Salivary Proteomics: A Research Example: Topics in
Salivary Proteomics: A Research Example: Topics in
Salivary Proteomics: A Research Example: Topics in
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What is proteomics?
The goals of proteomics Identify and catalog every protein in a biological system Organs, diseases, cells, bacteria, biological fluids, etc. Includes peptides, fragments, alleles, complexes Compare proteome patterns Cancer cells vs. control cells Virulent bacteria vs. avirulent strains Saliva from subjects w/ and w/o disease Biomarkers and diagnosis Multifunctionality, amphifunctionality, redundancy Salivary proteomics is a major research focus at NIDCR
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A research example
Research problem - saliva proteins and oral health/ecology Individual variation in individual salivary proteins Hard to relate to variation in oral flora and disease Multifunctionality, amphifunctionality, redundancy Alternative strategy Measure individual variation in salivary functions Bacterial killing, aggregation, live and dead adherence Define subjects at opposite extremes of function Recall extreme subjects Compare oral disease prevalence Compare oral flora Compare proteomic patterns
Measurements of function
Aggregation Incubate in plate reader 4 hrs at 37 C Shake 1 sec every 2.5 min, read optical density Shaking simulates shear force from swallowing Determine change in optical density over 4 hrs Bacterial killing - read blue and green fluorescence Ratio of live to dead fluorescence after 4 hrs Adherence of live and dead bacteria Wash plate - read blue and green fluorescence again Adjust values for control wells Saliva only, bacteria only, buffer only
Study design
Recruit two successive 1st-year dental classes 149 subjects consented Sample collection Collect resting whole and stimulated parotid saliva Clinical exam for caries and periodontal indices Assay saliva samples for three functions for each species Statistical analysis of the function data Principal components analysis Simultaneously looks at variation in all variables 4 function variables x 3 species Extract major components of common variation A technique for simplifying complex data
TOP 25%
BOTTOM 25%
Microbiology outcomes
Total biofilm DNA (proxy for total bacteria) Total streptococci (by quantitative PCR) Major periodontal pathogens (by quantitative PCR) A. actinomycetemcomitans Porphyromonas gingivalis Tannerella forsythia (forsythensis)
T. forsythia results
Proteomic comparison
Recall 18 Haa and 23 Laa subjects Collect fresh expectorated whole saliva Clarify by centrifugation Preparative isoelectric focusing - first dimension Bio-Rad Rotafor unit 20 fractions of different pI for each sample Molecular weight by SDS-PAGE - second dimension Protein concentrations not standardized to preserve quantitative differences
7 6.7 6.5 6 5.7 5.3 4.7 4 3.5 3 NEUTRAL POOL MOD. ACIDIC ACIDIC POOL POOL
B2
B16 MAR2 MAR3
0.89
0.51 0.71 0.81
1.00
0.53 0.58 0.87
0.93
0.44 0.52 0.59
0.81
0.31 0.55 0.59
0.47
0.96 0.80 0.57
0.82
0.55 0.63 0.67
MAR5
MAR6 MAR7 MAR9 NR2 NR3
0.45
0.71 0.85 0.73 0.27 0.80
0.44
0.58 0.59 0.90 0.99 0.65 0.86
0.61
0.52 0.43 0.92 0.70 0.54 0.57
1.01
0.55 0.40 0.91 0.65 0.55 1.07
0.31
0.80 0.84 0.73 1.03 0.82 0.26
0.56
0.63 0.62 0.84 0.84 0.57 0.71
MAR10 0.83
NR12
0.52
1.02
0.98
0.50
1.41
0.89
t = 3.2; p = 0.0026
t = 5.7; p = 0.000001
MAR9 is a truncated form of salivary cystatin S, missing the first 8 N-terminal amino acids MAR10 is salivary statherin
References
Rudney JD, Staikov RK (2002). Simultaneous measurement of the viability, aggregation, and live and dead adherence of Streptococcus crista, Streptococcus mutans and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in human saliva in relation to indices of caries, dental plaque and periodontal disease. Arch Oral Biol 47:347-59. Rudney JD, Pan Y, Chen R (2003). Streptococcal diversity in oral biofilms with respect to salivary function. Arch Oral Biol 48:475-93. Rudney JD, Chen R (2004). Human salivary function in relation to the prevalence of Tannerella forsythensis and other periodontal pathogens in early supragingival biofilm. Arch Oral Biol 49:523-7. Rudney, J.D., R. K. Staikov, & Johnson, J.D. Proteomic analysis of salivary antimicrobial functions. Presented at the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, Baltimore, Maryland, March 9-12, 2005.