Research Article

Protein Alterations in Infiltrating Ductal Carcinomas of the Breast as Detected by Nonequilibrium pH Gradient Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

Results of MALDI-TOF mass spectra and database searching for protein identification.

Identified proteinsSpot (a) numberMr(kDa)/ pI (b) Access N°(c) Peptides matchedRelative (d) volume (%) Mass accuracy (ppm) Sequence coverage %Reported function
N T

Complement component C3c (chainD) 171317/6.827810127236 4564Immune response
IGHG1 protein 245286/8.63448906239 4227Immune response
IGHG1 protein 345286/8.63448906239 4329Immune response
IGHG1 protein 445286/8.63448906237 5024Immune response
IGHG1 protein 545286/8.63448906237 5024Immune response
IGHG1 protein 645286/8.63448906237 5024Immune response
Carbonic anhydrase 1 728909/6.59450251713 7272metabolic enzyme
Enolase1 847481/7.01450357130 4162Glycolytic enzyme
phosphoglycerate kinase 1 944973/8.304814554928 6058Glycolytic enzyme
Deoxy hemoglobin (ChainD) 1015928/7.142757425311 4979O2/CO2 transport
Deoxy hemoglobin (ChainD) 1115928/7.142757425311 4980O2/CO2 transport
Manganese superoxide dismutase 1222290/6.8627808199 5057Anti-oxidant enzyme
Alpha B-Crystallin 1320146/6.761393781311 5756Chaperone
Raf Kinase inhibitor protein 1416068/8,8142619349 4554Signaltrans- duction
Peptidyl- prolylisomerase A 1518228/7,681393798113 6759Immuno- philin
Peptidyl- prolylisomerase A 1618228/7,681393798114 6760Immuno- philin
Cofilin1 1718719/8.22151473698 3545Actinturnover
HSP27 1822427/7.8366284112 4851Chaperone
HSP27 1922427/7.8366284116 4867Chaperone
hnRNPA2/B1 isoform A2 2036041/8.67450444721 3553Several functions

(a) Index in the reference gel (Figure 1).
(b) Expected Mr and pI which were calculated on the complete sequences.
(c) Accession number in NCBI.
(d) The individual spot volumes were expressed as a percentage of the total volume in all of the spots present in the gel. N: nontumor tissue; T: tumor tissue.