INKA, an integrative analysis pipeline for inference of hyperactive phosphokinases in mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics data
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ABSTRACT: As a large proportion of current targeted cancer therapies is based on specific (tyrosine) kinase inhibitors, uncovering the identity of hyperactive kinases at work in tumors is crucial for proper treatment selection. A major challenge in phosphoproteomic data analysis is to relate kinases to the extent and magnitude of their phosphorylation 'footprint', and to rank them accordingly in order to single out kinases that are crucial for tumor growth in individual patients. Previous approaches have either zeroed in on phosphorylation of kinases themselves as a read-out of kinase activity, or focused on inferring kinase activities from the phosphorylation of their (supposed) substrates. Here, we combine both kinase-centric and substrate-centric analyses. We present a computational pipeline called Integrative Inferred Kinase Activity (INKA) scoring that integrates the observed abundance of phosphopeptides derived from (i) kinases as a whole, (ii) their kinase activation loop segments, (iii) proteins deduced to be kinase substrates based on prior experimental knowledge of kinase-substrate relationships, and/or (iv) kinase substrates predicted by the sequence motif- and network-based NetworKIN algorithm. As a proof of concept, applying this pipeline to the analysis of phosphoproteomic data on seven different oncogene-driven cancer cell lines highlighted the high, top ranking inferred activity of known driver kinases in these cells. This demonstrates the potential of label-free MS-based phosphoproteomics combined with dedicated data analysis for identifying (hyper)active kinases that, in potential future applications to tumors, may be selected for targeted inhibition in a personalized treatment setting.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Blood Cell, Epithelial Cell
SUBMITTER: Sander Piersma
LAB HEAD: Connie Ramona Jimenez
PROVIDER: PXD006616 | Pride | 2019-04-18
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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