Specific effects exerted by B-lymphoproliferative diseases on peripheral T-lymphocyte protein expression

Br J Haematol. 2010 Aug;150(4):463-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08285.x. Epub 2010 Jul 6.

Abstract

A proteomic approach was applied to study the protein expression profile of peripheral T-cells derived from patients at the onset of different B-lymphoproliferative diseases, because a rising interest in specific actions played by T-cells in such pathologies has emerged. Decreased levels of profilin-1 and cofilin-1 and increased levels of coronin1A and prohibitin were found in patients, compared with healthy controls. The protein-protein interaction network of these proteins was studied using a web-based bioinformatics tool, highlighting the actin cytoskeleton regulation as the main biological process involved in peripheral T-cells of such patients. Unsupervised cluster analysis of protein expression data shows that the recorded alteration of T-cell proteome was specifically induced by B-cell pathologies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cofilin 1 / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / immunology
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Proteins / blood*
  • Profilins / blood
  • Proteomics / methods
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CFL1 protein, human
  • Cofilin 1
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Profilins