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Quantitative Analysis of the Low Molecular Weight Serum Proteome Using 18O Stable Isotope Labeling in a Lung Tumor Xenograft Mouse Model
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Brian L. Hood
  • David A. Lucas
  • Grace Kim
  • King C. Chan
  • Josip Blonder
  • Haleem J. Issaq
  • Timothy D. Veenstra, Cedarville University
  • Thomas P. Conrads
  • Ingrid Pollet
  • Aly Karsan
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2005
DOI
10.1016/j.jasms.2005.02.005
PubMed ID
15979327
Abstract

With advancements in the analytical technologies and methodologies in proteomics, there is great interest in biomarker discovery in biofluids such as serum and plasma. Current hypotheses suggest that the low molecular weight (LMW) serum proteome possesses an archive of clipped and cleaved protein fragments that may provide insight into disease development. Though these biofluids represent attractive samples from which new and more accurate disease biomarkers may be found, the intrinsic person-to-person variability in these samples complicates their discovery. Mice are one of the most extensively used animal models for studying human disease because they represent a highly controllable experimental model system. In this study, the LMW serum proteome was compared between xenografted tumor-bearing mice and control mice by differential labeling utilizing trypsin-mediated incorporation of the stable isotope of oxygen, 18O. The digestates were combined, fractionated by strong cation exchange chromatography, and analyzed by nanoflow reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled online with tandem mass spectrometry, resulting in the identification of 6003 proteins identified by at least a single, fully tryptic peptide. Almost 1650 proteins were identified and quantitated by two or more fully tryptic peptides. The methodology adopted in this work provides the means for future quantitative measurements in comparative animal models of disease and in human disease cohorts.

Keywords
  • Blood proteins,
  • disease models,
  • lung neoplasms,
  • mass spectrometry,
  • molecular weight,
  • neoplasm transplantation,
  • oxygen isotopes,
  • proteomics,
  • transplantation,
  • heterologous
Citation Information
Brian L. Hood, David A. Lucas, Grace Kim, King C. Chan, et al.. "Quantitative Analysis of the Low Molecular Weight Serum Proteome Using 18O Stable Isotope Labeling in a Lung Tumor Xenograft Mouse Model" Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Vol. 16 Iss. 8 (2005) p. 1221 - 1230 ISSN: 1044-0305
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy-veenstra/252/