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Monitoring protein communities and their responses to therapeutics

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery volume 19, pages 414–426 (2020)Cite this article

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Most therapeutics are designed to alter the activities of proteins. From metabolic enzymes to cell surface receptors, connecting the function of a protein to a cellular phenotype, to the activity of a drug and to a clinical outcome represents key mechanistic milestones during drug development. Yet, even for therapeutics with exquisite specificity, the sequence of events following target engagement can be complex. Interconnected communities of structural, metabolic and signalling proteins modulate diverse downstream effects that manifest as interindividual differences in efficacy, adverse effects and resistance to therapy. Recent advances in mass spectrometry proteomics have made it possible to decipher these complex relationships and to understand how factors such as genotype, cell type, local environment and external perturbations influence them. In this Review, we explore how proteomic technologies are expanding our understanding of protein communities and their responses to large- and small-molecule therapeutics.

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Fig. 1: Proteins function within multiple protein communities.
Fig. 2: Protein communities from the prism of mass spectrometry-based proteomics.
Fig. 3: Proteomic approaches for basic biology and drug discovery.

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Mass spectrometry (MS)-based quantification approach, in which labelled peptides from multiple samples are mixed together and analysed by mass spectrometer. Upon peptide fragmentation, reporter ions of different masses are released from the isobaric tags, and their relative intensities are measured within individual MS2/MS3 scan events.

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Budayeva, H.G., Kirkpatrick, D.S. Monitoring protein communities and their responses to therapeutics. Nat Rev Drug Discov 19, 414–426 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41573-020-0063-y

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