STAR Protocols (Dec 2021)

Protocol for cell type-specific labeling, enrichment, and proteomic profiling of plasma proteins in mice

  • Wei Wei,
  • Nicholas M. Riley,
  • Xuchao Lyu,
  • Carolyn R. Bertozzi,
  • Jonathan Z. Long

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
p. 101014

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Summary: Secreted polypeptides represent a fundamental axis of intercellular communication. Here, we present a protocol for the cell type-specific biotinylation, enrichment, and proteomic profiling of secreted plasma proteins directly in mice. This protocol uses conditional “turn-on” adeno-associated viruses expressing an endoplasmic reticulum-targeted biotin ligase to globally biotinylate proteins of the secretory pathway in a cell type-specific manner. Biotinylated secreted proteins can be directly purified from blood plasma and analyzed by SDS-PAGE gel or shotgun proteomics.For complete information on the generation and use of this protocol, please refer to Wei et al. (2021).

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