[Study on serum differentially expressed proteins in discordance of congenital esotropic phenotypes in monozygotic...

To investigate the serum differentially expressed proteins in discordance of congenital esotropia phenotypes in monozygotic twins and non-strabismus ones.

SELDI-TOF-MS technology was used to detect the changes of protein expression in a couple of twins with phenotype discordance esotropia (twins A is orthotropia and twins B is esotropia). In addition, two non-twins esotropia and 2 orthotropia children with the same age were chosen. The obtained serum differential expression proteome was validated in 12 non-twins esotropia and 18 orthotropia children and initial predication by proteinum database.

The result of SELDI-TOF-MS in 6 serums showed that four differential expression protein peaks, the molecular weight of these different proteins were 4146, 4801, 7786 and 5859, and the former 3 proteins were down-regulated and last one was up-regulated. Their features were fairly coincident with glucagons precursor, pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP), cAMP dependent protein kinase inhibitor α and anti-metastasis gene (antigen).

The expression of different proteins among the esotropic and orthotopic children was existed. The expression of different proteins was main down-regulated in the strabismus patients. Glucagons precursor, protein kinase A inhibitor α and PACAP may be related with occurrence of congenital esotropia.