Profiling plasma peptides for the identification of potential ageing biomarkers in Chinese Han adults

PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e39726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039726. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

Abstract

Advancing age is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and cancer, and shows significant inter-individual variability. To identify ageing-related biomarkers we performed a proteomic analysis on 1890 Chinese Han individuals, 1136 males and 754 females, aged 18 to 82 years, using weak cation exchange magnetic bead based MALDI-TOF-MS analysis. The study identified 44 peptides which varied in concentration in different age groups. In particular, apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA1) concentration gradually increased between 18 to 50 years of age, the levels of fibrinogen alpha (FGA) decreased over the same age span, while albumin (ALB) was significantly degraded in middle-aged individuals. In addition, the plasma peptide profiles of FGA and four other unidentified proteins were found to be gender-dependent. Plasma proteins such as FGA, ALB and ApoA1 are significantly correlated with age in the Chinese Han population and could be employed as indicative ageing-related biomarkers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / blood*
  • Apolipoprotein A-I / blood
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Female
  • Fibrinogen / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptides / blood*
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • Apolipoprotein A-I
  • Biomarkers
  • Peptides
  • Serum Albumin
  • fibrinogen Aalpha
  • Fibrinogen