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Revealing the cellular degradome by mass spectrometry analysis of proteasome-cleaved peptides

Hila Wolf-Levy, Aaron Javitt, Avital Eisenberg-Lerner, Assaf Kacenl, Adi Ulman, Daoud Sheban, Bareket Dassa, Vered Fishbain-Yoskovitz, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera, Matthias P. Kramer, Neta Nudel, Ifat Regev, Liron Zahavi, Dalia Elinger, Mariana J. Kaplan, David Morgenstern, Yishai Levin, Yifat Merbl

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Abstract

Cellular function is critically regulated through degradation of substrates by the proteasome. To enable direct analysis of naturally cleaved proteasomal peptides under physiological conditions, we developed mass spectrometry analysis of proteolytic peptides (MAPP), a method for proteasomal footprinting that allows for capture, isolation and analysis of proteasome-cleaved peptides. Application of MAPP to cancer cell lines as well as primary immune cells revealed dynamic modulation of the cellular degradome in response to various stimuli, such as proinflammatory signals. Further, we performed analysis of minute amounts of clinical samples by studying cells from the peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We found increased degradation of histones in patient immune cells, thereby suggesting a role of aberrant proteasomal degradation in the pathophysiology of SLE. Thus, MAPP offers a broadly applicable method to facilitate the study of the cellular-degradation landscape in various cellular conditions and diseases involving changes in proteasomal degradation, including protein aggregation diseases, autoimmunity and cancer.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1110-1116
Number of pages7
JournalNature biotechnology
Volume36
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2018

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