Serum BPIFB4 levels classify health status in long-living individuals

Immunity & Ageing

Annibale A. Puca³  Carmine Vecchione³  Luciano Milanesi⁵  Riccardo Bellazzi²  Michele Madonna⁴  Anna Maciąg¹  Anna Ferrario⁵  Chiara C. Spinelli⁵  Albino Carrizzo⁴  Alberto Malovini²  Francesco Villa⁵ 

[1] IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, 20138, Italy;Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Informatica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy;Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, Fisciano, 84084, SA, Italy;IRCCS Neuromed - Parco Tecnologico, Pozzilli, 86077, IS, Italy;Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Segrate, 20090, MI, Italy

关键词: Vascular ageing;    CD34;    Methylation;    BPIFB4;   

Others  :  1235253
DOI  :  10.1186/s12979-015-0054-8

 received in 2015-11-07, accepted in 2015-12-07,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

People that reach extreme ages (Long-Living Individuals, LLIs) are object of intense investigation for increase/decrease of genetic variant frequencies, genetic methylation levels, protein abundance in serum and tissues. The aim of these studies is the discovery of the mechanisms behind LLIs extreme longevity and the identification of markers of well-being. We have recently associated a BPIFB4 haplotype (LAV) with exceptional longevity under a homozygous genetic model, and identified that CD34 ⁺of LLIs subjects express higher BPIFB4 transcript as compared to CD34 ⁺of control population. It would be of interest to correlate serum BPIFB4 protein levels with exceptional longevity and health status of LLIs.

Methods

Western blots on cellular medium to detect BPIFB4 secretion in transfected HEK293T cells with plasmid carrying BPIFB4 and ELISA on LLIs serum to detect BPIFB4 levels.

Results

Here we show that BPIFB4 is a secreted protein and its levels are increased in serum of LLIs, and high BPIFB4 levels classify their health status.

Conclusions

Serum BPIFB4 protein levels classify longevity and health status in LLIs. Further studies are required to evaluate the possible role of BPIFB4 in monitoring disease progression.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Villa et al.

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