Pharmacoproteomic Approach by Quantitative Targeted Proteomics

Abstract

  Omics analyses provided many candidates for drug targets and biomarkers. However, these analyses have not contributed to drug development efficiently because of top-down omics analyses. To solve this problem, we have recently developed quantitative targeted proteomics with multiplexed-multiple reaction monitoring (multiplexed-MRM) method, which enables us to perform bottom-up proteomics. In this method, the target proteins for quantification are selected prior to analysis based on the knowledge related to interesting phenomena. Target peptides for quantification are selected only from sequence information, so time-consuming procedures such as antibody preparation and protein purification are unnecessary. In this review, we introduce the technical features of multiplexed-MRM method as novel protein quantification method, and summarize its advantages with reference to recently reported results, including species differences, in vitro-to-in vivo reconstruction and personalized chemotherapy. This novel simultaneous protein quantification method overcomes problems of antibody-based quantification and would open new drug research based of protein as “Pharmacoproteomics”.