Application of Reducible Covalent Capture Purification for Resolving Persulfidome and Nucleolin S-Sulfhydration

Anal Chem. 2024 Sep 3;96(35):14186-14196. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02717. Epub 2024 Aug 22.

Abstract

Protein S-sulfhydration involves the regulation of various protein functions, and resolving the S-sulfhydrated proteome (persulfidome) allows for a deeper exploration of various redox regulations. Therefore, we designed a reducible covalent capture method for isolating S-sulfhydrated proteins, which can analyze the persulfidome in biological samples and monitor specific S-sulfhydrated proteins. In this study, we applied this method to reveal the S-sulfhydration levels of proteins, including 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde dehydrogenase, NFκB/p65, and nucleolin. Furthermore, this technique can be used to enrich S-sulfhydrated peptides, aiding in the determination of protein S-sulfhydration modification sites. Finally, we observed that the S-sulfhydration and oxidation of nucleolin on the C543 residue correlate with its nuclear translocation, downstream regulation of p53, Bcl-xL, and Bcl-2 RNA levels and protein expression, as well as the protective function against oxidative stress. Therefore, this method may facilitate the understanding of the regulation of protein function by redox perturbation.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Nucleolin*
  • Oxidation-Reduction*
  • Phosphoproteins* / analysis
  • Phosphoproteins* / chemistry
  • Phosphoproteins* / metabolism
  • Proteome / analysis
  • Proteome / chemistry
  • RNA-Binding Proteins* / isolation & purification
  • RNA-Binding Proteins* / metabolism

Substances

  • Nucleolin
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Proteome