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Bingyun Sun^1,2, Cynthia Lorang³, Shizhen Qin³

¹Departments of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada.

|December 24, 2021

Summary

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Organ-specific proteins (OSPs) show significant variation across different mouse strains. This study quantifies OSP diversity, revealing organ-specific functions and highlighting the need to consider genetic background in biomedical research.

Keywords:

biomarkers bone proteome brain proteome eye proteome fat proteome heart proteome intestine proteome kidney proteome liver proteome lung proteome mouse proteome organ proteome organ-specific proteins pancreas proteome proteome diversity proteome dynamics skeletal muscle proteome spleen proteome testis proteome

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Proteomics
Biomedical Research
Genomics

Background:

Organ-specific proteins (OSPs) have significant clinical and research potential.
Concerns exist regarding the organ specificity of commonly used OSPs like transaminases and troponins.
Human population diversity is known, but its impact on OSP variation is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate variations in organ specificity of OSPs across different genetic backgrounds using a mouse model.
To analyze the panorgan proteome for diversity in OSP expression.
To assess the organ-specific biological functions of OSPs.

Main Methods:

Generation of panorgan proteomes from four in-bred mouse strains.
Quantitative analysis of protein expression diversity.
Development of a robustness score to measure OSP variation.
Identification of OSP sets with varying stringencies.

Main Results:

A significant diversity in OSP expression was observed, exceeding overall proteome diversity.
A robustness score effectively quantified OSP variation across genetic backgrounds.
Three distinct sets of OSPs were identified based on stringency.
Enriched biological functions of OSPs were found to be organ-specific and indicative of OSP quality.

Conclusions:

Genetic background profoundly influences OSP diversity and organ specificity.
OSP variation is more pronounced than overall proteome variation.
OSP-associated functions can serve as quality indicators.
This study provides a framework for exploring molecular diversity and dynamics of organ specificity at the protein level.