Proteomics Analysis of Epithelial Cells Reprogrammed in Cell-free Extract*S⃞

AUTOR(ES)

Pewsey, Emma

FONTE

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

RESUMO

The functional reprogramming of a differentiated cell to a pluripotent state presents potential beneficial applications in regenerative medicine. We report here the proteomic profile of 293T epithelial cells reprogrammed to a pluripotent state using undifferentiated embryonal carcinoma (NCCIT) cellular extracts. 293T cells were reversibly permeabilized with streptolysin O, incubated in an extract of NCCIT cells or a control extract of 293T cells for 1 h, resealed with CaCl2, and cultured. OCT4 and SOX2 gene expression were up-regulated in NCCIT extract-treated cells relative to control cells, whereas there was no alteration in DNMT3B gene expression. Thirty percent of NCCIT extract-treated cells were positive for SSEA-4, and karyotyping confirmed their 293T origin, excluding the possibility of contamination from NCCIT cells. Two-dimensional PAGE revealed ∼400 protein spots for each cell type studied. At least 10 protein spots in the proteome of NCCIT extract-treated cells had an expression profile similar to that of NCCIT and remained unaltered in control cells. Using tandem mass spectrometry, we identified these proteins, which include 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein precursor and tropomyosin α-3 chain. This investigation provides the first evidence that proteins are altered in a specific manner in NCCIT extract-treated cells. This is the first report on the proteomic characterization of the nuclear reprogramming process.

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