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Table 1 Functional significance of proteins identified in PNS as altered by chronic morphine

From: Proteomic analysis of post-nuclear supernatant fraction and percoll-purified membranes prepared from brain cortex of rats exposed to increasing doses of morphine

Protein name

Change (dependence vs.control)

Subcellular localization

Functional category

Protein characterization - PNS

Guanine deaminase

Up-regulated

Cytoplasm

Metabolism

Purine metabolism, guanine degradation [13]

V-type proton ATP subunit B, brain isoform

Up-regulated

Cell membrane

Trafficking

ATP hydrolysis coupled proton transport, vacuolar acidification [14]

Protein disulfide-isomerase A3

Up-regulated

Endoplasmatic reticulum lumen

Cellular development and regulation

Up-regulation of this protein causes apoptotic cell death [15], alterations in its level were revealed during neurodegenerative processes [16]

Dihydropyrimidinase-related protein 2

Up-regulated

Cytoplasm

Neuronal development and regulation

Neuronal development and polarity [8], cone collapse and cell migration; one of major determinants in the control of oxidative stress [17]

N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein, isoform CRA_a

Up-regulated

Cytoplasm

Trafficking

ATP binding, regulating protein membrane trafficking, involved in vesicle priming [18]

Malate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial precursor

Up-regulated

Mitochondrion matrix

Metabolism

L-malate dehydrogenase activity, protein self-association; up-regulation of the mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase is caused by oxidative stress [19]

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Up-regulated

Cytoplasm

Metabolism

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and nitrosylase activities; surprising role in apoptosis [20]; is known as a major target protein in oxidative stress [21]

Aldolase A

Up-regulated

Mitochondrion

Metabolism

Role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, scaffolding protein;potential role in regulating the free intracellular concentration of InsP3, and subsequently intracellular calcium dynamics[22, 23]; the expression of aldolase A may be regulated by chronic lithium administration [24]

Creatine kinase B-type

Down-regulated

Cytoplasm

Metabolism

Energy-related (skeletal muscle, heart, brain and spermatozoa), brain development [25]

Aconitate hydratase, mitochondrial precursor

Up-regulated

Mitochondrion

Metabolism

Isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate;an iron-sulfur protein, the particular susceptibility to oxidative damage may be related to the iron-sulfur cluster [4Fe-4S]in its active site [26]