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. 2022 Aug 18;23(16):9299. doi: 10.3390/ijms23169299

Table 3.

Proteomic studies in PD focused on biomarker discovery.

Disease Marker Quantitation Tissue Summary Reference
Tissue-based proteomic markers in PD
PD Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, cytoskeleton impairment-related proteins TMT Substantia nigra Significant changes in expression levels of 204 nigral proteins in human PD samples [85]
PD RGS6 LFQ Substantia nigra
(Lewy body pathology)
Changes in proteins related to (1) Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin nucleation; (2) synaptic function; (3) poly(A) RNA binding; (4) basement membrane and endothelium; and (5) hydrogen peroxide metabolic processes [86]
PD GANAB LFQ Substantia nigra
(Lewy body pathology)
Changes in proteins related to (1) Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin nucleation; (2) synaptic function; (3) poly(A) RNA binding; (4) basement membrane and endothelium; and (5) hydrogen peroxide metabolic processes [86]
PD CD59 LFQ Substantia nigra
(Lewy body pathology)
Changes in proteins related to (1) Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin nucleation; (2) synaptic function; (3) poly(A) RNA binding; (4) basement membrane and endothelium; and (5) hydrogen peroxide metabolic processes [86]
Plasma/serum proteomic biomarkers in PD
PD Apolipoprotein A1 iTRAQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87,88]
PD Apolipoprotein A-IV LFQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87,88]
PD Apolipoprotein B LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Apolipoprotein CI LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Apolipoprotein CIII LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Apolipoprotein C4 LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Apolipoprotein C4 LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Apolipoprotein M LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy LFQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87]
PD Complement C4A LFQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87]
PD Complement C4B iTRAQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87,88]
PD Complement C3 LFQ Plasma/serum Downregulated in PD [87]
PD Haptoglobin LFQ Plasma Downregulated in PD [89]
PD Clusterin LFQ Plasma/serum Upregulated in PD [87]
PD Transthyretin LFQ Plasma/serum Upregulated in PD [87]
PD Zinc α-2 glycoprotein LFQ Plasma/serum Upregulated in PD [87]
PD Vitamin D binding protein LFQ Plasma/serum Upregulated in PD [87]
PD Afamin LFQ Plasma/serum Upregulated in PD [87]
CSF proteomic biomarkers in PD
PD α-synuclein peptide (81–96) MRM CSF α-Synuclein peptide altered in PD [90]
PD α-synuclein pS129 MRM CSF α-Synuclein pS129 correlates with disease severity [91]
PD Granins DIA CSF Granins are downregulated in PD [92]
Exosomal biomarkers in PD
PD α-synuclein LFQ Serum neuronal(L1CAM+) exosomes Upregulated in prodromal and clinical PD compared to controls and other neurodegenerative diseases [93]
PD Clusterin LFQ Serum neuronal (L1CAM+) exosomes, plasma exosomes Upregulated in FTD but not PD, served as a combined marker with α-synuclein and is downregulated in PD in plasma exosomes [93,94]
PD α-synuclein SRM Plasma neuronal (L1CAM+) exosomes α-synuclein is upregulated in PD [95,96]
PD Complement C1r LFQ Plasma exosomes Downregulated in PD [94]
PD Apolipoprotein A1 LFQ Plasma exosomes Downregulated in PD [94]