NicheProt: Cell-type-resolved proteomics of mouse spleen tissue compartments

This dataset contains proteomic analyses that validate the spatial proteomic technology, NicheProt, and its application to investigate dendritic cell phenotypes in inflammed mouse spleens. NicheProt is a 3D optical microscopy-guided, photobleaching-mediated cell barcoding approach to isolate intact cell types from specific microanatomical niches. Integrating with sequential bottom-up LC-MS/MS analysis we identified two distinct CD11c⁺ dendritic cell phenotypes defined by their spatial distribution. These compartment-specific populations displayed differential expression of 54 proteins. This approach enables cell-type and microregion-resolved proteomic insights, revealing previously unrecognized cell subtypes and their roles within distinct tissue compartments.