Inference of predictive phospho-regulatory networks from LC-MS/MS phosphoproteomics data.

Vlaic S, Altwasser R, Kupfer P, Nilsson CL, Emmett M, Meyer-Baese A, Guthke R (2015) Inference of predictive phospho-regulatory networks from LC-MS/MS phosphoproteomics data. In: INSTICC, Portugal (eds.) Communications in Computer and Information Science BIOINFOMATICS 2016 - 7th Int. Conf. Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms, Rome, Italy, 02/21/2016-02/23/2016, 3, pp. 85-91.Springer. ISBN: 978-989-758-17.

Abstract

In the field of transcriptomics data the automated inference of predictive gene regulatory networks from high-throughput data is a common approach for the identification of novel genes with potential therapeutic value. Sophisticated methods have been developed that extensively make use of diverse sources of prior-knowledge to obtain biologically relevant hypotheses. Transferring such concepts to the field of phosphoproteomics data has the potential to reveal new insights into phosphorylation-related signaling mechanisms. In this study we conceptually adapt the TILAR network inference algorithm for the inferenceof a phospho-regulatory network. Therefore, we use published phosphoproteomics data of WP1193 treated and IL6-stimulated glioblastoma stem cells under normoxic and hypoxic condition. Peptides corresponding to 21 differentially phosphorylated proteins were used for network inference. Topological analysis of the phospho-regulatory network suggests lamin B2 (LMNB2) and spectrin, beta, non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1) as potential hub-proteins associated with the alteration of phosphorylation under the observed conditions. Altogether, our results show that inference of phospho-regulatory networks can aid in the understanding of complex molecular mechanisms and cellular processes of biological systems.

Leibniz-HKI-Authors

Robert Altwasser
Reinhard Guthke
Peter Kupfer
Sebastian Vlaic

Identifier

doi: 10.5220/0005743000850091