Journal
PROTEOMICS
Volume 5, Issue 12, Pages 3060-3065Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200402039
Keywords
cystatin C; protein stability; protein storage
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Cystatin C, a low molecular weight cysteine proteinase inhibitor present in human body fluids at physiological concentrations, is more expressed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) than in plasma. Mass spectrometric characterization showed that after 3 months of storage of human CS F at 20 degrees C, cystatin C was cleaved in the peptide bond between R8 and L9 and lost its eight N-termini amino acids, whereas this cleavage did not occur when stored at -80 degrees C. This truncation occurred in all CSF samples studied irrespective of the underlying neurological status, indicating a storage-related artefact rather than a physiological or pathological processing of the protein. These results stress the importance of optimal preanalytical storage conditions of any sample prior to proteomics studies.
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