NEW LungMAP publication:Time-resolved Proteome Profiling

Friday, April 20, 2018

Time-resolved Proteome Profiling of Normal Lung Development

Biochemical networks mediating normal lung morphogenesis and function have important implications for ameliorating morbidity and mortality in premature infants. While several transcript-level studies have examined normal lung development, corresponding protein-level analyses are lacking. Here we performed proteomics analysis of murine lungs from embryonic to early adult ages to identify the molecular networks mediating normal lung development. We identified 8,932 proteins providing a deep and comprehensive view of the lung proteome. Analysis of the proteomics data revealed discrete modules and the underlying regulatory and signaling network modulating their expression during development. Our data support the cell proliferation that characterizes early lung development, highlights responses of the lung to exposure to a non-sterile oxygen rich ambient environment, and the important role of lipid (surfactant) metabolism in lung development. Comparison of dynamic regulation of proteomic and recent transcriptomic analyses identified biological processes under post-transcriptional control. Our study provides a unique proteomic resource for understanding normal lung formation and function and can be freely accessed at Lungmap.net.

 

Read the new cross center collaborative publication in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 

Authors: Moghieb A, Clair G, Mitchell H, Kitzmiller JA, Zink EM, Kim YM, Petyuk V, Shukla AK, Moore RJ, Metz TO, Carson JP, McDermott JE, Corley RA, Whitsett JA, Ansong C.