ABSTRACT: Biotinylated diUb species and monoubiquitin were immobilized on streptavidin-coated magnetic beads and subjected to an in vitro pulldown assay using HCT116 whole-cell extracts.
Project description:GST pull-down assay using crude extracts from HCT116 cells to analyze the selectivity of the UFD1-NBM peptide in a cellular context.
Project description:To identify an uncharacterized endogenous defective protein pool, we immunoprecipitated Flag-tagged TanGIBLE from HeLa cell extracts, and co-immunoprecipitated proteins werer subjected to LC-MS/MS analysis.
Project description:In mammals, loss of food intake and reduced mechanical loading/activity of skeletal muscles leads to a very rapid loss in mass and function. However, during hibernation in bears, despite spending months without feeding and with very modest muscle activity, only moderate muscle wasting is observed. Part of this tissue sparing is due to a highly reduced metabolic activity in almost all tissues, including skeletal muscle. Interestingly, myosin, one of the most abundant proteins in skeletal muscle, can have different metabolic activities in inactive muscle. Therefore, to evaluate the functional and metabolic alterations in hibernating muscles, we performed an analysis on a single muscle fiber level. Individual fibers were taken from biopsies of the same bears either during hibernation or during the active phase in the summer. We confirm that muscle fibers from hibernating bears show no loss of fiber size and a mild reduction in force generating capacity. However, ATPase activity of single muscle fibers taken from hibernating bears show a significant reduction in ATPase activity, which is due to a reduced ATP turnover by myosin. By performing a single fiber proteomics analysis, we could determine in a fiber type specific manner that muscle fibers undergo a major remodeling of their proteome. Both type 2A and type 1/2A mixed fibers show a marked reduction in mitochondrial proteins during hibernation, with a decrease in proteins linked to the TCA cycle and mitochondrial translation.
Project description:Novel development makes remote real-time analysis with possible translation to in-vivo a reality. Remote Infrared Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (Remote IR MALDI) system with endogenous water as matrix becomes real and allows to envisage real-time proteomics to be performed in the in-vivo context. Remote IR MALDI is demonstrated to be used to analyze peptides and proteins. Very interestingly, the corresponding mass spectra show ESI like charge states distribution, opening many applications for structural elucidation to be performed in real-time by Top-Down analysis. The charge states show no dependence toward laser wavelength or length of the transfer tube allowing for remote analyses to be perform 5 m away from the mass spectrometry (MS) instrument without modification of spectra. This brings also interesting features to the understanding of IR MALDI ionization mechanism
Project description:Predicting male fertility remains a major challenge in livestock industry. Seminal plasma contains a heterogeneous population of extracellular vesicles (sEVs) that are involved in the regulation of sperm functionality and may therefore be involved in male fertility. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the protein load of sEVs differs between boars showing differences in fertility when used for artificial insemination (AI). An in-depth quantitative proteomic analysis was performed on two subsets of sEVs of different size (small [S] and large [L]) isolated from boars with different reproductive performance as assessed by farrowing rate (FR) and litter size (LS). Seminal plasma samples from 18 AI-boars (three per boar) from four fertility groups: high FR (H-FR, n=5), low FR (L-FR, n=5), large LS (L-LS, n=4), and small LS (S-LS, n=4) were used. Seminal plasma samples from each fertility group were randomly mixed resulting in three seminal plasma pools per fertility group. Seminal EVs were isolated by size exclusion chromatography and characterized according to MISEV2023 guidelines. Proteomic analysis was performed using a Bruker timsTOF fleX™ instrument with dia PASEF technology. A total of 470 and 726 proteins were quantified in S-sEVs, and 1,801 and 1,834 proteins in L-sEVs from boars with differences in FR and LS, respectively. Differential protein abundance analysis revealed three and 12 proteins quantified (P ≤ 0.05) only in S-sEVs and L-sEVs from L-FR boar samples, and 37 and five proteins quantified (P ≤ 0.05) only in S-sEVs and L-sEVs from L-LS boar samples, respectively. For proteins quantified in all fertility groups, the comparison between L-FR and H-FR boar samples revealed 4 and 40 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs; log2 fold change ≥ ±1, P ≤ 0.05) in S-sEVs and L-sEVs, respectively. When comparing L-LS and S-LS boar samples, 10 and 47 DAPs were identified in S-sEVs and L-sEVs, respectively. These results show that the protein load of sEVs varies between more and less fertile boars and that the DAPs are different between S-sEVs and L-sEVs. These results would support that sEVs proteins would be involved in the fertility of boars and that those that are exclusively and/or differentially abundant between more and less fertile boars could be candidates for fertility biomarkers
Project description:Background: Aggressiveness guides treatment in IDH-mutant gliomas. Objective grading of oligodendrogliomas is therefore urgently needed. Material and Methods: 211 primary and recurrent resections from 111 oligodendroglioma patients were collected, complemented with 91 samples for validation. Samples were subjected to Ki-67 staining, proteomics and DNA-methylation profiling. Data were analyzed using various multivariate differential models and algorithms. Results & conclusion: We developed CGCψ, a continuous grading coefficient independent of tumor typing, and demonstrate its prognostic value in oligodendrogliomas. Its prognostic value outperformed WHO grade at tumor recurrence. CGCψ is linked to large scale DNA de-methylation, but increased DNA methylation of polycomb transcription factors, aging, Ki-67, and losses on chr4 and chr9p. DNA de-methylation at tumor recurrence/higher grade is sequence context specific and associated with TET recognition sites. Both oligodendrogliomas and astrocytomas progress along this shared epi-genetic axis. Oligosarcomas are characterized by a high CGCψ and low tumor purity.
Project description:Investigation of differentially expressed genes in human HCT116 cells after knockdown of FBXO28 for 16h and 36h. FBXO28 knockdown and control HCT116 cells. 4 replicates per time point (16h, 36h), including dye swaps.
Project description:Protein identification and quantification is an important tool for biomarker discovery. With the increased sensitivity and speed of modern mass spectrometers, sample-preparation remains a bottleneck for studying large cohorts. To address this issue, we prepared and evaluated a simple and efficient workflow on the Opentrons OT-2 (OT-2) robot that combines sample digestion, cleanup and Evotip loading in a fully automated manner, allowing the processing of up to 192 samples in 6 hours. Our results demonstrate a highly sensitive workflow yielding both reproducibility and stability even at low sample inputs. The workflow is optimized for minimal sample starting amount to reduce the costs for reagents needed for sample preparation, which is critical when analyzing large biological cohorts. Building on the digesting workflow, we incorporated an automated phosphopeptide enrichment step using magnetic Ti-IMAC beads. This allows for a fully automated proteome and phosphoproteome sample preparation in a single step with high sensitivity. Using the integrated workflow, we evaluated the effects of cancer immune therapy on the plasma proteome in metastatic melanoma patients.