我们已经建立了使用LC-MS / MS系统共同调节相互作用蛋白的纯化的方法。
Transcriptional coregulators are vital to the efficient transcriptional regulation of nuclear chromatin structure. Coregulators play a variety of roles in regulating transcription. These include the direct interaction with transcription factors, the covalent modification of histones and other proteins, and the occasional chromatin conformation alteration. Accordingly, establishing relatively quick methods for identifying proteins that interact within this network is crucial to enhancing our understanding of the underlying regulatory mechanisms. LC-MS/MS-mediated protein binding partner identification is a validated technique used to analyze protein-protein interactions. By immunoprecipitating a previously-identified member of a protein complex with an antibody (occasionally with an antibody for a tagged protein), it is possible to identify its unknown protein interactions via mass spectrometry analysis. Here, we present a method of protein preparation for the LC-MS/MS-mediated high-throughput identification of protein interactions involving nuclear cofactors and their binding partners. This method allows for a better understanding of the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of the targeted nuclear factors.
蛋白质 – 蛋白质相互作用发挥多种生物学功能中起重要作用。正因为如此,这些相互作用已牵涉信号转导;跨细胞膜蛋白质运输;细胞的新陈代谢;和几个核过程,包括DNA复制,DNA损伤修复,重组和转录1,2,3,4。查明参与这些相互作用蛋白质因此,推进我们的这些细胞过程的理解是至关重要的。
免疫沉淀(IP)是用于分析蛋白质 – 蛋白质相互作用经过验证的技术。为了便于共同免疫沉淀的蛋白的鉴定,质谱常常利用5,6,7,8,9。通过用抗体靶向的蛋白复合物的公知的部件,它是可以分离的蛋白复合物,并随后经由质谱分析确定其未知组分。 ARIP4(雄激素受体相互作用蛋白4),一个转录coregulator,核受体蛋白以激活或在一个依赖于上下文的方式9,10抑制其靶启动子相互作用。为了更好地了解控制这些核因子的转录调控机制,我们描述了一个全面的方法来净化和使用LC-MS / MS系统识别ARIP4相互作用的蛋白质。
有效转染是必不可少的获得与该协议的成功的结果。因此,我们建议您使用Western blot分析,以确定免疫沉淀的FLAG标签的蛋白质水平。这个步骤允许用户以验证他们感兴趣的蛋白被正确过度表达,此外,该IP被成功执行。 FLAG标签的蛋白质水平也应之前的质谱分析进行检查。
有模拟样本应该被用作阴性对照,以避免得到假阳性结果,并以鉴别从真相互作用的背景。此外,研究人…
The authors have nothing to disclose.
This study was supported by the Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders (HT), the Takeda Science Foundation (HT), and by a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) to HT.
Lipofectamine 2000 Transfection Reagent | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 11668019 | |
Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (EDTA free) (100x) | nacalai tesque | 03969-21 | |
ANTI-FLAG M2 Affinity Gel | Sigma-Aldrich | A2220 | |
Micro Bio-Spin Columns | BIO-RAD | 732-6204 |