SILAC-based temporal phosphoproteomics

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1188:125-48. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1142-4_10.

Abstract

In recent years, thanks to advances in Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based quantitative proteomics, studies on signaling pathways have moved from a detailed description of individual components to system-wide analysis of entire signaling cascades, also providing spatio-temporal views of intracellular pathways. Quantitative proteomics that combines stable isotope labeling by amino acid in cell culture (SILAC) with enrichment strategies for post-translational modification-bearing peptides and high-performance tandem mass spectrometry represents a powerful and unbiased approach to monitor dynamic signaling events. Here we provide an optimized SILAC-based proteomic workflow to analyze temporal changes in phosphoproteomes, which involve a generic three step enrichment protocol for phosphopeptides. SILAC-labeled peptides from digested whole cell lysates are as a first step enriched for phosphorylated tyrosines by immunoaffinity and then further enriched for phosphorylated serine/threonine peptides by strong cation exchange in combination with titanium dioxide-beads chromatography. Analysis of enriched peptides on Orbitrap-based MS results in comprehensive and accurate reconstruction of temporal changes of signaling networks.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Analytic Sample Preparation Methods
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Humans
  • Isotope Labeling / methods*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Phosphopeptides / chemistry
  • Phosphopeptides / metabolism
  • Phosphoproteins / chemistry*
  • Phosphoproteins / isolation & purification
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Proteolysis
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Salts / isolation & purification
  • Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Phosphopeptides
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Salts