Neuroproteomics - Methods and Protocols

Neuroproteomics: Methods and Protocols presents experimental details for applying proteomics to the study of the central nervous system (CNS) and its dysfunction through trauma and disease. The target audience includes clinical or basic scientists who look to apply proteomics to the neurosciences. Often researchers hear of proteomics without an adequate explanation of the methodology and inherent limitations. This volume conveys where proteomic methodology is in its application to CNS research and what results can be expected. We also address clinical translation of neuroproteomics, specifically in the area of biomarker research. The inception of neuroproteomics capitalized on rapid progress in large-molecule mass spectrometry over the last decade. Two seminal advances have spurred research - development of reliable polypeptide ionization processes and bioinformatics to rapidly process tandem mass spectra for peptide identification and quantification. What has followed is the exponential application of mass spectrometry to proteome characteri- tion across biological and biomedical disciplines. Arguably, the most elaborate proteomic implementation is in studying the CNS, the most enigmatic and complex animal system. Neuroscience is characterized by grandiose questions - what is consciousness, how does thought or memory work. Neuroproteomics researchers, however, have pri- rily involved themselves dysfunction, based on a pressing need (and invariably funding), in answering questions on CNS dysfunction, based on a pressing need (and invariably funding), and because such questions hold more accessible answers. Dysfunction is readily contrasted against normal function and presumably produces a lasting differential protein signature.

List of contents

Disease Models in Neuroproteomics.- The Methodology of Neuroproteomics.- Modeling Cerebral Ischemia in Neuroproteomics.- Clinical and Model Research of Neurotrauma.- Neuroproteomic Methods in Spinal Cord Injury.- Modeling Substance Abuse for Applications in Proteomics.- Protein Aggregate Characterization in Models of Neurodegenerative Disease.- Sub-Proteome Separations and Neuroproteomic Analysis.- Sub-Proteome Processing: Isolation of Neuromelanin Granules from the Human Bra.- Proteomic Analysis of Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitination in Alzheimer's Disease.- Proteomics Identification of Carbonylated and HNE-Bound Brain Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease.- Mass Spectrometric Identification of In Vivo Nitrotyrosine Sites in the Human Pituitary Tumor Proteome.- Improved Enrichment and Proteomic Analysis of Brain Proteins with Signaling Function by Heparin Chromatography.- Calmodulin-Binding Proteome in the Bra.- Neuroproteomic Methodology and Bioinformatics.- Separation of the Neuroproteome by Ion Exchange Chromatography.- iTRAQ-Based Shotgun Neuroproteomics.- Methods in Drug Abuse Neuroproteomics: Methamphetamine Psychoproteome.- Shotgun Protein Identification and Quantification by Mass Spectrometry in Neuroproteomics.- Biofluid Analysis and Clinical Translation.- Identification of Glycoproteins in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid.- Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Body Fluids for Biomarker Discovery.- Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers: From Pipeline to Diagnostic Assay Development.- Translation of Neurological Biomarkers to Clinically Relevant Platforms.

Summary

Neuroproteomics: Methods and Protocols presents experimental details for applying proteomics to the study of the central nervous system (CNS) and its dysfunction through trauma and disease. The target audience includes clinical or basic scientists who look to apply proteomics to the neurosciences. Often researchers hear of proteomics without an adequate explanation of the methodology and inherent limitations. This volume conveys where proteomic methodology is in its application to CNS research and what results can be expected. We also address clinical translation of neuroproteomics, specifically in the area of biomarker research. The inception of neuroproteomics capitalized on rapid progress in large-molecule mass spectrometry over the last decade. Two seminal advances have spurred research – development of reliable polypeptide ionization processes and bioinformatics to rapidly process tandem mass spectra for peptide identification and quantification. What has followed is the exponential application of mass spectrometry to proteome characteri- tion across biological and biomedical disciplines. Arguably, the most elaborate proteomic implementation is in studying the CNS, the most enigmatic and complex animal system. Neuroscience is characterized by grandiose questions – what is consciousness, how does thought or memory work. Neuroproteomics researchers, however, have pri- rily involved themselves dysfunction, based on a pressing need (and invariably funding), in answering questions on CNS dysfunction, based on a pressing need (and invariably funding), and because such questions hold more accessible answers. Dysfunction is readily contrasted against normal function and presumably produces a lasting differential protein signature.

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From the reviews:

“This book provides experimental details about animal models for neuroproteomic research, methods for separating and analyzing discrete subcomponents of the neuroproteome, and CNS proteome characterization and quantification, as well as methods that evaluate biofluids and translate neuroproteomic results into clinical platforms. … The authors intend the book for basic and clinical researchers, and it will be of much interest to basic scientists, clinical scientists, and students interested in applying proteomics to the neurosciences.” (Omer Iqbal, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2010)

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From the reviews: "This book provides experimental details about animal models for neuroproteomic research, methods for separating and analyzing discrete subcomponents of the neuroproteome, and CNS proteome characterization and quantification, as well as methods that evaluate biofluids and translate neuroproteomic results into clinical platforms. ... The authors intend the book for basic and clinical researchers, and it will be of much interest to basic scientists, clinical scientists, and students interested in applying proteomics to the neurosciences." (Omer Iqbal, Doody's Review Service, March, 2010)

Product details

• Assisted by: Andre K Ottens (Editor), Andrew K Ottens (Editor), K W Wang (Editor), K W Wang (Editor), Andrew K. Ottens (Editor), Kevin K. W. Wang (Editor), Kevin K.W. Wang (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781617797545
• ISBN: 978-1-61779-754-5
• No. of pages: 321
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 19 mm x 260 mm
• Weight: 821 g
• Illustrations: XI, 321 p. 51 illus.
• Series: Methods in Molecular Biology; Methods in Molecular Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Neurology, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, Neuroscience, Neurosciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Zoology, Neurobiology, Cell Physiology