NDT Advance Access originally published online on April 19, 2008
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(7):2402-2405; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn212
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Proteomic profiling and identification in peritoneal fluid of children treated by peritoneal dialysis
1 Department of Paediatric Nephrology 2 Laboratory of Paediatrics and Neurology, Nijmegen Proteomics Facility, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen 3 Department of Paediatric Nephrology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht 4 Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders 5 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Renske Raaijmakers, Paediatric Nephrology 833, UMC St Radboud, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-24-3666292; Fax: +31-24-3619348; E-mail: r.raaijmakers{at}cukz.umcn.nl
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Background. Proteomic technologies offer a high-throughput analysis of the expression of proteins in biological samples. The global analysis of the proteins in peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluid will provide a better understanding of the biological processes of the peritoneal membrane.
Methods. The dialysate of nine paediatric PD patients was collected from peritoneal equilibrium tests with 3.86% glucose. Proteins were separated on a 10% SDS–PAGE gel and in-gel digested with trypsin. Peptide mixtures were analysed using nanoLC-MS/MS and results were searched against the NCBI database.
Results. A total number of 189 proteins were identified in the PD fluid of nine patients, with 88 proteins shared by all patients. These 88 proteins accounted for 47% of the identified proteins and >90% of the total protein content in the analysed samples. Proteins were subdivided into eight different classes according to function.
Conclusions. This study gives a representative overview of the proteins present in PD fluid. The proteins in PD fluid reflect plasma proteins as well as local peritoneal processes. Potentially interesting proteins are revealed.
Keywords: mass spectrometry; peritoneal dialysis; proteomics; paediatric
Received for publication: 5.12.07
Accepted in revised form: 21. 3.08