title: Mitochondrial comparative proteomics: strengths and pitfalls.
abstract: In this review, we describe the various techniques available to carry out valid comparative proteomics, their advantages and their disadvantages according to the goal of the research. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and 2D-DIGE are compared to shotgun proteomics and SILE. We give our opinion on the best fields of application in the domain of comparative proteomics. We emphasize the usefulness of these new tools, providing mass data to study physiology and mitochondrial plasticity when faced with a specific mitochondrial insufficiency or exogenic stress. We illustrate the subject with results obtained in our laboratory specifying the importance of an approach of comparative proteomics combined from mitochondria and from the cell, which makes it possible to obtain important information on the status of the mitochondrial function at the cellular level. Finally, we draw attention to the dangers of the extrapolation of proteomic data to metabolic flows which requires the greatest care.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Cellular Physiology, Allée de de la chimie 3, Chemistry Institute, Bat B6c, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mathy
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Sluse
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D040901:Proteomics
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins