Authors:
Rosenkranz ME, Wilson DC, Marinov AD, Decewicz A, Grof-Tisza P, Kirchner D, Giles B, Reynolds PR, Kolli K, Thompson SD, & Hirsch R
Summary:
Objective - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of inflammatory of diseases and there no clinically useful prognostic markers to predict disease outcome in these children. Synovial fluid is likely a reflection of the proteins present in the inflamed synovium. The purpose of this study was to delineate the synovial fluid proteome and determine whether there are differences in the protein expression in subtypes of JIA.
Methods - Synovial fluid from children with oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic JIA were compared. Two dimensional gel electrophoresis for protein separation and Matrix associated laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and Quadripole time of flight mass spectrometry (Q-TOF-MS) for protein identification were used for this study. Synovial fluid cells were analyzed by PCR for the presence of haptoglobin mRNA.
Results - The synovial fluid proteome of the samples was delineated. The majority of proteins showed overexpression in JIA synovial fluid as compared to non-inflammatory controls. There were 24 statistically significant differentially expressed spots (> 2 fold change and p<.05) between the subtypes of JIA. PCR analysis revealed haptoglobin mRNA suggesting that haptoglobin is locally produced in an inflamed joint in JIA.
Conclusions - Despite similar histological appearance of inflamed joints in subtypes of JIA, there are differences in protein expression in the subtypes of JIA. Haptoglobin is differentially expressed between the subtypes of JIA and is locally produced in an inflamed joint in JIA. Haptoglobin and other differentially expressed proteins may be potential biomarkers in JIA.
Source:
Arithritis & Rheumatism; (03/20/10)