Quantitative Proteomics Analysis to Assess Protein Expression Levels in the Ovaries of Pubescent Goats

Herein we identified 301 (176 up- and 125 downregulated) differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) in the ovaries of pubertal and prepubertal Anhui white goats (P < 0.05) using quantitative proteomics techniques based on LC–MS/MS and iTRAQ. Gene ontology functional enrichment analysis revealed that several DAPs enriched in biological processes were related to cellular process, biological regulation, metabolic process, and response to stimulus. Further, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analysis indicated that DAPs were enriched in olfactory translation, glutathione metabolism, and calcium signaling pathways.