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Achour J, Guinot M, Guillon B, Kapel R, Galet O, Adel‐Patient K, Hazebrouck S, Bernard H. Sensitization Potency of Sunflower Seed Protein in a Mouse Model: Identification of 2S-Albumins More Allergenic Than SFA-8. Mol Nutr Food Res 2021; 65:e2100369. [PMID: 34331387 PMCID: PMC9285957 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.202100369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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SCOPE Food allergy to sunflower seed (SFS) protein is not frequent and only non-specific lipid transfert protein (nsLTP) Hel a 3 is officially recognized as a food allergen. Out of the eleven seed storage 2S-albumins (SESA) detected in SFS, only SFA-8 allergenicity has been investigated so far. The study aimed then to evaluate SFS protein allergenicity and particularly, to compare the sensitization potency of SESA in a mouse model. METHODS AND RESULTS The most abundant SESA and nsLTP were isolated from SFS through a combination of chromatographic methods. Purified proteins were then used to measure specific IgG1 and IgE responses in BALB/c mice orally sensitized to different SFS protein isolates. The study, thus, confirmed the allergenicity of SFA-8 and Hel a 3 but mice were also highly sensitized to other SESA such as SESA2-1 or SESA20-2. Furthermore, competitive inhibition of IgE-binding revealed that SFA-8 IgE-reactivity was due to cross-reactivity with other SESA. 11S-globulins were weakly immunogenic and were rapidly degraded in an in vitro model of gastroduodenal digestion. In contrast, Hel a 3, SESA2-1 and SFA-8 were more resistant to proteolysis and gastroduodenal digestion did not affect their IgE-reactivity. CONCLUSIONS SESA2-1 or SESA20-2 were more potent allergens than SFA-8 in this mouse model. Allergenicity of SESA must be now confirmed in SFS-allergic patients.
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- Jihana Achour
- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des ProcédésCNRSLRGPUniversité de LorraineNancyFrance
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- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- CEAINRAEDépartement Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS)/Service de Pharmacologie et d'ImmunoanalyseUniversité Paris‐SaclayGif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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Din JU, Sarwar A, Li Y, Aziz T, Hussain F, Shah SMM, Yi G, Liu X. Separation of Storage Proteins (7S and 11S) from Soybean Seed, Meals and Protein Isolate Using an Optimized Method Via Comparison of Yield and Purity. Protein J 2021; 40:396-405. [PMID: 33893910 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-021-09990-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The primary purpose of this study was to extract β-conglycinin (7S) and glycinin (11S) from soybean seed, soybean meals and soybean protein isolate and compare their yield and purity. The previous methods were modified for the extraction and isolation of 7S and 11S globulins. The adjustment mainly included sample to solution ratio of 1:10 (previously 1:15). Comparing the yield of 11S fraction in Tris-HCl and water as extractable solutions, it was almost doubled in soybean seed (16.97% to 32.41%) with purity from 96 to 98% respectively. In case of soybean meal, samples yield increased from 45.46 to 61.86% with purity from 94 to 98%. On contrary, 7S yield was significantly improved in soybean protein isolate sample from 30.33 to 53.81% along with no contamination in its purity while soybean seed and soybean meal samples had less increase in both yield and purity in Tris-HCl and water as extractable solutions. Results of this study will bring new insights into soybean 7S and 11S separation and purification techniques as well as pave the way for their application in food industry.
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- Jalal Ud Din
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China.
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Swabi, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, 100048, China.
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Wanezaki S, Saito S, Inoue N, Tachibana N, Shirouchi B, Sato M, Yanagita T, Nagao K. Soy β-Conglycinin Peptide Attenuates Obesity and Lipid Abnormalities in Obese Model OLETF Rats. J Oleo Sci 2020; 69:495-502. [PMID: 32378551 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess20010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We previously reported that soy β-conglycinin (βCG) improves obesity-induced metabolic abnormalities, but not obesity, in obese model Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of βCG-derived peptide consumption on obesity and lipid abnormality in OLETF rats. To this end, wild-type Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka and OLETF rats were provided a normal diet containing 20% casein for four weeks as a control. In addition, we prepared βCG peptide by enzymatic hydrolysis, and OLETF rats were fed a diet in which half of the casein was replaced by βCG peptide (βCG peptide group). Consequently, rats in the βCG peptide group showed decreased abdominal white adipose tissue weight and lipid content (serum and liver triglycerides, and serum and liver cholesterol) compared to control OLETF rats. Further analysis demonstrated that βCG peptide consumption decreased lipogenic enzyme activity and increased lipolytic enzyme activity in the liver of OLETF rats. In addition, suppressive effects on both synthesis and absorption of cholesterol were observed in βCG peptide-fed OLETF rats. These findings suggest that peptidization of βCG enhanced the anti-obese and hypolipidemic effects of βCG.
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- Department of Biological Resource Science, Saga University
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School, Kyushu University
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School, Kyushu University
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- Department of Biological Resource Science, Saga University
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Czubinski J, Feder S. Lupin seeds storage protein composition and their interactions with native flavonoids. J Sci Food Agric 2019; 99:4011-4018. [PMID: 30723906 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lupin-based food, due to the high content of functional proteins and phenolic compounds, are widely used in human nutrition. Unfortunately, proteins and phenolic compounds can easily interact with each other which results in formation of complexes that affect properties of both components. Therefore, in this study, composition of the seeds storage proteins isolated from Lupinus albus and L. angustifolius and their interactions with native flavonoids were investigated. RESULTS Based on the chromatographic separations, six proteins fractions of lupin seeds storage proteins were identified. The results indicate that two dominant fractions, α-conglutin and β-conglutin, constitute up to 80% of all proteins present in the seeds. Three flavonoids interacting with the proteins were identified as apigenin C-glycosides. The lowest flavonoids content was noted in the main storage proteins while in both lupin seeds species over 90% of flavonoids interacted with the proteins present in late-embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein fraction. CONCLUSIONS Protein-phenolic compound complexes can affect the digestibility of proteins and bioavailability of phenolic compounds, and thus the functional and nutritional properties of products derived from lupin seeds can be changed. Therefore, a better understanding of factors affecting the nutritional value of lupin seeds proteins and flavonoids is necessary to optimize the biological use of this plant for human nutrition. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jaroslaw Czubinski
- Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Ma W, Xie F, Zhang S, Wang H, Hu M, Sun Y, Zhong M, Zhu J, Qi B, Li Y. Characterizing the Structural and Functional Properties of Soybean Protein Extracted from Full-Fat Soybean Flakes after Low-Temperature Dry Extrusion. Molecules 2018; 23:E3265. [PMID: 30544764 PMCID: PMC6321076 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The soy protein isolates (SPI) extracted from different extruded full-fat soybean flakes (FFSF), and their conformational and functional properties were characterized. Overall, the free thiol (SH) content of SPI increased when the extrusion temperature was below 80 °C and decreased at higher temperatures. Soy glycinin (11S) showed higher stability than β-conglycinin (7S) during extrusion. Results also indicated that the increase in some hydrophobic groups was due to the movement of hydrophobic groups from the interior to the surface of the SPI molecules at extrusion temperatures from 60 to 80 °C. However, the aggregation of SPI molecules occurred at extrusion temperatures of 90 and 100 °C, with decreasing levels of hydrophobic groups. The extrusion temperature negatively affected the emulsifying activity index (EAI); on the other side, it positively affected the emulsifying stability index (ESI), compared to unextruded SPI.
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- Wenjun Ma
- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
- National Research Center of Soybean Engineering and Technology, Harbin 150030, China.
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- College of Food Science & Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
- Harbin Institute of Food Industry, Harbin 150030, China.
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Mares-Mares E, Gutiérrez-Vargas S, Pérez-Moreno L, Ordoñez-Acevedo LG, Barboza-Corona JE, León-Galván MF. Characterization and Identification of Cryptic Biopeptides in Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh K. Koch) Storage Proteins. Biomed Res Int 2017; 2017:1549156. [PMID: 29279842 PMCID: PMC5723967 DOI: 10.1155/2017/1549156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The objective of this research was to identify and characterize the encoded peptides present in nut storage proteins of Carya illinoinensis. It was found, through in silico prediction, proteomic analysis, and MS spectrometry, that bioactive peptides were mainly found in albumin and glutelin fractions. Glutelin was the major fraction with ~53% of the nut storage proteins containing at least 21 peptides with different putative biological activities, including antihypertensives, antioxidants, immunomodulators, protease inhibitors, and inhibitors of cell cycle progression in cancer cells. Data showed that using 50 μg/mL tryptic digests of enriched peptides obtained from nut glutelins is able to induce up to 19% of apoptosis in both HeLa and CasKi cervical cancer cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report that shows the potential value of the nut-encoded peptides to be considered as adjuvants in cancer therapies.
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- Everardo Mares-Mares
- Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
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- Posgrado en Ciencias en Ingenieria Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Guanajuato, 36000 Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico
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- Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
- Departamento de Agronomía, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Irapuato, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León Km 9.6, 36821 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
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- Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
- Departamento de Alimentos, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
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- Posgrado en Biociencias, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
- Departamento de Alimentos, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, 36500 Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
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β-Conglycinin (β-CG) is well known for inducing intestinal allergies and dysfunction in neonates and young pigs. However, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, to clarify the role of autophagy in β-CG-induced cytotoxicity, we investigated the effects of β-CG on cell viability and autophagy activity in porcine enterocytes (IPEC-1 cells). The results indicated that the cell viability was decreased with the increasing levels of β-CG. β-CG treatment enhanced the eGFP-LC3 puncta per cells and LC3-II/LC3-I, and the latter was further increased in IPEC-1 cells cultured with bafilomycin A1. We conclude that β-CG enhances autophagy activity in enterocytes.
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- Dan Yi
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China.
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Wang G, Wang G, Wang J, Du Y, Yao D, Shuai B, Han L, Tang Y, Song R. Comprehensive proteomic analysis of developing protein bodies in maize (Zea mays) endosperm provides novel insights into its biogenesis. J Exp Bot 2016; 67:6323-6335. [PMID: 27789589 PMCID: PMC5181578 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Prolamins, the major cereal seed storage proteins, are sequestered and accumulated in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and are directly assembled into protein bodies (PBs). The content and composition of prolamins are the key determinants for protein quality and texture-related traits of the grain. Concomitantly, the PB-inducing fusion system provides an efficient target to produce therapeutic and industrial products in plants. However, the proteome of the native PB and the detailed mechanisms underlying its formation still need to be determined. We developed a method to isolate highly purified and intact PBs from developing maize endosperm and conducted proteomic analysis of intact PBs of zein, a class of prolamine protein found in maize. We thus identified 1756 proteins, which fall into five major categories: metabolic pathways, response to stimulus, transport, development, and growth, as well as regulation. By comparing the proteomes of crude and enriched extractions of PBs, we found substantial evidence for the following conclusions: (i) ribosomes, ER membranes, and the cytoskeleton are tightly associated with zein PBs, which form the peripheral border; (ii) zein RNAs are probably transported and localized to the PB-ER subdomain; and (iii) ER chaperones are essential for zein folding, quality control, and assembly into PBs. We futher confirmed that OPAQUE1 (O1) cannot directly interact with FLOURY1 (FL1) in yeast, suggesting that the interaction between myosins XI and DUF593-containing proteins is isoform-specific. This study provides a proteomic roadmap for dissecting zein PB biogenesis and reveals an unexpected diversity and complexity of proteins in PBs.
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- Guifeng Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
- Coordinated Crop Biology Research Center, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
- Coordinated Crop Biology Research Center, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China, and
- Coordinated Crop Biology Research Center, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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Bojórquez-Velázquez E, Lino-López GJ, Huerta-Ocampo JA, Barrera-Pacheco A, Barba de la Rosa AP, Moreno A, Mancilla-Margalli NA, Osuna-Castro JA. Purification and biochemical characterization of 11S globulin from chan (Hyptis suaveolens L. Poit) seeds. Food Chem 2015; 192:203-11. [PMID: 26304339 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.06.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chan (Hyptis suaveolens) is a Mesoamerican crop highly appreciated since the pre-Hispanic cultures. Its proteins are a good source of essential amino acids; however, there are no reports on the properties of its individual proteins. In this study, the 11S globulin (Hs11S) was purified and biochemically characterized. The molecular weight of native Hs11S was about 150-300 kDa with isoelectric points of 5.0-5.3, composed by four monomers of 53.5, 52, 51.1 and 49.5 kDa, each formed by one acidic subunit and one basic subunit linked by a disulfide bond. Dynamic light scattering, size exclusion chromatography and native PAGE show that Hs11S is assembled in different oligomeric forms. LC-MS/MS analysis confirmed its identity. Hs11S presents antigenic determinants in common with lupin 11S globulin. Carbohydrate moieties or phosphate groups linked to Hs11S were not detected. This information is very useful in order to exploit and utilize rationally chan 11S globulin in food systems.
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- Esaú Bojórquez-Velázquez
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica, Instituto Tecnológico de Los Mochis, Los Mochis, Sinaloa CP 81250, Mexico; IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, SLP CP 78216, Mexico; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Autopista Colima-Manzanillo km 40, Tecomán, Colima CP 28100, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación Lightbourn, Carretera las Pampas km 2.5, Cd., Jiménez, Chihuahua CP 33980, Mexico
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- IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, SLP CP 78216, Mexico
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- IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, SLP CP 78216, Mexico
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- IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí, SLP CP 78216, Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, Mexico
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlajomulco, Carr. a San Miguel Cuyutlán km 10, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco CP 45650, Mexico.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Autopista Colima-Manzanillo km 40, Tecomán, Colima CP 28100, Mexico.
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Ribeiro AC, Monteiro SV, Carrapiço BM, Ferreira RB. Are vicilins another major class of legume lectins? Molecules 2014; 19:20350-73. [PMID: 25490428 PMCID: PMC6271963 DOI: 10.3390/molecules191220350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Legume lectins comprise a structurally related, Ca/Mn-dependent, widespread, abundant and well characterized lectin family when compared to the large number of lectins from other sources described in the literature. Strangely enough, no specific function has been assigned to them aside from a possible role in storage and/or defense. Using a recent and fine-tuned methodology capable of specific lectin identification, β-conglutin, Vicia faba vicilin and β-lathyrin, the vicilin storage globulins from Lupinus albus, V. faba and Lathyrus sativus, respectively, were shown to be capable of affinity binding to thoroughly washed erythrocyte membranes and of specific elution with appropriate sugars. Based on this evidence and on sparse data published in the literature, a second family of legume lectins is proposed: the 7S family of storage proteins from leguminous seeds, or family II of legume lectins. These lectins are also structurally related, widespread and well characterized. In addition, they self-aggregate in a Ca/Mg, electrostatic dependent manner and are even more abundant than the family I of legume lectins. Using the same evidence, reserve and defense roles may be attributed to family II of legume lectins.
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- Ana C Ribeiro
- Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisbon University, Lisboa 1649-003, Portugal.
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- CEV, S.A, Zona Industrial de Cantanhede/Biocant Park, Cantanhede 3060-197, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Lisbon University, Lisboa 1300-477, Portugal.
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- Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon University, Lisboa 1349-017, Portugal.
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Lee B, Zhang R, Du WX, Grauke LJ, McHugh TH, Zhang YZ. Expression, purification and crystallization of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) vicilin. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2014; 70:1049-52. [PMID: 25084379 PMCID: PMC4118801 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x14012369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Tree nuts are responsible for many cases of severe food allergies. The 7S seed storage protein vicilin has been identified as a food allergen in many kinds of tree nuts. The vicilin protein consists of an N-terminal low-complexity region with antimicrobial activity and a C-terminal domain that forms a trimeric structure that belongs to the cupin superfamily. In this study, vicilin from pecan (Carya illinoinensis) was isolated and was expressed in bacteria for the first time. The cupin structural core of the protein, residues 369-792, was purified by metal-affinity and gel-filtration chromatography to high purity. Vicilin crystals were obtained and the best crystal diffracted to 2.65 Å resolution in space group P212121.
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- BoRam Lee
- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA–ARS–PWA, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA–ARS–PWA, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA–ARS–PWA, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Crop Germplasm Research, USDA–ARS–SPA, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, 2881 F&B Road, College Station, TX 778450, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA–ARS–PWA, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA–ARS–PWA, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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Jin T, Wang Y, Chen YW, Albillos SM, Kothary MH, Fu TJ, Tankersley B, McHugh TH, Zhang YZ. Isolation and characterization of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) convicilin. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014; 80:97-104. [PMID: 24735553 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A vicilin-like globulin seed storage protein, termed convicilin, was isolated for the first time from Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis). SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that Korean pine convicilin was post-translationally processed. The N-terminal peptide sequences of its components were determined. These peptides could be mapped to a protein translated from an embryo abundant transcript isolated in this study. Similar to vicilin, native convicilin appeared to be homotrimeric. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses revealed that this protein is less resistant to thermal treatment than Korean pine vicilin. Its transition temperature was 75.57 °C compared with 84.13 °C for vicilin. The urea induced folding-unfolding equilibrium of pine convicilin monitored by intrinsic fluorescence could be interpreted in terms of a two-state model, with a Cm of 4.41 ± 0.15 M.
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- Tengchuan Jin
- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, 6502 South Archer Road, Bedford Park, IL 60501, USA
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
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- Institute for Food Safety and Health, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 6502 South Archer Road, Bedford Park, IL 60501, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA; Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
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Estrada-Salas PA, Montero-Morán GM, Martínez-Cuevas PP, González C, Barba de la Rosa AP. Characterization of antidiabetic and antihypertensive properties of canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.) peptides. J Agric Food Chem 2014; 62:427-433. [PMID: 24369818 DOI: 10.1021/jf404539y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Canary grass is used as traditional food for diabetes and hypertension treatment. The aim of this work is to characterize the biological activity of encrypted peptides released after gastrointestinal digestion of canary seed proteins. Canary peptides showed 43.5% inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) and 73.5% inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity. An isolated perfused rat heart system was used to evaluate the canary seed vasoactive effect. Nitric oxide (NO), a major vasodilator agent, was evaluated in the venous effluent from isolated perfused rat heart. Canary seed peptides (1 μg/mL) were able to induce the production of NO (12.24 μM) in amounts similar to those induced by captopril (CPT) and bradykinin (BK). These results show that encrypted peptides in canary seed have inhibitory activity against DPPIV and ACE, enzymes that are targets for diabetes and hypertension treatments.
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- Patricia A Estrada-Salas
- IPICyT, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Cientı́fica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a sección, 78216 San Luis Potosı́, S.L.P., Mexico
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Withana-Gamage TS, Hegedus DD, Qiu X, McIntosh T, Wanasundara JPD. Structural and physicochemical property relationships of cruciferin homohexamers. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:5848-5859. [PMID: 23738812 DOI: 10.1021/jf400559x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Heteromeric cruciferin from wild type (WT) Arabidopsis thaliana and homomeric cruciferin CRUA, CRUB, and CRUC composed of identical subunits obtained from double-knockout mutant lines were investigated for their structural and physicochemical properties. A three-step chromatographic procedure allowed isolation of intact cruciferin hexamers with high purity (>95%). FT-IR and CD analysis of protein secondary structure composition revealed that all cruciferins were folded into higher order structures consisting of 44-50% β-sheets and 7-9% α-helices. The structural and physicochemical properties of homohexameric CRUC deviated from that of CRUA and CRUB and exhibited a compact, thermostable, and less hydrophobic structure, confirming the predictions made using 3D homology structure models.
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Wilson KA, Tan-Wilson A. Seed storage proteins as a system for teaching protein identification by mass spectrometry in biochemistry laboratory. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2013; 41:79-86. [PMID: 23495011 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Mass spectrometry (MS) has become an important tool in studying biological systems. One application is the identification of proteins and peptides by the matching of peptide and peptide fragment masses to the sequences of proteins in protein sequence databases. Often prior protein separation of complex protein mixtures by 2D-PAGE is needed, requiring more time and expertise than instructors of large laboratory classes can devote. We have developed an experimental module for our Biochemistry Laboratory course that engages students in MS-based protein identification following protein separation by one-dimensional SDS-PAGE, a technique that is usually taught in this type of course. The module is based on soybean seed storage proteins, a relatively simple mixture of proteins present in high levels in the seed, allowing the identification of the main protein bands by MS/MS and in some cases, even by peptide mass fingerprinting. Students can identify their protein bands using software available on the Internet, and are challenged to deduce post-translational modifications that have occurred upon germination. A collection of mass spectral data and tutorials that can be used as a stand-alone computer-based laboratory module were also assembled.
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- Karl A Wilson
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902-6000, USA.
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Yusnawan E, Marquis CP, Lee NA. Purification and characterization of Ara h1 and Ara h3 from four peanut market types revealed higher order oligomeric structures. J Agric Food Chem 2012; 60:10352-10358. [PMID: 22998620 DOI: 10.1021/jf302800e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This study aimed to purify and characterize the peanut allergens Ara h1 and Ara h3 from four cultivars that represent the four major market types to provide better understanding of the molecular organization of oligomers in different market types. The chromatographic profiles of Ara h1 and Ara h3 from the four cultivars obtained from anion exchange chromatography were similar. However, they differed in the distribution of trimeric and hexameric structures of Ara h3 isolated by size exclusion chromatography. The Menzies (Runner market type) and Walter (Spanish market type) cultivars, wherein Ara h3 proteins consist of two acidic subunits, exhibited trimeric and hexameric conformations proportionally. However, the Middleton (Virginia market type) and Kelinci (Valencia market type) cultivars, wherein Ara h3 proteins consist of three acidic subunits, showed predominantly a hexameric structure. The oligomeric structures of the purified Ara h1 demonstrated strong IgE binding properties, whereas the allergenic property of the oligomeric Ara h3 could not be performed due to lack of availability of specific IgE. In addition, the polyclonal antibodies raised against the purified Ara h1 and Ara h3 showed highly specific binding to their respective antigens.
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- Eriyanto Yusnawan
- School of Chemical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Wadahama H, Iwasaki K, Matsusaki M, Nishizawa K, Ishimoto M, Arisaka F, Takagi K, Urade R. Accumulation of β-conglycinin in soybean cotyledon through the formation of disulfide bonds between α'- and α-subunits. Plant Physiol 2012; 158:1395-405. [PMID: 22218927 PMCID: PMC3291274 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.189621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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β-Conglycinin, one of the major soybean (Glycine max) seed storage proteins, is folded and assembled into trimers in the endoplasmic reticulum and accumulated into protein storage vacuoles. Prior experiments have used soybean β-conglycinin extracted using a reducing buffer containing a sulfhydryl reductant such as 2-mercaptoethanol, which reduces both intermolecular and intramolecular disulfide bonds within the proteins. In this study, soybean proteins were extracted from the cotyledons of immature seeds or dry beans under nonreducing conditions to prevent the oxidation of thiol groups and the reduction or exchange of disulfide bonds. We found that approximately half of the α'- and α-subunits of β-conglycinin were disulfide linked, together or with P34, prior to amino-terminal propeptide processing. Sedimentation velocity experiments, size-exclusion chromatography, and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) analysis, with blue native PAGE followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-PAGE, indicated that the β-conglycinin complexes containing the disulfide-linked α'/α-subunits were complexes of more than 720 kD. The α'- and α-subunits, when disulfide linked with P34, were mostly present in approximately 480-kD complexes (hexamers) at low ionic strength. Our results suggest that disulfide bonds are formed between α'/α-subunits residing in different β-conglycinin hexamers, but the binding of P34 to α'- and α-subunits reduces the linkage between β-conglycinin hexamers. Finally, a subset of glycinin was shown to exist as noncovalently associated complexes larger than hexamers when β-conglycinin was expressed under nonreducing conditions.
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611–0011, Japan (H.W., K.I., M.M., R.U.); National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062–8555, Japan (K.N., M.I.); National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8602, Japan (M.I., K.T.); Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226–8501, Japan (F.A.)
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Ferreira ES, Silva MA, Demonte A, Neves VA. β-conglycinin combined with fenofibrate or rosuvastatin have exerted distinct hypocholesterolemic effects in rats. Lipids Health Dis 2012; 11:11. [PMID: 22243700 PMCID: PMC3285525 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-11-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in non-pharmacological control of cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the plasma and diet-drug association represent an important area of studies. The objective of this study was to observe the hypocholesterolemic effect of soybean β-conglycinin (7S protein) alone and combined with fenofibrate and rosuvastatin, two hypolipidemic drugs. METHODS The protein and drugs were administered orally once a day to rats and the effects were evaluated after 28 days. Wistar rats were divided into six groups (n = 9): hypercholesterolemic diet (HC), HC+7S protein (300 mg.kg-1 day-1) (HC-7S), HC+fenofibrate (30 mg.kg-1 day-1)(HC-FF), HC+rosuvastatin (10 mg.kg-1 day-1)(HC-RO), HC+7S+fenofibrate (HC-7S-FF) and HC+7S+rosuvastatin (HC-7S-RO). RESULTS Animals in HC-7S, HC-FF and HC-RO exhibited reductions of 22.9, 35.8 and 18.8% in total plasma cholesterol, respectively. In HC-7S-FF, animals did not show significant alteration of the level in HC+FF while the group HC-7S-RO showed a negative effect in comparison with groups taking only protein (HC-7S) or drug (HC-RO). The administration of the protein, fenofibrate and rosuvastatin alone caused increases in the plasma HDL-C of the animals, while the protein-drug combinations led to an increase compared to HC-FF and HC-RO. The plasma concentration of triacylgycerides was significantly reduced in the groups without association, while HC-7S-FF showed no alteration and HC-7S-RO a little reduction. CONCLUSION The results of our study indicate that conglycinin has effects comparable to fenofibrate and rosuvastatin on the control of plasma cholesterol, HDL-C and triacylglycerides, when given to hypercholesterolemic rats, and suggests that the association of this protein with rosuvastatin alters the action of drug in the homeostasis of cholesterol.
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- Ederlan S Ferreira
- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University -UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University -UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University -UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University -UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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Consonni A, Lovati MR, Parolari A, Manzoni C, Morazzoni P, Magni C, Duranti M. Heterologous expression and purification of the soybean 7S globulin α' subunit extension region: in vitro evidence of its involvement in cell cholesterol homeostasis. Protein Expr Purif 2011; 80:125-9. [PMID: 21821129 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In a previous paper, the biological activity of a 216-amino acid recombinant truncated form of the soybean 7S globulin α' subunit, known to control cholesterol and triglyceride homeostasis, was described. In this work, a shorter version of the polypeptide chain, spanning 142 amino acid residues from the N-terminus and thus exclusively including the so-called extension region, was cloned and overexpressed in Pichia pastoris. The yield of the recombinant polypeptide, which was termed α'E, was 8-fold greater than the previous truncated version. The α'E polypeptide was purified by simple conventional biochemical techniques to make it available for biological assays. Human hepatoma cell lines (Hep G2) were used to monitor the uptake and degradation of labeled low-density lipoproteins (LDL), according to an established procedure. The LDL uptake (+86%) and degradation (+94%) by cells tested at the highest α'E dose (2 μM) were similar to those found in cells incubated with 1 μM simvastatin, a potent inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis. Additionally, the cell response to α'E was found to be dose-dependent. The present findings strongly suggest that this recombinant polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, is the molecular determinant for cholesterol homeostasis and open new prospects for understanding the mechanism involved in this biological response, as a gateway to its utilization in lipid-lowering therapies.
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- Alessandro Consonni
- Department of AgriFood Molecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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da Cruz KS, da Silva MA, de Freitas O, Neves VA. Partial characterization of proteins from baru (Dipteryx alata Vog) seeds. J Sci Food Agric 2011; 91:2006-2012. [PMID: 21484809 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2010] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Baru (Dipteryx alata Vog.) is a fruit distributed throughout the Brazilian savanna and contains a seed with a high protein content, whose properties have been rarely explored. The purpose of this study was to characterize this protein, especially by isolation and quantifying its fractions and measuring some of its molecular properties. RESULTS Baru seeds contain 244 g kg(-1) protein on a dry weight basis. Solubility profiles showed a preponderance of globulins. This fraction dominated the seed composition, with 61.7 wt% of the total soluble proteins. Albumins and glutelins accounted for 14 and 3.3 wt%, respectively. SDS-PAGE resolution of albumin and globulin showed main bands with molecular weights of 84 kDa and 64, 66 and 73 kDa, respectively. The total protein of the flour and the globulin showed values of in vitro digestibility of 85.59% and 90.54%, relative to casein. Total globulin produced only one chromatographic peak, both on Sepharose CL-6B gel filtration and on DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange columns, eluted at a concentration of 0.12 mol L(-1) NaCl. CONCLUSION The baru seed had high protein content with large quantities of storage proteins. The chromatographic and solubility profiles indicate the predominance of a fraction with characteristics of a legumin-type protein.
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- Kézia Soares da Cruz
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Food and Nutrition Department, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Tian L, Sun SSM. A cost-effective ELP-intein coupling system for recombinant protein purification from plant production platform. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24183. [PMID: 21918684 PMCID: PMC3168869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant bioreactor offers an efficient and economical system for large-scale production of recombinant proteins. However, high cost and difficulty in scaling-up of downstream purification of the target protein, particularly the common involvement of affinity chromatography and protease in the purification process, has hampered its industrial scale application, therefore a cost-effective and easily scale-up purification method is highly desirable for further development of plant bioreactor. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To tackle this problem, we investigated the ELP-intein coupling system for purification of recombinant proteins expressed in transgenic plants using a plant lectin (PAL) with anti-tumor bioactivity as example target protein and rice seeds as production platform. Results showed that ELP-intein-PAL (EiP) fusion protein formed novel irregular ER-derived protein bodies in endosperm cells by retention of endogenous prolamins. The fusion protein was partially self-cleaved in vivo, but only self-cleaved PAL protein was detected in total seed protein sample and deposited in protein storage vacuoles (PSV). The in vivo uncleaved EiP protein was accumulated up to 2-4.2% of the total seed protein. The target PAL protein could be purified by the ELP-intein system efficiently without using complicated instruments and expensive chemicals, and the yield of pure PAL protein by the current method was up to 1.1 mg/g total seed protein. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE This study successfully demonstrated the purification of an example recombinant protein from rice seeds by the ELP-intein system. The whole purification procedure can be easily scaled up for industrial production, providing the first evidence on applying the ELP-intein coupling system to achieve cost-effective purification of recombinant proteins expressed in plant bioreactors and its possible application in industry.
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- Li Tian
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Life Science Division, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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- Life Science Division, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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Semipurified oleosomes were isolated on a pilot-plant scale using improved-process extraction conditions. The improved process consisted of continuous centrifugation in a three-phase decanter with recirculation of slurry until most of the oleosomes were recovered. Oleosome fractionation, oleosin identification, and isoflavone and saponin mass distributions and recoveries were investigated. The improved pilot-plant oleosome extraction process was achieved in 8 h. A total of 91%± 1% of soybean oil was recovered as intact oleosomes. The oil content of the aqueous supernatant and the residue fractions were low at 2% and 3%, respectively. The aqueous supernatant fraction contained 40% total soybean protein. About 76% of the proteins present in the oleosome fraction were soybean storage proteins. Washing the semipurified oleosomes with a 0.1 M Tris-HCl, pH 8.6 containing 0.4 M sucrose, and 0.5 M NaCl resulted in the recovery of the associated storage proteins. The recovery of these proteins in addition to the protein in aqueous supernatant accounted for 79% of the total soybean storage proteins fractionated by this process. Oleosins were detected at 17 and 18 kDa. Isoflavones and saponins partitioned into the oleosome, aqueous supernatant, and residue fractions at different ratios with the majority, about 82 and 63 mole%, respectively, in oleosome and aqueous supernatant fractions, making these fractions an attractive source for phytochemicals.
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- Virginie N Kapchie
- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Center for Crops Utilization Research, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Jiang J, Xiong YL, Chen J. Role of β-conglycinin and glycinin subunits in the pH-shifting-induced structural and physicochemical changes of soy protein isolate. J Food Sci 2011; 76:C293-302. [PMID: 21535749 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.02035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 12/16/2023]
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UNLABELLED Soy β-conglycinin (7S) and glycinin (11S) were incubated up to 4 h in acidic (pH 1.5 to 3.5) or alkaline (pH 10 to 12) solutions to induce protein structural unfolding followed by refolding 1 h at pH 7.0, a process known as pH-shifting. The pH-shifting markedly increased (P < 0.05) emulsifying activity of 11S and to a lesser extent 7S; the former also produced more uniform oil droplets. The emulsifying activity improvements were accompanied by a significant rise in protein surface hydrophobicity, slight loss of the secondary structure (circular dichroism), and substantial dissociation of disulfide-linked basic and acidic 11S subunits. The findings suggested that 11S globulins of soy protein isolate (SPI) were more responsive to pH-shifting treatments than were 7S globulins, and the resulting emulsifying activity enhancements of 11S, in parallel with that of SPI, were indicative of its determinant role in the overall emulsifying properties of pH-shifting-treated SPI. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Extreme alkaline (pH 12) and acidic (pH 1.5) medium treatments can significantly modify the structure and enhance the emulsifying properties of both β-conglycinin and glycinin components of SPI. The functionality improvement by the pH processes is more remarkable for the glycinin protein fraction. Therefore, SPI enriched with glycinin seems to be particularly suitable for extreme acidic or alkaline processes to produce surface-active functional ingredients for food applications.
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- Jiang Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan Univ, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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Canola protein isolate has been suggested as an alternative to other proteins for human food use due to a balanced amino acid profile and potential functional properties such as emulsifying, foaming, and gelling abilities. This is, therefore, a review of the studies on the utilization of canola protein in human food, comprising the extraction processes for protein isolates and fractions, the molecular character of the extracted proteins, as well as their food functional properties. A majority of studies were based on proteins extracted from the meal using alkaline solution, presumably due to its high nitrogen yield, followed by those utilizing salt extraction combined with ultrafiltration. Characteristics of canola and its predecessor rapeseed protein fractions such as nitrogen yield, molecular weight profile, isoelectric point, solubility, and thermal properties have been reported and were found to be largely related to the extraction methods. However, very little research has been carried out on the hydrophobicity and structure profiles of the protein extracts that are highly relevant to a proper understanding of food functional properties. Alkaline extracts were generally not very suitable as functional ingredients and contradictory results about many of the measured properties of canola proteins, especially their emulsification tendencies, have also been documented. Further research into improved extraction methods is recommended, as is a more systematic approach to the measurement of desired food functional properties for valid comparison between studies.
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- Siong H Tan
- E.H. Graham Centre for Innovative Agriculture and School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt Univ., Private Bag 588, Wagga Wagga NSW 2678, Australia
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Yoshizawa T, Hashimoto H, Shimizu T, Yamabe M, Shichijo N, Hanada K, Hirano H, Sato M. Purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction study of basic 7S globulin from soybean. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:87-9. [PMID: 21206032 PMCID: PMC3079980 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110046178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Basic 7S globulin (Bg7S) is expressed by soybeans in response to biotic or abiotic stress. Bg7S is capable of binding to a 4 kDa protein which is supposedly involved in cell proliferation. Bg7S is widely found not only in legumes, but also in other plants; however, its function is still unclear. Here, Bg7S was successfully crystallized. Orthorhombic and monoclinic crystals of Bg7S were obtained under different conditions and belonged to space groups P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a=111.9, b=130.1, c=287.8 Å, and P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a=85.3, b=137.6, c=162.1 Å, β=91.2°, respectively.
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- Takuya Yoshizawa
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Amigo-Benavent M, Athanasopoulos VI, del Castillo MD. Ion exchange chromatographic conditions for obtaining individual subunits of soybean beta-conglycinin. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2010; 878:2453-6. [PMID: 20724230 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 02/22/2010] [Revised: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Soybean beta-conglycinin is a complex protein possessing health-promoting properties. beta-Conglycinin is a trimeric glycoprotein. Little information related to methods for separation of the individual chains forming beta-conglycinin has been so far published and it is of great interest. As a consequence, less data on the bioactivities of alpha, alpha' and beta subunits of this glycoprotein have been published. The present research aimed to find out new alternative chromatographic conditions to obtain beta-conglycinin subunits that are free of contaminating proteins. In the present short communication, we propose the use of a two-step ion exchange chromatographic protocol to achieve this goal. Firstly, beta subunit was separated by means of anionic exchange fast protein liquid chromatography. Secondly, alpha and alpha' chains were separated from each other by cationic exchange. Our data indicated the feasibility of proposed fractionation protocol to separate soybean beta-conglycinin alpha and alpha' subunits from other contaminating proteins and to obtain enough amounts of the three individual chains forming this glycoprotein for further characterization and application. The procedure may be easily up-scaled.
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- Miryam Amigo-Benavent
- Food Analysis and Bioactivity Department, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de Alimentación, CSIC-UAM, Nicolas Cabrera 9, Campus de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Maldonado-Cervantes E, Jeong HJ, León-Galván F, Barrera-Pacheco A, De León-Rodríguez A, González de Mejia E, de Lumen BO, Barba de la Rosa AP. Amaranth lunasin-like peptide internalizes into the cell nucleus and inhibits chemical carcinogen-induced transformation of NIH-3T3 cells. Peptides 2010; 31:1635-42. [PMID: 20599579 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Revised: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Because an unbalanced diet is an important risk factor for several illnesses, interest has increased in finding novel health-promoting foods. Amaranth produces seeds that not only have substantial nutritional properties but that also contain phytochemical compounds as rutin and nicotiflorin and peptides with antihypertensive and anticarcinogenic activities. We report that a cancer-preventive peptide in amaranth has activities similar to those of soybean lunasin. The amaranth lunasin-like peptide, however, requires less time than the soybean lunasin to internalize into the nucleus of NIH-3T3 cells, and inhibits histone acetylation (H(3) and H(4) in a 70 and 77%, respectively). The amaranth lunasin-like peptide inhibited the transformation of NIH-3T3 cells to cancerous foci. The open reading frame (ORF) of amaranth lunasin corresponds to a bifunctional inhibitor/lipid-transfer protein (LTP). LTPs are a family of proteins that in plants are implicated in different functions, albeit all linked to developmental processes and biotic and abiotic stress resistance. Our results open new intriguing questions about the function of lunasin in plants and support that amaranth is a food alternative containing natural peptides with health-promoting benefits.
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- Enrique Maldonado-Cervantes
- Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research at San Luis Potosi, 78216 Mexico
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Tandang-Silvas MR, Carrazco-Peña L, Barba de la Rosa AP, Osuna-Castro JA, Utsumi S, Mikami B, Maruyama N. Expression, purification and preliminary crystallization of amaranth 11S proglobulin seed storage protein from Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2010; 66:919-22. [PMID: 20693668 PMCID: PMC2917291 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110021032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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11S globulin is one of the major seed storage proteins in amaranth. Recombinant protein was produced as up to approximately 80% of the total bacterial protein using Escherichia coli Rosetta-gami (DE3) containing pET21d with amaranth 11S globulin cDNA. The best expression condition was at 302 K for 20 h using LB medium containing 0.5 M NaCl. The recombinant protein was easily separated from most of the Escherichia coli proteins by precipitation with 0-40% ammonium sulfate solution. It formed aggregates at low temperature and at low salt concentrations. This behaviour may imply that it has a more hydrophobic nature than other 11S seed globulins. The crystals diffracted to 6 A resolution and belonged to space group P6(3), with unit-cell parameters a=b=97.6, c=74.8 A, gamma=120.0 degrees. One subunit of a trimer was estimated to be present in the asymmetric unit, assuming a Vsol of 41%. To obtain the complete structure solution, experiments to improve crystallization and flash-cooling conditions are in progress.
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- Mary Rose Tandang-Silvas
- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Colima-Coquimatalán Km 9 Coquimatalán, Col, México, CP28400
- Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research at San Luis Potosi, Camino a la Presa San Jose No. 2055, Lomas 4a Seccion, 78216 San Luis Potosi, SLP, México
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- Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research at San Luis Potosi, Camino a la Presa San Jose No. 2055, Lomas 4a Seccion, 78216 San Luis Potosi, SLP, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Autopista Colima-Manzanillo Km 40, Tecomán, COL, México, CP 28100
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Jiang J, Xiong YL, Chen J. pH Shifting alters solubility characteristics and thermal stability of soy protein isolate and its globulin fractions in different pH, salt concentration, and temperature conditions. J Agric Food Chem 2010; 58:8035-42. [PMID: 20524657 DOI: 10.1021/jf101045b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Soy protein isolate (SPI), beta-conglycinin (7S), and glycinin (11S) were subjected to pH-shifting treatments, that is, unfolding at pH 1.5 or 12.0 followed by refolding at pH 7.0, to induce molten globule structures. Treated samples were analyzed for protein solubility, thermal stability, and aggregation in 0, 0.1, and 0.6 M NaCl solutions at pH 2.0-8.0. The pH(12) shifting resulted in drastic increases (up to 2.5-fold) in SPI solubility in the pH 6.0-7.0 range, especially at 0 M NaCl. The pH(1.5) shifting had a generally lesser effect on solubility. 11S exhibited a solubility pattern similar to that of SPI, but the solubility of 7S was unaffected by pH shifting except at 0.6 M NaCl. The pH shifting, notably at pH 12.0, produced soluble, disulfide-linked polymers from 11S and reduced (P < 0.05) its enthalpy but not its temperature of denaturation. Soy proteins structurally altered by pH shifting had a reduced sensitivity to thermal aggregation.
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- Jiang Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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Tang CH, Sun X. Physicochemical and structural properties of 8S and/or 11S globulins from mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] with various polypeptide constituents. J Agric Food Chem 2010; 58:6395-6402. [PMID: 20429510 DOI: 10.1021/jf904254f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Two kinds of globulins, 8S and 11S globulins, with various polypeptide constituents, were well fractionated from acid- and salt-extracted mungbean globulins using DEAE-Sepharose fast flow column chromatography. The physicochemical and conformational properties, including amino acid composition, surface charge and hydrophobicity, free sulfhydryl group (SH) and disulfide bond (SS) contents, protein solubility, thermal and emulsifying properties, as well as secondary and tertiary conformations, were evaluated. Remarkable differences in polypeptide composition, surface charge and hydrophobicity, SS contents, protein solubility, thermal and emulsifying properties, and secondary and tertiary conformations were observed between 8S and 11S globulins. The physicochemical and conformational properties of the vicilins also varied with the heterogeneity of their polypeptides, but to a relatively limited extent. The emulsifying ability of these globulins was distinctly dependent on their protein solubility (or net charge), surface hydrophobicity and polypeptide heterogeneity. The thermal properties were similar among various vicilins, but distinctly different between the vicilins and 11S globulins. The circular dichrosim spectral analyses revealed that there were no marked differences in secondary and tertiary conformations between various vicilins, but the secondary, tertiary and quaternary conformations of 11S globulins were much more unordered and flexible than the vicilins. These results suggested good relationships between the physicochemical properties and conformational features of these globulins from mungbean, which could be useful for the utilization of these proteins in the food industry, and providing a working direction of mungbean breeding or protein engineering to improve its physicochemical properties.
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- Chuan-He Tang
- Department of Food Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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Sharma GM, Mundoma C, Seavy M, Roux KH, Sathe SK. Purification and biochemical characterization of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa L.) seed storage proteins. J Agric Food Chem 2010; 58:5714-5723. [PMID: 20405841 DOI: 10.1021/jf9036326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Brazil nut storage proteins, 2S albumin, 7S vicilin, and an 11S legumin, were purified using column chromatography. Analytical ultracentrifugation of the purified albumin, vicilin, and legumin proteins, respectively, registered sedimentation coefficients of 1.8, 7.1, and 11.8 S. Under reducing conditions, the major polypeptide bands in 2S albumin were observed at 6.4, 10-11, and 15.2 kDa. The 7S globulin was composed of one 12.6 kDa, two approximately 38-42 kDa, and two approximately 54-57 kDa polypeptides, whereas the 11S globulin contained two major classes of polypeptides: approximately 30-32 and approximately 20-21 kDa. The 7S globulin stained positive when reacted with Schiff reagent, indicating that it is a glycoprotein. The estimated molecular mass and Stokes radius for 2S albumin and 7S and 11S globulins were 19.2 kDa and 20.1 A, 114.8 kDa and 41.1 A, and 289.4 kDa and 56.6 A, respectively. Circular dichroism spectroscopic analysis indicated the secondary structure of the three proteins to be mainly beta-sheets and turns. Emission fluorescence spectra of the native proteins registered a lambda(max) at 337, 345, and 328 nm for 2S albumin and 7S and 11S globulins, respectively. When probed with anti-Brazil nut seed protein rabbit polyclonal antibodies, 7S globulin exhibited higher immunoreactivity than 2S albumin and 11S globulin.
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- Girdhari M Sharma
- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, College of Human Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1493, USA
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Mora-Escobedo R, Robles-Ramírez MDC, Ramón-Gallegos E, Reza-Alemán R. Effect of protein hydrolysates from germinated soybean on cancerous cells of the human cervix: an in vitro study. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 2009; 64:271-8. [PMID: 19688264 DOI: 10.1007/s11130-009-0131-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Consumption of soybeans can reduce the risk of different types of cancer. Little is known about the effect of germination on the anticancer properties of soya. This study was done to determine if germination improves the anticancer properties of soybean protein through generation of amino acids or bioactive peptides. Soybean was germinated for 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 days and proteins were isolated from the seeds. Isolates with and without ethanol-soluble phytochemicals were hydrolyzed with digestive enzymes and their effect on growth in HeLa and C-33 (epidermoid cervical carcinoma) and HaCaT (non-cancerous human keratinocytes) cells were evaluated with the Alamar Blue method. Germination induced degradation of the alpha and alpha' fractions of beta-conglycinin and acid fraction of glycinin, generating low molecular weight peptides. Degrees of hydrolysis ranged from 73-77%. Hydrolysates inhibited the growth of HeLa cells and C-33 at concentrations exceeding 1.25 mg/ml. Major inhibition was observed with the hydrolysate germinated for 2 days and containing ethanolsoluble phytochemicals (IC(50) 2.15 and 2.27 mg/ml for HeLa and C-33, respectively). Interestingly, hydrolysate cytoxicity for normal cells was minimal in comparison to cancer cells.
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- R Mora-Escobedo
- Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN. Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Sto. Tomás, México, D.F., México, C.P. 11340.
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Krishnan HB, Oehrle NW, Natarajan SS. A rapid and simple procedure for the depletion of abundant storage proteins from legume seeds to advance proteome analysis: a case study using Glycine max. Proteomics 2009; 9:3174-88. [PMID: 19526550 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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2-D analysis of plant proteomes containing thousands of proteins has limited dynamic resolution because only abundant proteins can be detected. Proteomic assessment of the non-abundant proteins within seeds is difficult when 60-80% is storage proteins. Resolution can be improved through sample fractionation using separation techniques based upon different physiological or biochemical principles. We have developed a fast and simple fractionation technique using 10 mM Ca(2+) to precipitate soybean (Glycine max) seed storage globulins, glycinin and beta-conglycinin. This method removes 87+/-4% of the highly abundant seed proteins from the extract, allowing for 541 previously inconspicuous proteins present in soybean seed to be more detectable (volume increase of >or=50%) using fluorescent detection. Of those 541 enhanced spots, 197 increased more than 2.5-fold when visualized with Coomassie. The majority of those spots were isolated and identified using peptide mass fingerprinting. Fractionation also provided detection of 63 new phosphorylated protein spots and enhanced the visibility of 15 phosphorylated protein spots, using 2-D electrophoretic separation and an in-gel phosphoprotein stain. Application of this methodology toward other legumes, such as peanut, bean, pea, alfalfa and others, also containing high amounts of storage proteins, was examined, and is reported here.
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- Hari B Krishnan
- Plant Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Although soy proteins are often employed as functional ingredients in oil-water emulsions, very little is known about the aggregation state of the proteins in solution and whether any changes occur to soy protein dispersions during homogenization. The effect of dynamic high pressure homogenization on the aggregation state of the proteins was investigated using microdifferential scanning calorimetry and high performance size exclusion chromatography coupled with multiangle laser light scattering. Soy protein isolates as well as glycinin and beta-conglycinin fractions were prepared from defatted soy flakes and redispersed in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer at pH 7.4. The dispersions were then subjected to homogenization at two different pressures, 26 and 65 MPa. The results demonstrated that dynamic high pressure homogenization causes changes in the supramolecular structure of the soy proteins. Both beta-conglycinin and glycinin samples had an increased temperature of denaturation after homogenization. The chromatographic elution profile showed a reduction in the aggregate concentration with homogenization pressure for beta-conglycinin and an increase in the size of the soluble aggregates for glycinin and soy protein isolate.
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Curciarello R, Lareu JF, Fossati CA, Docena GH, Petruccelli S. Immunochemical characterization of Glycine max L. Merr. var Raiden, as a possible hypoallergenic substitute for cow's milk-allergic patients. Clin Exp Allergy 2008; 38:1559-65. [PMID: 18631353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cows' milk allergy (CMA) is the most common cause of food allergy in infancy. The only proven treatment is the complete elimination of cows' milk proteins (CMPs) from the diet by means of hypoallergenic formulas. Soybean-based formulae are widely used although intolerance to soy has been reported to occur in 15-40% of infants with CMA. OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to analyse the in vitro reactivity of the soybean cultivar Raiden, which naturally lacks glycinin A(4)A(5)B(3), to evaluate whether this genotype could be a safe CMP substitute for CMA patients. METHODS The reactivity of conventional soybean (CS) and Raiden soybean (RS) genotypes and also recombinant glycinin A(4)A(5)B(3) and alphabeta-conglycinin with casein-specific monoclonal antibodies and CMP-specific polyclonal serum was evaluated by immunoblotting and ELISA. A sequential competitive ELISA with the polyclonal antiserum and different soluble inhibitors was performed. In addition, an indirect ELISA with sera of atopic children with CMA was carried out to analyse the IgE-binding capacity of the different soybean components. RESULTS We have shown that CS contains four components that cross-react with CMP, while RS has only one. The remaining cross-reactive component in RS was identified as alpha-subunit beta-conglycinin. By means of inhibitory ELISA, we demonstrated that CS, RS and the alpha-subunit beta-conglycinin extracts inhibited the binding of CMP-specific antibodies to the CMP-coated solid phase. Finally, we showed that CS, RS and the recombinant proteins were recognized by human CMP-specific IgE antibodies. CONCLUSION This work shows that although Raiden has fewer cross-reactive components than conventional soybean, it still has a residual cross-reactive component: the alpha-subunit beta-conglycinin. This reactivity might make this genotype unsuitable to treat CMA and also explains adverse reactions to soybean in CMA infants.
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- R Curciarello
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de los Alimentos (CIDCA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - UNLP-CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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