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Proteomic assessment of sulfur mustard-induced protein adducts and other protein modifications in human epidermal keratinocytes
- Source :
- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 230:97-108
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- Although some toxicological mechanisms of sulfur mustard (HD) have been uncovered, new knowledge will allow for advanced insight in the pathways that lead towards epidermal–dermal separation in skin. In the present investigation, we aimed to survey events that occur at the protein level in human epidermal keratinocytes (HEK) during 24 h after exposure to HD. By using radiolabeled 14C-HD, it was found that proteins in cultured HEK are significant targets for alkylation by HD. HD-adducted proteins were visualized by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Several type I and II cytokeratins, actin, stratifin (14-3-3σ) and galectin-7 were identified. These proteins are involved in the maintenance of the cellular cytoskeleton. Their alkylation may cause changes in the cellular architecture and, in direct line with that, be determinative for the onset of vesication. Furthermore, differential proteomic analysis was applied to search for novel features of the cellular response to HD. Partial breakdown of type I cytokeratins K14, K16 and K17 as well as the emergence of new charge variants of the proteins heat shock protein 27 and ribosomal protein P0 were observed. Studies with caspase inhibitors showed that caspase-6 is probably responsible for the breakdown of type I cytokeratins in HEK. The significance of the results is discussed in terms of toxicological relevance and possible clues for therapeutic intervention.
- Subjects :
- Keratinocytes
Proteomics
Alkylation
Poison control
Biology
Toxicology
Cytokeratin
Ribosomal protein
Heat shock protein
Mustard Gas
medicine
Protein alkylation
Humans
Amino Acid Sequence
Chemical Warfare Agents
Cells, Cultured
Pharmacology
Caspase 6
integumentary system
HEK 293 cells
Keratin-14
Caspase Inhibitors
medicine.anatomical_structure
Biochemistry
Keratinocyte
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0041008X
- Volume :
- 230
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7560974aa2e9355c101fc3498ed43027