Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 May 21;121(21):e2319060121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319060121. Epub 2024 May 16.
Multicellular organisms are composed of many tissue types that have distinct morphologies and functions, which are largely driven by specialized proteomes and interactomes. To define the proteome and interactome of a specific type of tissue in an intact animal, we developed a localized proteomics approach called Methionine Analog-based Cell-Specific Proteomics and Interactomics (MACSPI). This method uses the tissue-specific expression of an engineered methionyl-tRNA synthetase to label proteins with a bifunctional amino acid 2-amino-5-diazirinylnonynoic acid in selected cells. We applied MACSPI in a model multicellular organism, to selectively label, capture, and profile the proteomes of the body wall muscle and the nervous system, which led to the identification of tissue-specific proteins. Using the photo-cross-linker, we successfully profiled HSP90 interactors in muscles and neurons and identified tissue-specific interactors and stress-related interactors. Our study demonstrates that MACSPI can be used to profile tissue-specific proteomes and interactomes in intact multicellular organisms.
多细胞生物由具有不同形态和功能的多种组织类型组成,这些组织类型主要由专门的蛋白质组和相互作用组驱动。为了定义完整动物中特定类型组织的蛋白质组和相互作用组,我们开发了一种称为基于蛋氨酸类似物的细胞特异性蛋白质组学和相互作用组学(MACSPI)的局部蛋白质组学方法。该方法利用工程化的甲硫氨酰-tRNA 合成酶在选定细胞中表达,用双功能氨基酸 2-氨基-5-叠氮基壬酸标记蛋白质。我们在一个模型多细胞生物中应用 MACSPI,选择性标记、捕获和分析体壁肌肉和神经系统的蛋白质组,从而鉴定出组织特异性蛋白质。使用光交联剂,我们成功地分析了肌肉和神经元中的 HSP90 相互作用体,并鉴定出组织特异性相互作用体和应激相关相互作用体。我们的研究表明,MACSPI 可用于分析完整多细胞生物中的组织特异性蛋白质组和相互作用组。