Journal of Proteome Research
Journal of Proteome Research
5 years ago

Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs), Identified on Endogenous Huntingtin, Cluster within Proteolytic Domains between HEAT Repeats

Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs), Identified on Endogenous Huntingtin, Cluster within Proteolytic Domains between HEAT Repeats
Elaine Roby, Tamara Ratovitski, Wenzhen Duan, Robert N. Cole, Ekaterine Chighladze, Ihn Sik Seong, Nicolas Arbez, Jacqueline C. Stewart, Christopher A. Ross, Mali Jiang, Daniel J. Lavery, Athanasios Alexandris, Ravi Vijayvargia, Raghothama Chaerkady, Robert N. O’Meally, Xiaofang Wang
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins regulate various cellular processes. PTMs of polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin (Htt) protein, which causes Huntington’s disease (HD), are likely modulators of HD pathogenesis. Previous studies have identified and characterized several PTMs on exogenously expressed Htt fragments, but none of them were designed to systematically characterize PTMs on the endogenous full-length Htt protein. We found that full-length endogenous Htt, which was immunoprecipitated from HD knock-in mouse and human post-mortem brain, is suitable for detection of PTMs by mass spectrometry. Using label-free and mass tag labeling-based approaches, we identified near 40 PTMs, of which half are novel (data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD005753). Most PTMs were located in clusters within predicted unstructured domains rather than within the predicted α-helical structured HEAT repeats. Using quantitative mass spectrometry, we detected significant differences in the stoichiometry of several PTMs between HD and WT mouse brain. The mass-spectrometry identification and quantitation were verified using phospho-specific antibodies for selected PTMs. To further validate our findings, we introduced individual PTM alterations within full-length Htt and identified several PTMs that can modulate its subcellular localization in striatal cells. These findings will be instrumental in further assembling the Htt PTM framework and highlight several PTMs as potential therapeutic targets for HD.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00991

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00991

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