues concerning chondroitin sulfate disaccharide analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:1779-1785. [PMID: 33506337 PMCID: PMC7925331 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03152-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is a widely studied class of glycosaminoglycans, responsible for diverse biological functions. Structural analysis of CS is generally based on disaccharide analysis. Sample preparation is a key analytical issue in this case. However, a detailed study on the stability and recovery of CS-derived species has been lacking so far. We have found that for solvent exchange, in general, vacuum evaporation (SpeedVac) is much preferable than lyophilization. Moreover, in the case of aqueous solutions, higher recovery was experienced than in solutions with high organic solvent content. Storage of the resulting disaccharide mixture in typical HPLC injection solvents is also critical; decomposition starts after 12 h at 4 °C; therefore, the mixtures should not be kept in the sample tray of an automatic injector for a long time. The study, therefore, lays down suggestions on proper sample preparation and measurement conditions for biologically derived chondroitin sulfate species.
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- Gábor Tóth
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 1111, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 1111, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, 1117, Hungary.
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Szabó D, Schlosser G, Vékey K, Drahos L, Révész Á. Collision energies on QTof and Orbitrap instruments: How to make proteomics measurements comparable? J Mass Spectrom 2021; 56:e4693. [PMID: 33277714 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Quadrupole time-of-flight (QTof) collision-induced dissociation (CID) and Orbitrap higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD) are the most commonly used fragmentation techniques in mass spectrometry-based proteomics workflows. The information content of the MS/MS spectra is first and foremost determined by the applied collision energy. How can we set up the two instrument types to achieve maximum transferability? To answer this question, we compared MS/MS spectra obtained on a Bruker QTof CID and a Thermo Q-Exactive Focus Orbitrap HCD instrument as a function of collision energy using the similarity index. Results show that with a few eV lower collision energy setting on HCD (Orbitrap-specific CID) than on QTof CID, nearly identical MS/MS spectra can be obtained for leucine enkephalin pentapeptide standard, for selected +2 and +3 enolase tryptic peptides and for a large number of peptides in a HeLa protein digest. The Bruker QTof was able to produce colder ions, which may be significant to study inherently labile compounds. Further, we examined energy dependence of peptide identification confidence, as characterized by Mascot scores, on the HeLa peptides. In line with earlier QTof results, this dependence shows one or two maxima (unimodal or bimodal behavior) on Orbitrap. The fraction of bimodal peptides is lower on Orbitrap. Optimal energies as a function of m/z show a similar linear trend on both instruments, which suggests that with appropriate collision energy adjustment, matching conditions for proteomics can be achieved. Data have been deposited in the MassIVE repository (MSV000086434).
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- Dániel Szabó
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
- Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Lendület Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2., Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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Révész Á, Milley MG, Nagy K, Szabó D, Kalló G, Csősz É, Vékey K, Drahos L. Tailoring to Search Engines: Bottom-Up Proteomics with Collision Energies Optimized for Identification Confidence. J Proteome Res 2020; 20:474-484. [PMID: 33284634 PMCID: PMC7786379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
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Bottom-up
proteomics relies on identification of peptides from
tandem mass spectra, usually via matching against sequence databases.
Confidence in a peptide–spectrum match can be characterized
by a score value given by the database search engines, and it depends
on the information content and the quality of the spectrum. The latter
are influenced by experimental parameters, of which the collision
energy is the most important one in the case of collision-induced
dissociation. We examined how the identification score of the Byonic
and Andromeda (MaxQuant) engines varies with collision energy for
more than a thousand individual peptides from a HeLa tryptic digest
on a QTof instrument. We thereby extended our earlier study on Mascot
scores and corroborated its findings on the potential bimodal nature
of this energy dependence. Optimal energies as a function of m/z show comparable linear trends for the
three engines. On the basis of peptide-level results, we designed
methods with one or two liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
(LC-MS/MS) runs and various collision energy settings and assessed
their practical performance in peptide and protein identification
from the HeLa standard sample. A 10–40% gain in various measures,
such as the number of identified proteins or sequence coverage, was
obtained over the factory default settings. Best performing methods
differ for the three engines, suggesting that the experimental parameters
should be fine-tuned to the choice of the engine. We also recommend
a simple approach and provide reference data to ease the transfer
of the optimized methods to other mass spectrometers relevant for
proteomics. We demonstrate the utility of this approach on an Orbitrap
instrument. Data sets can be accessed via the MassIVE repository (MSV000086379).
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Affiliation(s)
- Ágnes Révész
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.,Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Sugár S, Turiák L, Vékey K, Drahos L. Widespread presence of bovine proteins in human cell lines. J Mass Spectrom 2020; 55:e4464. [PMID: 31697861 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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HPLC-MS/MS analysis of various human cell lines shows the presence of a major amount of bovine protein contaminants. These likely originate from fetal bovine serum (FBS), typically used in cell cultures. If evaluated against a human protein database, on average 10% of the identified human proteins will be misleading (bovine proteins, but indicated as if they were human). Bovine contaminants therefore may cause major bias in proteomic studies of cell cultures, if not considered explicitly.
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- Simon Sugár
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Semmelweis University, Károly Rácz School of PhD Studies, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Vékey K, Traldi P. 40 years of the Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry (IMMS). J Mass Spectrom 2020; 55:e4517. [PMID: 32515524 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Károly Vékey
- Research Center for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt 2, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I35100, Padova, Italy
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Tóth G, Vékey K, Sugár S, Kovalszky I, Drahos L, Turiák L. Salt gradient chromatographic separation of chondroitin sulfate disaccharides. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1619:460979. [PMID: 32093904 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.460979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
In the present study, we describe the development of a fast, 2-step salt gradient for analysis of chondroitin sulfate disaccharides. Using salt gradients, which is somewhat unusual in HILIC-based separations, provides relatively fast chromatography with excellent sensitivity (15 min cycle time, 10-20 fmol/µL detection, 30-50 fmol/µL quantitation limit), and good linearity. The efficiency of the new method is demonstrated by measuring human tissue slices of healthy, cirrhotic, and cancerous liver samples. Preliminary results show major differences among the quantity and sulfation pattern of the various sample types.
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- Gábor Tóth
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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Ludányi K, Vékey K, Szúnyog J, Mincsovics E, Karancsi T, Újszászy K, Nemes KB, Klebovich I. Application of Overpressured Layer Chromatography Combined with Digital Autoradiography and Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Deramciclane Metabolism. J AOAC Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/82.2.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Overpressured layer chromatography was combined with the highly sensitive and rapid digital autoradiography (DAR) and mass spectrometry to separate, detect, and identify 3H-and 14C-labeled deramciclane metabolites in different biological matrixes. Several minor and major metabolites were separated from plasma and urine samples. The radioactive metabolites localized by DAR were scraped from the thin-layer chromatographic plate and transferred to a mass spectrometer for structure identification. Several metabolites were isolated and characterized, including hydroxy-/V-des- methyl deramciclane, which is described in detail. The combination of techniques is efficient and has good sensitivity: about 2 μg metabolite from a biological matrix was isolated and identified this way.
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- Krisztina Ludányi
- Institute of Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1025 Budapest, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, Hungary
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- Institute of Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1025 Budapest, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, Hungary
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- EGIS Pharmaceuticals Co.Ltd, Department of Pharmacokinetics, H-1106 Budapest, Keresztúri út 30-38, Hungary
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- OPLC-NIT Engineering Ltd, H-1119 Budapest, Andor u. 60, Hungary
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- EGIS Pharmaceuticals Co.Ltd, Physiochemical Research Laboratory and Department of Structure Investigation, H-1106Budapest, Keresztúri út 30-38, Hungary
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- EGIS Pharmaceuticals Co.Ltd, Physiochemical Research Laboratory and Department of Structure Investigation, H-1106Budapest, Keresztúri út 30-38, Hungary
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- EGIS Pharmaceuticals Co.Ltd, Department of Pharmacokinetics, H-1106 Budapest, Keresztúri út 30-38, Hungary
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- EGIS Pharmaceuticals Co.Ltd, Department of Pharmacokinetics, H-1106 Budapest, Keresztúri út 30-38, Hungary
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Turiák L, Sugár S, Ács A, Tóth G, Gömöry Á, Telekes A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Site-specific N-glycosylation of HeLa cell glycoproteins. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14822. [PMID: 31616032 PMCID: PMC6794373 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51428-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
We have characterized site-specific N-glycosylation of the HeLa cell line glycoproteins, using a complex workflow based on high and low energy tandem mass spectrometry of glycopeptides. The objective was to obtain highly reliable data on common glycoforms, so rigorous data evaluation was performed. The analysis revealed the presence of a high amount of bovine serum contaminants originating from the cell culture media - nearly 50% of all glycans were of bovine origin. Unaccounted, the presence of bovine serum components causes major bias in the human cellular glycosylation pattern; as is shown when literature results using released glycan analysis are compared. We have reliably identified 43 (human) glycoproteins, 69 N-glycosylation sites, and 178 glycoforms. HeLa glycoproteins were found to be highly (68.7%) fucosylated. A medium degree of sialylation was observed, on average 46.8% of possible sialylation sites were occupied. High-mannose sugars were expressed in large amounts, as expected in the case of a cancer cell line. Glycosylation in HeLa cells is highly variable. It is markedly different not only on various proteins but also at the different glycosylation sites of the same protein. Our method enabled the detailed characterization of site-specific N-glycosylation of several glycoproteins expressed in HeLa cell line.
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- Lilla Turiák
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Semmelweis University, Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, St Lazarus County Hospital, Füleki út 54-56, H-3100, Salgótarján, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Ács A, Turiák L, Révész Á, Vékey K, Drahos L. Identification of bifucosylated glycoforms using low-energy CID spectra. J Mass Spectrom 2019; 54:817-822. [PMID: 31476246 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4432] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We have used tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)-based analysis of glycopeptides in order to identify the composition and structure of rare glycoforms. The results illustrate utility of low-energy MS/MS for structure identification. We have shown the presence of bifucosylated and trifucosylated glycoforms in human α-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), a major plasma glycoprotein. Fucosylation in the case of AGP always occurs on the antennae; core fucosylation was not observed.
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- András Ács
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Károly Rácz School of PhD Studies, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Révész Á, Rokob TA, Jeanne Dit Fouque D, Hüse D, Háda V, Turiák L, Memboeuf A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Optimal Collision Energies and Bioinformatics Tools for Efficient Bottom-up Sequence Validation of Monoclonal Antibodies. Anal Chem 2019; 91:13128-13135. [PMID: 31518108 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Rigorous validation of amino acid sequence is fundamental in the characterization of original and biosimilar protein biopharmaceuticals. Widely accepted workflows are based on bottom-up mass spectrometry, and they often require multiple techniques and significant manual work. Here, we demonstrate that optimization of a set of tandem mass spectroscopy (MS/MS) collision energies and automated combination of all available information in the measurements can increase the sequence validated by one technique close to the inherent limits. We created a software (called "Serac") that consumes results of the Mascot database search engine and identifies the amino acids validated by bottom-up MS/MS experiments using the most rigorous, industrially acceptable definition of sequence coverage (we term this "confirmed sequence coverage"). The software can combine spectra at the level of amino acids or fragment ions to exploit complementarity, provides full transparency to justify validation, and reduces manual effort. With its help, we investigated collision energy dependence of confirmed sequence coverage of individual peptides and full proteins on trypsin-digested monoclonal antibody samples (rituximab and trastuzumab). We found the energy dependence to be modest, but we demonstrated the benefit of using spectra taken at multiple energies. We describe a workflow based on 2-3 LC-MS/MS runs, carefully selected collision energies, and a fragment ion level combination, which yields ∼85% confirmed sequence coverage, 25%-30% above that from a basic proteomics protocol. Further increase can mainly be expected from alternative digestion enzymes or fragmentation techniques, which can be seamlessly integrated to the processing, thereby allowing effortless validation of full sequences.
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- Ágnes Révész
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 , Budapest , Hungary
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- Theoretical Chemistry Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 , Budapest , Hungary
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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- Analytical Department of Biotechnology , Gedeon Richter Plc , POB 27, H-1475 Budapest 10 , Hungary
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- Analytical Department of Biotechnology , Gedeon Richter Plc , POB 27, H-1475 Budapest 10 , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 , Budapest , Hungary
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 , Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 , Budapest , Hungary
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Tóth G, Vékey K, Drahos L, Horváth V, Turiák L. Salt and solvent effects in the microscale chromatographic separation of heparan sulfate disaccharides. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1610:460548. [PMID: 31547957 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The analysis of heparan sulfate disaccharides poses a real challenge both from chromatographic and mass spectrometric point of view. This necessitates the constant improvement of their analytical methodology. In the present study, the chromatographic effects of solvent composition, salt concentration, and salt type were systematically investigated in isocratic HILIC-WAX separations of heparan sulfate disaccharides. The combined use of 75% acetonitrile with ammonium formate had overall benefits regarding intensity, detection limits, and peak shape for all salt concentrations investigated. Results obtained with the isocratic measurements suggested the potential use of a salt gradient method in order to maximize separation efficiency. A 3-step gradient from 14 mM to 65 mM ammonium formate concentration proved to be ideal for separation and quantitation. The LOD of the resulting method was 0.8-1.5 fmol for the individual disaccharides and the LOQ was between 2.5-5 fmol. Outstanding linearity could be observed up to 2 pmol. This novel combination provided sufficient sensitivity for disaccharide analysis, which was demonstrated by the analysis of heparan sulfate samples from porcine and bovine origin.
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- Gábor Tóth
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary; MTA-BME Computation Driven Chemistry Research Group, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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Rondeau D, Gimbert Y, Vékey K, Dráhos L, Turbiez M, Frère P, Roncali J. Mass spectrometry evidence for self-rigidification of π-conjugated oligomers containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene groups using RRKM theory and internal energy calibration. Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester) 2019; 25:239-250. [PMID: 31018695 DOI: 10.1177/1469066718811712] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The self-rigidification of ionized π-conjugated systems based on two combinations of thiophene (T) and 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene (E) is investigated using mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry (MIKES) of ions produced from electron impact ionization at 70 eV. The m/z 446 radical cations of the two isomers ETTE and TEET lead to detect m/z 418 and 390 daughter ions. The MIKE spectra differ only by the intensities of these fragment ions. As the m/z 418 daughter ion is produced through a same retro-Diels Alder reaction whatever the fragmenting isomer, the difference in daughter ion intensities is interpreted in term of unimolecular dissociation rate constants ( k( Eint)) ratios. Considering that the transition state (TS) of such reaction is attributed to a quinoid form, equivalent vibration modes are assumed for the TS of both dissociating ETTE and TEET radical cations. As a result, by using the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory, the difference in daughter ion intensities is interpreted by considering that the fragmenting ion is more or less ordered in its ground state than at the transition state, resulting from the influence of the number of the S…O interactions in the planarization of the TEET ion toward the ETTE charged species. The comparison of this behavior in MIKES experiments is supported by the modeling of ion behavior in mass spectrometer and the calibration in internal energy of the radical cations produced in an EI source.
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- David Rondeau
- 1 Univ Rennes, CNRS IETR (Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes) UMR 6164, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes Cedex, France
- 2 Département de Chimie, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Cedex, France
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- 3 Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, DCM (UMR 5250) BP 53, Cedex, France
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- 4 MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest, Hungary
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- 4 MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest, Hungary
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- 5 Université d'Angers, MOLTECH-Anjou UMR CNRS 6200, Group Linear Conjugated Systems, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, Angers, France
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- 5 Université d'Angers, MOLTECH-Anjou UMR CNRS 6200, Group Linear Conjugated Systems, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, Angers, France
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- 5 Université d'Angers, MOLTECH-Anjou UMR CNRS 6200, Group Linear Conjugated Systems, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, Angers, France
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Papp-Kádár V, Balázs Z, Vékey K, Ozohanics O, Vértessy BG. Mass spectrometry-based analysis of macromolecular complexes of Staphylococcus aureus uracil-DNA glycosylase and its inhibitor reveals specific variations due to naturally occurring mutations. FEBS Open Bio 2019; 9:420-427. [PMID: 30868050 PMCID: PMC6396141 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The base excision repair pathway plays an important role in correcting damage induced by either physiological or external effects. This repair pathway removes incorrect bases from the DNA. The uracil base is among the most frequently occurring erroneous bases in DNA, and is cut out from the phosphodiester backbone via the catalytic action of uracil‐DNA glycosylase. Uracil excision repair is an evolutionarily highly conserved pathway and can be specifically inhibited by a protein inhibitor of uracil‐DNA glycosylase. Interestingly, both uracil‐DNA glycosylase (Staphylococcus aureus uracil‐DNA glycosylase; SAUDG) and its inhibitor (S. aureus uracil‐DNA glycosylase inhibitor; SAUGI) are present in the staphylococcal cell. The interaction of these two proteins effectively decreases the efficiency of uracil‐DNA excision repair. The physiological relevance of this complexation has not yet been addressed in detailed; however, numerous mutations have been identified within SAUGI. Here, we investigated whether these mutations drastically perturb the interaction with SAUDG. To perform quantitative analysis of the macromolecular interactions, we applied native mass spectrometry and demonstrated that this is a highly efficient and specific method for determination of dissociation constants. Our results indicate that several naturally occurring mutations of SAUGI do indeed lead to appreciable changes in the dissociation constants for complex formation. However, all of these Kd values remain in the nanomolar range and therefore the association of these two proteins is preserved. We conclude that complexation is most likely preserved even with the naturally occurring mutant uracil‐DNA glycosylase inhibitor proteins.
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- Veronika Papp-Kádár
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for Natural Sciences Institute of Enzymology Budapest Hungary.,Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for Natural Sciences Institute of Organic Chemistry Budapest Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for Natural Sciences Institute of Organic Chemistry Budapest Hungary.,Department of Medical Biochemistry Semmelweis University Budapest Hungary
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for Natural Sciences Institute of Enzymology Budapest Hungary.,Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest Hungary
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Pocsfalvi G, Turiák L, Ambrosone A, Del Gaudio P, Puska G, Fiume I, Silvestre T, Vékey K. Physiochemical and protein datasets related to citrus juice sac cells-derived nanovesicles and microvesicles. Data Brief 2018; 22:251-254. [PMID: 30591944 PMCID: PMC6305887 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Qualitative and quantitative data obtained on micro and nanovesicle enriched fractions isolated from four citrus species, C. sinensis, C. limon, C. paradisi and C. aurantium are presented. It includes physiochemical characterization by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic laser scattering (DLS); and molecular characterization of the biocargo of citrus vesicles by quantitative label-free proteomics. Vesicular transport related proteins of C. sinensis were predicted by (i) finding orthologues based on previously described vesicular transport proteins and (ii) GO term enrichment analysis. Based on the protein content different types of intra and intercellular vesicles were dissected and the distribution of different Enzyme classes (ECs) were determined. This data article is related to “Protein biocargo of citrus fruit-derived vesicles reveals heterogeneous transport and extracellular vesicle populations” (Pocsfalvi et al., 2018).
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- Gabriella Pocsfalvi
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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Turiák L, Ozohanics O, Tóth G, Ács A, Révész Á, Vékey K, Telekes A, Drahos L. High sensitivity proteomics of prostate cancer tissue microarrays to discriminate between healthy and cancerous tissue. J Proteomics 2018; 197:82-91. [PMID: 30439472 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Biopsies, in the form of tissue microarrays (TMAs) were studied to identify anomalies indicative of prostate cancer at the proteome level. TMAs offer a valuable source of well-characterized biological material. However, because of the small tissue sample size method development was essential to provide the sensitivity and reliability necessary for the analysis. Surface digestion of TMA cores was followed by peptide extraction and shotgun proteomics analysis. About 5 times better sensitivity was achieved by the optimized surface digestion compared to bulk digestion of the same TMA spot and it allowed the identification of over 500 proteins from individual prostate TMA cores. Label-free quantitation showed that biological variability among all samples was about 3 times larger than the technical reproducibility. We have identified 189 proteins which showed statistically significant changes (t-test p-value <.05) in abundance between healthy and cancerous tissue samples. The proteomic profile changed according to cancer grade, but did not show a correlation with cancer stage. Results of this pilot study were further evaluated using bioinformatics tools, identifying various protein pathways affected by prostate cancer progression indicating the usefulness of studying TMA cores to identify quantitative changes in tissue proteomics. SIGNIFICANCE: Detailed proteomics analysis of TMAs presents a good alternative for tissue analysis. Here we present a novel method, based on tissue surface digestion and nano-LC-MS measurements, which is capable of identifying and quantifying over 500 proteins from a 1.5 mm diameter tissue section. We compared healthy and cancerous prostate tissue samples, and tissues with various grades and stages of cancer. Tissue proteomics clearly distinguished healthy and cancerous samples, furthermore the results correlated well with cancer grade, but not with cancer stage. Over 100 proteins showed statistically significant abundance changes (t-test p-value <.05) between various groups. This was sufficient for a meaningful bioinformatics evaluation; showing e.g. increased abundance of proteins in cancer in the KEGG ribosome pathway, GO mRNA splicing via spliceosome, and chromatin assembly biological processes. The results highlight the feasibility of the developed method for future large-scale tissue proteomics studies using commercially available TMAs.
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- Lilla Turiák
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Semmelweis University, Ph.D. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Üllői út 26, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Div. Sect. of Geriatrics, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Halmi utca 20-22, H-1115 Budapest, Hungary; Dept. of Oncology, St Lazarus County Hospital, Füleki út 54-56, H-1117, Salgótarján, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Ács A, Ozohanics O, Vékey K, Drahos L, Turiák L. Distinguishing Core and Antenna Fucosylated Glycopeptides Based on Low-Energy Tandem Mass Spectra. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12776-12782. [PMID: 30299079 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
A straightforward approach has been developed to distinguish core and antenna fucosylation in glycopeptides. The method does not require derivatization and can be easily adapted into a proteomics workflow. The key aspect is to use low collision energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) (on a quadrupole time-of-flight type instrument) when only single-step fragmentation processes occur. Low collision energy should show the precursor ion as the largest peak in the spectrum; the survival yield should be ideally over 50%, and this is obtained at a collision energy ca. 30% of that typically used for proteomics. In such a case, interfering processes like fucose migration or consecutive reactions are minimized. Core and antenna fucosylation can be discriminated using various ion abundance ratios. Low-energy CID spectra are very "clean" (no chemical noise), and the ions used for locating the fucose are among the major peaks, making the method well-suited for analytical work. Monitoring the change in the proportion of core and antenna fucosylation at the same glycosylation site is also feasible.
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- András Ács
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary.,PhD School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Semmelweis University , Üllői út 26 , H-1085 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary.,Department of Medical Biochemistry , Semmelweis University , Tűzoltó út 37-47 , H-1094 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Magyar Tudósok körútja 2 , H-1117 Budapest , Hungary
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Pocsfalvi G, Turiák L, Ambrosone A, Del Gaudio P, Puska G, Fiume I, Silvestre T, Vékey K. Protein biocargo of citrus fruit-derived vesicles reveals heterogeneous transport and extracellular vesicle populations. J Plant Physiol 2018; 229:111-121. [PMID: 30056374 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cell-derived vesicles are membrane-enclosed organelles that transport material inside and outside the cell. Plant-derived vesicles are receiving more and more attention due to their potential as nanovectors for the delivery of biologically active substances. Here, we studied the heterogeneity and protein biocargo in citrus fruit juice sac cell-derived vesicles populations. Micro- and nano-sized vesicle fractions were isolated from four citrus species, C. sinensis, C. limon, C. paradisi and C. aurantium, characterized using physicochemical methods and protein cargos were compared using label-free quantitative shotgun proteomics. In each sample approximately 600-800 proteins were identified. Orthologues of most of the top-ranking proteins have previously been reported in extracellular vesicles of mammalian origin. High expression levels of patellin-3-like, clathrin heavy chain, heat shock proteins, 14-3-3 protein, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase 6 were measured in all samples while aquaporin was highly expressed only in the nanovesicle fractions. Bioinformatics revealed more than hundred protein orthologues potentially implicated in vesicular trafficking. In particular, the presence of CCV, COPI and COPII coat proteins indicates the presence of heterogeneous populations of intracellular transport vesicles. Moreover, a high number of different enzymes including hydrolases and oxidoreductases are ubiquities in citrus fruit sac cell-derived vesicles.
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- Gabriella Pocsfalvi
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy.
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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Révész Á, Rokob TA, Jeanne Dit Fouque D, Turiák L, Memboeuf A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Selection of Collision Energies in Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Experiments for Best Peptide Identification: Study of Mascot Score Energy Dependence Reveals Double Optimum. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1898-1906. [PMID: 29607649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Collision energy is a key parameter determining the information content of beam-type collision induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) spectra, and its optimal choice largely affects successful peptide and protein identification in MS-based proteomics. For an MS/MS spectrum, quality of peptide match based on sequence database search, often characterized in terms of a single score, is a complex function of spectrum characteristics, and its collision energy dependence has remained largely unexplored. We carried out electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time of flight (ESI-Q-TOF)-MS/MS measurements on 2807 peptides from tryptic digests of HeLa and E. coli at 21 different collision energies. Agglomerative clustering of the resulting Mascot score versus energy curves revealed that only few of them display a single, well-defined maximum; rather, they feature either a broad plateau or two clear peaks. Nonlinear least-squares fitting of one or two Gaussian functions allowed the characteristic energies to be determined. We found that the double peaks and the plateaus in Mascot score can be associated with the different energy dependence of b- and y-type fragment ion intensities. We determined that the energies for optimum Mascot scores follow separate linear trends for the unimodal and bimodal cases with rather large residual variance even after differences in proton mobility are taken into account. This leaves room for experiment optimization and points to the possible influence of further factors beyond m/ z.
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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- UMR CNRS 6521, CEMCA , Université de Bretagne Occidentale , 6 Av. Le Gorgeu , 29238 Brest Cedex 3 , France
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Osteikoetxea X, Benke M, Rodriguez M, Pálóczi K, Sódar BW, Szvicsek Z, Szabó-Taylor K, Vukman KV, Kittel Á, Wiener Z, Vékey K, Harsányi L, Szűcs Á, Turiák L, Buzás EI. Detection and proteomic characterization of extracellular vesicles in human pancreatic juice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 499:37-43. [PMID: 29550476 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
AIMS The prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer has remained virtually unchanged with a high mortality rate compared to other types of cancers. An earlier detection would provide a time window of opportunity for treatment and prevention of deaths. In the present study we investigated extracellular vesicle (EV)-associated potential biomarkers for pancreatic cancer by directly assessing EV size-based subpopulations in pancreatic juice samples of patients with chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer. In addition, we also studied blood plasma and pancreatic cancer cell line-derived EVs. METHODS Comparative proteomic analysis was performed of 102 EV preparations from human pancreatic juices, blood, and pancreatic cancer cell lines Capan-1 and MIA PaCa-2. EV preparations were also characterized by electron microscopy, tunable resistive pulse sensing, and flow cytometry. RESULTS Here we describe the presence of EVs in human pancreatic juice samples. Pancreatic juice EV-associated proteins that we identified as possible candidate markers for pancreatic cancer included mucins, such as MUC1, MUC4, MUC5AC, MUC6 and MUC16, CFTR, and MDR1 proteins. These candidate biomarkers could also be detected by flow cytometry in EVs found in pancreatic juice and those secreted by pancreatic cancer cell lines. CONCLUSIONS Together our data show that detection and characterization of EVs directly in pancreatic juice is feasible and may prove to be a valuable source of potential biomarkers of pancreatic cancer.
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- Xabier Osteikoetxea
- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; 1st Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Hungary
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- 1st Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1st Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; MTA-SE Immune-Proteogenomics Extracellular Vesicles Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.
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Benedek A, Pölöskei I, Ozohanics O, Vékey K, Vértessy BG. The Stl repressor from Staphylococcus aureus is an efficient inhibitor of the eukaryotic fruitfly dUTPase. FEBS Open Bio 2017; 8:158-167. [PMID: 29435406 PMCID: PMC5794464 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA metabolism and repair is vital for the maintenance of genome integrity. Specific proteinaceous inhibitors of key factors in this process have high potential for deciphering pathways of DNA metabolism and repair. The dUTPase enzyme family is responsible for guarding against erroneous uracil incorporation into DNA. Here, we investigate whether the staphylococcal Stl repressor may interact with not only bacterial but also eukaryotic dUTPase. We provide experimental evidence for the formation of a strong complex between Stl and Drosophila melanogasterdUTPase. We also find that dUTPase activity is strongly diminished in this complex. Our results suggest that the dUTPase protein sequences involved in binding to Stl are at least partially conserved through evolution from bacteria to eukaryotes.
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- András Benedek
- Institute of Enzymology Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest Hungary.,Department of Applied Biotechnology Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary
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- Department of Applied Biotechnology Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest Hungary.,Department of Applied Biotechnology Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary
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Sódar BW, Kovács Á, Visnovitz T, Pállinger É, Vékey K, Pocsfalvi G, Turiák L, Buzás EI. Best practice of identification and proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles in human health and disease. Expert Rev Proteomics 2017; 14:1073-1090. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1392244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Barbara W. Sódar
- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Hungary
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- MTA-SE Immunoproteogenomic Extracellular Vesicle Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Pashynska V, Stepanian S, Gömöry Á, Vékey K, Adamowicz L. New cardioprotective agent flokalin and its supramolecular complexes with target amino acids: An integrated mass-spectrometry and quantum-chemical study. J Mol Struct 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gadher SJ, Drahos L, Vékey K, Kovarova H. A decade of proteomics accomplished! Central and Eastern European Proteomic Conference (CEEPC) celebrates its 10th Anniversary in Budapest, Hungary. Expert Rev Proteomics 2017; 14:567-569. [PMID: 28586280 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1339604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
The Central and Eastern European Proteomic Conference (CEEPC) proudly celebrated its 10th Anniversary with an exciting scientific program inclusive of proteome, proteomics and systems biology in Budapest, Hungary. Since 2007, CEEPC has represented 'state-of the-art' proteomics in and around Central and Eastern Europe and these series of conferences have become a well-recognized event in the proteomic calendar. Fresher challenges and global healthcare issues such as ageing and chronic diseases are driving clinical and scientific research towards regenerative, reparative and personalized medicine. To this end, proteomics may enable diverse intertwining research fields to reach their end goals. CEEPC will endeavor to facilitate these goals.
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- b Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry , Budapest , Hungary
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- b Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry , Budapest , Hungary
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- c Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics , Libechov , Czech Republic.,d Research Center PIGMOD , Laboratory of Applied Proteome Analyses , Libechov , Czech Republic
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Nagy GN, Suardíaz R, Lopata A, Ozohanics O, Vékey K, Brooks BR, Leveles I, Tóth J, Vértessy BG, Rosta E. Structural Characterization of Arginine Fingers: Identification of an Arginine Finger for the Pyrophosphatase dUTPases. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:15035-15045. [PMID: 27740761 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Arginine finger is a highly conserved and essential residue in many GTPase and AAA+ ATPase enzymes that completes the active site from a distinct protomer, forming contacts with the γ-phosphate of the nucleotide. To date, no pyrophosphatase has been identified that employs an arginine finger fulfilling all of the above properties; all essential arginine fingers are used to catalyze the cleavage of the γ-phosphate. Here, we identify and unveil the role of a conserved arginine residue in trimeric dUTPases that meets all the criteria established for arginine fingers. We found that the conserved arginine adjacent to the P-loop-like motif enables structural organization of the active site for efficient catalysis via its nucleotide coordination, while its direct electrostatic role in transition state stabilization is secondary. An exhaustive structure-based comparison of analogous, conserved arginines from nucleotide hydrolases and transferases revealed a consensus amino acid location and orientation for contacting the γ-phosphate of the substrate nucleotide. Despite the structurally equivalent position, functional differences between arginine fingers of dUTPases and NTPases are explained on the basis of the unique chemistry performed by the pyrophosphatase dUTPases.
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- Gergely N Nagy
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics , Budapest 1111, Hungary.,Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London , London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Core Technologies Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Rockville, Maryland 10892-9314, United States
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics , Budapest 1111, Hungary.,Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics , Budapest 1111, Hungary.,Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London , London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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Marton L, Nagy GN, Ozohanics O, Lábas A, Krámos B, Oláh J, Vékey K, Vértessy BG. Correction: Molecular Mechanism for the Thermo-Sensitive Phenotype of CHO-MT58 Cell Line Harbouring a Mutant CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165871. [PMID: 27788274 PMCID: PMC5083039 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bazsó FL, Ozohanics O, Schlosser G, Ludányi K, Vékey K, Drahos L. Quantitative Comparison of Tandem Mass Spectra Obtained on Various Instruments. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2016; 27:1357-1365. [PMID: 27206510 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1408-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The similarity between two tandem mass spectra, which were measured on different instruments, was compared quantitatively using the similarity index (SI), defined as the dot product of the square root of peak intensities in the respective spectra. This function was found to be useful for comparing energy-dependent tandem mass spectra obtained on various instruments. Spectral comparisons show the similarity index in a 2D "heat map", indicating which collision energy combinations result in similar spectra, and how good this agreement is. The results and methodology can be used in the pharma industry to design experiments and equipment well suited for good reproducibility. We suggest that to get good long-term reproducibility, it is best to adjust the collision energy to yield a spectrum very similar to a reference spectrum. It is likely to yield better results than using the same tuning file, which, for example, does not take into account that contamination of the ion source due to extended use may influence instrument tuning. The methodology may be used to characterize energy dependence on various instrument types, to optimize instrumentation, and to study the influence or correlation between various experimental parameters. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Fanni Laura Bazsó
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-TTK NAP B MS Neuroproteomics Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary
- Core Technologies Center, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudosok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary.
- MTA-TTK NAP B MS Neuroproteomics Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Budapest, Hungary.
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Benedek A, Horváth A, Hirmondó R, Ozohanics O, Békési A, Módos K, Révész Á, Vékey K, Nagy GN, Vértessy BG. Potential steps in the evolution of a fused trimeric all-β dUTPase involve a catalytically competent fused dimeric intermediate. FEBS J 2016; 283:3268-86. [PMID: 27380921 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 07/25/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase (dUTPase) is essential for genome integrity. Interestingly, this enzyme from Drosophila virilis has an unusual form, as three monomer repeats are merged with short linker sequences, yielding a fused trimer-like dUTPase fold. Unlike homotrimeric dUTPases that are encoded by a single repeat dut gene copy, the three repeats of the D. virilis dut gene are not identical due to several point mutations. We investigated the potential evolutionary pathway that led to the emergence of this extant fused trimeric dUTPase in D. virilis. The herein proposed scenario involves two sequential gene duplications followed by sequence divergence amongst the dut repeats. This pathway thus requires the existence of a transient two-repeat-containing fused dimeric dUTPase intermediate. We identified the corresponding ancestral dUTPase single repeat enzyme together with its tandem repeat evolutionary intermediate and characterized their enzymatic function and structural stability. We additionally engineered and characterized artificial single or tandem repeat constructs from the extant enzyme form to investigate the influence of the emergent residue alterations on the formation of a functional assembly. The observed severely impaired stability and catalytic activity of these latter constructs provide a plausible explanation for evolutionary persistence of the extant fused trimeric D. virilis dUTPase form. For the ancestral homotrimeric and the fused dimeric intermediate forms, we observed strong catalytic and structural competence, verifying viability of the proposed evolutionary pathway. We conclude that the progression along the herein described evolutionary trajectory is determined by the retained potential of the enzyme for its conserved three-fold structural symmetry.
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- András Benedek
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. .,Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. .,Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. .,Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.
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Boyd B, Brenton G, Clayton E, Curtis J, Elliott RM, Errock GA, Green BN, Bateman RH, Gaskell SJ, Griffiths I, Herman Z, Jonathan P, Kondrat R, Laušević M, Lock C, Mathur D, Todd JFJ, Vékey K. Remembering John Herbert Beynon 29th December 1923 to 24th August 2015. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2016; 30:1253-1264. [PMID: 27173107 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Boyd B, Brenton G, Clayton E, Curtis J, Elliott RM, Errock GA, Green BN, Bateman RH, Gaskell SJ, Griffiths I, Herman Z, Jonathan P, Kondrat R, Laušević M, Lock C, Mathur D, Todd JFJ, Vékey K. Remembering John Herbert Beynon 29th December 1923 to 24th August 2015. J Mass Spectrom 2016; 51:385-395. [PMID: 27270862 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Jeney A, Hujber Z, Szoboszlai N, Fullár A, Oláh J, Pap É, Márk Á, Kriston C, Kralovánszky J, Kovalszky I, Vékey K, Sebestyén A. Characterisation of bioenergetic pathways and related regulators by multiple assays in human tumour cells. Cancer Cell Int 2016; 16:4. [PMID: 26869854 PMCID: PMC4750284 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-016-0281-x] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Alterations in cellular metabolism are considered as hallmarks of cancers, however, to recognize these alterations and understand their mechanisms appropriate techniques are required. Our hypothesis was to determine whether dominant bioenergetic mechanism may be estimated by comparing the substrate utilisation with different methods to detect the labelled carbon incorporation and their application in tumour cells. Methods To define the bioenergetic pathways different metabolic tests were applied: (a) measuring CO2 production from [1-14C]-glucose and [1-14C]-acetate; (b) studying the effect of glucose and acetate on adenylate energy charge; (c) analysing glycolytic and TCA cycle metabolites and the number of incorporated 13C atoms after [U-13C]-glucose/[2-13C]-acetate labelling. Based on [1-14C]-substrate oxidation two selected cell lines out of seven were analysed in details, in which the highest difference was detected at their substrate utilization. To elucidate the relevance of metabolic characterisation the expression of certain regulatory factors, bioenergetic enzymes, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes (C1/C2) and related targets as important elements at the crossroad of cellular signalling network were also investigated. Results Both [U-13C]-glucose and [1-14C]-substrate labelling indicated high glycolytic capacity of tumour cells. However, the ratio of certain 13C-labelled metabolites showed detailed metabolic differences in the two selected cell lines in further characterisation. The detected differences of GAPDH, β-F1-ATP-ase expression and adenylate energy charge in HT-1080 and ZR-75.1 tumour cells also confirmed the altered metabolism. Moreover, the highly limited labelling of citrate by [2-13C]-acetate—representing a novel functional test in malignant cells—confirmed the defect of TCA cycle of HT-1080 in contrast to ZR-75.1 cells. Noteworthy, the impaired TCA cycle in HT-1080 cells were associated with high mTORC1 activity, negligible protein level and activity of mTORC2, high expression of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and heme oxygenase-1 which may contribute to the compensatory mechanism of TCA deficiency. Conclusions The applied methods of energy substrate utilisation and other measurements represent simple assay system using 13C-acetate and glucose to recognize dominant bioenergetic pathways in tumour cells. These may offer a possibility to characterise metabolic subtypes of human tumours and provide guidelines to find biomarkers for prediction and development of new metabolism related targets in personalized therapy.
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- A Jeney
- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, P.O. Box 32, Budapest, 1518 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- Department of Clinical Research, National Institute of Oncology, P.O. Box 21, Budapest, 1525 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- Department of Clinical Research, National Institute of Oncology, P.O. Box 21, Budapest, 1525 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri u. 59-67, Budapest, 1025 Hungary
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- 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085 Hungary.,Tumour progression Research Group of Joint Research Organization of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Pocsfalvi G, Stanly C, Fiume I, Vékey K. Chromatography and its hyphenation to mass spectrometry for extracellular vesicle analysis. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1439:26-41. [PMID: 26830636 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes, microvesicles and apoptotic bodies are released by cells, both under physiological and pathological conditions. EVs can participate in a novel type of intercellular communication and deliver cargo of nucleic acids, proteins and lipids near or to distant host cells. EV research is proceeding at a fast pace; now they start to appear as promising therapeutic targets, diagnostic tools and drug delivery systems. Isolation and analysis of EVs are prerequisites for understanding their biological roles and for their clinical exploitation. In this process chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS)-based strategies are rapidly gaining importance; and are reviewed in the present communication. Isolation and purification of EVs is mostly performed by ultracentrifugation at present. Chromatography-based strategies are gaining ground, among which affinity and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) are particularly strong contenders. Their major advantages are the relative simplicity, robustness and throughput. Affinity chromatography has the added advantage of separating EV subtypes based on molecular recognition of EV surface motifs. SEC has the advantage that isolated EVs may retain their biological activity. EVs are typically isolated in small amounts, therefore high sensitivity is required for their analysis. Study of the molecular content of EVs (all compounds beside nucleic acids) is predominantly based on liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. The chromatographic separation is mostly performed by reverse phase, nanoscale, ultra high performance LC technique. The MS analysis relying typically on nano-electrospray ionization MS/MS provides high sensitivity, selectivity and resolution, so that thousand(s) of proteins can be detected/identified/quantified in a EV sample. Beside protein identification, quantitation and characterization of protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), like glycosylation and phosphorylation are becoming feasible and increasingly important. Along with conventional LC-MS/MS, other chromatographic approaches hyphenated to MS are gaining importance for EV characterization. Hydrophilic interaction LC is used to characterize PTMs; LC-inductively coupled plasma/MS to identify metal containing molecules; while gas chromatography-MS to analyze some lipids and metabolites.
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- Gabriella Pocsfalvi
- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Király M, Dalmadiné Kiss B, Vékey K, Antal I, Ludányi K. [Mass spectrometry: past and present]. Acta Pharm Hung 2016; 86:3-11. [PMID: 27295872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is a highly sensitive high-throughput instrumental analytical technique. It is used to determine the molecular mass, but also gives information on molecular structure amd is used for quantitation as well. Although it was developed over 100 years ago, it continues to evolve, both with respect to figures of merit (like sensitivity) and with respect to applications in various novel fields of science and technology. Mass spectrometry is capable of studying macromolecules (like proteins and protein complexes), and has very high sensitivity, now compounds at the atto- or zeptomol level can also be studied. Mass spectrometry can be coupled to separation techniques, and can be used to analyze complex mixtures, trace level compounds in biological matrices like active pharmaceutical ingredients or metabolites. In recent years in proteomics research has become a major new direction. In the present review we briefly introduce basic mass spectrometry techniques (ion surces, analyzers), combinations with chromatography (GC/MS, HPLC/MS), CEI MS) and tandem mass spectrometry. We also introduce two novel methods, mass spectrometry "imaging" and "lab-on-a-chip" technology.
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Pocsfalvi G, Stanly C, Vilasi A, Fiume I, Capasso G, Turiák L, Buzas EI, Vékey K. Mass spectrometry of extracellular vesicles. Mass Spectrom Rev 2016; 35:3-21. [PMID: 25705034 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The review briefly summaries main features of extracellular vesicles, a joint terminology for exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic vesicles. These vesicles are in the center of interest in biology and medical sciences, and form a very active field of research. Mass spectrometry (MS), with its specificity and sensitivity, has the potential to identify and characterize molecular composition of these vesicles; but as yet there are only a limited, but fast-growing, number of publications that use MS workflows in this field. MS is the major tool to assess protein composition of extracellular vesicles: qualitative and quantitative proteomics approaches are both reviewed. Beside proteins, lipid and metabolite composition of vesicles might also be best assessed by MS techniques; however there are few applications as yet in this respect. The role of alternative analytical approaches, like gel-based proteomics and antibody-based immunoassays, are also mentioned. The objective of the review is to give an overview of this fast-growing field to help orient MS-based research on extracellular vesicles.
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- Gabriella Pocsfalvi
- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Cardio-Vascular Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Tóth E, Vékey K, Ozohanics O, Jekő A, Dominczyk I, Widlak P, Drahos L. Changes of protein glycosylation in the course of radiotherapy. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 118:380-386. [PMID: 26609677 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This is the first study of changes in protein glycosylation due to exposure of human subjects to ionizing radiation. Site specific glycosylation patterns of 7 major plasma proteins were analyzed; 171 glycoforms were identified; and the abundance of 99 of these was followed in the course of cancer radiotherapy in 10 individual patients. It was found that glycosylation of plasma proteins does change in response to partial body irradiation (∼ 60 Gy), and the effects last during follow-up; the abundance of some glycoforms changed more than twofold. Both the degree of changes and their time-evolution showed large inter-individual variability.
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- Eszter Tóth
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Semmelweis University, School of Ph.D. Studies, Budapest, Hungary
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- Core Technologies Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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Tóth E, Hevér H, Ozohanics O, Telekes A, Vékey K, Drahos L. Simple correction improving long-term reproducibility of HPLC-MS. J Mass Spectrom 2015; 50:1130-1135. [PMID: 26456781 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chromatographic peak areas in long series of high-performance liquid chromatography-MS experiments often vary, which decrease reproducibility and may cause bias in the results. It was found that the sensitivity of various components change differently; in our case, variability is in the order of 20-40%, and it is most likely due to changing conditions in electrospray ionization (ESI). The most often used peak area correction methods do not take this effect into account. The change in peak areas can be well described by a polynomial function; we found that a fourth-order polynomial is most often suitable. We suggest a simple correction algorithm based on polynomial fitting. When the experiments were inherently well reproducible, this correction improved reproducibility from 12% to 3% (on average for various components). When random errors were larger, this improvement was less significant (15% to 12% in nano-ESI) but nevertheless essential in order to avoid possible bias in the results.
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- Eszter Tóth
- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
- School of Ph.D. Studies, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H-1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- Gedeon Richter PLC, H-1475, Budapest, PO Box 27, Hungary
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
- MTA-TTK NAP B MS Neuroproteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Municipal Hospital, Maglódi út 89, H-1106, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
- Core Technologies Centre, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
- MTA-TTK NAP B MS Neuroproteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1519, Budapest, PO Box 286, Hungary
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Nagy GN, Marton L, Contet A, Ozohanics O, Ardelean LM, Révész Á, Vékey K, Irimie FD, Vial H, Cerdan R, Vértessy BG. Corrigendum: Composite Aromatic Boxes for Enzymatic Transformations of Quaternary Ammonium Substrates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nagy GN, Marton L, Contet A, Ozohanics O, Ardelean LM, Révész Á, Vékey K, Irimie FD, Vial H, Cerdan R, Vértessy BG. Berichtigung: Composite Aromatic Boxes for Enzymatic Transformations of Quaternary Ammonium Substrates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201505314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Marton L, Nagy GN, Ozohanics O, Lábas A, Krámos B, Oláh J, Vékey K, Vértessy BG. Molecular Mechanism for the Thermo-Sensitive Phenotype of CHO-MT58 Cell Line Harbouring a Mutant CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129632. [PMID: 26083347 PMCID: PMC4470507 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Control and elimination of malaria still represents a major public health challenge. Emerging parasite resistance to current therapies urges development of antimalarials with novel mechanism of action. Phospholipid biosynthesis of the Plasmodium parasite has been validated as promising candidate antimalarial target. The most prevalent de novo pathway for synthesis of phosphatidylcholine is the Kennedy pathway. Its regulatory and often also rate limiting step is catalyzed by CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT). The CHO-MT58 cell line expresses a mutant variant of CCT, and displays a thermo-sensitive phenotype. At non-permissive temperature (40°C), the endogenous CCT activity decreases dramatically, blocking membrane synthesis and ultimately leading to apoptosis. In the present study we investigated the impact of the analogous mutation in a catalytic domain construct of Plasmodium falciparum CCT in order to explore the underlying molecular mechanism that explains this phenotype. We used temperature dependent enzyme activity measurements and modeling to investigate the functionality of the mutant enzyme. Furthermore, MS measurements were performed to determine the oligomerization state of the protein, and MD simulations to assess the inter-subunit interactions in the dimer. Our results demonstrate that the R681H mutation does not directly influence enzyme catalytic activity. Instead, it provokes increased heat-sensitivity by destabilizing the CCT dimer. This can possibly explain the significance of the PfCCT pseudoheterodimer organization in ensuring proper enzymatic function. This also provide an explanation for the observed thermo-sensitive phenotype of CHO-MT58 cell line.
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- Lívia Marton
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for National Sciences, HAS, Budapest Hungary
- Doctoral School of Multidisciplinary Medical Science, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for National Sciences, HAS, Budapest Hungary
- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for National Sciences, HAS, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for National Sciences, HAS, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for National Sciences, HAS, Budapest Hungary
- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Nagy GN, Marton L, Contet A, Ozohanics O, Ardelean LM, Révész Á, Vékey K, Irimie FD, Vial H, Cerdan R, Vértessy BG. Composite Aromatic Boxes for Enzymatic Transformations of Quaternary Ammonium Substrates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201408246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Nagy GN, Marton L, Contet A, Ozohanics O, Ardelean LM, Révész A, Vékey K, Irimie FD, Vial H, Cerdan R, Vértessy BG. Composite aromatic boxes for enzymatic transformations of quaternary ammonium substrates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:13471-6. [PMID: 25283789 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cation-π interactions to cognate ligands in enzymes have key roles in ligand binding and enzymatic catalysis. We have deciphered the key functional role of both charged and aromatic residues within the choline binding subsite of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase and choline kinase from Plasmodium falciparum. Comparison of quaternary ammonium binding site structures revealed a general composite aromatic box pattern of enzyme recognition sites, well distinguished from the aromatic box recognition site of receptors.
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- Gergely N Nagy
- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest (Hungary); Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre of National Sciences, HAS, 1117 Budapest (Hungary).
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Szabó JE, Németh V, Papp-Kádár V, Nyíri K, Leveles I, Bendes AÁ, Zagyva I, Róna G, Pálinkás HL, Besztercei B, Ozohanics O, Vékey K, Liliom K, Tóth J, Vértessy BG. Highly potent dUTPase inhibition by a bacterial repressor protein reveals a novel mechanism for gene expression control. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:11912-20. [PMID: 25274731 PMCID: PMC4231751 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Transfer of phage-related pathogenicity islands of Staphylococcus aureus (SaPI-s) was recently reported to be activated by helper phage dUTPases. This is a novel function for dUTPases otherwise involved in preservation of genomic integrity by sanitizing the dNTP pool. Here we investigated the molecular mechanism of the dUTPase-induced gene expression control using direct techniques. The expression of SaPI transfer initiating proteins is repressed by proteins called Stl. We found that Φ11 helper phage dUTPase eliminates SaPIbov1 Stl binding to its cognate DNA by binding tightly to Stl protein. We also show that dUTPase enzymatic activity is strongly inhibited in the dUTPase:Stl complex and that the dUTPase:dUTP complex is inaccessible to the Stl repressor. Our results disprove the previously proposed G-protein-like mechanism of SaPI transfer activation. We propose that the transfer only occurs if dUTP is cleared from the nucleotide pool, a condition promoting genomic stability of the virulence elements.
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- Judit E Szabó
- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary Doctoral School of Multidisciplinary Medical Science, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institutes of Enzymology and Organic Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Tóth E, Ozohanics O, Bobály B, Gömöry Á, Jekő A, Drahos L, Vékey K. HPLC enrichment/isolation of proteins for post-translational modification studies from complex mixtures. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2014; 98:393-400. [PMID: 25005889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The paper describes a macroporous RP-HPLC method for separation and isolation/enrichment of proteins from complex mixtures. The method is robust and efficient; using 2.1 or 4.6mm diameter columns provides sufficient material for subsequent proteomic analysis. The main advantage of the method is that most protein variants are isolated in the same fraction, as separation is not based on differences in isoelectric point. This is highly advantageous for studying complex mixtures and post-translational modifications. Examples related to glycosylation analysis are discussed in detail.
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- Eszter Tóth
- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary; Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Szt. Gellért tér 4., Budapest 1111, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Budapest 1117, Hungary.
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