Identification and quantification of differentially expressed proteins in plasma of spinocerebellar ataxia type 12

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• 作者：Vishnu Swarup^a ; Achal K. Srivastava^b ; Moganty R. Rajeswari^a ; ^{rajeswari3011@hotmail.com}
• 关键词：SCA12 ; spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 ; 2D-DIGE ; two-dimensional difference in-gel electrophoresis ; ICARS ; International Co-operative Ataxia Rating Scale ; IPG ; immobilized pH gradient ; apo ; apolipoprotein ; TTR ; transthyretin ; Hpt ; haptaglobin ; Hx ; hemopexi
• 刊名：Neuroscience Research
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：53_01680102
• 类别：neu
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：73
• 期：2
• 页码：161-167
• 文件大小：601 K

摘要

Spinocerebellar ataxia 12 (SCA12) is a unique dominant type of ataxia characterized by early and prominent action tremors, memory deficit, neuropathy, dysarthria, etc. The expansion of DNA triplet (CAG) repeats in 5鈥睻TR of PPP2R2B gene appears to be the cause for the pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorder, SCA12. The objective of the current study was to identify the aberrantly expressed plasma proteins for their potential application in therapy or diagnosis/prognosis of SCA12. Sixty-two clinically suspected patients were assessed using International Co-operative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) and genetic confirmation was done using PCR followed by DNA sequencing. Twenty patients who were genetically confirmed were included in the study. 2D-DIGE analyses of plasma proteins of SCA12 patients revealed 14 differentially expressed protein spots, which were confirmed as nine proteins by LC-MS/MS. The 6 downregulated and 3 upregulated proteins are known to have physiological role in transport (thyroxin and retinol to brain), lipid metabolism, memory, scavenging of free haemoglobin, etc. Altered expression of some of the proteins of interest, transthyretin, haptaglobin, apolipoprotein C-II, apolipoprotein C-III are indicative of clinical manifestations such as neuropathy, cognitive impairment and altered lipid metabolism in SCA12.