Research Article

Profiling of Biomarkers for the Exposure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Lamin-A/C Isoform 3, Poly[ADP-ribose] Polymerase 1, and Mitochondria Copy Number Are Identified as Universal Biomarkers

Table 1

Summary list of identified potential biomarkers for PAHs exposure.

PAHsProtein Fold change

BenzopyreneVimentin 19.39
Annexin A1 13.38
Lamin-A/C 10.04
NADPH: adrenodoxin oxidoreductase, mitochondrial isoform 2 precursor 5.3
Squalene synthase5.3
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1 isoform B1 4.82
T-complex protein 1 subunit theta4.35
Talin-14.35

PentaceneLamin-A/C 6.9
DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha6.38
Annexin A1 6.38
Poly[ADP-ribose] polymerase 15.85
Squalene synthase5.33
Talin-1 5.33
PREDICTED: u5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 200 kDa helicase-like, partial 4.81

FluoranthenePoly[ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 6.21
Elongation factor 1-gamma 5.21
Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A/1B 5.21
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1 isoform B1 5.21
Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX5 5.21
T-complex protein 1 subunit theta 5.21

PyreneTalin-1 16.82
DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha 8.17
Filamin-C isoform b 7.16
E3 SUMO-protein ligase RanBP2 5.65
CAD protein 5.14
Poly[ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 5.14