Quantitative analysis of the global proteome in lung from mice with blast injury.

Liu, Ying; Liu, Yunen; Tong, Changci; Cong, Peifang; Shi, Xiuyun; Shi, Lin; Hou, Mingxiao; Jin, Hongxu; Bao, Yongli

AIM OF THE STUDY The mechanism by which primary shock wave causes lung injury is unclear. The aim of this study is to find the changes of protein that can be helpful in understanding blast-induced lung injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS A quantitative analysis of their global proteome was conducted in lung from mice with blast injury using LC-MS/MS. Protein annotation, unsupervised hierarchical clustering, functional classification, functional enrichment and cluster, and protein-protein interaction analyses were performed. Furthermore, western blotting was used to validate the changed protein levels. RESULTS A total of 6498 proteins were identified, of which 5520 proteins were quantified. The fold-change cutoff was set at 1.2; 132 proteins were upregulated, and 104 proteins were downregulated. The bioinformatics analysis indicated that the differentially expressed proteins were involved in the cholesterol metabolism, asthma, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Remarkably, the processes related to the change of oxidative phosphorylation including the NADH dehydrogenase, Cytochrome C reductase, Cytochrome C oxidase and F-type ATPase were significantly upregulated, which were further verified by western blotting. CONCLUSION These results confirmed that the oxidative phosphorylation is critical to blast-induced lung injury. LC/MS-based profiling presented candidate target/pathways that could be explored for future therapeutic development.