SUMMARY Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine; however, its role in tension headache has not yet been studied. The uptake of 5-HT by platelets in patients of tension headache was significantly higher compared with migraineurs as well as controls. The basal platelet 5-HT levels did not show a significant difference. The study implicates the role of serotonin in tension headache.The involvement of 5-HT in migraine is well established. A decrease in basal platelet 5-HT as well as a reduced uptake of 5-HT by the platelets has been reported.' 4 However, platelet 5-HT uptake in tension headache has not so far been explored. It has been suggested that migraine (classical as well as common), tension-vascular and tension headache are a continuum of the same pathophysiology. The precise margins of these clinical entities are elusive.5 Hence it was considered appropriate to study the role of serotonin in tension headache. This appears to be the first report of platelet serotonin uptake in tension headache. Patients and methodsTwenty patients with tension headache, attending the neurology out-patients department, were included in the study. The mean age was 29 5 with a range of 14 to 45 years and male:female ratio was 1:3. Nineteen patients of migraine were also studied. The mean age was 30 7 years (range 16 to 50 years) and male:female ratio 1:1 7. The diagnosis of migraine was based on the criteria given by the World Federation of Neurology6 whereas tension headache was diagnosed according to the following criteria based on a modification of those suggested by the ad hoc committee of the headache group.7 "Patients with headache lasting for 24 hours, non localised, dull ache described as heaviness or a band being tightened around the head without any nausea or vomiting, precipitated by tension and stressful situations, relieved by sleep or tranquilisers and no relief with ergot alkaloids". Fifteen age and sex matched controls comprising unpaid healthy volunteers taken from hospital staff and patients suffering from neurological disorders not likely to affect 5-HT metabolism (such as myopathy, peripheral neuropathy and motor neuron disease) were also included.Patients suffering from hypertension and ischaemic heart disease were excluded. None of those included in the study was taking drugs (analgesics, antidepressants etc.) and food items (banana, tomato, pineapple, nuts, cheese etc) known to effect 5-HT metabolism, for 7 days prior to collection of blood samples.Blood was collected (9 ml) by venepuncture from the median cubital vein at 9 00 am using a plastic syringe with a 21 gauge needle. It was immediately transferred to plastic tubes, containing I ml of 3-8% sodium citrate, and kept in iced containers.Platelet rich plasma (PRP) was prepared by centrifugation according to the method of Born and Gillson.8 All glass equipment used in the experiments was coated with silicone. Platelet counts in PRP were done in a Neubauer haemocytometer at a dilution of 1 in 20. Basal platelet ...
Goat milk is a source of nutrition in difficult areas and has lesser allerginicity than cow milk. It is leading in the area for nutraceutical formulation and drug development using goat mammary gland as a bioreactor. Post translational modifications of a protein regulate protein function, biological activity, stabilization and interactions. The protein variants of goat milk from 10 breeds were studied for the post translational modifications by combining highly sensitive 2DE and Q-Exactive LC-MS/MS. Here we observed high levels of post translational modifications in 201 peptides of 120 goat milk proteins. The phosphosites observed for CSN2, CSN1S1, CSN1S2, CSN3 were 11P, 13P, 17P and 6P, respectively in 105 casein phosphopeptides. Whey proteins BLG and LALBA showed 19 and 4 phosphosites respectively. Post translational modification was observed in 45 low abundant non-casein milk proteins mainly associated with signal transduction, immune system, developmental biology and metabolism pathways. Pasp is reported for the first time in 47 sites. The rare conserved peptide sequence of (SSSEE) was observed in αS1 and αS2 casein. The functional roles of identified phosphopeptides included anti-microbial, DPP-IV inhibitory, anti-inflammatory and ACE inhibitory. This is first report from tropics, investigating post translational modifications in casein and non-casein goat milk proteins and studies their interactions.
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