Hsiao Yu-Ting, Huang Yu-Ting, Yu Hun-Ju, Fang Po-Chiung, Kuo Ming-Tse
Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 3;23(23):15239. doi: 10.3390/ijms232315239.
The diagnosis and monitoring of Sjögren syndrome (SS) is often difficult, requiring a multidisciplinary approach with invasive procedures. Our aim is to elucidate the tear protein alterations of dry eye disease (DED) with primary SS (pSS) and secondary SS (sSS) with the long-term instillation of eyedrops. We collected clinical demographics and tear fluid (TF) samples from DED patients with no autoimmune diseases (non-SS-DED), pSS-DED, and sSS-DED patients, followed by TF screening with tandem mass tagging-labeling gel-free proteomics assay. Bioinformatic analysis via Ingenuity Pathway Analysis was used to identify functional pathways and interacting networks. Validation of candidate proteins with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on the tear samples was done. The top functional pathways of the two comparisons (sSS-DED vs. pSS-DED and sSS-DED vs. non-SS-DED) were both associated with inflammation and stress-related signaling. After constructing an interaction network model with the selected candidate proteins, five proteins were identified. A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 10 (ADAM10) was found to be an important candidate biomarker in all groups, followed by epidermal growth factor (EGF) in TF. This study revealed novel DED markers, ADAM10 and EGF, in differentiating between primary and secondary SS patients from tears by in-depth proteomic analysis.
干燥综合征(SS)的诊断和监测往往具有挑战性,需要采用多学科方法并进行侵入性操作。我们的目的是通过长期滴眼药水来阐明原发性干燥综合征(pSS)和继发性干燥综合征(sSS)所致干眼病(DED)的泪液蛋白质变化。我们收集了无自身免疫性疾病的DED患者(非SS-DED)、pSS-DED和sSS-DED患者的临床人口统计学资料和泪液(TF)样本,随后采用串联质量标签标记无凝胶蛋白质组学分析对TF进行筛查。通过Ingenuity Pathway Analysis进行生物信息学分析,以识别功能通路和相互作用网络。对泪液样本中的候选蛋白进行了酶联免疫吸附测定验证。两组比较(sSS-DED与pSS-DED以及sSS-DED与非SS-DED)的主要功能通路均与炎症和应激相关信号传导有关。在用选定的候选蛋白构建相互作用网络模型后,鉴定出了5种蛋白质。发现含解整合素和金属蛋白酶结构域蛋白10(ADAM10)是所有组中的重要候选生物标志物,其次是TF中的表皮生长因子(EGF)。本研究通过深入的蛋白质组学分析揭示了用于区分原发性和继发性SS患者泪液的新型DED标志物ADAM10和EGF。