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Rojo-Arreola L, García-Carreño F, Romero R, Díaz Dominguez L. Proteolytic profile of larval developmental stages of Penaeus vannamei: An activity and mRNA expression approach. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239413. [PMID: 32946520 PMCID: PMC7500676 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In arthropods, the cleavage of specific proteins by peptidases has pivotal roles in multiple physiological processes including oogenesis, immunity, nutrition, and parasitic infection. These enzymes are also key players in the larval development, and well-described triggers of molting and metamorphosis. In this work the peptidase complement throughout the larvae development of Penaeus vannamei was quantified at the transcript and activity level using qPCR and fluorogenic substrates designed to be hydrolyzed by class-specific peptidases respectively, providing a detailed identification of the proteolytic repertoire in P. vannamei larvae. Significant changes in the peptidase activity profile were observed. During the lecithotrophic naupliar instars, the dominant peptidase activity and expression derive from cysteine peptidases, suggesting that enzymes of this class hydrolyze the protein components of yolk as the primary amino acid source. At the first feeding instar, zoea, dominant serine peptidase activity was found where trypsin activity is particularly high, supporting previous observations that during zoea the breakdown of food protein is primarily enzymatic. At decapodid stages the peptidase expression and activity is more diverse indicating that a multienzyme network achieves food digestion. Our results suggest that proteolytic enzymes fulfill specific functions during P. vannamei larval development.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, México City, México
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Rojo-Arreola L, Navarrete del Toro M, Cordova-Murueta J, García-Carreño F. Techniques for protein digestion research in Decapoda: A review. Trends Food Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Martínez-Alarcón D, Saborowski R, Rojo-Arreola L, García-Carreño F. Is digestive cathepsin D the rule in decapod crustaceans? Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 215:31-38. [PMID: 29032300 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cathepsin D is an aspartic endopetidase with typical characteristics of lysosomal enzymes. Cathepsin D activity has been reported in the gastric fluid of clawed lobsters where it acts as an extracellular digestive enzyme. Here we investigate whether cathepsin D is unique in clawed lobsters or, instead, common in decapod crustaceans. Eleven species of decapods belonging to six infraorders were tested for cathepsin D activity in the midgut gland, the muscle tissue, the gills, and when technically possible, in the gastric fluid. Cathepsin D activity was present in the midgut gland of all 11 species and in the gastric fluid from the seven species from which samples could be taken. All sampled species showed higher activities in the midgut glands than in non-digestive organs and the activity was highest in the clawed lobster. Cathepsin D mRNA was obtained from tissue samples of midgut gland, muscle, and gills. Analyses of deduced amino acid sequence confirmed molecular features of lysosomal cathepsin D and revealed high similarity between the enzymes from Astacidea and Caridea on one side, and the enzymes from Penaeoidea, Anomura, and Brachyura on the other side. Our results support the presence of cathepsin D activity in the midgut glands and in the gastric fluids of several decapod species suggesting an extracellular function of this lysosomal enzyme. We discuss whether cathepsin D may derive from the lysosomal-like vacuoles of the midgut gland B-cells and is released into the gastric lumen upon secretion by these cells.
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- Diana Martínez-Alarcón
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz BCS 23096, Mexico; Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- CONACYT- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz BCS 23096, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz BCS 23096, Mexico.
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Rodriguez-Siordia I, Rojo-Arreola L, Navarrete Del Toro MDLA, García-Carreño F. American lobster Cathepsin D, an aspartic peptidase resistant to proteolysis and active in organic solvents, non-ionic detergents and salts. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 107:1501-1509. [PMID: 28987802 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Suitable peptidases for biotechnological applications are those active at low temperature, in organic solvents, detergents or proteolytic additives. American lobster cathepsin D1 (CD1) is an enzyme highly efficient at 5-50°C and at pH 2.5-5.5. We assessed the effect of common industrial additives on CD1 activity. CD1 was isolated from lobster gastric fluid by chromatography. The proteolytic activity was measured using a fluorogenic specific substrate and the conformation by intrinsic fluorescence. Non-ionic detergents Tween-20 and Triton X-100 stabilize the peptidase activity. Ethanol, methanol and isopropanol [5-15% (v/v)] increased the enzyme activity up to 80%. The enzyme is active until 2.5M urea and is resistant to proteolysis by papain and renin. In this work, a crustacean peptidase that remains active when exposed to different chemical and proteolytic additives is reported, evincing that crustaceans are a good model for discovery of novel stable peptidases for future pharmaceutical, cosmetic and alimentary applications.
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- Ivan Rodriguez-Siordia
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, Instituto Politecnico Nacional 195, Col., Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- CONACYT-Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Instituto Politecnico Nacional 195, Col., Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, Instituto Politecnico Nacional 195, Col., Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, Instituto Politecnico Nacional 195, Col., Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Hernandez-Cortes P, Rivera-Pérez C, García-Carreño F, Martínez-Alarcón D. Proteinases during Early Development of the Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Biol Bull 2017; 232:2-11. [PMID: 28445094 DOI: 10.1086/691381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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During shrimp larval development, changes occur in molecular components. Enzyme activity and mRNA expression of proteinases were assayed in Penaeus vannamei during larval development, which consists of 5 nauplius stages, 3 protozoeal stages, 3 mysis stages, and 12 postlarval stages. Trypsin activity reached a maximum at the beginning of postlarval stages 1 and 2, and significantly decreased in subsequent postlarval stages. Chymotrypsin activity increased at the third protozoeal stage, then significantly decreased in subsequent stages. Identification of proteinase by mass spectrometry and inhibitors allowed us to track their appearance in zymograms and to distinguish between isoenzymes. Chymotrypsin BI and BII had a distinguishing pattern of appearance during larval development, which could compensate for the reduction in trypsin activity. The mRNA content of isotrypsin 21, chymotrypsin 1, and zinc proteinase was differentially expressed in larvae. Zinc proteinase and chymotrypsin 1 mRNA were expressed at a basal content at the beginning of the protozoeal stages, increased by the end of the mysis stages and onward, while isotrypsin 21 mRNA had a peak at mysis stage 3. Transcript changes reflect transcriptional regulation of the proteinases tested. Proteinase mRNA in tissues, other than the digestive gland, suggests potentially different roles besides digestion during ontogeny.
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Bibo-Verdugo B, O'Donoghue AJ, Rojo-Arreola L, Craik CS, García-Carreño F. Complementary Proteomic and Biochemical Analysis of Peptidases in Lobster Gastric Juice Uncovers the Functional Role of Individual Enzymes in Food Digestion. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2016; 18:201-214. [PMID: 26613762 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-015-9681-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Crustaceans are a diverse group, distributed in widely variable environmental conditions for which they show an equally extensive range of biochemical adaptations. Some digestive enzymes have been studied by purification/characterization approaches. However, global analysis is crucial to understand how digestive enzymes interplay. Here, we present the first proteomic analysis of the digestive fluid from a crustacean (Homarus americanus) and identify glycosidases and peptidases as the most abundant classes of hydrolytic enzymes. The digestion pathway of complex carbohydrates was predicted by comparing the lobster enzymes to similar enzymes from other crustaceans. A novel and unbiased substrate profiling approach was used to uncover the global proteolytic specificity of gastric juice and determine the contribution of cysteine and aspartic acid peptidases. These enzymes were separated by gel electrophoresis and their individual substrate specificities uncovered from the resulting gel bands. This new technique is called zymoMSP. Each cysteine peptidase cleaves a set of unique peptide bonds and the S2 pocket determines their substrate specificity. Finally, affinity chromatography was used to enrich for a digestive cathepsin D1 to compare its substrate specificity and cold-adapted enzymatic properties to mammalian enzymes. We conclude that the H. americanus digestive peptidases may have useful therapeutic applications, due to their cold-adaptation properties and ability to hydrolyze collagen.
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- Betsaida Bibo-Verdugo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Calle IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, B.C.S., 23096, Mexico
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Calle IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, B.C.S., 23096, Mexico
- Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Calle IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, B.C.S., 23096, Mexico.
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Bibo-Verdugo B, Rojo-Arreola L, Navarrete-del-Toro MA, García-Carreño F. A chymotrypsin from the Digestive Tract of California Spiny Lobster, Panulirus interruptus: Purification and Biochemical Characterization. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2015; 17:416-427. [PMID: 25877639 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-015-9626-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A chymotrypsin was purified from the gastric juice of California spiny lobster (Panulirus interrutpus), using preparative electrophoresis and affinity chromatography on agarose-p-aminobenzamidine. The molecular mass was estimated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under denaturing conditions to be 28 kDa. Chymotrypsin activity was totally inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and chymostatin. Lobster chymotrypsin had optimal pH 7.0-8.0 and temperature of 55 °C. The enzyme is highly stable under a wide range of pH (retaining up to 80 % of activity after 1 h of incubation at pH 3.0, 5.0, and 12.0), showing higher stability at pH 8.0, and was inactivated after 20 min at 55 °C. Lobster chymotrypsin was able to hydrolyze protein substrates at as low as pH 3.0. These results are consistent with the findings of enzyme stability. Activity was assessed after incubation of enzyme with different organic solvents (in the range of 10-50 %); when tested in the presence of acetone, ethanol, propanol, and butanol, lobster chymotrypsin residual activity was >80 %; whereas in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and toluene, lobster chymotrypsin residual activity was <80 %. Deduced amino acid sequence, corroborated by mass spectrometry, was determined.
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- Betsaida Bibo-Verdugo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Calle IPN 195, La Paz, B.C.S. 23096, Mexico
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Rojo L, García-Carreño F, de Los Angeles Navarrete del Toro M. Cold-adapted digestive aspartic protease of the clawed lobsters Homarus americanus and Homarus gammarus: biochemical characterization. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2013; 15:87-96. [PMID: 22648335 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9461-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Aspartic proteinases in the gastric fluid of clawed lobsters Homarus americanus and Homarus gammarus were isolated to homogeneity by single-step pepstatin-A affinity chromatography; such enzymes have been previously identified as cathepsin D-like enzymes based on their deduced amino acid sequence. Here, we describe their biochemical characteristics; the properties of the lobster enzymes were compared with those of its homolog, bovine cathepsin D, and found to be unique in a number of ways. The lobster enzymes demonstrated hydrolytic activity against synthetic and natural substrates at a wider range of pH; they were more temperature-sensitive, showed no changes in the K(M) value at 4°C, 10°C, and 25°C, and had 20-fold higher k(cat)/K(M) values than bovine enzyme. The bovine enzyme was temperature-dependent. We propose that both properties arose from an increase in molecular flexibility required to compensate for the reduction of reaction rates at low habitat temperatures. This is supported by the fast denaturation rates induced by temperature.
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- Liliana Rojo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste-CIBNOR, Mar Bermejo 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, B.C.S. 23096, Mexico
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Rivera-Pérez C, García-Carreño F. Effect of fasting on digestive gland lipase transcripts expression in Penaeus vannamei. Mar Genomics 2011; 4:273-8. [PMID: 22118639 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2011.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Digestive and intracellular lipases were studied in the digestive gland of whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei. A partial sequence of the intracellular lipase was obtained from the digestive gland cDNA. The digestive and intracellular lipase mRNAs were detected differentially in different body parts of shrimp; digestive lipase mRNA is exclusively found in the digestive gland, suggesting a function as a digestive enzyme. Intracellular lipase mRNA was found in pleopods, digestive tube, uropods, hemocytes, muscle and gonad and its function was related to mobilization of energy reserves. The lipase transcripts in the digestive gland of shrimp, showed a dynamic expression at 120 h of fasting causing significant changes of digestive and intracellular mRNA, intracellular lipase mRNA were 3.33-fold higher than digestive lipase mRNA after fasting period, suggesting an alternate expression to maintain the lipid homeostasis under stress conditions.
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- Crisalejandra Rivera-Pérez
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste-CIBNOR, Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, B.C.S. 23000, Mexico
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Rivera-Pérez C, del Toro MDLÁN, García-Carreño F. Purification and characterization of an intracellular lipase from pleopods of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 158:99-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rojo L, Muhlia-Almazan A, Saborowski R, García-Carreño F. Aspartic cathepsin D endopeptidase contributes to extracellular digestion in clawed lobsters Homarus americanus and Homarus gammarus. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2010; 12:696-707. [PMID: 20169386 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9257-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Acid digestive proteinases were studied in the gastric fluids of two species of clawed lobster (Homarus americanus and Homarus gammarus). An active protein was identified in both species as aspartic proteinase by specific inhibition with pepstatin A. It was confirmed as cathepsin D by mass mapping, N-terminal, and full-length cDNA sequencing. Both lobster species transcribed two cathepsin D mRNAs: cathepsin D1 and cathepsin D2. Cathepsin D1 mRNA was detected only in the midgut gland, suggesting its function as a digestive enzyme. Cathepsin D2 mRNA was found in the midgut gland, gonads, and muscle. The deduced amino acid sequence of cathepsin D1 and cathepsin D2 possesses two catalytic DTG active-site motifs, the hallmark of aspartic proteinases. The putatively active cathepsin D1 has a molecular mass of 36.4 kDa and a calculated pI of 4.14 and possesses three potential glycosylation sites. The sequences showed highest similarities with cathepsin D from insects but also with another crustacean cathepsin D. Cathepsin D1 transcripts were quantified during a starvation period using real-time qPCR. In H. americanus, 15 days of starvation did not cause significant changes, but subsequent feeding caused a 2.5-fold increase. In H. gammarus, starvation caused a 40% reduction in cathepsin D1 mRNA, and no effect was observed with subsequent feeding.
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- Liliana Rojo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Mar Bermejo 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, BCS 23096, Mexico
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Rojo L, Sotelo-Mundo R, García-Carreño F, Gráf L. Isolation, biochemical characterization, and molecular modeling of American lobster digestive cathepsin D1. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 157:394-400. [PMID: 20817002 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 08/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An aspartic proteinase was isolated from American lobster gastric fluid. The purified cathepsin D runs as a single band on native-PAGE displaying proteolytic activity on a zymogram at pH 3.0, with an isoelectric point of 4.7. Appearance of the protein in SDS-PAGE, depended on the conditions of the gel electrophoresis. SDS treatment by itself was not able to fully unfold the protein. Thus, in SDS-PAGE the protein appeared to be heterogeneous. A few minute of boiling the sample in the presence of SDS was necessary to fully denature the protein that then run in the gel as a single band of ~50 kDa. The protein sequence of lobster cathepsin D1, as deduced from its mRNA sequence, lacks a 'polyproline loop' and β-hairpin, which are characteristic of some of its structural homologues. A comparison of amino acid sequences of digestive and non-digestive cathepsin D-like enzymes from invertebrates showed that most cathepsin D enzymes involved in food digestion, lack the polyproline loop, whereas all non-digestive cathepsin Ds, including the American lobster cathepsin D2 paralog, contain the polyproline loop. We propose that the absence or presence of this loop may be characteristic of digestive and non-digestive aspartic proteinases, respectively.
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- Liliana Rojo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, Mexico
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de la Fuente-Betancourt G, García-Carreño F, Toro MDLÁND, Pacheco-Aguilar R, Córdova-Murueta JH. Effect of storage at 0 °C on mantle proteins and functional properties of jumbo squid. Int J Food Sci Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2007.01602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Navarrete del Toro MDLA, García-Carreño F, López MD, Celis-Guerrero L, Saborowski R. Aspartic proteinases in the digestive tract of marine decapod crustaceans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 305:645-54. [PMID: 16788916 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Decapod crustaceans synthesize highly active proteolytic enzymes in the midgut gland and release at least a part of them into the stomach where they facilitate the first step in peptide hydrolysis. The most common proteinases in the gastric fluid characterized so far are serine proteinases, that is, trypsin and chymotrypsin. These enzymes show highest activities at neutral or slightly alkaline conditions. The presence of acid proteinases, as they prevail in vertebrates, has been discussed contradictorily yet in invertebrates. In this study, we show that acid aspartic proteinases appear in the gastric fluid of several decapods. Lobsters Homarus gammarus showed the highest activity with a maximum at pH 3. These activities were almost entirely inhibited by pepstatin A, which indicates a high share of aspartic proteinases. In other species (Panulirus interruptus, Cancer pagurus, Callinectes arcuatus and Callinectes bellicosus), proteolytic activities were present at acid conditions but were distinctly lower than in H. gammarus. Zymograms at pH 3 showed in each of the studied species at least one, but mostly two-four bands of activity. The apparent molecular weight of the enzymes ranged from 17.8 to 38.6 kDa. Two distinct bands were identified which were inhibited by pepstatin A. Acid aspartic proteinases may play an important role in the process of extracellular digestion in decapod crustaceans. Activities were significantly higher in clawed lobster than in spiny lobster and three species of brachyurans. Therefore, it may be suggested that the expression of acid proteinases is favored in certain groups and reduced in others.
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Sánchez-Paz A, García-Carreño F, Muhlia-Almazán A, Peregrino-Uriarte AB, Hernández-López J, Yepiz-Plascencia G. Usage of energy reserves in crustaceans during starvation: status and future directions. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 36:241-9. [PMID: 16551538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In this paper, we review the current knowledge about the usage of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins as energy source by marine crustaceans during starvation. Crustaceans are a large and diverse group including some economically important species. The efforts to culture them for human consumption has prompted the interest to understand the preferences of energy sources to be applied for feed formulation and cost reduction. Important differences have been found among species and appear to be related not only to the biochemistry and physiology of nutrition, but also to the living environment of the crustaceans. Furthermore, crustaceans undergo morphological, physiological and behavioral changes due to their natural growing process that affect their feeding habits, an aspect that should be carefully considered. We discuss the current information on marine crustaceans about energy usage and describe areas of future research, where starvation studies render important insights.
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- Arturo Sánchez-Paz
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Unidad Hermosillo, Centenario Norte #53 Col. Prados del Centenario, Hermosillo, Sonora C.P. 83260, Mexico
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Muhlia-Almazán A, Sánchez-Paz A, García-Carreño F, Peregrino-Uriarte AB, Yepiz-Plascencia G. Starvation and diet composition affect mRNA levels of the high density-lipoprotein-β glucan binding protein in the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 142:209-16. [PMID: 16111908 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2005] [Revised: 06/29/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A high density lipoprotein-beta glucan binding protein (HDL-BGBP) is synthesized in the hepatopancreas of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and secreted to the hemolymph. Recently, we reported the HDL-BGBP full length cDNA sequence and found that the predicted polypeptide is larger than the mature protein and also, that it contains a long 5'- and 3'-UTRs that may be involved in transcript level regulation. To test whether starvation and feeding may play a role in regulating HDL-BGBP mRNA levels, two different stimuli were evaluated: starvation and composition of diets. After 24 h, the steady state HDL-BGBP mRNA levels of starved shrimp decreased, suggesting that synthesis of the lipoprotein is less required in the absence of food. When shrimp were fed with diets containing different concentrations of protein and lipids, changes in HDL-BGBP mRNA levels were also detected. Shrimp fed the lower concentration of protein and lipid feed accumulated higher levels of HDL-BGBP mRNA. These results indicate that feeding influences HDL-BGBP transcript levels in the hepatopancreas.
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- Adriana Muhlia-Almazán
- Aquatic Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., P.O. Box 1735, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, México
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Hernández-Cortés P, Cerenius L, García-Carreño F, Söderhäll K. Trypsin from Pacifastacus leniusculus hepatopancreas: purification and cDNA cloning of the synthesized zymogen. Biol Chem 1999; 380:499-501. [PMID: 10355637 DOI: 10.1515/bc.1999.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Trypsin was purified from crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, hepatopancreas, and the gene that encoded this enzyme was cloned from a hepatopancreas cDNA library. Crayfish trypsin is synthesized as a zymogen according to the sequence of the putative precursor peptide. The authenticity of the trypsinogen is supported by the deduced amino acid sequence and confirmed by the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the mature protein. The enzyme has features characteristic of a trypsin, such as a specific binding pocket. Sequence comparison shows that crayfish trypsin is similar to those of other species, with the exception that six cysteine residues present in vertebrates are missing. Some structural characteristics, such as the length of the signal peptide and a calcium binding site, are similar to bacterial trypsin.
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