title: The proteome of mouse mucosal mast cell homologues: the role of transforming growth factor beta1.
abstract: Mast cells migrate to the mucosal epithelium during intestinal nematode infections in mice, where they express abundant mucosal mast cell-specific proteases, mouse mast cell protease-1 and -2 (MCPT1 and MCPT2). Expression of these proteases is strictly controlled by transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) in the epithelium. In vitro homologues of mucosal mast cells are generated by culturing bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) in the presence of TGF-beta1. We examined the proteome of BMMC cultured either in the presence of TGF-beta1 (n = 5) or of a neutralising anti-TGF-beta1 antibody (n = 5). Cell extracts were examined by 2-DE, and changes in expression levels of protein spots were determined by densitometry. Spots of interest were identified by tryptic peptide mapping. In addition to the up-regulation of MCPT1 and MCPT2, which accounted for approximately 40% of all soluble protein in the TGF-beta1 treated cells, MCPT7 was modestly up-regulated by TGF-beta1, and calnexin was up-regulated fivefold. A 7.6-fold down-regulation of galectin-1 was verified by Western blotting and FACS analysis. Galectin-1 is located on the cell surface where it mediates cellular adhesion to basement membranes. Regulation of its expression by TGF-beta1 may be of relevance to mast cell adhesion within the epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian, UK. alan.pemberton@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pemberton
authors.forename: Jeremy K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Hugh R P
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020543:Proteome; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1