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Neoplasma Vol.61, No.1, p.17-26, 2014

Title: Screening differential expression of serum proteins in AFP-negative HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma using iTRAQ –MALDI-MS/MS
Author: X. He, Y. Wang, W. Zhang, H. Li, R. Luo, Y. Zhou, C. Li,M. Liao, H. Huang, X. Lv, Z. Xie, M. He

Abstract:

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is serious condition associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Therefore is an urgent need to develop novel noninvasive techniques for early diagnosis, particularly for patients with AFP-negative [AFP(-)] HCC. In this study, iTRAQ-MALDI-MS/MS was used to identify differentially expressed proteins in AFP(-) HBV-related HCC compared with non-cancerous hepatitis B virus (HBV) and healthy controls subjects.
Serum was obtained from 18 patients with AFP(-) HBV-related HCC, 18 matched patients with HBV without HCC and 18 healthy control subjects. High abundance proteins were removed from serum and the differentially expressed proteins from the three groups were screened out using iTRAQ-MALDI-MS/MS. The Gene Ontology (GO) function and the interaction networks of differentially expressed proteins were then analyzed.
A total of 24 expressed differential proteins associated with AFP(-) HBV-related HCC were screened out, 15 proteins were up-regulated and 9 down-regulated. The most common molecular function of the 24 differentially expressed proteins was enzyme inhibition. Interaction network of the 24 differentially expressed proteins showed that 14 proteins (C5, KNG1, FN1, LRG1, HRG, SERPINC1, CRP, APOB, SAA1, APCS, C4BPA, CFI, CFB and GSN) were central to the functional network.

The expression levels of the GSN protein were down-regulated in AFP(-) HBV-related HCC subjects compared with healthy controls and the HBV group (p<0.01), consistent with the iTRAQ results.


The 14 proteins from the serum of AFP(-) HBV-related HCC appeared at the fulcrum of the functional network and were differentially expressed compare to HBV and healthy controls suggesting a possible association with HCC progression.



Keywords: HCC, AFP Negative, iTRAQ, GSN
Published online: 20-Sep-2013
Year: 2014, Volume: 61, Issue: 1 Page From: 17, Page To: 26
doi:10.4149/neo_2014_001


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