Aplicación de técnicas de genómica y proteómica a la búsqueda de alteraciones moleculares en células madre mesenquimales y condrocitos de pacientes con artrosis de rodilla

Tesis doctoral inédita. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología Molecular. Fecha de lectura: 21/2/201

Optimizing the capture of protein interaction partners in the biacore T100 for mapping signaling pathways with low cell amounts

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Chloroacetylation of cyclostreptin influences its interaction with tubulin

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Cell wall proteomics reveals a strong association of acta to the peptidoglycan promoting listeria monocytogenes invasiveness

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Proteomic perspective of Quercus suber somatic embryogenesis

UNLABELLED: Quercus suber L. is a forest tree with remarkable ecological, social and economic value in the southern Europe ecosystems. To circumvent the difficulties of breeding such long-lived species like Q. suber in a conventional fashion, clonal propagation of Q. suber elite trees can be carried out, although this process is sometimes unsuccessful. To help decipher the complex program underlying the development of Q. suber somatic embryos from the first early stage until maturity, a proteomic approach based on DIGE and MALDI-MS has been envisaged. Results highlighted several key processes involved in the three developmental stages (proliferative, cotyledonary and mature) of Q. suber somatic embryogenesis studied. Results show that the proliferation stage is characterized by fermentation as an alternative energy source at the first steps of somatic embryo development, as well as by up-regulation of proteins involved in cell division. In this stage reactive oxygen species play a role in proliferation, while other proteins like CAD and PR5 seem to be implied in embryonic competence. In the transition to the cotyledonary stage diverse ROS detoxification enzymes are activated and reserve products (mainly carbohydrates and proteins) are accumulated, whereas energy production is increased probably to participate in the synthesis of primary metabolites such as amino acids and fatty acids. Finally, in the mature stage ethylene accumulation regulates embryo development. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Quercus suber L. is a forest tree with remarkable ecological, social and economic value in the southern Europe ecosystems. To circumvent the difficulties of breeding such long-lived species like Q. suber in a conventional fashion, clonal propagation of Q. suber elite trees can be carried out, although this process is sometimes unsuccessful. To help decipher the complex program underlying the development of Q. suber somatic embryos from the first early stage until maturity, in deep studies become necessary. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translational Plant Proteomics.The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares is supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and the Fundación Pro-CNIC.S

Differential shotgun analysis of mesenchymal stem cells from osteoarthritis patients

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A proteomic approach to the myocardium of hypertensive-diabetic rats

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Proteomic analysis of plasma proteins of high-flux haemodialysis and on-line haemodiafiltration patients reveals differences in transthyretin levels related with anaemia.

A large proportion of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients under long-term haemodialysis, have persistent anaemia and require high doses of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO). However, the underlying mechanisms of renal anaemia have not been fully elucidated in these patients. In this study, we will be focusing on anaemia and plasma proteins in ESRD patients on high-flux haemodialysis (HF) and on-line haemodiafiltration (HDF), to investigate using two proteomic approaches if patients undergoing these treatments develop differences in their plasma protein composition and how this could be related to their anaemia. The demographic and biochemical data revealed that HDF patients had lower anaemia and much lower rhEPO requirements than HF patients. Regarding their plasma proteomes, HDF patients had increased levels of a protein highly similar to serotransferrin, trypsin-1 and immunoglobulin heavy constant chain alpha-1, and lower levels of alpha-1 antitrypsin, transthyretin, apolipoproteins E and C-III, and haptoglobin-related protein. Lower transthyretin levels in HDF patients were further confirmed by transthyretin-peptide quantification and western blot detection. Since ESRD patients have increased transthyretin, a protein that can aggregate and inhibit transferrin endocytosis and erythropoiesis, our finding that HDF patients have lower transthyretin and lower anaemia suggests that the decrease in transthyretin plasma levels would allow an increase in transferrin endocytosis, contributing to erythropoiesis. Thus, transthyretin could be a critical actor for anaemia in ESRD patients and a novel player for haemodialysis adequacy.This work was supported by Grants (to A.A.) from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III and cofinanced by the European Development Regional Fund (FEDER) (PI14/00705 and PI18/00255). E.M-A. is a recipient of a research.S

Selected reaction monitoring assays in mesenchymal stem cells from osteoarthritis patients

Osteoarthritis (OA) is considered the most prevalent form of arthritis. The aim of this study was to verify potential protein OA biomarkers by applying Selected Reaction Monitoring (SRM) assays to protein extracts obtained from Bone Marrow-Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BM-MSCs) isolated from OA patients. BM aspirates were obtained from the femoral channel of OA patients at the time of surgery and from the femoral channel of hip fracture subjects without OA during hip joint replacement surgery for the treatment of subcapital fracture. SRM results verified the differential expression of several protein biomarkers in BM-MSCs from OA patients.CNIC is supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and the Fundación Pro CNIC. Support was also provided by FIS PI10/00178 and RETICS Program, RD08/0075 (RIER) from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). JRL is a recipient of Miguel Servet Program from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII).S

Shotgun and targeted MS analyses pinpoint the zampanolide-tubulin interacting site

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