Phosphoproteomic profiling highlights CDC42 and CDK2 as key players in the regulation of the TGF-β pathway in ALMS1 and BBS1 knockout models

BACKGROUND The primary cilium is a sensory organelle that extends from the plasma membrane. It plays a vital role in physiological and developmental processes by controlling different signalling pathways such as WNT, Sonic hedgehog (SHh), and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β). Ciliary dysfunction has been related to different pathologies such as Alström (ALMS) or Bardet-Biedl (BBS) syndrome. The leading cause of death in adults with these syndromes is chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is characterised by fibrotic and inflammatory processes often involving the TGF-β pathway. METHODS Using genomic editing with CRISPR-CAS9 and phosphoproteomics we have studied the TGF-β signalling pathway in knockout (KO) models for ALMS1 and BBS1 genes. We have developed a network diffusion-based analysis pipeline to expand the data initially obtained and to be able to determine which processes were deregulated in TGF-β pathway. Finally, we have analysed protein-protein and kinase-substrate interactions to prioritise candidate genes in the regulation of the TGF-β pathway in ALMS and BBS. RESULTS Analysis of differentially phosphorylated proteins identified 10 candidate proteins in the ALMS1 KO model and 41 in the BBS1 KO model. After network expansion using a random walk with a restart algorithm, we were able to identify the TGF-β signalling pathway together with other related processes such as endocytosis in the case of ALMS1 or the regulation of the extracellular matrix in BBS1. Protein interaction analyses demonstrated the involvement of CDC42 as a central protein in the interactome in ALMS1 and CDK2 in the case of BBS1. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the depletion of ALMS1 and BBS1 affects the TGF-β signalling pathway, conditioning the phosphorylation and activation of several proteins, including CDC42 in the case of ALMS1 and CDK2 in the case of BBS1.

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