Research Article

Adsorption of Urinary Proteins on the Conventionally Used Urine Collection Tubes: Possible Effects on Urinary Proteome Analysis and Prevention of the Adsorption by Polymer Coating

Table 1

Proteins adsorbed on poly(MPC-co-BMA)-uncoated urine tubes.

No.IDM.W.aScoreQueries matchedpIb

1Tamm-Horsfall urinary glycoprotein69,761 Da250154.96
2Albumin69,321 Da353325.67
3Semenogelin-152,131 Da11469.26
4Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin47,651 Da281115.32
5Alpha-1-antitrypsin46,737 Da8535.37
6Apolipoprotein A127,891 Da8245.27
7IGKV1-5 protein25,765 Da31375.74–6.30
8Prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase21,029 Da9858.37
9Apolipoprotein C310,846 Da9334.72
10Protein S100-A810,835 Da8636.51
11SH3 domain-binding glutamic acid-rich-like protein 310,438 Da8024.82

a,bTheoretical Mr and pI, as resulted from Compute pI/Mw tool of Expasy (http://us.expasy.org/tools/pi_tool.html), are also indicated.