Abstract
Objective: Detection of central nervous system (CNS) molecular defects in an animal model of multiple sclerosis.
Materials and Methods: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was induced by a myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein. Protein expression profiles in the central nervous system between healthy clinical scores 1 and 3 of EAE were studied using a two dimensional electrophoresis based proteomics approach coupled with MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry.
Results: We identified 8 mitochondrial proteins that were differentially expressed in CNS, all of them down-regulated in scores 1 and/or 3. Of these, 5 proteins belong to the mitochondrial respiratory chain including: NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) Fe-S protein 8, cytochrome c oxidase Va, cytochrome c oxidase Vb, ATP5B, NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) flavoprotein 2. We also observed down-regulation of three other mitochondrial proteins including: glutaredoxin 5, estradiol 17 beta-dehydrogenase 8 and isocitrate dehydrogenase.
Conclusion: Down-regulation of mitochondrial proteins supported the hypothesis that hypoxia-like tissue injury in multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions may be due to mitochondrial impairment.
Translated title of the contribution | Central nervous system proteomics in animal model of multiple sclerosis revealed down-regulation of mithochondrial proteins |
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Original language | Arabic |
Pages (from-to) | 236-243 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Yakhteh |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- mitochondria
- proteomics
- EAE
- multiple sclerosis