title: A novel, in-solution separation of endogenous cardiac sarcomeric proteins and identification of distinct charged variants of regulatory light chain.
abstract: The molecular conformation of the cardiac myosin motor is modulated by intermolecular interactions among the heavy chain, the light chains, myosin binding protein-C, and titin and is governed by post-translational modifications (PTMs). In-gel digestion followed by LC/MS/MS has classically been applied to identify cardiac sarcomeric PTMs; however, this approach is limited by protein size, pI, and difficulties in peptide extraction. We report a solution-based work flow for global separation of endogenous cardiac sarcomeric proteins with a focus on the regulatory light chain (RLC) in which specific sites of phosphorylation have been unclear. Subcellular fractionation followed by OFFGEL electrophoresis resulted in isolation of endogenous charge variants of sarcomeric proteins, including regulatory and essential light chains, myosin heavy chain, and myosin-binding protein-C of the thick filament. Further purification of RLC using reverse-phase HPLC separation and UV detection enriched for RLC PTMs at the intact protein level and provided a stoichiometric and quantitative assessment of endogenous RLC charge variants. Digestion and subsequent LC/MS/MS unequivocally identified that the endogenous charge variants of cardiac RLC focused in unique OFFGEL electrophoresis fractions were unphosphorylated (78.8%), singly phosphorylated (18.1%), and doubly phosphorylated (3.1%) RLC. The novel aspects of this study are that 1) milligram amounts of endogenous cardiac sarcomeric subproteome were focused with resolution comparable with two-dimensional electrophoresis, 2) separation and quantification of post-translationally modified variants were achieved at the intact protein level, 3) separation of intact high molecular weight thick filament proteins was achieved in solution, and 4) endogenous charge variants of RLC were separated; a novel doubly phosphorylated form was identified in mouse, and singly phosphorylated, singly deamidated, and deamidated/phosphorylated forms were identified and quantified in human non-failing and failing heart samples, thus demonstrating the clinical utility of the method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Scruggs
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reisdorph
authors.forename: Mike L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Chad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Nichole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reisdorph
authors.forename: R John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Solaro
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Buttrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins
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