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Membrane proteins differentially expressed in human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) E5-transfected HaCaT cells have been identified. Membrane proteins were isolated and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Spots showing quantitative differences between E5-transfected and control cells were extracted and the proteins were identified by nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry. A total of 24 spots was analysed. Among the proteins showing differential expression, a decreased amount of calnexin and increased expression of hsp70, proteins both involved in maturation and transport of MHC class I complexes to the plasma membrane, were noticed. These findings correlate with the decreased surface expression of MHC class I molecules described in E5-expressing cells, HPV-positive cervical lesions and cervical carcinomas. These results stress the value of the proteomic approach, as used here in the experimental design, which allows the correlation of changes in host gene expression with biological functions of viral genes.
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PMID:Identification of membrane proteins differentially expressed in human papillomavirus type 16 E5-transfected human keratinocytes by nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry. 1516 25

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.
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PMID:The proteome of mouse mucosal mast cell homologues: the role of transforming growth factor beta1. 1634 42