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Taguchi H, Murai K, Hira T. Trp-Tyr is a dipeptide structure that potently stimulates GLP-1 secretion in a murine enteroendocrine cell model, identified by comprehensive analysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 661:28-33. [PMID: 37086571 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
Abstract
Dietary peptides potently stimulate glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretion, however, the underlying molecular mechanisms, such as structure-activity relationships and sensing mechanisms are only partly elucidated. In this study, we used a dipeptide library to identify dipeptides that potently stimulate GLP-1 release and to clarify the underlying structure-activity relationship. Murine enteroendocrine GLUTag cells were exposed to 339 dipeptides for 60 min, and the concentration of GLP-1 released into the supernatant was measured. Subsequently, selected dipeptides were examined for their reproducibility and dose responsiveness. In addition, we investigated the role of constituent amino acids in the secretion of GLP-1, and whether tripeptides containing the active dipeptide structures maintained their activity. In a concentration range of 1-5 mg/mL, twelve dipeptides had reproducible and concentration-dependent GLP-1-releasing activity. Among them, nine dipeptides (FY, KF, NI, PM, QL, QY, WF, WN, WY) were novel, with WY exhibiting the most potent activity. The reverse sequences and most free amino acids did not induce GLP-1 secretion, indicating that GLP-1-producing cells recognize the structure of each peptide to induce GLP-1 secretion. However, no apparent similarities were found between the active peptides. A comparison between the six tripeptides composed of F, W, and Y revealed the further potent tripeptides FWY and WYF, than WY. In the present study, a comprehensive analysis revealed nine novel dipeptides with high potential to stimulate GLP-1 secretion. Furthermore, the results indicate that 'WY' is a specific dipeptide sequence that potently stimulates GLP-1 secretion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hayate Taguchi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan.
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Shimizu K, Kaneko K, Koyama D, Ohinata K. Soy-fortelin: A ghrelin sensitivity-enhancing peptide that stimulates food intake in aged mice. FASEB J 2023; 37:e22836. [PMID: 36856734 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202201482r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Ghrelin sensitivity is known to decrease with aging in mice and humans, and the decrease contributes to anorexia with aging. In this study, we discovered novel ghrelin sensitivity-enhancing peptides. Ghrelin sensitivity was evaluated by examining whether dipeptide samples enhanced the calcium response to ghrelin in the growth hormone secretagogue receptor-transfected cell line. First, dipeptides were screened using a 336-dipeptide library and we revealed that Ser-Tyr (SY) potentiated ghrelin sensitivity in particular. Based on the structure-activity relationship determined using the dipeptide library and comprehensive analysis of peptides in the chymotrypsin digest of soy β-conglycinin (β-CG), which enhanced ghrelin sensitivity, candidate peptides were narrowed down. Among the chemosynthesized peptides, we discovered that an undecapeptide, SLVNNDDRDSY, corresponding to β-CGα(267-277), stimulated ghrelin sensitivity in vitro. This peptide enhanced the orexigenic activity of ghrelin in C57BL/6 mice and stimulated food intake. Thus, we demonstrated that SLVNNDDRDSY stimulated ghrelin sensitivity in vitro and in vivo and named it "soy-fortelin". Moreover, orally administered soy-fortelin had a similar but smaller effect in the young C57BL/6 mice, whereas it strongly stimulated food intake in 2-year-old aged mice that exhibited high blood ghrelin levels and low ghrelin sensitivity. In conclusion, we discovered soy-fortelin as a novel peptide that enhances ghrelin sensitivity in vivo and in vitro and increases food intake in young and aged ghrelin-resistant mice. Soy-fortelin is the first food-derived peptide reported to enhance ghrelin sensitivity.
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- Ken Shimizu
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Kaneko K, Tokuyama Y, Taniguchi E, Abe S, Nakato J, Iwakura H, Sato M, Kurabayashi A, Suzuki H, Ito A, Higuchi Y, Nakayama R, Uchiyama K, Takahashi H, Ohinata K. Rice Endoplasmic Protein-Derived Peptides, Rice-Ghretropins A and B, Stimulate Ghrelin Release in MGN3-1 Cells and Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin and Food Intake in Mice. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:421-429. [PMID: 36580688 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c05965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this study, we demonstrated that novel rice-derived bioactive peptides promote the secretion of ghrelin, an endogenous orexigenic hormone secreted from the stomach. The enzymatic digest of rice endosperm protein with subtilisin, a microorganism-derived enzyme, stimulated acylated ghrelin secretion in the ghrelin-releasing cell line MGN3-1 and increased food intake after oral administration in mice. By performing a comprehensive analysis based on structure-activity relationships, we selected candidate peptides from over 30,000 peptides in the rice digest. Among them, we found that QAFEPIRSV and TNPWHSPRQGSF, corresponding to the amino acid sequence of the rice endoplasmic proteins glutelin A1 or A2(52-60) and B1 or B2(31-42), respectively, stimulated acylated ghrelin release in MGN3-1 cells. We named them rice-ghretropins A and B. Pyroglutamate formation of rice-ghretropin A, [pyr1]-rice-ghretropin A, also promoted ghrelin secretion. Furthermore, oral administration of rice-ghretropins increased food intake, plasma ghrelin concentration, and small intestinal transit in mice. In addition, the subtilisin digest of the rice protein significantly increased food intake for 4 h in 9 month-old (control: 0.61 ± 0.049 g; digest: 0.83 ± 0.059 g) and 24 month-old mice (control: 0.52 ± 0.067 g; digest: 1.01 ± 0.064 g). In summary, we found that novel bioactive peptides, namely, rice-ghretropins, from the enzymatic digest of rice endosperm stimulated acylated ghrelin secretion and increased food intake. This is the first report of rice-derived exogenous bioactive peptides that increase acylated ghrelin secretion.
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- Kentaro Kaneko
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- The First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 841-8509, Japan
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- Department of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Rice Research Institute, Kameda Seika CO., LTD. 3-1-1Kameda-kogyodanchi, Konan, Niigata, Niigata 950-0198, Japan
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- Rice Research Institute, Kameda Seika CO., LTD. 3-1-1Kameda-kogyodanchi, Konan, Niigata, Niigata 950-0198, Japan
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- Rice Research Institute, Kameda Seika CO., LTD. 3-1-1Kameda-kogyodanchi, Konan, Niigata, Niigata 950-0198, Japan
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- Rice Research Institute, Kameda Seika CO., LTD. 3-1-1Kameda-kogyodanchi, Konan, Niigata, Niigata 950-0198, Japan
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- Rice Research Institute, Kameda Seika CO., LTD. 3-1-1Kameda-kogyodanchi, Konan, Niigata, Niigata 950-0198, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Mizushige T. Neuromodulatory peptides: Orally active anxiolytic-like and antidepressant-like peptides derived from dietary plant proteins. Peptides 2021; 142:170569. [PMID: 33984426 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mental disorders are a severe health problem, and the number of patients is growing worldwide. Increased anxiety and decreased motivation due to excessive mental stress further accelerated the severity of the problem. Enzymatic digestion of food proteins produces bioactive peptides with various physiological functions, some of which exhibit neuromodulatory effects with oral administration. Recently, studies reported that some peptides produced from plant proteins such as soybeans, leaves, and grains exhibit emotional regulatory functions such as strong anxiolytic-like and antidepressant-like effects comparable to pharmaceuticals. Conventionally, researchers investigated bioactive peptides by fractionation of protein hydrolysates and structure-activity relationship. As a novel methodology for analyzing bioactive peptides, the information obtained by peptidomics simultaneous analysis of the digested fractions of proteins using mass spectrometry has been effectively utilized. Some small-sized peptides such as dipeptides and tripeptides released food-derived proteins show emotional regulating effects. Moreover, some middle-sized peptides produced after intestinal digestion may exhibit the emotional regulating effect via the vagus nerve, and the importance of the gut-brain axis is also focused. As the central mechanism of emotional regulation, it has been found that these plant-derived peptides regulated monoamine neurotransmitter signaling and hippocampal neurogenesis.
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- Takafumi Mizushige
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan.
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Morris EM, Kitts-Morgan SE, Spangler DM, Ogunade IM, McLeod KR, Harmon DL. Alteration of the Canine Metabolome After a 3-Week Supplementation of Cannabidiol (CBD) Containing Treats: An Exploratory Study of Healthy Animals. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:685606. [PMID: 34336977 PMCID: PMC8322615 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.685606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Despite the increased interest and widespread use of cannabidiol (CBD) in humans and companion animals, much remains to be learned about its effects on health and physiology. Metabolomics is a useful tool to evaluate changes in the health status of animals and to analyze metabolic alterations caused by diet, disease, or other factors. Thus, the purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the impact of CBD supplementation on the canine plasma metabolome. Sixteen dogs (18.2 ± 3.4 kg BW) were utilized in a completely randomized design with treatments consisting of control and 4.5 mg CBD/kg BW/d. After 21 d of treatment, blood was collected ~2 h after treat consumption. Plasma collected from samples was analyzed using CIL/LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics to analyze amine/phenol- and carbonyl-containing metabolites. Metabolites that differed - fold change (FC) ≥ 1.2 or ≤ 0.83 and false discovery ratio (FDR) ≤ 0.05 - between the two treatments were identified using a volcano plot. Biomarker analysis based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves was performed to identify biomarker candidates (area under ROC ≥ 0.90) of the effects of CBD supplementation. Volcano plot analysis revealed that 32 amine/phenol-containing metabolites and five carbonyl-containing metabolites were differentially altered (FC ≥ 1.2 or ≤ 0.83, FDR ≤ 0.05) by CBD; these metabolites are involved in the metabolism of amino acids, glucose, vitamins, nucleotides, and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives. Biomarker analysis identified 24 amine/phenol-containing metabolites and 1 carbonyl-containing metabolite as candidate biomarkers of the effects of CBD (area under ROC ≥ 0.90; P < 0.01). Results of this study indicate that 3 weeks of 4.5 mg CBD/kg BW/d supplementation altered the canine metabolome. Additional work is warranted to investigate the physiological relevance of these changes.
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- Elizabeth M. Morris
- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN, United States
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- Division of Animal and Nutritional Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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Tanikawa K, Kaneko K, Abe S, Nakato J, Tokuyama Y, Odaka S, Iwakura H, Sato M, Kurabayashi A, Suzuki H, Makita M, Ikemoto H, Matsumura S, Inoue K, Ohinata K. Wheat-ghretropins: novel ghrelin-releasing peptides derived from wheat protein. FEBS Open Bio 2021; 11:1144-1152. [PMID: 33605550 PMCID: PMC8016139 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Ghrelin is an endogenous orexigenic hormone mainly produced by stomach cells and is reported to influence appetite, gastrointestinal motility and growth hormone secretion. We observed that enzymatic digest of wheat gluten stimulated ghrelin secretion from mouse ghrelinoma 3-1, a ghrelin-releasing cell line. Further on, we characterized the ghrelin-releasing peptides present in the digest by comprehensive peptide analysis using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and structure-activity relationship. Among the candidate peptides, we found that SQQQQPVLPQQPSF, LSVTSPQQVSY and YPTSL stimulated ghrelin release. We then named them wheat-ghretropin A, B and C, respectively. In addition, we observed that wheat-ghretropin A increased plasma ghrelin concentration and food intake in mice after oral administration. Thus, we demonstrated that wheat-ghretropin stimulates ghrelin release both in vitro and in vivo. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a wheat-derived exogenous bioactive peptide that stimulates ghrelin secretion.
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- Kana Tanikawa
- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- The First Department of MedicineWakayama Medical UniversityJapan
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- Department of Applied GenomicsKazusa DNA Research InstitutesKisarazuJapan
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- Department of Applied GenomicsKazusa DNA Research InstitutesKisarazuJapan
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- Health Care Research CenterNisshin Pharma Inc.FujiminoJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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- Division of Food Science and BiotechnologyGraduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityUjiJapan
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Ghrelin was discovered in 1999; extensive research and clinical studies on ghrelin have been published in the last 20 years. Physiological research on ghrelin ranges from its appetite-stimulating effects to its association with energy homeostasis. The physiological effects of ghrelin in the gastrointestinal tract and its relevance in the pathological conditions of the gastrointestinal tract have gradually become clearer. The purpose of the review is to provide current information on ghrelin cell biology and physiology, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. RECENT FINDINGS Ghrelin-producing cells in the stomach are characterized as X/A-like cells, but immunohistochemical analyses have revealed co-expression of several secreted proteins and hormones in ghrelin-producing cells such as nesfatin-1, somatostatin, and pancreastatin. Furthermore, the local physiological roles and/or mechanisms of ghrelin in gastrointestinal functions such as gastric motility and inflammation are discussed. SUMMARY Ghrelin is a brain-gut hormone with a wide range of physiological actions; hence, it is important to understand its effects on the physiological functions of the gastrointestinal tract to elucidate the biological significance of ghrelin.
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- Ichiro Sakata
- Area of Regulatory Biology, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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