SAT012 In Vivo Mapping Of Subcellular Proteomes In Mice

Disclosure: K. Kim: None. I. Park: None. J. Kim: None. J. Kim: None. H. Rhee: None. J. Suh: None. To facilitate the understanding of metabolic changes associated with aging and disease processes we have developed new in vivo tools that enable tissue-specific profiling of subcellular proteomes. First we describe a method to profile in vivo mitochondrial proteomes utilizing transgenic mice expressing mitoAPEX, a peroxidase-based proximity labeling enzyme containing a mitochondrial matrix targeting sequence. Upon label activating conditions, mitoAPEX rapidly (<1 min) catalyzes production of biotin radicals which biotinylate proteins within a 20 nm radius. Mass analysis of biotinylated proteomes from proximity labeled mitoAPEX mouse tissues confirmed specific and efficient labeling of the mitochondrial proteome and revealed tissue-specific patterns of the matrix proteome. The labeled muscle proteomes from young and old mitoAPEX mice revealed significant changes in the quantity and composition of protein species. Of these, RTN4IP1, was shown to be downregulated in muscle tissue of old mice. However, in contrast to previous reports, our analysis of RTN4IP1 shows RTN4IP1 is localized to the mitochondrial matrix and not the outer membrane. In addition to the mitoAPEX mice, we generated another in vivo proximity labeling tool iSLET (in situ Secretory protein Labeling via ER-anchored TurboID) which labels secretory pathway proteins, via proximity labeling activity by ER lumen targeted TurboID, an engineered biotin ligase. We expressed iSLET in the mouse liver and demonstrate efficient labeling of the liver secreted proteome which could be tracked and identified within circulating blood plasma. We expect mitoAPEX and iSLET mice will facilitate our understanding of mitochondrial function and interorgan communication networks in aging and associated disease processes. Presentation: Saturday, June 17, 2023