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Zang T, Fear MW, Parker TJ, Holland AJA, Martin L, Langley D, Kimble R, Wood FM, Cuttle L. Inflammatory proteins and neutrophil extracellular traps increase in burn blister fluid 24h after burn. Burns 2024; 50:1180-1191. [PMID: 38490838 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
Burn wound blister fluid is a valuable matrix for understanding the biological pathways associated with burn injury. In this study, 152 blister fluid samples collected from paediatric burn wounds at three different hospitals were analysed using mass spectrometry proteomic techniques. The protein abundance profile at different days after burn indicated more proteins were associated with cellular damage/repair in the first 24 h, whereas after this point more proteins were associated with antimicrobial defence. The inflammatory proteins persisted at a high level in the blister fluid for more than 7 days. This may indicate that removal of burn blisters prior to two days after burn is optimal to prevent excessive or prolonged inflammation in the wound environment. Additionally, many proteins associated with the neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) pathway were increased after burn, further implicating NETs in the post-burn inflammatory response. NET inhibitors may therefore be a potential treatment to reduce post-burn inflammation and coagulation pathology and enhance burn wound healing outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tuo Zang
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Burns Unit, Kids Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Children's Health Queensland, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Burns Service of Western Australia, Perth Children's Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Zang T, Heath K, Etican J, Chen L, Langley D, Holland AJA, Martin L, Fear M, Parker TJ, Kimble R, Wood F, Cuttle L. Local burn wound environment versus systemic response: Comparison of proteins and metabolites. Wound Repair Regen 2022; 30:560-572. [PMID: 36638157 PMCID: PMC9544301 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
In this study, paired blood plasma (BP) and blister fluid (BF) samples from five paediatric burn patients were analysed using mass spectrometry to compare their protein and metabolite composition. The relative quantification of proteins was achieved through a label-free data independent acquisition mode. The relative quantification of metabolites was achieved using a Shimadzu Smart Metabolite Database gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) targeted assay. In total, 562 proteins and 141 individual metabolites were identified in the samples. There was 81% similarity in the proteins present in the BP and BF, with 50 and 54 unique proteins found in each sample type respectively. BF contained keratinocyte proliferation-related proteins and blood plasma contained abundant blood clotting proteins and apolipoproteins. BF contained more carbohydrates and less alpha-hydroxy acid metabolites than the BP. In this study, there were unique proteins and metabolites in BF and BP which were reflective of the local wound environment and systemic environments respectively. The results from this study demonstrate that the biomolecule content of BF is mostly the same as blood, but it also contains information specific to the local wound environment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tuo Zang
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Health, Centre for Children's Health ResearchSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Health, Centre for Children's Health ResearchSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Health, Centre for Children's Health ResearchSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Central Analytical Research FacilityBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Health, Centre for Children's Health ResearchSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Burns Unit, Kids Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical SchoolThe University of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of HealthKelvin GroveQueenslandAustralia
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- Children's Health QueenslandQueensland Children's HospitalSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Biomedical SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia,Burns Service of Western AustraliaPerth Children's Hospital and Fiona Stanley HospitalPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Biomedical SciencesFaculty of Health, Centre for Children's Health ResearchSouth BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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Solimani F, Didona D, Li J, Bao L, Patel PM, Gasparini G, Kridin K, Cozzani E, Hertl M, Amber KT. Characterizing the proteome of bullous pemphigoid blister fluid utilizing tandem mass tag labeling coupled with LC-MS/MS. Arch Dermatol Res 2021; 314:921-928. [PMID: 34152480 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-021-02253-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease caused by autoantibodies against components of the cutaneous basement membrane zone. Autoantibodies lead to complement-dependent and -independent inflammation and blistering. Blister fluid is a valuable biologic resource, as it provides insight into both systemic and local microenvironment responses. Here, we utilized liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry to characterize the bullous pemphigoid blister fluid proteome. We then depleted exosomes to better understand the exosomal versus non-exosomal proteome. We identified 339 proteins in the blister fluid of bullous pemphigoid patients. Gene ontology demonstrated enrichment of several key biologic processes including innate immune response, neutrophil degranulation, platelet degranulation, and complement activation. Exosome depletion resulted in a significant decrease in normalized reporter intensities of 192 proteins, consistent with our observation of a large number of exosomal proteins found in the blister fluid. We then compared the bullous pemphigoid blister fluid proteome to prior proteomic datasets in suction blister fluid, snake bites, and thermal burns, identifying 76 proteins unique to bullous pemphigoid. These include major basic protein, eosinophil peroxidase, galectin-10, and the immunoglobulin epsilon heavy constant region, consistent with tissue eosinophilia. We lastly validated several previously reported blister fluid exosomal components. Blister fluid in bullous pemphigoid contains a mixture of numerous biologic processes. While many of these processes are shared with blistering from alternative causes, we have identified several notable features unique to bullous pemphigoid.
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- Farzan Solimani
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charitèe-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences and Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, San Martino Policlinic Hospital IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, San Martino Policlinic Hospital IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Division of Dermatology, Rush University Medical Center, 707 S Wood St. Suite 220, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
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Frear CC, Zang T, Griffin BR, McPhail SM, Parker TJ, Kimble RM, Cuttle L. The modulation of the burn wound environment by negative pressure wound therapy: Insights from the proteome. Wound Repair Regen 2020; 29:288-297. [PMID: 33374033 DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Negative pressure wound therapy has been used to promote wound healing in a variety of settings, including as an adjunct to silver-impregnated dressings in the acute management of paediatric burns. Fluid aspirated by the negative pressure wound therapy system represents a potentially insightful research matrix for understanding the burn wound microenvironment and the intervention's biochemical mechanisms of action. The aim of this study was to characterize the proteome of wound fluid collected using negative pressure wound therapy from children with small-area thermal burns. Samples were obtained as part of a randomized controlled trial investigating the clinical efficacy of adjunctive negative pressure wound therapy. They were compared with blister fluid specimens from paediatric burn patients matched according to demographic and injury characteristics. Protein identification and quantification were performed via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra data-independent acquisition. Proteins and biological pathways that were unique to or enriched in negative pressure wound therapy fluid samples were evaluated using principal components, partial least squares-discriminant, and gene ontology enrichment analyses. Eight viable samples of negative pressure wound therapy fluid were collected and analyzed with eight matched blister fluid samples. A total of 502 proteins were quantitatively profiled in the negative pressure wound therapy fluid, of which 444 (88.4%) were shared with blister fluid. Several proteins exhibited significant abundance differences between fluid types, with negative pressure wound therapy fluid showing a higher abundance of matrix metalloproteinase-9, arginase-1, low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A, filamin-A, alpha-2-macroglobulin, and hemoglobin subunit alpha. The results lend support to the hypothesis that negative pressure wound therapy augments wound healing through the modulation of factors involved in the inflammatory response, granulation tissue synthesis, and extracellular matrix maintenance. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD023168.
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- Cody C Frear
- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia.,Clinical Informatics Directorate, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.,Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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Zang T, Cuttle L, Broszczak DA, Broadbent JA, Tanzer C, Parker TJ. Characterization of the Blister Fluid Proteome for Pediatric Burn Classification. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:69-85. [PMID: 30520305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Blister fluid (BF) is a novel and viable research matrix for burn injury study, which can reflect both systemic and local microenvironmental responses. The protein abundance in BF from different burn severities were initially observed using a 2D SDS-PAGE approach. Subsequently, a quantitative data independent acquisition (DIA) method, SWATH, was employed to characterize the proteome of pediatric burn blister fluid. More than 600 proteins were quantitatively profiled in 87 BF samples from different pediatric burn patients. These data were correlated with clinically assessed burn depth and time until complete wound re-epithelialization through several different statistical analyses. Several proteins from these analyses exhibited significant abundance change between different burn depth or re-epithelialization groups, and can be considered as potential biomarker candidates. Further gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of the significant proteins revealed the most significant burn related biological processes (BP) that are altered with burn depth, including homeostasis and oxygen transport. However, for wounds with re-epithelialization times more or less than 21 days, the significant GO annotations were related to enzyme activity. This quantitative proteomics investigation of burn BF may enable objective classification of burn wound severity and assist with clinical decision-making. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD011102.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tuo Zang
- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia.,Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia.,Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children's Health Research , South Brisbane , Queensland 4101 , Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia.,School of Science, Faculty of Health Sciences , Australian Catholic University , Brisbane , Queensland 4014 , Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia.,Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children's Health Research , South Brisbane , Queensland 4101 , Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Translational Physiology Program , Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology , Kelvin Grove , Queensland 4059 , Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland 4000 , Australia
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Morgan M, Deuis JR, Woodruff TM, Lewis RJ, Vetter I. Role of complement anaphylatoxin receptors in a mouse model of acute burn-induced pain. Mol Immunol 2018; 94:68-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2017.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Zang T, Broszczak DA, Cuttle L, Broadbent JA, Tanzer C, Parker TJ. Mass spectrometry based data of the blister fluid proteome of paediatric burn patients. Data Brief 2016; 8:1099-110. [PMID: 27536711 PMCID: PMC4976667 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The data presented here are associated with the article "The blister fluid proteome of paediatric burns" (Zang et al., 2016) [1]. Burn injury is a highly traumatic event for children. The degree of burn severity (superficial-, deep-, or full-thickness injury) often dictates the extent of later scar formation which may require long term surgical operation or skin grafting. The data were obtained by fractionating paediatric burn blister fluid samples, which were pooled according to burn depth and then analysed using data dependent acquisition LC-MS/MS. The data includes a table of all proteins identified, in which burn depth category they were found, the percentage sequence coverage for each protein and the number of high confidence peptide identifications for each protein. Further Gene Ontology enrichment analysis shows the significantly over-represented biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components of the burn blister fluid proteome. In addition, tables include the proteins associated with the biological processes of "wound healing" and "response to stress" as examples of highly relevant processes that occur in burn wounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tuo Zang
- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children’s Health Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children’s Health Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Zang T, Broszczak DA, Cuttle L, Broadbent JA, Tanzer C, Parker TJ. The blister fluid proteome of paediatric burns. J Proteomics 2016; 146:122-32. [PMID: 27345418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Burn injury is highly traumatic for paediatric patients, with the severity of the burn often dictating the extent of scar formation. The diagnosis of burn wound severity is largely determined by the attending clinician's experience. Thus, a greater understanding of the biochemistry at burn wound site environment and the biology of burns of different severities at an earlier stage may reduce the reliance on subjective diagnoses. In this study, blister fluid was collected from superficial thickness, deep-partial thickness, and full-thickness paediatric burn wounds. Samples were combined together based on burn depth classification and then subjected to four different fractionation methods followed by trypsin digestion. Peptides were analysed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in order to measure the proteome of each fraction. In total, 811 individual proteins were identified, including 107, 84, and 146 proteins unique to superficial, deep-partial thickness and full-thickness burn wounds, respectively. The differences in the protein inventory and the associated gene ontologies represented within each burn depth category demonstrated that there are subtle, yet significant, variations in the biochemistry of burn wounds according to severity. Importantly, this study has produced the most comprehensive catalogue of proteins from the paediatric burn wound microenvironment to date. SIGNIFICANCE To our knowledge, this study has been the first to comprehensively measure the paediatric burn blister fluid proteome and has provided insight into the proteomic response to burn injury. The study contributes to the knowledge of blister fluid biochemistry of burn injury and provides clinically relevant knowledge through the qualitative evaluation of biochemical differences between burns of different depths. A better understanding of the burn wound environment will ultimately assist with more accurate clinical decision making and improved wound healing and scar reduction procedures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tuo Zang
- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; Wound Management Innovation Co-operative Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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