Discovery of the serum biomarker proteins in severe preeclampsia by proteomic analysis

Exp Mol Med. 2011 Jul 30;43(7):427-35. doi: 10.3858/emm.2011.43.7.047.

Abstract

Preeclapsia (PE) is a severe disorder that occurs during pregnancy, leading to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. PE affects about 3-8% of all pregnancies. In this study, we conducted liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to analyze serum samples depleted of the six most abundant proteins from normal and PE-affected pregnancies to profile serum proteins. A total of 237 proteins were confidently identified with <1% false discovery rate from the two groups of duplicate analysis. The expression levels of those identified proteins were compared semiquantitatively by spectral counting. To further validate the candidate proteins with a quantitative mass spectrometric method, selective reaction monitoring (SRM) and enzyme linked immune assay (ELISA) of serum samples collected from pregnant women with severe PE (n = 8) or normal pregnant women (n = 5) was conducted. α2- HS-glycoprotein (AHSG), retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) and α-1-microglobulin/bikunin (AMBP) and Insulin like growth factor binding protein, acid labile subunit (IGFBP-ALS) were confirmed to be differentially expressed in PE using SRM (P<0.05). Among these proteins, AHSG was verified by ELISA and showed a statistically significant increase in PE samples when compared to controls.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alpha-Globulins / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood Proteins / analysis*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / blood
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pre-Eclampsia / blood*
  • Pre-Eclampsia / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Proteome / analysis*
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma / metabolism
  • alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein / metabolism

Substances

  • AHSG protein, human
  • Alpha-Globulins
  • Biomarkers
  • Blood Proteins
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins
  • Proteome
  • RBP4 protein, human
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma
  • alpha-1-microglobulin
  • alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein