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Proteomic Analyses of Biological Samples by Using Different Mass Spectrometric Strategies
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018) Dinç, Melilke; Yalçın, Talat
The advent of soft ionization techniques MALDI and ESI have opened the doors of mass spectrometry to biological samples. Particularly protein research exploited this opportunity to the utmost that qualitative, quantitative, structural and distributional analyses of proteins have become achievable. Comparison of all expressed proteins belonging to two or more states is defined as differential proteomics and commonly performed either separating the proteins on a gel or separating the peptides in the mixture within a column. In this study, both of these methods were applied to a parasite that causes to the infectious disease, Leishmaniasis. Consequences of the disease become severe when parasite is multiplied in viscera rather than skin. Occurrence of different clinical manifestations is attributed to the variety in species however some species can cause to both such as L.infantum and L.tropica. The purpose of this study was to investigate this duality in L.infantum. Despite originating from two different species, cutaneous leishmaniasis isolates obtained from ten different patients exhibited considerably similar protein profiling on the gels however isolates belonging to five visceral leishmaniasis patients were discriminated from them with regards to protein abundances. Additionally, several differential proteins between cutaneous leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis samples were determined by gel-free approach. Apart from that, another mass spectrometric strategy for the abovementioned distributional analysis namely mass spectrometry imaging was included in the last section. Herein, a method incorporating the application of enzyme with matrix was developed for easy sample preparation to on-tissue digestion and promising results were obtained for a start.
Proteomic Studies and Its Application To Biological Samples Using Mass Spectrometry
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Güray, Melda Zeynep; Yalçın, Talat; Karakaya, Hüseyin Çağlar
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful analytical tool with its application in the field of biological sciences for identification of proteins, defining post-translational modifications, studying protein expression and protein interactions. This thesis presents MS analyses of proteins for defining modifications observed during sample preparation and identification of proteins isolated from clinical samples and microorganisms. The first part of the thesis includes proteomic analysis of antimony resistant L. tropica. The results clearly indicated that the generation of antimony resistance by parasites, either in host organism or in vitro, causes alteration of protein expression levels, and the mechanism of antimony resistance in host organism and in vitro conditions follow different strategies. In the second part of the study, proteomic analysis of Bence Jones proteins isolated from urine of multiple myeloma patients was performed. Gel electrophoresis and MS analysis revealed that the proteins from different patients with different nephrotoxicity have different tendencies to form multimeric structures and contained different type of light chain. In the third part, it was shown that precipitation of proteins in acetone causes +98 u mass artifacts on proteins when analyzed by MS. The parameters affecting the formation of modification was studied and it was revealed that this modification is dependent on solution pH, incubation time and temperature. In the last part, aspartic acid and glutamic acid containing synthetic peptides were shown to be methylated upon incubation in acidified methanol solution. MS analysis revealed that the reaction is dependent on temperature and time and is affected by the type of acid included in methanol solution. All in all, this thesis provides a comprehensive study of proteins by mass spectrometry for identification of proteins from different sources, as well as defining protein modifications observed as artifacts during sample handling in proteomic workflows.

Phd Degree / Doktora

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