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Published on: February 26, 2019
ProteinChip technology is a useful method in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of endometriosis: a preliminary study
Cleophas M Kyama1, Davy T'Jampens, Attila Mihalyi
1Leuven University Fertility Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leuven, Belgium.
Objective:
To test the feasibility of ProteinChip (Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, CA) technology as a proteomic tool in discovering and identifying proteins that are differentially expressed in endometrium, endometriotic tissue, and normal peritoneum from women with and without endometriosis.
Design:
Differential analysis of protein expression in women with and without endometriosis.
Setting:
University hospital.
Patient(S):
A total of nine patients during their secretory phase (days 20-22) were selected for this study on the basis of cycle phase and presence/or absence of endometriosis.
Intervention(S):
Twelve tissues used in the study included six endometrial biopsies from women with mild endometriosis (n = 3) and a normal pelvis (n = 3) as well as paired samples of peritoneal endometriotic lesions (n = 3) and macroscopically normal peritoneum biopsies (n = 3) from three women with endometriosis.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Numerous expression differences were observed in the above comparisons, representing both up-regulation and down-regulation in protein and peptide expression levels.
Result(S):
Endometrial expression for a number of proteins and peptides in the range of 2.8-12.3 kDa was 3-24 times lower in women with endometriosis than in those without endometriosis. When compared with normal peritoneum, endometriotic lesions showed an increased expression for a set of proteins and peptides in the range of 3-96 kDa, and especially an up-regulated cluster of proteins between 22 and 23 kDa, identified to be transgelin, a smooth muscle actin-binding protein.
Conclusion(S):
This preliminary study demonstrated that differential protein profiling by using ProteinChip array technology is feasible, reproducible, and may be developed into a powerful tool for endometriosis research.
