Proteome database of unsensitized CD4 positive T lymphocytes in T cell receptor transgenic mice.
We established a two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) mapping database of splenic CD4 T cells prepared from I-A(d)-restricted ovalbumin (OVA)(323-339) specific T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice (OVA23-3). First we examined the purification of CD4 T cells and found that the high purity of cells produced more accurate protein maps. The first dimension utilized narrow-range immobilized pH gradients (IPGs), pH 4.0-5.0, pH 4.5-5.5, pH 5.0-6.0, and pH 5.5-6.7. Approximately 1300 spots were detected by silver staining. Detection was performed by in-gel tryptic digestion of the spots, matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) technology and database searches via the world wide web (WWW). We have so far identified 255 proteins on 2-DE gels of whole cell lysates. This is the first construction of a proteome database for murine unsensitized CD4 T lymphocytes. To examine this further, 2-DE mapping was utilized for splenic CD4 T cells from another TCR transgenic mouse strain (DO11.10 TCR transgenic mice). Mapping patterns were found to be almost identical to those from CD4 T cells from OVA23-3 mice. These results indicated that the 2-DE maps in this study could be used for mouse CD4 T cells to examine protein changes in cells given certain stimuli.
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomohiro
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Kaji
Satoshi
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Hachimura
Shuichi
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Kaminogawa
D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D030562:Databases, Protein; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D020543:Proteome; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D011506:Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell