哮喘大鼠淋巴细胞蛋白质组的分析

通过建立卵蛋白(Ovalbumin, OVA) 致敏的Wistar大鼠哮喘动物模型, 利用二维凝胶电泳及MALDI-TOF-MS分析技术, 对哮喘大鼠与正常大鼠脾脏淋巴细胞差异表达蛋白质进行鉴定和分析. 结果显示, 在哮喘组中呈现高表达的蛋白质, 包括胶原蛋白调控蛋白质(hnRNP)以及细胞结构蛋白(Fibrinogen). 而与代谢相关的蛋白质(CoQ10)和线粒体内膜蛋白, 在哮喘组中呈低表达. 研究结果表明, 这些蛋白质与哮喘气道慢性炎症、气道高反应性和气道的重构有关.     

正常组织和胰腺癌组织中差异表达蛋白的鉴定

采用双向凝胶电泳和生物质谱技术, 对12对胰腺癌组织和癌旁组织样品、3个胰腺良性疾病样品、3个正常胰腺组织样品的蛋白质进行了分离和鉴定, 获得了重复性较好的双向凝胶电泳图谱; 鉴定了胰腺癌和癌旁组织的差异表达蛋白质, 发现了30个差异表达蛋白质; 应用MALDI-TOF-MS/MS技术对差异表达蛋白质进行鉴定, 共有24个蛋白质得到鉴定, 其中15个蛋白质在胰腺癌组织中表达上调, 9个蛋白质表达下调. 这些蛋白质与胰腺癌的发生相关, 可能成为胰腺癌的分子标志物和药物治疗的靶蛋白.     

在镉盐胁迫下扇贝鳃组织应激蛋白的研究

采用透射电子显微镜观察了虾夷盘扇贝(Patinopecten yessoensis)鳃组织细胞的超微结构, 发现镉盐能胁迫鳃组织中的腮丝、细胞核和线粒体产生病变. 利用双向凝胶电泳(2D-PAGE)优化分离扇贝鳃组织的全蛋白, 获得约800个蛋白质斑点, 并筛选出37个由于镉盐胁迫而产生的差异蛋白质斑点. 选用基质辅助激光解吸离子化-飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)技术和数据库检索鉴定差异蛋白, 结果发现7个与镉毒性密切相关的蛋白质, 即热休克蛋白70和β-淀粉酶等上调蛋白质及原肌球蛋白、肌动蛋白和钙活化核苷酸酶1等下调蛋白质. 此外, 还发现转录调节子Crp/Fnr家族为低表达蛋白质, 而ABC转运子为高表达蛋白质. 在这些差异蛋白中, 部分蛋白质适合作为连续监测流动海水中镉污染程度及评价其危害性的蛋白指示物.     

Ⅱ型糖尿病大鼠神经视网膜组织中差异蛋白质分析

以高脂饮食联合小剂量链脲菌素(Streptozotocin, STZ ) 注射方法诱导大鼠II型糖尿病 (T2DM) 模型为研究对象, 采用比较蛋白质组学技术鉴定和分析早期糖尿病神经视网膜差异表达蛋白.通过联用液氮内研磨、冰浴超声、高速离心提取全蛋白技术,提取每只大鼠神经视网膜全蛋白质总量约900 μg.采用双向凝胶电泳(2-DE) 分离技术,获得2500个以上可辩认的蛋白质斑点.通过蛋白质组学比对技术筛选出糖尿病状态下神经视网膜差异表达蛋白,用基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间串联质谱 (MALDI-TOF- MS/MS) 和肽质量指纹图谱 (PMF) 鉴定出20个差异蛋白点.按照Gene Ontology (GO)分类体系,对差异蛋白归类分析,揭示其亚细胞定位和分子功能.应用Pathway Studio软件对差异表达蛋白的生物学意义进行分析,认为凋亡是早期糖尿病视网膜病变(Diabetic retinopathy,DR) 重要的细胞事件;AnnexinΙ、CRYAB、mtHsp70蛋白是与病理过程相关的关键蛋白,对研究DR致病机制有重要意义.     

在镉盐胁迫下用蛋白质组学技术筛选与鉴定海兔亚口腔神经节的差异蛋白质

以蓝斑背肛海兔(Notarcus leachii cirrosus Stimpson, NLCS)的口腔神经节(Buccal ganglion, BG)为研究对象, 按BG形态对称性, 解剖成亚BG(sub-BG, SBG), 并分为左SBG和右SBG, 简称为LSBG和RSBG. 用双向凝胶电泳(2D-PAGE)技术优化分离LSBG和RSBG全蛋白质, 并采用蛋白质组学和数据库比对技术筛选与鉴定差异蛋白质. 实验结果表明, LSBG和RSBG之间的差异蛋白质主要由活性多肽的前体蛋白或降解后大片段多肽组成, 它们对维持BG的生理功能起着重要的作用. 在急性镉盐(10 μg/mL)胁迫下, NLCS的LSBG和RSBG表达了由镉盐诱导的差异蛋白质, 并采用蛋白质组学技术分别分离、筛选和鉴定, 其主要的差异蛋白质有下调的肌球蛋白、钙结合蛋白、上调的热休克蛋白和硫氧还蛋白. 这些蛋白质可能与BG细胞抗镉毒性有关, 部分差异蛋白质适合于监测镉盐污染且开展毒理学研究的蛋白指示物.     

镧对肝细胞株7701的增殖和对蛋白质表达的影响

采用MTT法考察了La3 在2×10-4～4×10-7 mol·L-1浓度范围内对体外培养的人正常肝细胞株7701的生长和增殖的影响及其对浓度的依赖关系.结果表明,低浓度的La3 对细胞有明显的促增殖作用,而高浓度的La3 对细胞的生长表现抑制作用.为探讨促增殖的细胞是否正常,利用双向凝胶电泳技术,对La3 诱导增殖的细胞和对照组正常细胞进行蛋白质分离和分析,发现两组细胞蛋白质的表达存在着明显的差异,表示在稀土促进增殖下的细胞可能并非正常,并讨论了La3 促进细胞增殖的可能机制及其过程.     

维拉帕米作用下急性心梗大鼠比较蛋白质组学研究

以急性心梗大鼠为研究对象, 应用双向凝胶电泳法(2-DE)分析比较了维拉帕米作用下急性心梗大鼠心肌蛋白表达的差异, 从蛋白质水平探讨了维拉帕米心肌保护作用的发生机制. 结果表明, 与假手术组及模型组相比, 维拉帕米给药组心肌组织中有8个蛋白点表达显著上调, 7个蛋白点表达显著下调. 采用质谱(MALDI-TOF-MS)分析结合数据库检索, 共鉴定了其中的15种蛋白质, 可按功能分为如下4类: (1) 能量代谢及线粒体功能相关蛋白; (2) 氧化应激相关蛋白; (3) 细胞骨架蛋白; (4) 其它蛋白. 研究结果表明, 维拉帕米的心肌保护作用与恢复心肌损伤过程中的能量供应及对抗氧化应激等作用有关.     

钆对费氏中华根瘤菌抑制效应的蛋白质组分析

运用双向凝胶电泳和MALDI-TOF质谱技术,分析了Gd3+对费氏中华根瘤菌USDA 205的抑制效应。结果表明,经1 mmol.L-1Gd3+处理12 h后,22个蛋白质表达量有显著变化,其中13个蛋白质表达量增加,9个蛋白质表达量下降。这些蛋白质可根据功能分为8类,包括转运蛋白、胁迫相关蛋白、代谢相关蛋白等。     

鼠肝癌淋巴道转移细胞模型的蛋白质组学研究

对2株来源于同一亲本细胞但淋巴道转移力显著不同的小鼠肝癌腹水型细胞株Hca-F(淋巴结转移率75%)和Hca-P(淋巴结转移率25%), 采用荧光差异双向凝胶电泳(2D DIGE)和DeCyder定量分析软件及HPLC-nESI-MS/MS技术, 定量分析和鉴定了小鼠肝癌细胞Hca-F和Hca-P的差异表达蛋白. 结果显示, 有116个蛋白质点表达水平存在明显差异(p<0.05), 在Hca-F中表达上调蛋白质点62个, 下调蛋白质点54个. 对所有116个蛋白质点进行了电喷雾串联质谱鉴定, 共鉴定出109种单一(Unique)蛋白. 其中部分蛋白已被报道与不同类型肿瘤的发生、浸润和转移相关, 多数蛋白质被首次报道与肝癌的淋巴道转移过程直接相关.     

差速离心结合蛋白质组学技术研究受镉盐胁迫后的牙鲆肝差异蛋白质

人工构建镉盐污染源,选用差速离心结合双向凝胶电泳(2D-PAGE)法,高效提取、分离和筛选牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus, PO)受镉盐胁迫后的肝脏全蛋白和差异蛋白质.实验结果表明: 选用直接裂解法提取牙鲆肝(PO liver POL)全蛋白质且用2D-PAGE分离,可获得约800个蛋白斑点,其中镉盐诱导了11个差异蛋白斑点.以相对离心力为1000×g、12000×g和100000 ×g 的差速离心法,分别制备了3种沉淀蛋白和1种胞浆蛋白,称为POL组分Ⅰ、POL组分Ⅱ、POL组分Ⅲ和POL组分Ⅳ(胞浆蛋白),蛋白斑点数目分别为380、550、500和850个,总计2280个,明显高于直接裂解法.比较分析法发现,差速离心结合2D-PAGE分离技术可获得牙鲆肝脏受镉盐胁迫后表达的54个差异蛋白质,并适合于用肽质量指纹(peptide mass fingerprint,PMF)图谱技术鉴定.本实验所建立的差速离心结合蛋白质组学技术可高效提取、分离和鉴定组织全蛋白或差异蛋白,并能有效地筛选出蛋白指示物.     

Proteomic profiling of human colon cancer cells treated with the histone deacetylase inhibitor belinostat

The anticancer drug belinostat is a hydroxamate histone deacetylase inhibitor that has shown significant antitumour activity in various tumour models and also in clinical trials. In this study, we utilized a proteomic approach in order to evaluate the effect of this drug on protein expression in the human colon cancer cell line HCT116. Protein extracts from untreated HCT116 cells, and cells grown for 24 h in the presence of 1 and 10 μM belinostat were analysed by 2‐D gel electrophoresis. Proteins were visualized by colloidal Coomassie blue staining and quantitative analysis of gel images revealed 45 unique differentially expressed proteins that were identified by LC‐MSMS analysis. Among these proteins, of particular interest are the downregulated proteins nucleophosmin and stratifin, and the upregulated proteins nucleolin, gelsolin, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K, annexin 1, and HSP90B that all were related to the proto‐oncogene proteins p53, Myc, activator protein 1, and c‐fos protein. The modulation of these proteins is consistent with the observations that belinostat is able to inhibit clonogenic cell growth of HCT116 cells and the biological role of these proteins will be discussed.     

人卵巢癌耐药细胞株的比较蛋白质组分析

本文采用高分辨二维凝胶电泳分离技术对人卵巢癌细胞株COC1及其耐药细胞株COC1/DDP中的蛋白质进行分离和差异表达分析, 应用基质辅助激光解吸电离-飞行时间质谱对酶解多肽进行测定[即测定蛋白质的肽质量指纹图(Peptide mass fingerprinting, PMF)], 并通过相应的数据库搜索来鉴定蛋白质. 为获得更准确的检索结果, 采用串联质谱技术对各肽段进行氨基酸测序, 并应用IPI-HUMAN数据库对上述检索结果进一步加以确认.      

Serum Proteomic Analysis of Cannabis Use Disorder in Male Patients

Cannabis use has been growing recently and it is legally consumed in many countries. Cannabis has a variety of phytochemicals including cannabinoids, which might impair the peripheral systems responses affecting inflammatory and immunological pathways. However, the exact signaling pathways that induce these effects need further understanding. The objective of this study is to investigate the serum proteomic profiling in patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder (CUD) as compared with healthy control subjects. The novelty of our study is to highlight the differentially changes proteins in the serum of CUD patients. Certain proteins can be targeted in the future to attenuate the toxicological effects of cannabis. Blood samples were collected from 20 male individuals: 10 healthy controls and 10 CUD patients. An untargeted proteomic technique employing two-dimensional difference in gel electrophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry was employed in this study to assess the differentially expressed proteins. The proteomic analysis identified a total of 121 proteins that showed significant changes in protein expression between CUD patients (experimental group) and healthy individuals (control group). For instance, the serum expression of inactive tyrosine protein kinase PEAK1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 were increased in CUD group. In contrast, the serum expression of transthyretin and serotransferrin were reduced in CUD group. Among these proteins, 55 proteins were significantly upregulated and 66 proteins significantly downregulated in CUD patients as compared with healthy control group. Ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) found that these differentially expressed proteins are linked to p38MAPK, interleukin 12 complex, nuclear factor-κB, and other signaling pathways. Our work indicates that the differentially expressed serum proteins between CUD and control groups are correlated to liver X receptor/retinoid X receptor (RXR), farnesoid X receptor/RXR activation, and acute phase response signaling.     

Evaluation of differential protein expression in Haliclona aquarius and sponge-associated microorganisms under cadmium stress

A comparative proteomic approach was used to assess differentially expressed proteins in marine sponges after 36 h of exposure to cadmium (Cd). After separation performed by 2-D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, 46 protein spots indicated differential expression, and 17 of these proteins were identified by electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. From the proteins identified, 76 % were attributed to sponge-associated microorganisms (fungi and bacteria), and 24 % were attributed to Haliclona aquarius. Some of the proteins that were identified may be related to cell proliferation and differentiation or processes of oxidative stress repair and energy procurement. An integrated evaluation based on spot expression levels and the postulated functions of these proteins allowed a more accurate evaluation of the stress caused to the sponge holobiont system by cadmium exposure. This study could provide new insights into the use of a proteomic approach in the marine sponge to assess the effects of Cd pollution in a marine environment.     

A proteomic analysis of secreted proteins from xylan-induced Bacillus sp. strain K-1

The expression level of extracellular proteins in an alkaliphilic bacterium, Bacillus sp. strain K-1, grown in a xylan-containing medium, is significantly increased when compared with that grown in the nonxylan culture medium. A proteomic approach has been efficiently applied to separate and characterize these differentially expressed secretory proteins. Eight prominent protein spots were identified and subjected to N-terminal amino acid sequencing. The results show that three spots share considerable similarity with the xylanolytic enzymes and that two spots share considerable similarity with the GltC regulatory protein and 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase, respectively. In addition, the three other proteins show little similarity with the known proteins in the database. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that the proteomic approach is a highly efficient method to rapidly study the differential expression of the secreted proteins by Bacillus sp. strain K-1 grown under xylan-induced condition.     

Proteomic analysis reveals metabolic changes during yeast to hypha transition in Yarrowia lipolytica

Fungal dimorphism is important for survival in different environments and has been related to virulence. The ascomycete Yarrowia lipolytica can grow as yeast, pseudomycelial or mycelial forms. We have used a Y. lipolytica parental strain and a Deltahoy1 mutant, which is unable to form hypha, to set up a model for dimorphism and to characterize in more depth the yeast to hypha transition by proteomic techniques. A two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) based differential expression analysis of Y. lipolytica yeast and hyphal cells was performed, and 45 differentially expressed proteins were detected; nine with decreased expression in hyphal cells were identified. They corresponded to the S. cerevisiae homologues of Imd4p, Pdx3p, Cdc19, Sse1p, Sol3p, Sod2p, Xpt1p, Mdh1p and to the unknown protein YALIOB00924g. Remarkably, most of these proteins are involved in metabolic pathways, with four showing oxidoreductase activity. Furthermore, taking into account that this is the first report of 2-DE analysis of Y. lipolytica protein extracts, 35 more proteins from the 2D map of soluble yeast proteins, which were involved in metabolism, cell rescue, energy and protein synthesis, were identified.     

Proteomic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown under magnesium limitation

In this study, large-scale qualitative and quantitative proteomic technology was applied to the analysis of the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown under magnesium limitation, an environmental condition previously shown to induce expression of various virulence factors. For quantitative analysis, whole cell and membrane proteins were differentially labeled with isotope-coded affinity tag (ICAT) reagents and ICAT reagent-labeled peptides were separated by two-dimensional chromatography prior to analysis by electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) in an ion trap mass spectrometer (ITMS). To increase the number of protein identifications, gas-phase fractionation (GPF) in the m/z dimension was employed for analysis of ICAT peptides derived from whole cell extracts. The experiments confirmed expression of 1331 P. aeruginosa proteins of which 145 were differentially expressed upon limitation of magnesium. A number of conserved Gram-negative magnesium stress-response proteins involved in bacterial virulence were among the most abundant proteins induced in low magnesium. Comparative ICAT analysis of membrane versus whole cell protein indicated that growth of P. aeruginosa in low magnesium resulted in altered subcellular compartmentalization of large enzyme complexes such as ribosomes. This result was confirmed by 2-D PAGE analysis of P. aeruginosa outer membrane proteins. This study shows that large-scale quantitative proteomic technology can be successfully applied to the analysis of whole bacteria and to the discovery of functionally relevant biologic phenotypes.     

Proteomics Analysis of T Lymphocytes Damage Induced by Ionizing Irradiation

Human T lymphocytes were found to be highly radiosensitive and complex cellular responses including apoptosis could be induced upon exposure to X‐ray irradiation. However, the mechanism of apoptosis associated with irradiation was not clear. In this study, a proteomic method was applied to investigation on alteration of proteome of human T‐lymphocyte cells after irradiation. The Jurkat cells were irradiated with 4 Gy X‐ray and the cell lysates were collected at different times after irradiation (6, 12, 18, 24 and 48 h). The whole proteins were separated and quantified by two‐dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis, and then the differentially expressed proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. 4 proteins exhibited significant irradiation‐induced difference in abundance, including L‐plastin, bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein, tubulin beta chain, beta‐actin. Differentially expressed proteins were reported to be directly or indirectly involved in the function of human T lymphocyte. Thus, this study might provide clues to identify proteins with biological significance related to irradiation.     

Proteomic characterization of early-stage differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into neural cells induced by all-trans retinoic acid in vitro

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are totipotent stem cells, which can differentiate into various kinds of cell types, including neurons. They are widely used as a model system for investigating mechanisms of differentiation events during early mouse development. In this study, proteomic techniques were used to approach the protein profile associated with the early-stage differentiation of ES cells into neuronal cells induced by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in vitro. In comparison of the protein profile of parent ES cells with that of ES-derived neural-committed cells, which was induced by ATRA for four days, 24 differentially displayed protein spots were selected from two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) gels for further protein identification by pepide mass fingerprinting (PMF). Nine proteins were known to being involved in the process of neural differentiation and/or neural survival. Of those, alpha-3/alpha-7 tubulin and vimentin were down-regulated, while cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin 18, G1/S-special cyclin D2, follistatin-related protein, NEL protein, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase IB alpha-subunit, and thioredoxin peroxidase 2 were upregulated during differentiation of ES cells to neural cells. Additionally, other 12 protein (five upregulated and seven downregulated) spots associated with ES cell differentiation into neuronal cells were not matched to known proteins so far, implicating that they might be novel proteins. The results above indicated that the molecular mechanisms of differentiation of ES cells to neural cells in vitro might be similar to those of other neural systems in vitro and identified that proteomic analysis is an effective strategy to comprehensively unravel the regulatory network of differentiation.