Global profiling of distinct cysteine redox forms reveals wide-ranging redox regulation in C. elegans

Nat Commun. 2021 Mar 3;12(1):1415. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21686-3.

Abstract

Post-translational changes in the redox state of cysteine residues can rapidly and reversibly alter protein functions, thereby modulating biological processes. The nematode C. elegans is an ideal model organism for studying cysteine-mediated redox signaling at a network level. Here we present a comprehensive, quantitative, and site-specific profile of the intrinsic reactivity of the cysteinome in wild-type C. elegans. We also describe a global characterization of the C. elegans redoxome in which we measured changes in three major cysteine redox forms after H2O2 treatment. Our data revealed redox-sensitive events in translation, growth signaling, and stress response pathways, and identified redox-regulated cysteines that are important for signaling through the p38 MAP kinase (MAPK) pathway. Our in-depth proteomic dataset provides a molecular basis for understanding redox signaling in vivo, and will serve as a valuable and rich resource for the field of redox biology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / drug effects
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / microbiology
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cysteine / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
  • MAP Kinase Kinase 4 / metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Signal Transduction
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • DAF-19 protein, C elegans
  • Transcription Factors
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Pmk-1 protein, C elegans
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • MAP Kinase Kinase 4
  • sek-1 protein, C elegans
  • Cysteine