Serum glycoproteomic alterations in patients with diabetic retinopathy

Ashok Sharma, James Cox, Joshua Glass, Tae Jin Lee, Sai Karthik Kodeboyina, Wenbo Zhi, Lane Ulrich, Zachary Lukowski, Shruti Sharma

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Abstract

The precise molecular mechanisms of diabetic retinopathy (DR) pathogenesis are unclear, and treatment options are limited. There is an urgent need to discover and develop novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of this disease. Glycosylation is a post-translational modification that plays a critical role in determining protein structure, function, and stability. Recent studies have found that serum glycoproteomic changes are associated with the presence or progression of several inflammatory diseases. However, very little is known about the glycoproteomic changes associated with DR. In this study, glycoproteomic profiling of the serum of diabetic patients with and without DR was performed. A total of 15 glycopeptides from 11 glycoproteins were found to be significantly altered (5 upregulated and 10 downregulated) within the serum glycoproteome of DR patients. These glycoproteins are known to be involved in the maintenance of the extracellular matrix and complement system through peptidolytic activity or regulation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number25
JournalProteomes
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Glycoproteomics
  • LC-MS/MS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Biochemistry

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