Issue 3, 2021

Probing the methotrexate–protein interactions by proteomics and thermostability assay for drug resistance study

Abstract

Screening of drug targets is critical to understand the mechanism of action of the drug. The aim of this study is to screen the drug-resistant target proteins of the anticancer drug methotrexate (MTX) by using chemical proteomics and to further study the interaction between MTX and its target protein in vitro and in vivo according to the principle of the increasing thermal stability of the target protein after binding with the drug molecule. The results showed that 21 drug resistance related proteins of MTX including phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) were detected by quantitative proteomics. The expression of PGK1 increased with the prolongation of incubation time of MTX, indicating PGK1 protein is affected by MTX time dependently in cells. Further the results of the study on the interaction between MTX and PGK1 in vitro and in vivo using cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA) showed that the level of PGK1 in MTX-treated groups was higher than that in the control group under the stimulation of higher temperature conditions, indicating that PGK1 has direct interactions with MTX. The present study provided the data and theoretical support for the study of the resistant target proteins of MTX and a novel point for the extension application of MTX.

Graphical abstract: Probing the methotrexate–protein interactions by proteomics and thermostability assay for drug resistance study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Nov. 2020
Accepted
03 Dec. 2020
First published
07 Dec. 2020

Anal. Methods, 2021,13, 411-418

Probing the methotrexate–protein interactions by proteomics and thermostability assay for drug resistance study

W. Zhang, X. Li, X. Zhang, Y. Dong and L. Hu, Anal. Methods, 2021, 13, 411 DOI: 10.1039/D0AY02099K

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