Quantification of mutant SPOP proteins in prostate cancer using mass spectrometry-based targeted proteomics
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (United States). Inst. of Precision Medicine
- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (United States). Division of Cancer Prevention, Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
Speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptor protein that functions as a potential tumor suppressor, and SPOP mutations have been identified in ~10% of human prostate cancers. However, it remains unclear if mutant SPOP proteins can be utilized as biomarkers for early detection, diagnosis, prognosis or targeted therapy of prostate cancer. Moreover, the SPOP mutation sites are distributed in a relatively short region where multiple lysine residues, posing significant challenges for bottom-up proteomics analysis of the SPOP mutations. To address this issue, PRISM (high-pressure, high-resolution separations coupled with intelligent selection and multiplexing)-SRM (selected reaction monitoring) mass spectrometry assays have been developed for quantifying wild-type SPOP protein and 11 prostate cancer-derived SPOP mutations. Despite inherent limitations due to amino acid sequence constraints, all the PRISM-SRM assays developed using Arg-C digestion showed a linear dynamic range of at least two orders of magnitude, with limits of quantification range from 0.1 to 1 fmol/µg of total protein in the cell lysate. Applying these SRM assays to analyze HEK293T cells with and without expression of the three most frequent SPOP mutations in prostate cancer (Y87N, F102C or F133V) led to confident detection of all three SPOP mutations in corresponding positive cell lines but not in the negative cell lines. Expression of the F133V mutation and wild-type SPOP was at much lower levels compared to that of F102C and Y87N mutations; however, at present it is unknown if this also affects the activity of the SPOP protein. In summary, PRISM-SRM enables multiplexed, isoform-specific detection of mutant SPOP proteins in cell lysates, which holds great potential in biomarker development for prostate cancer.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830; ACNl-5006-001; P41-RR018522
- OSTI ID:
- 1406773
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1757986
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-125993; 49639; 453040220
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol. 15, Issue 1; ISSN 1479-5876
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Ltd.Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Web of Science
Quantitative Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomic Profiling for Precision Medicine in Prostate Cancer
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journal | November 2017 |
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