Method development for proteome stabilization in human saliva |
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Authors: | Hua Xiao David TW Wong |
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Institution: | 1. Dental Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States;2. School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States;3. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States;4. Division of Head and Neck Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States;5. Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States |
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Abstract: | Human saliva is a biological fluid with emerging early detection and diagnostic potentials. However, the salivary proteome suffers from rapid degradation and thus compromises its translational and clinical utilities. Therefore, easy, reliable and practical methods are urgently required for the storage of human saliva samples. In this study, saliva samples from healthy subjects were collected and stored at room temperature (RT) and 4 °C for different lengths of time with and without specific protein stabilization treatments. SDS-PAGE was run to compare the protein profiling between samples. Reference proteins, β-actin and interleukin-1 β (IL1β), were chosen to evaluate salivary protein stability. Immunoassay was used for the detection of these target proteins. All data was compared with the positive control that had been kept at −80 °C. The results show that the salivary proteome that has been stored at 4 °C with added protease inhibitors was stable for approximately two weeks without significant degradation. By adding ethanol to the samples, the salivary proteome was stabilized at RT. After optimization, a simple, robust and convenient method is developed for the stabilization of proteins in human saliva that does not affect the downstream translational and clinical applications. The salivary proteome could be stabilized without significant degradation by adding ethanol at RT for about two weeks. This optimized method could greatly accelerate the clinical usage of saliva for future diagnosis. |
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Keywords: | Human saliva Proteome Protein stabilization Immunoassay Clinical application |
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