Towards the Mechanism of EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in Non-Small Lung Cancer Cells
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Towards the Mechanism of EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in Non-Small Lung Cancer Cells Michael Blank,1 Ryan Bomgarden, 2 John Rogers,2 Ryan Jacobs,3 Jason Fong,3 Neelu Puri,3 Vlad Zabrouskov,1 Rosa Viner1; 1ThermoFisher Scientific, San Jose, CA, USA; 2Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, IL, USA; 3University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford, IL, USA Towards the Mechanism of EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in Non-Small Lung Cancer Cells Michael Blank1; Ryan Bomgarden2; John Rogers2; Ryan Jacobs3; Jason Fong3; Neelu Puri3; Vlad Zabrouskov1; Rosa Viner1 1ThermoFisher Scientific, San Jose, CA; 2Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, IL; 3University of Illinois at Chicago, Rockford, IL 3 FIGURE 3. Quantitative performance of the SPS MS3 fragmentation method on FIGURE 4. Elements of the Erb (A) and WnT (B) Signaling Pathways (KEGG). FIGURE 6. Clustering analysis based on SPS MS TMT quantitation highlighting Liquid Chromatography 2 2 Highlighted in blue are proteins identified and quantified proteins by either MS several patterns in the changes in protein expression between the two cell lines: Overview the Orbitrap Fusion compared to MS HCD fragmentation on the Orbitrap Elite. Samples were eluted by RP-HPLC using a Thermo Scientific™ EASY-nLC™ 1000 Results are the MUDPIT search of two replicate files or SPS methods. Pathway maps are generated by Protein Center 3.9 software H358 versus parental for the four treatment conditions. Purpose: To determine the mechanism of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance nano-flow system connected to a Thermo Scientific™ EASY-Spray™ column, 25 cm × through analysis of differential changes in protein pathway expression levels by liquid 75 µm, Thermo Scientific™ Acclaim™ PepMap™ C18 Column and a 2 cm Acclaim 30000 chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). PepMap100 trap column. Mobile phase A consisted of 0.1% formic acid in water while 27005 A 3 RAB10 3 GFM1 mobile phase B was 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile. A gradient beginning with 5% B EIF3K GSTM3 RAB11A HMGA1 Methods: Parental and tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (Erlotinib) resistant cell lines were 25000 2.5 2.5 EIF5A MCM5 increasing to 25% B over 180 minutes followed by 25% to 40% B over a further 30 APOA1BP treated with Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), Erlotinib, Erlotinib and EGF, or left EIF1AX minutes was employed with a flow rate of 300 nL/min. 2 2 CMPK1 untreated. Samples from each condition were labeled with TMT8plex isobaric tags and 18487 DDB1 PGK2 20000 STRAP GSTO1 analyzed/quantified by LC-MS on two hybrid instruments based on the Thermo Mass Spectrometry 1.5 RAB14 1.5 EEF1B2 Scientific™ Orbitrap™ mass analyzer. RAB1B NME1-NME2 1 EIF3L 1 GALE Spectra were acquired on a an Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap Elite™ hybrid mass 15000 12833 PDCD6IP EEF2 ® ® EIF4B The increased multiplexing capabilities of Tandem Mass Tag (TMT ) EIF3B Results: spectrometer using data-dependent MS/MS acquisition mode. The 15 most intense 0.5 0.5 HDGF labeling enables simultaneous comparison of 8 different treatment conditions. 9953 GRB2 GSTP1 precursors selected from the FT MS1 full scan (resolution 120,000 FWHM) were 10000 EIF2S1 GSTM1 Changes in protein expression ratios between parent and TKI-resistant cell lines were isolated and fragmented by FT MS2 (HCD) at resolution of 30,000@m/z 400. SPS MS3 0 POLE3 0 SF3B3 Untreated EGF Erlotinib EGF + SF3B2 Untreated EGF Erlotinib EGF + TCEB2 observed in several important cell signaling pathways with improved quantitative quantification on the Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap Fusion™ Tribrid™ mass Erlotinib G3BP1 Erlotinib RAB25 5000 2319 accuracy using synchronous precursor selection (SPS) acquisition methods compared spectrometer was performed using an FTMS full scan at 120,000 @ m/z 200 resolution 1507 1494 2112 to higher-energy collision dissociation (HCD) MS2 methods. 2 3 followed by IT MS CID and FT MS HCD (resolution 60000 @ m/z 200) on a total of 10 fragments from the MS2 spectra2. 0 Identified Quantified Identified Quantified 3 API5 3 RAN Introduction Data Analysis EIF3G GNB2L1 Protein Groups Unique Peptides PSMs CSDA PIN1 While tyrosine kinase inhibitors against Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) 2.5 GDI1 2.5 GNA13 Spectral data files were analyzed using Thermo Scientific™ Proteome Discoverer™ 1.4 © 2012 Kanehisa Laboratories MCM6 RAC1 have positive therapeutic effects in a subset of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) ® Orbitrap Elite HCD MS2 Orbitrap Fusion SPS MS3 RBBP4 ABCE1 software using the SEQUEST HT search engine, constrained with a precursor mass 2 MCM3 2 GDI2 patients, their clinical efficacies are limited due to the development of TKI resistance. EIF4A3 EIF3I tolerance of 10 ppm and fragment mass tolerance of 0.02 Da (0.8 Da for CID TAX1BP3 1.5 1.5 RPN1 To study the mechanism of TKI resistance, two NSCLC Erlotinib-resistant cell lines B SRSF7 GSTK1 identification using SPS). Carbamidomethylation (+57.021 Da) for cysteine and TMT Relative Quantitation Using TMT8plex Reagents PFKM GSTA1 NSFL1C were established. To identify differences in protein expression between parental and 1 1 BTF3 isobaric labeling (+229.162 Da) for lysine and N-terminus residues were treated as SH3BGRL drug-resistant cells after EGF and/or Erlotinib treatment, the high multiplexing The use of TMT6plex reagents with two additional isotope variants of the TMT6-127 KHSRP PRPS2 static modifications while methionine oxidation (+15.996 Da) and deamidation of EEF1A1 4,5 0.5 EIF6 0.5 capabilities of TMT reagents and MS analysis were utilized. Various pathways and TMT6-129 enabled the simultaneous comparison of relative protein abundances IQGAP1 CSNK2A1 asparagine and glutamine (+0.984 Da) were considered as variable peptide EIF1B EIF4H implicated in drug-resistance were examined in the context of expression differences ® in response to EGF stimulation, exposure to a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, or both. Using 0 EIF3A 0 TSTD1 modifications. Data was searched against a Swiss-Prot complete human database EEF1A2 Untreated EGF Erlotinib EGF + FUBP1 Untreated EGF Erlotinib EGF + in key proteins using ion trap/Orbitrap mass spectrometer hybrids with a new 3 the Orbitrap Elite mass spectrometer, almost 1500 protein groups and 10,000 unique MCM2 NMT1 with a 1% FDR criteria using Percolator . Erlotinib PACSIN2 Erlotinib EIF2S2 synchronous precursor selection (SPS) MS3 fragmentation/quantitation method. peptides were able to be identified, with a quantitation rate exceeding 99% at the Pathway analysis/protein profiling was performed using Thermo Scientific™ peptide level employing HCD MS2 quantitation/fragmentation (Figure 3). This enabled ProteinCenter™ 3.9 software. The TMT8plex quantification method within Proteome the partial mapping of numerous important extra-cellular signaling pathways as well as Methods Discoverer 1.4 software was used to calculate the reporter ratios with mass tolerance those associated with cancer from the KEGG™ reference set with corresponding Conclusion TABLE 1: Response of the H358 and Parental cells to treatment versus the Sample Preparation ±10 ppm without applying the isotopic correction factors. A protein ratio was expressed relative abundance information (Figure 4A). untreated controls using quantitative information from the SPS MS3 method on . TMT labeling with additional isobaric tags allows for the simultaneous as a median value of the ratios for all quantifiable spectra of the peptides pertaining to Two NSCLC cell lines (H2170 and H358) were established with resistance to the Repeating the MS analysis with the enhanced capabilities of the Orbitrap Fusion mass the Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer. A 1.5-fold change up or down was used quantification of protein expression ratios under numerous experimental that protein5. EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Erlotinib, exhibiting a 4-5 fold higher IC50 than the spectrometer resulted in a substantial increase in identified protein groups using the as the threshold for differences in regulation. conditions when coupled with the high resolution/accurate mass of the Orbitrap parent cell line1. Parental and drug-resistant NSCLC cell lines were left untreated or new SPS functionality (Figure 3). We identified nearly13,000 unique peptides instrument. treated with EGF or 10µM Erlotinib alone, or treated with both EGF and Erlotinib, for Results corresponding to over 2300 protein groups (a 40% increase over previous Quantifiable Proteins . The enhanced identification rate of the Orbitrap Fusion instrument coupled with 2.5 minutes. After reduction and alkylation, proteins from the eight conditions were Immunoblot Analysis performance) with a quantitation rate above 90%. This resulted in increased coverage the improved accuracy of quantitation using the SPS MS3 method enables digested with trypsin and then labeled with Thermo Scientific TMT6plex reagents plus of the pathways of interest to better understand of the impact of EGF stimulation and Parental H358 markedly improved pathway profiling. two 13C/15N isotope variants of the TMT6-127 and TMT6-129 reagents according to Targeted antibodies revealed little change in the degree of mTOR, EGFR, S6 kinase, Erlotinib treatment upon the H358 NSCLC cell line. Down No Up Down No Up 2 3 the manufacture’s protocol. The peptides were then combined and analyzed by LC/MS ERK, and β-actin expression between the parental and drug-resistant cell lines under EGF Erlotinib . MS and SPS MS methods resulted in similar protein expression trends, but the Even without treatment, we found evidence of marked upregulation of HER2/erbB26 in Regulated Change Regulated Regulated Change Regulated (Figure 1). Immunoblotting using antibodies against phospho-EGFR, EGFR, mTOR, all treatment conditions (Figure 2A). Autophosphorylation of EGFR was noticeably SPS method yields a larger dynamic range of protein expression ratios resulting the H358 erlotinib-resistant cell line. HER2/erbB2 is a closely related receptor tyrosine phospho-mTOR, S6 kinase, phospho-S6 kinase, phospho-ERK and ERK was also suppressed in the H358 cell line, while p-mTOR (S2448) and its downstream signaling + - 102 1804 126 62 1801 248 in significantly more identified up or down regulated proteins. kinase to EGFR/erbB1 which can activate the classical MAPK pathway or other performed.