Visith ThongboonkerdRattiyaporn KanlayaSupachok SinchaikulPaisal ParichatikanondShui Tein ChenPrida MalasitFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityMahidol UniversityGenomics Research Center, Academia SinicaNational Taiwan UniversityThailand National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology2018-08-202018-08-202006-12-01Journal of Proteome Research. Vol.5, No.12 (2006), 3326-3335153538932-s2.0-33845440787https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/22941Prolonged potassium depletion is a well-known cause of myopathy. The pathophysiology of hypokalemic myopathy, however, remains unclear. We performed a gel-based, differential proteomics study to define altered proteins in skeletal muscles during chronic potassium depletion. BALB/c mice were fed with normal chow (0.36% K+) or K+-depleted (KD) diet (<0.001% K+) for 8 weeks (n = 5 in each group). Left gastrocnemius muscles were surgically removed from each animal. Histopathological examination showed mild-degree infiltration of polymornuclear and mononuclear cells at the interstitium of the KD muscles. Extracted proteins were resolved with two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), and visualized with Coomassie Brilliant Blue R-250 stain. Quantitative intensity analysis revealed 16 up-regulated protein spots in the KD muscles, as compared to the controls. These differentially expressed proteins were subsequently identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and by quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (Q-TOF MS/MS). Most of the altered proteins induced by chronic potassium depletion were muscle enzymes that play significant roles in several various metabolic pathways. Other up-regulated proteins included myosin-binding protein H, alpha-B Crystallin, and translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP). These findings may lead to a new roadmap for research on hypokalemic myopathy, to better understanding of the pathophysiology of this medical disease, and to biomarker discovery. © 2006 American Chemical Society.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1021/pr060136h