Critical comparison of sample preparation strategies for shotgun proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples : Insights from liver tissue
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Critical comparison of sample preparation strategies for shotgun proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples : Insights from liver tissue / A. Tanca, M. Abbondio, S. Pisanu, D. Pagnozzi, S. Uzzau, M.F. Addis. - In: CLINICAL PROTEOMICS. - ISSN 1542-6416. - 11:1(2014 Jul). [10.1186/1559-0275-11-28]
Abstract:
Background: The growing field of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue proteomics holds promise for improving translational research. Direct tissue trypsinization (DT) and protein extraction followed by in solution digestion (ISD) or filter-aided sample preparation (FASP) are the most common workflows for shotgun analysis of FFPE samples, but a critical comparison of the different methods is currently lacking. Experimental design: DT, FASP and ISD workflows were compared by subjecting to the same label-free quantitative approach three independent technical replicates of each method applied to FFPE liver tissue. Data were evaluated in terms of method reproducibility and protein/peptide distribution according to localization, MW, pI and hydrophobicity. Results: DT showed lower reproducibility, good preservation of high-MW proteins, a general bias towards hydrophilic and acidic proteins, much lower keratin contamination, as well as higher abundance of non-tryptic peptides. Conversely, FASP and ISD proteomes were depleted in high-MW proteins and enriched in hydrophobic and membrane proteins; FASP provided higher identification yields, while ISD exhibited higher reproducibility. Conclusions: These results highlight that diverse sample preparation strategies provide significantly different proteomic information, and present typical biases that should be taken into account when dealing with FFPE samples. When a sufficient amount of tissue is available, the complementary use of different methods is suggested to increase proteome coverage and depth.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
archival tissues; FASP; FFPE; LC-MS/MS; protein extraction; molecular medicine; molecular biology; clinical biochemistry
Elenco autori:
A. Tanca, M. Abbondio, S. Pisanu, D. Pagnozzi, S. Uzzau, M.F. Addis
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