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Hauck, S.M. ; Dietter, J. ; Kramer, R.L.* ; Hofmaier, F.* ; Zipplies, J.K.* ; Amann, B.* ; Feuchtinger, A. ; Deeg, C.A.* ; Ueffing, M.

Deciphering membrane-associated molecular processes in target tissue of autoimmune uveitis by label-free quantitative mass spectrometry.

Mol. Cell. Proteomics 9, 2292-2305 (2010)
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Autoimmune uveitis is a blinding disease presenting with autoantibodies against eye-specific proteins as well as autoagressive T cells invading and attacking the immune-privileged target tissue retina. The molecular events enabling T cells to invade and attack the tissue have remained elusive. Changes in membrane protein expression patterns between diseased and healthy stages are especially interesting because initiating events of disease will most likely occur at membranes. Since disease progression is accompanied with a break-down of the blood-retinal barrier, serum-derived proteins mask the potential target tissue-related changes. To overcome this limitation, we used membrane-enriched fractions derived from retinas of the only available spontaneous animal model for the disease equine recurrent uveitis, and compared expression levels by a label-free LC-MSMS-based strategy to healthy control samples. We could readily identify a total of 893 equine proteins with 57% attributed to the Gene Ontology project term "membrane." Of these, 179 proteins were found differentially expressed in equine recurrent uveitis tissue. Pathway enrichment analyses indicated an increase in proteins related to antigen processing and presentation, TNF receptor signaling, integrin cell surface interactions and focal adhesions. Additionally, loss of retina-specific proteins reflecting decrease of vision was observed as well as an increase in Müller glial cell-specific proteins indicating glial reactivity. Selected protein candidates (caveolin 1, integrin alpha 1 and focal adhesion kinase) were validated by immunohistochemistry and tissue staining pattern pointed to a significant increase of these proteins at the level of the outer limiting membrane which is part of the outer blood-retinal barrier. Taken together, the membrane enrichment in combination with LC-MSMS-based label-free quantification greatly increased the sensitivity of the comparative tissue profiling and resulted in detection of novel molecular pathways related to equine recurrent uveitis.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Equine recurrent uveitis; Growth-factor-beta; Detailed quantification; Biological-activity; Endothelial-cells; Glial-cells; Retina; Retina; Model; Expression; Protein
Language english
Publication Year 2010
HGF-reported in Year 2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1535-9476
e-ISSN 1535-9484
Quellenangaben Volume: 9, Issue: 10, Pages: 2292-2305 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Research field(s) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP Element(s) G-505700-001
G-500300-001
G-500390-001
PubMed ID 20601722
Scopus ID 77958004256
Erfassungsdatum 2010-10-28