ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the differentially expressed proteins among chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa by means of proteomic technology, and select the candidate biomarkers of chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Proteins extracted from chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa were separated and the differentially expressed proteins were identified by series of proteomic tools, including immobilized pH4-7 gradient two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, modified coomassie brilliant blue staining, images scanning by the Image Scanner apparatus, PDQuest analysis software, peptide mass fingerprinting based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) by in-gel digestion extract, and Mascot searching in NCBInr and SWISS-PROT databases.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The 2-DE patterns with high resolution and reproducibility were obtained. The protein spots separated and visualized in chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa gel were 1020 +/- 40, 1112 +/- 10 and 1008 +/- 25, respectively. And the match rates were (93 +/- 2)%, (95 +/- 1)% [see text] (90 +/- 3)% respectively. Thirteen differentially expressed spots were found from chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa gel. We selected and recommend Keratin 8 and APOA1 proteins as candidate biomarkers of nasal polyps, and PLUNC protein, PACAP protein, NKEF-B and SOD as candidate biomarkers of chronic sinusitis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The differentially expressed proteins among chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa can be efficiently and relatively reliably identified via the techniques of proteomics. These techniques will play a very important role in the researches for new objective indicators possibly employed in the future classifying, staging and prognosis.</p>
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Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Apolipoprotein A-I , Metabolism , Glycoproteins , Metabolism , Keratin-8 , Metabolism , Nasal Mucosa , Metabolism , Nasal Polyps , Diagnosis , Metabolism , Phosphoproteins , Metabolism , Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide , Metabolism , Proteomics , Sinusitis , Diagnosis , MetabolismABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the molecular mechanisms of colonic epithelial aging related proteins and aged colonic epithelial susceptibility to tumor.@*METHODS@#The proteins of normal human colonic epithelial tissue from young and old people were separated by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE), respectively. Then gels were stained by silver, scanned by imagescanner and analyzed with PDQuest software. The differentially expressed protein spots of colonic epithelium between the old and the young groups were identified by peptide mass fingerprint based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and database searching.@*RESULTS@#Well-resolved and reproducible 2DGE maps of normal human colonic epithelium from the young and the old were acquired. Nineteen more than 2 fold differentially expressed protein spots were identified representing 17 different proteins by MALDI-TOF-MS. The functions of these proteins involve in metabolism, energy generation, transportation, antioxidation, translation and protein folding.@*CONCLUSION@#Seventeen aging related proteins of human colonic epithelium identified indicate that injury of mitochondrial function and decline of antioxidant capability are important reasons for the aging of human colonic epithelium. These data provided useful clues for elucidating the mechanisms of colonic epithelial aging and aged colonic epithelial susceptibility to cancer.