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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Saliva is a body fluid of a unique composition devoted to protect the mouth cavity and the digestive tract. Our high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-electrospray ionization-MS analysis of the acidic soluble fraction of saliva from preterm human newborn surprisingly revealed more than 40 protein masses often undetected in adult saliva. We were able to identify the following proteins: stefin A and stefin B, S100A7 (two isoforms), S100A8, S100A9 (four isoforms), S100A11, S100A12, small proline-rich protein 3 (two isoforms), lysozyme C, thymosins ?(4) and ?(10), antileukoproteinase, histone H1c, and ? and ? globins. The average mass value reported in international data banks was often incongruent with our experimental results mostly because of post-translational modifications of the proteins, e.g. acetylation of the N-terminal residue. A quantitative label-free MS analysis showed protein levels altered in relation to the postconceptional age and suggested coordinate and hierarchical functions for these proteins during development. In summary, this study shows for the first time that analysis of these proteins in saliva of preterm newborns might represent a noninvasive way to obtain precious information of the molecular mechanisms of development of human fetal oral structures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1535-9484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
M110.003467
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The surprising composition of the salivary proteome of preterm human newborn.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Biochimica e di Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy. massimo.castagnola@icrm.cnr.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't