Update on virtual-experimental 2DE approach in chromosome-centric human proteome project

In the boundaries of chromosome-centric Human Proteome Project c-HPP to obtain information about proteoforms coded by chromosome 18, several cell lines were analyzed. In our study we have been using proteoform separation by 2DE (sectional analysis) and semi-virtual 2DE with following shotgun mass-spectrometry using LC ESI-MS/MS. Previously, we published a first draft of this research, where only HepG2 cells were used. Here, next step was done using liver, glioblastoma, fibroblasts, kidney cells and plasma. Altogether, confident (2 significant sequences minimum) information about proteoforms coded by ~80 genes was obtained. The 3D-graphs showing distribution of different proteoforms from the same gene in 2D map were generated. Additionally, semi-virtual 2DE approach allowed for detecting more proteoforms and estimate their pI more precisely