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In the last few years, differential proteomics has gained popularity due to its ability to distinguish proteome of different states
by comparative analysis. This has a greater significance in identifying disease vs. healthy condition, and thereby advanced
further to the application of early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of diseases using mass spectrometry (MS)-based protein
quantification.Several strategies using labeling and label-free approaches have been established for both relative and absolute
quantification of proteins. Recent developments in the MS instrumentation, extensive advances in bioinformatics and computing
power facilitated protein quantification by label-free methods. Label-free quantification overcomes the expensive and extensive
workflows required in the labeling techniques.In our laboratory, we are using a label-free quantification approach called
spectral counting for the identification of disease-specific biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of cancers, specifically
glioblastomamultiforme (GBM) and endometrial cancer (EC).
In this study, tumor biopsies and plasma/serum samples were analyzed by SDS-PAGE for minimizing the complexity of
the proteome before analyzing by MS using nanoAquity UPLC-LTQ OrbitrapVelos MS. Data analysis was carried out using
SEQUEST algorithm for protein identification and Visualize software for quantification of identified proteins using spectral
counting method.
In the GBM study, we identified 2214
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121 proteins in tissue biopsies and 853
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52 proteins in plasma samples, and found
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71 in tumor and 363
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56 proteins in plasma to be differentially modified (p
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0.05). In GBM patients, 46 and 21 proteins
were identified exclusively in tumors and plasma, respectively compared to controls. We further characterized two of the potential
biomarkers pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) and brevican core protein (BCAN) using Western blotting and MS. We
observed that the protein expression and possible posttranslational modifications (PTM) of these candidate biomarkers to be
altered among GBM patients.
Similarly, in the EC study, we identified an average of 1048 � 209 proteins in serum samples, and an average of 389 �
39 proteins with significant differential expression between pre- and post- surgery samples (p<0.05). Of these, nine proteins
were absent in pre- surgery control samples but present in pre- surgery patient samples, which are enlisted to be the potential
biomarkers for the early diagnosis of endometrial cancer.
Using label-free quantification MS method, we identified tumor-specific proteins in patient samples, which could be
the potential biomarkers for early diagnosis in EC and prognostic markers in GBM. The emerging new knowledge of protein
markers and their PTMs identified from this study is expected to represent a major step forward for better understanding of
the fundamental biology of cancers and for giving deeper insight into the pathogenesis of disease, thereby identifying novel
therapeutic targets for optimal therapy.
Biography
Shama Mirza is an Assistant Professor in biochemistry and biotechnology & bioengineering center at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. After herPhD in chemistry (mass spectrometry), shedid herpostdoctoral research in mass spectrometry-based proteomics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and at Medical College of Wisconsin. Herresearch focuses on developing novel technologies for the comprehensive characterization of cellular proteomes using mass spectrometry in order to better understand protein functions and interactions under normal and disease states; primary focus being on glioblastomamultiforme, endometrial cancer, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Dr. Mirzais currently serving as an editorial board member for ?Proteomics Insights? and also as an invited reviewer for several other international journals in the area of biological and analytical chemistry. She has published more than 23 fully peer-reviewed papers. She is also involved in teaching PhD and medical students.
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