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                                                                                                                          Microbial
                                                                                                                                Ecology
           Metaproteomics: A New Approach for Studying Functional
           Microbial Ecology
           Pierre-Alain Maron, Lionel Ranjard, Christophe Mougel and Philippe Lemanceau
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           UMRMicrobiologie et Geochimie des Sols, INRA/Universite de Bourgogne, CMSE, BP 86510, 17 rue de Sully, 21065, Dijon Cedex, France
           Received: 17 November 2006 / Accepted: 26 November 2006 / Online publication: 13 March 2007
           Abstract                                                                    be an integrative science with strong interconnections
           In the postgenomic era, there is a clear recognition of the                 between systematics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular
           limitations of nucleic acid-based methods for getting                       biology, physiology, modeling, paleobiology, soil science,
           information on functions expressed by microbial com-                        parasitology, epidemiology, etc., with important food,
           munities in situ. In this context, the large-scale study of                 public health, and environmental implications. Microbial
           proteins expressed by indigenous microbial communities                      ecology can be considered apart from Bclassical^ ecology
           (metaproteome) should provide information to gain                           by the specifics of the organisms involved. The small size
           insights into the functioning of the microbial component                    of microorganisms, the difficulty defining bacterial
           in ecosystems. Characterization of the metaproteome is                      species and the huge genetic/metabolic diversity among
           expected to provide data linking genetic and functional                     them in the various environments they colonize [50] led
           diversity of microbial communities. Studies on the                          to the development of specific concepts and methodo-
           metaproteome together with those on the metagenome                          logical approaches for elucidating the role of microbes in
           and the metatranscriptome will contribute to progress in                    ecosystem functioning. Analysis of historical and recent
           our knowledge of microbial communities and their                            advances in microbial ecology shows a Bstep-by-step^
           contribution in ecosystem functioning. Effectiveness of                     evolution managed by methodological developments
           the metaproteomic approach will be improved as                              ([8], Fig. 1).
           increasing metagenomic information is made available                             In the 1960s, the most comprehensive studies
           thanks to the environmental sequencing projects cur-                        focused on monoxenic cultures lacking interactions
           rently running. More specifically, analysis of metapro-                      between microorganisms and between microorganisms
           teome in contrasted environmental situations should                         and their habitat. In the 1980s, one of the first advances
           allow (1) tracking new functional genes and metabolic                       was to take into consideration not only single organisms
           pathways and (2) identifying proteins preferentially                        but density, diversity, and activity of microbial popula-
           associated with specific stresses. These proteins consid-                    tions isolated from natural environments. This was
           ered as functional bioindicators should contribute, in the                  initiated by Brock (1987) [5] who stated that the
           future, to help policy makers in defining strategies for                     properties of an organism cultivated in the laboratory
           sustainable management of our environment.                                  may not necessary reflect its activity and physiology in
                                                                                       the environment where factors such as resource com-
                                                                                       petition, environmental heterogeneity, predation, and
                                                                                       other interactions are prevalent. In the 1990s, many
           Past, Present, and Future Prospects                                         studies were dedicated to this type of approach and
           Microbial ecology is a scientific domain derived (40 years                   provided the basis for understanding the microbial
           ago) from medicine and agronomy by the need to                              world and its role in ecosystem functioning. However,
           elucidate relationships between microbes and their                          the statements made by Bakken (1985) [3]andAmann
           natural habitats (soil, water, sediments, rhizosphere,                      et al. (1995) [1] that more than 90% of the micro-
           alimentary canal...). Soil microbial ecology is known to                    organisms in the environment are not cultivable
                                                                                       highlighted the limit of culture-dependent approaches
                                                                                       to describe natural diversity and that most of the
           Correspondence to: Philippe Lemanceau; E-mail: lemanceau@dijon.inra.fr      microbial diversity remained unexplored. Faced with
           486                                 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9196-8 & Volume 53, 486–493 (2007) & * Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2007
                                      P.-A. MARON ET AL.: METAPROTEOMICS: A NEW APPROACH FOR STUDYING FUNCTIONAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 487
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                                      this major limitation, Pace et al. (1985) [34]introduced                                                                                                                          evolution of uncultured microorganisms. However, indi-
                                      a cultivation-independent approach based on the ex-                                                                                                                               cations of genetic potential does not contribute to the
                                      traction, amplification, cloning, and characterization of                                                                                                                          elucidation of the functionality (level of expression of the
                                      rDNA genes directly from natural environments.                                                                                                                                    genetic potential) (Fig. 2) of microbial communities in
                                                  Beginning with these early works, many efforts have                                                                                                                   ecosystems [8, 45, 50, 52].
                                      been dedicated to developing molecular methods to                                                                                                                                             Different methods have been developed to discrimi-
                                      characterizemicrobialinformationcontainedinthenucleic                                                                                                                             nate active populations from quiescent ones in natural
                                      acids extracted from environmental samples [1, 20]. These                                                                                                                         habitats by incorporation of labeled markers in microbial
                                      developments enabled the characterization of variations of                                                                                                                        biomass such as 13C (DNA-Stable isotope probing meth-
                                      the microbial community structure and diversity in mul-                                                                                                                           ods [41]), or BrdU [4]. However, these approaches only
                                      tiple situations allowing the identification of populations                                                                                                                        provide limited information on the populations associated
                                      preferentially associated with environmental perturbations                                                                                                                        with a specific process rather than a complete description
                                      (for review, see [44]). Further methodological progress                                                                                                                           of their functional role within a Bcommunity^. Bioinfor-
                                      allowed the cloning and sequencing of large genome frag-                                                                                                                          matic data acquired over the last 20 years on putative
                                      ments (about 40 kb) from microbial communities of a                                                                                                                               functional genes allows the design of primers and probes
                                      planktonic marine archaeon [49]. This work provided the                                                                                                                           to target specific functional communities in complex
                                      first glimpse into content and diversity of marine archae                                                                                                                          environments. The design of such primers enables
                                      but was also the first example of the feasibility of meta-                                                                                                                         (1) the quantification of gene copy number [real time
                                      genome characterization [collective genome from all                                                                                                                               polymerase chain reaction (PCR)] and (2) the character-
                                      (micro-) organisms present in an ecosystem] [46]. Recent                                                                                                                          ization of polymorphism(s) of functional gene(s). These
                                      advances in high-throughput screening and sequencing                                                                                                                              studies performed at the DNA level can be further linked
                                      facilitate this type of study and have provided the majority                                                                                                                      to measurement of the corresponding activities [27].
                                      of DNA sequences now found in databases. Metagenomic                                                                                                                              However, this integrated approach is restricted to a
                                      approaches provide new insights into genetic diversity and                                                                                                                        limited number of functions (denitrification, nitrification,
          488                                          P.-A. MARON ET AL.: METAPROTEOMICS: A NEW APPROACH FOR STUDYING FUNCTIONAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
                            Figure 2. Schematic representation of the FMeta_ levels in the ecology of microbial communities.
          and methane oxidation) for which genes involved in each          which represents the last and crucial step toward our
          step of the metabolic pathway are known and sufficiently          understanding of metabolome regulation (collective
          conserved to allow the design of consensus primers.              metabolites from all microorganisms present in an
          Furthermore, the presence of a gene within populations           ecosystem [12]) (Fig. 2). The aim of this position paper
          of a given Bfunctional community^ does not necessarily           is to stress the relevance of metaproteome analysis in
          mean that it is expressed in the habitat.                        (1) describing new functional genes and (2) relating
              In the postgenomic era, a major challenge is to              genetic and taxonomic diversity to the functionality of
          elucidate the functional role of the metagenome by               microbial communities in complex environments.
          linking genetic structure and diversity of microbial
          communities with their functions. To fulfill this chal-
          lenge, advances in the understanding of the evolution of         Onthe Track of Metaproteomics?
          microorganisms must be achieved by developing new
          approaches(Fig.1). Databases also include putative func-         Proteomics, Bthe large-scale study of proteins expressed
          tional gene sequences from microbial groups which have           by an organism^ [54], truly emerged in the middle of the
          yet to be cultivated in isolation in the laboratory. Until       1970s, when scientists started to map protein expression
          we manage to grow them, progress in our knowledge of             using the newly developed two-dimensional (2-D) gel
          their functions in complex environments can only be              electrophoresis [29]. By applying the 2-D technique, it
          achieved by untargeted culture-independent character-            became possible to separate proteins from complex
          ization of their functionality. As shown in Fig. 2,              mixtures of cellular extracts into individual polypeptides,
          microbial functionality can be characterized either by           thus, allowing the analysis of bacterial response to
          the analysis of transcripts (metranscriptome: collective         various growth conditions [38]. However, protein iden-
          RNA from all microorganisms present in an ecosystem)             tification was time consuming and tedious due to the
          and/or proteins (metaproteome: collective proteins from          lack of sensitive and fast sequencing technologies for
          all microorganisms present in an ecosystem [45]). So far,        protein analysis. From the 1990s, proteomics has been
          major limitations related to the short half-life of RNA,         made advanced, thanks to the development of high-
          difficulty in eliminating humic acids during the extrac-          efficiency peptide ionization methods in mass spectrom-
          tion process, differential transcription kinetics of similar     etry (MS), allowing rapid and highly sensitive protein
          genes in different populations, low correlation between          identification [36, 56]. In parallel, progress was made in
          RNA levels and synthesis of the corresponding proteins           bioinformatic tools and in their adaptation to the
          have hampered the study of the metatranscriptome of              analysis of information from 2-D gels and MS, making
          indigenous microbial communities [17, 58].                       possible (1) the identification of proteins by database
              These limitations, together with progress in protein         searching with MS information [35], (2) the character-
          analysis (see below), have stimulated interest in meta-          ization of the corresponding genes by reverse genetics
          proteome characterization. The term Bmetaproteomics^             [22], and(3)thedeterminationofproteinposttranslational
          was first proposed by Wilmes and Bond (2004) [55]as               modifications [2]. Over the last decade, the advances in
          Bthe large-scale characterization of the entire protein          proteomic technologies, together with the sequencing of
          complement of environmental microbiota at a given                an increasing number of complete genomes of different
          point in time^. As proteins, and more precisely enzymes,         microorganisms, provide the opportunity to link phylog-
          are involved in biotransformation processes, metapro-            eny with the function of microorganisms. In this context,
          teome analysis constitutes a suitable way to characterize        the proteomic characterization of model organisms
          the dynamics of microbial function in a holistic way,            currently being sequenced further facilitates the descrip-
                            P.-A. MARON ET AL.: METAPROTEOMICS: A NEW APPROACH FOR STUDYING FUNCTIONAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY                                                                                                                                                               489
                            tion of those physiological pathways involved in various                                                                               environmental matrix to the resolution of their diversity
                            functions and interactions within and between organisms                                                                                and their identification (Fig. 3).
                            such as symbiosis [14], pathogenicity [28], antibiotic                                                                                          As with in situ nucleic acid-based studies, the most
                            resistance [6], and adaptation to stresses [16, 51].                                                                                   crucial step in the metaproteome analysis is ensuring that
                                      These studies stress the relevance of proteome                                                                               the quality and quantity of the proteins extracted are
                            analysis for investigating global modifications in genome                                                                               representative of the sample. This is particularly true for
                            expression of prokaryotic organisms and to progress in                                                                                 environmental proteomic studies because of the com-
                            our knowledge of those processes that regulate gene                                                                                    plexity of indigenous microbial communities, the het-
                            expression. However, these investigations have largely                                                                                 erogeneity of natural environments, especially soil, and
                            been performed under laboratory conditions, at the                                                                                     the presence of interfering compounds (phenolic com-
                            organism level, without taking into account the biotic                                                                                 pounds, humic acids...) making difficult the extraction of
                            (among microorganisms) and abiotic (microorganisms                                                                                     a suitable protein fraction for analysis. The extraction
                            with their natural habitat) interactions governing the                                                                                 strategy varies according to the targeted protein fraction
                            ecology of microbial communities in situ. Therefore, new                                                                               (i.e., procaryota/eucaryota, extracellular/cell associated)
                            approaches are needed for in situ characterization of the                                                                              and by the subsequent methods of protein analysis
                            global protein expression at the population, or more                                                                                   (i.e., 2-D comparative protein maps or measurement/
                            widely, at the community level. The main challenge of                                                                                  detection of specific polypeptides or enzymatic activities).
                            environmental proteomics is to map proteins (proteo-                                                                                   Recently, Schulze et al. (2004) [47] characterized extra-
                            typing) extracted from indigenous microbial communi-                                                                                   cellular proteins isolated from dissolved organic matter
                            ties and identify in an untargeted way new physiological                                                                               in different environments and showed that the relative
                            pathways and their associated coding genes.                                                                                            proportion of the proteins originating from bacteria
                                                                                                                                                                   varied from 78% in lake water to less than 50% in a
                                                                                                                                                                   forest soil solution.
                            HowtoDoIt?                                                                                                                                      For an exhaustive recovery of environmental pro-
                                                                                                                                                                   teins (cellular + extracellular), organisms may be lyzed
                            Metaproteome analysis of soil microbial communities                                                                                    directly in the environmental matrix before purification,
                            implies the development of different technical steps,                                                                                  quantification, and analysis [30–32, 48, 55]. This strate-
                            from the extraction of microbial proteins from the                                                                                     gy, based on direct lysis, was applied by several authors
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                                                                    Figure 3. Experimental strategy and expected outcomes of the metaproteome characterization.
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