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Non‑invasive proteome‑wide quantification of skin barrier‑related proteins using label‑free LC‑MS/MS analysis

  • Authors:
    • Mengting Liu
    • Jing Zhang
    • Yaochi Wang
    • Cong Xin
    • Jie Ma
    • Shuangjun Xu
    • Xiaomeng Wang
    • Jinping Gao
    • Xuejun Zhang
    • Sen Yang
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  • Published online on: March 11, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2020.11020
  • Pages: 2227-2235
  • Copyright: © Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

A number of epidermal proteins are closely related to skin barrier function, the abnormalities of which can lead to specific skin diseases. These proteins must be quantified to further investigate the changes in the skin barrier between healthy and disease states. However, the non‑invasive and proteome‑wide quantification of skin proteins without any labelling steps remains a challenge. In this study, 3M medical adhesive tapes were used to obtain skin samples from volunteers. Proteins were extracted from fresh skin samples and digested with trypsin. Each tryptic peptide was analysed in three replicates using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis and label‑free quantification. The data were searched against the Human Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) to match with known proteins. Using this method, 1,157 skin proteins recorded in the UniProt were quantified. A total of 50 identical proteins were identified in the three replicate analyses of all samples with no significant differences in abundance. The results provided an objective metric for further study of skin ageing and various skin diseases. Specifically, the non‑invasive proteome‑wide method used in this study can be applied to future studies of skin diseases related to barrier destruction by monitoring the changes in the levels of epidermal proteins.
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Liu M, Zhang J, Wang Y, Xin C, Ma J, Xu S, Wang X, Gao J, Zhang X, Yang S, Yang S, et al: Non‑invasive proteome‑wide quantification of skin barrier‑related proteins using label‑free LC‑MS/MS analysis. Mol Med Rep 21: 2227-2235, 2020
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Liu, M., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Xin, C., Ma, J., Xu, S. ... Yang, S. (2020). Non‑invasive proteome‑wide quantification of skin barrier‑related proteins using label‑free LC‑MS/MS analysis. Molecular Medicine Reports, 21, 2227-2235. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2020.11020
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Liu, M., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Xin, C., Ma, J., Xu, S., Wang, X., Gao, J., Zhang, X., Yang, S."Non‑invasive proteome‑wide quantification of skin barrier‑related proteins using label‑free LC‑MS/MS analysis". Molecular Medicine Reports 21.5 (2020): 2227-2235.
Chicago
Liu, M., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Xin, C., Ma, J., Xu, S., Wang, X., Gao, J., Zhang, X., Yang, S."Non‑invasive proteome‑wide quantification of skin barrier‑related proteins using label‑free LC‑MS/MS analysis". Molecular Medicine Reports 21, no. 5 (2020): 2227-2235. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2020.11020