N-磷酸化修饰蛋白质的富集和鉴定方法

蛋白质磷酸化修饰在细胞的信号转导、代谢、发育等生命过程中发挥着重要作用。除了研究较为透彻的发生在丝氨酸、苏氨酸和酪氨酸侧链羟基的O-磷酸化修饰之外,近年来,发生在组氨酸、精氨酸和赖氨酸侧链氨基的N-磷酸化修饰受到了越来越广泛的关注。然而,由于N-磷酸化修饰具有独特的P-N键结构,导致其化学稳定性差。尤其是在O-磷酸化肽段富集常用的酸性条件下,N-磷酸化极易丢失。因此,目前对N-磷酸化蛋白质的研究仍处于初始阶段。该文针对蛋白质N-磷酸化修饰的特点、富集和鉴定方法进行了综述,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

介孔氧化钛对多磷酸化肽段的高灵敏度分析

蛋白质的磷酸化修饰广泛存在于细胞生命活动进程中,在细胞的分化、繁殖、代谢及信号转导等方面均发挥着重要作用.MALDI-TOF-MS技术因其高灵敏度等优点,已成为蛋白质研究的重要分析工具之一.由于磷酸化蛋白的天然丰度和离子化效率较低、检测信号被抑制等缺点,因此需要发展新的分析方法以提高其分析灵敏度和选择性.本文建立了基于介孔氧化钛的多磷酸化肽段高效分析方法,同时利用了TiO2对磷酸化肽的选择性吸附作用和介孔材料特殊空间结构所形成的对多磷酸肽的动力学及热力学吸附效应,结合MALDI-TOF-MS技术,成功地实现了对混合溶液中多磷酸化肽的选择性富集和高灵敏度分析鉴定,与其他方法相比,分析性能得到明显的提高,可实现对低量磷酸化肽段的识别与检测.     

基于纳米结构材料的磷酸化蛋白/多肽富集和分析

蛋白质磷酸化是最为广泛的翻译后修饰之一。在生物体液或组织中,许多低丰度的磷酸化蛋白和磷酸化肽是具有高度临床灵敏性和特异性的生物标记物,这些生物分子对许多疾病的检测和病理的阐释可能提供重要的信息。因为蛋白质磷酸化动态可逆且磷酸化蛋白丰度很低,所以很难直接从复杂的生物样品中直接检测到磷酸化蛋白和磷酸化肽。纳米结构材料因其大比表面积、丰富的活性亲合位点和特殊结构,在磷酸化肽和磷酸化蛋白的分离和富集方面已经引起了特别的关注,并成为目前磷酸化蛋白质组学富集和鉴定方面的研究热点。许多介孔、磁性、杂化或化学修饰的亲合材料被研发并用于磷酸化蛋白/多肽的富集与分离;此外,一些多功能纳米结构材料也被研发并用于蛋白质组学中磷酸化蛋白/多肽的快速高效的富集提纯。在这篇综述中,我们专注于纳米结构材料在磷酸化蛋白/多肽富集和提纯方面的最新进展。     

完整糖基化肽段的富集与质谱解析新技术研究进展

蛋白质糖基化是生物体内最重要的翻译后修饰之一,在蛋白质稳定性、细胞内和细胞间信号转导、激素活化或失活和免疫调节等生理过程和病理进程中发挥重要作用。而异常的蛋白质糖基化往往和多种疾病的发生发展密切相关,目前应用于临床检测的多种肿瘤生物标志物大多属于糖蛋白或者糖抗原。因此在组学层次系统分析蛋白质糖基化的变化对阐明生物体内糖基化修饰的调控机理和发现新型疾病标志物都非常重要。基于质谱的蛋白质组学技术为全面分析蛋白质及其修饰提供了有效的分析手段。在自下而上的蛋白质组学研究中,由于完整糖基化肽段同时存在性质各异的肽段骨架和糖链结构、糖肽的相对丰度和离子化效率较低以及糖基化修饰有高度异质性等特点,完整糖肽的分析比其他翻译后修饰更加困难。近年来,为了更全面、系统地分析蛋白质糖基化,研究人员发展了一些新技术,包括完整糖肽的富集技术、质谱的碎裂模式和数据采集模式、质谱数据的解析方法和定量策略等等,大力推进了该领域的研究水平,也为研究蛋白质糖基化相关的生物标志物提供了技术支持。该篇综述主要关注近年来基于质谱的糖蛋白质组学研究中的新进展,重点介绍针对完整N-和O-糖基化肽段的富集新技术和谱图解析新方法,并讨论其在肿瘤早期诊断方面的应用潜力。     

基于质谱技术的磷酸化蛋白/多肽分离富集、鉴定及组学研究

正蛋白质的磷酸化是生物体内一种广泛的、重要的翻译后修饰形式,调控着细胞信号传导、基因表达、分子识别、新陈代谢等细胞过程。在生物体液或组织中,许多低丰度的磷酸化蛋白/多肽是具有高度特异性的生物临床标志物,这些生物分子可能为许多疾病的诊断和病理研究提供重要信息,因此对其进行分析具有重要意义。近些年该研究热点备受广大分析工作者的青睐[1,2]。本文基于2016年1～2月主流期刊最新录用和在线发表的基于质谱技术的     

季铵化磁性壳聚糖复合材料对磷酸化肽的富集研究

蛋白质磷酸化是最重要和最普遍的翻译后修饰之一,蛋白质磷酸化的测定对于全面了解生物过程中的磷酸化途径至关重要。质谱技术是分析蛋白质磷酸化的重要手段,但磷酸化肽固有的低丰度、低电离效率以及与非磷酸化肽共存等特性严重影响质谱对其进行直接分析。为解决此问题,需在质谱分析前对磷酸化肽进行选择性富集。本研究制备了一种基于季铵化磁性壳聚糖的复合材料用于磷酸化肽的富集。此磁性材料具有快速的磁响应性、良好的生物相容性、正电性以及廉价易得等优点。采用β-酪蛋白作为模型蛋白质,结果表明此材料对磷酸化肽具有良好的富集选择性。经过富集后,结合基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱（MALDI-TOF MS）检测手段,方法的检出限为0.4 fmol。本方法被成功用于脱脂牛奶中磷酸化肽的检测,表明其对复杂样品中磷酸化肽的富集和检测具有良好的应用潜力。     

纳升液相色谱-高分辨串联质谱分析尿液多肽组及其翻译后修饰

多肽组是指生物体表达的所有多肽,尿液等体液的多肽组是生物标记物的重要来源.本研究采用氧化石墨烯-磷酸镧纳米磁性复合材料分离富集尿液多肽,进行纳升液相色谱-高分辨串联质谱分析,从单一样本中鉴定了归属于123个蛋白质的790条肽段.研究表明,这些肽段在蛋白质水平上不是平均分布的.此外,本研究检测到了肽段的氧化、磷酸化和脱氨化等翻译后修饰现象,观察到了尿液多肽的阶梯序列性,从蛋白水平上对尿液多肽组进行了生物信息学分析,结果表明,这些多肽所归属的大部分蛋白质之间存在相互作用.本方法可为在尿液中寻找疾病的标志物提供方法学支持.     

磷酸化蛋白质组学中的分离富集方法研究进展

蛋白质的磷酸化是一种可逆性的翻译后修饰,在细胞的增值、分化、信号转导以及转录与翻译调控、蛋白质复合体的形成、蛋白质降解等方面发挥着极为重要的作用.因此磷酸化蛋白的鉴定成为翻译后修饰研究的重要内容.但由于磷酸化蛋白的丰度较低, 难以用质谱直接检测.为了解决这个问题,改善质谱对磷酸肽的信号响应, 需要对磷酸化蛋白质或磷酸肽进行富集.本文系统地介绍了磷酸化蛋白组学研究中应用较为广泛和最新建立的各种分离富集方法的原理、特点、应用研究进展,包括抗体富集法、激酶特异富集法、亲和富集法、化学修饰法、多种色谱分离富集方法以及MALDI靶盘富集法.     

蛋白质半胱氨酸上的翻译后修饰组分析方法进展

半胱氨酸的巯基具有很高的反应活性,作为亲核、氧化还原催化反应、金属结合及变构调节位点等在蛋白质的结构和功能中发挥着非常重要的作用,且容易发生多种翻译后修饰,调控亦或损伤蛋白功能,与人类许多重要疾病关系密切,因此,定性与定量分析蛋白质半胱氨酸上的翻译后修饰组对理解其生物学功能具有重要意义。本文综述了近年来蛋白质半胱氨酸上常见的翻译后修饰组的质谱和蛋白质组学分析方法进展。     

亲和分离在蛋白质泛素化修饰研究中的应用进展

蛋白质泛素化是真核生物最普遍、最复杂的翻译后修饰方式之一,在细胞的信号转导、生长、发育、代谢等生命过程中发挥着重要作用。泛素化过程的失调则与神经退行性疾病、炎症反应、癌症等重大疾病的发生发展密切相关。分析和研究蛋白质泛素化的结构与功能,可望为认识生命、探索疾病调控内在规律和发现新的诊断策略提供重要信息。生命体系的高度复杂性,泛素化修饰位点、结构类型的多变和多样性,时空动态变化等特点给蛋白质泛素化分析研究带来了巨大的挑战。亲和分离以其高选择性成为泛素化蛋白质结构与功能研究的有力工具。免疫亲和分离法基于抗原-抗体相互作用,是最为经典的分离分析方法,已广泛应用于泛素化蛋白质或肽段的富集分离。源于天然泛素受体的泛素结合结构域(ubiquitin binding domains, UBDs)可与泛素或多聚泛素链相互作用。UBDs和基于此发展起来的串联泛素结合实体(tandem ubiquitin-binding entities, TUBEs)已成为蛋白质泛素化功能研究的热门识别分子。各种多肽类化合物的发展也为蛋白质泛素化的结构和功能解析提供新工具。此外,多种亲和识别配基的联合使用,在蛋白质泛素化修饰的高特异性、高灵敏度分析中展现了独特的优势,为认识生命体内的泛素化修饰提供了重要保障。该文对亲和分离方法在蛋白质泛素化修饰分析中的应用及进展进行了综述。     

Development of phosphopeptide enrichment techniques for phosphoproteome analysis

Protein phosphorylation is one of the most biologically relevant and ubiquitous post-translational modifications. The analysis of protein phosphorylation is very challenging due to its highly dynamic nature and low stoichiometry. In this article, recent techniques developed for phosphoproteome analysis are reviewed with an emphasis on the new developments in this field in China. To improve the performance of phosphoproteome analysis, many novel methods, either by application of new separation mechanisms or by adoption of new separation materials, were developed to specifically enrich phosphopeptides from complex protein digests. A series of new materials, including nanostructure materials, magnetic materials, and monolithic materials, were applied to prepare immobilized affinity chromatography or metal oxide affinity chromatography to improve the performance of phosphopeptide enrichment. Besides, new software tools were also developed to validate phosphopeptide identification and predict kinase specific phosphorylation sites.     

Tools for analyzing the phosphoproteome and other phosphorylated biomolecules: a review

Enrichment, separation and mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules carrying a phosphate group plays an important role in current analytical chemistry. Application areas range from the preparative enrichment of phospholipids for biotechnological purposes and the separation and purification of plasmid DNA or mRNA to the specific preconcentration of phosphoproteins and -peptides to facilitate their later identification and characterization by mass spectrometry. Most of the recent improvements in this field were triggered by the need for phosphopeptide enrichment technology for the analysis of cellular protein phosphorylation events with the help of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. The high sensitivity of mass spectrometry and the possibility to combine this technique with different separation modes in liquid chromatography have made it the method of choice for proteome analysis. However, in the case of phosphoprotein analysis, the low abundance of the resulting phosphopeptides and their low quality fragment spectra interfere with the identification of phosphorylation events. Recent developments in phosphopeptide enrichment and fragmentation technologies successfully helped to overcome these limitations. In this review, we will focus on sample preparation techniques in the field of phosphoproteomics, but also highlight recent advancements for the analysis of other phosphorylated biomolecules.     

Identification of phosphoproteins and determination of phosphorylation sites by zirconium dioxide enrichment and SELDI-MS/MS

Reversible protein phosphorylation mediated by protein kinases and phosphatases is the most studied post-translational modification. Efficient characterization of phosphoproteomes is hampered by (1) low stoechiometry, (2) the dynamic nature of the phosphorylation process and (3) the difficulties of mass spectrometry to identify phosphoproteins from complex mixtures and to determine their sites of phosphorylation. Combination of the phosphopeptide enrichment method with MALDI-TOFMS, or alternatively, with HPLC-ESI-MS/MS and MS(3) analysis was shown to be a step forward for the successful application of MS in the study of protein phosphorylation. In our study we used phosphopeptide enrichment performed in a simple single-tube experiment using zirconium dioxide (ZrO(2)). A simple protein mixture containing precipitated bovine milk caseins was enzymatically digested and the mixture of tryptic fragments was analysed before and after enrichment using nanoflow HPLC-ESI-MS/MS and surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization (SELDI)-MS/MS on QqTOF instruments to compare the efficiency of the two methods in the determination of phosphorylation sites. Both approaches confirm the high selectivity obtained by the use of batch-wise, ZrO(2)-based protocol using di-ammonium phosphate as the eluting buffer. More phosphorylation sites (five for beta-casein and three for alpha(S1)-casein) were characterized by SELDI-MS/MS than by nanoflow HPLC-ESI-MS/MS. Therefore, ZrO(2)-based phosphopeptide enrichment combined with SELDI-MS/MS is an attractive alternative to previously reported approaches for the study of protein phosphorylation in mixtures of low complexity with the advance of fast in situ peptide purification. The method was limited to successful analysis of high-abundance proteins. Only one phosphorylation site was determined for the minor casein component alpha(S2)-casein by ESI-MS/MS and none for kappa-casein. Therefore an improvement in enrichment efficiency, especially for successful phosphoproteomic applications, is needed.     

Global quantification of phosphoproteins combining metabolic labeling and gel‐based proteomics in B. pumilus

Differential proteomics targeting the protein abundance is commonly used to follow changes in biological systems. Differences in localization and degree of post‐translational modifications of proteins including phosphorylations are of tremendous interest due to the anticipated role in molecular regulatory processes. Because of their particular low abundance in prokaryotes, identification and quantification of protein phosphorylation is traditionally performed by either comparison of spot intensities on two‐dimensional gels after differential phosphoprotein staining or gel‐free by stable isotope labeling, sequential phosphopeptide enrichment and following LC‐MS analysis. In the current work, we combined in a proof‐of‐principle experiment these techniques using ¹⁴N/¹⁵N metabolic labeling with succeeding protein separation on 2D gels. The visualization of phosphorylations on protein level by differential staining was followed by protein identification and determination of phosphorylation sites and quantification by LC‐MS/MS. This approach should avoid disadvantages of traditional workflows, in particular the limited capability of peptide‐based gel‐free methods to quantify isoforms of proteins. Comparing control and stress conditions allowed for relative quantification in protein phosphorylation in Bacillus pumilus exposed to hydrogen peroxide. Altogether, we quantified with this method 19 putatively phosphorylated proteins.     

Enhanced characterization of singly protonated phosphopeptide ions by femtosecond laser-induced ionization/dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (fs-LID-MS/MS)

To develop an improved understanding of the regulatory role that post-translational modifications (PTMs) involving phosphorylation play in the maintenance of normal cellular function, tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) strategies coupled with ion activation techniques such as collision-induced dissociation (CID) and electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) are typically employed to identify the presence and site-specific locations of the phosphate moieties within a given phosphoprotein of interest. However, the ability of these techniques to obtain sufficient structural information for unambiguous phosphopeptide identification and characterization is highly dependent on the ion activation method employed and the properties of the precursor ion that is subjected to dissociation. Herein, we describe the application of a recently developed alternative ion activation technique for phosphopeptide analysis, termed femtosecond laser-induced ionization/dissociation (fs-LID). In contrast to CID and ETD, fs-LID is shown to be particularly suited to the analysis of singly protonated phosphopeptide ions, yielding a wide range of product ions including a, b, c, x, y, and z sequence ions, as well as ions that are potentially diagnostic of the positions of phosphorylation (e.g., ‘a _n+1–98’). Importantly, the lack of phosphate moiety losses or phosphate group ‘scrambling’ provides unambiguous information for sequence identification and phosphorylation site characterization. Therefore, fs-LID-MS/MS can serve as a complementary technique to established methodologies for phosphoproteomic analysis.     

Isolation of phosphopeptides using zirconium-chlorophosphonazo chelate-modified silica nanoparticles

Due to the low abundance of phosphoproteins and substoichiometry of phosphorylation, the elucidation of protein phosphorylation requires highly specific materials for isolation of phosphopeptides from biological samples prior to mass spectrometric analysis. In this study, chlorophosphonazo type derivatives of chromotropic acid including p-hydroxychlorophosphonazo (HCPA) and chlorophosphonazo I (CPA I), traditionally used in the photometric determination of transition metal ions, have been employed as chelating ligands in the preparation of novel affinity materials for phosphopeptide enrichment. The chromogenic reagents of HCPA and CPA I were chemically modified on the surface of silica nanoparticles, and the functionalized materials were charged with zirconium ions through the strong complexation between chelating ligands and Zr(4+). The obtained zirconium-chlorophosphonazo chelate-modified silica nanoparticles (Zr-HCPA-SNPs and Zr-CPA I-SNPs) were applied to the selective enrichment of phosphopeptides, followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis. The purification procedures were optimized using α-casein digest at first, and then the performance of these two affinity materials for efficient and specific enrichment of phosphopeptides was evaluated with the tryptic digests of standard proteins (α-casein, β-casein, ovalbumin and bovine serum albumin). It is found that Zr-HCPA-SNPs are superior to Zr-CPA I-SNPs in phosphopeptide enrichment. Using Zr-HCPA-SNPs to trap phosphopeptides in α-casein digest, the detection limit was close to 50fmol based on MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Finally, Zr-HCPA-SNPs were used to directly isolate phosphopeptides from diluted human serum of healthy, diabetes and hypertension persons, respectively. Our results show that the constitution and level of phosphopeptides are remarkably different among the three groups, which indicate the powerful potentials of Zr-HCPA-SNPs in disease diagnosis and biomarker screening.     

Quantitative in vitro kinase reaction as a guide for phosphoprotein analysis by mass spectrometry

A simple calculation using the radioactive decay of (32)P incorporated into a protein during in vitro kinase reactions is described that allows the overall stoichiometry of phosphorylation for the substrate protein or peptide to be calculated. Prior to using techniques such as diagnostic ion scanning to identify the molecular weight of an unknown phosphopeptide in a complex mixture followed by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to locate the phosphorylated residue within the phosphopeptide, such calculations are predictive of the chances for successful characterization by these methods. An example of estimating the stoichiometry of peptide phosphorylation will be presented along with calculations that predict when adequate phosphopeptide is present in any given spot on the thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates used for two-dimensional phosphopeptide (2DPP) mapping to allow extraction and complete characterization by MS/MS.     

Highly selective and sensitive enrichment of phosphopeptides via NiO nanoparticles using a microwave-assisted centrifugation on-particle ionization/enrichment approach in MALDI-MS

The strategy to concentrate phosphopeptides has become a critical issue for mapping protein phosphorylation sites, which are well known as posttranslational modifications in proteomics. In this study, we propose a simple and highly sensitive method for phosphopeptide enrichment on NiO nanoparticles (NPs) from a trypsin predigested phosphoprotein complex solution in a microwave oven. Furthermore, this technique was combined with centrifugation on-particle ionization/enrichment of phosphopeptides and phosphopeptides were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Weak magnetism of these NPs and a positive surface charge effect at low pH accomplished rapid and selective phosphopeptide enrichment within 30s. Trypsin-digested products of phosphoproteins such as α-casein and β-casein, human blood serum, nonfat milk, and egg white were also investigated to explore their phosphopeptide enrichment from complex samples by this approach. The results demonstrate that NiO NPs exhibit good affinity to trace the phosphopeptides even in the presence of 30 times higher molar concentration of complex solution of non-phosphopeptide proteolytic predigested bovine serum albumin. The detection limits of NiO NPs for α-casein and β-casein were 2.0?×?10(-9) M, with good signal-to-noise ratio in the mass spectrum. NiO NPs were found to be effective and selective for enrichment of singly and multiply phosphorylated peptides at a trace level in complex samples in a microwave oven. The cost of preparing NiO NPs is low, the NiO NPs are thermally stable, and therefore, they hold great promise for use in phosphopeptide enrichment.     

Phosphoproteome profile of human liver Chang's cell based on 2-DE with fluorescence staining and MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS

Because reversible protein phosphorylation is central to biological regulation, many methods have been developed for the systematic parallel analysis of the phosphorylation status of large sets of proteins. To directly survey the extent of protein phosphorylation and the distribution of phosphoproteins in biological systems, we used a phosphoprotein staining method, Pro-Q Diamond dye, for the high-throughput identification of phosphoproteins. The specificity of the method was validated with protein standards and subsequently applied to an analysis of total protein from human liver Chang's cells. Proteins were separated by 2-DE, then sequentially stained with Pro-Q Diamond and Coomassie Blue G-250. After image analysis, the proteins in gel spots containing phosphoproteins were identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS. A total of 269 phosphoproteins were identified, and 27 were known phosphoproteins in the SwissProt database. By comparing the relative volumes of the phosphoprotein map and the total protein map, the extent of protein phosphorylation was observed. The phosphoprotein staining method combined with 2-DE also detected polymorphisms of the phosphoproteins, and could distinguish highly abundant, but slightly phosphorylated proteins from less abundant, highly phosphorylated ones. We conclude that the phosphoprotein staining method can be used for global, quantitative phosphorylation detection.     

聚胍基离子液体材料制备及其对蛋白质识别性能评价

磷酸化修饰是蛋白质翻译后修饰中最为重要的修饰之一,蛋白质的磷酸化修饰几乎参与生命活动的每一个环节。因此,制备对磷酸化蛋白具有选择性识别性能的材料在磷酸化蛋白质组学中具有重要意义。本实验首先合成胍基离子液体功能单体,通过沉淀聚合法合成聚胍基离子液体材料。通过傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、热重分析仪(TGA)考察了材料的结构、形貌、热稳定性。结果显示所制备材料为粒径约200 nm的球形颗粒。并以标准磷酸化蛋白(β-酪蛋白)为模型蛋白质,考察了聚胍基离子液体材料的识别性能。研究结果表明:材料对磷酸化蛋白具有较高吸附容量(对 β-酪蛋白的最大吸附量达到599.1 mg/g)、较快的吸附速度(1 h内达平衡),而且对磷酸化蛋白表现出较高的选择性。