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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1440716
Changes in rat plasma proteomes during the first week after birth
Provisionally accepted- 1 China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
- 2 Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- 3 Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Blood plasma is the most informative body fluid, containing large amounts of substances that are released by active secretion or leakage from tissues and cells. Therefore, plasma changes reflect the body state. To explore changes in plasma during the early life of Wistar-rats, the plasma proteomes of newborn and first-week rats were investigated using liquid chromatography -tandem mass spectrometry. A total of 639 proteins were identified at both developmental stages and 570 proteins were used for quantitative analysis. The plasma of first-week rats, compared to that in newborn rats using label-free quantification, showed that the levels of 42 proteins significantly increased while those of 17 proteins decreased. Plasma proteomic patterns at both developmental stages can be easily separated using differential protein cluster analysis. Using the Ingenuity Pathway analysis tool, some pathways including LXR/RXR Activation, DHCR24 Signaling Pathway, Acute Phase Response Signaling, and Detoxification of Reactive Oxygen Species were significantly enhanced. Over 10 categories related to the development and functions were enriched. Plasma proteomes of first-week rats were distinct from those of newborn rats. These changes would make it easier for newborn rats to survive. This is the first study using liquid chromatography -tandem mass spectrometry to investigate newborn rat plasma proteome changes, providing a basis and clues for studying animal development.
Keywords: Plasma proteome, development, LC-MS/MS, label-free quantification, organ development
Received: 30 May 2024; Accepted: 10 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wei, Guo, Wei, Zhou, Sun and Han. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Zheng-guang Guo, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
Jing Wei, Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Yun Zhou, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Wei Sun, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
Cheng-wu Han, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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