Determining Allele-Specific Protein Expression (ASPE) Using a Novel Quantitative Concatamer Based Proteomics Method. Shi, J., Wang, X., Zhu, H., Jiang, H., Wang, D., Nesvizhskii, A., & Zhu, H. Journal of proteome research, 17(10):3606–3612, October, 2018.
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Measuring allele-specific expression (ASE) is a powerful approach for identifying cis-regulatory genetic variants. Here, we developed a novel targeted proteomics method for the quantification of allele-specific protein expression (ASPE) based on scheduled parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) with a heavy stable isotope-labeled quantitative concatamer (QconCAT) internal protein standard. This strategy was applied to the determination of the ASPE of UGT2B15 in human livers using the common UGT2B15 nonsynonymous variant rs1902023 (i.e., Y85D) as the marker to differentiate expressions from the two alleles. The QconCAT standard contains both the wild-type tryptic peptide and the Y85D mutant peptide at a ratio of 1:1 to ensure accurate measurement of the ASPE of UGT2B15. The results from 18 UGT2B15 Y85D heterozygotes revealed that the ratios between the wild-type Y allele and the mutant D allele varied from 0.60 to 1.46, indicating the presence of cis-regulatory variants. In addition, we observed no significant correlations between the ASPE and mRNA ASE of UGT2B15, suggesting the involvement of different cis-acting variants in regulating the transcription and translation processes of the gene. This novel ASPE approach provides a powerful tool for capturing cis-genetic variants involved in post-transcription processes, an important yet understudied area of research.
@article{shi_determining_2018,
	title = {Determining {Allele}-{Specific} {Protein} {Expression} ({ASPE}) {Using} a {Novel} {Quantitative}  {Concatamer} {Based} {Proteomics} {Method}.},
	volume = {17},
	issn = {1535-3907 1535-3893},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00620},
	abstract = {Measuring allele-specific expression (ASE) is a powerful approach for identifying cis-regulatory genetic variants. Here, we developed a novel targeted proteomics method for the quantification of allele-specific protein expression (ASPE) based  on scheduled parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) with a heavy stable isotope-labeled quantitative concatamer (QconCAT) internal protein standard. This strategy was applied to the determination of the ASPE of UGT2B15 in human livers  using the common UGT2B15 nonsynonymous variant rs1902023 (i.e., Y85D) as the marker to differentiate expressions from the two alleles. The QconCAT standard contains both the wild-type tryptic peptide and the Y85D mutant peptide at a ratio of 1:1 to ensure accurate measurement of the ASPE of UGT2B15. The results from 18 UGT2B15 Y85D heterozygotes revealed that the ratios between the wild-type Y allele and the mutant D allele varied from 0.60 to 1.46, indicating the presence of cis-regulatory variants. In addition, we observed no significant correlations between the ASPE and mRNA ASE of UGT2B15, suggesting the involvement of different cis-acting variants in regulating the transcription and translation  processes of the gene. This novel ASPE approach provides a powerful tool for capturing cis-genetic variants involved in post-transcription processes, an important yet understudied area of research.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {10},
	journal = {Journal of proteome research},
	author = {Shi, Jian and Wang, Xinwen and Zhu, Huaijun and Jiang, Hui and Wang, Danxin and Nesvizhskii, Alexey and Zhu, Hao-Jie},
	month = oct,
	year = {2018},
	pmid = {30141943},
	pmcid = {PMC6309561},
	keywords = {ASPE, PRM, QconCAT, UGT2B15, allele-specific protein expression, parallel reaction monitoring, quantitative concatamer},
	pages = {3606--3612}
}

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