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Multiomic deep delve of synthesis and secretion processes in a model peptidergic system

Barez-Lopez, S.·Mecawi, A. S.·Bryan, N.·Gillard, B. T.·Pauza, A. G.·Murphy, D.·Greenwood, M. P.
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The cell bodies of hypothalamic magnocellular neurones are densely packed in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) whereas their axons project to the anatomically discrete posterior pituitary gland. We have taken advantage of this unique anatomical structure to establish proteome and phosphoproteome dynamics in neuronal cell bodies and axonal terminals in response to physiological stimulation. We have found that proteome and phosphoproteome responses are very different between somatic and axonal neuronal compartments, indicating the need of each cell domain to differentially adapt. In particular, changes in the phosphoproteome in the cell body are involved in the reorganisation of the cytoskeleton and in axonal terminals the regulation of synaptic and secretory processes. We have identified that prohormone precursors including vasopressin and oxytocin are phosphorylated in axonal terminals and become hyperphosphorylated following stimulation. By multi-omic integration of transcriptome and proteomic data we identify changes to proteins present in afferent inputs to this nucleus. Graphical abstract O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=152 SRC="FIGDIR/small/494122v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (40K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@adc36org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@ff7d0corg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@16abd16org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@a41e3d_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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Barez-Lopez, S., Mecawi, A. S., Bryan, N., Gillard, B. T., Pauza, A. G., Murphy, D., Greenwood, M. P.. 2022-05-31. Multiomic deep delve of synthesis and secretion processes in a model peptidergic system. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.31.494122

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