title: Analysis of intimal proteoglycans in atherosclerosis-prone and atherosclerosis-resistant human arteries by mass spectrometry.
abstract: The propensity to develop atherosclerosis varies markedly among different sites in the human vasculature. To determine a possible cause for such differences in atherosclerosis susceptibility, a proteomics-based approach was used to assess the extracellular proteoglycan core protein composition of intimal hyperplasia from both the atherosclerosis-prone internal carotid artery and the atherosclerosis-resistant internal thoracic artery. The intimal proteoglycan composition in these preatherosclerotic lesions was found to be more complex than previously appreciated with up to eight distinct core proteins present, including the large extracellular proteoglycans versican and aggrecan, the basement membrane proteoglycan perlecan, the class I small leucine-rich proteoglycans biglycan and decorin, and the class II small leucine-rich proteoglycans lumican, fibromodulin, and prolargin/PRELP (proline arginine-rich end leucine-rich repeat protein). Although most of these proteoglycans seem to be present in similar amounts at the two locations, there was a selective enhanced deposition of lumican in the intima of the atherosclerosis-prone internal carotid artery compared with the intima of the atherosclerosis-resistant internal thoracic artery. The enhanced deposition of lumican in the intima of an atherosclerosis prone artery has important implications for the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Talusan
authors.forename: Shahinaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bedri
authors.forename: Suping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Taj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kattapuram
authors.forename: Nilsa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Roughley
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D053674:Aggrecans; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000032:analysis*; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000032:analysis*; D040901:Proteomics; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D053674:Aggrecans; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011509:Proteoglycans