beta-lactoglobulin hydrolysis. 1. Peptide composition and functional properties of hydrolysates obtained by the action of plasmin, trypsin, and Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease.

beta-Lactoglobulin (betaLg) was subjected to limited hydrolysis by trypsin, plasmin, and endoproteinase from Staphylococcus aureus V8 (S.aur.V8) to degrees of hydrolysis (DH) of 1, 2, and 4%. The several hydrolysates had different peptide compositions (determined by reversed-phase HPLC and gel-permeation chromatography [GPC]). GPC under nondenaturing, denaturing, and denaturing plus reducing conditions showed that the peptides formed were linked by hydrophobic interactions or by disulfide bonds or were not linked at all. At very low protein concentration, some differences in emulsion-forming properties were observed: only the plasmin hydrolysates could form emulsions with a uniform particle-size distribution. The emulsions formed with S.aur.V8 hydrolysates had poor emulsion-stabilizing properties. Some hydrolysates showed increased foam-forming properties in comparison with the intact protein. All foams formed were stable. Overall, the plasmin hydrolysate (DH4) contained relatively much larger molecules and/or hydrophobic molecules. Many molecules were disulfide-linked peptides. This hydrolysate also had the best functional properties.     

大豆蛋白限制性酶解模式与产品胶凝性的相关性

为了改善大豆蛋白的胶凝性,对大豆浓缩蛋白、大豆分离蛋白进行限制性酶解处理,并考察相应产品的蛋白酶酶解模式与胶凝性变化的相关性。该研究以蛋白质的水解度为指标,通过中性蛋白酶、胰蛋白酶的酶解作用,水解大豆浓缩蛋白、大豆分离蛋白至蛋白质水解度(DH)为1%、2%,考察酶性质、蛋白质的DH对产品胶凝性影响,并利用SDS-凝胶电泳进行确认。结果表明:大豆浓缩蛋白经中性蛋白酶、胰蛋白酶的酶解后,产品胶凝性均显著下降;大豆分离蛋白经中性蛋白酶的酶解后,产品胶凝性在DH为1%时增加,但在DH为2%时下降;大豆分离蛋白经胰蛋白酶酶解后,胶凝性显著改善。SDS-凝胶电泳确认,蛋白质的酶水解模式和水解度不同是导致产品胶凝性产生不同变化的原因。     

Improving digestibility of soy flour by reducing disulfide bonds with thioredoxin

The Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTI) and the Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI) of trypsin and chymotrypsin contain disulfide bonds. Glycinin, the major storage protein in soybeans also contains disulfide bonds. Treatment of soy white flour with a NADP-thioredoxin system (NTS) effectively reduced disulfide bonds in soy flour and increased protein digestibility by trypsin and pancreatin as measured by the pH stat method. Treatment of soy flour with NTS increased the digestibility compared to soy white flour by 29.3 and 60.6% for trypsin and pancreatin, respectively. NTS-treated soy flour had similar digestibility by trypsin to autoclaved soy flour and casein, but digestibility by pancreatin was less than autoclaved soy flour and casein. The degree of reduction by NTS was highly correlated to the degree of hydrolysis (DH) by trypsin (R(2) = 0.93) and pancreatin (R(2) = 0.99). The DH of NTS-treated soy flour by trypsin is reflective of both inactivation of trypsin inhibitors and overall protein digestibility while pancreatin hydrolysis is reflective of only overall protein digestibility.     

Functional region identification in proteins by accumulative-quantitative peptide mapping using RP-HPLC-MS

A new method was developed to identify regions in proteins from which peptides are derived with specific functional properties. This method is applicable for systems in which peptides of a hydrolyzed protein possess specific functional properties, but are too large to be sequenced directly and/or the peptide mixture is too complex to purify and characterize each peptide individually. In the present work, aggregating peptides obtained by proteolytic hydrolysis of soy glycinin were used as a case study. The aggregating peptides are isolated and subsequently further degraded with trypsin to result in peptides with a mass <5000 Da to enable sequence identification using RP-HPLC-MS in combination with MS/MS. Prior to RP-HPLC the peptides are fractionated using anion and cation exchange chromatography. The fractions obtained are analyzed with RP-HPLC-MS. The peptides, with identified sequences, were quantified using the peak areas of the RP-HPLC chromatograms measured at 214 nm. Next, the peak areas were corrected for the molar extinction coefficient of the individual peptides, followed by accumulative-quantitative peptide mapping. The results show that in complex systems, based on the method described, the regions in the parental protein from which the functional peptides originate can be properly identified.     

In vitro digestibility of α-casozepine, a benzodiazepine-like peptide from bovine casein, and biological activity of its main proteolytic fragment

α-Casozepine is a peptide, corresponding to the sequence 91-100 of the bovine α(s1)-casein, displaying anxiolytic activity in the rat. The α(s1)-casein tryptic hydrolysate containing this peptide decreases stress effects after oral administration in various species including man. Therefore, the stability of this peptide toward gastric and pancreatic proteases has been assessed by using pepsin, chymotrypsin/trypsin, Corolase PP, pepsin followed by chymotrypsin/trypsin or pepsin followed by Corolase PP. α-Casozepine was slowly degraded by chymotrypsin, much more sensitive to pepsin and Corolase PP but not completely destroyed after 4 h kinetics. The bonds in the region 91 to 95 of the α-casozepine were totally resistant to hydrolysis by all studied proteases. Surprisingly, a fragment, corresponding to the sequence 91-97 and found in all the hydrolysis media in significant amount, possessed an anxiolytic activity in three behavioral tests measuring this parameter. This peptide could participate in the in vivo activity of α-casozepine.     

Immunochemical and structural analysis of pepsin-digested egg white ovomucoid

Ovomucoid, an egg protein comprising approximately 10% egg white, was digested using the enzyme pepsin, and fragments were isolated by anion-exchange and reverse phase HPLC. Four distinct fragments were identified by analysis with SDS-PAGE, including three large fragments with molecular weights of around 24, 18, and 14 kDa. N- and C-terminal and amino acid sequencing analyses identified the fragments as V134-C186 (domain 3), V21-A133, and A1-A133 (domain 1+2). Further separation and sequencing of the fraction composed of small peptides, to determine their exact makeup and location in the protein, remained to be carried out and identified a peptide G51-Y73. All four fragments showed IgE-binding activity, as measured by ELISA, using human sera from egg-allergic individuals. Little change in the digestibility of ovomucoid by trypsin and chymotrypsin was observed following digestion with pepsin, indicating that pepsin-digested ovomucoid retains its trypsin (protease) inhibitor activities. Reduced carboxymethylated ovomucoid was prepared, and digestion with pepsin produced significantly more peptides than did the digestion of the native ovomucoid, indicating that the disulfide bonds play a significant role in the digestive resistance of ovomucoid. The reduction of ovomucoid enhanced its digestibility and lower allergenicity of the protein.     

Effect of simulated gastrointestinal digestion on the antihypertensive properties of ACE-inhibitory peptides derived from ovalbumin

Food-derived bioactive peptides with ACE-inhibitory properties are receiving special attention due to their beneficial effects in the treatment of hypertension. In this work we evaluate the impact of a simulated gastrointestinal digestion on the stability and activity of two bioactive peptides that derive from ovalbumin by enzymatic hydrolysis, YAEERYPIL and RADHPFL. These peptides possess in vitro ACE-inhibitory activity and antihypertensive activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The results showed that YAEERYPIL and RADHPFL were susceptible to proteolytic degradation after incubation with pepsin and a pancreatic extract. In addition, their ACE-inhibitory activity in vitro decreased after the simulated digestion. The antihypertensive activity on SHR of the end products of the gastrointestinal hydrolysis, YAEER, YPI, and RADHP, was evaluated. The fragments YPI and RADHP significantly decreased blood pressure, 2 h after administration, at doses of 2 mg/kg, but they probably did not exert their antihypertensive effect through an ACE-inhibitory mechanism. It is likely that RADHP is also the active end product of the gastrointestinal digestion of the antihypertensive peptides FRADHPFL (ovokinin) and RADHPF (ovokinin 2-7).     

Identification of strong aggregating regions in soy glycinin upon enzymatic hydrolysis

Upon hydrolysis with chymotrypsin, soy glycinin has a strong tendency to aggregate. The regions of glycinin from which the aggregating peptides originate were identified by accumulative-quantitative peptide mapping. To this end, the aggregating peptides were further hydrolyzed with trypsin to obtain peptides of which the sequence can be identified using RP-HPLC-MS/MS. This resulted in a hydrolysate in which 90% of the proteinaceous material was dissolved. The soluble fraction was analyzed using the method of accumulative-quantitative peptide mapping: fractionation using ion exchange chromatography, followed by identification of peptides by RP-HPLC-MS/MS, quantification based on the absorbance at 214 nm, and finally peptide mapping. For the peptide mapping the proportions in which each of the five glycinin subunits are present, as determined by Edman degradation, were taken into account. The results showed that mainly the basic polypeptide and a part of the acidic polypeptide, close to the location of the disulfide bridge between the basic and acidic polypeptides, are present in the aggregating peptide fraction. On the basis of the results obtained, an aggregation mechanism was proposed. The hydrophilic acidic polypeptides shield the hydrophobic basic polypeptides, and the former are preferentially degraded upon hydrolysis. This results in a net increase in hydrophobicity of the remaining material, which mainly consists of the basic polypeptide fragments. This increase in hydrophobicity is proposed to be the driving force in the aggregation of chymotrypsin-derived peptides of glycinin.     

蓝园鲹深度水解过程中蛋白质降解研究

利用风味蛋白酶深度酶解蓝园鲹蛋白，通过比较酶解液的水解度曲线和蛋白质利用率曲线之间的差异、对TCA不溶性氮的变化趋势以及不同酶解时间的凝胶过滤图谱进行分析，探讨了深度酶解过程中蛋白质的降解。酶解6h后大部分蛋白质在酶的作用下降解为水溶性多肽，蛋白质利用率达到83。3％；6h以后蛋白质利用率增长速度降低，这可能是由于可被降解的底物含量降低。此后。风味蛋白酶以水溶性多肽为底物将其进一步降解为小分子肽和氨基酸；21h时水解度达到59．7％。21h以后水解度增长速度降低．这可能是由于亮氨酸氨肽酶难于分解氨基末端上带有甘氨酸和酸性氨基酸的肽。21h以后酶解的主要底物分子量范围在6214到10700的多肽。     

蓝园鱼参深度水解过程中蛋白质降解研究(英)

利用风味蛋白酶深度酶解蓝园鱼参蛋白,通过比较酶解液的水解度曲线和蛋白质利用率曲线之间的差异、对TCA不溶性氮的变化趋势以及不同酶解时间的凝胶过滤图谱进行分析,探讨了深度酶解过程中蛋白质的降解。酶解6 h后大部分蛋白质在酶的作用下降解为水溶性多肽,蛋白质利用率达到83.3％;6 h以后蛋白质利用率增长速度降低,这可能是由于可被降解的底物含量降低。此后,风味蛋白酶以水溶性多肽为底物将其进一步降解为小分子肽和氨基酸;21 h时水解度达到59.7％。21 h以后水解度增长速度降低,这可能是由于亮氨酸氨肽酶难于分解氨基末端上带有甘氨酸和酸性氨基酸的肽。21 h以后酶解的主要底物分子量范围在6214到10700的多肽。     

Change in particle size of pectin reacted with pectinesterase isozymes from pea (Pisum sativum L.) sprout

Four pectinesterase (PE) isozymes were isolated by CM-Sepharose CL-6B chromatography from etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L.) sprouts and then reacted with citrus pectin (degree of esterification = 68%, 30-100 kDa) to observe the change in pectin particle size using a laser particle size analyzer. After incubation of a pectin-PE mixture (pH 6.5) at 30 degrees C for 4 h, PE 1 was observed to catalyze the transacylation reaction most remarkably, increasing the particle size from approximately 50-70 to approximately 250-350 nm, followed by PE 3, PE 2, and PE 4.     

Primary structure of the abundant seed albumin of Theobroma cacao by mass spectrometry

The most abundant albumin present in seeds of Theobroma cacao was purified to apparent homogeneity as judged by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS), sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and NH(2)-terminal sequence analysis. Tryptic peptide mass fingerprinting of the purified protein by HPLC/ESI-MS showed the presence of 16 masses that matched the expected tryptic peptides corresponding to 95% of the translated amino acid sequence from the cDNA of the 21 kDa cocoa albumin. Collision-induced dissociation MS/MS analysis of the C-terminal peptide isolated from the CNBr cleavage products provided unequivocal evidence that the mature cocoa albumin protein is nine amino acid residues shorter than expected from the reported cDNA of its corresponding gene. The experimentally determined M(r) value of 20234 was in excellent agreement with the truncated version of the amino acid sequence. The purified cocoa albumin inhibited the catalytic activities of bovine trypsin and chymotrypsin. The inhibition was stoichiometric with 1 mol of trypsin or chymotrypsin being inhibited by 1 mol of inhibitor with apparent dissociation constants (K(i)) of 9.5 x 10(-8) and 2. 3 x 10(-6) M, respectively, for inhibitor binding at pH 8.5 and 37 degrees C. No inhibition of the catalytic activities of subtilisin, papain, pepsin, and cocoa endoproteases was detected under their optimal reaction conditions.     

Re-formation of fibrils from hydrolysates of β-lactoglobulin fibrils during in vitro gastric digestion

In this study, in vitro digestion of β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) fibrils and the re-formation of fibril-like structures after prolonged enzymatic hydrolysis (up to 48 h) were investigated using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), thioflavin T fluorescence photometry, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Pure β-Lg fibrils that had been formed by heat treatment at pH 2.0 were rapidly hydrolyzed by pepsin in the simulated gastric fluid (pH 1.2), and some new peptides that were suitable for further fibril formation were produced. TEM showed that the new fibrils were long and straight but thinner than the original fibrils, and both TEM and MALDI-MS indicated that the peptides in the new fibrils were shorter/smaller than the peptides in the original fibrils. The formation of new fibrils was found to be affected more by pH than by enzyme activity or temperature.     

Effects of heat treatment and pectin addition on beta-lactoglobulin allergenicity

The specific effects of heat treatment and/or addition of low/high-methylated pectin (LMP/HMP) on the allergenicity of beta-lactoglobulin (beta-Lg) and its hydrolysis products were investigated through a two-step in vitro digestion approach. beta-Lg was first hydrolyzed by pepsin and then by a trypsin/chymotrypsin (T/C) mixture done in a dialysis bag with a molecular weight cutoff of 1000. The protein digestion was followed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis performed on each digestion product, and their in vitro allergenicity was analyzed by immunoblotting. Such procedure was applied on beta-Lg samples mixed with the two kinds of pectin before or after heating (80 degrees C, 25 min) to determine the respective impact of heat treatment and pectin addition. Heat denaturation improved significantly the susceptibility of beta-Lg against the pepsin and the T/C. This effect, which was coupled to a reduction in immunoreactivity of the digested beta-Lg, appeared to be distinctively modulated by LMP and HMP. Through nonspecific interaction with the beta-Lg, pectin could reduce the accessibility of cleavage sites and/or epitope sequences. This mechanism of action is discussed in relation to the intra- and intermolecular interactions between beta-Lg and pectin initiated under the experimental conditions.     

马面鱼皮胶原抗氧化肽的分离制备及稳定性研究

为促进对马面鱼皮资源的综合利用,开发高附加值产品,本试验以DPPH自由基清除率和水解度(DH)为评价指标,探讨马面鱼皮胶原蛋白的最佳酶解工艺,并采用超滤和凝胶柱层析法分离制备抗氧化肽,通过超高效液相色谱-质谱联用(UPLC-MS)法对其进行结构解析。此外,还探讨了pH值、温度及体外模拟消化对多肽抗氧化活性的影响。结果表明,利用双酶分步酶解法可制备高活性抗氧化多肽,即在底物浓度3%,加酶量3 600 U·g^-1以及温度50℃的条件下先用Proteasea A ‘Amano’2G酶解3 h,再用酸性蛋白酶酶解2 h,清除DPPH自由基的IC₅₀值为13.03 mg·mL ^-1。经超滤及柱层析分离后,可得到抗氧化活性较高的A₁组分,其清除DPPH自由基的 IC₅₀值为1.80 mg·mL^-1。稳定性研究结果表明,所制备的胶原蛋白抗氧化肽热稳定性好,在偏酸性条件下能保持较高的活性,经体外模拟胃肠消化后仍能保持较高的抗氧化活性。根据UPLC-MS分析推测A₁的氨基酸序列可能为Gly-Glu-Gly-Ala-Cys-Asn或Asn-Glu-Gly-Ala-Cys-Gly。本研究结果为马面鱼皮的高值化利用及高活性抗氧化肽的筛选提供了一定的理论依据。     

Tracking phospholipid profiling of muscle from Ctennopharyngodon idellus during storage by shotgun lipidomics

This paper aims to study phospholipid (PL) profiling of muscle from Ctenopharyngodon idellus during room-temperature storage for 72 h by direct-infusion electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Five classes of PLs, including phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylserine (PS), and sphingomyelin (SM), were analyzed. At least 110 molecular species of PLs were identified, including 32 species of PC, 34 species of PE, 24 species of PS, 18 species of PI, and 2 species of SM. The result showed that oxidation and hydrolysis are the two main causes for the deterioration of PLs in fish muscle during storage. Most content of PL molecular species increased and then decreased gradually. However, some special PE molecular species with former low abundance, such as PE 32:1, PE 34:2, and PE 34:1, emerged during the storage in quantity. It indicated that those PE molecular species may come from the microbe bred in the muscle. This phenomenon was found and discussed for the first time. The possible relevance between the emergence of these special PE molecular species and the freshness of the fish muscle during storage will be investigated in further studies.     

超声辅助竹节虾头酶解及抗氧化肽分离研究

为了实现竹节虾加工副产物的高值化利用,以竹节虾加工废弃物中的虾头副产物为原料,以水解度和DPPH清除率作为评价指标,采用中性蛋白酶酶解,通过响应面法优化超声辅助酶解工艺,并依次通过超滤、凝胶层析色谱和反相高效液相色谱等分离方法,从竹节虾虾头酶解产物中分离制备抗氧化肽,采用超高压液相色谱串联质谱联用技术对肽的结构进行表征。结果表明,在中性蛋白酶添加量为3 000 U·g~(-1)、p H值7.0条件下,最佳超声辅助酶解工艺参数为超声时间41 min,超声温度55℃,超声频率22 k Hz,料液比1∶9(w/v),在此条件下获得的酶解产物DPPH清除率达69.50%。当水解时间为0.5~2.5 h时,超声辅助酶解的酶解产物水解度和DPPH清除率比非超声辅助酶解工艺分别高17.95%和18.83%,该工艺缩短了酶解时间,节约了能耗。酶解产物经超滤初步分离发现,相对分子质量在3k Da(SHP4)的组分具有显著的抗氧化活性。用凝胶层析法进一步分离纯化SHP4组分后得到4个峰,其中SHP4-II的DPPH清除率最高;SHP4-II通过反相高效液相纯化后也得到4个主要肽峰,在多肽含量为1.5 mg·m L~(-1)时,SHP4-II-4的DPPH清除率最高,达到85.69%,并且具有较好的分离度,质谱分析发现,该抗氧化肽的结构为Gly-Asn-Gly-Leu-Pro(455.99 Da)。本研究结果为虾肽抗氧化保健食品的研发提供了一定的科学依据。     

燕麦麸分离蛋白的酶解对其功能性质的影响

为了改善燕麦蛋白的功能性质以扩大其在食品工业中的应用,该文以燕麦麸为原料制备了燕麦麸分离蛋白(OBPI),并利用胰蛋白酶对其进行水解,得到了3种不同水解度(4.1%、6.4%、8.3%)的酶解产物。SDS-PAGE分析结果表明OBPI中的主要蛋白成分是球蛋白,其经过胰蛋白酶处理后,球蛋白酸性亚基被部分水解而碱性亚基相对保持完整。胰蛋白酶水解显著改变了OBPI的功能性质。在所考察的水解度范围内,随着水解度的升高,酶解产物的溶解性、持水性、乳化活性及起泡能力等方面均逐渐增加;但持油性、乳化及泡沫稳定性有不同程度的降低。     

Influence of the extent of hemoglobin hydrolysis on the digestive absorption of heme iron. An in vitro study

This study was designed to assess the interactions of heme with peptides produced by enzyme hydrolysis of hemoglobin, and their relationship with heme iron absorption. Bovine hemoglobin was hydrolyzed by pepsin or by subtilisin, which differ in their hydrolysis processes. The hydrolysis rate ranged from 0 (native hemoglobin) to 15%. Heme solubility and heme-peptides interactions were compared to iron absorption by the Ussing chamber model, at intestinal pH (7.5). Increasing hemoglobin hydrolysis enhanced iron absorption; the highest value was reached between 8 and 11% hydrolysis, whatever the enzyme used. Comparing the products of hydrolysis of the two enzymes showed that heme iron absorption depends not only on its solubility, but relies mainly on the balance between the strength of heme-peptides and the polymerization rate of heme.     

Screening for nutritive peptides that modify cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase expression

Bioactive peptides with a variety of effects have been described from several nutritive proteins. They exhibit antimicrobial, blood-pressure lowering, antithrombotic, immunomodulatory, and cholesterol-modulating effects. In this study, we have examined whether peptides derived from food proteins might influence bile acid synthesis. A reporter gene cell line that carries a cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase promoter fragment fused to firefly luciferase ( cyp7a-luc) was used to screen for nutritive peptides affecting cyp7a expression, the enzyme catalyzing the rate-limiting step in bile acid synthesis. Proteolytic hydrolysates were prepared from soy protein and bovine casein with pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase and size fractionated using ultrafiltration. Several bioactive hydrolysates could be identified that inhibited luciferase expression. Also, an activation of kinase (AKT, ERK, p38-MAPK) signaling could be observed. Selected hydrolysates were further fractionated by reversed-phase HPLC. Bioactive HPLC-fractions were obtained from casein but not from soy hydrolysates; however, activity could not be recovered in single peak fractions. Peptides in such fractions were identified by mass spectrometry. Five selected peptides from alpha S1-casein present in active fractions were synthesized, but none of these showed activity in the cyp7a-luc screening system. However, two of them activated MAP-kinase signaling similar to the hydrolysates, which suggests, that these peptides are involved in cyp7a regulation by the casein hydrolysates.