Abstract
Cartilage is a highly specialized load-bearing tissue with a small number of cells and a high proportion of extracellular matrix (ECM). The abundance of heavily sulfated proteoglycans and a poorly soluble collagenous ECM presents a major technical challenge to 2-DE. Here we report proteomic analysis of mouse growth plate cartilage using novel methodology for tissue dissection and sample prefractionation. We have successfully resolved cartilage tissue extracts by 2-DE for the first time and identified cartilage ECM proteins by Western blotting and MS/MS. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6549-6553 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proteomics |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2006 |
Keywords
- Cartilage
- Extracellular matrix proteins
- IEF optimization
- Prefractionation