目的:建立和优化重症肌无力(MG)胸腺组织蛋白质组双向电泳技术方法。方法:提取MG患者(n=3)增生型胸腺组织蛋白,以固相pH梯度胶条做第一向等电聚焦电泳,SDS聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直电泳为第二向。在以上过程中分别对蛋白提取、等电聚焦程序(A、B、C、D)和凝胶染色方法等各个实验环节进行控制和优化,利用PDQuest7.1.1软件分析获得的二维凝胶图像。结果:①采用一步法提取胸腺组织蛋白质,第一向等电聚焦采用7cm IPG胶条,聚焦程序选择B,硝酸银染色。3例标本重复4次,共获12幅二维凝胶图像。随机选取1例标本的2幅图像,利用软件对2幅中的蛋白点进行匹配,匹配率为82.1%;3份样品共12幅凝胶图像的对比,获得3个共同存在的标志蛋白点,相对分子质量和等电点分别为:A点(82700,7.0)、B点(50700,5.76)和C点(33 300,502)。②进一步优化上述实验条件,选择1例标本,采用两步法提取胸腺组织蛋白质,选用17cm IPG胶条,聚焦采用程序D,考马斯亮蓝染色,获得的二维凝胶图像与一步法(其他条件相同)比较。一步法可检测到蛋白质点326个,两步法可检测到562个蛋白点。结论:①建立了MG胸腺组织蛋白质组提取的方法。采用两步法可以更有效地提取胸腺组织蛋白质组。②利用优化后的实验方法,获得了MG胸腺组织蛋白二维凝胶图像,为开展MG胸腺组织蛋白质组学研究打下了基础。
Aim : To establish and optimize the technique of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) for proteomic analysis of thymus tissue in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods: The proteins from thymus tissue of 3 cases of MG were extracted. The 2-DE system with the first dimension using isoelectrofocusing electrophoresis and the second dimension using SDS-poly-acrylamide gel electrophoresis was empl,oyed to obtain the 2-DE gel maps. The conditions of the above procedures were optimized. ReSUltS: To extract the proteins by one-step method, employ the 2-DE system with the first dimension using 7 cm IPG ready strips, isoelectrofocusing procedure B, AgNO3 staining. The experiments were perfonmed with 3 samples repeated 4 times. A total of 12 2-DE gel maps were obtained. Two gel maps from 1 sample were chosen. The matching rate of protein spot was 82.1%. By comparing the 12 gel maps, we obtained 3 marker protein spots in common, and their relative molecular weight and isoelectric point were: A (82 700,7.0) , B (50 700, 5.76), C (33 300, 5.02). To further optimize the experimental conditions, we chose a sample and extracted the proteins by twostep method, using 2-DE system with 17 cm IPG ready strips, coomassie brilliant blue R-250 staining. The obtained 2-DE gel maps were compared with one-step method (the other experimental conditions were the same). The results showed that the obtained protein spot was 326 by one-step method and 562 by two-step method. Conclusion : The method of extracting thymus tissue protein was established. Instead of extracting thymus proteins using lysate Ⅰ, the protein spots in 2-DE gel map were significantly increased using lysate Ⅰ and Ⅱ; by using the optimized method described above, satisfactory 2-DE maps of MG hyperplastic thymus tissue has been obtained, which lays a foundation for the further study of the proteome of MG hyperplastic thymus tissue.