肾阳虚证候的人血清比较蛋白质组学分析

利用双向电泳（2-DE）优化分离了除去高丰度蛋白（白蛋白和IgG）的老年体虚肾阳虚患者（以健康组为参照）的血清样本,对比分析pH 4～7范围的2-DE谱图,肾阳虚患者和参照组的平均蛋白点分别为(393±32)和(455±19)个. 其中肾阳虚证候表达量上调2倍（P<0.05）以上的蛋白点有26个,下调2倍以上的有33个. 用质谱获得上述差异蛋白的肽质量指纹图谱,并经数据库检索共鉴定出了49种差异蛋白质,其中有10种在肾阳虚血清中特异表达,有6种在健康组血清中特异表达. 蛋白功能分析发现,其中33种蛋白质的差异表达与肾阳虚证密切相关. 蛋白质TCRβ及transthyretin的蛋白印迹实验验证了2-DE 的结果. 该研究结果为阐明中医肾阳虚证的机理提供了一条新途径.     

Toward a high resolution 2-DE profile of the normal human liver proteome using ultra-zoom gels

The human liver is the largest organ in the body and has many important physiological functions. A global analysis of human liver proteins is essential for a better understanding of the molecular basis of the normal functions of the liver and of its diseases. As part of the Human Liver Proteome Project (HLPP), the goal of the present study was to visualize and detect as many proteins as possible in normal human livers using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). We have constructed a reference map of the proteins of human normal liver that can be used for the comprehensive analysis of the human liver proteome and other related research. To improve the resolution and enhance the detection of low abundance proteins, we developed and optimized narrow pH range ultra-zoom 2-DE gels. High resolution patterns of human liver in pH gradients 4.5–5.5, 5–6, 5.5–6.7, 6–9 and 6–11 are presented. To improve the poor resolution in the alkaline pH range of 2-DE gels, we optimized the isoelectric focusing protocol by including sample application using cup loading at the anode and incorporating 1.2% hydroxyethyl disulfide, 15% 2-propanol and 5% glycerol in the rehydration buffer. Using the optimized protocol, we obtained reproducibly better resolution in both analytical and preparative 2-DE gels. Compared with the 2386 and 1878 protein spots resolved in the wide range 3–10 and 4–7 pH gradients respectively, we obtained 5481 protein spots from the multiple (overlapping) narrow pH range ultra-zoom gels in the range of pH 4.5–9. The visualized reference map of normal human liver proteins presented in this paper will be valuable for comparative proteomic research of the liver proteome.     

结核分枝杆菌菌体蛋白双向电泳技术的优化

目的：提取结核分枝杆菌菌体蛋白并建立一种利用双向电泳分离结核分枝杆菌蛋白质组的方法。方法：分离提取结核分枝杆菌菌体蛋白。样品采用不同pH梯度的鹏胶条进行第一向等电聚焦,12％SDS—PAGE凝胶进行二向电泳。银染后双向电泳图谱用Molecular Image Fx激光图像扫描仪扫描,PDQuest6．0软件完成配比分析。结果：优化了结核分枝杆菌菌体蛋白的提取方法,用裂解液8mol／L尿素结合2mol／L硫脲,140mmol／LDTT,0．5％biolyte,4％CHAPs,400mg／m1lOG处理,成功提取了蛋白,并通过结核分枝杆菌双向电泳技术体系的优化,建立了结核分枝杆菌菌体蛋白的分解图谱。pH4—7及pH7—10两胶面上共1387个点,占所检测到的蛋白总数的86％,绝大部分（1194个）蛋白位于pH4—7范围内。结论：为进一步开展结核分枝杆菌的比较蛋白质组学研究提供了方法学参考。     

枸杞花药蛋白质组双向电泳体系的建立及应用

采用改良TCA丙酮沉淀结合Tris-HCl法提取枸杞花药蛋白质,对蛋白质裂解液成分、IPG胶条的pH范围、上样量及染色方法进行了探索.结果表明:(1)采用17 cm胶条、400 μg的上样量、含有2 mol/L硫脲的裂解液,硝酸银染色,可得到重复性好、质量高的枸杞花药蛋白2-DE图谱,枸杞花药蛋白主要集中在pH 4～7范围.(2)采用该体系分析了‘宁杞1号’和‘宁杞5号’四分体时期花药蛋白,并利用PDQuest 8.0软件在pH 4～7的2DE图谱上检测到500多个蛋白点,其中差异表达量大于2倍的蛋白有25个.     

Proteome analysis of rat hippocampal neurons by multiple large gel two-dimensional electrophoresis

The goal of the present study was to detect as many protein spots as possible in mammalian cells using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). For proteome analysis, it is of importance to reveal as many proteins as possible. A single standard 2-DE gel (pH 3-10, 18 cm x 20 cm, 13.5% gel) could detect 853 spots from proteins of cultured rat hippocampal neurons when visualized by silver staining. To increase the resolution of the separation and the number of detectable proteins by 2-DE, we utilized seven different narrow pH range immobilized pH gradients in the first dimension. In the second dimension, fourteen long SDS polyacrylamide gels were used: seven 7.5% gels for the separation of high molecular mass proteins (> or = 40 kDa) and seven 13.5% gels for the separation of low molecular mass proteins (< or = 40 kDa). Three hundred and sixty microg of proteins from cultured hippocampal neurons were loaded on to individual gels and visualized by silver staining. All 14 gel images were assembled into a 70 cm x 67 cm cybergel that contained 6677 protein spots, thereby indicating that the utilization of the present strategy led to a 783% increase in the number of detected spots in comparison to the standard procedure. Loading double the amount (720 microg) of proteins on to a 13.5% gel led to a 184% increase in the number of detected spots, thereby indicating that the present strategy has a potential to display more protein spots in the cybergels.     

Optimization of paper bridge loading for 2-DE analysis in the basic pH region: application to the mitochondrial subproteome

Separation of basic proteins with 2-DE presents technical challenges involving protein precipitation, load limitations, and streaking. Cardiac mitochondria are enriched in basic proteins and difficult to resolve by 2-DE. We investigated two methods, cup and paper bridge, for sample loading of this subproteome into the basic range (pH 6-11) gels. Paper bridge loading consistently produced improved resolution of both analytical and preparative protein loads. A unique benefit of this technique is that proteins retained in the paper bridge after loading basic gels can be reloaded onto lower pH gradients (pH 4-7), allowing valued samples to be analyzed on multiple pH ranges.     

缺铁逆境胁迫下水稻叶片蛋白的双向电泳及其蛋白质组图谱分析

水稻幼苗经缺铁胁迫诱导分别处理1、3、5天后,用酚法和TCA/丙酮法提取叶片中的可溶性蛋白进行双向电泳分析,从而研究在缺铁条件下叶片中蛋白表达的动态变化规律.结果显示1.不同pH IPG胶条分离蛋白的效果不同.用pH3-10的IPG胶条进行双向电泳,经考马斯亮蓝染色后,可在胶面上检测到大约450个蛋白点,其中约有89%的蛋白是酸性蛋白.如果用pH4-7的IPG胶条进行双向电泳,则可检测到大约600个蛋白点,其中有29个蛋白是上调表达,1个蛋白是下调表达,5个蛋白是诱导特异表达.2.不同方法提取的可溶性蛋白质量不同.TCA法简单易操作,似乎对于碱性蛋白的抽提效果更好,在2-DE图像上,减性端显示的蛋白点多;但此方法所得蛋白的再溶性差.酚法提取的蛋白再溶性好,所抽提的蛋白量较大,纯度较高.     

Characterisation of global protein expression by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry: proteomics of Toxoplasma gondii.

The development of tools for the analysis of global gene expression is vital for the optimal exploitation of the data on parasite genomes that are now being generated in abundance. Recent advances in two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), mass spectrometry and bioinformatics have greatly enhanced the possibilities for mapping and characterisation of protein populations. We have employed these developments in a proteomics approach for the analysis of proteins expressed in the tachyzoite stage of Toxoplasma gondii. Over 1000 polypeptides were reproducibly separated by high-resolution 2-DE using the pH ranges 4-7 and 6-11. Further separations using narrow range gels suggest that at least 3000-4000 polypeptides should be resolvable by 2-DE using multiple single pH unit gels. Mass spectrometry was used to characterise a variety of protein spots on the 2-DE gels. Peptide mass fingerprints, acquired by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-(MALDI) mass spectrometry, enabled unambiguous protein identifications to be made where full gene sequence information was available. However, interpretation of peptide mass fingerprint data using the T. gondii expressed sequence tag (EST) database was less reliable. Peptide fragmentation data, acquired by post-source decay mass spectrometry, proved a more successful strategy for the putative identification of proteins using the T. gondii EST database and protein databases from other organisms. In some instances, several protein spots appeared to be encoded by the same gene, indicating that post-translational modification and/or alternative splicing events may be a common feature of functional gene expression in T. gondii. The data demonstrate that proteomic analyses are now viable for T. gondii and other protozoa for which there are good EST databases, even in the absence of complete genome sequence. Moreover, proteomics is of great value in interpreting and annotating EST databases.     

The whereabouts of transmembrane proteins from rat brain synaptosomes during two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

Little is known about what happens to transmembrane proteins (TMP) in 2-DE. In order to obtain more insight into the whereabouts of these proteins we prepared membrane-enriched synaptosomes from rat frontal cortex and washed them with 7 M urea or Na(2)CO(3). From each preparation, 200 microg protein was loaded on 2-DE gels covering the 4-7 and 6-11 pH ranges, respectively. MALDI-MS/MS analysis detected only 3 TMP among 421 identified spots. However, when the samples had been washed with Na(2)CO(3), only few well-focused spots remained detectable on the gel covering the pH 6-11 range. Instead, a heavily ruthenium-stained smear became visible at the upper edge of the gel at the location where the samples had been applied by cup loading. LC-MS/MS analysis revealed that this smear contained 38 unfocused TMP with up to 12 transmembrane helices. After transfer to the second dimension, no major areas of protein staining were left on the IPG strips. This indicates that after extraction and denaturation the TMP may form high-molecular aggregates, due to their "hydrophobic interactions". These aggregates enter the IPG strips, but do not focus regularly. They are then transferred onto the 2-DE-gels, where they remain caught at the upper edge.     

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis pattern (pH 6-11) and identification of water-soluble barley seed and malt proteins by mass spectrometry

A protocol was established for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) of barley seed and malt proteins in the pH range of 6-11. Proteins extracted from flour in a low-salt buffer were focused after cup-loading onto IPG strips. Successful separation in the second dimension was achieved using gradient gels in a horizontal SDS-PAGE system. Silver staining of gels visualized around 380 (seed) and 500 (malt) spots. Thirty-seven different proteins from seeds were identified in 60 spots, among these 46 were visualized also in the malt 2-D pattern. Proteins were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and by tandem MS sequencing after in-gel digestion by trypsin. In addition, the N-terminal sequence of 10 different proteins from 11 spots was determined after electroblotting to a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane. Five identified proteins (in 9 spots) are involved in glycolysis, 12 in defence against pathogens (21 spots), 4 in storage, folding, and synthesis of proteins, and in nitrogen metabolism (5 spots), 6 in carbohydrate metabolism (11 spots), and 4 in stress and detoxification (9 spots). Six proteins (7 spots) were not grouped in these categories, and 3 were not ascribed a function. The presented 2-D patterns and identifications will be used to describe proteome differences between cultivars and changes during malting.     

Analysis of whole cell lysate from the intercellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii using two gel-based protein separation techniques

Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is an obligate intracellular gamma-proteobacterium, which replicates within large phagolysosome-like compartments formed in the host cell. The global protein profile of intracellular C. burnetii strain Nine Mile phase II was analyzed by two gel-based approaches coupled to MALDI-TOF MS. Colloidal Coomassie brilliant blue-stained 2-DE gels at the pH range 3-10 resolved over 600 protein spots and 125 spots in doubled-SDS-PAGE gels. Mass spectra obtained for each trypsin-digested protein-spot were compared to the C. burnetii genome database, and a total number of 185 different C. burnetii proteins were identified by both techniques. 2-DE in combination with MALDI-TOF MS, as a high-throughput method, allowed the identification of 172 proteins. On the other hand, the application of doubled-SDS-PAGE allowed the identification of 38 proteins, with some of them being very alkaline and membrane proteins not identified in the 2-DE approach. Most identified proteins were predicted to be involved in metabolism and biosynthesis. Several identified proteins are speculated to have a distinct and vital role in the pathogenesis and survival of C. burnetii within the harsh phagolysosomal environment.     

Partial two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) maps of Streptococcus iniae ATCC29178 and Lactococcus garvieae KG9408

To examine the proteomes of 2 important causative agents of fish streptococcosis, Streptococcus iniae ATCC29178 and Lactococcus garvieae KG9408, we used 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by mass spectrometry to generate 2-DE maps of these type strains. Silver-stained 2-DE gels of S. iniae ATCC29178 and L. garvieae KG9408 revealed approximately 320 and 300 spots, respectively, and immobilized pH gradient strips (13 cm, pH 4 to 7) revealed that the majority of the detected spots were concentrated in the pH range of 4.5 to 5.5. The spots were randomly selected from the 2-DE profiles and identified by peptide mass fingerprinting using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. The majority of the identified proteins were functionally related to energy and carbohydrate metabolism (e.g. enolase ATPase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) or translation and translocation (e.g. elongation factor G, elongation factor Tu, DNA-directed RNA polymerase alpha chain). These data, along with our partial 2-DE maps of S. iniae ATCC29178 and L. garvieae KG9408, may help suggest antigenic proteins for the development of effective diagnostic tools and vaccines against S. iniae and L. garvieae.     

An approach to remove albumin for the proteomic analysis of low abundance biomarkers in human serum

Proteomic technologies are being used to discover and identify disease-associated biomarkers. The application of these technologies in the search for potential diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers in the serum of patients has been limited by the presence of highly abundant albumin and immunoglobulins that constitute approximately 60-97% of the total serum proteins. The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether treatment of human serum with Affi-Gel Blue alone or in combination with Protein A (Aurum serum protein mini kit, Bio-Rad) before two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) analysis removed high abundance proteins to allow the visualization of low abundant proteins. Serum samples were treated with either Affi-Gel Blue or Aurum kit and then subjected to 2-DE using 11 cm, pH 4-7 isoelectric focussing strips for the first dimension and 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for second dimension. Protein spots were visualized using a fluorescent protein dye (SYPRO Ruby, Bio-Rad). Comparison between treatment methods showed significant removal of albumin by both Affi-Gel Blue and Aurum kit and considerable differences in the protein profile of the gels after each treatment. Direct comparison between treatments revealed twenty-eight protein spots unique to Affi-Gel Blue while only two spots were unique after Aurum kit treatment. Unique spots in Affi-Gel Blue and Aurum kit treated serum were not visualized in untreated serum. Sixteen hours of Affi-Gel Blue treatment resulted in enhanced visualization of fifty-three protein spots by two-fold, thirty-one by five-fold, twelve by ten-fold and six by twenty-fold. In parallel after Aurum kit treatment two-, five-, ten- and twenty-fold enhancements of thirty, thirteen, eight and five protein spots, respectively, were observed. The pattern of increased visualization of protein spots with both treatment methods was similar. In conclusion, treatment of serum samples with Affi-Gel Blue or Aurum kit before 2-DE analysis can be used to remove high abundance proteins in order to increase the detection sensitivity of proteins present in low abundance.     

Wheat cultivar-specific proteins in grain revealed by 2-DE and their application to cultivar identification of flour

Wheat flour proteins were studied to identify the cultivar-specific proteins and use them to identify cultivars in flours. Proteins extracted from flours of Japanese wheat (cultivars Hokushin, Horoshirikomugi, Kitanokaori and Kachikei 33) and Canadian wheat (Canada Western Red Spring Wheat No. 1; 1CW) were analyzed by 2-DE with IEF gels over three pH ranges: pH 4-7, pH 5-8, and pH 6-11. This system enabled detection of more than 1600 protein spots. We recognized that among 50 protein spots showing cultivar-dependent qualitative changes, 25 proteins were wheat cultivar specific. These 50 protein spots were analyzed by N-terminal Edman degradation microsequencing and MALDI-TOF-MS; 21 protein spots were storage proteins, such as gliadin and low-molecular mass glutenin subunit. Five protein spots were identified as dehydroascorbate reductase (Triticum aestivum), triticin precursor (T. aestivum), alpha-amylase inhibitor (Oryza sativa), DNA-binding with one finger (Dof) zinc family protein (O. sativa), and nonphototropic hypocotyl 1 (NPH1) protein (Avena sativa). The other protein spots appeared to be hypothetical proteins (O. sativa or Arabidopsis thaliana) or functional unknown proteins. These specific proteins can be used as markers to identify wheat cultivars in blended flour composed of two or three flours.     

The alterations of mouse plasma proteins during septic development

A fundamental issue for sepsis therapy is to control the development of inflammation at an early stage. With cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) surgery, the mouse model has clearly shown the septic signs triggered by chronic insult. To monitor the plasma proteomic responses to sepsis, the mouse blood was collected at intervals after sham and CLP surgery followed by the sample treatment to remove high abundance serum albumin. The treated mouse plasma proteins were well resolved by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). The image analysis revealed that these 2-DE spots observed from the sham and the CLP samples 4 h after surgery were comparable, whereas more than 30 different spots appeared on the 2-DE gels between the sham and CLP mouse plasma 24 h after surgery, indicating that some plasma proteins responded to the inflammatory development. These differential spots were verified by MALDI-TOF/TOF MS, resulting in 13 unique sepsis-responsive proteins. More importantly, most of them exhibited multiple spots as difference on the 2-DE gels. Furthermore, these isospots were incubated with PNGase F to eliminate N-linked oligosaccharides on proteins and then evaluated by Western blot as well as mass spectrometry. The results of PNGase F digestion suggested that most sepsis-associated proteins remained in N-glycosylation status but changed their N-glycans during septic development.     

Two-dimensional electrophoretic profiling of normal human kidney glomerulus proteome and construction of an extensible markup language (XML)-based database

To contribute to physiology and pathophysiology of the glomerulus of human kidney, we have launched a proteomic study of human glomerulus, and compiled a profile of proteins expressed in the glomerulus of normal human kidney by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and identification with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and/or liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Kidney cortices with normal appearance were obtained from patients under surgical nephrectomy due to renal tumor, and glomeruli were highly purified by a standard sieving method followed by picking-up under a phase-contrast microscope. The glomerular proteins were separated by 2-DE with 24 cm immobilized pH gradient strips in the 3-10 range in the first dimension and 26 x 20 cm sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels of 12.5% in the second dimension. Gels were silver-stained, and valid spots were processed for identification through an integrated robotic system that consisted of a spot picker, an in-gel digester, and a MALDI-TOF MS and / or a LC-MS/MS. From 2-DE gel images of glomeruli of four subjects with no apparent pathologic manifestations, a synthetic gel image of normal glomerular proteins was created. The synthetic gel image contained 1713 valid spots, of which 1559 spots were commonly observed in the respective 2-DE gels. Among the 1559 spots, 347 protein spots, representing 212 proteins, have so far been identified, and used for the construction of an extensible markup language (XML)-based database. The database is deposited on a web site (http://www.sw.nec.co.jp/bio/rd/hgldb/index.html) in a form accessible to researchers to contribute to proteomic studies of human glomerulus in health and disease.     

New approaches for biomarker discovery: the search for liver fibrosis markers in hepatitis C patients

Despite many shortcomings, liver biopsy is regarded as the gold standard for assessing liver fibrosis. A less invasive and equally or more reliable approach would constitute a major advancement in the field. Proteomics can aid discovery of novel serological markers and these proteins can be measured in patient blood. A major challenge of discovering biomarkers in serum is the presence of highly abundant serum proteins, which restricts the levels of total protein loaded onto gels and limits the detection of low abundance features. To overcome this problem, we used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) over a narrow pH 3-5.6 range since this lies outside the range of highly abundant albumin, transferrin and immunoglobulins. In addition, we used in-solution isoelectric focusing followed by SDS-PAGE to find biomarkers in hepatitis C induced liver cirrhosis. Using the pH 3-5.6 range for 2-DE, we achieved improved representation of low abundance features and enhanced separation. We found in-solution isoelectric focusing to be beneficial for analyzing basic, high molecular weight proteins. Using this method, the beta chains of both complement C3 and C4 were found to decrease in serum from hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis, a change not observed previously by 2-DE. We present two proteomics approaches that can aid in the discovery of clinical biomarkers in various diseases and discuss how these approaches have helped to identify 23 novel biomarkers for hepatic fibrosis.     

Mapping and comprehensive analysis of the extracellular and cell surface proteome of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Secreted proteins of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae might be involved in important pathogen-host cell interactions. Here, we present the first systematic reference map of the extracellular and cell surface proteome fractions of the type strain C. diphtheriae C7s(-)tox-. The analysis window of 2-DE covered the pI range from 3 to 10 along with a MW range from 8 to 150 kDa. Computational analysis of the 2-D gels detected almost 150 protein spots in the extracellular proteome fraction and about 80 protein spots of the cell surface proteome. MALDI-TOF-MS and PMF with trypsin unambiguously identified 107 extracellular protein spots and 53 protein spots of the cell surface, representing in total 85 different proteins of C. diphtheriae C7s(-)tox-. Several of the identified proteins are encoded by pathogenicity islands and might represent virulence factors of C. diphtheriae. Additionally, four solute-binding proteins (HmuT, Irp6A, CiuA, and FrgD) of different iron ABC transporters were identified, with the hitherto uncharacterized FrgD protein being the most abundant one of the cell surface proteome of C. diphtheriae C7s(-)tox-.     

A proteomic approach to study pea (Pisum sativum) responses to powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi)

As a global approach to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in pea resistance to Erysiphe pisi, changes in the leaf proteome of two pea genotypes differing in their resistance phenotype were analyzed by a combination of 2-DE and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. Leaf proteins from control non-inoculated and inoculated susceptible (Messire) and resistant (JI2480) plants were resolved by 2-DE, with IEF in the 5-8 pH range and SDS-PAGE on 12% gels. CBB-stained gels revealed the existence of quantitative and qualitative differences between extracts from: (i) non-inoculated leaves of both genotypes (77 spots); (ii) inoculated and non-inoculated Messire leaves (19 spots); and (iii) inoculated and non-inoculated JI2480 leaves (12 spots). Some of the differential spots have been identified, after MALDI-TOF/TOF analysis and database searching, as proteins belonging to several functional categories, including photosynthesis and carbon metabolism, energy production, stress and defense, protein synthesis and degradation and signal transduction. Results are discussed in terms of constitutive and induced elements involved in pea resistance against Erysiphe pisi.