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 2

Proteins which were reduced when kept in poly(MPC-co-BMA) noncoated urine tubes.

No.IDM.W.aScoreQueries matchedpIb

1Ceruloplasmin122,128 Da812525.41
2Lysosomal alpha-glucosidase105,271 Da15285.41
3Alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase82,115 Da16366.21
4Serotransferrin77,000 Da1500956.70
5Alpha-1-antitrypsin46,707 Da253125.37
6Cell adhesion molecule 442,759 Da13465.59
7Prostate-specific antigen28,723 Da8027.26
8IGK protein26,218 Da141645.74–6.30
9IGL protein24,777 Da430315.74–6.30
10Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 123,497 Da23975.00
11Prostaglandin 2D synthase22,932 Da596317.66
12Prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase21,029 Da861427.66
13Transthyretin15,877 Da856375.35
14Rheumatoid factor D5 light chain12,758 Da27365.74–6.30
15Rheumatoid factor D6 light chain12,520 Da27365.74–6.30

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.