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Fatehi Y, Sahraei A, Mohammadi F. Myricetin and morin hydrate inhibit amyloid fibril formation of bovine α-lactalbumin (BLA). Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 254:127908. [PMID: 37939780 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127908] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Amyloid fibrils are self-assembled aggregates of proteins and peptides that can lead to a broad range of diseases called amyloidosis. So far, no definitive and approved treatment to target directly amyloid fibrils has been introduced. Nevertheless, the search for small molecules with ability to inhibit and suppress fibril formation is an active and promising area of the research. Herein, the binding interactions and inhibitory effects of myricetin and morin hydrate on the in vitro fibrillation of bovine α-lactalbumin (BLA) have been investigated. The intrinsic fluorescence of BLA was quenched by myricetin and morin hydrate through combination of the static and dynamic quenching along with non-radiative Förster energy transfer mechanisms. The binding of these two flavonoids to BLA were not accompanied by major alteration in the conformation of BLA as evidenced by CD studies. The results of the fluorescence quenching analyses indicated almost the same binding affinities of myricetin and morin hydrate toward BLA (Kb ~ 106 M-1). However, the results of thioflavin T (ThT) assays showed that myricetin is a stronger inhibitor against BLA fibrillation compared to morin hydrate.
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- Yaser Fatehi
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 444 Prof. Sobouti Blvd., Gava Zang, Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 444 Prof. Sobouti Blvd., Gava Zang, Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 444 Prof. Sobouti Blvd., Gava Zang, Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
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Yan H, Wen P, Tian S, Zhang H, Han B, Khan J, Xue Y, Chen X, Li X, Li Y. Enhancing biofilm penetration and antibiofilm efficacy with protein nanocarriers against pathogenic biofilms. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 256:128300. [PMID: 37992925 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128300] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Nanocarriers play an important role in enhancing the efficacy of antibiotics against biofilms by improving their penetration and prolonging retention in pathogenic biofilms. Herein, the multifunctional nanocarriers including nanospheres (NS) and nanotubes (NT) with a high biocompatibility and biodegradability were prepared through self-assembly of partially hydrolyzed α-lactalbumin. The effects of these two different shaped nanocarriers on the delivery of antibiotics for biofilm treatment were examined by conducting in vitro antibiofilm experiment and in vivo infected wound model. The strong affinity of NS and NT for the bacterial surface allows antibiotics to be concentrated in the bacteria. Notably, the high permeability of NT into biofilms facilitates deeper penetration and the easier diffusion of loaded antibiotics within the biofilm. Furthermore, the acidic biofilm environment triggers the release of antibiotics from the NT, resulting in the accumulation of high local antibiotic concentrations. Therefore, NT could efficiently clean and inhibit the biofilm formation while also destroying the mature biofilms. In a S. aureus infected wound animal model, treatment with antibiotic-loaded NT demonstrated accelerated healing of S. aureus infected wounds when compared to free antibiotic treatment. These findings indicate that NT nanocarrier strategy is promising for treating bacterial biofilm infections, offering the potential for lower antibiotics dosages and preventing the overuse of antibiotics.
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- Huiling Yan
- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Research Center of Food Colloids and Delivery of Functionality, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China.
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Guo S, Guo Q, Zhang Y, Peng X, Ma C, McClements DJ, Liu X, Liu F. Preparation of enzymatically cross-linked α-lactalbumin nanoparticles and their application for encapsulating lycopene. Food Chem 2023; 429:136394. [PMID: 37478605 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136394] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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High internal phase Pickering emulsions (HIPPEs) stabilized by protein nanoparticles have been widely reported, but the use of enzymatic methods for preparing these nanoparticles remains underexplored. Our hypothesis is that enzymatically crosslinked α-lactalbumin (ALA) nanoparticles (ALATGs) prepared using transglutaminase will demonstrate improved properties as stabilizers for HIPPEs. In this study, we investigated the physicochemical properties and microstructures of ALATGs, finding that enzymatic crosslinking could be enhanced by removing Ca2+ ions from ALA and preheating the proteins (85 °C, 15 min). The electrical charge, secondary structure, and surface hydrophobicity of ALATGs were found to depend on crosslinking conditions. HIPPEs formed with an ALA concentration of 10 mg/mL and an enzyme activity of 120 U/g exhibited the highest apparent viscosity and mechanical strength, as well as significantly improved loading capacity and photostability for the encapsulated lycopene. Overall, our results support the hypothesis that ALATG-nanoparticles show superior performance as emulsifiers compared to ALA-nanoparticles.
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- Siqi Guo
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Shi R, Gantumur MA, Gao Z, Li J, Sukhbaatar N, Jiang Z, Mu Z. Evaluating the role of glycyrrhizic acid on the dynamic stabilization mechanism of the emulsion prepared by α-Lactalbumin: Experimental and silico approaches. Food Chem 2023; 429:136772. [PMID: 37453334 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136772] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The role of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) on the dynamic stabilization mechanism of the α-Lactalbumin (α-La) emulsion was evaluated in this study. Smaller particle size and higher zeta potential value were observed in the α-La/GA emulsion as compared to the α-La emulsion. Ultra-high-resolution microscopy revealed that the interfacial film formed around oil droplets by α-La/GA complex was thicker compared to that of either α-La or GA. The appearance of a new peak at 1679 cm-1 in FTIR of the α-La/GA emulsion attributed to the stretching vibration of CO, providing evidence of the formation of a stable emulsion system. The results from dynamic molecular simulation showed GA induced the formation of an interfacial adsorption layer at the oil-water interface, reducing the migration ability of GA. The findings indicate that the presence of GA in the α-La emulsion effectively enhances its stability, highlighting its potential as a valuable emulsifying agent for various industrial applications.
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- Ruijie Shi
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China; National Enterprise Technology Center, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd., Huhhot 011500, PR China; Institute of BioPharmceutical Research, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- National Enterprise Technology Center, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd., Huhhot 011500, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- School of Industrial Technology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, 14191, Baga toiruu 34, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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- National Enterprise Technology Center, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd., Huhhot 011500, PR China.
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Li J, Huang Y, Peng X, Luo W, Gantumur MA, Jiang Z, Hou J. Physical treatment synergized with natural surfactant for improving gas-water interfacial behavior and foam characteristics of α-lactalbumin. Ultrason Sonochem 2023; 95:106369. [PMID: 36965313 PMCID: PMC10060377 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 12/25/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of physical treatment (ultrasound, U/high pressure homogenization, H/combined treatment, UH or HU) and surfactant (Mogroside V, Mog) on air/water interface adsorption and foaming properties of α-lactalbumin (ALa). Firstly, the binding of Mog and all physical-treated ALa was a static quenching process. Mog had the greatest binding affinity for HU-ALa among all treated samples. U or H treatment could change surface hydrophobicity of ALa/Mog complex. Secondly, at the molar ratio (ALa:Mog) of 1:50, foaming ability (FA) of all ALa samples got the maximum. The sequence of FA in ALa and ALa/Mog complex was listed as follow: HU > U > H > UH. Moreover, foaming stability (FS) of HU-ALa was the highest, followed by H-ALa, U-ALa and UH-ALa. Meanwhile, low concentration Mog increased FS of ALa or UH-ALa, but it reduced FS of H-ALa, U-ALa and HU-ALa. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) experiment indicated that ALa/Mog complex after U or H treatment was quickly absorbed at air/water interface, compared with the treated ALa, and HU-ALa/Mog had the largest frequency shift. In addition, HU-ALa had the thickest bubble membrane and the highest dissipation shift in all samples, indicating that the absorbed membrane thickness and viscoelasticity of samples was correlated with foam stability. Therefore, U and H treatment synergism with Mog was an effective approach to enhance foam properties of ALa, which indicated that HU-treated ALa/Mog complex could be viewed as the safe and efficient foaming agent applied in food processing.
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- Jinzhe Li
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Northeast Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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Romo M, Castellari M, Fartdinov D, Felipe X. Separation of α-Lactalbumin Enriched Fraction from Bovine Native Whey Concentrate by Combining Membrane and High-Pressure Processing. Foods 2023; 12. [PMID: 36766009 DOI: 10.3390/foods12030480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Whey exhibits interesting nutritional properties, but its high β-Lactoglobulin (β-Lg) content could be a concern in infant food applications. In this study, high-pressure processing (HPP) was assessed as a β-Lg removal strategy to generate an enriched α-Lactalbumin (α-La) fraction from bovine native whey concentrate. Different HPP treatment parameters were considered: initial pH (physiological and acidified), sample temperature (7-35 °C), pressure (0-600 MPa) and processing time (0-490 s). The conditions providing the best α-La yield and α-La purification degree balance (46.16% and 80.21%, respectively) were 4 min (600 MPa, 23 °C), despite the significant decrease of the surface hydrophobicity and the total thiol content indexes in the α-La-enriched fraction. Under our working conditions, the general effects of HPP on α-La and β-Lg agreed with results reported in other studies of cow milk or whey. Notwithstanding, our results also indicated that the use of native whey concentrate could improve the β-Lg precipitation degree and the α-La purification degree, in comparison to raw milk or whey. Future studies should include further characterization of the α-La-enriched fraction and the implementation of membrane concentration and HPP treatment to valorize cheese whey.
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Antosova A, Gancar M, Bednarikova Z, Marek J, Bystrenova E, Gazova Z. The influence of cations on α-lactalbumin amyloid aggregation. J Biol Inorg Chem 2022; 27:679-689. [PMID: 36151481 PMCID: PMC9569292 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-022-01962-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There is limited knowledge regarding α-lactalbumin amyloid aggregation and its mechanism. We examined the formation of α-lactalbumin amyloid fibrils (α-LAF) in the presence of cations (Mg2+, Ca2+, Na+, K+, NH4+, and Cs+) in the form of chloride salts at two concentrations. We have shown that studied cations affect the conformation of α-lactalbumin, the kinetics of its amyloid formation, morphology, and secondary structure of α-LAF in a different manner. The higher salts concentration significantly accelerated the aggregation process. Both salt concentrations stabilized α-lactalbumin's secondary structure. However, the presence of divalent cations resulted in shorter fibrils with less β-sheet content. Moreover, strongly hydrated Mg2+ significantly altered α-lactalbumin's tertiary structure, followed by Na+, NH4+, K+, and weakly hydrated Cs+. On the other hand, Ca2+, despite being also strongly hydrated, stabilized the tertiary structure, supposedly due to its high affinity towards α-lactalbumin. Yet, Ca2+ was not able to inhibit α-lactalbumin amyloid aggregation.
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- Andrea Antosova
- Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto Per Lo Studio Dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01, Kosice, Slovakia.
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Cardinale V, Lepore E, Basciani S, Artale S, Nordio M, Bizzarri M, Unfer V. Positive Effects of α-Lactalbumin in the Management of Symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Nutrients 2022; 14:3220. [PMID: 35956395 DOI: 10.3390/nu14153220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
To date, the involvement of α-Lactalbumin (α-LA) in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) refers to its ability to improve intestinal absorption of natural molecules like inositols, overcoming the inositol resistance. However, due to its own aminoacidic building blocks, α-LA is involved in various biological processes that can open new additional applications. A great portion of women with PCOS exhibit gastrointestinal dysbiosis, which is in turn one of the triggering mechanisms of the syndrome. Due to its prebiotic effect, α-LA can recover dysbiosis, also improving the insulin resistance, obesity and intestinal inflammation frequently associated with PCOS. Further observations suggest that altered gut microbiota negatively influence mental wellbeing. Depressive mood and low serotonin levels are indeed common features of women with PCOS. Thanks to its content of tryptophan, which is the precursor of serotonin, and considering the strict link between gut and brain, using α-LA contributes to preserving mental well-being by maintaining high levels of serotonin. In addition, considering women with PCOS seeking pregnancy, both altered microbiota and serotonin levels can induce later consequences in the offspring. Therefore, a deeper knowledge of potential applications of α-LA is required to transition to preclinical and clinical studies extending its therapeutic advantages in PCOS.
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Wang XM, Tu ZC, Ye YH, Liu GX, Hu YM, Wang H. Isolation and allergenicity evaluation of glycated α-lactalbumin digestive products and identification of allergenic peptides. Food Chem 2022; 390:133185. [PMID: 35567971 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This study aimed to isolate and evaluate the allergenicity of glycated α-lactalbumin (ALA) digestive products and identify its allergenic peptides. The digestive products of native-, alone glycated- and ultrasound-assisted glycated ALA (ALA-D, ALA-gal-D, 100ALA-gal-D) were isolated into three fractions (F1, F2 and F3). High-resolution mass spectrometry showed that the digestion-resistant peptides of F2 and F3 mainly distributed in amino acid sequence (AA) 25-31, AA32-53, AA40-53, AA54-60, AA80-90, AA94-104. The allergenicity of the three fractions of glycated ALA was lower than that in ALA-D, indicating glycation of ALA could indeed reduce its allergenicity after digestion. Furthermore, most fractions isolated from high glycation-degree ALA had the lowest allergenicity. The IgG/IgE binding abilities of synthesized peptides indicated that AA94-104 firstly identified by us embodied the strongest allergenicity and might be the potential allergenic peptide. This will provide a theory for preparing hypoallergenic products based on the identified allergenic peptides.
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- Xu-Mei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China; National R&D Branch Center for Conventional Freshwater Fish Processing, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China; Engineering Research Center of Freshwater Fish High-value Utilization of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China.
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- National R&D Branch Center for Conventional Freshwater Fish Processing, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China; Engineering Research Center of Freshwater Fish High-value Utilization of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, China.
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Sergius-Ronot M, Pitino MA, Suwal S, Shama S, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. Impact of holder, high temperature short time and high hydrostatic pressure pasteurization methods on protein structure and aggregation in a human milk protein concentrate. Food Chem 2022; 374:131808. [PMID: 35021581 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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This work evaluated the impact of high temperature short time (HTST, 72 °C, 15 s), high hydrostatic pressure (HHP, 400-600 MPa at 5 and 10 min) and Holder pasteurization (HoP, 62.5 °C, 30 min) on protein profile and aggregation in a human milk protein concentrate (HMPC). The structural changes induced in milk proteins were investigated in HMPC as well as in sedimentable and non-sedimentable fractions recovered after ultracentrifugation. The results showed that heat treatments induced more protein denaturation and aggregation than did HHP treatments. Indeed, heat-induced protein aggregates observed in HMPC and the sedimentable fraction were mainly composed of lactoferrin and α-lactalbumin. More specifically, the concentration of lactoferrin in HMPC decreased by 86% after HTST and HoP whereas no effect was observed after HHP treatment. These results show the potential of HHP processing as a pasteurization method for HMPC since it minimizes the impact on protein structure, which generally correlates to protein quality and bioactivity.
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- Mélanie Sergius-Ronot
- Departement of Food Science, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) and Dairy Research Centre (STELA), Laval University, QC, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Translational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Arla Foods Amba, Agro Food Park 19, Aarhus 8200, Denmark
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Translational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Translational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Departement of Food Science, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) and Dairy Research Centre (STELA), Laval University, QC, Canada
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- Departement of Food Science, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) and Dairy Research Centre (STELA), Laval University, QC, Canada.
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Diao M, Liang Y, Zhao J, Zhang J, Zhang T. Complexation of ellagic acid with α-lactalbumin and its antioxidant property. Food Chem 2022; 372:131307. [PMID: 34634588 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ellagic acid possesses numerous bioactivities such as antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory effect. In this work, the binding interaction between ellagic acid and α-lactalbumin was investigated by multi-spectroscopy and the results suggested that ellagic acid could change the conformation of α-lactalbumin. Chromatographic analysis proved the interaction of α-lactalbumin with ellagic acid taken place in less than 30 min and this interaction was stable. Computer simulations showed that both aromatic clusters Ⅰ and Ⅱ of α-lactalbumin were active sites for ellagic acid. Interestingly, both the results of molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations suggested that ellagic acid tended to bind to aromatic cluster Ⅱ rather than aromatic cluster Ⅰ. Moreover, α-lactalbumin could enhance the antioxidant property of ellagic acid, indicating that the solubility of ellagic acid might be improved by combining α-lactalbumin. Overall, this work suggested that α-lactalbumin exhibited binding affinity for ellagic acid and enhanced its antioxidant property.
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- Mengxue Diao
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China.
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Fan Y, He Q, Gan C, Wen Z, Yi J. Investigation of binding interaction between bovine α-lactalbumin and procyanidin B2 by spectroscopic methods and molecular docking. Food Chem 2022; 384:132509. [PMID: 35217463 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The interactions between bovine α-lactalbumin and procyanidin B2 were fully investigated by spectroscopic methods and molecular docking. This study hypothesized that ALA could spontaneously interact with procyanidin B2 to form protein-based complex delivery carrier. Far UV CD and FTIR data demonstrated ALA's secondary structures were altered and intrinsic fluorescence quenching suggested ALA conformation was changed with procyanidin B2. Calorimetric technique illustrated ALA-procyanidin B2 complexation was a spontaneous and exothermic process with the number of binding site (n, 3.53) and the binding constant (Kb, 2.16 × 104 M-1). A stable nano-delivery system with ALA can be formed for encapsulating, stabilizing and delivering procyanidin B2. Molecular docking study further elucidated that hydrogen bonds dominated procyanidin B2 binding to ALA in a hydrophobic pocket. This study shows great potential in using ALA as protein-based nanocarriers for oral delivery of hydrophilic nutraceuticals, because procyanidin B2-loaded ALA complex delivery systems can be spontaneously formed.
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Cohen CG, Zhao WW, Ke D, Beaudette L, Lejtenyi D, McCusker C, Zhang X, Chan ES, Upton JEM, Grunebaum E, Clarke AE, Mazer BD, Ben-Shoshan M. Elevated Cow's Milk-Specific IgE Levels Prior to Oral Immunotherapy Decrease the Likelihood of Reaching the Maintenance Dose. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021; 10:215-221.e2. [PMID: 34793979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Food desensitization via oral immunotherapy (OIT) is gaining acceptance in clinical practice. Owing to adverse reactions, the duration of the buildup phase until a maintenance dose is achieved may be prolonged, and in a minority of cases, OIT is stopped. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess factors associated with the probability of reaching the maintenance dose in cow's milk (CM) OIT. METHODS We collected data from patients undergoing CM OIT at the Montreal Children's Hospital, BC Children's Hospital, and Hospital for Sick Children. We compared univariable and multivariable Cox regressions to evaluate sociodemographic factors, comorbidities, clinical characteristics, and biomarkers at study entry associated with the likelihood of reaching a maintenance dose of 200 mL of CM. RESULTS Among 69 children who reached 4 mL of milk, the median age was 12 years (interquartile range, 9-15 years); 59% were male. Median duration of buildup phase from 4 to 200 mL was 24.0 weeks (interquartile range, 17.7-33.4 weeks). After adjusting for age and sex, higher baseline levels of specific IgE antibodies for α-lactalbumin (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.67-0.95), β-lactoglobulin (HR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.76-0.98), casein (HR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.72-0.94), and total CM (HR = 0.79; 95% CI, 0.65-0.97) were associated with a decreased probability of reaching maintenance. In addition, for every 10-mL increase in CM tolerated at entry challenge, the probability of reaching maintenance increased by 10%. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that higher levels of CM-specific IgE decreased the likelihood of reaching maintenance, whereas an increased cumulative CM dose at entry challenge increased the likelihood. Assessing these factors before therapy may assist in predicting the success of CM OIT.
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- Casey G Cohen
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Matosinho CGR, Rosse IC, Fonseca PAS, de Oliveira FS, Dos Santos FG, Araújo FMG, de Matos Salim AC, Lopes BC, Arbex WA, Machado MA, Peixoto MGCD, da Silva Verneque R, Martins MF, da Silva MVGB, Oliveira G, Pires DEV, Carvalho MRS. Identification and in silico characterization of structural and functional impacts of genetic variants in milk protein genes in the Zebu breeds Guzerat and Gyr. Trop Anim Health Prod 2021; 53:524. [PMID: 34705124 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02970-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Whole genome sequencing of bovine breeds has allowed identification of genetic variants in milk protein genes. However, functional repercussion of such variants at a molecular level has seldom been investigated. Here, the results of a multistep Bioinformatic analysis for functional characterization of recently identified genetic variants in Brazilian Gyr and Guzerat breeds is described, including predicted effects on the following: (i) evolutionary conserved nucleotide positions/regions; (ii) protein function, stability, and interactions; (iii) splicing, branching, and miRNA binding sites; (iv) promoters and transcription factor binding sites; and (v) collocation with QTL. Seventy-one genetic variants were identified in the caseins (CSN1S1, CSN2, CSN1S2, and CSN3), LALBA, LGB, and LTF genes. Eleven potentially regulatory variants and two missense mutations were identified. LALBA Ile60Val was predicted to affect protein stability and flexibility, by reducing the number the disulfide bonds established. LTF Thr546Asn is predicted to generate steric clashes, which could mildly affect iron coordination. In addition, LALBA Ile60Val and LTF Thr546Asn affect exonic splicing enhancers and silencers. Consequently, both mutations have the potential of affecting immune response at individual level, not only in the mammary gland. Although laborious, this multistep procedure for classifying variants allowed the identification of potentially functional variants for milk protein genes.
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Chiou JT, Shi YJ, Lee YC, Wang LJ, Chen YJ, Chang LS. Carboxyl group-modified α-lactalbumin induces TNF-α-mediated apoptosis in leukemia and breast cancer cells through the NOX4/p38 MAPK/PP2A axis. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 187:513-527. [PMID: 34310992 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.07.133] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To clarify the mechanism of semicarbazide-modified α-lactalbumin (SEM-LA)-mediated cytotoxicity, we investigated its effect on human U937 leukemia cells and MCF-7 breast cancer cells in the current study. SEM-LA induced apoptosis in U937 cells, which showed increased NOX4 expression, procaspase-8 degradation, and t-Bid production. FADD depletion inhibited SEM-LA-elicited caspase-8 activation, t-Bid production, and cell death, indicating that SEM-LA activated death receptor-mediated apoptosis in U937 cells. SEM-LA stimulated Ca2+-mediated Akt activation, which in turn increased Sp1- and p300-mediated NOX4 transcription. The upregulation of NOX4 expression promoted ROS-mediated p38 MAPK phosphorylation, leading to protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)-regulated tristetraprolin (TTP) degradation. Remarkably, TTP downregulation increased the stability of TNF-α mRNA, resulting in the upregulation of TNF-α protein expression. Abolishment of Ca2+-NOX4-ROS axis-mediated p38 MAPK activation attenuated SEM-LA-induced TNF-α upregulation and protected U937 cells from SEM-LA-mediated cytotoxicity. The restoration of TTP expression alleviated the effect of TNF-α upregulation and cell death induced by SEM-LA. Altogether, the data in this study demonstrate that SEM-LA activates TNF-α-mediated apoptosis in U937 cells through the NOX4/p38 MAPK/PP2A axis. We think that a similar pathway can also explain the death of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells after SEM-LA treatment.
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- Jing-Ting Chiou
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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- Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan; Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
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Li S, Ye A, Singh H. The effect of ultrafiltration on the acid gelation properties of protein-standardised skim milk systems. Food Res Int 2021; 146:110432. [PMID: 34119241 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the impact of ultrafiltration (UF) on the acid gelation of milk using two protein-standardised milk systems, consisting of either skim milk and retentate (SR) or permeate and retentate (PR), over different seasons in New Zealand. The composition and the physicochemical properties of the two systems before heating were comparable, whereas the levels of heat-induced α-lactalbumin denaturation and the association of the casein micelles with α-lactalbumin were significantly lower in PR than in SR. PR displayed superior acid gelation properties compared with SR, which was most pronounced in the late season. The structural modifications of the whey proteins and casein micelles that were induced by UF and the re-equilibration of calcium in the milk mixtures may have affected the acid gelation properties of the milk by influencing the denaturation and micelle association of the whey proteins. The results suggest that UF has the potential as a tool for tuning the acid gelation properties of milk.
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Kobayashi C, Inagaki M, Nohara M, Fukuoka M, Xijier, Yabe T, Kanamarua Y. The effects of denatured major bovine whey proteins on the digestive tract, assessed by Caco-2 cell differentiation and on viability of suckling mice. J DAIRY RES 2021; 88:221-5. [PMID: 33985600 DOI: 10.1017/S0022029921000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA) and β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) are contained in bovine milk whey. Chemical and physical treatments are known to alter the conformation of these proteins and we have previously reported that α-LA denatured with trifluoroethanol (TFE) and isolated from sterilized market milk inhibited the growth of rat crypt IEC-6 cells. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of TFE-treated α-LA and β-LG on cell growth using cultured intestinal cells and on their safety using a suckling mouse model. First, we investigated the effect of the TFE-treated whey proteins on human colonic Caco-2 cells at various differentiation stages. In the undifferentiated stage, we assessed cell growth by a water-soluble tetrazolium-1 method. The native whey proteins enhanced cell proliferation, whereas the TFE-treated whey proteins strongly inhibited cell growth. We investigated cell barrier function in the post-differentiated stage by measuring transepithelial electrical resistance (TER). Not only native but also the TFE-treated whey proteins increased TER. Next, we evaluated whether the TFE-treated α-LA and β-LG have adverse effects on healthy suckling mice. No mice given by the TFE-treated samples showed any adverse symptoms. We also performed a safety test using a human rotavirus infected gastrointestinal disease suckling mice model. Even the TFE-treated whey proteins appeared to prevent the development of diarrheal symptoms without any adverse effects. Although we cannot know the effect of long-term ingestion of denatured whey proteins, these results suggest that they have no adverse effects on differentiated intestinal cells and digestive tract, at least in short-term ingestion.
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Quevedo M, Karbstein HP, Emin MA. Denaturation Behavior and Kinetics of Single- and Multi-Component Protein Systems at Extrusion-Like Conditions. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2145. [PMID: 32962302 PMCID: PMC7570385 DOI: 10.3390/polym12092145] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this study, the influence of defined extrusion-like treatment conditions on the denaturation behavior and kinetics of single- and multi-component protein model systems at a protein concentration of 70% (w/w) was investigated. α-Lactalbumin (αLA) and β-Lactoglobulin (βLG), and whey protein isolate (WPI) were selected as single- and multi-component protein model systems, respectively. To apply defined extrusion-like conditions, treatment temperatures in the range of 60 and 100 °C, shear rates from 0.06 to 50 s⁻1, and treatment times up to 90 s were chosen. While an aggregation onset temperature was determined at approximately 73 °C for WPI systems at a shear rate of 0.06 s⁻1, two significantly different onset temperatures were determined when the shear rate was increased to 25 and 50 s⁻1. These two different onset temperatures could be related to the main fractions present in whey protein (βLG and αLA), suggesting shear-induced phase separation. Application of additional mechanical treatment resulted in an increase in reaction rates for all the investigated systems. Denaturation was found to follow 2.262 and 1.865 order kinetics for αLA and WPI, respectively. The reaction order of WPI might have resulted from a combination of a lower reaction order in the unsheared system (i.e., fractional first order) and higher reaction order for sheared systems, probably due to phase separation, leading to isolated behavior of each fraction at the local level (i.e., fractional second order).
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- Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; (M.Q.); (H.P.K.)
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Miranda G, Bianchi L, Krupova Z, Trossat P, Martin P. An improved LC-MS method to profile molecular diversity and quantify the six main bovine milk proteins, including genetic and splicing variants as well as post-translationally modified isoforms. Food Chem X 2020; 5:100080. [PMID: 32123868 PMCID: PMC7037581 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Identification of the main milk proteins isoforms are inferred from a mass database. Quantification of the six main milk proteins is achieved from corrected UV at 214 nm. Multiple isoforms can be quantified from mass signal, within each protein family. Glycosylation isoforms of κ-casein which impact micelle stability are quantified.
Here we describe a method based on Liquid Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) that provides an accurate determination of the six main bovine milk proteins, including allelic and splicing variants, as well as isoforms resulting from post-translational modifications, with an unprecedented level of resolution. Proteins are identified from observed molecular masses in comparison with theoretical masses of intact proteins indexed in an “in-house” database that includes nearly 3000 entries. Quantification was performed either from UV (214 nm) or mass signals. Thus, up to one hundred molecules, derived from the six major milk proteins, can be identified and quantified from an individual milk sample. This powerful and reliable method, initially developed as an anchoring method to estimate the composition of the six main bovine milk proteins from MIR spectra, is transferable to several mammalian species, including small ruminants, camels, equines, rabbits, etc., for which specific mass databases are available.
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- Guy Miranda
- UMR GABI, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- UMR GABI, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- UMR GABI, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- UMR GABI, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Tu Y, Xu Y, Ren F, Zhang H. Characteristics and antioxidant activity of Maillard reaction products from α-lactalbumin and 2'-fucosyllactose. Food Chem 2020; 316:126341. [PMID: 32058194 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The characteristics and antioxidant activity of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) from 2'-fucosyllactose (2'-FL), a human milk oligosaccharide, and α-lactalbumin (α-LA) were investigated. MRPs were prepared by reacting 2'-FL with α-LA at 60 °C and 79% relative humidity for up to 72 h. The absorbance and fluorescence intensity of heated α-LA-2'-FL increased as the heating time increased, while the free amino group content decreased, confirming that 2'-FL reacted with α-LA and produced various MRPs at different incubation stages. Conjugates of 2'-FL and α-LA and aggregation of α-LA were observed by SDS-PAGE. The secondary structure of α-LA did not change significantly after reacting with 2'-FL. In terms of antioxidant activity, the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity and reducing power of α-LA-2'-FL increased significantly when compared with the protein only sample (p < 0.05). The findings provide a foundation for the characterization and functional analysis of MRPs in dairy products.
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Jia CL, Hussain N, Joy Ujiroghene O, Pang XY, Zhang SW, Lu J, Liu L, Lv JP. Generation and characterization of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory peptides from trypsin-hydrolyzed α-lactalbumin-rich whey proteins. Food Chem 2020; 318:126333. [PMID: 32151919 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) is an enzyme that break down the antidiabetic hormone glucagon-like peptide-1. Therefore, inhibition of DPP-IV could be an effective strategy to treat Type 2 diabetes (T2D). The α-lactalbumin-rich whey protein concentrate was hydrolyzed by trypsin, and the hydrolysates were then fractionated at a semi-preparative scale using a Superdex Gel filtration Chromatography. The peptides were analyzed by using HPLC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (RP-HPLC-MS/MS), and their Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory activity was determined by the enzymatic assay. Among tested fragments, a potent fragment (LDQWLCEKL), with the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 131 μM was obtained. Further analysis shows that the LDQWLCEKL peptide corresponds to the amino acid sequence of f(115-123) in α-lactalbumin. Furthermore, LDQWLCEKL exhibited a typical non-competitive mode of inhibition. The results indicate that α-lactalbumin contains active peptides with DPP-IV inhibitory activity that may be used to prevent and treat T2D.
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- Cheng-Li Jia
- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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- Beijing Institute of Nutrition Sources, Research Center of System Nutrition Engineering, Beijing 100069, PR China.
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, No. 2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District, P.O. Box 5109, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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Tuohy VK, Johnson JM, Mazumder S. Primary immunoprevention of adult onset cancers by vaccinating against retired tissue-specific self-proteins. Semin Immunol 2020; 47:101392. [PMID: 31926646 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2020.101392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Despite the enormous success of childhood prophylactic vaccination against diseases caused by pathogens, there is currently no similar preventive vaccine program against diseases confronted with age like breast cancer and ovarian cancer. With the exception of the annual influenza vaccine, current recommendations for adult vaccination are for either primary vaccines not received during childhood or for booster vaccinations to maintain the immunity against pathogens already induced during childhood. Here we describe a strategy to provide prophylactic pre-emptive immunity against the development of adult onset cancers not associated with any definitive etiopathogenic agent. We propose that safe and effective pre-emptive immunity may be induced in cancer-free subjects by vaccination against immunodominant tissue-specific self-proteins that are 'retired' from expression in normal tissues as part of the normal aging process but are expressed in tumors that emerge with age. Primary immunoprevention of adult onset cancers like breast cancer and ovarian cancer represents a great challenge and an even greater unmet need for our current healthcare.
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- Vincent K Tuohy
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Cardoso HB, Wierenga PA, Gruppen H, Schols HA. Maillard induced aggregation of individual milk proteins and interactions involved. Food Chem 2018; 276:652-661. [PMID: 30409645 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The aggregation of α-lactalbumin, β-lactoglobulin and β-casein after heating in dry state was studied in absence and presence of saccharides. In absence of saccharides, differences were observed in the extent of aggregation. Differences between the proteins were mostly due to differences in covalent aggregation. The presence of glucose during the heat treatment of milk proteins significantly increased the extent of aggregation, and decreased differences between proteins. α-Lactalbumin was selected as a model protein for the study of cross-links formed after heat treatment. In the presence of saccharides, these cross-links were found to consist of 36% of disulphide bridges (compared to >75% in the absence of glucose), followed by other cross-links such as lanthionine. Larger saccharides led to a decrease in Maillard induced aggregation; maltotriose actually even inhibited the formation of α-lactalbumin aggregates.
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- Hugo B Cardoso
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Du Y, Bao C, Huang J, Jiang P, Jiao L, Ren F, Li Y. Improved stability, epithelial permeability and cellular antioxidant activity of β-carotene via encapsulation by self-assembled α-lactalbumin micelles. Food Chem 2019; 271:707-14. [PMID: 30236735 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The low aqueous solubility, stability and bioavailability of hydrophobic bioactive compounds, such as β-carotene (β-c), greatly hinder their application in foods. Nanocarriers could overcome this problem by facilitating the delivery of the functional ingredients. We prepared lactalbumin (α-lac) micelles by partial enzymatic hydrolysis in aqueous solution. β-c can be incorporated into the cores of these micelles via hydrophobic interactions. The aqueous solubility and stability under 60 °C heating or UV light irradiation of encapsulated β-c improved significantly compared with free β-c. Moreover, it had an increased cellular uptake (3 times) and transmembrane permeability (13 times) in a Caco-2 cell monolayer model. It suggested that α-lac micelle-encapsulated β-c had an enhanced cellular absorption and transport efficiency. Encapsulated β-c also exhibited an enhanced cellular anti-oxidant activity (CAA) compared with free β-c. This work demonstrates that α-lac micelles showed a great potential for delivery of hydrophobic bioactive compounds in foods.
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Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA), a small milk calcium-binding globular protein, is known to possess noticeable anticancer activity, which is determined by the ability of this protein to form complexes with oleic acid (OA). To date, in addition to human and bovine α-LA, the ability to form such anti-tumor complexes with OA was described for goat and camel α-LA. Although the mechanisms of the anticancer activity of human and bovine α-LA are already well-studied, little is currently known about the anticancer action of this camel protein. The goal of this study was to fill this gap and to analyze the anticancer and pro-apoptotic activities of camel α-LA in its free form (α-cLA) and as an OA-containing complex (OA-α-cLA) using four human cancer cell lines, including Caco-2 colon cancer cells, PC-3 prostate cancer cells, HepG-2 hepatoma cells, and MCF-7 breast cancer cells as targets. The anti-tumor activities of OA-α-cLA and α-cLA were analyzed using MTT test, annexin/PI staining, cell cycle analysis, nuclear staining, and tyrosine kinase (TK) inhibition methods. We show here that the OA-α-cLA complex does not affect normal cells but has noticeable anti-cancer activity, especially against MCF-7 cells, thus boosting the anticancer activity of α-cLA and improving the selectivity of OA. The OA-α-cLA complex mediated cancer cell death via selective induction of apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest at lower IC50 than that of free α-cLA by more than two folds. However, OA induced apoptosis at higher extent than OA-α-cLA and α-cLA. OA also caused unselective apoptosis-dependent cell death in both normal and cancer cells to a similar degree. The apoptosis and cell-cycle arresting effect of OA-α-cLA may be attributed to the TK inhibition activity of OA. Therefore, OA-α-cLA serves as efficient anticancer complex with two functional components, α-cLA and OA, possessing different activities. This study declared the effectiveness of OA-α-cLA complex as a promising entity with anticancer activity, and these formulated OA-camel protein complexes constitute an auspicious approach for cancer remedy, particularly for breast cancer.
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- Vladimir N Uversky
- a Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.,b Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Pushchino , Moscow region , Russia.,c Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute , Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida , Tampa , FL , USA
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- d Therapeutic and Protective Proteins Laboratory, Protein Research Department, Medical Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute , City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City) , Alexandria , Egypt
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- e Medical Biotechnology Department , Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City) , Alexandria , Egypt
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- a Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
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- a Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.,d Therapeutic and Protective Proteins Laboratory, Protein Research Department, Medical Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute , City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City) , Alexandria , Egypt
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Meng X, Li X, Gao J, Chen H. Characterization of the potential allergenicity of irradiated bovine α-lactalbumin in a BALB/c mouse model. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 97:402-410. [PMID: 27746328 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bovine α-lactalbumin (ALA) is a known food allergen present in milk to induce anaphylaxis. A previous study demonstrated that irradiated ALA (iALA) decreased the IgE-binding properties and weakened the degranulation capacity of basophils in vitro. The present study aimed to further assess the potential allergenicity of iALA in vivo in a BALB/c mouse model. The mice (n = 10/group) were intragastrically sensitized and orally challenged with either iALA or ALA using cholera toxin as adjuvant. In contrast to the ALA group, the iALA group did not show anaphylactic shock symptoms. A tendency toward decreased serum allergen-specific IgG/IgG1/IgE levels, plasma histamine levels and mast cell protease-1 (mMCP-1) concentrations in the iALA group were also observed, accompanied by a decrease in Th2-related cytokine levels and an increase of IFN-γ production in spleen cell cultures. Moreover, the peritoneal mast cell surface expression of FcεRI and peripheral blood basophil CD200R+ expression were decreased by 64.3% and 35.19%, respectively. Conversely, the percentage of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells increased in the iALA group. All of these findings indicated that iALA induces a shift toward the Th1 response, which ultimately reduces its potential allergenicity.
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- Xuanyi Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China; School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China; Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China; School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China; School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China; Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, PR China.
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Chen Q, Zhang J, Ke X, Lai S, Li D, Yang J, Mo W, Ren Y. Simultaneous quantification of α-lactalbumin and β-casein in human milk using ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry based on their signature peptides and winged isotope internal standards. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1864:1122-1127. [PMID: 27295510 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In recent years, there is an increasing need to measure the concentration of individual proteins in human milk, instead of total human milk proteins. Due to lack of human milk protein standards, there are only few quantification methods established. The objective of the present work was to develop a simple and rapid quantification method for simultaneous determination of α-lactalbumin and β-casein in human milk using signature peptides according to a modified quantitative proteomics strategy. The internal standards containing the signature peptide sequences were synthesized with isotope-labeled amino acids. The purity of synthesized peptides as standards was determined by amino acid analysis method and area normalization method. The contents of α-lactalbumin and β-casein in human milk were measured according to the equimolar relationship between the two proteins and their corresponding signature peptides. The method validation results showed a satisfied linearity (R(2)>0.99) and recoveries (97.2-102.5% for α-lactalbumin and 99.5-100.3% for β-casein). The limit of quantification for α-lactalbumin and β-casein was 8.0mg/100g and 1.2mg/100g, respectively. CVs for α-lactalbumin and β-casein in human milk were 5.2% and 3.0%. The contents of α-lactalbumin and β-casein in 147 human milk samples were successfully determined by the established method and their contents were 205.5-578.2mg/100g and 116.4-467.4mg/100g at different lactation stages. The developed method allows simultaneously determination of α-lactalbumin and β-casein in human milk. The quantitative strategy based on signature peptide should be applicable to other endogenous proteins in breast milk and other body fluids.
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- Qi Chen
- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
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- Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition and APCNS Center of Nutrition and Food Safety, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
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Kumar EK, Qumar S, Prabhu NP. Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) induced changes in propensity and kinetics of α-lactalbumin fibrillation. Int J Biol Macromol 2015; 81:754-8. [PMID: 26358551 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding surfactants induced changes on protein folding, aggregation, and fibrillation has a lot of implications in their laboratory and industrial applications. The effect of an anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), on fibrillation of an acidic protein α-lactalbumin (α-LA) at neutral pH condition was investigated. SDS at lower concentrations increased the lag time by nearly two-fold whereas the fibril elongation rate was not significantly altered. At the concentrations above 0.2mM, SDS lengthened the lag time by many-fold (∼60), but fibril elongation was accelerated by 3-6 fold. At the concentrations above 2mM, SDS inhibited α-LA fibrillation and led it to the formation of amorphous aggregates. These results were compared with the effect of SDS on the fibrillation of lysozyme, a basic protein. Though fibril inhibition was observed on both the proteins at the micellar concentrations of SDS, there were differences in the effect on lag time and elongation rate at the lower concentrations of SDS. This suggests that the inhibition of protein fibrillation by SDS-micelles might be a common mechanism irrespective of the surface charges on protein.
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Chebotareva NA, Filippov DO, Kurganov BI. Effect of crowding on several stages of protein aggregation in test systems in the presence of α-crystallin. Int J Biol Macromol 2015; 80:358-65. [PMID: 26144909 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Macromolecular crowding can facilitate protein-protein interactions in the cell, in particular aggregation processes. To characterize the anti-aggregation activity of chaperones under conditions mimicking the crowded environment in the cell, two basic test systems are used. Test systems of the first type are based on aggregation of target proteins undergoing unfolding under different factors. Dithithreitol-induced aggregation of α-lactalbumin is used as such a system. The increase in the duration of lag phase after the addition of the crowder (polyethylene glycol; PEG) to the system containing α-crystallin has been interpreted as a retardation of the stages that are the rate-limiting stages of the general process of aggregation (the nucleation stage and the stages of clusterization of nuclei). Test systems of the second type are based on aggregation of UV-irradiated proteins. Such test systems permit investigating the effects of different agents directly on the stages of aggregation of unfolded protein. UV-irradiated glycogen phosphorylase b (Phb) is used as a target protein. Analysis of the initial rate of aggregation after the addition of PEG at different points in time to the mixture of UV-irradiated Phb and α-crystallin allowed estimating the time of half-conversion for the structural rearrangement of the primary UV-irradiated Phb-α-crystallin complex.
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- Natalia A Chebotareva
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
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Delgado Y, Morales-Cruz M, Figueroa CM, Hernández-Román J, Hernández G, Griebenow K. The cytotoxicity of BAMLET complexes is due to oleic acid and independent of the α-lactalbumin component. FEBS Open Bio 2015; 5:397-404. [PMID: 26101738 PMCID: PMC4430638 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We synthesized three different BAMLET complexes consisting of oleic acid coupled to bovine α-lactalbumin. Oleic acid micelles alone are tumoricidal at equimolar concentrations of oleic acid bound in the BAMLET complexes. α-Lactalbumin is non-toxic to cells even when delivered to their cytoplasm. Both, BAMLET and oleic acid micelles showed no selective cytotoxicity to cancer cells.
Lipid–protein complexes comprised of oleic acid (OA) non-covalently coupled to human/bovine α-lactalbumin, named HAMLET/BAMLET, display cytotoxic properties against cancer cells. However, there is still a substantial debate about the role of the protein in these complexes. To shed light into this, we obtained three different BAMLET complexes using varying synthesis conditions. Our data suggest that to form active BAMLET particles, OA has to reach critical micelle concentration with an approximate diameter of 250 nm. Proteolysis experiments on BAMLET show that OA protects the protein and is probably located on the surface, consistent with a micelle-like structure. Native or unfolded α-lactalbumin without OA lacked any tumoricidal activity. In contrast, OA alone killed cancer cells with the same efficiency at equimolar concentrations as its formulation as BAMLET. Our data show unequivocally that the cytotoxicity of the BAMLET complex is exclusively due to OA and that OA alone, when formulated as a micelle, is as toxic as the BAMLET complex. The contradictory literature results on the cytotoxicity of BAMLET might be explained by our finding that it was imperative to sonicate the samples to obtain toxic OA.
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Key Words
- BAMLET
- BAMLET, bovine α-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells
- Cancer therapy
- DLS, dynamic light scattering
- EPR, enhanced permeability and retention
- FA, fatty acid
- Fatty acid
- FoA, folic acid
- HAMLET
- HAMLET, human α-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells
- MTS, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium
- NP, nanoparticles
- OA, oleic acid
- Oleic acid
- PMS, phenazine methosulfate
- SEM, scanning electron microscopy
- α-LA, α-lactalbumin
- α-Lactalbumin
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- Yamixa Delgado
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico
- Corresponding author at: Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan 00931-3346, Puerto Rico. Tel.: +1 (787) 764 0000x7374; fax: +1 (787) 756 8242.
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Hoque M, Nanduri R, Gupta J, Mahajan S, Gupta P, Saleemuddin M. Oleic acid complex of bovine α-lactalbumin induces eryptosis in human and other erythrocytes by a Ca(2+)-independent mechanism. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1729-39. [PMID: 25913522 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complexes of oleic acid (OA) with milk α-lactalbumin, received remarkable attention in view of their selective toxicity towards a spectrum of tumors during the last two decades. OA complexes of some structurally related/unrelated proteins are also tumoricidal. Erythrocytes are among the few differentiated cells that are sensitive and undergo hemolysis when exposed to the complexes. METHODS The effects of OA complex of bovine α-lactalbumin (Bovine Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells, BAMLET) on human, goat and chicken erythrocytes on calcein leakage, phosphatidylserine exposure, morphological changes and hemolysis were studied by confocal microscopy, FACS analysis, scanning electron microscopy and measuring hemoglobin release. RESULTS Erythrocytes exposed to BAMLET undergo eryptosis-like alterations as revealed by calcein leakage, surface phosphatidylserine exposure and transformation to echinocytes at low concentrations and hemolysis when the concentration of the complex was raised. Ca(2+) was not essential and restricted the alterations when included in the medium. The BAMLET-induced alterations in human erythrocytes were prevented by the cation channel inhibitors, amiloride and BaCl2 but not by inhibitors of thiol proteases, sphingomyelinase and by the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine. CONCLUSIONS The work shows for the first time that low concentrations of BAMLET induces eryptosis in erythrocytes by a novel mechanism not requiring Ca(2+) and hemolysis by detergent-like action by the released OA at higher concentrations. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The study points out to the need for a comprehensive evaluation of the toxicity of OA complexes of α-lactalbumin and other proteins towards erythrocytes and other differentiated cells before being considered for therapy.
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- Mehboob Hoque
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
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Arroyo-Maya IJ, Hernández-Sánchez H, Jiménez-Cruz E, Camarillo-Cadena M, Hernández-Arana A. α-Lactalbumin nanoparticles prepared by desolvation and cross-linking: structure and stability of the assembled protein. Biophys Chem 2014; 193-194:27-34. [PMID: 25105879 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A key step in the preparation of cross-linked protein nanoparticles involves the desolvation of proteins with an organic solvent, which is thought to act by modulating hydrophobic interactions. However, to date, no study has examined the conformational changes that proteins undergo during the assembly process. In this work, by using several biophysical techniques (CD spectroscopy, DSC, TEM, etc.), we studied spheroidal nanoparticles made from bovine α-lactalbumin cross-linked with glutaraldehyde in the presence of acetone. Within the nanoparticle, the polypeptide chain acquires a β-strand-like conformation (completely different from the native protein in secondary and tertiary structure) in which several side chains likely become available for reacting with glutaraldehyde. A multiplicity of cross-linking sites, together with the polymeric nature of glutaraldehyde, may thus explain the low dry-weight fraction of protein that was found in the nanoparticles. Although covalent bonds undoubtedly constitute the main source for nanoparticle stability, noncovalent interactions also appear to play a role in this regard.
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- Izlia J Arroyo-Maya
- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; Área de Biofisicoquímica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, Iztapalapa, D.F. 09340, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Graduados e Investigación en Alimentos, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. 11340, Mexico
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- Departamento de Graduados e Investigación en Alimentos, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. 11340, Mexico
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- Área de Biofisicoquímica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, Iztapalapa, D.F. 09340, Mexico
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- Área de Biofisicoquímica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, Iztapalapa, D.F. 09340, Mexico.
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Borzova VA, Markossian KA, Kurganov BI. Relationship between the initial rate of protein aggregation and the lag period for amorphous aggregation. Int J Biol Macromol 2014; 68:144-50. [PMID: 24794200 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lag period is an inherent characteristic of the kinetic curves registered for protein aggregation. The appearance of a lag period is connected with the nucleation stage and the stages of the formation of folding or unfolding intermediates prone to aggregation (for example, the stage of protein unfolding under stress conditions). Discovering the kinetic regularities essential for elucidation of the protein aggregation mechanism comprises deducing the relationship between the lag period and aggregation rate. Fändrich proposed the following equation connecting the duration of the lag phase (tlag) and the aggregate growth rate (kg) in the amyloid fibrillation: kg=const/tlag. To establish the relationship between the initial rate of protein aggregation (v) and the lag period (t0) in the case of amorphous aggregation, the kinetics of dithithreitol-induced aggregation of holo-α-lactalbumin from bovine milk was studied (0.1M Na-phosphate buffer, pH 6.8; 37°C). The order of aggregation with respect to protein (n) was calculated from the dependence of the initial rate of protein aggregation on the α-lactalbumin concentration (n=5.3). The following equation connecting v and t0 has been proposed: v(1/n)=const/(t0-t0,lim), where t0,lim is the limiting value of t0 at high concentrations of the protein.
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Lacroix IME, Li-Chan ECY. Isolation and characterization of peptides with dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory activity from pepsin-treated bovine whey proteins. Peptides 2014; 54:39-48. [PMID: 24440459 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Inhibition of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-IV is one of the strategies used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In the present study, pepsin-treated whey protein isolate (WPI) and α-lactalbumin displaying DPP-IV inhibitory activity were fractionated by successive chromatographic steps and the resulting active fractions analyzed for their constituent peptides by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Among the identified sequences, 24 peptides derived from α-lactalbumin and 11 from β-lactoglobulin were synthesized and their effects on DPP-IV activity assessed. The most potent fragments, LKPTPEGDL and LKPTPEGDLEIL (IC50=45 and 57 μM, respectively), were found to inhibit DPP-IV in an un-competitive manner. Although several of the peptides tested showed some inhibitory activity, only two were as effective as the un-fractionated WPI hydrolysate and none were as potent as the un-fractionated α-lactalbumin hydrolysate. The peptides' structural features, including length and amino acid composition, were found to impact their inhibitory activity. This study provides new insights on the active components responsible for the DPP-IV inhibitory activity of pepsin-treated whey proteins.
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- Isabelle M E Lacroix
- The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Land & Food Systems, Food Nutrition & Health Program, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Land & Food Systems, Food Nutrition & Health Program, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4.
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Sakkas L, Moutafi A, Moschopoulou E, Moatsou G. Assessment of heat treatment of various types of milk. Food Chem 2014; 159:293-301. [PMID: 24767058 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Raw milk (RM), reconstituted condensed milk (CM) and three types of reconstituted milk powders (SMPs) were heated indirectly at 80-140°C for 4 s. Native β-lactoglobulin after 90°C treatment of RM was 1132±167 mg/L but no reliable quantities were estimated at temperatures >100°C, whereas 218±43 mg/L residual α-lactalbumin were found at 130°C. Average lactulose contents from 51 to 1549 mg/L were detected at ⩾100°C; average furosine was 1.9 and 126.5 mg/L in raw and 140°C treated milks respectively. The behaviour of heated CM was similar to that of heated RM except for higher furosine concentration. Reconstituted SMPs contained high quantities of lactulose and furosine, the ratio of which was lower than in similarly treated RM. Among the market milks analysed, the group of high-pasteurised milks was highly variable; i.e. native β-lactoglobulin was 69-2831 mg/L, lactulose 0-824 mg/L and furosine 3.3-68.8 mg/L.
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Jaatinen N, Korpela R, Poussa T, Turpeinen A, Mustonen S, Merilahti J, Peuhkuri K. Effects of daily intake of yoghurt enriched with bioactive components on chronic stress responses: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2014; 65:507-14. [PMID: 24490888 DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2014.880669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Chronic stress has a negative influence on health. The aim was to determine stress reducing effects of yoghurt enriched with bioactive components as compared to normal yoghurt. High-trait anxiety individuals (n = 67) aged 18-63 years participated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded intervention with parallel groups. They received either yoghurt enriched with alpha-lactalbumin, casein tripeptides and B vitamins (active) or isoenergetic standard yoghurt (control). To detect changes in psychological and physiological stress, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Profile of Mood States, salivary cortisol, inflammatory markers, blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV) and actigraphy were monitored. We observed higher ratings of vigor (p = 0.047) and reduced feeling of inefficiency (p = 0.048) in the active group. HRV (baseline adjusted mean 49.1 ± 2.3 ms) and recovery index (106.6 ± 33.4) were higher in the active group than in controls (42.5 ± 2.2 ms and 80.0 ± 29.3) (p = 0.046 and p = 0.02, respectively). In conclusion, daily intake of yoghurt enriched with bioactive components may aid in stress coping.
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- Nora Jaatinen
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland
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Yang A, Zheng Y, Long C, Chen H, Liu B, Li X, Yuan J, Cheng F. Fluorescent immunosorbent assay for the detection of alpha lactalbumin in dairy products with monoclonal antibody bioconjugated with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots. Food Chem 2014; 150:73-9. [PMID: 24360421 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.10.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this work, a new method termed competitive fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay (FLISA) was developed for specifically quantification of bovine α-lactalbumin (α-La) in dairy products. The monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against α-La were produced through hybridoma technology, and the mAbs were covalently conjugated with the CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) using the crossing-linking reagents. Moreover, a competitive FLISA based on QD-mAb conjugates was established to detect α-La in dairy products. It was shown that there was a good linear relationship between inhibition efficiency, and logarithm of α-La concentration after the detection parameters were optimised in which the concentration of α-La varied from 0.1 to 1000ng/mL. The value of IC50 was 0.03μg/mL, and the FLISA method exhibited high sensitivity with the LOD at 0.1ng/mL. The developed FLISA has been successfully applied to determine α-La in commercial dairy products, providing more sensitive analysis compared with the ELISA method.
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