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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Novel tools are necessary to explore proteins related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In this work, proteomic and glycoproteomic technology were employed to examine plasma samples from HIV-positive patients. Through comparative proteome analysis of normal and HIV-positive plasma samples, 19 differentially expressed protein spots related to 12 non-redundant proteins were identified by ESI-ion trap MS. Among these, the 130-kDa isoform of ?-1-antitrypsin was found to be decreased in HIV-positive patients while another variant with a molecular weight of 40 kDa was increased. SWISS-2-D-PAGE reference gel and protein sequence comparisons of the 40-kDa protein showed homology with ?-1-antitrypsin minus the N-terminus, and its identity was further confirmed by 1-D Western blotting and glycoproteomic analysis. In all, our results showed that proteomics and glycoproteomics are powerful tools for discovering proteins related to HIV infection. Furthermore, this 40-kDa variant of ?-1-antitrypsin found in the plasma of HIV-positive individuals may prove to be a potentially useful biomarker for anti-HIV research according to bioinformatics analysis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1522-2683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3437-45
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Proteomics, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:20859951-alpha 1-Antitrypsin
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha-1 antitrypsin variants in plasma from HIV-infected patients revealed by proteomic and glycoproteomic analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't