Journal of Korean Medical Science  2011;26(6):814-823

doi:10.3346/jkms.2011.26.6.814

Spinal Cord Injury Markedly Altered Protein Expression Patterns in the Affected Rat Urinary Bladder during Healing Stages.

Ji Young LEE 1 ; Bong Jo KIM ; Gyujin SIM ; Gyu Tae KIM ; Dawon KANG ; Jae Hun JUNG ; Jeong Seok HWA ; Yeon Ju KWAK ; Yeon Jin CHOI ; Young Sook PARK ; Jaehee HAN ; Cheol Soon LEE ; Kee Ryeon KANG

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Keywords

Spinal Cord Injuries; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic; Proteomic Analysis; Biological Markers; S100-A11; Transgelin

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

The influence of spinal cord injury (SCI) on protein expression in the rat urinary bladder was assessed by proteomic analysis at different time intervals post-injury. After contusion SCI between T9 and T10, bladder tissues were processed by 2-DE and MALDI-TOF/MS at 6 hr to 28 days after SCI to identify proteins involved in the healing process of SCI-induced neurogenic bladder. Approximately 1,000 spots from the bladder of SCI and sham groups were visualized and identified. At one day after SCI, the expression levels of three protein were increased, and seven spots were down-regulated, including heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) and heat shock protein 20 (Hsp20). Fifteen spots such as S100-A11 were differentially expressed seven days post-injury, and seven proteins including transgelin had altered expression patterns 28 days after injury. Of the proteins with altered expression levels, transgelin, S100-A11, Hsp27 and Hsp20 were continuously and variably expressed throughout the entire post-SCI recovery of the bladder. The identified proteins at each time point belong to eight functional categories. The altered expression patterns identified by 2-DE of transgelin and S100-A11 were verified by Western blot. Transgelin and protein S100-A11 may be candidates for protein biomarkers in the bladder healing process after SCI.