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Comparison of in-gel digestion methods for histone PTM analysis

ABSTRACT: In order to optimize the histone digestion procedure for low-abundance clinical samples, we compared different in-gel digestion protocols. Histones are usually digested in-gel using “Arg-C-like” strategies, which involve chemical acylation of lysines followed by trypsin digestion (17). Acylated lysines are not recognized by trypsin, which -as a consequence- cuts only at the C-terminus of arginines and generates peptides of suitable length for MS analysis. We compared four Arg-C-like protocols: 1) D3 protocol (deuterated acetic anhydride as acylating agent); 2) PRO protocol (propionic anhydride as acylating agent); 3) PRO-PRO protocol (propionic anhydride as acylating agent and peptide N-terminal derivatization); 4) PRO-PIC protocol (propionic anhydride as acylating agent and phenyl-isocyanate as peptide N-terminal derivatization). We also used an Arg-C in solution digestion as a reference, and tested the performance of the methods with decreasing sample amounts.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Plus, Q Exactive HF

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Brain, Breast

DISEASE(S): Brain Cancer,Breast Cancer

SUBMITTER: Roberta Noberini

LAB HEAD: Tiziana Bonaldi

PROVIDER: PXD024745 | Pride | 2021-09-09

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Spatial epi-proteomics enabled by histone post-translational modification analysis from low-abundance clinical samples.

Noberini Roberta R Savoia Evelyn Oliva EO Brandini Stefania S Greco Francesco F Marra Francesca F Bertalot Giovanni G Pruneri Giancarlo G McDonnell Liam A LA Bonaldi Tiziana T

Clinical epigenetics 20210728 1

<h4>Background</h4>Increasing evidence linking epigenetic mechanisms and different diseases, including cancer, has prompted in the last 15 years the investigation of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) in clinical samples. Methods allowing the isolation of histones from patient samples followed by the accurate and comprehensive quantification of their PTMs by mass spectrometry (MS) have been developed. However, the applicability of these methods is limited by the requirement for subs ...[more]

PMID: 34315505

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Comparison of in-gel digestion methods for histone PTM analysis

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Spatial epi-proteomics enabled by histone post-translational modification analysis from low-abundance clinical samples.

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