Impact of IRP deficiency on the proteome of Ly6G+ cells from the bone marrow in mice

The overall objective of the project is to evaluate the effects of loss of function of iron regulatory proteins (IRP1, encoded by Aco1)-1 and -2 (IRP2, encoded by Ireb2) during adult life. Mice carrying floxed Aco1 and Ireb2 alleles were crossed to a knockin strain expressing a tamoxifen-inducible CRE recombinase under the control of the Rosa26 promoter. The resulting Aco1flox/flox,Ireb2flox/flox,Rosa26+/CreERT2 mice are designated P1/2-KO; littermates lacking the CreER sequence (Aco1flox/flox,Ireb2flox/flox,Rosa26+/+) serve as reference and are designated P1/2-CTR. Adult mice were injected (i.p.) with tamoxifen on day 1 and day 3 to ablate the IRPs in the whole body, and were sacrificed on day 10 for analysis. Bone marrow cells were collected and LY6G+ cells were magnetically sorted for proteome analysis by LC-MS/MS using an Ultimate 3000 UPLC system connected to an Orbitrap Exploris 480 mass spectrometer.