Brandon J Harder, Annemarie N Lekkerkerker, Ellen P Casavant, Jason A Hackney, Allen Nguyen, Jacqueline M McBride, William Rodney Mathews, Veronica G Anania
{"title":"Comprehensive profiling of the human fecal proteome from IBD patients with DIA-MS enables evaluation of disease-relevant proteins.","authors":"Brandon J Harder, Annemarie N Lekkerkerker, Ellen P Casavant, Jason A Hackney, Allen Nguyen, Jacqueline M McBride, William Rodney Mathews, Veronica G Anania","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300075","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is characterized by chronic gastrointestinal inflammation. A high unmet need exists for noninvasive biomarkers in IBD to monitor changes in disease activity and guide treatment decisions. Stool is an easily accessed, disease proximal matrix in IBD, however the composition of the IBD fecal proteome remains poorly characterized.</p><p><strong>Experimental design: </strong>A data-independent acquisition LC-MS/MS approach was used to profile the human fecal proteome in two independent cohorts (Cohort 1: healthy n = 5, UC n = 5, CD n = 5, Cohort 2: healthy n = 20, UC n = 10, and CD n = 10) to identify noninvasive biomarkers reflective of disease activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>688 human proteins were quantified, with 523 measured in both cohorts. In UC stool 96 proteins were differentially abundant and in CD stool 126 proteins were differentially abundant compared to healthy stool (absolute log2 fold change > 1, p-value < 0.05). Many of these fecal proteins are associated with infiltrating immune cells and ulceration/rectal bleeding, which are hallmarks of IBD pathobiology. Mapping the identified fecal proteins to a whole blood single-cell RNA sequencing data set revealed the involvement of various immune cell subsets to the IBD fecal proteome.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>Findings from this study not only confirmed the presence of established fecal biomarkers for IBD, such as calprotectin and lactoferrin, but also revealed new fecal proteins from multiple pathways known to be dysregulated in IBD. These novel proteins could serve as potential noninvasive biomarkers to monitor specific aspects of IBD disease activity which could expedite clinical development of novel therapeutic targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e2300075"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proteomic changes of botulinum neurotoxin injection on muscle growth in children with spastic cerebral palsy.","authors":"Xubo Yang, Hongmei Tang, Lu He, Tingting Peng, Jinling Li, Jingbo Zhang, Liru Liu, Hongyu Zhou, Zhaofang Chen, Jingyi Zhao, Yage Zhang, Mengru Zhong, Mingshan Han, Mengqing Zhang, Huiran Niu, Kaishou Xu","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300070","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study aims to explore the proteomic profile and specific target proteins associated with muscle growth in response to botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) treatment, in order to improve spasticity management in children with cerebral palsy (CP).</p><p><strong>Experimental design: </strong>A total of 54 participants provided 60 plasma samples for proteomic analysis. Among them, six children were sampled before and after receiving their first BoNT-A injection. In addition, 48 unrelated children were enrolled, among whom one group had never received BoNT-A injections and another group was sampled after their first BoNT-A injection. Differentially expressed proteins were identified using the data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry approach. Gene Ontology (GO), protein-protein interaction network, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genome analysis were conducted to explore the function and relationship among differentially expressed proteins. The expression levels of target proteins were verified by quantitative real-time PCR and western blotting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis identified significant differential expression of 90 proteins across two time points, including 48 upregulated and 42 downregulated proteins. The upregulated thioredoxin, α-actinin-1, and aggrecan, and the downregulated integrin beta-1 may affect the growth of muscles affected by spasticity 3 months after BoNT-A injection. This effect is potentially mediated through the activation or inhibition of PI3K-Akt, focal adhesion, and regulation of actin cytoskeleton signaling pathways.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and clinical relevance: </strong>BoNT-A injection could lead to a disruption of protein levels and signaling pathways, a condition subsequently associated with muscle growth. This finding might aid clinicians in optimizing the management of spasticity in children with CP.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e2300070"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140060363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xian-Yan Yang, Xiao-Xia Zheng, Xue-Jia Zhai, Tao Tang, Shi-Cang Yu
{"title":"Spindle apparatus coiled-coil protein 1 (SPDL1) serves as a novel prognostic biomarker in triple-negative breast cancer.","authors":"Xian-Yan Yang, Xiao-Xia Zheng, Xue-Jia Zhai, Tao Tang, Shi-Cang Yu","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a poor prognosis, an ineffective diagnosis, and a high degree of aggressiveness. Therefore, novel therapeutic targets for TNBC urgently need to be identified.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through a series of bioinformatics analyses, including analysis of differential gene expression, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, univariate cox regression, immune infiltration, pathway enrichment, etc, as well as auxiliary immunohistochemistry (IHC) and protein quantitativae analysis, to explore prognostic marker for TNBC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In TNBC tissues, we found that SPDL1 (CCDC99) was considerably overexpressed at both the mRNA and protein levels compared to that in normal and non-TNBC tissues. Additionally, we found that SPDL1-high expression was strongly linked to poor prognosis in TNBC patients. Excessive SPDL1 expression was positively correlated with tumor growth and strongly linked to the cell cycle, DNA replication, and the p53 signaling pathway. In addition, CIBERSORT analysis revealed that SPDL1 can affect the tumor immune microenvironment (TME) in TNBC, encourage the development of TNBC and act as a potential prognostic biomarker for TNBC. Patients with SPDL1-high expression were more sensitive to AZD8055. Notably, we discovered that SPDL1 is highly expressed in the majority of malignancies and may have an impact on the pancancer prognosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SPDL1 can serve as a novel prognostic marker for TNBC and pancancer patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e202300002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139692787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integration of the cancer cell secretome and transcriptome reveals potential noninvasive diagnostic markers for bladder cancer.","authors":"Yi-Ting Chen, Wei-Ju Tu, Zong-Han Ye, Chih-Ching Wu, Shir-Hwa Ueng, Kai-Jie Yu, Chien-Lun Chen, Pei-Hua Peng, Jau-Song Yu, Ying-Hsu Chang","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300033","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Bladder cancer (BLCA) is a major cancer of the genitourinary system. Although cystoscopy is the standard protocol for diagnosing BLCA clinically, this procedure is invasive and expensive. Several urine-based markers for BLCA have been identified and investigated, but none has shown sufficient sensitivity and specificity. These observations underscore the importance of discovering novel BLCA biomarkers and developing a noninvasive method for detection of BLCA. Exploring the cancer secretome is a good starting point for the development of noninvasive biomarkers for cancer diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Experimental design: </strong>In this study, we established a comprehensive secretome dataset of five representative BLCA cell lines, BFTC905, TSGH8301, 5637, MGH-U1, and MGH-U4, by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Expression of BLCA-specific secreted proteins at the transcription level was evaluated using the Oncomine cancer microarray database.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expressions of four candidates-COMT, EWSR1, FUSIP1, and TNPO2-were further validated in clinical human specimens. Immunohistochemical analyses confirmed that transportin-2 was highly expressed in tumor cells relative to adjacent noncancerous cells in clinical tissue specimens from BLCA patients, and was significantly elevated in BLCA urine compared with that in urine samples from aged-matched hernia patients (controls).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Collectively, our findings suggest TNPO2 as a potential noninvasive tumor-stage or grade discriminator for BLCA management.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e202300033"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139404070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaming Zeng, Weiqi Rong, Bo Meng, Linlin Zheng, Tao Peng, Rui Zhai, You Jiang, Ting Xiao, Xiang Fang, Yong Zhang, Yang Zhao, Xinhua Dai
{"title":"Integrated plasma proteomics and N-glycoproteomics reveals alterations in the N-glycosylation in Chinese hepatocellular carcinoma patients.","authors":"Jiaming Zeng, Weiqi Rong, Bo Meng, Linlin Zheng, Tao Peng, Rui Zhai, You Jiang, Ting Xiao, Xiang Fang, Yong Zhang, Yang Zhao, Xinhua Dai","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300029","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a life-threatening disease that presents diagnostic challenges due to the absence of reliable biomarkers. Recently, plasma proteomics and glycoproteomics have emerged as powerful tools for identifying potential diagnostic biomarkers for various diseases. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive proteomic and glycoproteomic analysis of plasma samples from 11 HCC patients and 11 healthy control (HC) individuals. We identified 20 differentially expressed (DE) proteins and 32 DE intact glycosylated peptides (IGPs) that can effectively differentiate between HCC patients and HC samples. Our findings demonstrate that IGP profiles had better predictive power than protein profiles for screening HCC. Pathways associated with DE proteins and IGPs were identified. It was reported that the protein expression level of galectin 3 binding protein (LGALS3BP) and its N-linked glycosylation at the N398 and N551 sites might serve as valuable candidates for HCC diagnosis. These results highlight the importance of N-glycoproteomics in advancing our understanding of HCC and suggest possible candidates for the future diagnosis of this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e202300029"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139723800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luisa Weiss, Wido Uhrig, Sarah Kelliher, Paulina B Szklanna, Tadhg Prendiville, Shane P Comer, Osasere Edebiri, Karl Egan, Áine Lennon, Barry Kevane, Sean Murphy, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Patricia B Maguire
{"title":"Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicle cargoes mirror the cardioprotective effects of rivaroxaban in patients with venous thromboembolism.","authors":"Luisa Weiss, Wido Uhrig, Sarah Kelliher, Paulina B Szklanna, Tadhg Prendiville, Shane P Comer, Osasere Edebiri, Karl Egan, Áine Lennon, Barry Kevane, Sean Murphy, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Patricia B Maguire","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300014","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Rivaroxaban, a direct oral factor Xa inhibitor, mediates anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular-protective effects besides its well-established anticoagulant properties; yet, these remain poorly characterized. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are considered proinflammatory messengers regulating a myriad of (patho)physiological processes and may be highly relevant to the pathophysiology of VTE. The effects of Rivaroxaban on circulating EVs in VTE patients remain unknown. We have established that differential EV biosignatures are found in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation anticoagulated with Rivaroxaban versus warfarin. Here, we investigated whether differential proteomic profiles of circulating EVs could also be found in patients with VTE.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>We performed comparative label-free quantitative proteomic profiling of enriched plasma EVs from VTE patients anticoagulated with either Rivaroxaban or warfarin using a tandem mass spectrometry approach. Of the 182 quantified proteins, six were found to be either exclusive to, or enriched in, Rivaroxaban-treated patients. Intriguingly, these proteins are involved in negative feedback regulation of inflammatory and coagulation pathways, suggesting that EV proteomic signatures may reflect both Rivaroxaban's anti-coagulatory and anti-inflammatory potential.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These differences suggest Rivaroxaban may have pleiotropic effects, supporting the reports of its emerging anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular-protective characteristics relative to warfarin.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e202300014"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139404071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasma proteome analysis and validation of patients with community-acquired pneumonia: A cohort study.","authors":"Lili Zhao, Wenjie Bian, Ying Shang, Hui Zhi, Xinqian Ma, Yukun He, Wenyi Yu, Chunyu Liu, Yu Xu, Pihua Gong, Zhancheng Gao","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300069","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic potential of plasma biomarkers of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and their severity grading.</p><p><strong>Experimental design: </strong>Plasma proteomes from cohort I (n = 32) with CAP were analyzed by data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (MS). MetaboAnalyst 5.0 was used to statistically evaluate significant differences in proteins from different samples, and demographic and clinical data were recorded for all enrolled patients. Cohort II (n = 80) was used to validate candidate biomarkers. Plasma protein levels were determined using quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Correlations were assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to verify the association between the variables, CAP diagnosis, and prognosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>121 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were obtained between CAP and controls. These DEPs were mainly aggregated in pathways of phagosome(hsa04145) and complement and coagulation cascades (hsa04610). No significant differential proteins were detected in bacterial, viral, and mixed infection groups. The plasma levels of fetuin-A, alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (AACT), α1-acid glycoprotein (A1AG), and S100A8/S100A9 heterodimers detected by ELISA were consistent with those of MS. AACT, A1AG, S100A8/S100A9 heterodimer, and fetuin-A can potentially be used as diagnostic predictors, and fetuin-A and AACT are potential predictors of SCAP.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and clinical relevance: </strong>Plasma protein profiling can successfully identify potential biomarkers for CAP diagnosis and disease severity assessment. These biomarkers should be further studied for their clinical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e202300069"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139707680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim Halstenbach, Annika Topitsch, Oliver Schilling, Gerhard Iglhaut, Katja Nelson, Tobias Fretwurst
{"title":"Mass spectrometry-based proteomic applications in dental implants research.","authors":"Tim Halstenbach, Annika Topitsch, Oliver Schilling, Gerhard Iglhaut, Katja Nelson, Tobias Fretwurst","doi":"10.1002/prca.202300019","DOIUrl":"10.1002/prca.202300019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dental implants have been established as successful treatment options for missing teeth with steadily increasing demands. Today, the primary areas of research in dental implantology revolve around osseointegration, soft and hard tissue grafting as well as peri-implantitis diagnostics, prevention, and treatment. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current literature on the application of MS-based proteomics in dental implant research, highlights how explorative proteomics provided insights into the biology of peri-implant soft and hard tissues and how proteomics facilitated the stratification between healthy and diseased implants, enabling the identification of potential new diagnostic markers. Additionally, this review illuminates technical aspects, and provides recommendations for future study designs based on the current evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":20571,"journal":{"name":"PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications","volume":" ","pages":"e2300019"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139717772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}