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Resumen En Colombia, durante la última década, la leucemia linfoblástica aguda (LLA) ha causado más del 40% de las muertes por cáncer en menores de edad. Entre los factores que influyen en estas cifras, el diagnóstico tardío es uno de los factores que más afecta el éxito del tratamiento. Por lo anterior, esta investigación se centró en el estudio del proteoma plasmático de niños colombianos diagnosticados con LLA tipo B, en comparación con controles en la búsqueda de proteínas que podrían ser clasificadas como biomarcadores de diagnóstico. En vista de los avances en las herramientas proteómicas y de espectrometría de masas y teniendo en cuenta que son una alternativa para abordar la complejidad molecular de enfermedades como el cáncer, se utilizó una aproximación proteómica basada en una separación por electroforesis bidimensional diferencial (2DE-DIGE) con posterior separación por cromatografía líquida acoplada a espectrometría de masas (LC-MS) en tándem. Se encontraron ocho proteínas con expresión diferencial en plasma de pacientes con LLA-B, entre las cuales resaltan la Serotransferrina, la Alfa-1-antitripsina, la Haptoglobina, la Alfa-2-glicoproteína de zinc y el Complemento C3.
Abstract In Colombia, during the last decade, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has caused more than 40% of cancer deaths in children. Among the factors that influence these figures, late diagnosis is one of the factors that affects the treatment success. Therefore, this research focused on the plasma proteome study of Colombian children diagnosed with B-cell ALL, as compared with healthy controls in the search of proteins that could be classified as diagnostic biomarkers. Now, in view of the advances in the proteomics and mass spectrometry tools and taking into account that they are an alternative to address the molecular complexity of diseases such as cancer, a proteomic approach, based on bidimensional difference gel electrophoretic separation (2DE-DIGE) coupled to LC-MS/ MS, was used. We found eight differentially expressed proteins in plasma from B-cell ALL patients as follows: Serotransferrin, Alpha-1-antitrypsin, Haptoglobin, Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein, and Complement C3.
Resumo Na Colômbia, durante a última década, a leucemia linfoblastica aguda (LLA) tem sido o câncer com maior incidência, com mais de 40% das mortes por câncer em menores atribuídas a essa doença. Entre os fatores que influenciam esses números, o diagnóstico tardio talvez seja o fator mais sensível que afeta negativamente o sucesso do tratamento. Esta pesquisa enfocou o estudo do proteoma plasmático de crianças colombianas diagnosticadas com LLA tipo B, dada a sua alta incidência, em comparação com controles na busca por proteínas que poderiam ter potencialidade para serem classificadas como biomarcadores diagnósticos. Agora, em vista dos avanços nas ferramentas de proteômica e espectrometria de massa e sabendo que eles são uma alternativa para abordar a complexidade molecular de doenças como o câncer, usamos uma abordagem proteômica baseada em uma separação por eletroforese bidimensional diferencial (2DE-DIGE) com subsequente separação por cromatografia líquida acoplada a espectrometria de massa em tandem. Encontramos 8 proteínas com expressão diferencial no plasma de pacientes com LBA, dentre os quais a Serotransferrina, a Alfa-1-antitripsina, a Haptoglobina, a Glicoproteína alfa-2-zinco e o Complemento C3.
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Objective To analyze the protein abundance differences between two Leishmania infantum strains isolated from different epidemiological types of visceral leishmaniasis in China by comparative proteomics method. Methods Tryptic digests of total proteins were analyzed by using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), followed by label-free quantitative differential expression analysis. The MS data were analyzed with MaxQuant software (ver 1.3.0.5) against data base. Results This study resulted in the identification of 4 274 proteins across two strains (JIASHI-5 and SC6) . Of these, 1 219 differentially expressed proteins (ratio ＞ 2.0 or ＜ 0.5, P < 0.05) were identified. Considering the proteins differentially or uniquely expressed in the strains, 550 proteins were only found in the JIASHI-5 strain, and 174 proteins were only found in the SC6 strain. Totally 495 differentially proteins were expressed in the two groups, among which 328 proteins were down-regulated and 167 proteins were up-regulated in SC6 strain. Some of the identified differentially expressed proteins were demonstrated and they involved in energy metabolism, stress response, prolonging the lifetime of the infected host cell and survival and proliferation in virulent strains. Conclusion This study reveals a group of differentially expressed proteins and the related biologic function that may lay the foundation for screening and identification of the key Leishmania molecules relative to pathogenicity.
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Aim To clarify the damage mechanisms of ionizing radiation on mouse spleen tissues and analyse differential protein expression in spleen tissues of mice exposed to ionizing radiation injury and normal mice from the perspective of comparative proteomics, in order to analyse the signaling pathways involved in differential proteins. Methods The mouse ionizing radiation injury model was established by 5 Gy 60Co-y ray, and the mouse spleen tissue was extracted in the ionizing radiation group and normal group, then ITRAQ combined with LC-MS/MS detection technology were used to screen differentially expressed proteins of spleen tissues from ionizing radiation group and normal group. Results A total of 17 biological signaling pathways were identified by KEGG pathway enrichment analysis(P <0. 0 5) , in which 37 differential expressed proteins were enriched in the ribosome signaling pathway pathway , including 36 differential expressed proteins downregulated and one differential expressed protein up-regulated. These pathway involved several multiple subunit proteins, such as ribosome proteins, 60S ribosome proteins and 40S ribosome proteins, which were mainly involved in biological processes, such as translation of proteins, structural composition of ribosome and so on. Conclusions Ionizing radiation causes 37 differential proteins involved in ribosome signaling pathway of mouse spleen tissues, including 36 differential expressed proteins down-regulated and one differential expressed protein up-regulated. The disturbance of protein synthesis in spleen tissues is an important mechanism of ionizing radiation injury.
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Objective To analyze the protein abundance differences between two Leishmania infantum strains isolated from different epidemiological types of visceral leishmaniasis in China by comparative proteomics method. Methods Tryptic digests of total proteins were analyzed by using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), followed by label-free quantitative differential expression analysis. The MS data were analyzed with MaxQuant software (ver 1.3.0.5) against data base. Results This study resulted in the identification of 4 274 proteins across two strains (JIASHI-5 and SC6) . Of these, 1 219 differentially expressed proteins (ratio ＞ 2.0 or ＜ 0.5, P < 0.05) were identified. Considering the proteins differentially or uniquely expressed in the strains, 550 proteins were only found in the JIASHI-5 strain, and 174 proteins were only found in the SC6 strain. Totally 495 differentially proteins were expressed in the two groups, among which 328 proteins were down-regulated and 167 proteins were up-regulated in SC6 strain. Some of the identified differentially expressed proteins were demonstrated and they involved in energy metabolism, stress response, prolonging the lifetime of the infected host cell and survival and proliferation in virulent strains. Conclusion This study reveals a group of differentially expressed proteins and the related biologic function that may lay the foundation for screening and identification of the key Leishmania molecules relative to pathogenicity.
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Objective To screen the differential proteins in the brain (neocortex and hippocampus) between the rats with cortical dysplasia (CD) and control ones,and investigate the role of their alteration in the development of epilepsy in CD.Methods Cortical dysplasia was induced in rat pups via in utero delivery of BCNU.A two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE)-based approach was used to construct the expression profiles of proteins in both the neocortex and hippocampus at different age groups (postnatal day 7 and 60) and to detect proteome changes between CD rats and control ones.Following gel image analysis,protein spots that differed in abundance between CD and control rats were identified by using Matrx-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) and MS/MS.Results A total of 57 kinds of protein were screened out (P ＜ 0.05),in which 35 were found up-regulated and 22 were down-regulated compared with the control,35 from neonatal stage (postnatal day 7) and others from adult stage.Finally,12 among them were identified,including tubulin,alpha-lB,Beta-actin,tubulin beta-2A,GAP-43,UbCKmit,GAPDH and TMBr-3,etc.Conclusions Changed expression of specific proteins which were found in our study are involved in construction of brain 's cytoskeleton,synaptic function,mitochondrial function and so forth.Thus,they may be related to the pathogenic mechanisms of epileptogenicity of CD.
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Objective To discover radioresistance-associated proteins by performing comparative proteomic analysis on nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines.Methods The total proteins were extracted from radioresistant human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2R and its parental cell line CNE-2,respectively.These proteins were separated by high quality two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and then the 2-DE profiles were screened for differentially expressed protein spots by the Image Master 5.0 software.Those spots were identified by a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry.Results 32 significantly differentially expressed protein spots were screened in two different radiosensitivity cell lines and 11 proteins were identified by tandem mass spectrometry,among which 3 proteins were up-regulated in radioresistant human nasopharyngcal carcinoma cell line CNE-2R and the other 8 proteins were down-regulated.Conclusions The differentially expressed proteins of nasopharyegeal carcinoma cells with different radiosensitivity were mainly involved in apoptosis regulation,DNA damage and repair,cell cycle regulation,RNA transcription,cell signaling,cytoskeleton formation and radiation stress responses.
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Proteomics, which has been widely used in life science, is an emerging discipline following genomics. It can help to explore the pathogenic mechanism and early onset marker of Bacillus anthracis, playing an important part in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of B.anthracis. In this paper,the application of proteomics in the research of B.anthracis is reviewed.
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HSV-1 infection-mediated regulation of mRNA translation in host cells is a systematic and complicated process. Investigation of the details of this mechanism will facilitate understanding of biological variations in the viral replication process and host cells. In this study, a comparative proteomics technology platform was applied by two-dimension electrophoresis of HSV-1 infected normal human L-02 cell and control cell lysates. The observed protein spots were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively by the PDQuest software package. A number of the different observed protein spots closely associated with cellular protein synthesis were identified by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The expression levels of the RPLP1 protein, which is required for mRNA translation, and KHSRP protein, which is involved in rapid decay of mRNA, were up-regulated, whereas the expression level of RNP H2, which is involved in positive regulation on the mRNA splicing process, was down-regulated. All of these results suggest that HSV-1 infection can influence cellular protein synthesis via modulation of cellular regulatory proteins involved in RNA splicing, translation and decay, resulting in optimisation of viral protein synthesis when cellular protein synthesis is shut off. Although there is need for further investigations regarding the detailed mechanisms of cellular protein control, our studies provide new insight into the targeting of varied virus signaling pathways involved in host cellular protein synthesis.
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Objective To study proteome variation between uropathogenic E. coil (UPEC)132, UPEC J96 and non-uropathogenic E. coli K-12 MG1655. Methods Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis(2-DE) was applied to compare the differential expression proteins between UPEC 132, UPEC J96 and non-uro-pathogenic E.coli K-12 MG1655. The differential expression proteins were digested in gel by enzyme. The mass of generated peptides were measured by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The data obtained from peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) were re-searched using the internet available database. Results The number of protein spots recognized from UPEC 132 was 466±11, significantly more than that of E. coli K-12 MG1655 (338±15) and UPEC J96 (382±12); there were 298 protein spots shared by the three E.coli strains, 56 protein spots shared by two UPEC strains, and 89 protein spots characterized by UPEC 132. Twenty-two differential expression or significantly increased expression protein spots, involved in virulence factors, metabolism and transportation, regulation of protein synthesis, biological oxidation and unknown functions, were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. Condusion The proteome from UPEC 132 and non-uropathogenic E. coli K-12 MG1655, or UPEC 132 and UPEC J96 was differentially expressed. It will provide important information on the pathogen-esis of UPEC 132.
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Objective The article introduces the present status of the application of comparative proteomics in study of tumor marker. Methods This essay review the present status and advances of the application of comparative proteomics in study of tumor marker through refer considerable literatures about proteome, proteomics and tumor marker. Results Follow the study of human genome deepening; the paradox between the finiteness of genes’ number and stability of genes’ structure and the variety of the life phenomena is more conspicuous. Then, the study of proteomics was pushed to the advancing front of life science research. The application of comparative proteomics to tumor research becomes a hot spot nowadays. Conclusion Screening tumor marker via comparative proteomics is an extremely promising research.
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Objective To explore the protein profile and identify developmentally regulated proteins of the promastigotes and axenic amastigotes with comparative proteomics technique.Methods The total proteins of promas-tigotes and axenic amastigotes of Leishmania donovani SC6 strain were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis(2-DE) in a broad pH range(3-10) , and the gel was stained with Coomassie blue.The images were analyzed by PDQuest 1.0 software, and the major developmentally regulated proteins were identified by electrospray mass spectrometry.Results Approximately 700 protein spots were revealed in equivalent proteins of the promastigotes and axenic amastigotes separated by 2-DE, among which more than 90% protein spots showed equivalent quantity and distribution, with 6 proteins up-regulated and 3 proteins down-regulated in axenic amastigotes compared with promastigotes.Five of the 6 up-regulated proteins were with known function, respectively ascribed as Reiske iron-sulfur protein precursor, ?-tubulin, peroxidoxin 1, dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase precursor, and mannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase.Two of the 3 down-regulated proteins were identified as heat shock protein 70 and ?-tubulin.The functions of the developmentally regulated proteins were related to the carbohydrate/energy metabolism, stress response, or formation of cell membrane/cytoskeleton.Conclusion The findings demonstrate the differences in protein expression profiles between promastigotes and amastigotes.