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Thakur S, Yasmin R, Malhotra A, Lalremsanga HT, Santra V, Giri S, Doley R. Isolation and Functional Characterization of Erythrofibrase: An Alfa-Fibrinogenase Enzyme from Trimeresurus erythrurus Venom of North-East India. Toxins (Basel) 2024; 16:201. [PMID: 38668626 PMCID: PMC11054993 DOI: 10.3390/toxins16040201] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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Green pit viper bites induce mild toxicity with painful local swelling, blistering, cellulitis, necrosis, ecchymosis and consumptive coagulopathy. Several bite cases of green pit vipers have been reported in several south-east Asian countries including the north-eastern region of India. The present study describes isolation and characterization of a haemostatically active protein from Trimeresurus erythrurus venom responsible for coagulopathy. Using a two-step chromatographic method, a snake venom serine protease erythrofibrase was purified to homogeneity. SDS-PAGE of erythrofibrase showed a single band of ~30 kDa in both reducing and non-reducing conditions. The primary structure of erythrofibrase was determined by ESI LC-MS/MS, and the partial sequence obtained showed 77% sequence similarity with other snake venom thrombin-like enzymes (SVTLEs). The partial sequence obtained had the typical 12 conserved cysteine residues, as well as the active site residues (His57, Asp102 and Ser195). Functionally, erythrofibrase showed direct fibrinogenolytic activity by degrading the Aα chain of bovine fibrinogen at a slow rate, which might be responsible for causing hypofibrinogenemia and incoagulable blood for several days in envenomated patients. Moreover, the inability of Indian polyvalent antivenom (manufactured by Premium Serum Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra, India) to neutralize the thrombin-like and plasmin-like activity of erythrofibrase can be correlated with the clinical inefficacy of antivenom therapy. This is the first study reporting an α-fibrinogenase enzyme erythrofibrase from T. erythrurus venom, which is crucial for the pathophysiological manifestations observed in envenomated victims.
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- Susmita Thakur
- Molecular Toxinology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India; (S.T.); (R.Y.)
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- Molecular Toxinology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India; (S.T.); (R.Y.)
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor, School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK;
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- Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India;
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- Society for Nature Conservation, Research and Community Engagement (CONCERN), Nalikul 712407, West Bengal, India;
- Captive and Field Herpetology, 13 Hirfron, Anglesey LL65 1YU, UK
- Shree Sainath Surgical and Maternity Hospital, Valsad 396050, Gujrat, India
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- Demow Government Community Health Centre, Raichai, Konwar Dihingia Gaon, Sivasagar 785662, Assam, India;
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- Molecular Toxinology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India; (S.T.); (R.Y.)
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Teixeira EMGF, Kalume DE, Ferreira PF, Alves TA, Fontão APGA, Sampaio ALF, de Oliveira DR, Morgado-Díaz JA, Silva-López RE. A Novel Trypsin Kunitz-Type Inhibitor from Cajanus cajan Leaves and Its Inhibitory Activity on New Cancer Serine Proteases and Its Effect on Tumor Cell Growth. Protein J 2024; 43:333-350. [PMID: 38347326 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-023-10175-9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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A novel trypsin inhibitor from Cajanus cajan (TIC) fresh leaves was partially purified by affinity chromatography. SDS-PAGE revealed one band with about 15 kDa with expressive trypsin inhibitor activity by zymography. TIC showed high affinity for trypsin (Ki = 1.617 μM) and was a competitive inhibitor for this serine protease. TIC activity was maintained after 24 h of treatment at 70 °C, after 1 h treatments with different pH values, and β-mercaptoethanol increasing concentrations, and demonstrated expressive structural stability. However, the activity of TIC was affected in the presence of oxidizing agents. In order to study the effect of TIC on secreted serine proteases, as well as on the cell culture growth curve, SK-MEL-28 metastatic human melanoma cell line and CaCo-2 colon adenocarcinoma was grown in supplemented DMEM, and the extracellular fractions were submitted salting out and affinity chromatography to obtain new secreted serine proteases. TIC inhibited almost completely, 96 to 89%, the activity of these serine proteases and reduced the melanoma and colon adenocarcinoma cells growth of 48 and 77% respectively. Besides, it is the first time that a trypsin inhibitor was isolated and characterized from C. cajan leaves and cancer serine proteases were isolated and partial characterized from SK-MEL-28 and CaCo-2 cancer cell lines. Furthermore, TIC shown to be potent inhibitor of tumor protease affecting cell growth, and can be one potential drug candidate to be employed in chemotherapy of melanoma and colon adenocarcinoma.
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- Erika Maria Gomes Ferreira Teixeira
- Departament of Natural Products, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil
- Laboratory of Bioprospection and Applied Ethnopharmacology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Research, IOC-Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21045-900, Brazil
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- Departament of Natural Products, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil
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- Departament of Natural Products, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21045-900, Brazil
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- Departament of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21045-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Bioprospection and Applied Ethnopharmacology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Cellular and Molecular Oncobiology Program, National Institute of Cancer (INCa), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departament of Natural Products, Institute of Pharmaceuticals Technology, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil.
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Kriaa A, Jablaoui A, Rhimi S, Soussou S, Mkaouar H, Mariaule V, Gruba N, Gargouri A, Maguin E, Lesner A, Rhimi M. SP-1, a Serine Protease from the Gut Microbiota, Influences Colitis and Drives Intestinal Dysbiosis in Mice. Cells 2021; 10:2658. [PMID: 34685638 PMCID: PMC8534766 DOI: 10.3390/cells10102658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Increased protease activity has been linked to the pathogenesis of IBD. While most studies have been focusing on host proteases in gut inflammation, it remains unclear how to address the potential contribution of their bacterial counterparts. In the present study, we report a functional characterization of a newly identified serine protease, SP-1, from the human gut microbiota. The serine protease repertoire of gut Clostridium was first explored, and the specificity of SP-1 was analyzed using a combinatorial chemistry method. Combining in vitro analyses and a mouse model of colitis, we show that oral administration of recombinant bacteria secreting SP-1 (i) compromises the epithelial barrier, (ii) alters the microbial community, and (ii) exacerbates colitis. These findings suggest that gut microbial protease activity may constitute a valuable contributor to IBD and could, therefore, represent a promising target for the treatment of the disease.
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- Aicha Kriaa
- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Chemistry, Wita Stwosza 63, PL80-308 Gdansk, Poland; (N.G.); (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology of Eukaryotes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax Bp ‘1177’ 3018, Tunisia;
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Chemistry, Wita Stwosza 63, PL80-308 Gdansk, Poland; (N.G.); (A.L.)
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- Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (A.K.); (A.J.); (S.R.); (S.S.); (H.M.); (V.M.); (E.M.)
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Bocayuva Tavares GD, Fortes Aiub CA, Felzenszwalb I, Carrão Dantas EK, Araújo-Lima CF, Siqueira Júnior CL. In vitro biochemical characterization and genotoxicity assessment of Sapindus saponaria seed extract. J Ethnopharmacol 2021; 276:114170. [PMID: 33932515 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Sapindus saponaria, also popularly known as soapberry, has been used in folk medicinal values because of its therapeutic properties and several compounds in its composition, which represent a target in potential for drug discovery. However, few data about its potential toxicity has been reported. AIM OF THE STUDY Plant proteins can perform essential roles in survival, acting as defense mechanism, as well functioning as important molecular reserves for its natural metabolism. The aim of the current study was to investigate the in vitro toxicity profile of protein extract of S. saponaria and detect protein potentially involved in biological effects such as collagen hydrolysis and inhibition of viral proteases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Protein extract of soapberry seeds was investigated for its cytotoxic and genotoxic action using the Ames test. The protein extract was also subjected to a partial purification process of a protease and a protease inhibitor by gel chromatography filtration techniques and the partially isolated proteins were characterized biochemically. RESULTS Seed proteins extract of S. saponaria was evaluated until 100 μg/mL concentration, presenting cytotoxicity and mutagenicity in bacterial model mostly when exposed to exogenous metabolic system and causing cytotoxic and genotoxic effects in HepG2 cells. The purification and partial characterization of a serine protease (43 kDa) and a cysteine protease inhibitor (32.8 kDa) from protein extract of S. Saponaria, corroborate the idea of the biological use of the plant as an insecticide and larvicide. Although it shows cytotoxic, mutagenic and genotoxic effects. CONCLUSION The overall results of the present study provide supportive data on the potential use of proteins produced in S. saponaria seeds as pharmacological and biotechnological agents that can be further explored for the development of new drugs.
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- Gustavo Duarte Bocayuva Tavares
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Function of Plant Proteins, Department of Botany, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Pasteur, 458, Urca, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Genotoxicity, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, R. Frei Caneca, 94, Centro, Brazil.
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- Department of Biophysics and Biometrics, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro, 87, Pavilhão Américo Piquet Carneiro - 4o. Andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Department of Biophysics and Biometrics, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro, 87, Pavilhão Américo Piquet Carneiro - 4o. Andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Department of Biophysics and Biometrics, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro, 87, Pavilhão Américo Piquet Carneiro - 4o. Andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Function of Plant Proteins, Research Center on Agricultural Systems, Department of Botany, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Pasteur, 458, Urca, Brazil.
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Elhusseiny SM, El-Mahdy TS, Awad MF, Elleboudy NS, Farag MMS, Yassein MA, Aboshanab KM. Proteome Analysis and In Vitro Antiviral, Anticancer and Antioxidant Capacities of the Aqueous Extracts of Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus ostreatus Edible Mushrooms. Molecules 2021; 26:4623. [PMID: 34361776 PMCID: PMC8348442 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26154623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In this study, we examined aqueous extracts of the edible mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) and Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushroom). Proteome analysis was conducted using LC-Triple TOF-MS and showed the expression of 753 proteins by Pleurotus ostreatus, and 432 proteins by Lentinula edodes. Bioactive peptides: Rab GDP dissociation inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, thioredoxin reductase, serine proteinase and lectin, were identified in both mushrooms. The extracts also included promising bioactive compounds including phenolics, flavonoids, vitamins and amino acids. The extracts showed promising antiviral activities, with a selectivity index (SI) of 4.5 for Pleurotus ostreatus against adenovirus (Ad7), and a slight activity for Lentinula edodes against herpes simplex-II (HSV-2). The extracts were not cytotoxic to normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). On the contrary, they showed moderate cytotoxicity against various cancer cell lines. Additionally, antioxidant activity was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging, ABTS radical cation scavenging and ORAC assays. The two extracts showed potential antioxidant activities, with the maximum activity seen for Pleurotus ostreatus (IC50 µg/mL) = 39.46 ± 1.27 for DPPH; 11.22 ± 1.81 for ABTS; and 21.40 ± 2.20 for ORAC assays. This study encourages the use of these mushrooms in medicine in the light of their low cytotoxicity on normal PBMCs vis à vis their antiviral, antitumor and antioxidant capabilities.
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- Shaza M. Elhusseiny
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University (ACU), 4th Industrial Area, 6th of October City, Cairo 2566, Egypt; (S.M.E.); (T.S.E.-M.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University (ACU), 4th Industrial Area, 6th of October City, Cairo 2566, Egypt; (S.M.E.); (T.S.E.-M.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif 11099, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity Street, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (N.S.E.); (M.A.Y.)
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity Street, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (N.S.E.); (M.A.Y.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity Street, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (N.S.E.); (M.A.Y.)
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Gurunathan R, Huang B, Ponnusamy VK, Hwang JS, Dahms HU. Novel recombinant keratin degrading subtilisin like serine alkaline protease from Bacillus cereus isolated from marine hydrothermal vent crabs. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12007. [PMID: 34099743 PMCID: PMC8185006 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90375-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Microbial secondary metabolites from extreme environments like hydrothermal vents are a promising source for industrial applications. In our study the protease gene from Bacillus cereus obtained from shallow marine hydrothermal vents in the East China Sea was cloned, expressed and purified. The protein sequence of 38 kDa protease SLSP-k was retrieved from mass spectrometry and identified as a subtilisin serine proteinase. The novel SLSP-k is a monomeric protein with 38 amino acid signal peptides being active over wide pH (7-11) and temperature (40-80 °C) ranges, with maximal hydrolytic activities at pH 10 and at 50 °C temperature. The hydrolytic activity is stimulated by Ca2+, Co2+, Mn2+, and DTT. It is inhibited by Fe2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, EDTA, and PMSF. The SLSP-k is stable in anionic, non-anionic detergents, and solvents. The ability to degrade keratin in chicken feather and hair indicates that this enzyme is suitable for the degradation of poultry waste without the loss of nutritionally essential amino acids which otherwise are lost in hydrothermal processing. Therefore, the proteinase is efficient in environmental friendly bioconversion of animal waste into fertilizers or value added products such as secondary animal feedstuffs.
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- Revathi Gurunathan
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan.
- Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan.
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, 804, Taiwan.
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Arbita AA, Paul NA, Cox J, Zhao J. Extraction, partial purification and characterization of proteases from the red seaweed Gracilaria edulis with similar cleavage sites on κ-casein as calf rennet. Food Chem 2020; 330:127324. [PMID: 32569938 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127324] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Enzymes currently used in cheesemaking have various drawbacks, and there is a continual need to find new coagulants. This study describes the extraction and biochemical characterization of two proteases from the red alga Gracilaria edulis. The proteases were extracted with phosphate buffer and partially purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation and dialysis. The enzymes exhibited optimum caseinolytic activity at 60 °C and a pH range of 6-8. They showed a high ratio of milk-clotting over caseinolytic activity, indicating they had an excellent milk-clotting ability. The proteases were confirmed to be serine protease and metalloprotease with molecular weight (MW) of 44 and 108 kDa. They exhibited high hydrolytic activity on κ-caseins, cleaving κ-casein at four main sites, one of which being the same as that of calf rennet, which is the first reported for an algal protease. The findings demonstrated that the proteases could potentially be used as a milk coagulant in cheesemaking.
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- Ariestya Arlene Arbita
- Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Technology, Parahyangan Catholic University, Ciumbuleuit 94, Bandung 40141, Indonesia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland 4558, Australia
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- Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Food Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Yang H, Yang L, Li X, Li H, Tu Z, Wang X. Genome sequencing, purification, and biochemical characterization of a strongly fibrinolytic enzyme from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Jxnuwx-1 isolated from Chinese traditional douchi. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2020; 66:153-162. [PMID: 31413231 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2019.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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A strongly fibrinolytic enzyme was purified from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Jxnuwx-1, found in Chinese traditional fermented black soya bean (douchi). The molecular mass of the enzyme, estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), was 29 kDa. The optimal pH and temperature for the enzyme were 7.6 and 41°C, respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, soybean trypsin inhibitor, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Fe3+, and Fe2+. The highest affinity exhibited by the enzyme was towards N-Succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA. These results indicated that it is a subtilisin-like serine metalloprotease. The enzyme degraded both fibrinogen and fibrin, displaying its highest degrading activity towards the Aα-chains followed by Bβ chains and Cγ chains. The enzyme was also activated by plasminogen, indicating its ability to degrade fibrinogen and fibrin in two ways: (a) by activating plasminogen conversion into plasmin, or (b) by direct hydrolysis. It degraded thrombin, suggesting that it may act as an anticoagulant to prevent thrombosis. Taken together, our results indicate the potential of this enzyme in controlling cardiovascular disease.
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- Huilin Yang
- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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- Key Lab of Protection and Utilization of Subtropic Plant Resources of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Normal University
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Collier AM, Nemtsova Y, Kuber N, Banach-Petrosky W, Modak A, Sleat DE, Nanda V, Lobel P. Lysosomal protein thermal stability does not correlate with cellular half-life: global observations and a case study of tripeptidyl-peptidase 1. Biochem J 2020; 477:727-745. [PMID: 31957806 PMCID: PMC8442665 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190874] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding the protease tripeptidyl-peptidase 1 (TPP1). Progression of LINCL can be slowed or halted by enzyme replacement therapy, where recombinant human TPP1 is administered to patients. In this study, we utilized protein engineering techniques to increase the stability of recombinant TPP1 with the rationale that this may lengthen its lysosomal half-life, potentially increasing the potency of the therapeutic protein. Utilizing multiple structure-based methods that have been shown to increase the stability of other proteins, we have generated and evaluated over 70 TPP1 variants. The most effective mutation, R465G, increased the melting temperature of TPP1 from 55.6°C to 64.4°C and increased its enzymatic half-life at 60°C from 5.4 min to 21.9 min. However, the intracellular half-life of R465G and all other variants tested in cultured LINCL patient-derived lymphoblasts was similar to that of WT TPP1. These results provide structure/function insights into TPP1 and indicate that improving in vitro thermal stability alone is insufficient to generate TPP1 variants with improved physiological stability. This conclusion is supported by a proteome-wide analysis that indicates that lysosomal proteins have higher melting temperatures but also higher turnover rates than proteins of other organelles. These results have implications for similar efforts where protein engineering approaches, which are frequently evaluated in vitro, may be considered for improving the physiological properties of proteins, particularly those that function in the lysosomal environment.
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- Aaron M. Collier
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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Sun GG, Lei JJ, Guo KX, Liu RD, Long SR, Zhang X, Jiang P, Cui J, Wang ZQ. Primary assessment of a T. spiralis putative serine protease for early serological detection of experimental trichinellosis. Trop Biomed 2019; 36:792-802. [PMID: 33597500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A putative serine protease of T. spiralis (TsSP) was expressed in Escherichia coli and its potential as a diagnostic antigen was primarily assessed in this study. Anti-Trichinella IgG in serum samples from T. spiralis different animal hosts (mice, rats, pigs and rabbits) were detected on Western blot analysis with rTsSP. Anti-Trichinella antibodies were detected in 100% (30/30) of experimentally infected mice by rTsSP-ELISA. Cross-reactions of rTsSPELISA were not found with sera from mice infected with other parasites (S. erinaceieuropaei, S. japonicum, C. sinensis, A. cantonensis and T. gondii) and sera from normal mice. There was no statistical difference in antibody detection rate among mice infected with the encapsulated Trichinella species (T. spiralis, T. nativa, T. britovi, and T. nelsoni) (P>0.05). The results of rTsSP-ELISA showed that serum specific antibody IgG in mice infected with 100 or 500 T. spiralis muscle larvae (ML) were detectable early at 7-8 dpi, but not detected by ML ES antigen-ELISA prior to 10-12 dpi. Specific anti-Trichinella IgG was detected in 100% (18/18) of infected pigs by rTsSP-ELISA and ES-ELISA, but no specific antibodies was not detected in 20 conventionally raised normal pigs by two antigens. The results showed the rTsSP had the potential for early serodiagnosis of animal Trichinella infection, however it requires to be assayed with early infection sera of swine infected with Trichinella and other parasites.
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- G G Sun
- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, 40 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, People's Republic of China
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Omrane Benmrad M, Mechri S, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Ben Elhoul M, Rekik H, Sayadi S, Bejar S, Kechaou N, Jaouadi B. Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable protease from the oyster mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju strain CTM10057 with industrial interest. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:43. [PMID: 31262286 PMCID: PMC6604391 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0536-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteases are hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze peptide linkage cleavage reactions at the level of proteins and peptides with different degrees of specificity. This group draws the attention of industry. More than one protease in three is a serine protease. Classically, they are active at neutral to alkaline pH. The serine proteases are researched for industrial uses, especially detergents. They are the most commercially available enzyme group in the world market. Overall, fungi produced extracellular proteases, easily separated from mycelium by filtration. RESULTS A new basidiomycete fungus CTM10057, a hyperproducer of a novel protease (10,500 U/mL), was identified as Pleurotus sajor-caju (oyster mushroom). The enzyme, called SPPS, was purified to homogeneity by heat-treatment (80 °C for 20 min) followed by ammonium sulfate precipitation (35-55%)-dialysis, then UNO Q-6 FPLC ion-exchange chromatography and finally HPLC-ZORBAX PSM 300 HPSEC gel filtration chromatography, and submitted to biochemical characterization assays. The molecular mass was estimated to be 65 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Native-PAGE, casein-zymography, and size exclusion by HPLC. A high homology with mushroom proteases was displayed by the first 26 amino-acid residues of the NH2-terminal aminoacid sequence. Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DFP) strongly inhibit SPPS, revealing that it is a member of the serine-proteases family. The pH and temperature optima were 9.5 and 70 °C, respectively. Interestingly, SPPS possesses the most elevated hydrolysis level and catalytic efficiency in comparison with SPTC, Flavourzyme® 500 L, and Thermolysin type X proteases. More remarkably, a high tolerance towards organic solvent tolerance was exhibited by SPPS, together with considerable detergent stability compared to the commercial proteases Thermolysin type X and Flavourzyme® 500 L, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This proves the excellent proprieties characterizing SPPS, making it a potential candidate for industrial applications especially detergent formulations.
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- Maroua Omrane Benmrad
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Environmental Bioprocesses (LEBP), LMI COSYS-Med, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Research Group of Agro-Food Processing Engineering (GP2A), Laboratory of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Process Engineering and Environment, National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Road of Soukra Km 4, P.O. Box 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
- Biotech ECOZYM Start-up, Business Incubator, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, P.O. Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Guenther F, Maus D, Hedtrich S, Melzig MF. Serine Protease Mauritanicain from Euphorbia mauritanica and Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate Modulate the IL-8 Release in Fibroblasts and HaCaT Keratinocytes. Planta Med 2019; 85:578-582. [PMID: 30248704 DOI: 10.1055/a-0735-9911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In recent years, skin reactions such as phytophotodermatitis, contact dermatitis, and other inflammatory responses after contact with chemicals from various plants, e.g., Heracleum mantegazzianum or Hippomane mancinella, are one of the hot topics in phytobiology. Occupational skin inflammation after contact with latices of plants from Euphorbiaceae are common among people who work with plants of this family. Activation of protein kinase C by G protein-coupled receptors such as protease-activated receptors is associated with skin inflammation. In this study, we focused on the inflammatory modulation potential of proteases combined with diterpenes on human skin. Because of its role as a proinflammatory cytokine, we concentrated on the release of IL-8 by fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Therefore, primary human dermal fibroblasts and the HaCaT keratinocytes cell line were used as a model. The results indicated that the combination of the protease mauritanicain from Euphorbia mauritanica and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate induced a significantly increased IL-8 release in HaCaT keratinocytes compared to single treatments. The obtained results also suggest that mauritanicain has an anti-inflammatory effect on primary human dermal fibroblasts.
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- Florian Guenther
- Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Berlin, Germany
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Amorim FG, Menaldo DL, Carone SEI, Silva TA, Sartim MA, De Pauw E, Quinton L, Sampaio SV. New Insights on Moojase, a Thrombin-Like Serine Protease from Bothrops moojeni Snake Venom. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:toxins10120500. [PMID: 30487389 PMCID: PMC6316876 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10120500] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Snake venom serine proteases (SVSPs) are enzymes that are capable of interfering in various parts of the blood coagulation cascade, which makes them interesting candidates for the development of new therapeutic drugs. Herein, we isolated and characterized Moojase, a potent coagulant enzyme from Bothrops moojeni snake venom. The toxin was isolated from the crude venom using a two-step chromatographic procedure. Moojase is a glycoprotein with N-linked glycans, molecular mass of 30.3 kDa and acidic character (pI 5.80⁻6.88). Sequencing of Moojase indicated that it is an isoform of Batroxobin. Moojase was able to clot platelet-poor plasma and fibrinogen solutions in a dose-dependent manner, indicating thrombin-like properties. Moojase also rapidly induced the proteolysis of the Aα chains of human fibrinogen, followed by the degradation of the Bβ chains after extended periods of incubation, and these effects were inhibited by PMSF, SDS and DTT, but not by benzamidine or EDTA. RP-HPLC analysis of its fibrinogenolysis confirmed the main generation of fibrinopeptide A. Moojase also induced the fibrinolysis of fibrin clots formed in vitro, and the aggregation of washed platelets, as well as significant amidolytic activity on substrates for thrombin, plasma kallikrein, factor Xia, and factor XIIa. Furthermore, thermofluor analyses and the esterase activity of Moojase demonstrated its very high stability at different pH buffers and temperatures. Thus, studies such as this for Moojase should increase knowledge on SVSPs, allowing their bioprospection as valuable prototypes in the development of new drugs, or as biotechnological tools.
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- Fernanda G Amorim
- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, Brazil.
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Damm M, Hempel BF, Nalbantsoy A, Süssmuth RD. Comprehensive Snake Venomics of the Okinawa Habu Pit Viper, Protobothrops flavoviridis, by Complementary Mass Spectrometry-Guided Approaches. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23081893. [PMID: 30060607 PMCID: PMC6222445 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23081893] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Asian world is home to a multitude of venomous and dangerous snakes, which are used to induce various medical effects in the preparation of traditional snake tinctures and alcoholics, like the Japanese snake wine, named Habushu. The aim of this work was to perform the first quantitative proteomic analysis of the Protobothrops flavoviridis pit viper venom. Accordingly, the venom was analyzed by complimentary bottom-up and top-down mass spectrometry techniques. The mass spectrometry-based snake venomics approach revealed that more than half of the venom is composed of different phospholipases A2 (PLA₂). The combination of this approach and an intact mass profiling led to the identification of the three main Habu PLA₂s. Furthermore, nearly one-third of the total venom consists of snake venom metalloproteinases and disintegrins, and several minor represented toxin families were detected: C-type lectin-like proteins (CTL), cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISP), snake venom serine proteases (svSP), l-amino acid oxidases (LAAO), phosphodiesterase (PDE) and 5'-nucleotidase. Finally, the venom of P. flavoviridis contains certain bradykinin-potentiating peptides and related peptides, like the svMP inhibitors, pEKW, pEQW, pEEW and pENW. In preliminary MTT cytotoxicity assays, the highest cancerous-cytotoxicity of crude venom was measured against human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells and shows disintegrin-like effects in some fractions.
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- Maik Damm
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
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Duarte Neto JMW, Wanderley MCDA, Lima CDA, Porto ALF. Single step purification via magnetic nanoparticles of new broad pH active protease from Penicillium aurantiogriseum. Protein Expr Purif 2018; 147:22-28. [PMID: 29448066 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A new set of applications can be achieved when using high stability proteases. Industrially, high costs can be related to production medium and purification process. Magnetic nanoparticles have been successfully used for rapid and scalable purification. In this work, azocasein were immobilized on magnetite nanoparticles and applied in a single step purification of protease produced by Penicillium aurantiogriseum using soybean flour medium, and the new purified enzyme was characterized. Glutaraldehyde activated nanoparticles were used in azocasein immobilization and then incubated with dialyzed 60-80% saline precipitation fraction of crude extract for purification. Adsorbents were washed 7 times (0.1 M NaCl solution) and eluted 3 times (1 M NaCl solution), these final elutions contained the purified protease. This protease was purified 55.68-fold, retaining 46% of its original activity. Presented approximately 40 kDa on SDS-PAGE and optimum activity at 45 °C and pH 9.0. Maintained over 60% of activity from pH 6.0 to 11.0. Kept more than 50% activity from 15 to 55 °C, did not lose any activity over 48 h at 25 °C. Inhibitors assay suggested a serine protease with aspartic residues on its active site. Results report a successful application of an alternative purification method and novel broad pH tolerant protease.
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- José Manoel Wanderley Duarte Neto
- Laboratorio de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Lins do Rego, s/n, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Lins do Rego, s/n, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciência, Educação e Tecnologia de Garanhuns, Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE, Av. Capitão Pedro Rodrigues, n° 105, Garanhuns, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Lins do Rego, s/n, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil; Departmento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Langenegger N, Koua D, Schürch S, Heller M, Nentwig W, Kuhn-Nentwig L. Identification of a precursor processing protease from the spider Cupiennius salei essential for venom neurotoxin maturation. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:2079-2090. [PMID: 29269415 PMCID: PMC5808768 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.810911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Spider venom neurotoxins and cytolytic peptides are expressed as elongated precursor peptides, which are post-translationally processed by proteases to yield the active mature peptides. The recognition motifs for these processing proteases, first published more than 10 years ago, include the processing quadruplet motif (PQM) and the inverted processing quadruplet motif (iPQM). However, the identification of the relevant proteases was still pending. Here we describe the purification of a neurotoxin precursor processing protease from the venom of the spider Cupiennius salei The chymotrypsin-like serine protease is a 28-kDa heterodimer with optimum activity at venom's pH of 6.0. We designed multiple synthetic peptides mimicking the predicted cleavage sites of neurotoxin precursors. Using these peptides as substrates, we confirm the biochemical activity of the protease in propeptide removal from neurotoxin precursors by cleavage C-terminal of the PQM. Furthermore, the PQM protease also cleaves the iPQM relevant for heterodimerization of a subgroup of neurotoxins. An involvement in the maturing of cytolytic peptides is very likely, due to high similarity of present protease recognition motifs. Finally, bioinformatics analysis, identifying sequences of homolog proteins from 18 spiders of 9 families, demonstrate the wide distribution and importance of the isolated enzyme for spiders. In summary, we establish the first example of a PQM protease, essential for maturing of spider venom neurotoxins. In the future, the here described protease may be established as a powerful tool for production strategies of recombinant toxic peptides, adapted to the maturing of spider venom toxins.
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- Nicolas Langenegger
- From the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- From the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
- the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouet-Boigny, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland, and
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- the Department of Clinical Research, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 15, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- From the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- From the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland,
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Liu HW, Wang LL, Meng Z, Tang X, Li YS, Xia QY, Zhao P. A clip domain serine protease involved in moulting in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: cloning, characterization, expression patterns and functional analysis. Insect Mol Biol 2017; 26:507-521. [PMID: 28597953 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Clip domain serine proteases (CLIPs), characterized by one or more conserved clip domains, are essential components of extracellular signalling cascades in various biological processes, especially in innate immunity and the embryonic development of insects. Additionally, CLIPs may have additional non-immune functions in insect development. In the present study, the clip domain serine protease gene Bombyx mori serine protease 95 (BmSP95), which encodes a 527-residue protein, was cloned from the integument of B. mori. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that BmSP95 is a typical CLIP of the subfamily D and possesses a clip domain at the N terminus, a trypsin-like serine protease (tryp_spc) domain at the C terminus and a conserved proline-rich motif between these two domains. At the transcriptional level, BmSP95 is expressed in the integument during moulting and metamorphosis, and the expression pattern is consistent with the fluctuating 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) titre in B. mori. At the translational level, BmSP95 protein is synthesized in the epidermal cells, secreted as a zymogen and activated in the moulting fluid. Immunofluorescence revealed that BmSP95 is distributed into the old endocuticle in the moulting stage. The expression of BmSP95 was upregulated by 20E. Moreover, expression of BmSP95 was downregulated by pathogen infection. RNA interference-mediated silencing of BmSP95 led to delayed moulting from pupa to moth. These results suggest that BmSP95 is involved in integument remodelling during moulting and metamorphosis.
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- H-W Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Vitamin D Research Institute, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Narayanan S, Sanpui P, Sahoo L, Ghosh SS. Tobacco phytaspase: Successful expression in a heterologous system. Bioengineered 2017; 8:457-461. [PMID: 28282252 PMCID: PMC5639862 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1292187] [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: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 01/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Phytaspase, a plant serine protease, has been demonstrated to play an important role in the programmed cell death of various plants. Phytaspase is synthesized as an inactive proenzyme containing an N-terminal signal peptide followed by a pro-domain and a mature protease catalytic domain. Pre-prophytaspase autocatalytically processes itself into a pro-domain and an active mature phytaspase enzyme. We have recently demonstrated the successful expression of mature phytaspase from tobacco in a bacterial system. Herein, we focus on the expression of pre-prophytaspase as a GST-tag fusion and on its purification by affinity chromatography.
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- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-39, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Guwahati-39, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Guwahati-39, Assam, India
- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-39, Assam, India
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He Y, Wang Y, Yang F, Jiang H. Manduca sexta hemolymph protease-1, activated by an unconventional non-proteolytic mechanism, mediates immune responses. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 84:23-31. [PMID: 28366787 PMCID: PMC5461656 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Tissue damage or pathogen invasion triggers the auto-proteolysis of an initiating serine protease (SP), rapidly leading to sequential cleavage activation of other cascade members to set off innate immune responses in insects. Recently, we presented evidence that Manduca sexta hemolymph protease-1 zymogen (proHP1) is a member of the SP system in this species, and may activate proHP6. HP6 stimulates melanization and induces antimicrobial peptide synthesis. Here we report that proHP1 adopts an active conformation (*) to carry out its function, without a requirement for proteolytic activation. Affinity chromatography using HP1 antibodies isolated from induced hemolymph the 48 kDa proHP1 and also a 90 kDa band (detected by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions) containing proHP1 and several serpins, as revealed by mass spectrometric analysis. Identification of tryptic peptides from these 90 kDa complexes included peptides from the amino-terminal regulatory part of proHP1, indicating that proHP1* was not cleaved, and that it had formed a complex with the serpins. As suicide inhibitors, serpins form SDS-stable, acyl-complexes when they are attacked by active proteases, indicating that proHP1* was catalytically active. Detection of M. sexta serpin-1, 4, 9, 13 and smaller amounts of serpin-3, 5, 6 in the complexes suggests that it is regulated by multiple serpins in hemolymph. We produced site-directed mutants of proHP1b for cleavage by bovine blood coagulation factor Xa at the designed proteolytic activation site, to generate a form of proHP1b that could be activated by Factor Xa. However, proHP1b cut by Factor Xa failed to activate proHP6 and, via HP6, proHP8 or proPAP1. This negative result is consistent with the suggestion that proHP1* is a physiological mediator of immune responses. Further research is needed to investigate the conformational change that results in conversion of proHP1 to active proHP1*.
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- Yan He
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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Pokora M, Zambrowicz A, Zabłocka A, Dąbrowska A, Szołtysik M, Babij K, Eckert E, Trziszka T, Chrzanowska J. The use of serine protease from Yarrowia lipolytica yeast in the production of biopeptides from denatured egg white proteins. Acta Biochim Pol 2017; 64:245-253. [PMID: 28388696 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2016_1316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Deriving non-conventional enzymes from cheaper sources than those used for commercially available enzymes may result in the production of hydrolysates with beneficial features, while drastically reducing the cost of hydrolysis. This is especially significant for enzymatic hydrolysis as a method of protein waste utilization. We have previously described the ability of non-commercial serine protease from Yarrowia lipolytica yeast to produce/release bioactive peptides from egg white protein by-products (EP). The enzymatic hydrolysis of EP was carried out for 24 h using the serine protease at an enzyme: substrate ratio of 1:30 (w/w). The obtained hydrolysate was characterized by protein degradation of 38% and also exhibited an antioxidant and cytokine-inducing activity. The isolation procedure (ultrafiltration and RP-HPLC) of bioactive peptides from the EP hydrolysate provided peptide fractions with significant antioxidant and ACE inhibitory activities. Three homogeneous and three heterogeneous peptide fractions were identified using MALDI-TOF/MS and the Mascot Search Results database. The peptides, mainly derived from ovalbumin, were composed of 2-19 amino-acid residues. We have thus demonstrated a novel ability of serine protease from Y. lipolytica to release biopeptides from an EP by-product.
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- Marta Pokora
- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Immunochemistry, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 410 Agriculture/Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Products Technology and Quality Management, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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Flemmig M, Domsalla A, Rawel H, Melzig MF. Isolation and Characterization of Mauritanicain, a Serine Protease from the Latex of Euphorbia mauritanica L. Planta Med 2017; 83:551-556. [PMID: 27680709 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-117645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A protease called Mauritanicain was isolated from the latex of Euphorbia mauritanica L. (Euphorbiaceae) by combining ion exchange chromatography, ultrafiltration, and gel filtration chromatography. It has a high proteolytic activity against casein. The activity was only inhibited by specific serine protease inhibitors, classifying it to the serine protease family. An optimal degradation of the substrate casein takes place at a temperature of 55-65 °C and a pH of 5.5-6.5, and is unstable at pH < 5 and pH > 9. The protease is stable at temperatures from 20-70 °C, whereby the activity decreases drastically to less than 20 % at 75 °C. SDS-PAGE and matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight analysis yielded a molecular weight of 73 kDa; possibly, it is natively present as a non-covalently linked dimer of a higher molecular mass > 132 kDa. Without heat denaturation, a breakdown in fractions of 73 kDa and 52 kDa was observed in SDS-PAGE. Only in some properties it shows a similarity to other characterized proteases in the plant family Euphorbiaceae, such that Mauritanicain can be presented as a new isolated protease.
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- Martin Flemmig
- Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany
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Muthu S, Gopal VB, Soundararajan S, Nattarayan K, S Narayan K, Lakshmikanthan M, Malairaj S, Perumal P. Antibacterial serine protease from Wrightia tinctoria: Purification and characterization. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 112:161-172. [PMID: 28088018 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A serine protease was purified from the leaves of Wrightia tinctoria by sequential flow through method comprising screening, optimization, ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration and ion exchange column chromatography. The yield and purification fold obtained were 11.58% and 9.56 respectively. A single band of serine protease was visualized on SDS-PAGE and 2-D gel electrophoretic analyses were revealed with the molecular mass of 38.5 kDa. Serine protease had an optimum pH of 8.0 and was stable at 45°C with high relative protease activity. The addition of metal ions such as Mg2+ and Mn2+ exhibits a high relative activity. Serine protease had a potent antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. A 10 μg/ml of serine protease was tested against S. aureus, M. luteus, P. aeruginosa and K. pneumoniae which had 21, 20, 18 and 17 mm of zone of inhibition respectively. Serine protease from W. tinctoria degrades the peptidoglycan layer of bacteria which was visualized by transmission electron microscopic analysis.
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- Sakthivel Muthu
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India.
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Shivalingu BR, Vivek HK, Priya BS, Soujanya KN, Swamy SN. Purification and characterization of novel fibrin(ogen)olytic protease from Curcuma aromatica Salisb.: Role in hemostasis. Phytomedicine 2016; 23:1691-1698. [PMID: 27823634 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2016.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The proteases from turmeric species have procoagulant and fibrinogenolytic activity. This provides a scientific basis for traditional use of turmeric to stop bleeding and promote wound healing processes. PURPOSE Our previous studies revealed that fibrinogenolytic action of crude enzyme fraction of Curcuma aromatica Salisb., was found to be more influential than those of Curcuma longa L., Curcuma caesia Roxb., Curcuma amada Roxb. and Curcuma zedoria (Christm.) Roscoe. Hence, the purpose of this study is to purify and characterize protease from C. aromatica and to explore its role in wound healing process. METHODS The protease was purified by Sephadex G-50 gel permeation chromatography. Peak with potent proteolytic activity was subjected to rechromatography and then checked for homogeneity by SDS-PAGE and native PAGE. Furthermore purity of the peak was assessed by RP-HPLC and MALDI-TOF. The biochemical properties, type of protease, kinetic studies, fibrinogenolytic, coagulant and fibrinolytic activities were carried out. RESULTS The two proteolytic peaks were fractionated in gel permeation chromatography. Among these, the peak-II showed potent proteolytic activity with specific activity of 10units/mg/min and named as C. aromatica protease-II (CAP-II). This protein resolved into a single sharp band both in SDS-PAGE (reducing and non-reducing) as well as in native (acidic) PAGE. It is a monomeric protein, showing sharp peak in RP-HPLC and its relative molecular mass was found to be 12.378kDa. The caseinolytic and fibrinolytic activity of CAP-II was completely inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF). The CAP-II exhibited optimum temperature of 45°C and optimum pH of 7.5. The Km and Vmax of CAP-II was found to be 1.616µg and 1.62units/mg/min respectively. The CAP-II showed hydrolysis of all three subunits of fibrinogen in the order Aα>Bß>γ. The CAP-II exhibited strong procoagulant activity by reducing the human plasma clotting time. It also showed fibrinolytic activity by complete hydrolysis of α-polymer and γ-γ dimer present in fibrin. CONCLUSION The CAP-II is a novel serine protease from C. aromatica, which has been demonstrated to stop bleeding and initiate wound healing through its procoagulant and fibrin(ogen)olytic activities. Our study demonstrates the possible role of CAP-II, as therapeutic enzyme to stop bleeding at the time of wounding.
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- B R Shivalingu
- Department of Biotechnology, JSS Science and Technology University, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India; JSS Research Foundation, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India; Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Coffee Research Sub-Station, Chettalli-571248, Kodagu, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, JSS Science and Technology University, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India
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- School of Ecology and Conservation, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-560065, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, JSS Science and Technology University, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysuru-570 006, Karnataka, India.
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Omrane Benmrad M, Moujehed E, Ben Elhoul M, Zaraî Jaouadi N, Mechri S, Rekik H, Kourdali S, El Hattab M, Badis A, Sayadi S, Bejar S, Jaouadi B. A novel organic solvent- and detergent-stable serine alkaline protease from Trametes cingulata strain CTM10101. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 91:961-72. [PMID: 27296442 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A protease-producing fungus was isolated from an alkaline wastewater of chemical industries and identified as Trametes cingulata strain CTM10101 on the basis of the ITS rDNA gene-sequencing. It was observed that the fungus strongly produce extracellular protease grown at 30°C in potato-dextrose-broth (PDB) optimized media (13500U/ml). The pure serine protease isolated by Trametes cingulata (designated SPTC) was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation-dialysis followed by heat-treatment and UNO S-1 FPLC cation-exchange chromatography. The chemical characterization carried on include phisico-chemical determination and spectroscopie analysis. The MALDI-TOF/MS analysis revealed that the purified enzyme was a monomer with a molecular mass of 31405.16-Da. The enzyme had an NH2-terminal sequence of ALTTQTEAPWALGTVSHKGQAST, thus sharing high homology with those of fungal-proteases. The optimum pH and temperature values of its proteolytic activity were pH 9 and 60°C, respectively, and its half-life times at 60 and 70°C were 9 and 5-h, respectively. It was completely inhibited by PMSF and DFP, which strongly suggested its belonging to the serine protease family. Compared to Flavourzyme(®)500L from Aspergillus oryzae and Thermolysin typeX from Geobacillus stearothermophilus, SPTC displayed higher levels of hydrolysis, substrate specificity, and catalytic efficiency as well as elevated organic solvent tolerance and considerable detergent stability. Finally, SPTC could potentially be used in peptide synthesis and detergent formulations.
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- Maroua Omrane Benmrad
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- National Centre for Research and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CNRDPA) 11, Bd Amirouche PO Box 67, BouIsmaïl, 42415 Tipaza, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry and Biomolecules (LNPCB), University of Blida 1, Road of Soumaâ, PO Box 270, 09000 Blida, Algeria
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- National Centre for Research and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CNRDPA) 11, Bd Amirouche PO Box 67, BouIsmaïl, 42415 Tipaza, Algeria; Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry and Biomolecules (LNPCB), University of Blida 1, Road of Soumaâ, PO Box 270, 09000 Blida, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Environmental Bioprocesses, LMI COSYS-Med, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, Sfax 3018, Tunisia.
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Yap HYY, Fung SY, Ng ST, Tan CS, Tan NH. Shotgun proteomic analysis of tiger milk mushroom (Lignosus rhinocerotis) and the isolation of a cytotoxic fungal serine protease from its sclerotium. J Ethnopharmacol 2015; 174:437-451. [PMID: 26320692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.042] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerotis (Cooke) Ryvarden (tiger milk mushroom) has been traditionally used as a complementary and alternative medicine for cancer treatment by the local communities of Southeast Asia. Despite the continuous research interest in its antiproliferative activity, the identity of the bioactive compound(s) responsible has yet to be determined. This study aims to bridge the gap in existing research literature by using proteomics approach for investigation of the nature of the anticancer substance of L. rhinocerotis. AIM OF THE STUDY To elucidate the proteome of L. rhinocerotis TM02 sclerotium by protein mass spectrometry and to further isolate and identify the cytotoxic component(s) bearing anticancer potential. MATERIALS AND METHODS The proteome of L. rhinocerotis sclerotium was analyzed by label-free quantitative shotgun proteomics, using 1D-SDS-PAGE coupled with nano-ESI-LC-MS/MS based on the availability of its genome-sequence database. The cytotoxicity of L. rhinocerotis sclerotial extracts against human breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF7) were assessed by MTT cytotoxicity assay prior to successive purification steps by a combination of gel filtration chromatography, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and anion exchange chromatography. Bioactive compound(s) in the extracts was identified by shotgun proteomics and N-terminal protein sequencing. RESULTS Several proteins with interesting biological activities including lectins, fungal immunomodulatory proteins, and several antioxidant proteins were identified from the proteome of L. rhinocerotis. A cytotoxic protein fraction (termed F5) which was partially purified from its sclerotial cold water extract F5 shows two distinct bands of 31 and 36 kDa in reducing SDS-PAGE and exhibited potent selective cytotoxicity against MCF7 cells with IC50 value of 3.00 ± 1.01 μg/ml. Both bands were identified to be serine protease by LC-MS/MS analysis. Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, a specific serine protease inhibitor, inhibited both the proteolytic activity and cytotoxicity of F5, suggesting that the cytotoxicity of F5 is related to its protease activity. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first comprehensive and semi-quantitative profiling of the proteome of L. rhinocerotis sclerotium. Further investigation into its selective cytotoxicity shows that a serine protease-like protein, termed F5, may be targeted for new anticancer agent development.
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- Hui-Yeng Y Yap
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Ligno Biotech Sdn Bhd, 43300 Balakong Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Ligno Biotech Sdn Bhd, 43300 Balakong Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Göçmen B, Heiss P, Petras D, Nalbantsoy A, Süssmuth RD. Mass spectrometry guided venom profiling and bioactivity screening of the Anatolian Meadow Viper, Vipera anatolica. Toxicon 2015; 107:163-74. [PMID: 26385313 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This contribution reports on the first characterization of the venom proteome and the bioactivity screening of Vipera anatolica, the Anatolian Meadow Viper. The crude venom as well as an isolated dimeric disintegrin showed remarkable cytotoxic activity against glioblastoma cells. Due to the rare occurrence and the small size of this species only little amount of venom was available, which was profiled by means of a combination of bottom-up and top-down mass spectrometry. From this analysis we identified snake venom metalloproteases, cysteine-rich secretory protein isoforms, a metalloprotease inhibitor, several type A2 phospholipases, disintegrins, a snake venom serine protease, a C-type lectin and a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor. Furthermore, we detected several isoforms of above mentioned proteins as well as previously unknown proteins, indicating an extensive complexity of the venom which would have remained undetected with conventional venomic approaches.
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- Bayram Göçmen
- Zoology Section, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey.
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Siritapetawee J, Sojikul P, Klaynongsruang S. Biochemical characterization of a new glycosylated protease from Euphorbia cf. lactea latex. Plant Physiol Biochem 2015; 92:30-38. [PMID: 25900422 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/19/2015] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A dimeric protease designated as EuP-82 was purified from Euphorbia cf. lactea latex. Since its proteolytic activity was inhibited by a serine protease specific inhibitor (PMSF), EuP-82 was classified as a serine protease. N-glycan deglycosylation tests revealed that EuP-82 was a glycosylated protein. MALDI-TOF MS showed that EuP-82 was a homodimer, which was its active form. The optimal conditions for fibrinogenolytic activity were at pH 11 and 35 °C. EuP-82 enzyme had broad range of pH stability from 4 to 12. Moreover, the enzyme was still active in the presence of reducing agent (β-mercaptoethanol). EuP-82 was a proline-rich enzyme (about 20.69 mol%). Increased proline production can be found in higher plants in response to both biotic and abiotic stresses, high proline in the molecule of EuP-82 might stabilize its activity, structure and folding. Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequences and peptide mass fingerprint (PMF) of EuP-82, the enzyme was identified as a new serine protease. The digested products from EuP-82 cleavage of human fibrinogen were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and PMF. The results confirmed that EuP-82 could digest all subunits of human fibrinogen. EuP-82 cleaved fibrinogen with a Michaelis constant (Km) of 3.30 ± 0.26 μM; a maximal velocity (Vmax) of 400.9 ± 0.85 ng min(-1); and a catalytic efficiency (Vmax/Km) of 121.5 ± 9.25 ng μM(-1) min(-1). EuP-82 has potential for use in medicinal treatment, for example thrombosis, since the enzyme had fibrinogenolytic activity and high stability.
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- Jaruwan Siritapetawee
- School of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand; Center for Biomolecular Structure, Function and Application, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Protein and Proteomics Research Center for Commercial and Industrial Purposes (ProCCI), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Osmolovskiĭ AA, Kreĭer VG, Baranova NA, Kurakov AV, Egorov NS. [Properties of extracellular proteinase--an activator of protein C in blood plasma formed by Aspergillus ochraceus]. Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol 2015; 51:86-92. [PMID: 25842908 DOI: 10.7868/s0555109915010122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The properties of an extracellular proteinase activating plasma protein C isolated from the culture supernatant of A. ochraceus VKM F-4104D have been studied. This enzyme demonstrated a substrate specificity absent of hydrolyzing activity toward chromogenic proteinase substrates. On the basis of inhibitory analysis, the protein C-activating proteinase from A. ochraceus VKM F-4104D appeared to be a serine proteinase, together with that isolated from the venom of Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix. The isolated enzyme was a nonglycosylated protein with a molecular weight of about 33 kDa, pI 6.0 with an observed optimal activity under a pH of 8.0-9.0 and 37°C. A comparison of the properties of the protein C-activating proteinase formed by A. ochraceus and the enzyme derived from the venom of Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix demonstrated a similarity in their properties; however, proteinase from the micromycete appeared to be in the nonglycosylated state and possessed the ability to hydrolyze the chromogenic plasmin substrate H-D-Val-Leu-Lys-pNA.
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Villas Boas IM, Pidde-Queiroz G, Magnoli FC, Gonçalves-de-Andrade RM, van den Berg CW, Tambourgi DV. A serine protease isolated from the bristles of the Amazonic caterpillar, Premolis semirufa, is a potent complement system activator. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118615. [PMID: 25760458 PMCID: PMC4356561 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The caterpillar of the moth Premolis semirufa, commonly named pararama, is found in the Brazilian Amazon region. Accidental contact with the caterpillar bristles causes an intense itching sensation, followed by symptoms of an acute inflammation, which last for three to seven days after the first incident. After multiple accidents a chronic inflammatory reaction, called “Pararamose”, characterized by articular synovial membrane thickening with joint deformities common to chronic synovitis, frequently occurs. Although complement mediated inflammation may aid the host defense, inappropriate or excessive activation of the complement system and generation of anaphylatoxins can lead to inflammatory disorder and pathologies. The aim of the present study was to evaluate, in vitro, whether the Premolis semirufa’s bristles extract could interfere with the human complement system. Results The bristles extract was able to inhibit the haemolytic activity of the alternative pathway, as well as the activation of the lectin pathway, but had no effect on the classical pathway, and this inhibition seemed to be caused by activation and consumption of complement components. The extract induced the production of significant amounts of all three anaphylatoxins, C3a, C4a and C5a, promoted direct cleavage of C3, C4 and C5 and induced a significant generation of terminal complement complexes in normal human serum. By using molecular exclusion chromatography, a serine protease of 82 kDa, which activates complement, was isolated from P. semirufa bristles extract. The protease, named here as Ps82, reduced the haemolytic activity of the alternative and classical pathways and inhibited the lectin pathway. In addition, Ps82 induced the cleavage of C3, C4 and C5 and the generation of C3a and C4a in normal human serum and it was capable to cleave human purified C5 and generate C5a. The use of Phenanthroline, metalloprotease inhibitor, in the reactions did not significantly interfere with the activity of the Ps82, whereas the presence of PMSF, serine protease inhibitor, totally blocked the activity. Conclusion These data show that a serine protease present in the Premolis semirufa’s bristles extract has the ability to activate the complement system, which may contribute to the inflammatory process presented in humans after envenomation.
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- Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Chernyshenko V, Platonova T, Makogonenko Y, Rebriev A, Mikhalovska L, Chernyshenko T, Komisarenko S. Fibrin(ogen)olytic and platelet modulating activity of a novel protease from the Echis multisquamatis snake venom. Biochimie 2014; 105:76-83. [PMID: 25046629 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The variety of enzymes including serine proteases that possess fibrin(ogen)olytic and platelet modulating activity have been discovered in different snake venoms. In our work the fibrin(ogen)olytic and platelet modulating activity of a new protease from Echis multisquamatis snake venom was studied. It was shown that purified enzyme cleaved the ВβR42-A43 bond of fibrinogen during first contact with the substrate following much slower hydrolysis of C-terminus of fibrinogen Aα-chain. Protease hydrolysed fibrin clot too, but at much slower rate and cleaved both C-terminus of Aα-chain and ВβR42-A43 bond of Bβ-chain simultaneously. Preincubation of fibrinogen with protease dramatically elongated thrombin clotting time and the clot formed from a mixture of native fibrinogen and fibrinogen desВβ(1-42)2 digested by plasmin much faster than a native fibrin clot. The protease did not activate platelets nor cause changes in their shape and granularity, but it reduced platelets aggregation induced by ADP.
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
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Yan LJ, Zhan CL, Cai QF, Weng L, Du CH, Liu GM, Su WJ, Cao MJ. Purification, characterization, cDNA cloning and in vitro expression of a serine proteinase from the intestinal tract of sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus) with collagen degradation activity. J Agric Food Chem 2014; 62:4769-4777. [PMID: 24773612 DOI: 10.1021/jf500923y] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Sea cucumber (Stichopus japonicus) autolysis during transportation and processing is a major problem and the specific proteinases responsible for autolysis have not yet been identified. In the present study, a 34 kDa serine proteinase (SP) was isolated to high purity from sea cucumber intestinal tract by a series of column chromatographies. Peptide mass fingerprinting revealed that six peptide fragments were identical to a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 preproprotein from sea cucumber A. japonicus. The enzyme hydrolyzed gelatin effectively at pH 6.0-9.0 and 35-40 °C, and the enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by SP inhibitors. Sea cucumber collagen was hydrolyzed significantly by purified SP at 37 °C and more gradually at 4 °C, suggesting that SP may be involved in autolysis. In addition, the SP gene that codes for 377 amino acid residues was cloned into an E. coli expression vector and expressed in vitro. A polyclonal antibody against rSP was prepared and found to react specifically against both rSP and endogenous SP, which may prove useful for future studies on the physiological functions of SP.
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- Long-Jie Yan
- College of Biological Engineering, Jimei University , Jimei, Xiamen 361021, China
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Mukherjee AK. The pro-coagulant fibrinogenolytic serine protease isoenzymes purified from Daboia russelii russelii venom coagulate the blood through factor V activation: role of glycosylation on enzymatic activity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86823. [PMID: 24520323 PMCID: PMC3919717 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Proteases from Russell's viper venom (RVV) induce a variety of toxic effects in victim. Therefore, four new RVV protease isoenzymes of molecular mass 32901.044 Da, 333631.179 Da, 333571.472 Da, and 34594.776 Da, were characterized in this study. The first 10 N-terminal residues of these serine protease isoenzymes showed significant sequence homology with N-terminal sequences of snake venom thrombin-like and factor V-activating serine proteases, which was reconfirmed by peptide mass fingerprinting analysis. These proteases were found to be different from previously reported factor V activators isolated from snake venoms. These proteases showed significantly different fibrinogenolytic, BAEE-esterase and plasma clotting activities but no fibrinolytic, TAME-esterase or amidolytic activity against the chromogenic substrate for trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Their Km and Vmax values towards fibrinogen were determined in the range of 6.6 to 10.5 µM and 111.0 to 125.5 units/mg protein, respectively. On the basis of fibrinogen degradation pattern, they may be classified as A/B serine proteases isolated from snake venom. These proteases contain ∼ 42% to 44% of N-linked carbohydrates by mass whereas partially deglycosylated enzymes showed significantly less catalytic activity as compared to native enzymes. In vitro these protease isoenzymes induce blood coagulation through factor V activation, whereas in vivo they provoke dose-dependent defibrinogenation and anticoagulant activity in the mouse model. At a dose of 5 mg/kg, none of these protease isoenzymes were found to be lethal in mice or house geckos, suggesting therapeutic application of these anticoagulant peptides for the prevention of thrombosis.
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- Ashis K. Mukherjee
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
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Sanatan PT, Lomate PR, Giri AP, Hivrale VK. Characterization of a chemostable serine alkaline protease from Periplaneta americana. BMC Biochem 2013; 14:32. [PMID: 24229392 PMCID: PMC3831873 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-14-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteases are important enzymes involved in numerous essential physiological processes and hold a strong potential for industrial applications. The proteolytic activity of insects' gut is endowed by many isoforms with diverse properties and specificities. Thus, insect proteases can act as a tool in industrial processes. RESULTS In the present study, purification and properties of a serine alkaline protease from Periplaneta americana and its potential application as an additive in various bio-formulations are reported. The enzyme was purified near to homogeneity by using acetone precipitation and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography. Enzyme activity was increased up to 4.2 fold after gel filtration chromatography. The purified enzyme appeared as single protein-band with a molecular mass of ~ 27.8 kDa in SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature for the proteolytic activity for purified protein were found around pH 8.0 and 60°C respectively. Complete inhibition of the purified enzyme by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride confirmed that the protease was of serine-type. The purified enzyme revealed high stability and compatibility towards detergents, oxidizing, reducing, and bleaching agents. In addition, enzyme also showed stability towards organic solvents and commercial detergents. CONCLUSION Several important properties of a serine protease from P. Americana were revealed. Moreover, insects can serve as excellent and alternative source of industrially important proteases with unique properties, which can be utilized as additives in detergents, stain removers and other bio-formulations. Properties of the P. americana protease accounted in the present investigation can be exploited further in various industrial processes. As an industrial prospective, identification of enzymes with varying essential properties from different insect species might be good approach and bioresource.
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- Prashant T Sanatan
- Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, MS, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, MS, India
- Plant Molecular Biology Unit, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, MS, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Unit, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, MS, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, MS, India
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Pichu S, Ribeiro JMC, Mather TN, Francischetti IMB. Purification of a serine protease and evidence for a protein C activator from the saliva of the tick, Ixodes scapularis. Toxicon 2013; 77:32-9. [PMID: 24184517 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The saliva of ticks is critical to their survival as parasites and hematophagous animals. In this study, we have purified an enzyme with trypsin-like activity from the saliva of the tick vector of Lyme Disease, Ixodes scapularis. This enzyme, named as IXOSP (I. scapularis salivary serine protease), is a 29.9 kDa molecule with N-terminus FPxMVxLRIKxR. A BLAST search identified IXOSP as a secreted serine protease (AAY66740) with a conserved catalytic triad His, Asp, and Ser. In vitro studies demonstrated that IXOSP cleaves chromogenic substrates with arginine in the P1 position, by a mechanism inhibited by PMSF or aprotinin. Gene expression studies revealed that IXOSP is expressed at different tick developmental stages, including eggs, and unfed or fed adult tick salivary glands, but not in nymphs or in the midgut. While the physiological substrate for IXOSP remains to be identified, we demonstrated that I. scapularis saliva activate protein C (PC) resulting in the production of activated PC, a potent anticoagulant that also regulates a myriad of inflammatory responses through protease activated receptors. In contrast, the salivary glands of Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles albimanus, Aedes aegypti, Lutzomyia longipalpis, and Phlebotomus ariasi did not activate protein C. These discoveries are discussed in the context of blood coagulation, inflammation and vector-host interactions.
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- Sivakamasundari Pichu
- Center for Vector-Borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Section of Vector Biology, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center for Vector-Borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Section of Vector Biology, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yariswamy M, Shivaprasad HV, Joshi V, Nanjaraj Urs AN, Nataraju A, Vishwanath BS. Topical application of serine proteases from Wrightia tinctoria R. Br. (Apocyanaceae) latex augments healing of experimentally induced excision wound in mice. J Ethnopharmacol 2013; 149:377-383. [PMID: 23838477 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Wrightia tinctoria R. Br. (Apocyanaceae) is a folk medicinal plant known to have immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and antihemorrhagic potential. Wrightia tinctoria latex is used for treatment of various clinical conditions including psoriasis, blisters, mouth ulcers, and extensively for topical application on fresh wounds to promote accelerated healing. AIMS OF THE STUDY To investigate the wound healing potential of Wrightia tinctoria latex proteases using a mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Proteolytic activity of Wrightia tinctoria latex proteases (WTLP) was determined on various substrates (casein, gelatin and collagen (type-I and IV)). The thermal stability and the class of proteases present in WTLP were determined using heat treatment and specific protease inhibitors, respectively. Excision wound model in mice was used to evaluate the healing potential of WTLP application (twice daily, 10mg/kg). Neosporin, a standard drug, was used for comparison. The progression of healing was monitored using physical (wound contraction), biochemical (collagen content, catalase and MMP activity) and histological examinations. RESULTS WTLP contains thermostable serine proteases, which are completely inhibited by PMSF. WTLP showed strong caseinolytic, gelatinolytic and collagenolytic activity. The excision wound healing rate upon WTLP treatment was significantly higher than (>2-fold) the control group (49% vs. 18%, (**)p<0.01) on day 3 and throughout the study. PMSF pre-treated and heat denatured WTLP failed to promote wound healing. In addition, serial biochemical analysis of the granulation tissue demonstrated 1.5-fold more (2444 ± 100 vs. 1579 ± 121 µg/100mg tissue) hydroxyproline content and 5.6-fold higher catalase activity (16.7 ± 1.3 vs. 3 ± 0.3 units/mg) compared to controls. Further, the enhanced collagen content and matrix metalloproteinase activity correlated with wound contraction rate following WTLP and Neosporin treatment. Histological analysis on day 9 confirmed complete epithelialization, re-establishment of skin structure and accelerated wound healing following WTLP treatment. CONCLUSIONS The thermostable serine proteases of Wrightia tinctoria latex are directly involved in the wound healing process. Our findings provide a biochemical basis for the role of WTLP in the enhancement of wound healing. The study supports traditional topical application of Wrightia tinctoria latex on fresh wounds to promote accelerated healing.
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- M Yariswamy
- Department of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka, India
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Torres-Huaco FD, Werneck CC, Vicente CP, Vassequi-Silva T, Nery-Diez ACC, Mendes CB, Antunes E, Marangoni S, Damico DCS. Rapid purification and procoagulant and platelet aggregating activities of Rhombeobin: a thrombin-like/gyroxin-like enzyme from Lachesis muta rhombeata snake venom. Biomed Res Int 2013; 2013:903292. [PMID: 24058917 PMCID: PMC3766598 DOI: 10.1155/2013/903292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report a rapid purification method using one-step chromatography of SVSP Rhombeobin (LMR-47) from Lachesis muta rhombeata venom and its procoagulant activities and effects on platelet aggregation. The venom was fractionated by a single chromatographic step in RP-HPLC on a C8 Discovery BIO Wide Pore, showing high degree of molecular homogeneity with molecular mass of 47035.49 Da. Rhombeobin showed amidolytic activity upon BA ρ NA, with a broad optimum pH (7-10) and was stable in solution up to 60°C. The amidolytic activity was inhibited by serine proteinase inhibitors and reducing agents, but not chelating agents. Rhombeobin showed high coagulant activity on mice plasma and bovine fibrinogen. The deduced amino acid sequence of Rhombeobin showed homology with other SVSPs, especially with LM-TL (L. m. muta) and Gyroxin (C. d. terrificus). Rhombeobin acts, in vitro, as a strong procoagulant enzyme on mice citrated plasma, shortening the APTT and PT tests in adose-dependent manner. The protein showed, "ex vivo", a strong defibrinogenating effect with 1 µg/animal. Lower doses activated the intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathways and impaired the platelet aggregation induced by ADP. Thus, this is the first report of a venom component that produces a venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy (VICC).
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- Frank Denis Torres-Huaco
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-865 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Mukherjee AK, Mackessy SP. Biochemical and pharmacological properties of a new thrombin-like serine protease (Russelobin) from the venom of Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii russelii) and assessment of its therapeutic potential. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1830:3476-88. [PMID: 23416064 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Snake venoms are rich sources of bioactive molecules, and several venom-derived proteins have entered clinical trials for use in ischemic disorders; however, late-stage failure of a recent drug candidate due to low in vivo efficacy demonstrated the need for new sources of fibrinogenolytic drug candidates. METHODS A 51.3kDa thrombin-like serine protease (Russelobin) purified from the venom of Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii russelii) was subjected to extensive biochemical characterization, including N-terminal sequencing, substrate specificity, kinetic and inhibitor assays, glycosylation analysis and stability assays. Toxicity and pathology analyses were conducted in NSA mice. RESULTS Russelobin has extensive N-terminus identity with a beta-fibrinogenase-like serine proteinase precursor from Daboia russelii siamensis venom, a mass of 51.3kDa and contains extensive N-linked oligosaccharides. Serine protease inhibitors and heparin significantly decreased activity, with much lower inhibition by DTT, antithrombin-III and α2-macroglobulin. Russelobin preferentially released FPA and slowly released FPB from human fibrinogen, forming a labile fibrin clot readily hydrolyzed by plasmin. The partially deglycosylated enzyme showed significantly lower activity toward fibrinogen and less resistance against neutralization by plasma α2MG and antithrombin-III. Russelobin was non-cytotoxic, non-lethal and produced no histopathologies in mice, and it demonstrated in vivo dose-dependent defibrinogenating activity. CONCLUSIONS Russelobin is an A/B fibrinogenase with high specificity toward fibrinogen, both in vitro and in vivo. Extensive glycosylation appears to protect the molecule against endogenous protease inhibitors, prolonging its in vivo efficacy. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Due to its low toxicity, stability and activity as a defibrinogenating agent, Russelobin shows high potential for cardiovascular drug development.
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- Ashis K Mukherjee
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639-0017, USA
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Brabcová J, Kindl J, Valterová I, Pichová I, Zarevúcka M, Brabcová J, Jágr M, Mikšík I. Serine protease from midgut of Bombus terrestris males. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 2013; 82:117-128. [PMID: 23303700 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A serine protease was isolated from midguts of the bumblebee male Bombus terrestris by a combination of precipitation procedures with column chromatography. The purified enzyme exhibited two bands with molecular masses of 25 and 26 kDa as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These bands showed a proteolytic activity in zymography assay. Midgut enzymes showed optimum proteolytic activity at pH 9 and 35°C using N-succinyl-L-alanyl-L-alanyl-L-prolyl-L-phenyl-alanine 4-nitroanilide as a substrate. The Michaelis constant (Km) and maximum reaction rate (Vmax) were 0.55±0.042 mM and 0.714±0.056 μmol p-nitroalanine produced min(-1) mg protein(-1) , respectively. Inhibition was affected by trypsin inhibitor, but not by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride and N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone, which indicated the trypsin-like but not chymotrypsin-like specificity. The identity of the serine protease was confirmed by nanoliquid-tandem mass spectrometry. Eleven unique peptides of the B. terrestris serine protease were found. It shows high homology to a previously reported B. ignitus serine protease covering more than 65% of the protein amino acid sequence.
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- Jana Brabcová
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Joshi S, Satyanarayana T. Characteristics and applications of a recombinant alkaline serine protease from a novel bacterium Bacillus lehensis. Bioresour Technol 2013; 131:76-85. [PMID: 23340105 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2012] [Revised: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A highly alkaline protease (BLAP) from a novel psychrotolerant and alkaliphilic bacterium, Bacillus lehensis was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. BLAP belongs to subtilase S8 family of proteases, comprising 27 aa secretion signal, 83 aa prosequence and 269 aa mature BLAP. The amino acids Asp 141, His 171 and Ser 324 form catalytic triad, while Ile 214, Leu 233 and Asn 267 are other active site moieties. Recombinant alkaline protease (rBLAP) is a monomeric protein of 39.0±1.0kDa, and it is active over broad pH (8-12) and temperature (30-60°C) ranges, with optima at pH 12.8 and 50°C. rBLAP is stimulated by SDS, Co(2+), Ca(2+), β-ME, and inhibited by Hg(2+) and PMSF. The rBLAP is compatible with commercial detergents, useful in silk degumming and silver recovery from the used photographic films and a potent biocontrol agent for arresting the development of eggs of the nematode Meloidogyne incognita.
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- Swati Joshi
- Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110 021, India
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Rossano R, Larocca M, Polito T, Perna AM, Padula MC, Martelli G, Riccio P. What are the proteolytic enzymes of honey and what they do tell us? A fingerprint analysis by 2-D zymography of unifloral honeys. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49164. [PMID: 23145107 PMCID: PMC3492327 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Honey is a sweet and healthy food produced by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) from flower nectars. Using bidimensional zymography, we have detected the, until now unrevealed, proteolytic activities present in row honey samples. The resulting zymograms were specific for each type of the four unifloral honey under study, and enzymes were identified as serine proteases by the use of specific inhibitors. Further, using bidimensional electrophoresis, we have shown that honey proteases are able to degrade the major Royal Jelly proteins and in particular MRPJ-1, the protein that promotes queen differentiation in honeybees. Our findings open new perspectives for the better understanding of honeybee development, social behaviour and role in honey production. The now discovered honey proteases may influence honey properties and quality, and bidimensional zymograms might be useful to distinguish between different honey types, establish their age and floral origin, and allow honey certification.
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- Rocco Rossano
- Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
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Mehrnoush A, Mustafa S, Sarker MZI, Yazid AMM. Optimization of serine protease purification from mango (Mangifera indica cv. Chokanan) peel in polyethylene glycol/dextran aqueous two phase system. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:3636-3649. [PMID: 22489172 PMCID: PMC3317732 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13033636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mango peel is a good source of protease but remains an industrial waste. This study focuses on the optimization of polyethylene glycol (PEG)/dextran-based aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) to purify serine protease from mango peel. The activity of serine protease in different phase systems was studied and then the possible relationship between the purification variables, namely polyethylene glycol molecular weight (PEG, 4000–12,000 g·mol−1), tie line length (−3.42–35.27%), NaCl (−2.5–11.5%) and pH (4.5–10.5) on the enzymatic properties of purified enzyme was investigated. The most significant effect of PEG was on the efficiency of serine protease purification. Also, there was a significant increase in the partition coefficient with the addition of 4.5% of NaCl to the system. This could be due to the high hydrophobicity of serine protease compared to protein contaminates. The optimum conditions to achieve high partition coefficient (84.2) purification factor (14.37) and yield (97.3%) of serine protease were obtained in the presence of 8000 g·mol−1 of PEG, 17.2% of tie line length and 4.5% of NaCl at pH 7.5. The enzymatic properties of purified serine protease using PEG/dextran ATPS showed that the enzyme could be purified at a high purification factor and yield with easy scale-up and fast processing.
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- Amid Mehrnoush
- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail:
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia; E-Mail:
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail:
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +60-389468367; Fax: +60-389485970
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Patel GK, Kawale AA, Sharma AK. Purification and physicochemical characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from latex of a medicinal herb Euphorbia hirta. Plant Physiol Biochem 2012; 52:104-111. [PMID: 22305073 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A 34 kDa serine protease, designated as hirtin, with fibrinolytic activity was purified to homogeneity from the latex of Euphorbia hirta by the combination of ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography. The N-terminal sequence of hirtin was found to be YAVYIGLILETAA/NNE. Hirtin exhibited esterase and amidase activities along with azocaseinolytic, gelatinolytic, fibrinogenolytic and fibrinolytic activities. It preferentially hydrolyzed Aα and α-chains, followed by Bβ and β, and γ and γ-γ chains of fibrinogen and fibrin clot respectively. The optimum pH and temperature for enzyme activity was found to be pH 7.2 and 50 °C respectively. Enzymatic activity of hirtin was significantly inhibited by PMSF and AEBSF. It showed higher specificity for synthetic substrate p-tos-GPRNA for thrombin. The CD spectra of hirtin showed a high content of β-sheets as compared to α-helix. The results indicate that hirtin is a thrombin-like serine protease and may have potential industrial and therapeutic applications.
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- Girijesh Kumar Patel
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
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Mehrnoush A, Mustafa S, Yazid AMM. 'Heat-treatment aqueous two phase system' for purification of serine protease from Kesinai (Streblus asper) leaves. Molecules 2011; 16:10202-13. [PMID: 22158589 PMCID: PMC6264663 DOI: 10.3390/molecules161210202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Revised: 11/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A ‘Heat treatment aqueous two phase system’ was employed for the first time to purify serine protease from kesinai (Streblus asper) leaves. In this study, introduction of heat treatment procedure in serine protease purification was investigated. In addition, the effects of different molecular weights of polyethylene glycol (PEG 4000, 6000 and 8000) at concentrations of 8, 16 and 21% (w/w) as well as salts (Na-citrate, MgSO4 and K2HPO4) at concentrations of 12, 15, 18% (w/w) on serine protease partition behavior were studied. Optimum conditions for serine protease purification were achieved in the PEG-rich phase with composition of 16% PEG6000-15% MgSO4. Also, thermal treatment of kesinai leaves at 55 °C for 15 min resulted in higher purity and recovery yield compared to the non-heat treatment sample. Furthermore, this study investigated the effects of various concentrations of NaCl addition (2, 4, 6 and 8% w/w) and different pH (4, 7 and 9) on the optimization of the system to obtain high yields of the enzyme. The recovery of serine protease was significantly enhanced in the presence of 4% (w/w) of NaCl at pH 7.0. Based on this system, the purification factor was increased 14.4 fold and achieved a high yield of 96.7%.
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- Amid Mehrnoush
- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel.: +60-389-468-367; Fax: +60-389-485-970
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Maeda T, Yoshimura T, García-Contreras R, Ogawa HI. Purification and characterization of a serine protease secreted by Brevibacillus sp. KH3 for reducing waste activated sludge and biofilm formation. Bioresour Technol 2011; 102:10650-10656. [PMID: 21925876 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Revised: 08/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A novel protease secreted by Brevibacillus sp. KH3 isolated from excess sludge at 50 °C and used as a sludge-lysing strain was investigated in this study. Sludge reduction was minimized by protease inhibitors and a 40-kDa protease, which significantly contributed to this sludge-reducing activity, was purified as the target protein. The final purified protease demonstrated 92-fold higher specific activity than the initial crude extracts. The sludge-reducing efficiency deteriorated relative to decreased protease activity triggered by EDTA; thus, the purified protease was a causative agent in reducing excess sludge. The 40-kDa protease was a serine metalloprotease and showed the highest activity at 50 °C and pH 8.0, and the activity was enhanced in the presence of calcium ions, indicating that the purified protease contained calcium ion. Furthermore, this 40-kDa protease inhibited biofilm formation in excess sludge. These results imply that sludge reduction is because of reduction of biofilm formation in excess sludge.
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- Toshinari Maeda
- Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan.
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Tsuji A, Fujisawa Y, Mino T, Yuasa K. Identification of a plant aminopeptidase with preference for aromatic amino acid residues as a novel member of the prolyl oligopeptidase family of serine proteases. J Biochem 2011; 150:525-34. [PMID: 21788307 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Genome analysis has indicated that plants, like animals, possess a variety of protease genes. However, bulk of putative proteases has not been characterized at the enzyme level. In this article, a novel enzyme that hydrolyses phenylalanyl-4-methylcoumaryl 7-amide (phenylalanyl-MCA) was purified from cotyledons of daikon radish by ammonium sulphate fractionation and successive chromatography with DEAE-cellulose, phenyl-Sepharose, Sephacryl S-200 and Mini-Q. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 78 kDa by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and 74 kDa by gel filtration, indicating that the enzyme is a monomer. The deduced amino acid sequence from the cDNA nucleotide sequence indicated that the enzyme is an orthologue of Arabidopsis unidentified protein, acylpeptide hydrolase-like protein (AHLP; UniProt ID: Q9FG66) belonging to the prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) family of a serine-type peptidase predicted from genetic information. Good substrates identified for the enzyme include phenylalanyl-MCA, tyrosyl-MCA and enkephalin. Neither acylamino acid-releasing activity nor endopeptidase activity was detected. The enzyme cleaved enkephalin (YGGFM, YGGFL), whereas, BAM-12 P (YGGFMRRVGRPE) and dynorphin A (YGGFLRRIRPKLK) were not digested. These results suggested that the enzyme possesses strict size selectivity of substrate. We propose the name 'tyrosyl aminopeptidase' for the uncharacterized protein AHLP.
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- Akihiko Tsuji
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Minamijosanjima, Tokushima, Japan.
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Zheng S, Wang H, Zhang G. A novel alkaline protease from wild edible mushroom Termitomyces albuminosus. Acta Biochim Pol 2011; 58:269-273. [PMID: 21706070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Revised: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A protease with a molecular mass of 30 kDa and the N-terminal sequence of GLQTNAPWGLARSS, was isolated from fresh fruiting bodies of the wild edible mushroom Termitomyces albuminosus. The purification protocol included ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, Q-Sepharose, SP-Sepharose and FPLC-gel filtration on Superdex 75. The protein was unadsorbed on DEAE-cellulose and Q-Sepharose, but adsorbed on SP-Sepharose. The optimal pH and temperature of the purified enzyme were 10.6 and 60 °C, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the presence of 2 % (v/v) Tween 80 and 4 M urea. More than 80 % of the enzyme activity was retained in 2 % (v/v) Triton X 100, 54 % in 10 mM EDTA and 31 % in 2 % (w/v) SDS. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), but not inhibited by dithiothreitol (DTT), pepstatin or lima bean trypsin inhibitor suggesting that it was a serine protease but not a trypsin-like one. The protease was inhibited by Hg(2+), Cu(2+), and Fe(3+) ions. The K(m) and V(max) values of the purified enzyme for casein were 8.26 mg ∙ ml(-1) and 0.668 mg ∙ ml(-1) ∙ min(-1), respectively.
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Johnson CJ, Bennett JP, Biro SM, Duque-Velasquez JC, Rodriguez CM, Bessen RA, Rocke TE. Degradation of the disease-associated prion protein by a serine protease from lichens. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19836. [PMID: 21589935 PMCID: PMC3092769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The disease-associated prion protein (PrPTSE), the probable
etiological agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), is
resistant to degradation and can persist in the environment. Lichens,
mutualistic symbioses containing fungi, algae, bacteria and occasionally
cyanobacteria, are ubiquitous in the environment and have evolved unique
biological activities allowing their survival in challenging ecological niches.
We investigated PrPTSE inactivation by lichens and found acetone
extracts of three lichen species (Parmelia sulcata,
Cladonia rangiferina and Lobaria
pulmonaria) have the ability to degrade prion protein (PrP) from
TSE-infected hamsters, mice and deer. Immunoblots measuring PrP levels and
protein misfolding cyclic amplification indicated at least two logs of
reductions in PrPTSE. Degradative activity was not found in closely
related lichen species or in algae or a cyanobacterium that inhabit lichens.
Degradation was blocked by Pefabloc SC, a serine protease inhibitor, but not
inhibitors of other proteases or enzymes. Additionally, we found that PrP levels
in PrPTSE-enriched preps or infected brain homogenates are also
reduced following exposure to freshly-collected P. sulcata or
an aqueous extract of the lichen. Our findings indicate that these lichen
extracts efficiently degrade PrPTSE and suggest that some lichens
could have potential to inactivate TSE infectivity on the landscape or be a
source for agents to degrade prions. Further work to clone and characterize the
protease, assess its effect on TSE infectivity and determine which organism or
organisms present in lichens produce or influence the protease activity is
warranted.
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- Christopher J Johnson
- Prion Research Laboratory, United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
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Ren Q, Zhao XF, Wang JX. Identification of three different types of serine proteases (one SP and two SPHs) in Chinese white shrimp. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2011; 30:456-466. [PMID: 21109005 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2010.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Serine proteases (SPs) and serine protease homologs (SPHs) participate in digestion, embryonic development, blood coagulation, and immune defense responses. In this paper, we identify one SP and two SPHs, including a masquerade SPH (FcMas), a CUB domain containing SP (FcCUBSP), and a single domain containing SPH (FcSPH2) in Chinese white shrimp, Fenneropenaeus chinensis. FcMas has a Gly-rich region formed by three repeats of LGGQGGG, a clip domain and a C-terminal SP-like domain. Absence of Ser catalytic residue results in the loss of serine protease activity of FcMas, which then functions as an SPH. FcCUBSP has a signal peptide, followed by a CUB domain and an SP domain. FcSPH2 has a signal peptide and an SP-like domain. Loss of one catalytic residue (H) makes FcSPH2 catalytically inactive, which is considered an SPH. Phylogenetic analysis shows that FcMas and other SPHs from shrimp or insect are classified into one group. FcSPH2 is grouped in the chymotrypsin family. RT-PCR results show that FcMas mRNA is mainly distributed in hemocytes and gills. FcCUBSP is only detected in gills, whereas FcSPH2 is found in hepatopancreas only. QRT-PCR is used to analyze changes of FcMas, FcCUBSP and FcSPH2 in some tissues challenged with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) or Vibrio. FcMas in hemocytes is down-regulated by WSSV or Vibrio challenge, and down-regulated by WSSV in gills. However, it is up-regulated upon Vibrio challenge in gills. FcCUBSP in gills and FcSPH2 in hepatopancreas are up-regulated upon WSSV or Vibrio challenge. Results suggest the roles of FcMas, FcCUBSP and FcSPH2 in shrimp's innate immunity.
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- Qian Ren
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Jaouadi B, Abdelmalek B, Fodil D, Ferradji FZ, Rekik H, Zaraî N, Bejar S. Purification and characterization of a thermostable keratinolytic serine alkaline proteinase from Streptomyces sp. strain AB1 with high stability in organic solvents. Bioresour Technol 2010; 101:8361-8369. [PMID: 20624606 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A keratinolytic alkaline proteinase (KERAB) was isolated from Streptomyces sp. strain AB1. Based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis, the purified enzyme is a monomer with a molecular mass of 29850.17Da. The NH(2)-terminal sequence of the enzyme was determined to be TQANPPSWGLDDIDQTAL. This keratinase was completely inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and diiodopropyl fluorophosphates (DIFP), which suggests that it belongs to the serine protease family. Using keratin azure as a substrate, the optimum pH and temperature values for keratinase activity were pH 11.5 and 75 degrees C, respectively. This keratinase was stable between 30 and 60 degrees C and pH 4 and 11 for 4 and 96 h, respectively, and thermoactivity and thermostability were enhanced in the presence of 5 mM Mg(2+). Its catalytic efficiency was higher than those of SAPB-L31I/T33S/N99Y, nattokinase and subtilisin Carlsberg. KERAB exhibited stability to detergents and high resistance against organic solvents and was able to degrade feathers completely. These properties make KERAB a potential candidate for future applications in detergent formulations, dehairing during leather processing, and non-aqueous peptide biocatalysis.
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- Bassem Jaouadi
- Laboratoire d'Enzymes et de Métabolites des Procaryotes (LEMP), Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax (CBS), B.P. 1177, Route de Sidi Mansour Km 6, 3018 Sfax, Tunisia.
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Zhao Z, Lu X, Chen G, Yang Y, Mao Z, Liu E, Xie B. [Construction of microbial metagenomic library and screening of a nematicidal protease gene in greenhouse cucumber soil infested with root-knot nematodes]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 2010; 50:1072-1079. [PMID: 20931876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In order to search novel nematicidal protease genes, a metagenomic fosmid library was constructed and screened by uncultured method. METHODS Density gradient centrifugation was used to extract and purify total greenhouse soil microbial DNA. After end-repair, ligation, packing and transformation, metagenomic fosmid library was constructed. At the same time, in order to screen the library, function-driven screening was used as a potential strategy, skim milk was served as substrate and root-knot nematodes as targets. RESULTS The library contained 31,008 clones with the average insert fragment of 36.5 kb, including 1.13 Gbp microbial genetic information, so it was suitable for large-scale microbial functional gene screening. By the function-driven screening, fosmid clone pro12 which contained the nematicidal protease gene was screened. Then, subclones were constructed and screened. A subclone named espro124a5 was screened. After analysis of gene structure, espro124a5 is a secreted extracellular protease and a database search for homologies revealed it possessed 45% identities with peptidase S15 from Maricaulis maris MCS10 (accession no. YP_ 756822 at NCBI). It is a novel serine protease. Besides these, it has the serine protease-conserved catalytic triad residues, Asp469, His541 and the catalytic nucleophile Ser348. CONCLUSION DNA obtained from the method of Nycodenz density gradient centrifugation had high purity, long fragment, and can meet the requirements of constructing metagenomic fosmid library. At the same time, the metagenomic fosmid library contains a lot of microbial genetic information, which is suitable for the screening of the other microbial genetic resources.
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- Zhixiang Zhao
- College of Biosafety Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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