Large-scale multi-omics analysis identifies novel early markers of COVID-19 severity

ABSTRACT: Matched samples from individuals before they contracted COVID-19 and after they were diagnosed with it were used for TMT-based relative quantitation of their plasma proteome and glycoproteome to study the effects of this infectious disease. Twenty one COVID-19 patients whose pre-COVID-19 plasma samples were also available were selected for this study. These patients had varied courses of illness and were classified based on WHO guidelines into outpatients and those with severe and critical illness. 21 matched sample pairs were divided into 3 sets for 3 TMTPro 16-plex-based mass spectrometry experiments with 8 (set01), 8 (set02), and 5 (set03) patients each. Plasma-derived tryptic peptides from each sample were TMT-labeled, and each pooled set was used for separate experiments for total proteomics and glycoproteomics. A pooled aliquot from each set was used to enrich glycopeptides by size exclusion chromatography and another aliquot was used to fractionate all peptides by basic pH reversed phase liquid chromatography. Enriched glycopeptides were analyzed by LC-MS/MS and quantified across samples using TMT reporter ion intensities. Fold changes (intensity of protein or glycopeptide from a patient with COVID-19/that from the same patient before they had COVID-19) for each protein and glycopeptide were calculated for all patients to assess changes in the proteome that may be attributable to this illness. We detected 1,520 proteins, of which 472 were detected in all patients. 3,892 glycopeptides were identified at 1% FDR at peptide, glycan and glycopeptides levels and their reporter ion intensities were quantified. 732 glycopeptides from 232 glycoproteins were detected in all patients.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Blood Plasma

DISEASE(S): Covid-19

SUBMITTER: Akhilesh Pandey  

LAB HEAD: Akhilesh Pandey

PROVIDER: PXD029376 | Pride | 2022-08-12

REPOSITORIES: Pride