34 DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED PROTEINS OF EARLY-STAGE PLACENTA DERIVED FROM CLONED CAT EMBRYOS USING PROTEOMICS ANALYSIS

Abstract

We have previously demonstrated that differentially expressed proteins affect abnormal development and function of cloned term placenta. This is associated with cloned fetus morbidity and mortality. We also frequently observed loss of the cloned fetus and failed development during early pregnancy periods. To confirm the pattern of important gene expression in cloned placenta during pre- and post-implantation, we investigated expression pattern of proteins in early stage (21 days) domestic cat placentas of cloned embryo transfer (CEP; n = 2) and artificial insemination (CP; n = 4) derived pregnancy. The differentially expressed proteins were investigated by 2-DE and MALDI-TOF/MS. Twenty-three proteins were up- and down-regulated at least 1.5-fold in the CEP (P < 0.05) compared with the CP. Differentially expressed proteins were analysed using PDQest program and statistically analysed by 1-way ANOVA using the SPSS software. In CEP, 13 proteins were up-regulated, such as 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78), annexin A2 (ANXA2), protein DJ-1 (DJ1), adenylate kinase isoenzyme 1 (AK1), protein disulfide-isomerase A3 (PDIA3), heat shock protein β-1 (HSPB1), actin, cytoplasmic 1 (ACTB), serum albumin (ALB), protein disulfide-isomerase A6 (PDIA6), G protein-regulated inducer of neurite outgrowth 1 (GRIN1) and triosephosphate isomerase (TIM). In contrast, 10 proteins were down-regulated, such as vinculin (VCL), triosephosphate isomerase (TIM), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein H (hnRNPH), tropomyosin α-4 (TPM4), 60-kDa heat shock protein, mitochondrial (Hsp60), serum albumin (ALB), calumenin (CALU), keratin type 1 (CK1) and prohibitin (PHB). To validate the identified proteins in the CEP compared with the CP, we investigate a peptide sequences using MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometry. The sequence information obtained a high ions score from NCBI and Swiss-Prot databases. In conclusion, we did identify abnormal expression of proteins that might be associated with impaired development of CEP, which may endanger the cloned fetus during early pregnancy. This work was partly supported by the BK21 program and the KOSEF (10525010001-05N2501-00110) and the Next-generation BioGreen21 program (No. PJ007990012011).