Oct 15, 2021

Public workspaceProteomics workflow for APP/Aβ TOMAHAQ analysis in endosomal and lysosomal fractions V.2

  • Hankum Park1,2,
  • Frances V Hundley1,2,
  • J. Wade Harper1,2
  • 1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115, USA;
  • 2Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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Protocol CitationHankum Park, Frances V Hundley, J. Wade Harper 2021. Proteomics workflow for APP/Aβ TOMAHAQ analysis in endosomal and lysosomal fractions. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bys8pwhwVersion created by hankum_park
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Created: October 05, 2021
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Abstract
The ability to detect processing of APP to the Ab amyloid peptide is challenging. This protocols describes methods for analysis of Ab "half-tryptic" peptides from purified organelles (endosomes and lysosomes). The targeted proteomics approach using TOMAHAQ coupled with Tomahto, which is an API for use on a Thermo orbitrap instrument that facilitates detection of trigger peptides and fragmentation of target peptide reporter ions.
Materials

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REAGENT or RESOURCE SOURCE IDENTIFIER
Antibodies
a-EEA1 (C45B10) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 3288
a-RAB5 (C8B1) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 3547
a-PSEN1 (D39D1) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 5643
a-PSEN2/AD5 (EP1515Y) rabbit mAb Abcam ab51249
a-LAMP1 (D2D11) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 9091
a-LAMP2 (D5C2P) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 49067
a-TMEM192 rabbit pAb Proteintech 28263-1-AP
a-HA Biolegend 901513
a-HA (6E2) mouse mAb Cell Signaling Technology 2367
a-FLAG M2 mouse mAb Sigma-Aldrich F1804
a-ZO-1 rabbit pAb Proteintech 21773-1-AP
a-Golga1 rabbit pAb Proteintech 12640-1-AP
a-Calreticulin rabbit pAb Proteintech 10292-1-AP
a-S6K rabbit pAb Proteintech 14485-1-AP
a-RAB11 (D4F5) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 5589
a-Lamin A/C (4C11) mouse mAb Cell Signaling Technology 4777
a-VDAC1/Porin rabbit pAb Proteintech 55259-1-AP
a-RAB7 (D95F2) rabbit mAb Proteintech 9367
a-DYKDDDDK tag, mouse mAb (FG4R) Thermo Fisher Scientific MA1-91878
a-GAPDH (D16H11) XP rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 5174
a-APP CTF (C1/6.1) mouse mAb BioLegend 802801
a-APP A4 (22C11) mouse mAb Sigma MAB348
a-PEX19 rabbit pAb Proteintech 14713-1-AP
a-CD71/TFR1 (D7G9X) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 13113
a-HSP90 (3F11C1) mouse mAb Proteintech 60318-1-Ig
a-BACE1 (D10E5) rabbit mAb Cell Signaling Technology 5606
IRDye 680RD Goat a-Rabbit IgG secondary antibody Li-Cor 926-68071
IRDye 680RD Goat a-Mouse IgG secondary antibody Li-Cor 926-68070
IRDye 800CW Goat a-Rabbit IgG secondary antibody Li-Cor 926-32211
IRDye 800CW Goat a-Mouse IgG secondary antibody Li-Cor 926-32210
Goat a-Rabbit IgG, HRP-linked antibody Cell Signaling Technology 7474P2
Goat a-Rabbit IgG HRP conjugate Bio-Rad 1706515
Goat a-Mouse IgG HRP conjugate Bio-Rad 1706516
Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins
a-FLAG M2 magnetic beads Sigma-Aldrich M8823
Pierce a-HA magnetic beads Thermo Fisher Scientific 88837
TMT10plex Isobaric Label Reagent Set plus TMT11-131C Label Reagent Thermo Fisher Scientific A34808
TMTProTM 16Plex Label Reagent set Thermo Fisher Scientific A44520
Super Heavy TMT Label Reagent Thermo Fisher Scientific A43073
Pierce™ High pH Reversed-Phase Peptide Fractionation Kit Thermo Fisher Scientific 84868
HyClone Fetal bovine serum GE Healthcare SB30910
Puromycin Sigma-Aldrich P9620
G418 (Geneticin) Invivogen ant-gn-2
Dulbecco’s MEM (DMEM), high glucose, pyruvate GIBCO / Invitrogen 11995
PhosSTOP Roche 04906845001
Complete EDTA-free protease inhibitor cocktail Sigma-Aldrich 11873580001
Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride solution Sigma-Aldrich 646547
Iodoacetamide Sigma-Aldrich I1149
Trichloroacetic acid solution 6.1 N Sigma-Aldrich T0699
Trifluoroacetic acid fisher scientific A11650
Hydroxylamine solution 50 wt. % Sigma-Aldrich 438227
Formic Acid Sigma-Aldrich 5330020050
Pierce Trypsin Protease, MS grade Thermo Fisher Scientific 90305
Lysyl endopeptidaseR (Lys-C) Wako 129-02541
REVERT 700 total protein stain kit Li-Cor 926-11016
NuPAGE LDS sample buffer (4X) Thermo Fisher Scientific NP0007
NuPAGE sample reducing agent (10X) Thermo Fisher Scientific NP0009
NuPAGE MES SDS Running Buffer (20X) Thermo Fisher Scientific NP0002
Immobilon-FL PVDF Membrane Millipore IPFL00010
WHEATON Dounce Tissue Grinder, 7 mL DWK Life Sciences 357542
KIMBLE KONTES Dounce Tissue Grinder, 2 mL DWK Life Sciences 885300-0002
Nonidet P40 substitute Sigma-Aldrich 74385
Urea Sigma-Aldrich U5378
EPPS 0.2M buffer solution, pH 8.5 Alfa Aesar J61476.AE
Empore C18 47 mm Extraction Disc, Model 2215 3M 98060402173
Sep-Pak C18 1 cc Vac Cartridge Waters WAT054955
Dyngo4a Cayman Chemical 29479
Lanabecestat (AZD3293) Selleckchem S8193
Semagacestat Cayman Chemical 16713
BPN-15606 MedChemExpress HY-117482
RIPA lysis and extraction buffer Thermo Fisher Scientific 89900
Reference peptides for APP/Ab (see Supplemental Data Table S7) Biomatik Thermo Fisher Scientific Custom order
Experimental models: Cell lines
293 cells ATCC CRL-1573
293EL-APP-/-: TMEM192-3xHA; APP-/-; FLAG-EEA1 This study
293EL-APP*: TMEM192-3xHA; APP-/-; FLAG-EEA1; APPSw;T700N This study

Sample preraration
Sample preraration
Prepare all samples (unfiltered PNS, Lyso, and Endo; Amicon-filtered PNS_LMW, Lyso_LMW, and Endo_LMW) as described (dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.byjfpujn). For full peptide sequences and associated proteomic parameters, see the attached document.
Reduce all samples by adding TCEP to 5 mM final and incubate at 25 ºC for 30 min with shaking.
Alkylate cysteines by adding iodoacetamide to15 mM final and incubate at 25 ºC for 30 min with shaking and protected from light.
Protein precipitation:
Dilute samples with EPPS buffer for 1.2 M urea final concentration.
Add 6.1 N TCA solution to 20% final and incubate at 4 ºC for 1.5h. Centrifuge samples at 21,000xg for 15 min at 4 ºC and remove supernatants.
Wash twice with ice-cold acetone by centrifuging at 21,000xg for 10 min at 4 ºC. After final wash, briefly dry protein pellets in a SpeedVac.
Resuspend pellets in 10 µL of 8 M urea buffer, sonicate in a water bath sonicator, and dilute urea by adding 10 µL of 200 mM EPPS.
Peptide digestion:
Add 0.3 µg of LysC and incubate at 37 ºC for 2h with shaking. Further dilute urea to 1.6 M final by adding 200 mM EPPS.
Further digest peptides by adding 0.4 µg trypsin and incubate at 37 ºC overnight with shaking.
The next day, add acetonitrile (ACN) to 30% final, and label peptides by adding 3.6-5.3 µL of TMT 11-plex reagents (10 μg/μL in anhydrous ACN) for 1h at 25 ºC with shaking. Quench labeling reaction by adding hydroxylamine to 0.5% final followed by incubation at room temperature for 15 min.
Dry pooled sample by SpeedVac, and desalt by C18 StageTip.
Add synthetic reference trigger peptides labeled with super-heavy TMTsh as described (dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.byjcpuiw). The peptides employed and their associated ionization and fragmentation properties are provided in the attached spreadsheet.
TOMAHAQ experiment
TOMAHAQ experiment
Perform TOMAHAQ experiments using the Tomahto software package on a Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid mass spectrometer coupled to an Easy-nLC 1200 UHPLC system. Load each sample on a C18 column (30 cm, 2.6 μm Accucore [Thermo Fisher], 100 µm I.D.), and eluted using a 150-min method over a gradient from 5% to 38% B (95% ACN/0.125% formic acid). The instrument method only controlls Orbitrap MS1 scans (resolution at 120,000; mass range 300−1500 m/z; automatic gain control (AGC) target 2*105, maximum injection time 50 ms). Peptide targets are imported into Tomahto, and the following decisions are made by Tomahto in real-time.
Export summed signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) to csv file, and analyze by R 3.6.3. Adjust S/N of each channel using the isotopic impurity table of TMT reagents provided by the vendor. Normalize the adjusted S/N values according to the total reporter values in each channel according to a SPS-MS3 analysis, assuming equal amount of loading. Test a statistical significance between DMSO- and compound-treated group using two-sided Student’s t-test with t_test() function in the rstatix package version 0.7.0.
SIM experiment
SIM experiment
For the absolute quantification of the target peptides, apply selected ion monitoring (SIM) experiments. Perform SIM experiments on a Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid mass spectrometer coupled to an Easy-nLC 1200 UHPLC system. Load each sample on an in-house packed C18 column (30 cm, 2.6 um Accucore [Thermo Fisher], 100 µm I.D.), and elute using a 150-min method over a gradient from 5% to 38% B (95% acetonitrile, 0.125% formic acid). Monitor target peptides within a 50 min window around the scheduled retention time. Isolate a pair of trigger and target peptides, and accumulated separately targeting same AGC value (5*104; resolution at 240,000) and subsequently analyze in a single Orbitrap SIM scan. If two target peptides share similar retention time and same FAIMS CV values, multiplex their detections into a single SIM scan.
Import RAW files from the SIM experiments into Skyline, and extract the precursor ion peaks with 10 ppm accuracy. Because the TMT-labeled target peptides and TMTsh-labeled trigger peptides have the same retention time, measure the area under each peak, and calculate the ratio between target and trigger. Derive absolute amount the target peptide by multiplying the ratio by the known amount of the trigger peptide. Divide the absolute amount of target peptide by the relative quantitation from TOMAHAQ to calculate the absolute amount from each channel.