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ArticleProteomics. Clinical applications2015

Salivary proline-rich proteins and gluten: Do structural similarities suggest a role in celiac disease?

Na Tian, Irene Messana, Daniel A Leffler, Ciaran P Kelly, Joshua Hansen, Tiziana Cabras, Alfredo D'Alessandro, Detlef Schuppan, Massimo Castagnola, Eva J Helmerhorst

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Article in Proteomics. Clinical applications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Saliva proteomics updates in biomedicine.Journal of biological research (Thessalonike, Greece) · 2019
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  3. Identification of food-grade subtilisins as gluten-degrading enzymes to treat celiac disease.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Na TianDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Irene MessanaDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell' Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Daniel A LefflerCeliac Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ciaran P KellyCeliac Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joshua HansenCeliac Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tiziana CabrasDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell' Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Alfredo D'AlessandroDipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell' Ambiente, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Detlef SchuppanCeliac Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Massimo CastagnolaIstituto di Biochimica e di Biochimica Clinica and/or Istituto per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare (CNR), Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy.
Eva J HelmerhorstDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
University of Cagliari · ITBoston University · USHarvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USInstitute of Immunology · HRIstituto di Chimica Biomolecolare · IT

Funding

Gastro-intestinal microbes degrading dietary glutenR01AI087803 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HELMERHORST, EVA JOSEPHINE · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
Oral microbial enzymes for the treatment of celiac diseaseK02AI101067 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HELMERHORST, EVA JOSEPHINE · 2013 to 2017
$509k
Validation of Peripheral Microparticles as Novel Biomarkers of Celiac Disease ActR03DK095937 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LEFFLER, DANIEL ALEXANDER · 2013 to 2014
$174k
NIAID NIH HHS AI087803NIAID NIH HHS AI101067NIAID NIH HHS K02 AI101067NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087803NIDDK NIH HHS DK095937NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK095937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGluten proteins, the culprits in celiac disease (CD), show striking similarities in primary structure with human salivary proline-rich proteins (PRPs). Both are enriched in proline and glutamine residues that often occur consecutively in their sequences. We investigated potential differences in the spectrum of salivary PRPs in health and CD. EXPERIMENTAL

designStimulated salivary secretions were collected from CD patients, patients with refractory CD, patients with gastrointestinal complaints but no CD, and healthy controls. PRP isoforms/peptides were characterized by anionic and SDS-PAGE, PCR, and LC-ESI-MS.

resultsThe gene frequencies of the acidic PRP isoforms PIF, Db, Pa, PRP1, and PRP2 did not differ between groups. At the protein level, PRPs peptides showed minor group differences, but these could not differentiate the CD and/or refractory CDs groups from the controls. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This extensive study established that salivary PRPs, despite similarity to gluten proteins, show no apparent correlation with CD and thus will not serve as diagnostic markers for the disease. The structural basis for the tolerance to the gluten-like PRP proteins in CD is worthy of further exploration and may lead to the development of gluten-like analogs lacking immunogenicity that could be used therapeutically.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceCeliac DiseaseGlutensHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein IsoformsSalivary Proline-Rich ProteinsSalivary Proteins and PeptidesStructure-Activity RelationshipGlutensProtein IsoformsSalivary Proline-Rich ProteinsSalivary Proteins and PeptidesCeliac diseaseGliadinProline-rich proteinSaliva

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PMID25726832
PMCPMC4551613
OpenAlexW2078130426

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