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Ghadiri N, Javidan M, Sheikhi S, Taştan Ö, Parodi A, Liao Z, Tayybi Azar M, Ganjalıkhani-Hakemi M. Bioactive peptides: an alternative therapeutic approach for cancer management. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1310443. [PMID: 38327525 PMCID: PMC10847386 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1310443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Cancer is still considered a lethal disease worldwide and the patients' quality of life is affected by major side effects of the treatments including post-surgery complications, chemo-, and radiation therapy. Recently, new therapeutic approaches were considered globally for increasing conventional cancer therapy efficacy and decreasing the adverse effects. Bioactive peptides obtained from plant and animal sources have drawn increased attention because of their potential as complementary therapy. This review presents a contemporary examination of bioactive peptides derived from natural origins with demonstrated anticancer, ant invasion, and immunomodulation properties. For example, peptides derived from common beans, chickpeas, wheat germ, and mung beans exhibited antiproliferative and toxic effects on cancer cells, favoring cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. On the other hand, peptides from marine sources showed the potential for inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis. In this review we will discuss these data highlighting the potential befits of these approaches and the need of further investigations to fully characterize their potential in clinics.
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- Nooshin Ghadiri
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Scientific Center for Translation Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
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- Department of Hematology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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Lunasin peptide promotes lysosome-mitochondrial mediated apoptosis and mitotic termination in MDA-MB-231 cells. FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN WELLNESS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fshw.2022.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gong X, An Q, Le L, Geng F, Jiang L, Yan J, Xiang D, Peng L, Zou L, Zhao G, Wan Y. Prospects of cereal protein-derived bioactive peptides: Sources, bioactivities diversity, and production. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 62:2855-2871. [PMID: 33325758 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1860897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cereals account for a large proportion of the human diet and are an important source of protein. The preparation of cereal protein peptides is a good way to utilize these proteins. Cereal protein peptides have good application potential as antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer compounds, in lowering blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, and inhibiting thrombosis. This article reviews the literature on the functional properties, mechanisms of action, and applications of cereal protein peptides in the food industry with two perspectives, and summarizes the methods for their preparation and identification. The biologically active peptides derived from different grain proteins have varied main functional properties, which may be related to the differences in the amino acid composition and protein types of different grains. On this basis, the structure-activity relationship of cereal protein peptides was discussed. The advancement of identification technology makes the integration of bioinformatics and bioactive peptide research closer. Bioinformatics by combination of online database, computer simulation and experimental verification is helpful to in-deep study the structure-activity relationship of biologically active peptides, and improve efficiency in the process of obtaining target peptides with less cost. In addition, the application of cereal protein peptides in the food industry is also discussed.
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- Xuxiao Gong
- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Peoples R China
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Fan X, Qin P, Hao Y, Guo H, Blecker C, Everaert N, Ren G. Overexpression of Soybean-Derived Lunasin in Wheat and Assessment of Its Anti-Proliferative Activity in Colorectal Cancer HT-29 Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249594. [PMID: 33339363 PMCID: PMC7767187 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lunasin is a soybean-derived peptide that exhibits anticancer bioactivity in different cancer cells and has been identified in different plants. However, recent studies revealed through molecular and chemical analyses that lunasin was absent in wheat and other cereals. In this study, the soybean-derived lunasin was cloned into pCAMBIA3300 and we transferred the expression vector into wheat via an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The identification of transgenic wheat was detected by polymerase chain reaction, Western blot analysis, and ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that lunasin content in transgenic wheat L32-3, L32-6, and L33-1 was 308.63, 436.78, and 349.07 µg/g, respectively, while lunasin was not detected in wild-type wheat. Lunasin enrichment from transgenic wheat displayed an increased anti-proliferative activity compared with peptide enrichment from wild-type wheat in HT-29 cells. Moreover, the results of a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed a significant elevation in p21, Bax, and caspase-3 expression, while Bcl-2 was significantly downregulated. In conclusion, soybean-derived lunasin was successfully expressed in wheat via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and may exert anti-proliferative activity by regulating the apoptosis pathway in HT-29 cells, which provides an effective approach to compensate for the absence of lunasin in wheat.
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- Xin Fan
- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (X.F.); (P.Q.); (Y.H.); (H.G.)
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; (C.B.); (N.E.)
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (X.F.); (P.Q.); (Y.H.); (H.G.)
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (X.F.); (P.Q.); (Y.H.); (H.G.)
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (X.F.); (P.Q.); (Y.H.); (H.G.)
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; (C.B.); (N.E.)
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- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; (C.B.); (N.E.)
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- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; (C.B.); (N.E.)
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (X.F.); (P.Q.); (Y.H.); (H.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-10-6211-5596; Fax: +86-10-6215-6596
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Hao Y, Fan X, Guo H, Yao Y, Ren G, Lv X, Yang X. Overexpression of the bioactive lunasin peptide in soybean and evaluation of its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities in vitro. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 129:395-404. [PMID: 31784283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lunasin, a bioactive peptide with a variety of physiological functions, was overexpressed in soybean to generate a transgenic soybean. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis suggested that lunasin was successfully inserted into the soybean genome, and three transgenic lines, L12, L43, and L45, were selected for further study. Lunasin expression was characterized in the lines by Western blot and ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that lunasin content in L12, L43, and L45 lines was 1.47 mg g-1, 1.32 mg g-1 and 1.98 mg g-1, respectively; these values were significantly higher than that in wild-type soybean (0.94 mg g-1). Lunasin enrichments from transgenic soybean (LET) exhibited stronger DPPH, ABTS+, and oxygen radical scavenging activity than lunasin enrichments from wild-type soybean (LEW). Further, LET presented superior anti-inflammatory activity on lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage cells compared to LEW, and it significantly suppressed the release of nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1 and -6. Moreover, LET showed higher anti-proliferation activity on MDA-MB-231 cells than LEW. Immunofluorescence staining showed that LET could internalize into NIH-3T3 cells, and localize in the nucleus. In conclusion, it is feasible and efficient to produce lunasin through a transgenic soybean expression system. Lunasin overexpressing soybean could be consumed as a functional food in the diets of patients with cancer and obesity in the future.
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- Yuqiong Hao
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- SCIEX's China Office, No. 1 Building, No. 24 Yard, Jiuxianqiao Mid Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang W, Hao Y, Teng C, Fan X, Yang X, Liu M, Ren G, Tan C. Effects of Salt Stimulation on Lunasin Accumulation and Activity during Soybean Germination. Foods 2020; 9:foods9020118. [PMID: 31979146 PMCID: PMC7073574 DOI: 10.3390/foods9020118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Lunasin, a bioactive peptide, was originally found in soybeans, and it has exhibited multiple biological functions. On the basis of previous studies, salt stress was found able to induce changes in many polypeptides and translatable mRNA levels in plants. Salt stress was applied to soybean germination, with water treatment as a control group, to evaluate the effects of salt stimulation on lunasin accumulation and activity during soybean germination. Lunasin content gradually increased in the control group during germination, reached the highest level after six hours of imbibition, and then slowly decreased. Under salt exposure, lunasin content showed a similar trend to that of the control group. The lunasin content in salt-treated soybean was significantly higher than that in the control group. Lunasin peptide was purified from soybean after six hours of imbibition and it was then used for function evaluation. Purified lunasin from salt-stress-germinated soybean (6 h-LSGS) exhibited stronger antioxidant activity than lunasin from water-treatment-germinated soybean (6 h-LWGS) and soybean seed without imbibition (DRY). The 6 h-LSGS presented anti-inflammatory activity on LPS-induced macrophage cells (p < 0.05) by suppressing the release of nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-1 and IL-6. The gene expression of NOS, IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-α was significantly inhibited by 6 h-LSGS. Further, 6 h-LSGS exhibited superior antiproliferation activity on human breast-cancer cells MDA-MB-231 when compared to 6 h-LWGS and DRY. Overall, this study offers a feasible elicitation strategy for enhancing lunasin accumulation and its properties in soybean for possible use in functional food.
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- Weiyi Zhang
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250353, China;
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 80 South Xueyuan Road, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.H.); (C.T.); (X.Y.); (M.L.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250353, China;
- Correspondence:
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Optimization and Identification of Antioxidant Peptide from Underutilized Dunaliella salina Protein: Extraction, In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion, and Fractionation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:6424651. [PMID: 31531361 PMCID: PMC6720044 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6424651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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DPPH• scavenging peptides (<3kDa) from underutilized Dunaliella salina protein were obtained by the following successive treatment, i.e., ultrasound extraction, simulated in vitro gastrointestinal digestion hydrolyzation, and membrane ultrafiltration classification. The optimal condition for ultrasound-assisted extraction was an ultrasound wave with 800 W of power treating a mixture of 60 mL of 1.0 mol L−1 NaOH and 2 g algae powder for 15 min. A high correlation (r=0.8146) between DPPH• scavenging activity and yield of the intact peptides showed their antioxidant capacity. Simulated in vitro digestion assay resulted in excellent DPPH• scavenging activity of the total peptide, amounting to (86.5 ± 10.1)%, comparing with the nondigestion samples at (46.8 ± 6.5)%. After fractionation, the 500-1000 Da fraction exhibited the highest DPPH• scavenging activity (81.2 ± 4.0)%, increasing 1.5 times due to digestion. Then, the 500-1000 Da fraction was analyzed by RPLC-Q Exactive HF mass spectrometer, and 4 novel peptides, i.e., Ile-Leu-Thr-Lys-Ala-Ala-Ile-Glu-Gly-Lys, Ile-Ile-Tyr-Phe-Gln-Gly-Lys, Asn-Asp-Pro-Ser-Thr-Val-Lys, and Thr-Val-Arg-Pro-Pro-Gln-Arg, were identified. From these amino acid sequences, hydrophobic residues accounted for 56%, which indicated their high antioxidant property. The results indicated that underutilized protein of Dunaliella salina could be a potential source of antioxidative peptides through simulated in vitro gastrointestinal digestion.
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Fernández-Tomé S, Hernández-Ledesma B. Current state of art after twenty years of the discovery of bioactive peptide lunasin. Food Res Int 2019; 116:71-78. [PMID: 30716999 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Non-communicable diseases have become the medical challenge of the 21st century because of their high incidence and mortality rates. Accumulating evidence has suggested that the modulation of diet and other lifestyle habits is the best strategy for the prevention of these diseases. An increasing number of dietary compounds have been found to exert health promoting benefits beyond their nutritional effects. Among them, lunasin is considered one of the most studied bioactive peptides. Since its discovery in soybean twenty years ago, many researchers around the world have focused their studies on demonstrating the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activity of lunasin. Moreover, in the last years, promising protective effects of this peptide against hypercholesterolemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome and associated cardiovascular disorders, and inflammatory and immune-regulated diseases have been described. This review summarizes recent remarkable advances on the use of peptide lunasin as a potential functional ingredient to provide health benefits. Moreover, novel aspects related to the influence of lunasin's digestion and bioavailability, the mechanisms of action proposed to explain the underlying biological properties, and the incorporation of this peptide into nutritional supplements are critically discussed.
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- Samuel Fernández-Tomé
- Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-IP), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación, CIAL (CSIC-UAM, CEI UAM+CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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