Practical Geriatrics ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 373-377.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2023.04.013

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Protein post-translational modification of coronary artery in elderly patients with acute myocardium infarction

ZHANG Sheng, JIA En-zhi, WANG Lian-sheng   

  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
  • Received:2022-06-13 Online:2023-04-20 Published:2023-03-31
  • Contact: WANG Lian-sheng, Email: drlswang@njmu.edu.cn

Abstract: Objective To explore the role of protein post-translational modification (PTM) in human coronary artery atherosclerosis. Methods Twenty coronary artery segments were collected from two elderly subjects dying from acute myocardium infarction. The hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining was performed for pathological classification, and the human coronary arterial proteome and proteomics features were detected by means of mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. By means of Peaks Studio X+, further quantitative analysis was conducted. The STRING website was used for bioinformatics analysis, such as network cluster, reactome pathways and gene ontology (GO) functional enrichment analysis. Results A total of 2819 proteins and 233 types of PTM were identified in the 20 coronary artery segments. There were 123 differentially expressed proteins and 22 PTM modification sites, and the modifications of 22 sites included oxidation, acetylation and deamidation. Bioinformatics analysis showed that differential proteins and differential PTM sites were mainly highly correlated with mitochondrial energy metabolism. Cluster analysis of protein network showed that the mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis coupled proton transport network was the most enriched, which included ATP5A1, ATP5B, ATP5H and ATP5O. The abundance of PTM of the four proteins was higher in the early stage of atherosclerosis. Conclusions Protein PTM may affect the development of human coronary atherosclerosis through mitochondrial energy metabolism and plays an important role in the early stage of atherosclerosis.

Key words: coronary heart disease, post-translational modification, acute myocardium infarction, artery atherosclerosis, bioinformatics analysis

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