FTIR assessment of the secondary structure of proteins in human breast benign and malignant tissues

The compositions of the secondary structures of protein in the human breast normal, hyperplasia, fibroadenoma and invasive ductal carcinoma tissues have been estimated from the Fourier self deconvolved spectra, the second derivative spectra and the curve-fitting analysis of the amide I bands in their spectra. Some parameters of the secondary structures of proteins in these 4 types of tissues are significantly different and located in separate ranges. Fibroadenoma tissue demonstrates the most remarkable difference in the compositions of α-helical and atypical helical structures. The carcinoma tissue has the highest ratio of the intermolecular β-sheet content and the intramolecular β-sheet content. This noticeable difference in the secondary structure may have important implications for analyzing the properties and types of human breast disease.