Journal
PROTEOMICS
Volume 3, Issue 8, Pages 1611-1619Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200300493
Keywords
azoospermia; proteome; seminal plasma; spermatogenesis; two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
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Micropreparatively loaded two-dimensional (2-D) electrophoresis gels were used to identify human seminal plasma polypeptides by using narrow immobilized pH gradients (IPGs) covering one pH unit as first dimension. This investigation was restricted to IPG 4.5-5.5 and 5-6 because of the main spot distribution in the acidic part of the D map performed with IPG 3-10, a zone presumed to be rich in spermatogenic markers. Both highly expressed and minor spots of the 2-D map were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectroscopy analysis. Identification was obtained by a combination of mass spectrometry and database searching. Identified proteins were of different origin from the male genital tract and some proteolysis was observed. They appeared as either isolated molecules or isoforms. At the analytical level, narrow IPGs allowed a two-fold increase in the number of spots, improved resolution of minor spots particularly in surrounding of highly expressed spots and sensitivity level. Some of these faint spots were differently expressed in azoospermic patients as compared to normospermic men. Therefore, zooming-in on the proteome of human seminal plasma allowed more accurate differential expression analysis of impaired spermatogenesis associated markers.
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