期刊
CHEMICAL SENSES
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 21-30出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp073
关键词
chemosensation; mass spectrometry; odorant-binding proteins; olfaction; proteomics
资金
- National Institutes of Health [GM05946]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM059469] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
The olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster is one of the best characterized chemosensory systems. Identification of proteins contained in the third antennal segment, the main olfactory organ, has previously relied primarily on immunohistochemistry, and although such studies and in situ hybridization studies are informative, they focus generally on one or few gene products at a time, and quanti. cation is difficult. In addition, purification of native proteins from the antenna is challenging because it is small and encased in a hard cuticle. Here, we describe a simple method for the large-scale detection of soluble proteins from the Drosophila antenna by chromatographic separation of tryptic peptides followed by tandem mass spectrometry with femtomole detection sensitivities. Examination of the identities of these proteins indicates that they originate both from the extracellular perilymph and from the cytoplasm of disrupted cells. We identified enzymes involved with intermediary metabolism, proteins associated with regulation of gene expression, nucleic acid metabolism and protein metabolism, proteins associated with microtubular transport, 8 odorant-binding proteins, protective enzymes associated with antibacterial defense and defense against oxidative damage, cuticular proteins, and proteins of unknown function, which represented about one-third of all soluble proteins. The procedure described here opens the way for precise quanti. cation of any target protein in the Drosophila antenna and should be readily applicable to antennae from other insects.
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