PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF URINE UNDER CONTROLLED SALT INTAKE IN PROJECT "MARS-500"
Specifics of urine proteome is sensitive to a multitude of factors. One is nutrition or entrance in organism of main nutrients including salt (NaCl). Purpose of the investigation was to study the proteomic composition of healthy human urine in the controlled environment of a 105-day isolation experiment (project «Mars-500») with various levels of salt intake. Analysis was performed using the present-day proteomics techniques based on chromatography-mass spectrometry and bio-informatics options. An attempt was made to correlate changes in processes and physiological systems with the controlled salt intake. As a result, a list of proteins directly responsible for different salt intake during the experiment and then a list of tissues where these proteins express predominantly were compiled; besides, analysis of the processes these proteins are involved in was performed.