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Proteomic Characterization of Novel Histone Post-Translational Modifications Anna M Arnaudo1,2 and Benjamin a Garcia1* Arnaudo and Garcia Epigenetics & Chromatin 2013, 6:24 http://www.epigeneticsandchromatin.com/content/6/1/24 REVIEW Open Access Proteomic characterization of novel histone post-translational modifications Anna M Arnaudo1,2 and Benjamin A Garcia1* Abstract Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have been linked to a variety of biological processes and disease states, thus making their characterization a critical field of study. In the last 5 years, a number of novel sites and types of modifications have been discovered, greatly expanding the histone code. Mass spectrometric methods are essential for finding and validating histone PTMs. Additionally, novel proteomic, genomic and chemical biology tools have been developed to probe PTM function. In this snapshot review, proteomic tools for PTM identification and characterization will be discussed and an overview of PTMs found in the last 5 years will be provided. Keywords: Histone post-translational modifications, Mass spectrometry, Proteomics, Epigenetics Review lysines [6,7]. The recruitment or repulsion of these pro- Introduction teins impacts downstream processes. The idea that PTMs Nearly 50 years ago Vincent Allfrey described histone constitute a code that is read by effector proteins is the acetylation [1]. Since then research has been focused on basis for the histone code hypothesis [8,9]. Mass spec- identifying and mapping a growing list of histone post- trometry (MS) has become an essential tool for deci- translational modifications (PTMs), including lysine phering this code, in part by identifying novel PTMs. In acetylation, arginine and lysine methylation, phosphor- this review we will focus on MS and proteogenomic ylation, proline isomerization, ubiquitination (Ub), ADP methods involved in identifying and characterizing novel ribosylation, arginine citrullination, SUMOylation, car- sites and types of histone PTMs. Additionally, we will bonylation and, with some controversy, biotinylation highlight the modifications that have been discovered in [2]. While PTMs are found on all five histones, they the last 5 years and have greatly added to the modifica- commonly map to histone N-terminal tails [3]. Func- tions listed above. tional characterization of these PTMs have implicated them in a variety of cellular processes including, but not limited to, transcription, DNA damage, apoptosis, and Identification of novel post-translational modifications by cell-cycle regulation [4]. In addition, histone-modifying mass spectrometry enzymes are popular drug targets because they are In the search for novel modifications, MS has an advan- misregulated in diseases such as cancer [5]. Histone tage over other methods because no prior knowledge of PTMs impact biological processes in a number of ways. the modification site or type is required. In traditional PTM acquisition or resulting changes in net charge can bottom-up analysis, proteins are digested to peptides alter DNA-histone or inter-nucleosomal contacts, thereby with a protease like trypsin, peptides are separated using modulating chromatin structure [6]. Alternatively, PTMs liquid chromatography (LC), subjected to MS for peptide can act as a docking site for proteins containing specific identification, and then fragmented by MS/MS for pep- structural domains - for example, chromodomains bind tide sequencing (for a basic review, see [10]). PTMs in- methylated lysines and bromodomains bind acetylated duce a mass shift (+14 Da for methyl, +42 Da for acetyl) that is detectable in the MS and MS/MS spectra [11]. * Correspondence: [email protected] Multiple software algorithms have been developed to de- 1Epigenetics Program, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1009C Stellar-Chance tect and map modifications from MS and MS/MS data Laboratories, 422 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA with varying degrees of success. Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © 2013 Arnaudo and Garcia; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Arnaudo and Garcia Epigenetics & Chromatin 2013, 6:24 Page 2 of 7 http://www.epigeneticsandchromatin.com/content/6/1/24 Analysis of histone modifications by conventional To be confident of a novel PTM, experimental con- bottom-up MS techniques is challenging because his- firmation is required. Heavy isotope labeling in cell cul- tones are both lysine and arginine rich. Trypsin diges- ture with the modification donor can be used to tion results in short peptides that are incompatible confirm that it is acquired in vivo rather than during with LC-MS and peptides of inconsistent length due to sample preparation. Such experiments have recently variable cleavage at modified residues (in other words, been used to probe sites of methylation using heavy me- 13 trypsin will cleave at mono-, but not di- or tri- methyl- thyl donor CD3- S-adenosylmethionine [22] and the ated lysines) [12,13]. Chemical derivatization strategies presence of crotonylation using heavy D4 crotonate can help overcome these challenges. Propionic anhy- [30]. Pan-modification or site-specific antibodies are dride derivatization results in cleavage only at the C- also commonly raised to test the in vivo presence of the terminal of arginine, increasing sequence coverage and modification [30]. Pan-modification antibodies have the generating larger, consistently cleaved peptides [13]. added benefit that they can be used to probe all the core These strategies therefore aid in discovering and quantify- histones across multiple organisms. Traditionally, the ing histone PTMs. In addition to bottom-up strategies, standard for verification is the generation of a synthetic middle-down and top-down strategies have been created peptide containing the PTM of interest. MS/MS frag- to facilitate PTM discovery and explore combinatorial his- mentation and LC elution patterns from the in vivo tone codes. Top-down utilizes whole histone protein [14], derived peptide, the synthetic peptide and a mixture of while middle-down utilizes alternative protease digestions thetwoarecomparedtoconfirmthesiteandtypeof to create large peptide fragments [15,16]. Both of these modification [22,31]. Recent reports on the misidentifi- strategies rely on electron transfer dissociation (ETD), an cation of serine methylation on histone H3S28 [22] and MS/MS technique that is more suitable for fragmentation threonine acetylation on histone H2AT15 [31], however, of highly charged, larger peptides [17]. indicate that synthetic peptides can be insufficient and Due to the highly modified nature of histones and the suggestthatfurtherfragmentation (MS3) is necessary numerous PTM combinations that can result, reliably for confirmation. assigning modifications to histone peptides can be diffi- cult. Algorithms have been designed to specifically map Novel sites and types of modifications histone modifications and identify novel sites of modifica- In the last 5 years, a number of novel sites and types tion [18-21]. For unbiased novel PTM type discovery, of PTMs have been discovered. A comprehensive list Chen and colleagues [18] developed PTMap to explore a can be found in Figure 1. The novel types of modifica- wide window of mass shifts in small increments and iden- tions include tyrosine hydroxylation [30], serine and tify unique modifications. It also decreases false positives threonine acetylation [32], lysine crotonylation (Kcr) by scoring unmatched peaks in the MS/MS spectra [18]. [30], lysine N-formylation [33], lysine succinylation Misidentification of novel histone PTMs can come from [34], lysine malonylation [34], lysine propionylation a variety of sources including isobaric mass shifts due to [35], lysine butyrylation [35], O-GlcNAcylation (beta- histone sequence variation or other modifications, sample N-acetylglucosamine) [36-38], lysine 5-hydroxylation preparation, gas phase chemistry within the mass spec- [39] and cysteine glutathionylation [40]. Novel sites in- trometer, and false positives or incorrect database assign- clude Ub [41], phosphorylation [42,43], ADP-ribosylation ments [22]. In the case of methylation, for example, the [44], lysine acetylation and mono-, di- and tri- lysine use of methanol during sample processing can result in methylations [30,45]. The degree of characterization varies methylation of aspartic or glutamic acid [23]. Methyl for each PTM identified; however, there are some interest- transfer within a peptide has also been observed on singly ing findings and themes that emerge. charged peptides in the gas phase, which could ultimately One interesting trend is the prevalence of PTMs result in a false positive methylation site assignment [24]. discovered in new areas of the histone protein. While ca- Modifications can also be lost during sample processing nonical histone Ub is present in the C-termini of H2A or MS analysis due to their chemical, enzymatic and/or and H2B, novel Ub sites have been mapped to the N- MS/MS lability. Histidine phosphorylation was discovered terminus of H2A at H2AK13 and K15. LC-MS/MS on histones in the 1970s [25,26], but has been difficult to analysis confirmed the presence of Ub at both sites, study by MS because it is acid labile and can be lost during which
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