ABSTRACT: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based proteomics was applied to identify the potential candidate biomarkers in the sera of responders and non-responders collected before and after one-year therapy.
Project description:The Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Initiative (HipSci) is generating a large, high-quality reference panel of human IPSC lines. This is a pilot submission of mass-spectrometry analyses from 18 induced pluripotent stem cell lines generated by the HipSci project. This submission includes also data for two embryonic stem cell lines, and one reference sample comprising a mixture of 42 IPSC lines. Raw data files for this study can be accessed from the PRIDE database at EMBL-EBI under accession number PXD003903: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD003903.
Project description:Beef quality is the first deciding factor for consumers to consider before purchasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of suspension and aging time on beef quality. We compared the differences in pH, drip loss, cooking loss, color, shear force, myofibril fragmentation index (MFI) and electron microscope of three muscle tissues between Achilles tendon (AT) and neck-arm restraint (NR) suspensions during seven aging periods (day 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 14 and 21) after slaughter using the carcasses of six Xinjiang brown cattle. We found that NR suspension could significantly increase water loss rate and MFI, as well as reduce shear force compared to AT suspension. The muscle fiber structure with NR suspension was more severely damaged. The proteomics of longissimus dorsi were checked for the post-mortem day 1, 7 and 14. We detected 50, 26, and 29 differential expressed proteins (DEPs) between NR and AT suspension at post-mortem day 1, 7 and 14, respectively. These proteins were involved in metabolic and muscle structure associated pathways, and contributed to a comprehensive understanding of suspension-dependent meat quality regulation by proteins in beef cattle. To conclude, NR suspension can accelerate the aging time of beef carcasses, which will reduce the cost of carcass suspension and bring more benefits in beef industry.
Project description:We designed a gene profiling experiment to identify genes involved in secondary drug resistance in mantle cell lymphomas (MCL). We obtained paired tissue samples collected before treatment and after relapse or progression. Variations in gene expression between the 2 samples were estimated for 5 patients. For each gene, the mean variation was estimated for patients with a refractory primary tumor and for responders who developed secondary drug resistance. Nine genes of interest were selected on the basis of the magnitude and statistical significance of the variation of expression in responders and non-responders. BMP7 was the only one with significantly increased expression at relapse in patients who developed secondary resistance. Validation of BMP7 as a key gene involved in secondary resistance was performed using cultures of cell line. Incubation of BMP7 with MCL cell lines increased their resistance to Bortezomib and Cytarabine, while inhibition of BMP7 expression by siRNA correlated with increased cell death linked to drug application.
Project description:Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an economically important vegetable crop distributed in over 80 countries. Downy mildew (DM) caused by the obligate oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis is especially destructive in cucumber production. So far, few studies on the changes in proteomes during the P. cubensis infection have been performed. Using a newly developed TMT-LC-MS/MS analysis, the proteomes of DM-resistant variety ‘ZJ’ and DM-susceptible variety ‘SDG’ under the P. cubensis infection were investigated. In total, 6400 proteins were identified, 5629 of which were quantified. The differential accumulated proteins (DAPs) exhibited various biological functions and diverse subcellular localizations. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that various metabolic pathways were significantly altered under the P. cubensis infection, such as terpenoid backbone biosynthesis, and selenocompound metabolism in ZJ, and starch and sucrose metabolism in SDG. Most of the enzymes associated with terpenoid backbone synthesis were significantly accumulated in ZJ rather than in SDG, suggesting that pathogen-induced terpenoids accumulation might play an important role in the resistance against P. cubensis infection. Furthermore, a number of pathogenesis-related proteins and heat shock proteins were identified as DAPs, suggesting that DM resistance was controlled by a complex network. Our data allowed us to identify and screen more potential proteins related to the DM resistance.
Project description:We used whole mouse genome microarrays to the effects of γ-TmT on global gene expression in the prostate TRAMP and age-matched C57BL/6 mice were administered either 600 mg/kg of γ-TmT or a control vehicle via oral gavage. Twelve hours after dosing, prostate tissues were collected for RNA extraction.
Project description:A total of 97 LARC patients treated at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia in the period of 2018-2019 were included in the study. Patients were treated with long-course chemoradiotherapy (CRT): Radiotherapy (RT) was delivered with a total dose of 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions; concomitant chemotherapy (5-FU, 350 mg/m2 daily) and Leucovorin (25 mg/m2 daily) was administered during the first and the fifth week of RT. Patients were evaluated in week 6-8 after treatment completion with pelvic MRI scan and rigid proctoscopy. Pathohistological response after surgery was assessed according to tumor regression grading (TRG) categories by Mandard. Twenty biopsy samples taken at diagnosis were used for proteomic analysis, 9 responders (R, TRG 1-2), and 11 non-responders (NR, TRG 3-5), in order to achieve the maximum range of different molecular features potentially associated with response.
Project description:The rat pheochromocytoma cell line PC12 cells were cultured in complete DMEM till 80% confluence, then placed at 5000 cells per squared cm. Cells were then plated in 24-well plates for cell viability assay and in T75 flasks for RNA isolation. Medium was replaced with serum-free fresh medium for 12 hours prior to TMT treatment. Gene expression patterns were then analysed using Rat Expression Array 230A Experiment Overall Design: In this study we analize gene expression patterns in PC12 cells treated with Trimethyltin (TMT). We utilized control cells (untreated) and two different concentration (1 and 5) Experiment Overall Design: We used three biological replicates, for the three concentration tested, according to MIAME guidelines Experiment Overall Design: (total 9 chips were used in this study).
Project description:Investigation of whole genome expression pattern of 60 and 72 hours post fertilization Danio Rerio embryos exposed to TMT and vehicle control Embryos were exposed to 10uM TMT or control from 48hpf to 60 or 72 hpf. Three replicates were collected for each time point. 40 embryos were pooled to comprise a replicate.
Project description:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common but devastating trauma of the central nerve system. In this study, we reprogrammed cultured spinal-cord reactive astrocytes into neurons by Neurod1 expression. The mechanism of programmed conversion from astrocytes to neurons has not been clarified yet. Thus, we used label-free proteomics to identify differentially expressed proteins in Neurod1 over-expressed astrocytes and control group. A total of 1952 proteins were identified, including 92 significantly changed proteins. Among these proteins, 8 proteins were identified as candidates involving in the process of the reprogramming, based on their biological function and fold change in the bioinformatic analysis. Our study revealed that that Neurod1 can directly reprogram cultured spinal-cord reactive astrocytes into neurons, and several proteins that could play a significant role during the neuronal reprogramming were discovered.
Project description:The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of dietary Spirulina and lysozyme supplementation over the muscle proteome of piglets during the post-weaning stage. Thirty piglets were randomly distributed among three diets: control (no microalga), SP (10% Spirulina) and SP+L (10% Spirulina + 0.01% lysozyme). They were fed ad libitum for 4 weeks, after which they were sacrificed and samples of the longissimus lumborum muscle were taken. The muscle proteome was analysed using a Tandem Mass Tag (TMT)-based quantitative approach.