Profiling the Proteome of Exhaled Breath Condensate in Healthy Smokers and COPD Patients by LC-MS/MS

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Marco Fumagalli⁴  Fabio Ferrari²  Maurizio Luisetti⁵  Jan Stolk¹  Pieter S. Hiemstra¹  Daniela Capuano⁵  Simona Viglio⁶  Laura Fregonese¹  Isa Cerveri⁵  Federica Corana⁷  Carmine Tinelli³ 

[1] Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 Leiden, The Netherlands; E-Mails:;Lab Analysis Inc., Casanova Lonati, 27041 Pavia, Italy; E-Mail:;Biometric Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy; E-Mail:;Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 3/B, 27100 Pavia, Italy; E-Mail:;Department of Molecular Medicine, Division of Pneumology, University of Pavia & IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy; E-Mails:;Department of Molecular Medicine, Division of Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 3/B, 27100, Pavia, Italy; E-Mail:;Centro Grandi Strumenti, University of Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy; E-Mail:

关键词: EBC;    COPD;    proteomics;    LC-MS/MS;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms131113894

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Three pools of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) from non-smokers plus healthy smokers (NS + HS, n = 45); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without emphysema (COPD, n = 15) and subjects with pulmonary emphysema associated with α₁-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD, n = 23) were used for an exploratory proteomic study aimed at generating fingerprints of these groups that can be used in future pathophysiological and perhaps even clinical research. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was the platform applied for this hypothesis-free investigation. Analysis of pooled specimens resulted in the production of a “fingerprint” made of 44 proteins for NS/HS; 17 for COPD and 15 for the group of AATD subjects. Several inflammatory cytokines (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2; IL-12, α and β subunits, IL-15, interferon α and γ, tumor necrosis factor α); Type I and II cytokeratins; two SP-A isoforms; Calgranulin A and B and α1-antitrypsin were detected and validated through the use of surface enhanced laser-desorption ionization mass spectrometry (SELDI-MS) and/or by Western blot (WB) analysis. These results are the prelude of quantitative studies aimed at identifying which of these proteins hold promise as identifiers of differences that could distinguish healthy subjects from patients.

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