title: Proteome profiling of human epithelial ovarian cancer cell line TOV-112D.
abstract: A proteome profiling of the epithelial ovarian cancer cell line TOV-112D was initiated as a protein expression reference in the study of ovarian cancer. Two complementary proteomic approaches were used in order to maximise protein identification: two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) protein separation coupled to matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and one-dimensional gel electrophoresis (1DE) coupled to liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS/MS). One hundred and seventy-two proteins have been identified among 288 spots selected on two-dimensional gels and a total of 579 proteins were identified with the 1DE LC MS/MS approach. This proteome profiling covers a wide range of protein expression and identifies several proteins known for their oncogenic properties. Bioinformatics tools were used to mine databases in order to determine whether the identified proteins have previously been implicated in pathways associated with carcinogenesis or cell proliferation. Indeed, several of the proteins have been reported to be specific ovarian cancer markers while others are common to many tumorigenic tissues or proliferating cells. The diversity of proteins found and their association with known oncogenic pathways validate this proteomic approach. The proteome 2D map of the TOV-112D cell line will provide a valuable resource in studies on differential protein expression of human ovarian carcinomas while the 1DE LC MS/MS approach gives a picture of the actual protein profile of the TOV-112D cell line. This work represents one of the most complete ovarian protein expression analysis reports to date and the first comparative study of gene expression profiling and proteomic patterns in ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Health and Environment Unit, Laval University Medical Research Center, CHUQ, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Boulevard Laurier, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gagné
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gagné
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Marie-Eve
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bonicalzi
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lemay
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Page
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mes-Masson
authors.forename: Amaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Droit
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourgais
authors.forename: Guy G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Poirier
mesh_terms: D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019295:Computational Biology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D020543:Proteome