Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 172-177,192.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2021.03.003

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Analyses of label-free quantitative proteomics on rat urine after 60Co γ ray irradiation

XIANG Jiaqi1, SUN Jiali1,2, WANG Chengfang1, LIU Qingjie1, TIAN Mei1   

  1. 1. China CDC Key Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Emergency, National Institute for Radiological Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100088;
    2. Beijing Tongzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 101100, China
  • Received:2020-12-30 Revised:2021-04-20 Online:2021-05-30 Published:2021-06-09

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To identify and analzye differentially-expressed and radiation-sensitive protein biomarkers in urines from rats after their total- body irradiation. METHODS: 30 rats were irradiated whole body with single doses of 0,1,5 Gy 60Co γ rays at a dose rate of 1 Gy/min. Urine samples were collected at 1 and 3 days post irradiation. A label- free mass spectrometric technology was used to measure relative levels of differentially expressed proteins. Uniport and DAVID databases were conducted using Gene ontology (GO) analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis. The STRING online website was used to construct a protein-protein interaction network. RESULTS: A total of 1 069 proteins were identified. Compared with the negative control group, a total of 279 shared proteins were differentiallyexpressed in the 1 and 5 Gy irradiation groups after irradiation at 1 and 3 days, of which 190 were upregulated and 97 were down-regulated. Results from the GO analyses show that the differentially-expressed proteins were mainly involved in the biological processes such as response to drug, oxidation-reduction process,and aging. Most of the cellular components of these screened proteins were extracellular exosomes and extracellular space,and these proteins exerted protein homodimerization activity,protein binding and calcium ion binding and other molecular functions. KEGG enrichment analyses indicate that changes of the differentiallyexpressed proteins mainly participated in several signal pathways including antibiotic biosynthesis, glutathione metabolism, carbon metabolism, and metabolic pathways. CONCLUSION: Our proteomic study is a comprehensive analysis of the rat urine proteome following radiation exposure. Our analyses suggest that the up-regulated proteins Gusb,Reg3g,GCLM,AZGP1 and down-regulated protein Ly6d can be used as candidate biomarkers of radiation sensitivity for future research.

Key words: ionizing radiation, label-free quantitative proteomics, mass spectrometry, LC-MS/MS

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