Proteome Analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Two-dimensional Difference Gel Electrophoresis

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor, and chronic infection with hepatitis B virus is one of its major risk factors. To identify the proteins involved in HCC carcinogenesis, we used two-dimensional fluorescence DIGE to study the differentially expressed proteins in tumor and adjacent nontumor tissue samples. Samples from 12 hepatitis B virus-associated HCC patients were analyzed. A total of 61 spots were significantly up-regulated (ratio > 2, p < 0.01) in tumor samples, whereas 158 spots were down-regulated (ratio < ؊2, p < 0.01). Seventyone gene products were identified among these spots. Members of the heat shock protein 70 and 90 families were simultaneously up-regulated, whereas metabolismassociated proteins were decreased in HCC samples. The down-regulation of mitochondrial and peroxisomal proteins in these results suggested loss of special organelle functions during HCC carcinogenesis. Four metabolic enzymes involved in the methylation cycle in the liver were down-regulated in HCC tissues, indicating S-adenosylmethionine deficiency in HCC. Two gene products, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and formimidoyltransferase-cyclodeaminase, were identified from inversely altered spots, suggesting that different isoforms or post-translational modifications of these two proteins might play different roles in HCC. For the first time, the overexpression of Hcp70/Hsp90-organizing protein and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins C1/C2 in HCC tissues was confirmed by Western blot and then by immunohistochemistry staining in 70 HCC samples, suggesting their potential as protein tumor markers. In summary, we profiled proteome alterations in HCC tissues, and these results may provide useful insights for understanding the mechanism involved in the process of Proteomics analysis is currently considered to be a powerful tool for global evaluation of protein expression, and proteomics has been widely applied in analysis of diseases, especially in fields of cancer research. Quantitative protein expression profiling is a crucial part of proteomics, and such profiling requires methods that are able to efficiently provide accurate and reproducible differential expression values for proteins in two or more biological samples. Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) 1 was a technique that was widely used for proteomics research. However, intergel variation and excessive time/labor costs have been common problems with standard 2DE. Two-dimensional (2D) DIGE might therefore be considered as one of the most significant advances in quantitative proteomics. Using the 2D DIGE approach, different samples prelabeled with mass-and charge-matched fluorescent cyanine dyes are co-separated in the same 2D gel, and an internal standard is used in every gel that has negated the problem of intergel variation (1). Moreover with the great sensitivity and dynamic range that is afforded by these dyes, 2D DIGE can give greater accuracy of quantitation than silver staining (2). It has been reported that the correlation betw...

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