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Comparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder and hazelComparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder and hazel

ABSTRACT: It is known that, in addition to known allergens, other proteins in pollen can aid the development of an immune response in allergenic individuals. The contribution of the “unknown” protein allergens becomes especially prominent in phylogenetically related species where, despite of high homology of the lead allergens, the degree of allergenic potential can greatly vary. The aim of this study was to identify other potentially allergenic proteins in pollen of three common and very related allergenic tree species: birch (Betula pendula), hazel (Corylus avellana) and alder (Alnus glutinosa). For that purpose, we carried out a comprehensive, comparative proteomic screening of the pollen from the three species. In order to maximize protein recovery and coverage, different protein extraction and isolation strategies during sample preparation were employed. As a result, we report 2500 - 3000 identified proteins per each of the pollen species. Identified proteins were further used for a number of annotation steps, providing insight into differential distribution of peptidases, peptidase inhibitors and other potential allergenic proteins across the three species. Moreover, we carried out functional enrichment analysis that, interestingly, corroborated high species similarity in spite of their relatively distinct protein profiles. We provide to our knowledge first insight into proteomes of three very important allergenic pollen types, which is particularly vital for pollen of hazel and alder where not even transcriptomics data is available. Datasets provided in this study can be readily used as protein databases, and as such serve as an excellent starting point for further allergenic studies.

INSTRUMENT(S): maXis, LTQ Orbitrap Velos

ORGANISM(S): Corylus Avellana Betula Pendula Alnus Glutinosa

TISSUE(S): Plant Cell, Pollen

SUBMITTER: Barbara Darnhofer

LAB HEAD: Ruth Birner-Gruenberger

PROVIDER: PXD021133 | Pride | 2021-04-21

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Comparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder, and hazel.

Darnhofer Barbara B Tomin Tamara T Liesinger Laura L Schittmayer Matthias M Tomazic Peter Valentin PV Birner-Gruenberger Ruth R

Allergy 20210115 6

<h4>Background</h4>In addition to known allergens, other proteins in pollen can aid the development of an immune response in allergic individuals. The contribution of the "unknown" protein allergens is apparent in phylogenetically related species where, despite of high homology of the lead allergens, the degree of allergenic potential can vary greatly. The aim of this study was to identify other potentially allergenic proteins in pollen of three common and highly related allergenic tree species: ...[more]

PMID: 33301602

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Project description:In sexual reproduction, a proper communication and cooperation between male and female organs and tissue are essential for male and female gametes to unite. In flowering plants, female sporophytic tissues and gametophyte direct a male pollen tube towards an egg apparatus, which consists of an egg cell and two synergid cells. The cell-cell communication between the pollen tube and the egg apparatus, such as the reception of a signal from the egg apparatus at the pollen tube, makes the tip of pollen tube rapture to release the sperm cell. To isolate male factors involved in the interaction between a pollen tube and an egg apparatus, we focused on receptor-like kinases (RLKs), which are extensively diversified in the flowering plant lineage to comprise a large monophyletic gene family. Approximately 620 members were found in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Expression patterns of 558 RLKs were analyzed using an Affymetrix ATH1 microarray of A. thaliana. We focused on two RLKs, ANXUR1 (ANX1) and ANXUR2 (ANX2), and characterized their function. Here we report that pollen tubes of anx1/anx2 ruptured before arriving at the egg apparatus, suggesting that ANX1 and ANX2 are male factors controlling pollen tube behavior with directing rupture at proper timing. Furthermore, ANX1 and ANX2 were the most closely related paralogs to a female factor FERONIA/SIRENE controlling pollen tube behavior expressed in synergid cells. Our finding shows that the coordinated behaviors of female and male reproductive apparatuses are regulated by the sister genes, whose duplication might play a role in the evolution of fertilization system in flowering plants. Experiment Overall Design: Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 was grown at 18Â°C for 8 hr in the dark and at 22Â°C for 16 hr in the light. To collect germinated pollen with pollen tubes, opened flowers were touched to cellophane layered on the pollen germination medium containing 13.5% sucrose, 10 mM CaCl2, 0.4 mM boric acid, 1 mM KCl, 0.001% myo-inositol, and 0.6% agarose. The released pollen was incubated at 25Â°C for 6 hr in the dark. For collection of seedlings, seeds were sown on Murashige-Skoog medium containing 1x Murashige and Skoog Plant Salt Mixture (Wako), 1x Gamborgâs vitamin solution (Wako), 1% sucrose, and 0.8% agar. Seedlings including roots with one or two rosette leaves were collected for RNA extraction. RNA was extracted with Isogene (Nippon Gene), precipitated with LiCl, and further purified with RNeasy. The ATH1 genechip (Affymetrix) was used for expression analysis using 10 Âµg each of total RNA following the manufacturer's instructions. Array data were processed and analyzed with the GCOS1.2 program (Affymetrix) and Excel 2004 (Microsoft). Hybridization with germinating pollen RNA was duplicated and the results were compared to that with seedling RNA.

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Comparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder and hazelComparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder and hazel

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Comparative proteomics of common allergenic tree pollens of birch, alder, and hazel.

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