Proteomic analysis of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (pars lateralis) in the female rat

The use of proteomics to study changes in the expression of CNS proteins, which may underlie the regulation of physiological and/or behavioral responses, represents an emerging application of this technology. In the current study, the Palkovits' microdissection method was evaluated as a means of obtaining proteomic data from discrete brain nuclei. The pars lateralis of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMN) was chosen for the initial studies because of its established role in the expression of gonadal hormone dependent female sexual behavior. The VMN from ovariectomized rats was microdissected from 300 μm frozen brain sections using a 500 μm punch. Total proteins were separated using 2‐DE. A group consensus of 432 protein spots, visualized by SYPRO Ruby stain, was obtained from gels from four independent VMN samples. A low mean CV and high gel‐to‐gel correlation coefficients indicate that reproducible 2‐DE gels can be generated from microdissected tissue samples. Proteins from the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) were also separated on 2‐DE gels. Evaluation of the 2‐DE maps from the VMN and the MBH revealed different protein profiles, and indicates that microdissection improves the detection of low‐abundance proteins, and reduces the relative occurrence of abundant proteins on 2‐DE maps.

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