Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: Proteolytic inactivation of CXCL12 in the lungs and circulation of COVID-19 patients
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04870-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Proteolytic processing of CXCL12 in BAL fluid. Recombinant human CXCL12(1-68) (250 ng) was spiked in 20 µL of BAL fluid from (A–D) COVID-19 patients, grouped according to the proteolytic activity in their BAL fluid (n = 9–12), (E,F) stable lung transplantation patients (n = 6), or (G,H) the non-affected lung of lung cancer patients (n = 4) and incubated for 3 h at 37 °C. A,C,E,G Immediately after spiking (without incubation) and (B,D,F,H) after 3 h of incubation at 37 °C, CXCL12 proteolysis was determined by ISTAMPA. ISTAMPA included a 30-min pre-purification at room temperature (RT) of the CXCL12 proteoforms before nano-LC-MS/MS analysis. Only those proteoforms that were detected at least once were included in the graphs. Total CXCL12 was below the detection limit in 4 out of the 12 samples with high proteolytic activity after 3 h of incubation. CXCL12 proteoforms were presented according to their relative abundance in the sample, expressed as percentage of total CXCL12. Data are shown as dots, representing individual patient samples, in a bar graph, indicating the mean ± SEM
Article Snippet: Afterward, 0.25 μg/mL biotinylated polyclonal rabbit anti-human CXCL12 antibodies (#500-P87ABT; PeproTech) with HRP-conjugated streptavidin (R&D Systems) were employed for detection.
Techniques: Recombinant, Activity Assay, Transplantation Assay, Incubation, Purification, Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectroscopy