基于质谱技术的蛋白质互作研究方法进展及其在DNA损伤修复中的应用

Mass spectrometry-based protein‒protein interaction techniques and their applications in studies of DNA damage repair 基于质谱技术的蛋白质互作研究方法进展及其在DNA损伤修复中的应用 first-author Junjie CHEN, jchen8@mdanderson.org Junjie CHEN, jchen8@mdanderson.org jchen8@mdanderson.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1493-2189 Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX77030, USA Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX77030, USA Proteins are major functional units that are tightly connected to form complex and dynamic networks. These networks enable cells and organisms to operate properly and respond efficiently to environmental cues. Over the past decades, many biochemical methods have been developed to search for protein-binding partners in order to understand how protein networks are constructed and connected. At the same time, rapid development in proteomics and mass spectrometry (MS) techniques makes it possible to identify interacting proteins and build comprehensive protein‒protein interaction networks. The resulting interactomes and networks have proven informative in the investigation of biological functions, such as in the field of DNA damage repair. In recent years, a number of proteins involved in DNA damage response and DNA repair pathways have been uncovered with MS-based protein‒protein interaction studies. As the technologies for enriching associated proteins and MS become more sophisticated, the studies of protein‒protein interactions are entering a new era. In this review, we summarize the strategies and recent developments for exploring protein‒protein interaction. In addition, we discuss the application of these tools in the investigation of protein‒protein interaction networks involved in DNA damage response and DNA repair. 蛋白质作为主要的生物功能分子往往通过相互作用形成复合体和动态的互作网络来行使其功能。这些互作网络使得细胞和器官能够正常行使功能，并有效地应对外界环境的刺激。在过去的几十年里，为了研究蛋白质相互作用网络，研究人员开发了许多生物化学方法来寻找目标蛋白质的相互作用蛋白。与此同时，蛋白质组和质谱技术的快速发展也使得鉴定相互作用蛋白并构建相关蛋白质互作网络成为了可能。利用这些蛋白质鉴定技术，蛋白质互作网络取得了很多重要进展，包括在DNA损伤修复研究领域。在近些年，通过蛋白质互作研究，大量的DNA损伤应答和修复相关蛋白被发现。而随着蛋白质富集和质谱技术的进一步发展，蛋白质互作研究进入了一个新的阶段。在这篇综述里，我们总结了蛋白质互作研究策略的最新进展，以及这些技术在DNA损伤应答及其修复研究中的应用。 Protein‒protein interaction Interactome Proteomics Mass spectrometry DNA repair DNA damage response 蛋白质互作 相互作用组 蛋白质组 质谱 DNA损伤修复 DNA损伤应答 1 Introduction 1 Genes and the genome sequences are the carriers of genetic information that are inherited from generation to generation. Their coding products are mostly proteins which carry out structural and enzymatic functions in cells and organisms. The functions of these proteins are regulated and transduced through their communications with other biomolecules, including proteins, DNA, RNA, lipids, and other metabolites, with the majority of these events occurring via protein‒protein interactions. Proteins and their interacting protein partners form a complex network, known as an interactome. As the key players in most cellular processes, proteins need to act in concert with each other to accomplish various tasks important for the survival and regeneration of cells or organisms. In these processes, communications via protein‒protein interactions are likely the most efficient and direct strategy. Investigation of protein‒protein interaction networks or the protein interactome on a large scale has arrived with the era of omics. Many strategies have been developed to enrich proteins of interest and their binding partners. Enriched proteins with their binding partners are submitted to mass spectrometry (MS) for protein identification. After data filtration with bioinformatics tools, the protein‒protein interaction network or interactome can be established with lists of high-confidence interaction proteins (HCIPs). Genome instability refers to frequent mutations and other genomic alterations within the genome of a particular cellular lineage. Without the actions of several well-defined DNA damage response and distinct DNA repair pathways, genetic alterations including mutations will accumulate and eventually affect cell survival, expedite the aging process, and result in the development of human diseases, such as cancer or neurodegenerative disease. Therefore, detailed investigation of interactomes involving DNA damage response and DNA repair proteins will facilitate our understanding of the molecular/cellular functions of these proteins, especially how these proteins act together and how the mutation or disruption of just one component in these complex networks may lead to human disease. Furthermore, disease-focused protein‒protein interaction networks can be used for drug development and for identifying the best treatment strategies. In this review, we summarize the current technological developments in MS-based studies of protein‒protein interactions with an emphasis on the investigation of interaction networks involved in DNA damage repair (DDR). 2 Strategies for studying interactomes with mass spectrometry 1 The physical protein‒protein interaction and their interactomes are essential for most if not all biological processes. The fast developing MS techniques enable researchers to quickly identify all proteins in a complex mixture. The combination of bait-prey purification and MS identification workflow facilitates large scale protein‒protein interactome studies. The key in this workflow is obtaining the protein complexes for MS analysis. A few techniques have been developed for the enrichment of proteins (prey) which interact with target proteins of interest (bait). 2.1 Affinity purification 2 There are different ways to pull down the target protein in a gentle buffer without the disruption of binding partners in order to obtain the interacting proteins for MS analysis ( Fig. 1 Fig. 1 a). Antibody‒antigen interaction relies on the noncovalent binding between the variable region of the antibody and the antigen at one or several sites on the target protein. Using this interaction, researchers developed co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) to capture the native form of the target protein and its associated protein complex. The components of the complex are then identified by MS. This strategy allows us to purify the protein complex without any manipulation of the target gene and the in vivo environment. This may be important in preserving some specific protein‒protein interactions. For example, a report by Malovannaya et al. (2011) Malovannaya et al. (2011) used 1796 primary antibodies which target 1087 unique gene products to analyze the endogenous human coregulatory complexome, which led to the discovery of many unreported protein associations. However, availability of highly specific anti-bodies for the target protein is of the utmost concern for the co-IP method. In many cases, the antibody is either not available or not specific. Cross-reactivity of the primary antibody can severely interfere with the results, since many putative associated proteins turn out to be nonspecific proteins that cross-react with the primary antibody. This issue is particularly challenging since different primary antibodies cross-react with distinct sets of cellular proteins. One way to circumvent this issue is to perform co-IP experiments using two or more validated antibodies that recognize unique epitopes on the target protein. The data from experiments using multiple antibodies recognizing different epitopes may be used to rule out nonspecific interacting proteins ( Li et al., 2017 Li et al., 2017 ). However, as mentioned above, the availability of highly specific antibodies for a given target may be very limited, especially if the target has not been studied extensively. Additionally, antibodies recognizing different epitopes on a target protein may sometimes disrupt selected protein‒protein interactions. These challenges limit the use of co-IP as a general method for the identification of associated proteins. To circumvent these limitations, epitope tags and specific antibodies recognizing these epitope tags are being used as ways to isolate protein complexes. The commonly used tags or epitope tags include GFP (green fluorescent protein) ( Cristea et al., 2005 Cristea et al., 2005 ; Hein et al., 2015 Hein et al., 2015 ), HA (hemagglutinin) tag ( Sowa et al., 2009 Sowa et al., 2009 ), and FLAG tag ( Ho et al., 2002 Ho et al., 2002 ). In these methods, the target protein is first tagged with the epitope and the fused protein is expressed in cells. Then, co-IP is conducted with the highly efficient tag-specific antibody incubating with cell lysis to pull down the target protein and its binding partners. These methods are widely used in large-scale interactome studies. For example, Gygi, Harper, and colleagues are continuing the BioPlex interactome project to profile protein interactomes in human cells using the HA tag and anti-HA agarose. BioPlex 1.0 reported interacting partners for 2594 proteins ( Huttlin et al., 2015 Huttlin et al., 2015 ); BioPlex 2.0 increased the bait protein number to 5891 and built the disease networks ( Huttlin et al., 2017 Huttlin et al., 2017 ); BioPlex 3.0 included 10 128 human protein baits and revealed cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome using HEK293T and HCT116 cells ( Huttlin et al., 2020 Huttlin et al., 2020 ). The antibody for co-IP has also been further improved. Nanobody, which contains one single variable domain (antigen-binding domain), is now being used for interactome studies. This kind of antibody can be easily cloned and has the advantage of being specific, soluble, stable, and having high affinity ( Cortez-Retamozo et al., 2004 Cortez-Retamozo et al., 2004 ; Muyldermans, 2013 Muyldermans, 2013 ; Liu WS et al., 2018 Liu WS et al., 2018 ). For example, an anti-GFP nanobody has now been applied successfully in co-IP for many interactome studies ( Baymaz et al., 2014 Baymaz et al., 2014 ; Schenstrom et al., 2018 Schenstrom et al., 2018 ). An alternative approach is the strep-tag system, which tags the target protein with a short peptide (Strep-tag) which binds strongly to streptavidin; then streptavidin beads can be used instead of antibody beads for co-IP experiments. An improved version of streptavidin which is called Strep-tactin has been proven to be highly efficient for the analysis of protein complexes and interactomes ( Schmidt and Skerra, 2007 Schmidt and Skerra, 2007 ). This technique has been widely used by Krogan and colleagues for several large-scale interactome studies, including virus‒host ( Jäger et al., 2012 Jäger et al., 2012 ; Davis et al., 2015 Davis et al., 2015 ; Ramage et al., 2015 Ramage et al., 2015 ; Batra et al., 2018 Batra et al., 2018 ; Eckhardt et al., 2018 Eckhardt et al., 2018 ; Shah et al., 2018 Shah et al., 2018 ; Diep et al., 2019 Diep et al., 2019 ; Li et al., 2019 Li et al., 2019 ), bacteria‒host ( Penn et al., 2018 Penn et al., 2018 ), and Chlamydia ‒host ( Mirrashidi et al., 2015 Mirrashidi et al., 2015 ) interactions. Their most recent work uses this system to reveal the interactome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) proteins with host proteins and provides interesting leads for repurposing drugs that may prevent the SARS-CoV-2 infection from spreading ( Gordon et al., 2020 Gordon et al., 2020 ). The methods described above use one-step affinity purification, which will identify a relatively long list of proteins with advanced MS instruments that are highly efficient in protein identification. To reduce the amount of non-specific binding proteins, two-step affinity purification, also called tandem affinity purification (TAP), has been developed. In theory, the chance of contaminants being retained in the purified protein mixture after two rounds of successive affinity purifications should be minimal. Different pairs of tags are used in this strategy, and they include calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP)-protein A ( Rigaut et al., 1999 Rigaut et al., 1999 ; Gavin et al., 2002 Gavin et al., 2002 , 2006 2006 ; Krogan et al., 2006 Krogan et al., 2006 ), GFP-S protein ( Cheeseman et al., 2004 Cheeseman et al., 2004 ; Cheeseman and Desai, 2005 Cheeseman and Desai, 2005 ), and Strep-S protein ( Kim et al., 2007b Kim et al., 2007b ; Li et al., 2015 Li et al., 2015 ; Chen et al., 2016 Chen et al., 2016 , 2019 2019 , 2020 2020 ; Srivastava et al., 2018 Srivastava et al., 2018 ). TAP methods have been proven to be efficient at enriching for the target protein and its binding partners, while reducing contaminants. A common issue in the above-mentioned affinity purification methods is that the interacting proteins may dissociate from the target protein during the experimental procedures. It may be due to the weak or dynamic binding between these proteins. This problem may be a concern when conducting TAP pro-cedures, since further dilution during the second step of purification may lead to dissociation of weak protein complexes. Another issue in affinity purification is the membrane protein complex, which is difficult to extract using moderate detergents/conditions. To address these problems, one solution is to use crosslink reactions which stabilize the protein complexes. Several crosslink reagents are used for the studies of protein‒protein interactions, including formaldehyde ( Larance et al., 2016 Larance et al., 2016 ), biotin-aspartate proline- N -hydroxyphthalimide (BDP-NHP) ( Schweppe et al., 2017 Schweppe et al., 2017 ), and disuccinimidyl sulfoxide (DSSO) ( Liu F et al., 2018 Liu F et al., 2018 ). Crosslinks work efficiently in identifying protein interactomes ( Liu and Heck, 2015 Liu and Heck, 2015 ; Liu F et al., 2015 Liu F et al., 2015 , 2018 2018 ; Wu et al., 2016 Wu et al., 2016 ); however, the drawback is that it is difficult to know the precise timing and amount of crosslinking agents to use in order to preserve specific interactions but not increase non-specific contaminants. Using crosslinking reagents during affinity purification is also beneficial for structural biology studies. When it is used in conjunction with in silico modeling of the structures of protein complexes, crosslinking enables the observation of the physical proximity of different parts of the proteins, such as conformational and dynamics changes in a complex ( Schweppe et al., 2015 Schweppe et al., 2015 ; Chavez et al., 2016 Chavez et al., 2016 ; Wu et al., 2016 Wu et al., 2016 ). Therefore, crosslink strategy can be utilized for both interactome and structural biology studies. However, the efficiency and specificity of the crosslinking agents, strategy for enrichment of cross-linked peptides, and dedicated data analysis software are required before we can use it routinely and with ease ( O'Reilly and Rappsilber, 2018 O'Reilly and Rappsilber, 2018 ). 2.2 Proximity labeling-based interactome studies 2 A new strategy has been developed to partially address the problems associated with affinity purification methods. Because enzyme‒substrate interaction can only occur within a short distance, when the target protein is tagged with an enzyme, it should be able to label the neighbor proteins with a small molecule, such as fluorescein or biotin ( Rees et al., 2015 Rees et al., 2015 ; Kim and Roux, 2016 Kim and Roux, 2016 ; Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 ). The proximity labeling strategy is a powerful approach to study the protein interactome ( Fig. 1 Fig. 1 b), since the labeling occurs in vivo in cells before cell lysis and therefore can be used to capture transient and weak interactions that may be easily lost during cell lysis and/or various purification procedures as mentioned above. Proximity-dependent biotin identification (BioID), developed by Roux and colleagues, uses a promiscuous biotin ligase, Escherichia coli protein BirA* (BirA with R118G mutation). When it is fused to a protein of interest and then expressed in cells, this fusion protein can biotinylate endogenous proteins within an estimated surrounding radius of approximately 10 nm ( Roux et al., 2012 Roux et al., 2012 ; Kim et al., 2014 Kim et al., 2014 ). BioID facilitates the identification not only of direct interacting proteins, but also proteins in the vicinity that do not physically interact with the bait protein. BioID has been successfully applied to studies of interactomes of different functional protein groups. Pelletier and colleagues reported the centrosome-cilium interface interactome landscape ( Gupta et al., 2015 Gupta et al., 2015 ) and later the centriolar satellites interactome using BioID ( Gheiratmand et al., 2019 Gheiratmand et al., 2019 ). Gingras and colleagues applied BioID to study the interactomes of splicing networks ( Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis et al., 2018 Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis et al., 2018 ), Rho-family GTPases ( Bagci et al., 2020 Bagci et al., 2020 ), messenger RNA (mRNA) biology proteins ( Youn et al. 2018 Youn et al. 2018 ), and phosphatases ( St-Denis et al., 2016 St-Denis et al., 2016 ). Christopher and colleagues reported an extensive BioID-based proximity map of a human cell with 192 subcellular markers ( Go et al., 2019 Go et al., 2019 ). Additionally, the virus‒host global interactome established with the use of BioID uncovered extensive organelles targeting by the Zika virus ( Coyaud et al., 2018 Coyaud et al., 2018 ). These studies suggest that BioID is a powerful technique for establishing large scale interactomes. However, some limitations exist. A major drawback of BioID is the extremely long reaction time, i.e.,16‒18 h, needed for biotinylation ( Roux et al., 2013 Roux et al., 2013 ). Another issue is that the addition of a 35-kDa biotin ligase to a bait protein may impair its localization and function ( Kim and Roux, 2016 Kim and Roux, 2016 ). Several groups have developed new versions of the BioID tag-BioID2 ( Kim et al., 2016 Kim et al., 2016 ), BASU ( Ramanathan et al., 2018 Ramanathan et al., 2018 ), and TurboID/miniTurboID ( Branon et al., 2018 Branon et al., 2018 ). BioID2 replaces the original biotin ligase with a smaller one from Aquifex aeolicus with human codon optimization and a conserved residue mutation (R40G) ( Kim et al., 2016 Kim et al., 2016 ). BioID2 requires less biotin supplementation, and enhances the labeling efficiency. Furthermore, this new version uses a smaller size BioA (27 kDa), which may improve the localization and/or function of the target protein ( Kim et al., 2016 Kim et al., 2016 ). BASU is a newer mutated BirA* engineered from Bacillus subtilis with > 1000-fold faster kinetics and > 30-fold increased signal-to-noise ratio over the first generation of BioID ( Ramanathan et al., 2018 Ramanathan et al., 2018 ). TurboID and miniTurboID, which were developed in Ting's lab, and used directed evolution of E. coli biotin ligase to generate new promiscuous variants, which resulted in TurboID and miniTurboID that enable proximity labeling reactions in as little as 10 min ( Branon et al., 2018 Branon et al., 2018 ). Another proximity labeling strategy involves the use of engineered ascorbate peroxidase 2 (APEX2). APEX is an engineered peroxidase developed from ascorbate peroxidase (APX), a class I cytosolic plant peroxidase, that has been used for electron microscopy ( Martell et al., 2012 Martell et al., 2012 ). APEX2 is a new version of APEX, which is a monomeric APX that catalyzes the oxidation of biotin-phenol to the biotin-phenoxyl radical in the presence of H 2 O 2 . This reaction results in biotinylation of neighboring proteins ( Lam et al., 2015 Lam et al., 2015 ). APEX2 was used in several recent studies. As examples, APEX2 was used to profile autophagosome content and revealed a role for microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3C (MAP1LC3C) in maintaining basal mitochondrial homeostasis ( le Guerroué et al., 2017 le Guerroué et al., 2017 ). Additionally, APEX2 was employed to elucidate the Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs, a secretory organelle)-associated proteins ( Holthenrich et al., 2019 Holthenrich et al., 2019 ), and capture in vivo protein‒protein interaction at chlamydial inclusion ( Olson et al., 2019 Olson et al., 2019 ). The advantage of APEX2 over BioID is its significantly faster reaction time, which is as short as 1 min ( Hung et al., 2016 Hung et al., 2016 ; Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 ). However, the APEX2 method uses H 2 O 2 treatment to activate the peroxidase. The concern is that such treatment may affect cellular oxidative status and induce a stress response ( Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 Trinkle-Mulcahy, 2019 ). More recently, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) knock-in technique has made it possible to tag the target gene at its endogenous locus. Junctophilin-2 (JPH2) interactome was studied with knock-in of BioID2 ( Feng et al., 2020 Feng et al., 2020 ); the endogenous interaction networks of breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1), tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1 (TP53BP1), and mediator of DNA damage checkpoint protein 1 (MDC1) were also studied using knock-in of APEX2 ( Gupta et al., 2018 Gupta et al., 2018 ). The endogenous tagging technique avoids the overexpression of an exogenous fusion protein. The expression level and the regulation of the endogenously tagged protein are the same or similar to its endogenous counterpart. This helps reveal the physiological regulation and function of the target protein. The application of the proximity labeling method has been expanded in other studies. Spatial proteome research using BioID or APEX has been conducted to study the dynamic protein localizations at subcellular levels ( Rhee et al., 2013 Rhee et al., 2013 ; Hung et al., 2014 Hung et al., 2014 ; Liu XN et al., 2018 Liu XN et al., 2018 ; Go et al., 2019 Go et al., 2019 ). Split-BioID ( de Munter et al., 2017 de Munter et al., 2017 ; Schopp et al., 2017 Schopp et al., 2017 ; Schopp and Béthune, 2018 Schopp and Béthune, 2018 ), Split-APEX2 ( Xue et al., 2017 Xue et al., 2017 ; Han et al., 2019 Han et al., 2019 ), or Split-TurboID ( Cho et al., 2020 Cho et al., 2020 ) divide the labeling enzymes into N- and C-terminal fragments so that the proximity labeling reaction can only be restored when the two divided fragments are brought into proximity. This method has been employed to validate protein‒protein interaction or explore interactomes under certain conditions. The proximity labeling strategy was also adopted to label RNA-associated protein complexes for the studies of RNA‒protein interactions ( Castello et al., 2016 Castello et al., 2016 ; Ramanathan et al., 2018 Ramanathan et al., 2018 ). In addition, BioID or APEX is combined with a deactivated CRISPR-Cas9 strategy for the study of chromatin-associated protein complexes at a target genomic locus ( Schmidtmann et al., 2016 Schmidtmann et al., 2016 ; Gao et al., 2018 Gao et al., 2018 ; Myers et al., 2018 Myers et al., 2018 ). These innovative approaches further expand the use of proximity labeling techniques to address many biological questions. 2.3 Global interactome profiling 2 The interactome studies with affinity purification and proximity labeling are scalable from a few to tens of bait genes. However, the amount of work increases dramatically when attempting to study hundreds or thousands of target genes at once. Therefore, we still need methods to investigate interactomes on a global proteome level. A method called co-fractionation MS has been developed to make it possible to construct the whole network of protein‒protein interactions in the cell ( Fig. 1 Fig. 1 c). In brief, protein extracts from cells or tissues are extensively fractionated to separate protein complexes, and then the components of each fraction are identified and quantified by MS. A network of 13 993 high-confidence physical interactions among 3006 stably associated soluble human proteins and 622 putative protein complexes was built using quantitative proteomics analysis of more than one thousand biochemical fractions separated by chromatography ( Havugimana et al., 2012 Havugimana et al., 2012 ). Another group combined quantitative proteomics and size-exclusion chromatography and mapped 291 co-eluting protein complexes ( Kristensen et al., 2012 Kristensen et al., 2012 ). Additionally, software predicting interactomes from co-elution (PrInCE) was developed for predicting interactomes from co-fractionation experiments ( Stacey et al., 2017 Stacey et al., 2017 ). However, it remains difficult to identify subunits within a multi-protein complex using limited fractions. Further optimization of the fractionation process and data analysis are needed before this method can be adopted as a routine experimental procedure. Based on the idea that interaction with other molecules will change the thermal stability of the protein, a new approach, thermal proteome profiling (TPP), was developed. It was first applied in the tracking of cancer drugs in living cells to monitor drug targets and downstream effectors ( Savitski et al., 2014 Savitski et al., 2014 ). Similarly, as proteins within a complex coaggregate upon heat denaturation, a new strategy of thermal proximity coaggregation (TPCA) has been introduced recently by Tan et al. (2018) Tan et al. (2018) ( Fig. 1 Fig. 1 c). Combining with quantitative proteomics, system-wide profiling of protein complex dynamics in cells was conducted ( Tan et al., 2018 Tan et al., 2018 ). However, limitations of this method are obvious, as some proteins require extreme temperature conditions. This is not practical when the whole proteome needs to be monitored, and some proteins do not change in their thermal stability with or without interacting with other proteins. In addition, protein‒protein interaction is not the only reason for change in the melting behavior of proteins. For example, small molecules and post-translational modifications also alter this behavior. We need to be careful when drawing conclusions, and independent validation of protein‒protein interaction is required ( Mateus et al., 2020 Mateus et al., 2020 ). Further work is needed to address these major limitations. 3 Application of interactome determination in the investigation of DNA repair pathways 1 Genome instability is one of the pervasive characteristics of most human cancers, which may be linked with increased DNA damage and decreased DNA repair capacity in cancers ( Negrini et al., 2010 Negrini et al., 2010 ; Lord and Ashworth, 2012 Lord and Ashworth, 2012 ). The integrity of the genome suffers from insults due to various exogenous (such as ultraviolet (UV) and ionizing radiation) and endogenous (such as reactive oxygen species and replication errors) damages ( Friedberg et al., 2004 Friedberg et al., 2004 ). These DNA lesions require efficient and precise repair processes, the failure of which leads to reduced viability, genome instability, cancer development, senescence or aging ( Hoeijmakers, 2009 Hoeijmakers, 2009 ). Major causes of defective DNA repair are due to dysfunctional DNA repair genes and their associated functional networks. One efficient way to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying DNA damage response and DNA repair is to carry out interactome studies. Through the analysis of protein‒protein interaction networks, new functional partners, regulatory components, or signaling pathways can be uncovered. Moreover, the detailed physical and functional interactomes will facilitate the identification of key drug targets and improve current therapies. Cells encountering endogenous lesions or exogenous genotoxic agents acquire various types of DNA damage. These include base and sugar damages at nucleotide level, single-strand and double-strand breaks, as well as DNA‒protein adducts. From the characteristics of DNA lesions, cells employ one or multiple DNA repair pathways to fix these lesions. Many key DNA repair proteins or protein complexes are revealed by interactome studies, which together elucidate complex DNA repair networks that are connected and coordinated to repair DNA damage and prevent genomic instability. Here, we present a few examples which applied MS to study protein‒protein interaction in the investigation of DNA repair pathways. 3.1 Direct reversal repair 2 Direct reversal repair is the most energy efficient way to repair DNA damage, but is only applicable to DNA damage with chemical changes in the bases ( Yi and He, 2013 Yi and He, 2013 ). Methyl guanine methyl transferase (MGMT) is the key enzyme that reverses base methylation. Affinity purification of MGMT was carried out, which led to the identification of more than 60 MGMT-interacting proteins ( Niture et al., 2005 Niture et al., 2005 ). Many of these MGMT-binding partners participate in DNA replication, DNA repair, and cell cycle progression. The association between proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and MGMT was further investigated ( Mostofa et al., 2018 Mostofa et al., 2018 ), revealing the relationship between this simple repair pathway and other cellular processes. 3.2 Repair of DNA damage on one strand 2 When damage occurs on one strand, the complementary intact DNA strand is used as the template to correct the DNA lesion. To replace the damaged or misincorporated nucleotide, three strategies may be used: base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER), and mismatch repair (MMR), as shown in Fig. 2 Fig. 2 a ( Fleck and Nielsen, 2004 Fleck and Nielsen, 2004 ). BER operates when a single base or nucleotide is damaged. BER machinery removes damaged bases, followed by the formation of a nick by apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucleases and insertion of the correct base. BER is the most used DNA repair pathway to correct base lesions caused by DNA damage, such as oxidation, alkylation, deamination, and depurinatiation/depyrimidination damages ( Robertson et al., 2009 Robertson et al., 2009 ). Co-IPs using FLAG-antibody were used in studying the interactome of several BER components. For example, DNA polymerase β is the key enzyme in BER, since it uses the complementary strand to fill the single nucleotide gap during the repair. Its interacting proteins were identified using anti-FLAG affinity purification, which led to the discovery of many well-known BER components including poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1), X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 1 (XRCC1), DNA ligase III (LIG3), bifunctional polynucleotide phosphatase/kinase (PNKP), and tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) ( Prasad et al., 2012 Prasad et al., 2012 , 2015 2015 ). DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase (APEX1) functions as the AP endonuclease in the BER pathway. With the same co-IP strategy, an APEX1 protein‒protein interaction network was built, which revealed that the signature of APEX1 interactome is associated with poor prognosis in several types of cancers ( Ayyildiz et al., 2020 Ayyildiz et al., 2020 ). NER deals with bulky, helix-distorting damage. It removes an approximately 12‒24 nucleotide-long strand including the DNA lesion and then resynthesizes over the removed DNA region using the other strand as the template ( Reardon and Sancar, 2006 Reardon and Sancar, 2006 ). DNA repair protein complementing XP-C cells (XPCs) acts as the DNA damage sensor in NER. The XPC protein interactome was first built with yeast two-hybrid screening and 49 novel interactors were identified ( Lubin et al., 2014 Lubin et al., 2014 ). The XPC interactome was again defined later with the use of immunoprecipitation (IP) coupled with MS analysis, which led to the hypothesis that the XPC‒PARP1 interaction may facilitate the search of XPC for DNA damage on chromatin DNA ( Robu et al., 2017 Robu et al., 2017 ). The interactomes of other genes involved in the NER pathway are presented in large-scale protein‒protein interaction studies, such as the BioPlex Network database. This study was conducted with affinity purification ( Huttlin et al., 2015 Huttlin et al., 2015 , 2017 2017 ) and the CoFrac database which used co-fractionation MS strategy ( Havugimana et al., 2012 Havugimana et al., 2012 ; Wan et al., 2015 Wan et al., 2015 ). These datasets include a large number of baits, which comprise of some of the NER pathway genes/proteins, such as DNA excision repair protein ERCC-1 (ERCC1) or ERCC4. Given the nature of these large-scale studies, it is likely that more detailed interactome analysis of the NER pathway is needed to further reveal the detailed network associated with this repair pathway. MMR is primarily responsible for the repair mismatches and insertion/deletion generated during DNA replication and recombination ( Li, 2008 Li, 2008 ). It involves at least two major steps before the action of polymerase and ligase. The first step is the detection of the damage, which requires the mutator S (MutS) protein complex (MSH2-MSH6 or MSH2-MSH3 heterodimer). The second step is recruitment of endonuclease to make a nick and then remove the newly synthesized DNA strand close to the damage site via exonuclease 1 (EXO1). The second step requires MutL heterodimeric complexes MutLα (MLH1-PMS2), MutLβ (MLH1-PMS1), or MutLγ (MLH1-MLH3) ( Jiricny, 2006 Jiricny, 2006 ). The endonuclease involved remains unclear, but the data indicate that PMS2 may have the endonuclease active site ( Kadyrov et al., 2006 Kadyrov et al., 2006 ). The protein‒protein interactions of human MLH1, PMS1, and PMS2 have been reported with TAP-MS strategy, and the majority of them are new interacting partners ( Cannavo et al., 2007 Cannavo et al., 2007 ). We used ten MMR pathway genes as baits, performed TAP-MS analysis, and built an interactome network of MMR with 230 HCIPs that may bind directly or indirectly to one or more components of the MMR pathway ( Chen et al., 2016 Chen et al., 2016 ). We further validated a novel MSH2-MSH3/MSH6 complex-binding partner WDHD1 and showed that it is indeed involved in MMR ( Chen et al., 2016 Chen et al., 2016 ). The above interactome studies of repair pathways not only improve our understanding of these pathways, but also reveal their key modules and connections. As we expand the network of distinct DNA repair pathways, it becomes clear that many of them are interconnected and also join directly or indirectly with DNA replication and/or the use of DNA replication machinery. Studies are needed to further define these connections and reveal mechanistically how DNA replication and various DNA repair pathways intersect and communicate to ensure genome integrity. 3.3 Double-strand break repair 2 Double-strand breaks occur on both strands of the DNA double helix, and are particularly hazardous to cells. Several double-strand break repair mechanisms to repair the damage and maintain genome integrity have been discovered. Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) are the two most studied ( Fig. 2 Fig. 2 b). Genetic mutation or disruption of any one of these pathways leads to genomic instability, which may result in cancer, developmental disorders, or aging ( Scully et al., 2019 Scully et al., 2019 ). NHEJ is believed to be the predominant double-strand break repair pathway in humans. It joins the two ends directly by recruiting DNA break-binding heterodimeric protein complex lupus Ku autoantigen protein p70 (KU70)/KU80, DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), and the ligation complex that consists of DNA ligase IV, XRCC4, and XRCC4-like factor (XLF) ( Brandsma and van Gent, 2012 Brandsma and van Gent, 2012 ). Systematic study of 19 FLAG-tagged NHEJ proteins using co-IP strategy was conducted by Xing and colleagues. This led to the discovery of a new NHEJ factor XRCC4-like small protein (PAXX) as a KU complex-binding partner ( Xing et al., 2015 Xing et al., 2015 ). The analysis of the PAXX interactome using GFP-tag and anti-GFP nanobody identified several known NHEJ factors ( Tadi et al., 2016 Tadi et al., 2016 ). More recently, the interactomes of PAXX, XLF, XRCC4, and DNA-PKcs were investigated and Pol λ was identified as a novel downstream effector of PAXX function ( Craxton et al., 2018 Craxton et al., 2018 ). The interactome of the KU complex was analyzed in depth with a combination of BioID and affinity purification methods, which revealed new protein complexes involved in the KU complex function ( Abbasi and Schild-Poulter, 2019 Abbasi and Schild-Poulter, 2019 ). The known NHEJ component Artemis forms a complex with DNA-PKcs and possesses exonuclease and endonuclease activity. PAX-interacting protein 1 (PAXIP1 or PTIP) was found to interact with Artemis via a TAP-MS approach, which trims DNA ends and promotes NHEJ ( Wang et al., 2014 Wang et al., 2014 ). In the study of an AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) interactome, Artemis was also identified as an AMPK-binding protein, which implies a new function of AMPK in NHEJ ( Chen et al., 2020 Chen et al., 2020 ). The interactome studies of the NHEJ pathway start to come together to establish an NHEJ interaction network, which will help in systematical analysis of this pathway in future. HR is a highly accurate strategy for double-strand break repair. It requires the presence of an identical or nearly identical donor sequence for the repair of a DNA break, and this often involves the intact sister chromatid. HR plays critical roles not only in DNA repair, but also in the rescue of a stalled DNA replication fork, meiotic chromosome segregation, and telomere maintenance ( Sung and Klein, 2006 Sung and Klein, 2006 ). BRCA1 and BRCA2 are well known tumor suppressors involved in the maintenance of genome stability, specifically for their roles in HR repair of DNA double-stand breaks. There are numerous interaction studies focusing on BRCA1, BRCA2, and other HR factors. We select only a few studies as examples here. Several well-known BRCA complex-binding proteins were first identified using yeast two-hybrid screening, co-IP-western, or other biochemical processes, such as the BRCA1‒BARD1 (BRCA1-associated RING domain protein 1) interaction ( Wu et al., 1996 Wu et al., 1996 ), BRCA1‒RAD51 (DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1) ( Scully et al., 1997 Scully et al., 1997 ), BRCA2‒RAD51 ( Sharan et al., 1997 Sharan et al., 1997 ), BRCA1‒BRCA2 ( Chen et al., 1998 Chen et al., 1998 ), BRCA1‒RBBP8 (DNA endonuclease RBBP8, CtIP) ( Wong et al., 1998 Wong et al., 1998 ; Yu et al., 1998 Yu et al., 1998 ; Li et al., 1999 Li et al., 1999 ), BRCA1‒ATM (Serine-protein kinase ATM) ( Cortez et al., 1999 Cortez et al., 1999 ), and BRCA1‒MRN complex (MRE11-RAD50-NBS1) ( Zhong et al., 1999 Zhong et al., 1999 ; Wu et al., 2000 Wu et al., 2000 ). The arrival of MS technology greatly accelerated the identification of BRCA1/2 interaction proteins. At the beginning of MS, only single or several gel bands separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) gel could be analyzed due to the throughput of the MS technology. Analyzing a single band at about 130 kDa in the SDS-PAGE gel by MS, the Fanconi anemia group J protein (FANCJ, BRIP1, or BACH1) was identified as the directly interacting protein of BRCA1. This contributes to a key BRCA1 activity ( Cantor et al., 2001 Cantor et al., 2001 ). With the improvement and increased throughput of MS, it became possible to study the whole interactome of BRCA complexes. Wang et al. (2000) Wang et al. (2000) purified the BRCA1 complex through antibody affinity purification, which led to the identification of the BRCA1-associated genome surveillance complex (BASC). Many components identified in BASC play roles in the recognition of abnormal or damaged DNA, which suggests that BRCA1 and BASC may function in the maintenance of genomic integrity. BRCA1/BRCA2-containing complex (BRCC) was identified using FLAG-tagged BARD1, which is a multiprotein complex containing BRCA1, BARD1, BRCA2, and RAD51. This interactome study also led to the discovery of two novel components of this complex, BRCC3 and BRCC4 ( Dong et al., 2003 Dong et al., 2003 ). The partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) was first identified as a BRCA2-interacting protein using antibody co-IP and MS ( Xia et al., 2006 Xia et al., 2006 ). Our lab applied TAP and MS to further uncover the interactome of PALB2 and elucidated that not only BRCA2, but also BRCA1 interacted with PALB2 ( Sy et al., 2009 Sy et al., 2009 ). The BRCA1‒PALB2 interaction was also discovered using affinity purification and MS ( Zhang et al., 2009 Zhang et al., 2009 ). The results from these two studies revealed that PALB2 is an integral component of the BRCA complex, which is important for the HR repair. Our group and others discovered BRCA1-A complex subunit Abraxas 1 (ABRAXAS1 or CCDC98) and BRCA1-A complex subunit RAP80 (UIMC1 or RAP80) as partners of BRCA1 using affinity purification or TAP methods. This suggests that a ubiquitination-dependent signaling pathway is involved in DNA damage response ( Kim et al., 2007a Kim et al., 2007a , 2007b 2007b ; Liu et al., 2007 Liu et al., 2007 ; Sobhian et al., 2007 Sobhian et al., 2007 ; Wang et al., 2007 Wang et al., 2007 ). The interactome of BRCA1 is summarized in Fig. 2 Fig. 2 c based on the data from the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) software and reference mining. Besides the BRCA complex interactome, the interactomes of other HR repair-related genes have also been studied. The interactome of histone H2AX (H2AX) was explored with the TAP method and revealed many well-known DDR proteins as the top H2AX-interacting proteins ( Leung et al., 2017 Leung et al., 2017 ). A new H2AX-binding protein zinc finger MYM-type protein 3 (ZMYM3) was further studied and shown to promote HR-mediated repair by regulating BRCA1 localization ( Leung et al., 2017 Leung et al., 2017 ). The MRN complexes are key proteins involved in the recognition of double-strand breaks (DSBs) and the initiation of HR repair. The interactomes of MRE11, NBS1, and MDC1 were investigated using FLAG-tagged baits and IP-MS strategy, and identified USP7 as a binding partner of MRN and MDC1 and a participant in HR repair ( Su et al., 2018 Su et al., 2018 ). Altogether, the interactomes of many proteins involved in DNA double-strand break repair provide new insights into these key DNA repair pathways that are important for survival, genome maintenance, and suppression of tumorigenesis. 3.4 Other key proteins in DNA repair 2 PCNA plays a key role in DDR by being conveniently positioned at replication forks to coordinate DNA replication with DNA repair and DNA damage tolerance pathways. The PCNA interactome was first constructed with affinity chromatography and revealed nearly 20 PCNA-binding proteins, including replication protein A 1 (RPA1), replication factor C subunits (RFC1/2/3/4/5), MSH3/6, POLD1/3, POLE, KU70, LIG1, and CHTF18 ( Ohta et al., 2002 Ohta et al., 2002 ). TAP-MS was applied later to identify novel PCNA-interacting proteins. For example, SprT-like domain-containing protein Spartan (SPRTN or C1orf124) was found binding to mono-ubiquitinated PCNA and participating in polymerase switch for cell survival following UV damage ( Ghosal et al., 2012 Ghosal et al., 2012 ); SIVA1 was identified to interact with both RAD18 and PCNA and regulate RAD18-dependent PCNA monoubiquitination ( Han et al., 2014 Han et al., 2014 ); and TRAIP was shown to interact with PCNA to regulate replication fork recovery and progression ( Feng et al., 2016 Feng et al., 2016 ). Combining BioID and TAP strategies, PCNA interactomes under normal and stressed conditions were also explored, which led to the discovery of many players involved in replication and replication stress response. Furthermore, two candidates, protein Wiz (WIZ) and Sal-like protein 1 (SALL1), were validated ( Srivastava et al., 2018 Srivastava et al., 2018 ). In addition, a previously unknown protein abasic site processing protein HMCES (HMCES or C3orf37) was also identified as a PCNA-interacting protein in this study; this protein, HMCES, was later proven to be a critical component of the replication stress response which facilitates resolution of oxidative base damage ( Srivastava et al., 2018 Srivastava et al., 2018 , 2020 2020 ). The binding between PCNA and HMCES was also confirmed by others using FLAG-tagged HMCES and co-IP study ( Mohni et al., 2019 Mohni et al., 2019 ). RPA is a heterotrimeric complex composed of three subunits, RPA1 (RPA70), RPA2 (RPA32), and RPA3 (RPA14). RPA is the major protein complex that binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). It is involved in NER, BER, and MMR repair pathways that repair lesions on one strand of DNA, as well as in HR repair pathway of DNA double-strand breaks ( Maréchal and Zou, 2015 Maréchal and Zou, 2015 ). The interactome of RPA has been studied extensively with proteomics tools and many new binding proteins and their functions were reported. For example, with the TAP purific-ation approach, E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RFWD3 (RFWD3) was identified as an RPA-binding protein, which mediates checkpoint activation and repair at stalled replication forks ( Gong and Chen, 2011 Gong and Chen, 2011 ). The RPA interactome also led to the discovery of a DNA-directed primase/polymerase protein (PRIMPOL or CCDC111), which possesses primase and DNA polymerase activity, and binds to RPA in response to DNA replication stress ( Wan et al., 2013 Wan et al., 2013 ). Additionally, a proteomic screen using biotinylated ssDNA coated with RPA proteins to capture RPA-binding partners uncovered pre-mRNA-processing factor 19 (PRPF19) as an ATR activator, which senses RPA-ssDNA during DDR ( Maréchal et al., 2014 Maréchal et al., 2014 ). Affinity purification of FLAG-tagged RPA1 identified the RPA-binding protein Ewing's tumor-associated antigen 1 (ETAA1) which functions in parallel to the TOPBP1/RAD9/HUS1/RAD1 pathway to regulate ATR and maintains genome integrity ( Bass et al., 2016 Bass et al., 2016 ). The interaction between RPA and ETAA1 was also discovered by TAP purification ( Lee et al., 2016 Lee et al., 2016 ). Schlafen family member 11 (SLFN11) was identified as an RPA-interacting protein in a TAP-MS analysis and was shown to inhibit HR repair ( Mu et al., 2016 Mu et al., 2016 ). Using an antibody of E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase HERC2 (HERC2) to perform co-IP and MS analysis, the RPA complex was identified with strong binding to HERC2, and this interaction plays a role in regulation of the G-quadruplex ( Wu et al., 2018 Wu et al., 2018 ). The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway is a biochemical network that assists DNA interstrand crosslink repair in the genome ( Rodríguez and D'Andrea, 2017 Rodríguez and D'Andrea, 2017 ). The FA pathway network has been shown to involve at least 22 FA or FA-like genes. These genes were named starting with the letters "FANC" except for some which have familiar recommended names, such as BRCA2 (FANCD1), BRIP1 (FANCJ), PALB2 (FANCN), RAD51C (FANCO), SLX4 (FANCP), XPF(FANCQ), BRCA1 (FANCS), UBE2T (FANCT), XRCC2 (FANCU), REV7 (FANCV), and RFWD3 (FANCW). The interactome study of FA genes helped elucidate their roles in DDR. Meetei et al. (2003) Meetei et al. (2003) indicated that five core complex FA proteins (FANCA, FANCC, FANCE, FANCF, and FANCG) were co-IP in a complex together with Bloom syndrome protein (BLM), topoisomerase IIIα (TOPIIIα), and RPA, suggesting functional connections between FA and BLM/TOPIII. Understanding of key compositions of the FA core complex was revealed by IP of the whole complex through the pull-down of FANCA and protein identification by MS ( Thomashevski et al., 2004 Thomashevski et al., 2004 ). Similar approaches were used for the discovery of several FA-associated proteins such as Fanconi anemia core complex-associated protein 20 (FAAP20) ( Ali et al., 2012 Ali et al., 2012 ; Leung et al., 2012 Leung et al., 2012 ; Yan et al., 2012 Yan et al., 2012 ) and FAAP100 ( Ling et al., 2007 Ling et al., 2007 ). FANCM-MHF association and function in genome maintenance were revealed with co-IP and proteomics analysis ( Yan et al., 2010 Yan et al., 2010 ). Using TAP purification or GFP-trap beads, Fanconi-associated nuclease 1 (FAN1) was identified as a FANCD2-binding protein that acts as a DNA repair nuclease participating in interstrand crosslink repair ( Liu et al., 2010 Liu et al., 2010 ; Mackay et al., 2010 Mackay et al., 2010 ). Affinity purification of FLAG-FANCD2 together with MS analysis uncovered additional FANCD2-associated proteins, including MCM proteins ( Lossaint et al., 2013 Lossaint et al., 2013 ) and CtIP ( Unno et al., 2014 Unno et al., 2014 ) that link the functions of FANCD2 to replisome and DNA interstrand crosslink repair, respectively. The interactome of SLX4 was studied by several groups, which clearly demonstrated its role as the key mediator that associates with several structural specific nucleases involved in distinct repair pathways ( Andersen et al., 2009 Andersen et al., 2009 ; Fekairi et al., 2009 Fekairi et al., 2009 ; Muñoz et al., 2009 Muñoz et al., 2009 ; Svendsen et al., 2009 Svendsen et al., 2009 ). More recently, TAP strategy was used to define SLX4 and SLX4IP interactomes, which further support the functional connection between SLX4/SLX4IP and XPF-ERCC1 complexes ( Zhang et al., 2019 Zhang et al., 2019 ). TP53BP1 plays a key role in DNA double-strand break repair in response to DNA damage by promoting NHEJ-mediated repair and specifically counteracting HR repair in the absence of BRCA1 ( Chapman et al., 2012 Chapman et al., 2012 ). TP53BP1 was first found to co-localize with phosphorylated H2AX and the two biochemically interact with each other after radiation, suggesting that TP53BP1 is involved early in DDR ( Rappold et al., 2001 Rappold et al., 2001 ). Zhang et al. (2006) Zhang et al. (2006) identified ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 28 (USP28) as a new TP53BP1-binding protein in responding to DNA damage. Additionally, the Tudor-interacting repair regulator protein (TIRR or NUDT16L1) was discovered when the TP53BP1 complex was purified using TAP ( Zhang et al., 2017 Zhang et al., 2017 ) or double co-IP purification methods (using FLAG- and HA-epitope tags to do co-IP) ( Drané et al., 2017 Drané et al., 2017 ). NUDT16L1 turns out to be a new factor that influences double-strand break repair by masking the binding of TP53BP1 to methylated histone ( Drané et al., 2017 Drané et al., 2017 ; Botuyan et al., 2018 Botuyan et al., 2018 ). High resolution interaction neighborhood maps of TP53BP1, BRCA1, and MDC1 were delineated by APEX2-tagged endogenously expressed proteins ( Gupta et al., 2018 Gupta et al., 2018 ), which led to the discovery of a novel protein complex shieldin (REV7 plus RINN1, RINN2, and RINN3) associated with TP53BP1. The shieldin complex has been validated by several groups to function as a downstream effector of TP53BP1-RIF1 in DNA repair ( Ghezraoui et al., 2018 Ghezraoui et al., 2018 ; Mirman et al., 2018 Mirman et al., 2018 ; Noordermeer et al., 2018 Noordermeer et al., 2018 ). PARP1 and PARP2 are the poly-ADP-ribosyltransferases that mediate the poly-ADP-ribosylation of themselves as well as their substrates, and play key roles in DNA repair. PARG is the poly-ADP-ribose glycohydrolase that reverses the action of PARP1/PARP2. The interactomes of these three proteins were conducted by co-IP using anti-PARP1 antibody or anti-FLAG antibody for the other two genes, which revealed 179 interactions, 139 of which are novel interactions ( Isabelle et al., 2010 Isabelle et al., 2010 ). The interactome of PARG was also established and a novel non-canonical PCNA-interacting protein motif (PIP)-box-mediated interaction between PARG and PCNA was unearthed ( Kaufmann et al., 2017 Kaufmann et al., 2017 ). Taken together, the interactome studies focusing on DNA repair have been conducted extensively using single genes or small groups of genes. These studies are excellent examples to guide future comprehensive investigation of DDR interactomes. It is anticipated that advanced technologies and large-scale interactome analysis on DDR will help build an all-inclusive network of DDR. The establishment of DDR networks should benefit research and treatment for human diseases associated with defects in DNA damage response and DNA repair. In Fig. 2 Fig. 2 d, we organize the data from IPA analysis, including BER, NER, MMR, NHEJ, and HR DNA repair pathway genes. Using these data together with reference mining, we built an interactome network of many DNA repair genes. 4 Future perspectives 1 Interactome studies armed with advanced proteomics tools launch a new era of discovery-driven research and have dramatically accelerated the pace of discovering new knowledge in the area. The strategies for enrichment of interacting proteins and tools for proteomics studies are developing rapidly and becoming more powerful; however, the main challenge remains in data processing and analysis. All protein‒protein interaction experiments are presented with many non-specific contaminants in the raw identification lists. Efficient bioinformatics analysis and algorithms are needed to recognize the useful information in the sea of specific and non-specific signals. The continual expansion of datasets with small- to large-scale interaction studies will facilitate the detection of true binding proteins and build reliable interaction networks. Furthermore, the integration of interactome data with other omics data, such as proteome, transcriptome, and genome-wide screening with CRISPR, will offer us multiple ways to analyze these data and make new discoveries. For example, combined analysis of interactome and transcriptome highlighted genes that are differentially expressed in lung cancer tissue, which may provide therapeutic targets in cancer treatment ( Wachi et al., 2005 Wachi et al., 2005 ). Another example is integrated interactome, transcriptome, proteome, ubiquitinome, and phosphoproteome to study the influence of SARS-CoV-2 on an infected host. The analysis of these multiple-omics data revealed relationships between virus and host, and discovered new targets that can be tested with existing clinically approved drugs ( Stukalov et al., 2020 Stukalov et al., 2020 ). Although more and more players involved in DDR and genome maintenance have been uncovered due to the fast progress of interactome research, it is still interesting to discover new DDR-binding partners, which may show relatively weaker binding ability. Another future direction is the dynamics of DNA repair. The dynamic changes of protein‒protein interactions are known to be critical for checkpoint activation and DNA repair following DNA damage. The interactome dynamics will reveal precisely how these interactions are controlled and promote distinct cellular functions following DNA damage. Major challenges in dynamics interactome research are how to capture these binding partners and quantify their changed levels. The rapidly evolving proximity labeling techniques, such as APEX2 and TurboID, help uncover relatively weak, transient-associated proteins as well as adjacent proteins. These techniques can label the surrounding proteins in a short time period, and help to capture fast-changing protein‒protein interactions after DNA damage. At the same time, quantitative proteomics and MS are becoming faster, more precise, and more accurate. It is now possible to correctly quantify the low abundance proteins. The development of these techniques helps research on dynamic interactomes in response to any stimuli, including but not limited to DNA damage. The majority of the interactome studies were carried out in well-established cell lines, such as the HEK293T cells. This is informative but always comes with the concern that the identified protein‒protein interaction may not happen in vivo. Performing protein‒protein studies with more relevant cell lines or in vivo may obtain additional information for building the interaction network. Model organisms or clinical samples may be used to address this concern, but sample- handing techniques require further development for interactome research. We need to find efficient ways to extract proteins from fresh tissue or Formalin-fixed samples, since in vivo tissues, especially the clinical samples, are always limited. Along with fast developing ultra-sensitive MS techniques, highly sensitive protein‒protein interaction assays need to be further improved. As targeting DDR has rapidly expanded to disease treatment ( Pilié et al., 2019 Pilié et al., 2019 ) and protein‒protein interactions are increasingly targeted by drug discovery groups ( Scott et al., 2016 Scott et al., 2016 ), it is time to expand interactome studies in vivo and/or in more relevant tissues/samples to fulfil their promise. Cells can be viewed as a complex web with constant and regulated macromolecular interactions. With these controlled and dynamic interactions, cellular processes can be carried out quickly and precisely according to endogenous and environmental cues. Disturbing these interactions and their regulations will likely lead to disorders or diseases. Moreover, precise understanding of the interactomes involved in DNA repair genes may be used in drug development and the design of new treatments for patients. Indeed, a recent study reported an SARS-CoV-2 virus-host protein‒protein interaction map, which may help in the screening of drugs for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treatment ( Gordon et al., 2020 Gordon et al., 2020 ). This kind of interactome study concentrated on a group of genes that are implicated in the same disease will help us build disease-specific protein‒protein interaction networks. 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We apologize to many colleagues whose outstanding work was not cited because of the page limitation. We thank all the members of the CHEN laboratory for their help and constructive discussion. We thank Mrinal SRIVASTAVA and Samuel K. SWISHER for critically reading the manuscript and insightful discussions. 10.1631/jzus.B2000356 1673-1581（2021）01-0001-20 CHEN Zhen,CHEN Junjie. 2021. Mass spectrometry-based protein‒protein interaction techniques and their applications in studies of DNA damage repair. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 22(1):1-20. CHEN Zhen,CHEN Junjie. 2021. Mass spectrometry-based protein‒protein interaction techniques and their applications in studies of DNA damage repair. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 22(1):1-20. 2020-07-01 2020-09-08 2020-12-15 2021-01-15 2022-05-09 2021 Zhejiang University Press Zhen CHEN and Junjie CHEN declare that they have no conflict of interest. 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