Multiplexed measurements of protein-protein interactions and protein abundance across cellular conditions using Prod&PQ-seq

ABSTRACT Methods to profile protein-protein interactions (PPIs) have limited scalability and can only study a handful of conditions and/or targets. Here, we introduce Prod&PQ-seq, a framework for multiplexed detection and quantification of PPIs and proteins. Our framework uses cross-linked cells, antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates (ab-oligos), and captures PPIs by the DNA-caliper, a specialized oligonucleotide for bidirectional priming of proximal ab-oligos. We benchmarked Prod&PQ-seq using recombinant complexes, titrations and cell mixture experiments and show that our framework is quantitative, reproducible, sensitive and specific. Applying Prod&PQ-seq to study Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) shows that EZH2 inhibition and expression of the oncohistone H3.3K27M weakens both PRC2-H3K27me3 interactions and PPIs within PRC2. Further, H3.1K27M and H3.3K27M variants lead to distinct PPI profiles such as the intensity of H3K27ac-K27M or H3K27ac-EED. Together, Prod&PQ-seq enables detection of changes in PPI composition and intensity and protein quantification across biological conditions, small molecule inhibition and genetic perturbations. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT