Identification of disease-associated proteins by proteomic approach in ankylosing spondylitis |
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Authors: | Liu Jing Zhu Ping Peng Jiarou Li Keqiu Du Jinwei Gu Jiangying Ou Yuan |
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Affiliation: | Center of Medical Genetics, Department of Hematology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, No. 8, Xishiku Street, West District, Beijing 100034, China. |
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Abstract: | Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder of the axial skeleton and shows significant inherited susceptibility. Auto-immune responses have been traditionally considered as a putative pathogenetic event in AS. However, no consistent self-antigen has been identified to responsible for the disorders in AS to this day. In this study, serum protein profiles of AS patients and healthy controls from a large Chinese AS family were investigated by two dimensional electrophoresis analysis. A group of four highly expressed protein spots was observed in all AS patients' profiles and subsequently identified as isoforms of haptoglobin precursor (pre-Hp) by ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS. Increased expression of haptoglobin precursor were also observed in sera of sporadic AS patients. Moreover, bioinformatics analysis revealed epitopes derived from haptoglobin precursor with high affinity binding to HLA-B( *)2705, a primary subtype associated with AS. These results indicate that pre-Hp may be involved in the pathogenesis of AS. |
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Keywords: | Ankylosing spondylitis Haptoglobin precursor Serum proteomic analysis Epitope prediction |
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