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J Asthma Allergy. 2019 Sep 20;12:273-283. doi: 10.2147/JAA.S211569. eCollection 2019.

Pilot-Scale Study Of Human Plasma Proteomics Identifies ApoE And IL33 As Markers In Atopic Asthma.

Journal of asthma and allergy

Moumita Bhowmik, Sreyashi Majumdar, Angira Dasgupta, Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, Sudipto Saha

Affiliations

  1. Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  2. Division of Bioinformatics, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  3. BR Singh Hospital and Centre for Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

PMID: 31571934 PMCID: PMC6759800 DOI: 10.2147/JAA.S211569

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The pathobiology of atopic asthma is complex and the symptoms similar to other respiratory diseases. As such, identification of biomarkers of atopic asthma is of prime importance for better diagnosis and control of the disease.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to study the changes in plasma proteome and cytokine-expression profile across healthy and atopic asthmatics for identifying biomarkers and exploring aberrant pathways for atopic asthma.

METHODS: A pilot-scale study in humans was performed to identify differentially expressed proteins in blood plasma of healthy controls (n=5) and treatment-naïve atopic asthma patients (n=5) using quantitative label-free liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry proteomics and ELISA.

RESULTS: Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis revealed ApoE to be significantly downregulated in atopic asthmatics compared to healthy volunteers. Decreased expression of ApoE in atopic asthmatics was validated by immunoblotting (50.74% decrease). Comparison with atopic asthmatics and COPD patients showed that ApoE was decreased (36.33%) in atopic asthma compared to COPD. IL33 was significantly upregulated in atopic asthmatics compared to healthy subjects (3.84-fold).

CONCLUSION: ApoE was downregulated and IL33 upregulated in atopic asthma patients compared to healthy volunteers. These two proteins' profiles were distinct in atopic asthma from healthy and COPD plasma samples. Differential expression of these proteins could serve as a probable candidate for a two-protein classifier-based prognostic biomarker of atopic asthma.

© 2019 Bhowmik et al.

Keywords: ApoE; IL33; LC-MS/MS; apolipoprotein E; atopic asthma; biomarkers; interleukin 33

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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