title: Genomic and proteomic profiling I: leiomyomas in African Americans and Caucasians.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clinical observations indicate that leiomyomas occur more frequently in African Americans compared to other ethnic groups with unknown etiology. To identify the molecular basis for the difference we compared leiomyomas form A. Americans with Caucasians using genomic and proteomic strategies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Microarray, realtime PCR, 2D-PAGE, mass spectrometry, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using Affymetrix U133A array and analysis based on P ranking (P < 0.01) 1470 genes were identified as differentially expressed in leiomyomas compared to myometrium regardless of ethnicity. Of these, 268 genes were either over-expressed (177 genes) or under-expressed (91 genes) based on P < 0.01 followed by 2-fold cutoff selection in leiomyomas of A. Americans as compared to Caucasians. Among them, the expression E2F1, RUNX3, EGR3, TBPIP, ECM2, ESM1, THBS1, GAS1, ADAM17, CST6, CST7, FBLN5, ICAM2, EDN1 and COL18 was validated using realtime PCR low-density arrays. 2D PAGE coupled with image analysis identified 332 protein spots of which the density/volume of 31 varied by greater than or equal to 1.5 fold in leiomyomas as compared to myometrium. The density/volume of 34 protein-spots varied by greater than or equal to 1.5 fold (26 increased and 8 decreased) in leiomyomas of A. Americans as compared to Caucasians. Tandem mass spectrometric analysis of 15 protein spots identified several proteins whose transcripts were also identified by microarray, including 14-3-3 beta and mimecan, whose expression was confirmed using western blotting and immunohistochemistry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings imply that the level rather than the ethnic-specific expression of a number of genes and proteins may account for the difference between leiomyomas and possibly myometrium, in A. Americans and Caucasians. Further study using larger sample size is required to confirm these findings.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA. panq@obgyn.ufl.edu
authors: Qun
authors: Q
authors: Pan
authors: Xiaoping
authors: X
authors: Luo
authors: Nasser
authors: N
authors: Chegini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
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