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Defining the consequences of genetic variation on a proteome-wide scale

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Chick, Joel M., Munger, Steven C., Simecek, Petr, Huttlin, Edward L., Choi, Kwangbom, Gatti, Daniel M., Raghupathy, Narayanan, Svenson, Karen L. +2 more·2016·Nature

Abstract

Genetic variation modulates protein expression through both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. To characterize the consequences of natural genetic diversity on the proteome, here we combine a multiplexed, mass spectrometry-based method for protein quantification with an emerging outbred mouse model containing extensive genetic variation from eight inbred founder strains. By measuring genome-wide transcript and protein expression in livers from 192 Diversity outbred mice, we identify 2,866 protein quantitative trait loci (pQTL) with twice as many local as distant genetic variants. These data support distinct transcriptional and post-transcriptional models underlying the observed pQTL effects. Using a sensitive approach to mediation analysis, we often identified a second protein or transcript as the causal mediator of distant pQTL. Our analysis reveals an extensive network of direct protein-protein interactions. Finally, we show that local genotype can provide accurate predictions of protein abundance in an independent cohort of collaborative cross mice.

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  • A number of studies have shown that while levels of many proteins are strongly correlated with their transcript levels, with coincident eQTL and pQTL, the correlations for most protein-transcript pairs are modest.

    “A number of studies have now shown that while levels of many proteins are strongly correlated with their transcript levels, with coincident eQTL and protein QTL (pQTL), the correlations for most protein–transcript pairs are modest [51–58].”

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Chick, J. M., Munger, S. C., Simecek, P., Huttlin, E. L., Choi, K., Gatti, D. M., Raghupathy, N., Svenson, K. L., Churchill, G. A., & Gygi, S. P.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Jackson Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author
  • Churchill, Gary A.
  • Gygi, Steven P.
Venue
Nature
Published
2016-06-15
Volume
534
Issue
7608
Pages
500-505
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2434017435
Cited by
361
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 9
FWCI
31.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • The Mouseion at the JAXlibrary (Jackson Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U41HG006673)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA034196)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM 67945, P50GM076468, R01GM067945, R01GM070683)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (F32HD074299)
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Keywords
genetic variation, proteome-wide analysis, protein quantitative trait loci, protein expression, post-transcriptional regulation, transcriptional regulation, mediation analysis, protein-protein interaction, liver transcriptome, Diversity Outbred mice, Collaborative Cross mice, genotype-phenotype prediction, natural genetic variation
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Genotype, Liver, Male, Models, Genetic, RNA, Messenger, Mass Spectrometry, Genetic Variation, Genome, Proteome, Quantitative Trait Loci, Proteomics, Mice, Transcriptome, Protein Interaction Maps

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