Proteomic analysis of RCL2 paraffin-embedded tissues - Université de Montpellier
Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Année : 2008

Proteomic analysis of RCL2 paraffin-embedded tissues

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Histopathological diagnosis in most of the world's hospitals is based upon formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. Although this standard fixation and embedding procedure keeps the tissue in excellent form for morphological and immunohistological analysis, FFPE is inappropriate for nucleic acids and protein studies. We investigated the potential value of RCL2, a new non-toxic fixative, for sparing proteins preserved in paraffin-embedded tissues. Normal colonic mucosa tissue was fixed in RCL2 prior to paraffin embedding (RCL2P), and then processed for quality and quantity of protein conservation, as compared to frozen and FFPE tissues using complementary proteomic analysis approaches. Using 4 different protein extraction protocols, RCL2P tissue consistently showed the highest protein yield. Similar protein patterns were observed with RCL2P and frozen tissues using mono and bi-dimensional electrophoresis. Moreover, membrane, cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins, as well as phosphorylated proteins, were successfully detected using western-blot. Furthermore, protein patterns observed by mass spectrometry analysis after laser-captured microdissection were found to be identical for frozen and RCL2-fixed tissues. At last, immunohistochemistry using various antibodies showed comparable results between both tissue storage methods. We concluded that RCL2 has great potential for performing both morphological and molecular analyses on the same archival paraffin-embedded tissue sample, and can be a new method for investigating protein biomarkers.

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hal-01937571 , version 1 (28-11-2018)

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V. Bellet, F. Boissière, F. Bibeau, C. Desmetz, M.-L. Berthe, et al.. Proteomic analysis of RCL2 paraffin-embedded tissues. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2008, 12 (5b), pp.2027 - 2036. ⟨10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00186.x⟩. ⟨hal-01937571⟩
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