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Investigation of inter- and intra-day variability of tear fluid regarding flow rate, protein concentration as well as protein composition

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Determination of inter- and intra-day variations in tear flow rate, tear fluid protein concentration as well as protein composition regarding their impact for future biomarker studies.Methods: Tear fluid was collected non-invasively from 18 healthy subjects performing Schirmer tests at four different time points repetitive in a period of two days. The tear flow rate with Schirmer test strips was measured. Proteins were extracted from strips and quantified using amino acid analysis. Protein composition was analyzed by data-independent (DIA) based mass spectrometry. To exclude any impairments to health, volunteers underwent a detailed neurological as well as an ophthalmological examination.Results: Whether tear fluid was collected from OS or OD did not affect the tear flow rate (p ≈ 0.63) or protein concentration (p ≈ 0.97) of individual subjects. Moreover, protein concentration was independent from the tear volume, so that a change in volume would only have an effect on total protein amount. When the examination days were compared, investigation of tear flow rate (p ≈ 0.001) and protein concentration (p ≈ 0.0003) indicated significant differences. Further mass spectrometric analysis of tear fluid revealed eleven differentially regulated proteins when comparing both examination days. Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of inter-day variation in tear flow rate, tear proteome concentration and composition in healthy subjects, suggesting that inter-day variation need to be taken into consideration in biomarker research of tear fluid. Identified proteins were assigned to functions in the immune response, oxidative and reducing processes, as well as mannose metabolism.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Tear, Bodily Fluid

SUBMITTER: Annika Guntermann

LAB HEAD: Caroline May

PROVIDER: PXD037811 | Pride | 2023-10-24

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Investigation of Inter- and Intra-Day Variability of Tear Fluid Regarding Flow Rate, Protein Concentration as well as Protein Composition.

Guntermann Annika A Fatoba Oluwaseun O Kronenberg Marc M Reinehr Sabrina S Grotegut Pia P Schargus Marc M Tsai Teresa T Ivanova Svetlana S Serschnitzki Bettina B Kumowski Nina N Maier Christoph C Marcus Katrin K Dick H Burkhard HB Joachim Stephanie C SC May Caroline C

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20231001 13

<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of this study was to present the determination of inter- and intra-day variations in tear flow rate, and tear fluid protein concentration, as well as protein composition regarding their impact for future biomarker studies.<h4>Methods</h4>Tear fluid was collected noninvasively from 18 healthy subjects by performing Schirmer tests at 4 different time points repetitive in a period of 2 days. The tear flow rate on the Schirmer test strips was measured. Proteins were extra ...[more]

PMID: 37815507

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Project description:Glycosylation of proteins is one of the most common post-translational modification (PTM) and plays important regulatory functions in diverse biological processes such as protein stability or cell signaling. Accordingly, glycoproteins are also a consistent part of the human tear film proteome maintaining the proper function of the ocular surface and forming the first defense barrier of the ocular immune system. Irregularities in the glycoproteomic composition of the tear film might promote development of chronic eye diseases indicating glycoproteins as valuable source for biomarker discovery or drug target identification. The present study aimed to develop a lectin-based affinity method for the enrichment and concentration of tear glycoproteins/glycopeptides and the characterization of their specific N-glycosylation sites by high-resolution mass spectrometry (MS). For method development and evaluation, we accumulated first native glycoproteins from human tear sample pools and assessed the enrichment efficiency of different lectin column systems by 1D gel electrophoresis and specific protein stainings (Coomassie and glycoproteins). The best-performing multi-lectin column system (comprising the four lectins ConA, JAC, WGA and UEA I, termed as 4L) was applied for glycopeptide enrichment from human tear sample digests followed by MS-based detection and localization of their specific N-glycosylation sites. As main result, the present study identified in total 26 N glycosylation sites of 11 N-glycoproteins in tear sample pools of healthy individuals (n=3 biological sample pools). Amongst others, we identified tear film proteins lactotransferrin (N497 and N642, LTF), Ig heavy chain constant α-1 (N144 and 340, IGHA1), prolactin-inducible protein (N105, PIP) as well as extracellular lacritin (N105, LACRT) as highly reliable and significant N glycoproteins, which were already associated with the pathogenesis of various chronic eye diseases such as the dry eye syndrome (DES). In conclusion, the results of the present study will serve as important tear film N-glycoprotein catalogue for future studies focusing the human tear film and ocular surface-related inflammatory diseases.

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Investigation of inter- and intra-day variability of tear fluid regarding flow rate, protein concentration as well as protein composition

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Investigation of Inter- and Intra-Day Variability of Tear Fluid Regarding Flow Rate, Protein Concentration as well as Protein Composition.

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