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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Research Article

Identification of SER-PRO-CYS Peptide in Blood Serum of Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Author(s): Severyn Myronovkij, Nazar Negrych, Tetyana Nehrych, Volodymyr Tkachenko, Serhiy Souchelnytskyi, Rostyslav Stoika and Yuriy Kit

Volume 23, Issue 9, 2016

Page: [808 - 811] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/0929866523666160622215628

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Abstract

Monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) requires additional molecular markers. Recently, we used original TCA-precipitation/extraction approach in combination with MALDI TOF/TOF mass-spectrometry and identified earlier unknown 48 kDa form of the unconventional myosin IC isoform b (Myo1C) in blood serum of the MS patients. Further examination of TCA-extracted fraction of blood serum of these patients by means of thin-layer chromatography and HPLC gel-filtration allowed detecting 300-500 Da peptides. MALDI TOF/TOF massspectrometry of these peptides showed that they contain Ser-Pro-Cys amino acid sequence. We discussed potential mechanisms of a release of these peptides that were earlier unknown in blood serum of the MS patients.

Keywords: Multiple sclerosis, blood serum, peptides.

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