Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 521-525.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.04.017

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Plasma exosome differential proteins in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases

Zhang Wenyan, Liu Fang, Liu Menglu, et al   

  1. State Clinical Drug Trial Institution, You’an Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2021-10-20 Online:2022-07-10 Published:2022-07-14

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to screen plasma exosome differential proteins in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) and analyze their roles in biological processes. Methods Three patients with NAFLD and three healthy individuals were encountered in You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University between July and October 2020. The plasma exosome proteins were identified and quantitatively characterized by tandem mass tag (TMT) labeled quantitative proteomics. The differential proteins and their functional enrichment were screened, and the biological processes involved were analyzed. Results A total of 387 proteins were identified by exosome proteomic analysis, and out of them, 34 differentially expressed proteins were screened out according to the criteria of up-regulation > 1.2 folds or down-regulation > 1.2 folds and P<0.05; 25 up-regulation proteins and 9 down-regulation proteins were found in patients with NAFLD compared with healthy persons; the bioinformatics analysis showed that these proteins were mainly involved in lipid storage and metabolism, immune response, cellulose formation and other biological processes, and were closely related to insulin resistance, inflammatory response, cell damage and other signaling pathways. Conclusion The differential proteins screened by TMT marker quantitative proteomics might be used as serological markers for the study of NAFLD.

Key words: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Exosome, Differential protein, Proteomics