ProteomesPub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11020013
Anca-Narcisa Neagu, Danielle Whitham, Logan Seymour, Norman Haaker, Isabella Pelkey, Costel C Darie
{"title":"Proteomics-Based Identification of Dysregulated Proteins and Biomarker Discovery in Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, the Most Common Breast Cancer Subtype.","authors":"Anca-Narcisa Neagu, Danielle Whitham, Logan Seymour, Norman Haaker, Isabella Pelkey, Costel C Darie","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11020013","DOIUrl":"10.3390/proteomes11020013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common histological subtype of malignant breast cancer (BC), and accounts for 70-80% of all invasive BCs. IDC demonstrates great heterogeneity in clinical and histopathological characteristics, prognoses, treatment strategies, gene expressions, and proteomic profiles. Significant proteomic determinants of the progression from intraductal pre-invasive malignant lesions of the breast, which characterize a ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), to IDC, are still poorly identified, validated, and clinically applied. In the era of \"6P\" medicine, it remains a great challenge to determine which patients should be over-treated versus which need to be actively monitored without aggressive treatment. The major difficulties for designating DCIS to IDC progression may be solved by understanding the integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic bases of invasion. In this review, we showed that multiple proteomics-based techniques, such as LC-MS/MS, MALDI-ToF MS, SELDI-ToF-MS, MALDI-ToF/ToF MS, MALDI-MSI or MasSpec Pen, applied to in-tissue, off-tissue, BC cell lines and liquid biopsies, improve the diagnosis of IDC, as well as its prognosis and treatment monitoring. Classic proteomics strategies that allow the identification of dysregulated protein expressions, biological processes, and interrelated pathway analyses based on aberrant protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks have been improved to perform non-invasive/minimally invasive biomarker detection of early-stage IDC. Thus, in modern surgical oncology, highly sensitive, rapid, and accurate MS-based detection has been coupled with \"proteome point sampling\" methods that allow for proteomic profiling by in vivo \"proteome point characterization\", or by minimal tissue removal, for ex vivo accurate differentiation and delimitation of IDC. For the detection of low-molecular-weight proteins and protein fragments in bodily fluids, LC-MS/MS and MALDI-MS techniques may be coupled to enrich and capture methods which allow for the identification of early-stage IDC protein biomarkers that were previously invisible for MS-based techniques. Moreover, the detection and characterization of protein isoforms, including posttranslational modifications of proteins (PTMs), is also essential to emphasize specific molecular mechanisms, and to assure the early-stage detection of IDC of the breast.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9382419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11020012
Liting Deng, Vivek Gupta, Morteza Abyadeh, Nitin Chitranshi, Kanishka Pushpitha, Yunqi Wu, Veer Gupta, Yuyi You, Joao A Paulo, Stuart L Graham, Mehdi Mirzaei, Paul A Haynes
{"title":"Oxidative Stress Induced Dysfunction of Protein Synthesis in 661W Mice Photoreceptor Cells.","authors":"Liting Deng, Vivek Gupta, Morteza Abyadeh, Nitin Chitranshi, Kanishka Pushpitha, Yunqi Wu, Veer Gupta, Yuyi You, Joao A Paulo, Stuart L Graham, Mehdi Mirzaei, Paul A Haynes","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11020012","DOIUrl":"10.3390/proteomes11020012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photoreceptor cells are highly susceptible to oxidative-stress-induced damage due to their high metabolic rate. Oxidative stress plays a key role in driving pathological events in several different ocular diseases, which lead to retinal degeneration and ultimately blindness. A growing number of studies have been performed to understand downstream events caused by ROS induced oxidative stress in photoreceptor cells; however, the underlying mechanisms of ROS toxicity are not fully understood. To shed light on ROS induced downstream pathological events, we employed a tandem mass tag (TMT) labelling-based quantitative mass-spectrometric approach to determine proteome changes in 661W photoreceptor cells following oxidative stress induction via the application of different concentrations of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> at different time points. Overall, 5920 proteins were identified and quantified, and 450 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified, which were altered in a dose and time dependent manner in all treatment groups compared to the control group. These proteins were involved in several biological pathways, including spliceosome and ribosome response, activated glutathione metabolism, decreased ECM-receptor interaction, oxidative phosphorylation, abnormally regulated lysosome, apoptosis, and ribosome biogenesis. Our results highlighted ECM receptor interaction, oxidative phosphorylation and spliceosome pathways as the major targets of oxidative stress that might mediate vascular dysfunction and cellular senescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9394650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11020014
Miguel Rodrigues, Maria José López-Martinez, Alba Ortin-Bustillo, Jose Joaquin Cerón, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Alberto Muñoz-Prieto, Elsa Lamy
{"title":"Changes in the Saliva Proteome of Pigs with Diarrhoea Caused by <i>Escherichia coli</i>.","authors":"Miguel Rodrigues, Maria José López-Martinez, Alba Ortin-Bustillo, Jose Joaquin Cerón, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Alberto Muñoz-Prieto, Elsa Lamy","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11020014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11020014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Escherichia coli</i> represents the main cause of diarrhoea in pigs. Saliva can provide information about the pathophysiology of diseases and be a source of biomarkers. We aimed to identify changes in the salivary proteome of pigs with diarrhoea caused by <i>E. coli</i>. Saliva samples were collected from 10 pigs with this disease and 10 matched healthy controls. SDS-PAGE (1DE) and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) were performed, and significantly different protein bands and spots were identified by mass spectrometry. For validation, adenosine deaminase (ADA) was measured in 28 healthy and 28 diseased pigs. In 1DE, increases in lipocalin and IgA bands were observed for diseased pigs, whereas bands containing proteins such as odorant-binding protein and/or prolactin-inducible protein presented decreased concentrations. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) results showed that saliva from <i>E. coli</i> animals presented higher expression levels of lipocalin, ADA, IgA and albumin peptides, being ADA activity increased in the diseased pigs in the validation study. Spots containing alpha-amylase, carbonic anhydrase VI, and whole albumin were decreased in diseased animals. Overall, pigs with diarrhoea caused by <i>E. coli</i> have changes in proteins in their saliva related to various pathophysiological mechanisms such as inflammation and immune function and could potentially be biomarkers of this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123737/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-03-23DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11020011
Carmen Bedia, Nuria Dalmau, Lars K Nielsen, Romà Tauler, Igor Marín de Mas
{"title":"A Multi-Level Systems Biology Analysis of Aldrin's Metabolic Effects on Prostate Cancer Cells.","authors":"Carmen Bedia, Nuria Dalmau, Lars K Nielsen, Romà Tauler, Igor Marín de Mas","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11020011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11020011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although numerous studies support a dose-effect relationship between Endocrine disruptors (EDs) and the progression and malignancy of tumors, the impact of a chronic exposure to non-lethal concentrations of EDs in cancer remains unknown. More specifically, a number of studies have reported the impact of Aldrin on a variety of cancer types, including prostate cancer. In previous studies, we demonstrated the induction of the malignant phenotype in DU145 prostate cancer (PCa) cells after a chronic exposure to Aldrin (an ED). Proteins are pivotal in the regulation and control of a variety of cellular processes. However, the mechanisms responsible for the impact of ED on PCa and the role of proteins in this process are not yet well understood. Here, two complementary computational approaches have been employed to investigate the molecular processes underlying the acquisition of malignancy in prostate cancer. First, the metabolic reprogramming associated with the chronic exposure to Aldrin in DU145 cells was studied by integrating transcriptomics and metabolomics via constraint-based metabolic modeling. Second, gene set enrichment analysis was applied to determine (i) altered regulatory pathways and (ii) the correlation between changes in the transcriptomic profile of Aldrin-exposed cells and tumor progression in various types of cancer. Experimental validation confirmed predictions revealing a disruption in metabolic and regulatory pathways. This alteration results in the modification of protein levels crucial in regulating triacylglyceride/cholesterol, linked to the malignant phenotype observed in Aldrin-exposed cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123692/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-03-06DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11010010
Breyer Woodland, Aleksandar Necakov, Jens R Coorssen
{"title":"Optimized Proteome Reduction for Integrative Top-Down Proteomics.","authors":"Breyer Woodland, Aleksandar Necakov, Jens R Coorssen","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11010010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Integrative top-down proteomics is an analytical approach that fully addresses the breadth and complexity needed for effective and routine assessment of proteomes. Nonetheless, any such assessments also require a rigorous review of methodology to ensure the deepest possible quantitative proteome analyses. Here, we establish an optimized general protocol for proteome extracts to improve the reduction of proteoforms and, thus, resolution in 2DE. Dithiothreitol (DTT), tributylphosphine (TBP), and 2-hydroxyethyldisulfide (HED), combined and alone, were tested in one-dimensional SDS-PAGE (1DE), prior to implementation into a full 2DE protocol. Prior to sample rehydration, reduction with 100 mM DTT + 5 mM TBP yielded increased spot counts, total signal, and spot circularity (i.e., decreased streaking) compared to other conditions and reduction protocols reported in the literature. The data indicate that many widely implemented reduction protocols are significantly 'under-powered' in terms of proteoform reduction and thus, limit the quality and depth of routine top-down proteomic analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10059017/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9204954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11010009
Jonathan Munera López, Andrés Mariano Alonso, Maria Julia Figueras, Ana María Saldarriaga Cartagena, Miryam A Hortua Triana, Luis Diambra, Laura Vanagas, Bin Deng, Silvia N J Moreno, Sergio Oscar Angel
{"title":"Analysis of the Interactome of the <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> Tgj1 HSP40 Chaperone.","authors":"Jonathan Munera López, Andrés Mariano Alonso, Maria Julia Figueras, Ana María Saldarriaga Cartagena, Miryam A Hortua Triana, Luis Diambra, Laura Vanagas, Bin Deng, Silvia N J Moreno, Sergio Oscar Angel","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010009","DOIUrl":"10.3390/proteomes11010009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan that causes toxoplasmosis in humans and animals. Central to its dissemination and pathogenicity is the ability to rapidly divide in the tachyzoite stage and infect any type of nucleated cell. Adaptation to different cell contexts requires high plasticity in which heat shock proteins (Hsps) could play a fundamental role. Tgj1 is a type I Hsp40 of <i>T. gondii</i>, an ortholog of the DNAJA1 group, which is essential during the tachyzoite lytic cycle. Tgj1 consists of a J-domain, ZFD, and DNAJ_C domains with a CRQQ C-terminal motif, which is usually prone to lipidation. Tgj1 presented a mostly cytosolic subcellular localization overlapping partially with endoplasmic reticulum. Protein-protein Interaction (PPI) analysis showed that Tgj1 could be implicated in various biological pathways, mainly translation, protein folding, energy metabolism, membrane transport and protein translocation, invasion/pathogenesis, cell signaling, chromatin and transcription regulation, and cell redox homeostasis among others. The combination of Tgj1 and Hsp90 PPIs retrieved only 70 interactors linked to the Tgj1-Hsp90 axis, suggesting that Tgj1 would present specific functions in addition to those of the Hsp70/Hsp90 cycle, standing out invasion/pathogenesis, cell shape motility, and energy pathway. Within the Hsp70/Hsp90 cycle, translation-associated pathways, cell redox homeostasis, and protein folding were highly enriched in the Tgj1-Hsp90 axis. In conclusion, Tgj1 would interact with a wide range of proteins from different biological pathways, which could suggest a relevant role in them.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10060184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-02-11DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11010008
Santosh A Misal, Shital D Ovhal, Sujun Li, Jonathan A Karty, Haixu Tang, Predrag Radivojac, James P Reilly
{"title":"Non-Specific Signal Peptidase Processing of Extracellular Proteins in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> N315.","authors":"Santosh A Misal, Shital D Ovhal, Sujun Li, Jonathan A Karty, Haixu Tang, Predrag Radivojac, James P Reilly","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11010008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> is one of the major community-acquired human pathogens, with growing multidrug-resistance, leading to a major threat of more prevalent infections to humans. A variety of virulence factors and toxic proteins are secreted during infection via the general secretory (Sec) pathway, which requires an N-terminal signal peptide to be cleaved from the N-terminus of the protein. This N-terminal signal peptide is recognized and processed by a type I signal peptidase (SPase). SPase-mediated signal peptide processing is the crucial step in the pathogenicity of <i>S. aureus</i>. In the present study, the SPase-mediated N-terminal protein processing and their cleavage specificity were evaluated using a combination of N-terminal amidination bottom-up and top-down proteomics-based mass spectrometry approaches. Secretory proteins were found to be cleaved by SPase, specifically and non-specifically, on both sides of the normal SPase cleavage site. The non-specific cleavages occur at the relatively smaller residues that are present next to the -1, +1, and +2 locations from the original SPase cleavage site to a lesser extent. Additional random cleavages at the middle and near the C-terminus of some protein sequences were also observed. This additional processing could be a part of some stress conditions and unknown signal peptidase mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11010007
Xian Yu, Richard Wilson, Alieta Eyles, Sadegh Balotf, Robert Stephen Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson
{"title":"Enzymatic Investigation of <i>Spongospora subterranea</i> Zoospore Attachment to Roots of Potato Cultivars Resistant or Susceptible to Powdery Scab Disease.","authors":"Xian Yu, Richard Wilson, Alieta Eyles, Sadegh Balotf, Robert Stephen Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11010007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For potato crops, host resistance is currently the most effective and sustainable tool to manage diseases caused by the plasmodiophorid <i>Spongospora subterranea</i>. Arguably, zoospore root attachment is the most critical phase of infection; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. This study investigated the potential role of root-surface cell-wall polysaccharides and proteins in cultivars resistant/susceptible to zoospore attachment. We first compared the effects of enzymatic removal of root cell-wall proteins, <i>N</i>-linked glycans and polysaccharides on <i>S. subterranea</i> attachment. Subsequent analysis of peptides released by trypsin shaving (TS) of root segments identified 262 proteins that were differentially abundant between cultivars. These were enriched in root-surface-derived peptides but also included intracellular proteins, e.g., proteins associated with glutathione metabolism and lignin biosynthesis, which were more abundant in the resistant cultivar. Comparison with whole-root proteomic analysis of the same cultivars identified 226 proteins specific to the TS dataset, of which 188 were significantly different. Among these, the pathogen-defence-related cell-wall protein stem 28 kDa glycoprotein and two major latex proteins were significantly less abundant in the resistant cultivar. A further major latex protein was reduced in the resistant cultivar in both the TS and whole-root datasets. In contrast, three glutathione <i>S</i>-transferase proteins were more abundant in the resistant cultivar (TS-specific), while the protein glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase was increased in both datasets. These results imply a particular role for major latex proteins and glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase in regulating zoospore binding to potato roots and susceptibility to <i>S. subterranea</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944879/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive Kinase Activity Profiling Revealed the Kinase Activity Patterns Associated with the Effects of EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Sensitizing EGFR Mutations.","authors":"Rei Noguchi, Akihiro Yoshimura, Junji Uchino, Takayuki Takeda, Yusuke Chihara, Takayo Ota, Osamu Hiranuma, Hiroshi Gyotoku, Koichi Takayama, Tadashi Kondo","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11010006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>EGFR mutations are strong predictive markers for EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) therapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Although NSCLC patients with sensitizing EGFR mutations have better prognoses, some patients exhibit worse prognoses. We hypothesized that various activities of kinases could be potential predictive biomarkers for EGFR-TKI treatment among NSCLC patients with sensitizing EGFR mutations. In 18 patients with stage IV NSCLC, EGFR mutations were detected and comprehensive kinase activity profiling was performed using the peptide array PamStation12 for 100 tyrosine kinases. Prognoses were observed prospectively after the administration of EGFR-TKIs. Finally, the kinase profiles were analyzed in combination with the prognoses of the patients. Comprehensive kinase activity analysis identified specific kinase features, consisting of 102 peptides and 35 kinases, in NSCLC patients with sensitizing EGFR mutations. Network analysis revealed seven highly phosphorylated kinases: CTNNB1, CRK, EGFR, ERBB2, PIK3R1, PLCG1, and PTPN11. Pathway analysis and Reactome analysis revealed that the PI3K-AKT and RAF/ MAPK pathways were significantly enriched in the poor prognosis group, being consistent with the outcome of the network analysis. Patients with poor prognoses exhibited high activation of EGFR, PIK3R1, and ERBB2. Comprehensive kinase activity profiles may provide predictive biomarker candidates for screening patients with advanced NSCLC harboring sensitizing EGFR mutations.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944465/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ProteomesPub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.3390/proteomes11010005
Kexin Li, Qingji Huo, Bai-Yan Li, Hiroki Yokota
{"title":"The Double-Edged Proteins in Cancer Proteomes and the Generation of Induced Tumor-Suppressing Cells (iTSCs).","authors":"Kexin Li, Qingji Huo, Bai-Yan Li, Hiroki Yokota","doi":"10.3390/proteomes11010005","DOIUrl":"10.3390/proteomes11010005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unlike a prevalent expectation that tumor cells secrete tumor-promoting proteins and stimulate the progression of neighboring tumor cells, accumulating evidence indicates that the role of tumor-secreted proteins is double-edged and context-dependent. Some of the oncogenic proteins in the cytoplasm and cell membranes, which are considered to promote the proliferation and migration of tumor cells, may inversely act as tumor-suppressing proteins in the extracellular domain. Furthermore, the action of tumor-secreted proteins by aggressive \"super-fit\" tumor cells can be different from those derived from \"less-fit\" tumor cells. Tumor cells that are exposed to chemotherapeutic agents could alter their secretory proteomes. Super-fit tumor cells tend to secrete tumor-suppressing proteins, while less-fit or chemotherapeutic agent-treated tumor cells may secrete tumor-promotive proteomes. Interestingly, proteomes derived from nontumor cells such as mesenchymal stem cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells mostly share common features with tumor cell-derived proteomes in response to certain signals. This review introduces the double-sided functions of tumor-secreted proteins and describes the proposed underlying mechanism, which would possibly be based on cell competition.</p>","PeriodicalId":20877,"journal":{"name":"Proteomes","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}